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* ''[[Dexter]]'' did this in the 2010 season opener when [[First Episode Spoiler|presenting news of]] {{spoiler|his wife's death}}.
* ''[[Dateline NBC]]:''
{{quote| '''Chris Hansen:''' Why don't you take a seat over there?}}
* ''[[MASH]]'' has this exchange over the phone:
{{quote| '''General-of-the-week''': Are you sitting down, Henry?<br />
'''Henry Blake''': No sir!<br />
'''GOTW''': Maybe you should, I have some exciting news.<br />
'''Henry''': ''(sits down)'' Yes sir!<br />
'''Hawkeye''': They're giving you calisthenics over the phone? }}
* The police officers of ''[[Law and Order]]'' frequently asked relatives of victims to sit down.
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* During one page of ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'', Fox and Colin are given some heavy news. Fox says he needs to sit down, to which Colin replies 'You already are'.
* In ''[[Order of the Stick]],'' Haley had some difficulty trying to figure out how to tell Celia that {{spoiler|her boyfriend was dead (Albeit [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist|only temporarily]].)}} Sick of wasting time, [[Comedic Sociopathy|Belkar]] decided it was best to just shout it in the bluntest manner possible.
{{quote| '''Belkar: ''' OK, that's IT! I can't take the euphemisms any more! {{spoiler|Roy is dead!}}}}
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* In the ''[[Loading Ready Run]]'' sketch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9M3RRfdRg "All the Little People".]
{{quote| '''Graham:''' I ... think I'd rather stand. Near the door.}}
 
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