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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* In ''[[So Ra ~~No wo To~~]]'', "[[Amazing Freaking Grace|Amazing Grace]]" is all that is needed to stop {{spoiler|the Helvetican and Roman armies from charging at each other.}}

* In ''[[Sora no Woto]]'', "[[Amazing Freaking Grace|Amazing Grace]]" is all that is needed to stop {{spoiler|the Helvetican and Roman armies from charging at each other.}}

* 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.}}

* 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.}}

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* 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 ''[[~~The Naked Gun (Film)|~~The Naked Gun]] 2'', Drebin is fighting an assassin in Jane's bathroom, then they notice Jane in the shower and both stop to gawk at her.

* In ''[[The Naked Gun]] 2'', Drebin is fighting an assassin in Jane's bathroom, then they notice Jane in the shower and both stop to gawk at her.

** In the [[The Naked Gun ~~(Film)~~|first one]], the "hill of beans" speech.

** In the [[The Naked Gun|first one]], the "hill of beans" speech.

* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: Dead Man's Chest'' had it with the pirates pausing battle to watch the mill wheel go by with Jack chasing after it.

* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''. While the title character is fighting a couple of [[Mook|mooks]], Sista Girl and White She Devil start ripping each others' clothes off and end up showering together. UB and the mooks stop fighting, sit down together and enjoy the show.

* In the [[Justified Extra Lives|first]] climax of ''[[~~Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Film)|~~Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', Knives dives into the scene to {{spoiler|attack not Gideon, but ''Ramona'', for breaking Scott's heart}}. Scott and {{spoiler|Gideon}} just stop to watch them fight for a few moments before resuming their own fight.

* In the [[Justified Extra Lives|first]] climax of ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', Knives dives into the scene to {{spoiler|attack not Gideon, but ''Ramona'', for breaking Scott's heart}}. Scott and {{spoiler|Gideon}} just stop to watch them fight for a few moments before resuming their own fight.

* In the film adaptation of ''[[Indian in The Cupboard]]'', Patrick uses the cupboard to animate several iconic pop-culture plastic figures, including a ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' T-rex and [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]], before Omri can stop him. When the cupboard is opened, we see the characters engaged in combat... until they notice the comparatively giant-sized boys standing there, stop fighting, and stare. Omri quickly changes them back before anything happens.

* 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,

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* In ''[[Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix]]'' this happens {{spoiler|near the end when Ron, who is befuddled by a spell, picks up a floating brain from a tank and everyone turns to watch in horror}}.

* 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 (Literature)|~~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."

* 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.

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* 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)|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.]]

* 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 ''[[Halo Combat Evolved]]'', if you finish the final level on Legendary you are treated to a marine sergeant and an elite grappling over a rifle... till the Pillar of Autumns [[Nuke'Em|generators go up.]] The two fighters simply break apart and stare, before hugging each other.

* In ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', if you finish the final level on Legendary you are treated to a marine sergeant and an elite grappling over a rifle... till the Pillar of Autumns [[Nuke'Em|generators go up.]] The two fighters simply break apart and stare, before hugging each other.

* The various mutant gangs of ''[[~~Bulletstorm (Video Game)|~~Bulletstorm]]'' will more than happily fight each other on the occasions you meet them together, but pulling off a particularly brutal skillshot will cause them ''all'' to stop and stare at the carnage for a moment.

* The various mutant gangs of ''[[Bulletstorm]]'' will more than happily fight each other on the occasions you meet them together, but pulling off a particularly brutal skillshot will cause them ''all'' to stop and stare at the carnage for a moment.

* Happens to a combating Orc and Human in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f96hKqkY_Y this] ''[[~~War Craft~~]] III'' intro... Until they're both killed by what they're gawking at.

* Happens to a combating Orc and Human in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f96hKqkY_Y this] ''[[Warcraft]] III'' intro... Until they're both killed by what they're gawking at.

* Happens in the opening FMV of ''[[Pac Man World]] 2''. The ghosts are playing with the Golden Fruit (which they just plucked off the tree), then the fun and games turns to an argument, then horseplay...then Clyde just stands there, eyes and mouth wide with terror, as [[Big Bad|Spooky]] emerges from under the tree. The rest of the ghosts stop fighting and gawp, paralyzed with fear.

* Happens in the opening FMV of ''[[Pac-Man World]] 2''. The ghosts are playing with the Golden Fruit (which they just plucked off the tree), then the fun and games turns to an argument, then horseplay...then Clyde just stands there, eyes and mouth wide with terror, as [[Big Bad|Spooky]] emerges from under the tree. The rest of the ghosts stop fighting and gawp, paralyzed with fear.

== Webcomics ==

* ''[[~~Girl Genius (Webcomic)|~~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.

* ''[[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.

* An early ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' arc is titled "Game Called On Account Of Naked Chick," which starts when a fight between Torg and Bun Bun comes to an abrupt end when they stumble into a lake where Oasis is bathing.

== [[Web Original]] ==

* In the ''[[That Guy With ~~the~~ Glasses]]'' [[TGWTG Year One Brawl]], [[~~The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|~~The Nostalgia Chick]] and That Chick With The Goggles get into a [[Cat Fight]] offscreen and two of the other participants stop their fight to take pictures.

* In the ''[[That Guy With The Glasses]]'' [[TGWTG Year One Brawl]], [[The Nostalgia Chick]] and That Chick With The Goggles get into a [[Cat Fight]] offscreen and two of the other participants stop their fight to take pictures.

* In ''[[~~Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|~~Red vs. Blue]]'', the red and blue grunts' epic fight is interrupted by a red announcing he has the blue flag and that all should [[A God Am I|bow down and worship him]]. A group of blues beat him to death. A beat later, war resumes.

* In ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', the red and blue grunts' epic fight is interrupted by a red announcing he has the blue flag and that all should [[A God Am I|bow down and worship him]]. A group of blues beat him to death. A beat later, war resumes.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In an episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', a fight between fantasy and sci-fi enthusiasts at a [[Fan Convention]] gets momentarily derailed as they all stop and stare at Candace, who is wearing a full body [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Ducky]] [[Tastes Like Diabetes|Momo]] costume, as she awkwardly waddles and quacks her way through the middle of the melee.

* In the "Return to New York" arc of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 ~~(Animation)~~|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Baxter Stockman shows up in a [[Humongous Mecha]] during the confrontation between the turtles and Splinter, and Shredder's forces. He takes a ludicrous amount of damage, but just keeps coming back, leading to this exchange.

* In the "Return to New York" arc of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Baxter Stockman shows up in a [[Humongous Mecha]] during the confrontation between the turtles and Splinter, and Shredder's forces. He takes a ludicrous amount of damage, but just keeps coming back, leading to this exchange.

{{quote| '''Leonardo:''' "What do we have to do to stop this guy?"<br />

'''Shredder:''' "I have asked myself that question many times..." }}