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"[[The Take|Takes]]" or [[Reaction Shot~~|Reaction Shots~~]] are a staple, in live action and animation.

"[[The Take|Takes]]" or [[Reaction Shot]]s are a staple, in live action and animation.

The [[Double Take]] is when the actor glances at something or someone without much emotion and turns away, then, in a moment of realization, snaps the head around with a big expression. Sometimes this can be done as a Triple Take, but take it much further and you move into the realm of parody.

The '''Double Take''' is when the actor glances at something or someone without much emotion and turns away, then, in a moment of realization, snaps the head around with a big expression. Sometimes this can be done as a Triple Take, but take it much further and you move into the realm of parody.

Bonus points if you include an [[Eye Take]], [[Spit Take]], [[GASP]], or if the words which prompt the Double Take are, before the take, unthinkingly repeated by the Double-Taker (as in the example above).

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* ''[[TMNT|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze]]'' features not a double take, but a triple take when Keno notices the Turtles running up behind him.

* In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', when Han Solo instructs C-3PO what to say to the Ewoks, and keeps pulling him back for new orders, finishing with "Hurry up, will ya? Haven't got all day!" the droid responds with a double take.

* As the French king of physical comedy, [[wikipedia:Louis de ~~Fun%C3%A8s~~|Louis de Funès]]' Double Takes were nothing short of epic.

* As the French king of physical comedy, [[wikipedia:Louis de Funès|Louis de Funès]]' Double Takes were nothing short of epic.

** A good one in ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067108/ Delusions of Grandeur]'', when Don Saluste guides the king of Spain to the bedroom where they expect to surprise the queen with her lover... only to find her old gouvernante, Doña Juana, in the arms of Blaze the valet. Saluste double-takes, closes the door hastily and starts speaking gibberish out of shock.

* [[The Three Stooges]], fairly constantly.

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{{quote|'''Angel:''' Buffy, I...I just... something's happened that... {{spoiler|Willow}}'s dead. ''(sees Normal!{{spoiler|Willow}} next to Buffy, waving)'' Hey, {{spoiler|Willow}}. ''(very confused)'' [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Wait a second...]]<br />

'''Xander:''' We're all right there with you. }}

** This wasn't the first time he'd do this. Just turned evil, Angelus sides with the psychotic Drusilia and The Judge, who's meant to be invincible. That was before Buffy has something stolen for her, a rocket launcher. When Angelus sees it he just knows that it's time to get out of there, and we get a second close up [[Double Take]] of [[Oh Crap|fear in case it was missed in the first wide shot]].

** This wasn't the first time he'd do this. Just turned evil, Angelus sides with the psychotic Drusilia and The Judge, who's meant to be invincible. That was before Buffy has something stolen for her, a rocket launcher. When Angelus sees it he just knows that it's time to get out of there, and we get a second close up Double Take of [[Oh Crap|fear in case it was missed in the first wide shot]].

* In the ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode "Alone", Wilson kidnaps House's guitar to {{spoiler|force him into hiring a new team.}} He leaves a ransom note made of letters cut from a newspaper taped to House's wall. When House sees this, he barges into Wilson's office to reclaim his guitar. Wilson smugly proclaims his innocence, then signals the conversation is over by opening his newspaper... the paper with all the bits cut out, causing House to do a (hilarious) double take.

* ''[[Dollhouse]]'' gives us this:

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* In the ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' episode "Hammer of the Gods," the brothers are in a creepy (4 star) hotel, and Dean walks around with his EMF detector, trying to pinpoint their [[Monster of the Week]]. As he walks down the hallway, he passes an open door, with an elephant in the room. He takes two more steps, looks up from his EMF detector, takes two steps back, and the elephant is gone, replaced by a fat black man. Dean walks away, extremely nonplussed.

* ''[[Friends]]''

** In the last episode, Chandler and Monica make their way back home to their old, soon-to-be-vacated apartment, where the rest of the gang is waiting to see their kid. Monica shows up with one of the babies, then Chandler enters the scene with the other. Cue massive [[Double Take]] from everyone; especially egregious with [[Idiot Ball|Joey]].

** In the last episode, Chandler and Monica make their way back home to their old, soon-to-be-vacated apartment, where the rest of the gang is waiting to see their kid. Monica shows up with one of the babies, then Chandler enters the scene with the other. Cue massive Double Take from everyone; especially egregious with [[Idiot Ball|Joey]].

** Joey has a ''lot'' of these over the course of the show. When Chandler and Joey have won the girls' apartment from them, they stop by to give them a consolation gift and walk in...to find all their stuff back where it was before, because the girls switched everything while they were out. Chandler stands shocked in the doorway, while Joey strolls in, gets a beer and sits down... and ''then'' realizes.

* In an episode of ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'', Basil does this. He's in the lobby as per usual, when the Major casually walks past him carrying an enormous shotgun. Made even funnier by the fact that he's got it to kill 'Basil'.

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== Theater ==

* In ''[[On the Town]]'', Lucy does a [[Double Take]] between the following lines and exiting the scene:

* In ''[[On the Town]]'', Lucy does a Double Take between the following lines and exiting the scene:

{{quote|'''Chip:''' Well, goodbye, Miss Schmeeler.

'''Lucy:''' [[Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]. }}