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* A character has been caught in some sort of embarrassing act, and, for want of a better tactic, is attempting to shrug off the embarrassment and avert the stares of onlookers by pretending that there is in fact [[Move Along, Nothing to See Here|Nothing To See Here]]. Sometimes a character is doing this on another character's behalf. Example from the film ''Splash'':

 

* As above, something unusual is going on, but this time the character is using the line ironically, or at least knowingly. In such cases the character is evidently aware that the sight before him is well out of the ordinary, but, instead of gawping with his cohorts, greets it like [[The Stoic]] and/or [[Deadpan Snarker]] he is. Example from ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]'':

(The major is an attractive woman.) }}

 

* A [[Deadpan Snarker]] is mocking another character's shocked reaction to something by which the former is unfazed. Example from the film ''[[The Big Sleep (film)|The Big Sleep]]'':

 

* The line is being used similarly to [[You Look Like You've Seen a Ghost]], with ''no, he hasn't'' being implied instead of ''yes, he has''. Example from ''Amazon Women on the Moon'':

'''Alpha Beta:''' No, My Queen. }}

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== [[Anime]] ==

* [[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]:

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[1776]]''

* ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]] Colon Movie Film for Theaters''

* ''Atanarjuat''

* ''Coal Miner's Daughter''

* ''[[The Crush]]''

* ''Emmanuelle V''

* ''[[Disney Animated Canon|Hercules]]''

* ''[[Iron Man]]'' (variant)

* ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (2008)

'''Trevor:''' Not with skin on it! }}

* ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' (2004)

* ''[[The Librarian]]: Quest for the Spear''

* ''Mad Monster Party?''

* ''Mask'' (1985)

* ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]'':

* ''[[Mulan]]''

* ''Oliver!'' (1968)

* In ''[[Police Academy]] 2'', after Mahoney replaces Lt. Mauser's hair conditioner with quick-acting epoxy resin while the latter takes a shower, Mauser's hands get glued to his head. Unfortunately for him, the shampoo runs into his eyes, so he's quite blind as he staggers out and rants at his men about how immature and un-funny this is. By the time he can see again, though, he's wandered out of the locker room altogether and is in the police station itself, in his birthday suit, hands stuck to his shampooed head, leading him to inquire of the stunned civilians and fellow cops:

* ''[[The Producers]]'' (2005)

* ''Raising Helen''

* ''[[Remember the Titans]]''

* ''Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' (1964)

* ''Seven Samurai''

* ''[[Sleepaway Camp II Unhappy Campers]]''

* ''Young Guns of Texas''

* ''Shoot To Kill'' (AKA ''Deadly Pursuit'') after Sidney Poiter scares off a bear.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''The Andy Griffith Show''

* ''[[Due South]]'' (episode "An Invitation to Romance")

* ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (episode "The Swan Man of Ilkley")

* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' (episode "Apocalypse Rising")

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (episode "Up the Long Ladder")

* ''Tour of Duty''

* ''[[Will and Grace]]''

* ''[[The X-Files]]'' (episode "The Unnatural", after a [[Glamour Failure]] reveals his alien self)

* ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' (episode "Time Waits for Norman")

* ''[[Barney Miller]]'' (when Nick Yamana was convinced that a suspect was turning into a werewolf)

'''Yamana''': Not in my family. }}

* ''[[The Young Riders]]'' (when Kid has to remove [[Sweet Polly Oliver|Lou's]] pants to tend to a bullet wound in her leg)

* ''[[MASH]]'' (when Winchester receives a package of truffles as part of a Care package from his family):

'''B.J.''':[[A Worldwide Punomenon|Nobody knows the truffles I've seen.]] }}

* ''[[Breaking Bad]]''

* [[Queer as Folk]] when Police Chief Stockwell and Brian's boss shows up at Brian's and find Brian and Justin (who also happens to be an intern at Brian's company at the time) having sex, Brian [[Sarcasm Mode|sarcastically]] asks if they've never seen two guys fucking before. It just so happens that the thing they're most upset about isn't the fucking, but that the floor is littered with half-finished anti-Stockwell propaganda posters of the kind that have been showing up all over the city without anyone having a clue as to who made them.

 

== [[Theatre]] ==

* [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s ''Mass'', "Fracture":

** In context, the celebrant has just thrown down and shattered the consecrated elements, so the moment is shocking.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Spyro the Dragon|Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!]]''

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''

** Rather tellingly, only for enemies that also appeared in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]''.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures|DMFA]]'' [http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_820.php 820]. Since the dimension usually doesn't have humans...

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]''

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]''

'''Sonic''': Yeah! You'd think they never saw a blue hedgehog before. }}

* The ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon "Hyde and Hare"

* ''[[Futurama]]'':

'''Fry''': Well, once in the park. }}

* ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show|The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'':

* Variant in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', after shaving the Sasquatch:

'''[[The Six Million Dollar Man|Steve Summers]]''': Huh? You couldn't tell?<br />

'''Brock''': Not until I had to... sh-have him.<br />

== Other ==

* ''Star Tours'' Disneyland ride

 

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