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{{quote|''Man, that [[White Magician Girl]] is hot. What I wouldn't give to have twenty minutes alone with her and a [[Noodle Implements|packing crate of spam]]. ''
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Basically, when someone says or does something outlandish or offensive for whatever reason, only to realize that everyone is staring at him, while he evidently didn't think whatever he said was that odd.
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Related to [[Big "What?"]] and [[Flat What]]. Can be used to [[Lampshade Hanging]] an [[Out-of-Character Moment]]. Often overlaps with [[Funny Background Event]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* This is Chiri's reaction in ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[Babylon 5]]'': When the station [[It Makes Sense in Context|fails to explode or disappear.]]
{{quote|'''Ivanova''': No boom ''today''. Boom tomorrow. [[Genre Savvy|There's always a Boom tomorrow.]]
'''Ivanova''': What? Look, somebody's gotta have some damn perspective around here! Boom. Sooner or later. '''BOOM!''' }}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': In one case, used to lampshade that [[The Fool|Xander]] was the one to know some key bit of information.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Tedd of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' frequently finds the need to use these. [http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-04-23 Here] and [http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-04-25 here] are good examples. Catalina Bobcat gets one [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-07 here], oddly enough Susan seems to be a cause of these.
* Black Mage in ''[[8-
* As does Fuzzy in ''[[Sam and Fuzzy]]''. Probably goes with [[Sociopathic Hero]] territory.
* Belkar Bitterleaf from ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' also does this quite a bit, especially when caught doing or saying something entirely in-character for him, like murdering an innocent gnome for his pack mule. Definitively a [[Sociopathic Hero]] trait.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the premiere episode of ''[[My Little Pony:
* In ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', when Phantom Limb tranquilizes Brock for insulting Dr. Girlfriend.
{{quote|"What? I'm a supervillain."}}
* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' lists the top ten things co-headwriter Doug Goldstein could have done with the $12,000 he blew on his timeshare. One example is putting a dollar in $12,000 g-strings. When he is seen doing just that with a male dancer, he gives a defensive "what?" before explaining he ran out of chicks.
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