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[[File:beatpanels.png|link=xkcd|frame|right|This parody of ''[[Achewood]]'' by ''[[xkcd]]'' [
{{quote|''[[Lampshade Hanging|DID YOU SEE THOSE TWO BEAT PANELS]]''
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Panel 2: '''Sakaki:''' It's okay... I'll wait outside... with [[Big Friendly Dog|Mr. Tadakichi]]...
Panels 3 and 4: ''(The same image of Sakaki, perfectly content, sitting under a tree with Mr. Tadakichi)'' }}
* [[Hentai]] manga ''[[Manga/Witchcraft|Witchcraft]]'' uses this to great comedic effect. Kagami is trying to get Kaoru to relax so she can effectively hypnotize him (Mildly [[NSFW]] text):
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Kagami:''' Well, the easiest way is that relaxed state right after ejaculation. All right, ejaculate.}}
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{{spoiler|'''Kaoru:''' You mean where it ... squirts out?}}
{{spoiler|'''Kagami:''' That's right. Now hurry up.}} }}
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' gives you what might be the [http://www.7manga.com/online_manga/1260-14.html?t=1000&n=25 cutest example] [http://www.7manga.com/online_manga/1260-14.html?t=1000&n=26 ever]{{Dead link}}.
* Happens in ''[[Corsair]]'' manga, where the princess of a powerful pirate group finally announces to her family that she intends to wed their [[Mysterious Past]] and [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|very pretty]] [[The Strategist|strategist]], [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Kanale (or Canale...
{{quote|'''Ayase''': I never said I approved (of you choosing Kanale). In fact there's another problem before all this: Kanale already belongs to me.
**
* There's one early on in the ''[[Battle Royale]]'' manga
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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** A comic strip by [[David Lynch]] was almost entirely made up of beat panels. The [[Cut and Paste Comic|same ones]]. For ten years.
* Interestingly, ''[[The Far Side]]'' occasionally pulled this off in a one-panel strip. The visual was some awkward situation, while the punchline came in the caption.
* [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] as well as demonstrated in this ''[[Barney
== [[New Media]] ==
* There's [http://penultimate-panel.blogspot.com/ a blog] devoted to watching for the silent penultimate panel.
* Another final panel beat example from [
* [http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=garfield_sucks A vicious parody of beat panels,] courtesy of Maddox. This in spite of how, as is noted elsewhere on this page, ''[[Garfield]]'' [[Shallow Parody|rarely ever uses beat panels]].
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[The World Ends With You]]
{{quote|'''Beat:''' We ain't treading on thin ice! Shibuya's not cold enough for ice!
'''Uzuki:''' .....
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[A Moment of Peace]]'' there are three entire pages of "Awkward Pause" following Ito's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130607145853/http://www.amomentofpeace.net/index.php?num=135 declaration of love].
* ''[[Project 0]]'' interestingly enough on [https://web.archive.org/web/20101120135825/http://www.centralcitytower.com/2010/02/new-installment.html page 8] of part 1.1 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20140407003820/http://www.centralcitytower.com/2010/02/continuing-where-we-left-off-we-present.html page 8] of part 1.2.
* Refined into an art by ''[[Achewood]]'' except that it usually happens in the final panel to highlight an awkward silence or just something bizarre getting a bewildered reaction. [http://achewood.com/index.php?date=05232006 Here is a good example for you to enjoy].
** Parodied by ''[[
** Taken to comedic extremes [http://achewood.com/index.php?date=02142005 here].
* ''[[Adorable Desolation]]'' uses the Beat Panel often, two examples are [http://adorabledesolation.comicgenesis.com/d/20090202.html here] and [http://adorabledesolation.comicgenesis.com/d/20090126.html here]
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** [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0317.html And then, the Ultimate Beat Panel]
** [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0318.html Followed by an onslaught of beat panels.]
* ''[[Death to the Extremist]]'' uses this ''constantly.'' Often taken [[Up to Eleven]] with comics like [https://web.archive.org/web/20130914024458/http://dtecomic.com/?n=3 this].
* ''[[Dystopia (video game)|Dystopia]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130603173150/http://www.dystopia-game.com/wiki/index.php?title=Avv%27s_Comics_-_Miswired demonstrates Medium's new reflex upgrades].
* Happens rather frequently in ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]''. A prime example is [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/06/episode-1079-verbal-flanking/ here].
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' uses this when Grace explains [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-07-08 the plan] to cure Elliot of his [[Gender Bender|problem]].
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{{quote|And now, by popular demand, Jeremy, the creature nature never intended '''in his own comic!!!!!!!!'''}}
** Gary: "Oh, I'm terribly sorry! I didn't mean to be rude, it's just I used to think you didn't want to go on a second date with me because I was too geeky." 'beat panel' Nanase: "Yes, it was entirely because I was a lesbian" Gary:"Phew! Well, ain't that a boost for my fragile ego!"
* ''[http://www.flyingmanandfriends.com Flying Man and Friends]'' alternates between having the beat panel at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110822203033/http://www.flyingmanandfriends.com/?p=171 the end of the strip] and having it [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827131127/http://www.flyingmanandfriends.com/?p=240 somewhere in the middle].
* ''[[Folly and Innovation]]'' does this [https://web.archive.org/web/20121215114728/http://follyandinnovation.com/2010/04/o-holy-night-batman/ on occasion]
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20200313130906/http://www.agameoffools.com/ A Game of Fools]'' uses them quite a bit.
* Likewise, ''[[Garfield Minus Garfield]]'' seems to thrive on the beat panel.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' manages [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070709 two in a row with different responses]. Another one, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030910 courtesy of Sleipnir O'Hara].
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'''Gil''': No, neither would my father.
'''Vole''':...not unless she danced nekked through de ruins vile trying to shoot down de moon, turned all de tourists into monsters--and den built a very dangerous fountain out of sausages.
'''Gil''': [[Refuge in Audacity|Well... yes, that goes without saying.]] }}
* ''[[Goblins]]'' does this sometimes. The best example is probably Minmax [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03032010/ here].
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** [http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com/d/20070723.html Another] double beat panel when Mal "[[Troll|cheers up]]" a chat room full of [[Fan Dumb]].
** Mal is ''[http://headtrip.keenspot.com/d/20110221.html good]'' at causing this.
* Used in full by [[Hello Earthling]], and regularly too. Perhaps the most abusive example on this trope is [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806165322/http://www.helloearthling.co.uk/?strip_id=26 here].
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' does this [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1763.html very often].
** [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1840.html A recent strip] has a [[News Post]] in which Morgan-Mar explains that he tried to avoid it (putting the silent panel earlier), but it just wasn't funny.
** [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1926.html Another one does three]- and a [[Lampshade Hanging]]. [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1934.html The "Shakespeare" strip after that] is entirely Beat Panels, possibly going for [[Overly Long Gag]].
** Inverted [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1950.html here], with the
** Dare I suggest that [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2168.html here], he's going for an entire beat
* [[Matt Groening]]'s ''[[Life in Hell]]'' uses these quite a lot, especially in the strips featuring Akbar and Jeff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151018182353/http://yourfaceisanadvert.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jeff-and-akbar11.jpg Here] is a typical example.
* [http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=188 Beet Panel.]
* [http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=535 Here] is a [[Heroic BSOD]] version from ''[[Megatokyo]]''.
** You don't have to go far to see this version: the [http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=1 very first strip] also has a Beat Panel.
* ''[[My Middle Name's Adventure]]'' has been employing this since the [http://www.doublepuma.com/adventure/comic/0001 first]{{Dead link}} strip.
** But most notably in strips with Amed. [http://www.doublepuma.com/adventure/comic/0009/\]{{Dead link}}
* The readers of ''[[Narbonic]]'' refer to this as the "Silent Penultimate Panel". [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic_plus/series.php?view=archive&chapter=29025 Here's] a double example (fourth strip down).
** this is specifically when the next-to-last panel is the one that is the Beat Panel. Done often enough that one of the regular readers of ''[[Narbonic]] Director's Cut'' maintains a running total.
* Used often in ''[[The Optimist]]'',as seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20130531162053/http://the-opt.com/?p=25 here], [http://the-opt.com/?p=24 here], [http://the-opt.com/?p=14 here], [http://the-opt.com/?p=12 here], [http://the-opt.com/?p=7 here], [http://the-opt.com/?p=5 here], [http://the-opt.com/?p=942 here], [http://the-opt.com/?p=718 here], [http://the-opt.com/?p=421 here], and a double dose [http://the-opt.com/?p=30 here] and [http://the-opt.com/?p=1314 here].
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'':
**
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0303.html It seems unlikely].
* There is an absolutely ''epic'' final panel beat in [http://www.partiallyclips.com/pclipslite.php?id=1391&c=1# strip this] ''[[Partially Clips]]'' strip.▼
** Also, "[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0781.html How cute!]"
** [[Discussed]] in "[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1248.html More Basic Than Cantrips]":
{{quote|'''Vaarsuvius''': I will have you know there is no skill more foundational to the practice of wizardry through the ages than that of the ominous pause.}}
▲* There is an absolutely ''epic'' final panel beat in [https://web.archive.org/web/20090321175842/http://www.partiallyclips.com/pclipslite.php?id=1391&c=1
* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/4/18/ Nice little parody] in ''[[Penny Arcade]]''.
* [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1375 This] Yelling Bird strip from ''[[Questionable Content]]''. ([http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1364 It makes more sense if you read this first])
** Also, [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1280 this one] has two of them, and [[Lampshade Hanging]].
*** And [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1557 this strip], which is a textbook example of how the
* ''[[Realfield]]'' frequently subverts this by removing the punchline altogether. [http://juannavarro.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/realfield-like-lasagna-too/ Trust me, it's funny.]
* ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' has its share of beat panels. Like with [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=334 Kat looking at Art's art] and [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=335 the next comic], [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=465 this] or [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=584 Iron-Pip], [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=593 Art and colleague] or [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=653 this], with poor Kat... And now [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=681 Art and Pip].
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'''([[Hive Mind|all four]])''': ♥ ♥ '''''[[Mad Scientist|Field test!]]''''' ♥ ♥ }}
* In [http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/05-faztivus/gordon/ this] ''[[Shortpacked]]'' strip, when [[Batman]] is left without an opportunity to complete his [[Stealth Hi Bye]], he gets two panels to come up with an alternate solution.
* A fancomic called ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090322032610/http://www.drunkduck.com/Sonic_College/index.php?p=454381 Sonic College]'' did this with three.
* ''[[Mezzacotta|Square Root of Minus Garfield]]'' does this [http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=10 here] with reference to this page, and comment that ''[[Garfield]]'' might not use it enough.
* ''[[Stickman and Cube]]'' does this often, usually when one of the characters does or says something incredibly bone-headed.
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*** Also, the last panel [[Shout-Out|seems to be]] a reference to the end of the seventies remake of [[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]].
* Used in [http://xninjared.deviantart.com/art/What-a-Man-would-do-for-a-Girl-162055287 this comic] after the girl had a bit of a [[Fridge Logic]].
* Appears a few times in [[Harkovast]] during the more light hearted moments, especially on this [http://www.drunkduck.com/Harkovast/index.php?p=735366 page]{{Dead link}} where it actually happens twice in succession.
* [http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF026-Butterflies.jpg Butterflies] in ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]''.
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=62 this]. Then a [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=478 double beat panel]. And [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=856 two more] with highly unimpressed Kat. And a ''[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=862 triple]'' beat panel (the scene in question justifies this much).
* [http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2007/12/telephone-call/ Here], thanks to the ''[[Amazing Super Powers]]'' of a [[Split-Screen Phone Call]].
* Lampshaded through the fourth wall in [
* ''[[Rusty and Co.|Rusty and Co]]'', in the [http://rustyandco.com/comic/39/ re-acquaintance] of The Princess and White Knight.
* ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' has a [http://yafgc.net/?id=471 good one] when [[Monster Adventurers]] [[X Meets Y|meet]] "[[Here There Be Dragons]]".
** [http://yafgc.net/?id=561 King Eric's "OTHER epiphany"] combines it with [[Face Palm|another kind]] of "[[Dope Slap|beat]]" in the same panel.
* ''[[The KAMics]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120607081932/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4771258/ Has] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120607081957/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4772298/ done] [
* ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'' has... uh... [http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2006-10-06/comic/bukawk-eee/oh-thank-gods/ this] (see the previous page for explanation). And a [http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2008-05-31/comic/mort-to-it-than-zombies/discerning-the-wicked-from-the-pure-of-heart/ beat panel with punchline silent panel].
* ''[[The Extremely Post Modern Adventures of Flint and Hinawa]]'' revolves around having two or even three beat panels between the setup and the usually oddball punchline. This is used to the extreme in [http://local-static1.forum-files.fobby.net/forum_attachments/0023/2741/flintandhinawa6.gif Comic #6], where {{spoiler|the beat just continues right to the end without a punchline.}}
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** The comic seems fond of the traditional use of this trope as well. It occurs most often when [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/whereitcamefrom/ Monica suddenly realizes something], but [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/all-my-life/ other] [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/whowhatwhere/ characters] [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/sainthood/ aren't] [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/ohigetit/ immune].
* ''[[Miscellaneous Error]]'' uses a beat panel in an early comic.
* ''[[Fans]]''
* ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]'' does this all the time [[Stylistic Suck|in a highly exaggerated manner]].
* This webcomic [https://web.archive.org/web/20121203021635/http://mind-numbinglyboringwebcomic.smackjeeves.com/comics/1403290/prologue/
* A [http://www.sexdrugsandjunecleaver.com/2010/01/18/anni/ Sex, Drugs, and June Cleaver]{{Dead link}} strip uses two consecutive beat panels ''as the punchline''.
* A single Beat Panel in [[media:Jack and jill.png|this]] ''[[xkcd]]'' strip turns a legitimate question into [[Fridge Logic]].
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