Red Hatch

:This article is about the Door shield that can be destroyed by Missiles. For other uses, see Red Door (Disambiguation).
Red HatchesMetroid: Zero Mission manual, pg. 29Metroid Prime 2: Echoes manual, pg. 17, also known as Red DoorsThe Official Nintendo Player's Guide, pg. 58Super Metroid manual, pg. 26Metroid: Samus Returns, Missile Door LocksMetroid Prime, red gatesClassic NES Series: Metroid manual, pg. 16, Red Blast ShieldsMetroid Prime 3: Corruption Logbook, Missile DoorsMetroid Prime 3: Corruption Map Key or Missile CoversMetroid.nintendo.com, are Blast Shields that can only be destroyed using the Missile Launcher. They typically cover standard Blue Doors, and need to be shot once with a Missile (five in all games before Metroid Prime); after that, they will remain destroyed on both sides of the door the shield covered. In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, destroying one side of the Blast Shield on a door will not remove it on the door's opposite side (if any), unless the door is opened.
Many civilizations have developed their own unique versions of Missile door locks. For example, the ones found on Tallon IV and Frigate Orpheon in Prime only partially cover their Blue Doors, and are mostly grey with three red glowing prongs. Meanwhile, those on Aether in Echoes are entirely red. The Alimbic race in the Tetra Galaxy have functionally identical Brown Blast Shields.
==Official data==
===Super Metroid manual===
;RED DOORS
:"These doors open from the impact of five Missiles or one Super Missile."
===Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide===
;DOORS AND GATES: A HOW TO
:"Red doors can be opened with five Missile shots or with one Super Missile blast."
===Super Metroid GamePro Strategy Guide===
;Pink Gates
:"To open the Pink Gate, blast it with five regular Missiles."
===Metroid: Zero Mission manual===
;Red Hatches
:"Only Missiles will open these hatches."
===Metroid Prime Logbook entry===
===Metroid Prime Official Strategy Guide===
;MISSILE DOOR LOCK
:"The Missile Door Lock is a Blast Shield on the door that prevents access until hit with a concussive weapon. Blast Shields require a Missile hit to blow the lock off; once this is done the door can be accessed with the appropriate Beam weapon."
===Metroid Prime 2: Echoes temporary scan===
"There is a Blast Shield on the door blocking access.Analysis indicates that the Blast Shield is invulnerable to most weapons. A Missile blast may damage it."
===Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Logbook entry===
===Metroid: Samus Returns Official Guide===
;INHABITANTS & ECO SYSTEM OF SR388 - DOORS (p. 26)
:RED DOOR
:"Undoubtedly a security measure, Red Doors are covered with a red domed force field that can only be opened with missiles. This seems like a strange way to lock a door, but it's certainly effective at keeping intruders out."
==Trivia==
*In Prime, the Missile Door Locks in Temple Security Station, Root Cave, West Tower Entrance, Transport to Phendrana Drifts South, and Dynamo Access (leading to Dynamo) are not indicated on the map, though the door in Root Cave is indicated from Root Tunnel.
**If Samus enters Save Station 3 via Sequence Breaking in the Frigate Crash Site, the Missile Door Lock will not be visible, though it will still impede her until destroyed.
*Using the Wavebuster or Flamethrower in Prime on a door with a Missile Door Lock may open the door without removing the Door Lock, though Samus will be unable to pass through until the lock is destroyed.
*In Echoes, most Red Hatches are double-sided. For the doors that are, if the Blast Shield is destroyed on one side but the door is not opened, the Red Hatch will still be present on the other side. This is easily viewable in the Command Center, where both sides of the door can be seen.
**If the blast shield is shot from the Command Center side, then the door is fired so that it opens when near, when Samus reaches the other side of the door from Security Station B without shooting at the Red Blast Shield, the Blast Shield can be seen immediately vanishing as the door opens.
*In Metroid: Other M, the Galactic Federation 07th Platoon fails to open a sealed door with their explosives. Samus uses a Missile to open it like a Red Hatch, amusing Anthony Higgs and unsettling Adam Malkovich.
==Gallery==
File:Red Blast Shield Famiken Ryu.png|Famiken Ryu
Phase 3 Door.gif|A door in Metroid II: Return of Samus
Super Metroid Red Blast Door.png|A Red Door from Super Metroid
File:HGCSM 010e.png|Super Metroid manga
File:Blast_shield_Prime.jpg|A Missile Door Lock in Metroid Prime
Blast Shield Scan Dolphin HD.jpg|Missile Door Lock scan in Metroid Prime
File:Red_Blast_Shield_Echoes.jpg|A Blast Shield in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
File:red blast shield mp3.png|A Red Blast Shield of Galactic Federation design on Norion 
File:Samus Returns Red Door.png|A Red Door in Metroid: Samus Returns
Metroid Dread Red Hatch.png|Metroid Dread
==References==
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Category:Blast Shields
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Category:Tallon IV
Category:Aether
Category:Norion
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Category:SR388
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