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When a character asks a question, and the movie cuts, pans, or otherwise shifts to an image of the implied answer. A variant of this will have the character make a significant remark (''e.g.'', "Some people just naturally make fools of themselves"), and the camera cuts to a character doing exactly that sort of thing. A still further variant is to have another character, completely uninvolved with the first conversation, answer the question with a line identifying the answer ("What kind of loser takes a job at [[Burger Fool]]?" "Hey, did your brother tell you he got a new job?").
The usual question is [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?]]?, but there are many questions that can be answered this way. It is a critical tactic if the viewers need to know the answer, but the character asking for it must be kept in the dark.
In literature, the usual accompanying phrase is "As if in response...".
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Compare to [[Gilligan Cut]].
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== [[Anime and Manga]] ==▼
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'': Who screamed at the cockroach first? Who suggested that everyone's stuffed animals be brought and put on display? The answer to both questions appears to be Sakaki, though we have only the editing as proof.▼
▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
▲* ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* As seen from the page image, [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in [[Sonic the Hedgehog (
* In the first [[Clerks]] comic book, Randall is seen leaving Steve-Dave and Walt's comic shop after having pissed them off. Walt asks, "What kind of place would hire a guy like that anyway?" Next page: an establishing shot of Quick Stop and RST Video.
* Fused with [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] in one X-Men comic as Iceman and Angel find themselves taking on a massive alien. Iceman demands to know where the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and military are. Cut to the Avengers being held in force bubbles by Kang the Conqueror, the Fantastic Four being trapped by Annihilus, and the military...well...
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== Fan Fiction ==▼
* ''[[Kyon Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]'''s [[In Medias Res|prologue]] includes, among other things, Kyon being attacked by Asakura Ryouko, having possession of a lot of supernatural tools [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|his canon counterpart]] doesn't have, and Haruhi not batting much of an eye to Kyon's admission Asakura is an humanoid interface like Yuki. At some point after that, Kyon asks himself, "It started off such a nice day, too. How had it come to this, anyway...?". Cue scene change to the first non-prologue scene.▼
▲* ''[[Kyon
== [[Film]] ==
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* The movie ''[[Airport]]'', where the Customs agent is curious about the flight his niece will be taking and turns to the Airline Passenger Supervisor, Mrs. Livingston. "Oh, with all this snow, do you think it will take off on time?" The film then cuts to a reservation agent who says, "Flight Two, ''The Golden Argosy'', will depart on schedule", and then cuts back to the man on the phone who had called her, who says, "Thank You." ''Very'' slickly done.
* A variant of this happens in ''[[Superman Returns]]'', when Jimmy shows Lois and Perry a photograph of sky with a red dot:
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'''Perry White:''' It's a plane.
'''Jimmy Olsen:''' No, look, it's...
''Cut to Clark entering the office.''
'''Clark Kent:''' Were you looking for me? }}
* The trailer for the 2009 ''[[Watchmen (
* ''[[The Mummy
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** This is, of course, immediately before we cut to Evelyn explaining exactly what she knows about the situation.
* ''[[The X-Files]]'' movie (the first one) had one of the Consortium say, in reference to Mulder, "Then you must take away what he holds most valuable, that with which he can't live without." Immediate cut to Scully. And Chris Carter claims he's not a [[Shipping|shipper]].
* At the beginning of ''[[Shrek]] 2'', Prince Charming asks who Princess Fiona is on honeymoon with. The scene immediately cuts to Shrek's face.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* ''[[The Mist]]'': early on, Brent's car has been destroyed by a fallen tree. He casually asks, "You wouldn't happen to be going into town today...?" Immediately cut to them in David's landrover.
* [[Fritz Lang]] does this a lot in his German films. Particularly in ''[[Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
* [[Fritz Lang]] also did this in ''Metropolis''. After rescuing the children from the flooded worker's city, she asks, "Why are all the lights out?" Cut to the workers dancing around the destroyed machines that caused it.
* In ''[[
** This exchange is actually a reference to the original Dracula film.
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'''Maid:''' ''[Announcing the arrival of their guest]'' Count Dracula. }}
** And in ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]'', this is picked up once more. One character asks, rhetorically, who in England could ''possibly'' be a vampire. Immediately, the maid announces "Count Dracula." The character who asks concedes, "All right, maybe him."
* In ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]'', Elizabeth describes a vision of an evil apparition which will entangle Henry, and says she sees it drawing nearer — nearer — and the camera cuts to the [[Morally
* In ''[[Sinbad the Sailor (
* In the 1939 version of ''[[Sherlock Holmes|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'', Dr. Mortimer's wife, conducting a seance, asks the spirit of the victim, "Tell us, Sir Charles! Who was it that killed you?"
* Played with in ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox]]''. Having successfully trapped the animals underground, a character asks his fellows, "How long can a fox go without food or water?" Cut to Kylie saying to the camera "Well, I can only answer as an opossum, but I don't think I can last more than another couple of hours before I get completely dehydrated and starve to death." After that, we cut further back and he doesn't appear to be talking to anyone in particular.
* Used in ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' when Cole says to Malcom, {{spoiler|"I see dead people", it not only cuts to Malcolm, who is dead, but slowly zooms in on him.}} At first, the filmmakers didn't even want to include this shot, fearing it might give away the ending.
* ''[[The
* At the end of the [[Opening Narration]] for ''[[Beauty and
* "[[Shark Tale|How long must this reef live under siege? Is there no hero among us? Who can stop this shark menace?]]" Cut to Oscar.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** A stealth
** Lampshaded in ''[[
{{quote|
'''Death:''' {{
'''Narrator:''' That was a cinematic trick adapted for print. Death was actually in his study, talking to Mort. But it was quite effective, wasn't it? It's probably called a fast dissolve, or a crosscut/zoom. Or something. An industry where a senior technician is called a Best Boy might call it anything. }}
* Used at least once a book by David Weber.{{context}}
* ''The Boscombe Valley Mystery'': As [[Sherlock Holmes]] is about to reveal the identity of the murderer, a servant announces his entry.
* In the TV adaptation of ''[[
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
▲* In the TV adaptation of ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Colour of Magic|The Colour of Magic]]'', again at the beginning, [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough|the classic question]] is answered by a cut to Twoflower.
* The ''[[Friends]]'' season 7 finale. Chandler asks Monica, "If you're not pregnant, who is?" Then the camera settles on Rachel.
* The ''[[
** In what might be the filthiest joke to ever pass the censors, in [[Doctor Who
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'''Vastra:''' Rather attractive...
'''Jenny:''' You do realize he is a man, don't you, Vastra?
'''Vastra:''' Mammals. They all look alike.
'''Jenny:''' [looks offended] Thank you...
'''Vastra:''' Was I being insensitive again? I don't know why you put up with me.
[Vastra notices one of their prisoners trying to escape and knocks him out from across the room with her ''prehensile tongue'']
'''Jenny:''' [Smirks] }}
* ''[[
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'':
*
** Parodied in a later episode, where Giles asks Buffy how she plans to fight the incorporeal manifestation of evil itself. Buffy responds that she has "the best plan ever". Cut to her googling the word "evil."
** In "Lover's Walk" Buffy scores high on her SATs, prompting Cordelia to congratulate her and say that now [[Freudian Slip|she can leave and never come back.]] When she realizes [[That Came Out Wrong]], she tries to rephrase it in a positive way, saying "only a moron" would want to come back to Sunnydale. Cut to a scene at night, where a car crashes into the “Welcome to Sunnydale” sight [[Running Gag|(again!)]] and the moron in question - Spike - staggering out and collapsing in a drunken stupor. "Home sweet home,” he says before he passes out.
* ''[[Dollhouse]]'': "Omega", the finale of Season 1 as originally aired. Ballard asks where Caroline's original imprint is. Cut to a shot of Wendy waking up in a chair with Caroline in her head. ▼
** "First Date". The First Evil is trying to tempt and manipulate Andrew into turning against the potentials. While Andrew at first seems willing to do so, the First notices that he's asking a ''lot'' of odd questions, and then asks if he's wearing a wire. Cut to the basement of Buffy's house where Willow, Dawn, Anya, and Kennedy are listening via a recording device (yes, Andrew is indeed wired) and shocked that they have been found out.
* In the ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' episode "No Exit," Boomer and {{spoiler|Ellen Tigh}} are talking about [[The Power of Love]] on the Cylon baseship. Boomer says, "Who would I want to love?" Cut to Chief Tyrol.▼
▲* ''[[Dollhouse]]'': "Omega", the finale of Season 1 as originally aired. Ballard asks where Caroline's original imprint is. Cut to a shot of Wendy waking up in a chair with Caroline in her head.
▲* In the ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* Used numerous times throughout the seasons of ''[[Top Gear]]''.
** Usually a response to "[[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]"?
* Used frequently in ''[[Coupling]]''. In the episode "Jane and the Truth Snake", the question "What could possibly be more disappointing?" is followed by a cut to Patrick just before he and Jeff each realize {{spoiler|that the other one is the "friend" that Lynda invited to their threesome}}.
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' uses this when Katherine taunts Susan, who is working trash detail, by throwing a cup out of her car window. When the supervisor wishes he had seen her license plate, Susan asks, "What could you do with her home address?" Cut to Katherine also picking up trash.
* Done repeatedly to hilarious effect in ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'' when, in a typical example, someone would ask, "[[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?|Who could be stupid enough]] to do something like that?", resulting in Lenny and Squiggy's iconic "HEEEEELLLOOOOO!"
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Bloom County]]'': When Steve Dallas, as lead singer and spokesman of the metal band Deathtöngue, negotiates a deal with CBS Records, he quotes the lyrics of their next song which goes "Let's run over Lionel Ritchie with a tank". Cut to the CBS CEO sitting in front of a huge portrait of Lionel Ritchie.
== [[Radio]] ==
* ''[[I'm Sorry,
{{quote|
''(gentle piano music in background)''
'''David Hatch:''' ''(drunkenly)'' Where...where did it all go, Sam?! }}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Kingdom Hearts|Xemnas]] asks Roxas what his true name is...and before Roxas answers, it immediately cuts to a flashback of Sora, complete with Kairi saying "Sora?" almost immediately after the cut.
* From ''[[
{{quote|
''(behind him, one of them gently sinks into the sea)''
'''Ajax:''' No. }}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Hilariously done in [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901201331/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=6&issue=13 this] strip of ''[[
* Hannelore's [http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1141 dream man] in ''[[
▲* Hilariously done in [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=6&issue=13 this] strip of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''.
* Used often in connection [http://www.stationv3.com/d/20091124.html with the Rumormongers] in the webcomic ''[[Station
▲* Hannelore's [http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1141 dream man] in ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|Questionable Content]]''.
▲* Used often in connection [http://www.stationv3.com/d/20091124.html with the Rumormongers] in the webcomic ''[[Station V 3]]''.
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▲* A nice, kind of subtle one in ''[[Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)|Sluggy Freelance]]'':
▲{{quote| '''Torg''': Gwynn, Fred was shaping his rice cakes like people and biting off their heads! He was unbalanced! Crazy! The closest thing I've seen in [[Crap Saccharine World|your world]] to homicidal. After weeks of training, the best he could manage in a life-and-death situation is one barely squashed demon-toe. Do you know what that means for [[Perfect Pacifist People|the rest of you]]?<br />
'''Zoë''': ''(comes in with a plate, offers the contents)'' "Toast?" }}
* Lampshaded in [http://www.aorange.com/?p=351 this] ''[[Femmegasm]]'' strip:
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* Even if [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-03-30 this page] of [[
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' occasionally does this. Like when Tarvek is [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051021 about to make a guess] as to what Lucrezia would say. Or when Dimo [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190118 asks why] he is the one sent to do something important other than fighting monsters and hears the nonsense the other two Jägers babble.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''I'm A Marvel, I'm A DC'' - In Happy Hour, Joker tells Harly to "Name one (hero) who could possibly stop me." Cut to {{spoiler|Spidey serving drinks at Stan's Place. Considered a crowning moment of funny.}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
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'''Garrison:''' "What-- [[Medium Awareness|why did you pan to me just now]]? What the hell is that supposed to mean?" }}
*
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