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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.

Then [[Fee Fi Faux Pas|it hits them]] as they hear their own voice, they stop, look around, make a blank expressions and say...

 

 

 

See also: [[Oh God, Did She Just Hear That?]], [[Can't Believe I Said That]] and [[Is This Thing Still On?]]

 

 

 

{{examples}}

* 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 (manga)|Excel Saga]]'', Elgala has the quirk of speaking her innermost thoughts out loud, including ''"I musn't speak my innermost thoughts out loud!"'' When she does this, she's usually in front of someone she is insulting mentally.

** 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:

'''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.

* Happens quite often to Hideki in ''[[Chobits]]''.

** [[Lampshaded]] when Hideki comments that he needs to stop talking to himself.

* Kyon, the narrator in ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', does this so often that it's sometimes hard to tell when he's just narrating and when he's actually talking. It's essential to his narrating style.

** 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:

'''Haruhi:''' Kyon, are you listening? This is not a date! }}

*** That may be because Haruhi is, well, [[Physical God|Haruhi.]]

* 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-Pressure Emotion]].

* 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.

* ''[[.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."'''''

 

 

** 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 ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' when Peter tells her his secret and she exclaims that she'd just been expecting him to kiss her (leading Peter to ask why she came to talk to him if that was what she was expecting and subsequently to their first [[Almost Kiss]]).

* ''[[The Maxx]]'' has a similar problem with the little yellow boxes to Deadpool.

 

== 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 ''[[Divine Blood]]'' where Naiki Satomi and Tessa Testarossa who have a permanent telepathic link due to a close call with [[Loss of Identity|their minds merging together]]. Tessa is an experienced telepath and has good control over what her surface thoughts are. Naiki, meanwhile, is described by Tessa as "a TV with no volume control that changes channel randomly".

* In the ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4643462/1/Mad_World Mad World]'', this happens a lot to Zack. Done well, in that whenever it happens it is always from Zack's point of view and thus only revealed when someone responds to it. Lampshaded at certain points, with Zack commenting out loud that one doesn't need to respond if he said something at one point or silently hoping that he didn't say it out loud for a more serious situation.

* A weird example happens in ''[[Turnabout Storm]]'', where [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Pinkie]] [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|breaks the fourth wall]] by responding to one of [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix's]] [[First-Person Smartass|snarky monologues]].

* In the [[Katawa Shoujo]] fanfic [[Reconciliation]], Hanako, seeing [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] Akira for the first time in eight years, exclaims with surprise that she's wearing girls' clothing (Akira quit her job at her father's company to manage a nightclub), then has this reaction in her narration, combined with a [[Luminescent Blush]].

 

 

* [[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 (animation)|Over the Hedge]]'' there is a version of this when Hammy bursts out laughing and then is very mortified by doing so.

'''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:

'''Eric Sevareid''' (on CBS News broadcast): He says everything is A-OK. }}

* From ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]'': "VERONICA CORNINGSTONE AND I HAD SEX, AND WE ARE IN LOVE!"

 

== 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?]].

** 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.

** 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.

* Kreacher from ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' has an outer monologue, which mainly consists of the racist beliefs of the family he worked for, although he never actually retracts or apologises for any of it. Hermione isn't certain he realises other people can hear him - since he spent the years Sirius was imprisoned taking mad orders from Mrs Black's talking portrait, she might be right.

* As does Lady Forbes in the ''[[Aubrey-Maturin]]'' series.

* 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.

 

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[Castle]]''. Has several:

'''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:

'''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:

** 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?"

** 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:

* 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.

** Also done straight in the ''[[Scrubs]]'' episode "Their Story", when other characters, including Ted Buckland, are doing the inner monologue.

** 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.

'''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 ''[[Scrubs]]'' - virtually all of JD's lines upon snapping out of a [[Dream Sequence|fantasy sequence]] are of this sort, to the extent that his tendency to say weird stuff out loud is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by the Todd in the episode 'Their Story'.

'''JD''': We're gonna need a whole lot of gnomes! }}

* In a twist on the trope, in ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' episode "Lois's Birthday", Lois's husband Hal discovers he has forgotten Lois's birthday. He rushes out of the room to talk the kids, under the pretense of disciplining them for being disrespectful. He screams lines like, "You boys are in so much trouble!" and then whispers lines like, "You gotta help me on this!" Then, fatefully, he mixes himself up and whispers, "Sorry isn't good enough!" and shouts, "I forgot your mom's birthday!" Whoops.

* 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]].

'''James''': Oh. That's not good. }}

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'', In the episode ''Witch'':

'''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?"

* There's a scene in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', when General Hammond has suggested adding a Russian team member to SG-1.

{{spoiler|It worked, though, as Jonas Quinn was eventually added instead.}} }}

* 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.

'''House:''' I didn't say it out loud? }}

** 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 ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'': the tripping-on-LSD-against-his-will Charlie seems to be having an inner monologue while one of the McPoyle brothers is talking at him:

''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:

* 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 ''[[The Goodies]]'' called "Come Dancing" (Or "Wicked Waltzing"). Graeme has built a gadget controlling their "dancing suits", and a female leader of a dancing mafia (...Wow, that sentence just formed. [[It Makes Sense in Context]], promise) is hassling him about the importance of the Goodies losing the dance competition they've entered. [[Absent-Minded Professor|Distracted]], he mumbles that he wasn't listening, and then this ensues:

'''Graeme:''' ''[just outside, stopping and [[Oh Crap|staring into open space, realizing]]]'' ...''WHAT'VE I DONE?!'' }}

* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'', being an ''improvised comedy'' show, will invoke this trope for ''real.'' In most cases, it's got everything to do with accomodating the rhythm of the scene, particularly musical games, which results in some of the weirdest things being said, and the players' faces (usually Josie Lawrence or Tony Slattery) when they realise this is ''hilarious''. Then there's Colin Mochrie, who's known for non sequiturs as random as they are legendary.

* ''[[Chuck]]'', in the episode where Chuck has taken a [[Truth Serum]], and is being ordered to take an antidote:

* In ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', Jen, annoyed by the attention a show-off colleague is getting in an executive meeting, mutters "Oh for God's sake" just as the room goes silent, then adds "Sorry, did that sound like words?"

* Done in ''[[The West Wing]]'' when the President is on one of his enthusiastic rambles with an exasperated Josh as his captive audience:

'''Josh:''' Did I say that out loud? }}

* On ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Cory does this in the middle of class after Topanga breaks up with him for saying "I love you":

'''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?".

 

 

== Music ==

* The Barenaked Ladies song ''Fun And Games'', about a government planning an invasion, includes the line:

...Did I say that out loud? }}

* Bloodhound Gang, A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying.

* Kitananx does this and [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|breaks the fourth wall in the process]]

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.

* 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.

* ''[[9 Chickweed Lane]]'', when sexy Portuguese pianist Isabel has been showing rather too much interest in Amos for Edda's taste:

'''Isabel:''' Yes, and you aren't sorry. }}

* ''[[Baldo]]'' has one case when introduced to his new co-worker Beatrice.

'''Baldo''': Training her to love me. [[Medium Awareness|...Sorry, that was supposed to be a thought bubble]]. }}

 

== Videogames ==

* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', when talking to HK-47:

'''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''': Eh? D-did I just say that part out loud? }}

* ''[[Grandia II]]''

'''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 are Morons|fool quite a few viewers]] who called Sega out on this. The other viewers thank Sega for not being anvilicious and finding a good way to portray Sonic's [[Heroic Spirit]].

* ''[[No More Heroes]] Desperate Struggle'' parodies this. It has a moment like this... in written form.

* 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.

* ''[[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.

'''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|Order of the Stick]]'' strip, in which [[Evil Overlord|Xykon]] uses an obvious [[Reverse Psychology]] ploy by making a speech to the heroes "revealing" his weakness, ending in "wink, wink". Yes, he actually says "wink, wink".

** 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|Order of the Stick]], after all.

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070528 this strip]:

** And [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081013 this]:

'''Gil:''' Okay, nobody heard that. }}

* ''[[Basic Instructions]]'' [http://basicinstructions.net/?p=375 shows how to deal with that.]

* 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].

* Subverted in [http://rosalarian.com/lesbianpirates/?p=225 this episode] of ''[[I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space]]'' (proving that Jane Espenson's theory is at least partially correct).

** It's possible that he just [[Cloudcuckoolander|has no idea what the problem with constantly narrating out loud is.]]

* 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):

'''Gary:''' Wazzat oud loud? }}

 

== Web Originals ==

* [[Professor Otaku]], in his ''[[Midori Days]]'' review, and later in his ''[[Kotetsushin Jeeg]]'' review

* 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!?''"

** 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.

* 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 ==

 

 

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'''s Homer has done this a number of times, including turnabouts where his inner monologue is what he thinks he's saying out loud, and vice versa. It also happened to Moe in the Behind-the-Laughter episode.

** Another version, from "A Star Is Burns":

'''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:

'''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."

* ''[[Family Guy]]''

** Played with in that Quagmire ''was'' just thinking it, but the others could hear his inner monologue due to a super-sensitive microphone.

** 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]].

** 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:

'''Sebben''': "Keep your thoughts to yourself, Birdman!" }}

* ''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey]]'', "Lie, Cheetah, Steal": Coach Gill keeps gushing over her new assistant, Mr. Cheetah, via internal monologue, and other characters keep overhearing her "voiceover".

* 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.

* 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":

'''Jay's brain''': ''(sarcastically)'' Oh, nice going. }}

* In one episode of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', an attempt to give himself psychic powers turns everything he thinks into this trope instead. At first he doesn't realize it, saying he hates his mom's cooking, then talking bad about his sister Dee Dee. Then before he can go back into the lab and reverse it, he's forced to go to school. Hilarity ensues as Dexter tries his best to keep his thoughts to himself.

* In the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "The End" we see Raven actually trying to cook breakfast for the team (she thinks it's her last day). Sadly, the pancakes she fixed were [[Lethal Chef|a huge disaster]], leading to this:

'''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:

'''Bloom:''' Mum's the word. }}

* In ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'', Velma's mother has this moment after she just bursts into her daughter's room:

* 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 on the Tin|the exact quote]].

* In the ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode "Spin the Choice", Peggy is trying to explain her Thanksgiving Boggle tournament to an uninterested Luanne.

'''Luanne:''' I didn't say that. I thought it. }}

* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', "Bubble Boys" has Buford's reaction to an opportunity to blow soap bubbles:

'''Phineas:''' [[Once an Episode|Yes, yes you did.]] }}

 

== 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.

* 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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