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Compare [[Talking Is a Free Action]]. See also [[Digging Yourself Deeper]], which can happen in said disambiguation.

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* ''[[Take the Money And Run]]'': The bank tellers think the [[Woody Allen]] character's holdup note says "I have a gub." He spends some time correcting them that he has a gun.

* In ''[[Raising Arizona]]'', Gale and Evelle's bank robbery is thrown off the rails when the bank customers start nitpicking the brother's orders: "Well, which is it, young feller? You want I should freeze or get down on the ground? Mean to say, if'n I freeze, I can't rightly drop. And if'n I drop, I'm a-gonna be in motion. You see..."

** "'''[[Big Shut Up|SHUT UP!]]'''"

** "'''[[Big "Shut Up!"|SHUT UP!]]'''"

* [[Meet the Spartans]] does this straight, complete with [[Talking Is a Free Action]].

{{quote| '''Commander''': I hope you're all ready, because today is the day we DIIIIIE!

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== Live-Action TV ==

* This happens quite a few times in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' in the midst of the [[Buffy Speak]] and general chitchat among heroes, villains, and between them.

* This happens quite a few times in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' in the midst of the [[Buffy-Speak]] and general chitchat among heroes, villains, and between them.

** One season 7 episode, "Conversations with Dead People", has Buffy stop her fight with a newly risen vamp when it turns out he was a Sunnydale alumnus who'd had a bit of a crush on her. They spend the rest of the episode commiserating, and he even gives her talk therapy ([[Hannibal Lecture|of a sort...]]) to get through her emotional troubles with Spike! Eventually, they do fight and she dusts him, though.

{{quote| '''Webs:''' Oh, my God!

'''Buffy:''' Oh, your God, what?

'''Webs:''' Oh, well, you know, not my God, because I defy him and all of his works. Does he exist? Is there word on that, by the way?

'''Buffy:''' [[Have You Seen My God|Nothing solid.]] }}

'''Buffy:''' [[Have You Seen My God?|Nothing solid.]] }}

* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' liked this one.

** [http://ibras.dk/montypython/episode16.htm#3 A man tries to skyjack a plane:]

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== Web Comics ==

* ''[[~~Eight~~ Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' '''runs''' on this trope. Just pick a strip, ''any'' strip. They even become [[Genre Savvy]] to their tendency to do this at one point, pointing out that how they deal with threats is bicker, argue semantics, stall with Fighter, hurt each other, bicker some more and ''then'' implement a brilliant plan from out of nowhere.

* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' '''runs''' on this trope. Just pick a strip, ''any'' strip. They even become [[Genre Savvy]] to their tendency to do this at one point, pointing out that how they deal with threats is bicker, argue semantics, stall with Fighter, hurt each other, bicker some more and ''then'' implement a brilliant plan from out of nowhere.

{{quote| "[[Asymmetric Dilemma|And anyway, you're a villain.]]"}}

* Very common in ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', which has [[Talking Is a Free Action]] in full force.

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'''Torhu:''' I'm sorry, what was the last part?

'''Hak Foo:''' I ''said'', "Minnow--" ''(gets body-slammed across the room)'' }}

* Pinkie Pie on ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' often indulges in this, as part of her [[Cloudcuckoolander]] persona.

* Pinkie Pie on ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' often indulges in this, as part of her [[Cloudcuckoolander]] persona.

{{quote| '''Spike:''' You know, Pinkie, these two ponies have a bit of a grudge match they try to settle, trying to prove who's the most athletic.

'''Pinkie:''' ''Yes!'' And grudge rhymes with fudge!