Hold the Door
Hodor's name turns out to be a tragic origin story.
“Hold the door!”
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- From
- Game of Thrones (2016)
- Type
- TV series
- Episode
- S06E05 · The Door
- Who
- Hodor (Kristian Nairn), Meera Reed, Bran Stark
- Timecode
- Not added yet
The scene
As the dead attack, Meera tells Hodor to hold the door while she escapes with Bran. Bran’s vision links past and present, and young Hodor hears “Hold the door” over and over until it shrinks to “Hodor”.
The phrase is used for doors, sacrifice and doorstop jokes.
