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'''[[Jack Benny]]:''' ''(long pause)''
'''Mugger:''' Look, bud! I said your money or your life!
'''Jack:''' I'm thinking it over, I'm thinking it over! }}
A character displays uncertainty in a situation that you wouldn't expect to call for it. Usually, this takes the form of giving too much consideration to a "[[An Offer You Can't Refuse|choice]]" that isn't really supposed to be one.
Sometimes, the choice the character is put before offers something s/he wants or needs, but accepting it would mean breaking some sort of a personal rule (like agreeing with the stupid member of the party). Or the character is just tired of being [[Surrounded
This situation is always spawned by [[Skewed Priorities]], and often implies or results in the character being [[Too Dumb to Live]]. But more often than not it is a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In an early episode of ''[[Rio -Rainbow Gate
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory]]''. After a woman's husband is kidnapped, the kidnappers call with their demands.
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'''Police officer:''' They want your case of Wonka Bars. [Mrs. Curtis says nothing] Mrs. Curtis, did you hear me? It's your husband's life or your case of Wonka Bars!
'''Mrs. Curtis:''' How long will they give me to think it over? }}
* Here's a good one from ''[[
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*[[Beat]]*
'''Phil:''' ''I'm thinking...'' }}
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[
* One of the ''[[1632]]'' books had a character express outrage that rum was used to sterilize severe wounds on his leg. When someone asked if he'd rather have lost the leg so he could drink the rum, he frowned. "Never rush a man when he's making a difficult choice.... I'll cogitate on it a bit and get back to you." He wasn't a stupid man, so he was presumably playing for laughs on stereotypes about heavy-drinking Irishmen.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' the episode "Inca Mummy Girl" gives us a unique exchange where a person needs time to answer their own 'question'.
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'''Buffy:''' Good for you.
'''Willow:''' Well, I didn't choose yet. }}
* The ''[[Scrubs]]'' episode "My New Role" had Eliot talking to a group of nurses who've frozen Carla out because she hangs out with the doctors so much.
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[The nurses keep drinking their coffee without reacting at all]
'''Eliot''': You're taking a pretty long time thinking about it... }}
* Bester was REALLY asking for it in ''[[Babylon 5]]''.
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'''Sheridan:''' I'm thinking it over.
'''Bester:''' Oh... good. }}
* In ''[[Stargate SG
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[long pause]
'''Urgo:''' Well?!
'''Jack O'Neil:''' We're thinking. }}
* Leonard in [[Big Bang Theory]] spends a little too long contemplating laser surgery as an alternative to just going to get his spare glasses from his apartment, because Sheldon's in there with a cold.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Bob and George]]'', "[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041230 George's Decision]":
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([[Beat Panel]])
'''Mike'''/'''Proto Man''': George!
'''George''': What?! I'm thinking! }}
* In ''[[Van Von Hunter]]'', Van and [[No Name Given|his sidekick]] escape their first adventure after having been sentenced to death. When confronted by the choice of accompanying Van or returning to face certain death, the sidekick says she'll have to think about it. Even after their foes launch a B-2 bomber at them out of a catapult ([[It Makes Sense in Context]] ... kinda) she still isn't certain.
* In the second strip of ''[[The Order of the Stick
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'''Durkon''': Are ye gonna...
'''Roy''': I'm thinking. }}
** From the same series, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0185.html another example].
* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/08/04 opinion] of the ''Seed'' demo.
* ''[[Vexxarr]]'' has a [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=071811 less than cooperative ship AI].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* An episode of ''[[
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