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* In ''[[DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story]]'', Owen sees his crush heading towards the bar just as the rest of the team is turning in for the night. He excuses himself by saying, "I gotta have a bathroom ... I mean ... go to the-- drink. ...in the bathroom." Dwight gives him a look and replies, "Whatever you do, wash your hands."
* In the film ''[[The Wedding Planner]],'' self-appointed matchmaker Penny must contrive a reason to abandon the leads at a movie. "I just remembered that I promised my friend's brother's godmother that I would help her change her fax cartridge because she's going out of town tomorrow...on an African safari!"
* Ian Hawke does this in a cruelly apathetic fashion in ''[[Alvin and the
* In the sixth ''[[Harry Potter]]'' film (and also in the book), Dumbledore uses this method to leave Harry alone with Professor Slughorn so as to persuade him to return to
* ''[[Dirty Work]]'': "I have to go...lift weights. ''[[Lampshade Hanging|What]]?!''"
* In ''[[Better Off Dead]]'', Lane uses one of these to get away from a tenacious paperboy.
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* In ''[[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]]'' this is played more or less straight by Rusty, who isn't making up excuses to allow his parents to talk, he just wants the hell outta the situation. "I gotta get to bed. I still gotta brush my teeth, feed the hog, still got some homework to do, still got those bills to pay, wash the car..."
* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', we see a [[Wheel of Fortune]] -esque wheel of various flimsy excuses in Scott's head, and the needle [[Heads-Tails-Edge|lands on the line between]] "I have to pee" and "Who, her?" and he ends up saying "I have to pee on her."
* ''[[She's the Man]]'': When caught in an awkward moment with Olivia and "Sebastian" (
* In ''[[The House of Yes]]'', Jackie finds out her [[Twincest|twin brother has a fiancée]], prompting her to laugh hysterically and claim she has to go brush her hair.
* Michele from ''[[Romy and Michele's High School Reunion]]'' does this a couple of times. On one occasion she asks to be excused because "I cut my foot earlier and my shoe is filling up with blood"; the second time the situation is so awkward that she simply declares "I have to go... away."
* In ''[[Annie Hall]]'', [[Woody Allen]] gives a barely-disguised one to a spooky [[Christopher Walken]]:
{{quote|'''Duane''': Can I confess something? I tell you this as an artist, I think you'll understand. Sometimes when I'm driving... on the road at night... I see two headlights coming toward me. Fast. I have this sudden impulse to turn the wheel quickly, head-on into the oncoming car. I can anticipate the explosion. The sound of shattering glass. The... flames rising out of the flowing gasoline.
'''Alvy Singer''': Right. Well, I have to - I have to go now, Duane, because I, I'm due back on the planet Earth.
* In ''[[Shallow Hal]]'', Mauricio sees Hal dancing with three unattractive women in a dance bar and decides to "rescue" him:
{{quote|'''Mauricio:''' "Hey, Hal, it's ten o'clock. We have to go do that thing. You know, at the place."}}
* [[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]] features one of the universe's most unfortunate examples, shortly after Mr. Creosote [[Wafer-Thin Mint/Quotes|does his thing]].
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