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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"...well, we'll just have to cut his head off and bury him somewhere, 'cause it goes without saying that we can't turn him loose. He'd report us at once to some kind of outback Nazi law enforcement agency and they'll run us down like dogs.
''...Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? '''Did they hear me?'''"''
|'''Raoul Duke''', ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' }}
A character is conducting a perfectly normal [[Inner Monologue]], usually thinking about how horrible their friend's cooking is or how attractive they find the person across the room from them.
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Then [[Fee Fi Faux Pas|it hits them]] as they hear their own voice, they stop, look around, make a blank expressions and say...
'''"Did I just say that out loud?"''' [[Hilarity Ensues]]
TV writer Jane Espenson has castigated this trope as a "clam"; that is, a piece of stock dialogue grown unfunny through overuse. However, she admits a theoretical variant where a character sits silently for a few minutes and then says
See also: [[Oh God, Did She Just Hear That?]], [[Can't Believe I Said That]] and [[Is This Thing Still On?]]
Can also perhaps be the moment of [[Fridge Logic]] when one realizes the racier alternate meaning of a [[That Came Out Wrong]] moment.
Also, closely related to [[Open Mouth, Insert Foot]]
▲{{examples|Examples}}
* King Bumi recounts his plan to kidnap the Avatar and force him to go through a series of trials before the guards tell him that the kids can hear him in ''[[Avatar the Abridged Series]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSwNcdJG6AI #4].▼
* Marik Ishtar faces a similar dilemma in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM95mzwncoQ #33].▼
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* In the third episode of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Luna (a talking cat) is walking down the street while talking to herself and, when she bumps into Motoki, she becomes afraid that he may have heard her talking.
* In the manga version of ''[[Excel Saga (
* Inverted in ''[[
** Though done right with Hannybal the Vice-Warden of Impel Down, as he is prone to the [[Freudian Slip]]
* Used in the [[Kyoto Animation]] version of ''[[Kanon]]''. Yuuichi narrates meeting Kaori, which she responds to:
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'''Kaori''': What are you giving a narration for? }}
** In the dub version, though, Kaori's line is changed to "I can still hear you, you know." This actually makes her sound more [[Genre Savvy]], in a way.
* In ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', Ivan will also regularly speak his innermost thoughts, often adding something like 'but I wouldn't tell you that, not if you ripped my mouth off' to the end. Nanami tends to point this out to him, but he does it anyway. And he's still shocked when Yoshino knows of his secret-secret love for her.
* Happens quite often to Hideki in ''[[
** [[Lampshaded]] when Hideki comments that he needs to stop talking to himself.
** Somewhat justified by the fact that he spent most of his life on a farm, where the only things who could overhear him were livestock (who obviously can't do much to make him feel awkward about it).
* Kyon, the narrator in ''[[
** To clarify, he rarely has quotation marks, and many of the things he 'says' in response to what others are talking about are only in his head. You don't know if he's actually said something until the other character responds. In the anime, the same effect is achieved by having Kyon's mouth offscreen during these parts.
** There are times, however, when people respond to things that Kyon thinks but does not actually say. For example, when Kyon gets paired with Asahina in the SOS Brigade's first search:
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'''Haruhi:''' Kyon, are you listening? This is not a date! }}
*** That may be because Haruhi is, well, [[Physical God|Haruhi.]]
*** Or it could be because his expression made it obvious. Or just a guess (it's not a hard one).
* Mana in the dub version of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.
* The dub version of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' also has this in the scene where Saiou and Kenzan first meet.
* In the unedited version of episode 6 of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', Yoko chews out Kamina for falling into an enemy trap [[Chivalrous Pervert|just so he could look at her and the girls' boobs]]. When Kamina justifies his actions by saying "there are some things a guy just has to see", Yoko blurts out that she would've let him see them any time if he'd have just said so first. Cue [[High
* Hellbat in ''[[Transformers Victory]]'' privately gloats about how he's going to overthrow Goryu, Leozack, and Deathsaurus - while Goryu is standing right next to him. Fortunately for Hellbat, Goryu is an idiot.
* In the ''[[Pokémon (
* In the [[
* ''[[.hack|.hack//4koma]]'' [[Inverted Trope|Inverts]] this with the [[Alternate Character Interpretation|new-and-improved]] [[Designated Hero|Ki]][[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|te]]. Upon entering the [[Inevitable Tournament|requisite tournament]], Kite [[Licking the Blade|gleefully expresses his excitement]] [[Blood Knight|at performing a public PK]]. When his party members [[Double Take]], he ([[Stepford Smiler|cheerfully]]) replies, '''''"Oh, you heard me."'''''
* In volume 2 of ''[[
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** Not to mention when his "little yellow boxes" are broken and it turns out that he's actually saying it all out loud.
** And the reason this works so well is because he does it ''all the time'' so it goes 180 degrees from overused cliche back into funny again.
* Mary Janes does this in ''[[
* Mindf*** from ''[[
* [[Batgirl]] (Stephanie Brown) has a bad habit of this, prompting Oracle to remind her about "outside voice". Red Robin asked this question for her. She really did mean to say the kinda awkward thing, and [[
* ''[[The Maxx]]'' has a similar problem with the little yellow boxes to Deadpool.
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== Fan Works ==
* This is a rather common trope to be used in romantic fan fiction when the two parties are caught in a [[Twice Shy]] relationship. One side will profess their feelings for the other by talking to themselves (frequently in a condescending, self-motivating lecture) while they believe the other to be out of earshot. Due to [[Rule of Romantic]], this usually ends happily when the object of their affections reveals that they had overheard as well as their own feelings, and the two get together (which was probably why the fan fic was written in the first place).
* ''[[
* A telepath's variant shows up in ''[[
* In the ''[[
* A weird example happens in ''[[
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* In the [[Katawa Shoujo]] fanfic [[
▲* King Bumi recounts his plan to kidnap the Avatar and force him to go through a series of trials before the guards tell him that the kids can hear him in ''[[Avatar:
▲* Marik Ishtar faces a similar dilemma in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
== Film ==
* ''[[Austin Powers]]: International Man of Mystery'', where the loss of his internal monologue is a side effect to the cryrogenic unfreezing process.
* Played with in ''[[Fear and Loathing
** Also done near the start during the opening narration. He yammers in V.O. about where they are and what they're doing, then remarks on how he was suddenly surrounded by bats and he hears someone say "Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?". While this is happening we also hear his own voice saying the exact line on a different track at the same time.
* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in ''[[Liar Liar]]'': Jim Carrey's character becomes incapable of lying, and frequently blurts out what he's really thinking instead, to comic effect.
* In ''[[Over the Hedge (
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'''Stella:''' My stink.
'''R.J.:''' --Your feminine charms.
'''Hammy:''' Bwahahahaha! *covers mouth* Was that out loud? }}
* In ''[[The Right Stuff]]'', Alan Shepard is bolted into Freedom 7, about to get shot into space:
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'''Gordon Cooper''' (at Mission Control desk): We didn't quite copy that, say again please.
'''Shepard''' (startled): Uh, I said, everything is A-OK.
'''Cooper''': Well, that's what I thought you said. (to main communication channel) He says everything is A-OK.
'''Eric Sevareid''' (on CBS News broadcast): He says everything is A-OK. }}
* From ''[[Anchorman:
== Literature ==
* In ''Polgara The Sorceress'', [[Belgariad|Belgarath]] and his daughter foil one of Chamdar's plans by making his thoughts audible without him noticing. This makes it overlap with [[Oh God, Did She Just Hear That?]].
* In Steven Erikson's ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]'', the would-be-nefarious High Priest Iskaral Pust fancies himself a master of
** It is implied that Pust [[Obfuscating Stupidity|does this intentionally]], as it leads others to believe he is terrible at deception. Cotillion mentions that it is likely all a hoax.
* The exact line isn't used, but in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
** Of course, we know Vetinari was messing with Moist for his own amusement. Which he does with about everybody. A lot. They come to his office to make a simple complaint, and walk away with the feeling that they just narrowly escaped with their life.
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* Kreacher from ''[[Harry Potter (
* As does Lady Forbes in the ''[[Aubrey-Maturin]]'' series.
* Raskolnikov in ''[[
* In the [[Vorkosigan Saga]], Miles does this as part of his idiosyncratic reaction to [[Truth Serum|fast-penta]], and doesn't even realize he's doing it until he hears the words come out of his mouth.
* This happens to [[Hunter S. Thompson]] (or rather, his [[Author Avatar|alter ego]] Raoul Duke) several times in ''[[Fear and Loathing
* Happens to Mr. Rebeck in ''[[Peter S. Beagle|A Fine and Private Place]]'' when [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Michael and Laura]] are discussing forgetting what life was like.
* Somewhat of a [[Running Gag]] in the novel ''Cocktail'' (though not in the movie); whenever Brian, the main character, is drunk or hungover, he keeps wondering if he's saying his [[Inner Monologue]] out loud or not.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Castle]]''. Has several:
** Det. Ryan in "The Double Down" after "So much for my famous warm honeymilk with Jenny tonight." This is mentioned again when Ryan is introduced to a Vice cop that Esposito knows, and right after the introduction the Vice cops asks Esposito "Honeymilk?"
** Also in "Sucker Punch", when the team is investigating a late night infomercial host who's "I'll make you rich!"
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'''Ryan''': ''[Absently]'' And which boxes contained the secret path to financial independence.''[Everyone looks at him; he realizes]'' ... What? }}
** Inverted in "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice" when, over the body of a young woman found in her underwear covered in caramel sauce, Lanie matter-of-factly discusses her own [[A Worldwide Punomenon|tastes]] in this area, much to Castle and Ryan's interest:
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'''Castle''': ... Does she know we can hear her? }}
** Upon seeing Natalie Rhodes enter the room wearing a wig and a suit to make her look like the double of Beckett:
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** Quoth Ryan to Esposito, in "A Dance With Death": "You can't pick up on ''honeys'', while wearing the eternal symbol of my love and commitment to Jenny. [[Beat]] Did I just say that out loud?"
* ''[[Friends]]''. The gang is discussing Ross's ex-wife Carol, and Chandler says "Sometimes I wish I was a lesbian." Cue the gang slowly turning to look at him with dumbfounded expressions. Chandler suddenly sits upright as he realizes. Enter the trope name.
** There's also a later episode, wherein Mike is planning on proposing to Phoebe, but Phoebe accidentally talks him out of it (long story). Whilst discussing this, Chandler says, "If I were a guy."
** Chandler has a number of these moments throughout the series. Another example comes during the episode where Rachel is babysitting Ross's monkey Marcel: Ross and Rachel are discussing letting her take care of Marcel when Chandler blurts out:
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*Everyone else stares at Chandler*
Chandler:
* Well done in ''[[Coupling]]'', where we see a scene through the eyes of a notional "Captain Subtext". While enacting the motions of choosing furnishings, the characters' lines reflect their actual thoughts. Shallow Jane's lines are simply "Me! Me! Me!" while weird Jeff is thinking "Gusset! Cleft! Nipples!". When "Captain Subtext" disappears, the conversation continues, now talking about furnishings. Except Jeff, who interjects "Cleft".
** There is also something of a running joke where Sally will make a cruel comment to Susan and then apologize, saying she didn't mean to say it out loud, only to think it.
* Subverted in ''[[
** Also done straight in the ''[[
** For example in one episode Jordan gives her automatic "My parents were mean to me!" defence only to have the person she was talking to point out she didn't actually vocalise whatever unpleasant thought she thought she said.
{{quote|
'''Ted (aloud):''' You're an ass!
'''Ted (inner monologue):''' Ted, you idiot! You said the 'out loud' thing in your head and the 'in your head' thing out loud! }}
** Played straight a LOT in ''[[
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'''JD''': We're gonna need a whole lot of gnomes! }}
* In a twist on the trope, in ''[[Malcolm in
** In the pilot, Malcolm uses the line when he complains to his wheelchair-bound friend Stevie about being an outcast now that he's in the Krelboyne class. He says something to the effect of "It's easy for you; you've always been a freak," meaning a Krelboyne, "I was normal."
* ''[[Titus]]'' featured a Neutral Space, where Christopher Titus would share his thoughts. However in the episode "The Trial" some of the things he said in the Neutral Space he also said out loud without realizing it {{spoiler|such as when he calls the prosecutor an idiot}}.
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* Cliff Clavin of ''[[Cheers]]'' would say this from time to time.
* Happened a lot on ''[[This Is Wonderland]]'', with [[Alice Allusion|Alice]]'s habit of [[Verbal Tic|muttering swear words and insults under her breath]].
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'''James''': Oh. That's not good. }}
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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'''Willow''': Maybe because they met her? ... Did I say that? }}
** In the season 8 comic, after a vampire states that Buffy probably tastes good, Satsu answers "You have no idea. Did I just say that out loud?"
* In ''[[That '70s Show]]'''s second episode, Eric and Donna are sitting on the porch. The other characters, inside, debate over who will try to kiss who...however...
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* There's a scene in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', when General Hammond has suggested adding a Russian team member to SG-1.
{{quote|
'''Hammond''': Colonel!
'''Jack''': Oh, sorry. Did I just say that out loud?
{{spoiler|It worked, though, as Jonas Quinn was eventually added instead.}} }}
** Jack probably intended to say that out loud.
* Hilariously subverted in ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. House is desperately trying to remember something that happened shortly before a recent bus crash in order to save an unknown patient's life, so he induces a number of hallucination sequences. During one such flashback, he makes a lewd comment about Wilson's girlfriend, Amber, then admits he didn't mean to say it out loud.
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'''House:''' I didn't say it out loud? }}
* Played out with Kelly Bundy of ''[[Married...
** In another episode Al dreams that he is a [[Private Detective]], complete with [[Private Eye Monologue]]. At one point he says his narration out loud just as he is afflicted with [[Male Gaze]].
* A hilarious semi-version appears in an episode of ''[[
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'''Ryan McPoyle'''(out loud)''':'''My skin's not tight.
''Cut to Charlie, very surprised.'' }}
* Alex Jones says the phrase in the final episode of ''[[The Gil Mayo Mysteries]]''. As she and Gil are about to kiss, he recieves a phone call abut his missing wife. Alex asks if the wife is dead only for Gil to say there has been a sighting. Alex responds:
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* At one point, [[Dexter]]'s [[Inner Monologue|internal voice]] slips out. Only Doakes hears it.
* Rather hilariously done in the original form in an episode of ''[[
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'''Leader:''' ''Set the control box?''
'''Graeme:''' Yes, the box that--the--uh--the suits, the settings, we--''[makes vague hand gestures]''--anyway, I ''must'' dash!
'''Leader:''' ''[catching on somehow]'' ...But this is ''cheating!''
'''Graeme:''' Yeah, well, it is, a bit, but--''[grinning]''--long as nobody knows about it, eh? ''[thumbs up]'' See you later! ''[leaves]''
'''Leader:''' ''[stunned silence]''
'''Graeme:''' ''[just outside, stopping and [[Oh Crap|staring into open space, realizing]]]'' ...''WHAT'VE I DONE?!'' }}
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway
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* ''[[Chuck]]'', in the episode where Chuck has taken a [[Truth Serum]], and is being ordered to take an antidote:
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* ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'' [[Exaggerated Trope|Exaggerates]] this. Thinking that she's finally put an end to [[Everyone Can See It|Hugo and Alice's]] [[Will They or Won't They?]], Gerry exits, leaving the two to kiss.
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[''Re-enters and realizes [[Crowning Moment of Funny|they haven't moved an inch]].'']
'''Gerry''': [[
* In ''[[
* Done in ''[[The West Wing]]'' when the President is on one of his enthusiastic rambles with an exasperated Josh as his captive audience:
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'''Josh:''' ''(muttering)'' Good a place as any to dump your body.
'''Bartlet:''' What was that?
'''Josh:''' Did I say that out loud? }}
* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'': In the episode "Secret", the school nurse comes to the students health class to talk about an outbreak of an STD at Degrassi. Manny reads the name of it on the nurses chart and shouts out "Gonorrhea?". When the rest of the class looks at her, she then says the very title of this trope.
* On ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Cory does this in the middle of class after Topanga breaks up with him for saying "I love you":
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'''Cory:''' Honest? Let me tell you a little story about a kid from Philly who was honest. You see, he said what was in his heart, and then the... (Beat) Oh I'm sorry was that out loud? }}
* ''[[Spin City]]'': Happens to Mike when he's negotiating with the doorman's union. He is complimenting to their faces while insulting them in his thoughts. When they ask him to apologise on his knees, he says "Like I'm going get down on my knees for these morons" and immediately follows it by thinking "Did I just say that out loud?".
* ''[[Miracle In Lane Two]]:'' While at a funeral Justin ([[Frankie Muniz]]) starts to wonder what people would say about him at his funeral. The Priest runs out of things to say and starts talking about Justin's impressive wheel chair instead. Justin ends up blurting "Hey what about me?!" realizing he said it out loud he goes on to ask "
== Music ==
* The Barenaked Ladies song ''Fun And Games'', about a government planning an invasion, includes the line:
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You could hear us laugh then
The poor and black all need the room and board
...Did I say that out loud? }}
* Bloodhound Gang, A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying.
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* Kitananx does this and [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|breaks the fourth wall in the process]]
{{quote|
Someone gives a FUCK?
Now i'm gonna change the lyrics a bit
...Did i say that out loud?
You didn't hear anything,right?
But if you did...
Don't think of it and...
LISTEN TO THE REST OF THE SONG,DAMNIT! }}
* The Corrs have one of these at the end of their song "Humdrum", in which a woman fantasizes about taking a man for granted.
* Understandably, Natasha Beddingfield sneaks the line in at the end of her song [[Exactly What It Says
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* Happens occasionally to Jeremy in ''[[Zits]]''.
* Satchel from ''[[Get Fuzzy]]'' thinks out loud, because, as he puts it, "[[Too Dumb to Live|How else can I hear my thoughts? I'm not a mind reader!]]" He gets angry when someone comments on what he's thinking, telling them to "stop reading my mind!" Uh...right. Perhaps this is a subversion, then, as he really doesn't realize he ''is'' saying it out loud, even when called on it.
* ''[[
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'''Isabel:''' Yes, and you aren't sorry. }}
* ''[[Baldo]]'' has one case when introduced to his new co-worker Beatrice.
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'''Baldo''': Training her to love me. [[Medium Awareness|...Sorry, that was supposed to be a thought bubble]]. }}
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== Tabletop Games ==
* The ''[[
== Videogames ==
* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', when talking to HK-47:
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'''HK-47''': Query: Don't I? I was under the assumption that organic meatbags such as yourself enjoyed such forms of address.
'''PC''': "Organic meatbags"?
'''HK-47''': Retraction: Did I just say that out loud? I apologize, master. }}
** Actually, this is probably just HK-47 insulting you. [[Robotic Psychopath|He's like that.]]
* Arcueid in [[Tsukihime]].
{{quote|
'''Shiki''':..... Wait-you were going to break them?
'''Arcueid''': Eh? D-did I just say that part out loud? }}
* ''[[
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'''Milennia:''' "Ooops! Did I say that out loud?" }}
* In [[Sonic Storybook Series|Sonic and the Secret Rings]], Sonic doesn't seem fazed by his belief that win or lose against Erazor he'll die. Until, of course, he mistakenly mentions his impending death - Ooops.
** His frightened laugh, and the fact that he's [[Stepford Smiler|still smiling]] makes it particularly striking. In spite of this, he still somehow managed to [[Viewers
* ''[[No More Heroes]] Desperate Struggle'' parodies this. It has a moment like this... in written form.
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* In ''[[City of Heroes]]'', one of the Architect employees you talk to while on your tour has a broken inner monologue.
* Sparx from ''[[Spyro the Dragon|The Legend Of Spyro]]'' does this a few times, most memorible being when he tells the guardians, after a [[Rousing Speech]] by the Dragon Guardians, he exclaims they even got him ready to take on [[Big Bad|Cynder]]...then says this line as they leave...then tells Spyro that if he says it again, for Spyro to hit him in the mouth.
* Done by [[Mr. Exposition|Professor Frankly]] in ''[[Paper Mario:
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* ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' has a variant: Misha signs everything to Shizune, as well as speak what Shizune signs out loud. This means that on occasion, more information is revealed than what's intended. In both directions.
* In ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', it's possible (with a high enough Speech skill) to goad Karl, a Frumentarius sent by Caesar's Legion to secure an alliance with the Great Khans, into insulting the Khans. While he's sitting next to their leader. The results aren't pretty for him.
* In ''[[Mass Effect]] 3'', EDI does this when talking about [[Robot Girl|her new body]]. It's probably intentional and/or a joke. Probably.
{{quote|
'''Shepard:''' ''EDI''...
'''EDI:''' ... did I just vocalize that on the bridge? }}
== Webcomics ==
* In [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=6 this] ''[[Questionable Content]]'' strip, Marten manages to do this ''twice''.
*
* A variation shows up in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0106.html this] ''[[The Order of the Stick
** To be fair, it's difficult to wink when you have no eyelids.
** Also, he's making [[RPG Mechanics Verse|a Bluff check]]. If you succeed, people ''will'' believe you.
** And in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0395.html this one]. Obligatory [[Lampshade Hanging]] and [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]. It ''is'' [[The Order of the Stick
* Parson's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130830180712/http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0102.html head-gaming] of Ansom in ''[[Erfworld]]'' includes a comment about "my secret allies in your coalition," followed by "Ewps. Did I let that slip?".
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=
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{{quote| '''Gil:''' [Agatha] is my ''chosen bride'', and any who would harm her must ''answer to me!''...Oh jeez, did I really just say that?<br />▼
'''Vanamonde''': Er - of - ''of course'', [[Magnetic Hero|my lady]].
'''Theo:''' Yes.<br />▼
'''Vanamonde''': ... ''What'' did I just ''say?!''
'''Carson''': What [[Legacy of Service|our family has been]] saying to [[Mad Scientist|Spark]]s for ''generations!'' It's not like we ''lasted'' long if we ''didn't!'' }}
** And [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081013 this]:
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▲
'''Gil:''' Okay, nobody heard that. }}
* ''[[Basic Instructions]]'' [http://basicinstructions.net/?p=375 shows how to deal with that.]
* Exaggerated in [https://web.archive.org/web/20041209103347/http://www.genecatlow.com/comics/20001229.gif this episode] of ''[[Gene Catlow]]'', as Cotton follows up a verbal slip by stuttering "I did not say that... I did NOT say that... those words did not come out of my mouth!"
* Played with in [http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1085 this] issue of ''[[Faux Pas]]'', in which the answer turns out to be "no".
* Katie Tiedrich of ''[[Awkward Zombie]]'' has this problem with [http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-072108.php facial expressions when drawing].
* Nurse Pamela in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140510040227/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-07-01 this] ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' strip.
* Subverted in [http://rosalarian.com/lesbianpirates/?p=225 this episode] of ''[[I Was Kidnapped
* Osiris from ''[[Voices]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110104131759/http://windowchronicles.com/voices/index.php?page=v02-111 does this all the time.]
** It's possible that he just [[Cloudcuckoolander|has no idea what the problem with constantly narrating out loud is.]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110701220213/http://www.ourhomeplanet.net/136.html This] strip of ''[[Our Home Planet]]''
* ''[[Cyanide
* Played with in [http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-05-31 this] ''[[Concerned]]'' comic.
* In ''[[Ménage à 3]]'', when gary tries to explain to Zii that he's not gay (while suffering from an allergy attack):
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'''Zii:''' Oh! You're straight? Are you su... hey, wait, what was that last bit?
'''Gary:''' Wha' lasd bid?
'''Zii:''' "Or, at least, I'd like to?"
'''Gary:''' Wazzat oud loud? }}
* ''[[Vexxarr]]'' had that [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=040317 Bleen crewman]. «It's OK. Everyone was ''already'' thinking it.»
== Web Originals ==
* [[Professor Otaku]], in his ''[[Midori Days]]'' review, and later in his ''[[Kotetsushin Jeeg]]'' review
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* A first person [[College Humor]] episode featured a student accidentally saying, "Ah, now that that's over, time to go back and look at the girl with big boobs... That was definitely out loud. How is that even ''possible!?''"
* ''[[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]]'':
** There's an example [http://notalwaysright.com/thats-what-he-thought/7989 here], with "That's what she said."
** Then there's [http://notalwaysright.com/stone-baked-goodness/9089 this] stoner.
* [[
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* This is used at several points in ''[[The Randomverse]]''. In the movie parodies, a drugged Spider-Man dreams parodies for films, but narrates them for an audience of super heroes to cheap to go to the movies. In Zero Hour, Green Goblin does this intentionally while writing a letter to let off a string of insults ("walking venereal disease", "insensitive asshat", herpes infested) at [[Iron Man]].
== Web Animation ==
* In an [[Easter Egg]] on the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' cartoon "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105144331/http://www.homestarrunner.com/trogday08.html Trogday 08]," Coach Z says to "Wormdingler" (his snake-like drawing of a "dragon" (from the [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html Sbemail of the same name])): "You don't need no consummate V's ta be my bride... Oh! Did I just say that out loud?"
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]'', Pepper Potts is prone to this.
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** Another version, from "A Star Is Burns":
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'''Krusty''': Let's just say it moved me...'''to a bigger house!''' Oops, I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet. }}
** Similarly:
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'''Homer''': Then on to the Duff Brewery!
'''Homer's Thoughts''': Wait, did I just say that or think it?
'''Homer''': I better think of a lie, fast!
'''Marge''': Homer, are you skipping work to go to the Duff Brewery?
'''Homer''': [Horrified screech] }}
** Homer, attempting to concoct a cover story for his plan to stalk Lenny and Carl: "I'm going out now... to stalk... Lenny and Carl."
* ''[[
** Played with in that Quagmire ''was'' just thinking it, but the others could hear his inner monologue due to a super-sensitive microphone.
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** Also played straight in a scene where Chris is writing in his journal about his ambivalence over kissing {{spoiler|what he thought was}} a boy, with a typical [[Inner Monologue]] voiceover informing the audience about what he's writing - only to have Brian walk in and inform him that he had really been speaking loudly enough to be heard from the next room the whole time.
* From comics and animation, we have ''[[The Maxx]]'', who is perhaps a little less than sane, and has rather a lot of trouble determining if he's speaking out loud or [[Inner Monologue|only in his head]].
* We also have Birdgirl, from ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney
** And then there's another example like the Family Guy one above, where Phil Ken Sebben is somehow able to hear Birdman's thoughts while displaying his burgled office to his employees:
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'''Birdman''': ''There was never a grand piano there-''
'''Sebben''': "Yes there was, Birdman! You can still see the dimples in the carpet where it stood, right next to the 14' high golden Buddha."
'''Birdman''': ''There was never a 14' high golden Bud-''
'''Sebben''': "Keep your thoughts to yourself, Birdman!" }}
* ''[[My Gym
* In the ''[[Daria]]'' episode "See Jane Run", Daria's best/only friend Jane joins the track team and as a consequence, Daria has only herself to talk to. Which she does with alarming frequency.
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* Timmy Turner has learned of many of Denzel Crocker's plans because he recounted them out loud while they were in the same room in ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]''.
* ''[[Johnny Test]]'' lampshades this on the episode where Johnny's sisters make a mind control collar for his dog Dukey. Johnny talks outloud to himself both about the good times when Dukey used to listen to him, and how he can get rid of the collar. Out of the blue after one of his monologues he angrily states that he's got to stop talking to himself. Later on his dad overhears him and mentions, "That boy has really got to stop talking to himself." This really becomes a [[Running Gag]] when Johnny laughs somewhat manically after another plan, and he reminds himself that he really shouldn't be laughing to himself.
* From ''[[The Critic]]'' episode "Lady Hawke":
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'''Jay's brain''': You idiot, you said that out loud. Better cover.
'''Jay''': I mean uh, I wonder what she cooks like ... naked?
'''Jay's brain''': ''(sarcastically)'' Oh, nice going. }}
* In one episode of ''[[
* In the ''[[Teen Titans (
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'''Cyborg:''' *under his breath* Even though the girl has no clue how to cook.
*Robin elbows him and points to an upset Raven*
'''Cyborg:''' Oops...Did I say that out loud? *big smile and a thumbs up* Yum! }}
* In ''[[Winx Club]]'' S3 episode 22, Nabu (who was at the time using the fake name Ophir to hide his identity from Layla and the others) accidentally reveals his feelings for Layla while talking to Bloom, Sky and Riven:
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''(The others just smile as Nabu realizes what he just said)''
'''Nabu:''' Oh! Uh, did I just say that out loud?
'''Sky:''' Uh-huh.
'''Nabu:''' Sorry, please don't tell her that I said that.
'''Riven:''' Don't worry.
'''Bloom:''' Mum's the word. }}
* In ''[[Scooby
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* In the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Le Petite Tourette", Cartman pretends to have Tourette's Syndrome so that he can be as vulgar and offensive as he wants all the time without getting in trouble. This ends up backfiring spectacularly on him when he gets so used to saying whatever pops into his head that he starts blurting out embarrassing personal secrets and is unable to stop himself, [[Irony|thus forcing him to experience the public humiliation and shame suffered by people who actually have Tourette's]].
* In the ''[[Watership Down]]'' TV series, Hazel tells Primrose he loves her after he saves her. Then he quickly asks [[Exactly What It Says
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* In the ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode "Spin the Choice", Peggy is trying to explain her Thanksgiving Boggle tournament to an uninterested Luanne.
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'''Peggy:''' What?
'''Luanne:''' What?
'''Peggy:''' You just said that everybody hates my Boggle tournament.
'''Luanne:''' I didn't say that. I thought it. }}
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'''Phineas:''' [[Once an Episode|Yes, yes you did.]] }}
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== Real Life ==
* Back in the 1980's, the Chicago Cubs briefly had attractive young women serving as "ball girls", whose job was to chase down foul balls and bring new ones to the umpire. Their uniform normally consisted of a tight jersey and short shorts. On one particularly chilly April day, the ladies wore long slacks instead of shorts. Sportscaster Harry Caray commented, "There's Marla Collins down there without her shorts on." There was brief silence, followed by two minutes of incoherent laughter from the entire broadcast team.
* [[British Royal Family|Prince Philip]]
* The cricket commentator Alan Gibson once announced during a match with Bob Cunis at bat: "This is Cunis at the Vauxhall End. Cunis, a funny sort of name: neither [[Country Matters|one thing]] nor the other."
* [[Talking in Your Sleep]] with others around can result in this and copious embarrassment, made worse by the uncertainty about precisely what was vocalised.
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