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Not to be confused with ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/And Another Thing|And Another Thing]]'', the sixth book in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' trilogy.

 

== Film ==

* Spoofed in ''[[The Pink Panther|A Shot in the Dark]]'' with the help of [[Door Focus]]: Clouseau leaves Dreyfus' office after an argument, the door closes behind him, and we hear "And another thing!" {{spoiler|Since Clouseau doesn't ''know'' it closed, he turns around as he says this, points at Dreyfus -- and thus smashes the frosted glass window in the door. Embarrassed, he leaves without saying whatever that other thing was.}}

* Maggie attempts this in ''[[The Great Race]]'', but never gets to finish it as Hezekiah drags her from the tent. She does manage to get in a nice air-kick though.

 

== Literature ==

* A Song of Ice and Fire: Tywin tells Tyrion, "You will not take the whore to court."

* In ''[[The Moonstone]]'', {{spoiler|one of the Indians}} visits the offices of a couple barristers merely to form an excuse to ask one final question before leaving.

** In ''Armadale'', Mr Pedgift senior does this all the time.

{{quote|He invariably kept his strongest argument, or his boldest proposal, to the last, and invariably remembered it at the door (after previously taking his leave), as if it was a purely accidental consideration which had that instant occurred to him. Jocular friends, acquainted by previous experience with this form of proceeding, had [[Naming a Trope|given it the name]] of 'PedgiftsPostscript'.}}

 

* Perfected by Lieutenant Columbo as a means of turning the screw on a suspect who is already exasperated by Columbo's shenanigans, since an [[Exasperated Perp]] is liable to make a [[Crucial Mistake]]. Though this became Columbo's most distinctive character trait, it started as a mistake. During the filming of the ''[[Columbo]]'' pilot, "Prescription Murder", Peter Falk simply forgot to deliver his last line before leaving the set, so he turned around, came back, and said "One more thing..." [[Throw It In|The take was left in]], and became a defining moment.

* The medical version (the "doorknob question") appeared in ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': according to the writers (and presumably their medical consultants), many patients come in for a trivial ailment, and then bring up the "other thing" (probably the serious illness they actually ''want'' treatment for, but which embarrasses them) as they reach for the door knob.

** And the reverse happens just as often, with Picard adding "one more thing" when whoever is in his ready room at the time is almost out the door, especially in the later seasons. In fact, near the end of the series, it's surprising to see anyone coming out of the ready room without Picard adding a comment.

* Happened on ''[[The West Wing]]'' too many times to count. Often the plot of an episode relied on one or more of these moments.

* Frequently on ''[[NCIS]]'', when Gibbs would visit [[Perky Goth|Abby]] in her forensics lab and she would provide some information. Just as Gibbs is about to leave, Abby then chimes in with, "Wait, there's more," and provide another even more vital clue.

* Done in the third episode of [[Sherlock]]. {{spoiler|Jim Moriarty tells Watson and Holmes that he isn't going to kill them right now, and leaves, apparently taking his unseen sniper with him. Holmes runs to Watson and gets off the explosive jacket he is wearing, and everyone breathes a sigh of relief... until Moriarty walks back in, the [[Laser Sight|little red dots of death]] return, and he says he's changed his mind and he can't let them leave after all.}}

 

== Theatre ==

* ''[[The Women]]'':

{{quote|'''Little Mary''': And another thing, I think this bathroom is perfectly ridiculous!}}

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]'' includes a pirate whom you fight on your ship at least twice. Every time you defeat her, she gives one of these lines - most of them quite lame and irrelevant.

 

== Western Animation ==

* This trope was parodied mercilessly on ''[[South Park]]'' with a scene that ended in ''four'' successive And Another Things.

* ''[[Clone High]]'' did the same in in the premiere, as JFK kept coming back into the bathroom to reiterate the fact that Lincoln and Gandhi weren't invited to his party, and then because "I forgot to wash my hands!"

** Bob Clampett's ''Tortoise Wins By A Hare'' (1943) has Bugs disguised as an old timer trying to learn Cecil Turtle's method of beating the hare. His final line (indicating he knew it was Bugs all along): "Another thing...rabbits aren't very bright, either!"

* In the ''[[Gargoyles]]'' episode "Turf", Angela has to tell the Trio off. While they were showing off and generally acting like idiots, the bad guys got away. She tells them that they have to focus on catching the bad guys, she is not a prize to be won, "And one more thing...STOP CALLING ME ANGIE!"

* Conversed on [[In Treatment]], where Mia has a tendency to say something important when she's about to leave.

* She isn't leaving, but in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'', Yzma finishes up a rant about how stupid and useless [[Minion with an F In Evil|Kronk]] is with "And another thing! I never liked your spinach puffs! Never!" (This actually [[Berserk Button|motivates Kronk to turn against her]].)

 

== Real Life ==

* Steve Jobs' keynote presentations for Apple Inc. often ended in "one more thing" that didn't quite fit into the presentation itself. It was often cooler/more important than anything else he talked about.

* Like Jobs, politicians often leave the "big" reveals until their end of speeches; for example, the 2011 UK budget left a cut in fuel duty until the very end of the budget. The end result is a noticeable "oh snap" moment among observers, including there at the speech and elsewhere, watching live. It also makes for prettier news coverage.

 

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