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[[File:anscut01 2948.jpg|link=Archie Sonic|frame|Sometimes [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]].]]

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?").

Compare to [[Gilligan Cut]].

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== [[Anime and 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.

* ''[[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|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.

** 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."

* ''[[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.

* Used numerous times throughout the seasons of ''[[Top Gear]]''.

** Usually a response to "[[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]"?