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The camera cuts away to some far-off and completely unrelated setting (such as space) and we see the rather minor (by this perspective) result of [[The Take]]. The obvious implication is it must have been pretty spectacular at ground zero.
 
Often used for the [[Apocalypse Wow]]. [[The Scream]] is a specific version of this.
 
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Disney]]'s ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hercules]]'': Hades is so mad at his minions for buying ''Hercules'' merchandise that he causes a brief eruption on the volcano he's in. This is seen from the background as the scene cuts to Hercules some miles away.
* ''[[Futurama]]'' does this in the episode "Roswell That Ends Well", with a nuclear test going off and obliterating {{spoiler|the man Fry ''thought'' was his grandfather}}. The scene then cuts to a diner where Professor Farnsworth and Leela are sitting down to eat as the mushroom cloud from the explosion appears in the window. Neither they nor the residents of the town seem to pay it much mind. Believe it or not, that was realistic - during the 1950s, atomic tests in the desert southwest were so commonplace that people eventually stopped paying them much attention.
* ''[[American Dad]]'' uses (and mildly subverts) this in the episode "A Smith in the Hand". Steve attempts to use a hot iron on a piece of wood placed directly over Stan's crotch. When the expected [[Hilarity Ensues]], it cuts to a mountain range with forest animals as we hear Stan's scream, and an avalanche occurs. Later, Stan is rubbing ointment on the wound, which results in a... different type of scream. The same cut is used, and another avalanche occurs, at which point one of the animals asks why they keep grazing there.
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' does this with Dexter letting off [[Toilet Humor|an extremely powerful fart]]. First it zooms out to show his house (shaking from the fart), then it zooms out further to his neighborhood (shaking from the fart). After that, it zooms out showing the planet, and finally, it zooms out, showing the universe. Throughout this, we hear Dexter farting, the indication being that it was so loud, ''the entire cosmos'' could hear it. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|When we zoom back in, we see that he embedded the TV in the wall]].
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