A Truce While We Gawk: Difference between revisions

* Issei in ''[[High School DxD]]'' somehow manages {{spoiler|to summon the ''freaking breast god.'' '''EVERYONE''' stops fighting and turns to look at him like he was going crazy.}}

* In ''[[Gangs of New York]]'' when the Navy starts firing on the gangs. This time the distraction pretty much ends the conflict.

* In ''[[Children of Men]]'', the climactic battle grinds to a halt {{spoiler|when the combatants hear the cry of the first child born in two decades. As soon as the child is safely away,}} the fighting starts again.

* In ''[[Hot Shots Part Deux]]'', Topper is having a shootout with a [[Mook]] when they both pause and look over as the [[Energizer Bunny]] enters the battlefield. After a moment, they open fire on the Bunny, celebrate for a moment, then Topper kills the Mook,

* In the scene "What A Game" of ''[[Ragtime]]'' the Braves and Giants fans suddenly stop their confrontation when something exciting happens on the baseball field. The confrontation is not yet physical, but it is implied that it is approaching physicality.

* In ''Blood Rites'' of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', an [[Make It Look Like an Accident|entropy curse]] results in a vampire being killed by a frozen turkey fallen from a passing plane. The melee (between Harry, two vampires, and two of ''[[Our Vampires Are Different|another]]'' kind of vampire) stops to stare in confused silence because, "Even by the standards of the quasi-immortal creatures of the night, that ain't something you see twice."

* This happens during the rock fight in [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[IT]]'': all of the kids ([[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] and [[Jerk Jock]]s alike) stop fighting and turn to watch Victor Criss and [[The Hero|Bill Denbrough]] start a dual rock-throwing [[Unflinching Walk]] towards one another. Even ''[[Ax Crazy|Henry]]'' pauses to watch.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''Battlefield'', the [[King Arthur]] one, there's a moment in Mordred and Ancelyn's final duel where they break apart for a moment—and the Doctor walks right between them, casually tipping his hat as he passes, on his way to his own final confrontation with Morgaine. Mordred and Ancelyn stare after him for a moment before remembering that they were in the middle of fighting to the death.

* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Anne", Buffy's fight with the demons is interrupted by the head demon holding a knife to Lilly. He announces that their fight is lost and he'll kill Lilly to make an example. Lilly kills him instead. A beat later, the main fight resumes.

* In ''[[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]]'', when Spiers makes a suicidal run through Foy to make contact with I Company, both sides stop firing for a brief moment simply because [[Refuge in Audacity|they couldn't believe what they were seeing.]]

== [[Video Games]] ==

* In ''[[Haunting Ground]]'', Daniella's goal is to murder Fiona to rip out her Azoth; however, she's also compelled to do her job as a maid, and will occasionally stop chasing Fiona for a few minutes when she spots a mess that needs to be cleaned up. During those times, it's possible to hold a civilized conversation with Daniella, and she might even give Fiona a useful item if the player stops to do so.

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Mid-combat, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070101 when the circus wagons come to life], there's a good pause where Wooster and Dupree just gawk.

** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130304 Later] Klaus makes such a proclamation that even the Castle's remote drones stop and gawk together with his crew they just fought.