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* 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...

 

 

* 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:

'''Clark Kent:''' Were you looking for me? }}

* The trailer for the 2009 ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' shows someone beating up Edward Blake, and {{spoiler|immediately cuts to Ozymandias. Twice.}} A unique example in that you would only notice it if you already knew the answer beforehand.

* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'':

** 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]].

* In ''[[Dracula's Daughter]]'', Dr Garth asks "What could have made [[Our Vampires Are Different|those two small puncture marks]] on the neck?", and, immediately, a maid announces, "[[Inadvertent Entrance Cue|Countess Zalenska]]!"

** This exchange is actually a reference to the original Dracula film.

'''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."

* A stealth [[Answer Cut]] appears in Terry Pratchett's ''[[Discworld/Pyramids|Pyramids]]'', in which the narrative relates how the greatest mathematician in the world has just looked up in astonishment, having sensed something weird happening with the numbers. Cut to Teppic looking at {{spoiler|a camel, who turns out to ''be'' that mathematician. Bonus points because, when read the first time, it appears that the camel's mind is wholly engaged in detesting Teppic, because that's what its ''expression'' implies.}}

** Lampshaded in ''[[Discworld/Mort|Mort]]'':

'''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.

* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Big Bang" plays with this. After {{spoiler|Rory accidentally shoots Amy,}} he's holding her, wishing for a "ridiculous miracle." Right as he finishes the sentence, in pops the Doctor, [[Crazy Awesome|wearing a fez and holding a mop.]]

** In what might be the filthiest joke to ever pass the censors, in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E7 A Good Man Goes to War|"A Good Man Goes to War"]] we have [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|the Silurian Vastra]] and her human side-kick/girlfriend Jenny that helped The Doctor secure a military base.

'''Jenny:''' [Smirks] }}

* ''[[Lost]]'', "The Other Woman": Goodwin asks Juliet, "What could Ben do?" about their affair. Cut to the plane crashing, and Ben sending Goodwin off to infiltrate the tail section.

== [[Radio]] ==

* ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again|I'm Sorry Ill Read That Again]]''

'''David Hatch:''' ''(drunkenly)'' Where...where did it all go, Sam?! }}

 

* [[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 ''[[Age of Mythology]]'':

'''Ajax:''' No. }}

 

* Used often in connection [http://www.stationv3.com/d/20091124.html with the Rumormongers] in the webcomic ''[[Station V3]]''.

* A nice, kind of subtle one in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':

'''Zoë''': ''(comes in with a plate, offers the contents)'' "Toast?" }}

* Lampshaded in [http://www.aorange.com/?p=351 this] ''[[Femmegasm]]'' strip:

* Even if [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-03-30 this page] of [[El Goonish Shive]] is not foreshadowing... Susan spends the first four panels contemplating her not being attracted to anybody in part because she is uncomfortable with men being attracted to her, then wonders just what kind of guy would be her "type"... and then is interrupted by Elliot, who is by far the least pervy (straight) guy that she knows and is comfortable around.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[South Park]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it while explaining the problems with over reliance on in-school sex ed:

'''Garrison:''' "What-- [[Medium Awareness|why did you pan to me just now]]? What the hell is that supposed to mean?" }}

* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' used a bit of a subversion. Robin is approached by Slade about joining him, and asks "Do we have a deal?" There's a shot of Starfire trying to reach Robin with her communicator, ''then'' we see Robin dressing up in his new outfit.