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[[File:beatpanels.png|link=Xkcd (Webcomic)|right|[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]] [http://xkcd.com/141/ sets the record] for number of awkward-pause panels in one strip (previously held by [[Achewood]]).]]
 
{{quote|''[[Lampshade Hanging|DID YOU SEE THOSE TWO BEAT PANELS]]''<br />
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The manga of ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' uses these a ''lot'', often at the end of the comic when the gag is a lack of action. These usually translate to (often hilarious) stretches of awkward silence in the anime. One of the more memorable ones:
{{quote| Panel 1: '''Chiyo:''' Oh, Sakaki, you're here already! It'll be an hour before the others get here!<br />
Panel 2: '''Sakaki:''' It's okay... I'll wait outside... with [[Big Friendly Dog|Mr. Tadakichi]]...<br />
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** Later in the same comic, {{spoiler|Sara hypnotizes Kaoru into "raping" Megumi as punishment for Megumi's [[Heel Face Turn]]. Several [[Beat Panel|BeatPanels]] with Sara looking [[Sweat Drop|increasingly distressed]] and a caption of "thirty minutes later" with nobody feeling particularly punished, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Sara finally tells them to cut it out]]}}.
* ''[[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].
* Happens in ''[[Corsair (Light Novel)|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 Withwith an "S"|Kanale (or Canale... Or Kanare... take your pick)]]. Cue their [[Asskicking Equals Authority|right-hand]] [[Badass|master swordsman]], Ayase, who [[The Stoic|rarely shows any emotion at all]], speak the following:
{{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. }}
** ... The silence goes on for multiple panels.
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* [[Christopher Priest]] might well be the [[Trope Codifier]]. [[Quantum and Woody]], [[Black Panther]], and pretty much everything else he wrote were rife with beat panels. The impressive thing was that as often as he used them, they never got stale or overdone; he knew exactly when and where to use them.
* The Keith Giffen/J. M. DeMatteis comedy incarnation of ''[[Justice League of America]]'' used this all the time, sometimes featuring entire Beat ''Pages''.
** J.M. DeMatteis's run on ''Spectacular [[Spider -Man]]'' featured a beat page - but it wasn't funny, rather it was one of the creepiest pages ever seen in a comic book.
* Used excessively in ''[[Invincible (Comic Book)|Invincible]]'', then [[Lampshaded]] when the main character gets his comics signed by an artist who comments on his use of copying and pasting panels.
* In the comic ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'', after Beast Boy asked Raven to go with him on a "[[Not a Date|not-a-date]]", there was a beat panel before Raven said "Let's go".
* In an [[Iron Man (Comic Book)|Invincible Iron Man]] issue, Pepper Potts admits to Maria Hill that she slept with Tony. A shocked Maria Hill admit that she also slept with Tony a few days before Potts. Follows a succession of panel with both looking shocked, each at each other, and then each looking down, visibly angry. After that, Hill mutters a simple "Tony Stark. Tony [[Precision F-Strike|fucking]] Stark.
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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 and Clyde (Comic Strip)|Barney and Clyde]]'' strip seen [http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/8d6c63008d05012ee3c400163e41dd5b here].
 
== [[New Media]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]] due to it's manga like cutscenes is a rare [[Video Game]] example. The game has this exchange in week three with several [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Beat]] Panels
{{quote| '''Beat:''' We ain't treading on thin ice! Shibuya's not cold enough for ice!<br />
'''Uzuki:''' .....<br />
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* ''[[Project 0]]'' interestingly enough on [http://www.centralcitytower.com/2010/02/new-installment.html page 8] of part 1.1 and [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 ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' [http://xkcd.com/141/ in this tribute].
** 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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* ''[[Bob and George]]'' is famous for the third panel pause.
** Especially [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=011201 this strip], which had a three-panel pause.
* [http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=927 This] ''[[Brawl in The Family (Webcomic)|Brawl in Thethe Family]]'' comic.
* ''[[Cyanide and Happiness]]'' uses this, frequently. Very frequently.
** [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2030/ This strip] is the most consecutive beat panels in a comic found so far. (If you can't figure it out: {{spoiler|Use the horizontal scrollbar.}})
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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 Thethe Extremist]]'' uses this ''constantly.'' Often taken [[Up to Eleven]] with comics like [http://dtecomic.com/?n=3 this].
* ''[[Dystopia (Videovideo Gamegame)|Dystopia]]'' [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 (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]''. A prime example is [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/06/episode-1079-verbal-flanking/ here].
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|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]].
** Also, Tedd [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-05-27 and the spilled barrel of exposition], Nanase [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-07-24 talking about Ellen with Susan]. Grace [http://egscomics.com/?date=2005-02-14 realizing she had to break her "morphing moratorium"], Ellen [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-01-19 coming back to Earth] and [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-09-03 informed] of the Elliot's [[Gender Bender|upcoming powers]] and "Man Engulfs Food" [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-12 looking at dining Grace].
** Once [http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-04-03 turned into gag in its own right].
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* ''[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 (Webcomic)|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].
** A [[Running Gag]] with characters realizing what they just said -- [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080314 Moloch], [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090504 Agatha] and [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091014 Tarvek].
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080801 Here] and [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091009 here] it's a punchline.
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'''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].
* ''[[Head Trip (Webcomic)|Head Trip]]'' doubles up on the beat panels in [http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com/d/20080915.html this strip] because, well, as that particular chapter of ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Breaking Dawn]]'' put it, "There Are No Words For This".
** Also, [http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com/d/20081006.html this]:
{{quote| '''[[The Adjectival Superhero|Hot Topic Avenger]]''': The acceptable pause for a punchline has passed, meaning either you're ''serious'' or you ''suck'' at telling a ''joke''.}}
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* [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 NamesName's Adventure]]'' has been employing this since the [http://www.doublepuma.com/adventure/comic/0001 first] strip.
** But most notably in strips with Amed. [http://www.doublepuma.com/adventure/comic/0009/\]
* 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 [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].
* In the ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'' prequel book 'On The Origins Of PCs' had a page with eight of these in a row, culminating in an outburst. [[It Makes Sense in Context|It fit the situation perfectly]].
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0303.html It seems unlikely]. Also, "[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0781.html How cute!]"
* There is an absolutely ''epic'' final panel beat in [http://www.partiallyclips.com/pclipslite.php?id=1391&c=1# strip this] ''[[Partially Clips]]'' strip.
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*** And [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1557 this strip], which is a textbook example of how the beatpanel's supposed to be done.
* ''[[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 (Webcomicwebcomic)|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].
** Also, [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=515 used as a punchline].
** Or, one of squirrel girls [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=701 notices] [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=699 Martian Trash Cans] hunting for Art --
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(squirrel girls look at each other)<br />
'''([[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 (Webcomic)|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 ''[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.
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* 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] where it actually happens twice in succession.
* [http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF026-Butterflies.jpg Butterflies] in ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]''.
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|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 [http://www.retailcomic.com/?p=4134 ''Retail''].
* ''[[Rusty and Co (Webcomic).|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 KA MicsKAMics]]'' [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4771258/ Has] [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4772298/ done] [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4790116/ this] [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4803092/ a number] [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/5293042/ of times], [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4772300/ sometimes] [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4999434/ as punchlines] [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/5012226/ or inverted.]
* ''[[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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