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This is [[Older Than Steam]], being a classic trope of farce for several hundred years now.
Not to be confused with [[Description Cut]].
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== Anime
* ''[[Cross Game]]'', with some nice post-cut sarcasm:
{{quote|'''Aoba''': I bet he's nervous like hell. After all, this is the first game he can't afford to lose.
'''Kou's mother''' (from downstairs): Kou! How long are you going to sleep? Don't you have a game today?
'''Kou''' (half awake): Uh? Game? ''(Unfazed)'' God, I'm so nervous. }}
* Variation: at one point in episode 31 of ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Kid suggests to no one in particular that they should have a party. One title card later, we cut to a party being held in his house.
* [[Bonus Material|An omake]] in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga volumes, adapted into an episode of [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the 2003 anime]], has this:
{{quote|''Ed has requested a battle with the [[Kill It with Fire|Flame Alchemist]], Roy Mustang, in lieu of the regular assessment.''
'''Mustang''': Come on, the Fuhrer knows it wouldn't be fair with ''me'' against the kid. I'd love to show off my valor, but there's no way he's going to allow it.
'''Bradley''': That sounds like a very interesting fight. I'm going to allow the battle assessment. }}
== Comic Books ==
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* ''[[Runaways]]'' combined this with a subversion of the [[Evil Laugh]]. For full effect, Old Lace is a ''Deinonychus''.
{{quote|'''Mr. Wilder''': I have no doubt [the children] are plotting to destroy us even as we speak.
'''Molly''': Bwa ha ha! I just put a '''hat''' on Old Lace! That is freaking hilarious. }}
* [[Empowered]], when her wall clinging ability manifested.
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* [[Great Lakes Avengers|Great Lakes Initiative]] has just saved Christmas from a [[Harmless Villain|D List Villain]], when this ironic echo cut appears:
{{quote|'''Flatman''': Man, I wish Squirrel Girl was here. This's our biggest adventure in months and she's missing it.
'''Uatu the Watcher''': Congratulations, Squirrel Girl. By defeating Thanos, you have saved the entire '''multiverse'''. I wish I could have helped, but as a Watcher I am forbidden to interfere.
'''Squirrel Girl''': Hey, that's okay, Uatu. Still, I can't believe me and Tippy-Toe took out the '''real''' Thanos!
'''Uatu the Watcher''': Yes, Squirrel Girl, with my cosmic senses, I can confirm that that is, in fact, '''the one true Thanos''', and not a robot, clone, or simulacrum. }}
* Well, it's older than the internet, at least. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080612033233/http://www.liss.olm.net/loahp/am0319.html Orphan Annie does this!]
* Used far, ''far'' too often in ''[[Dork Tower]]''.
* From issue #3 of ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' comic book:
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'''Executive #1:''' Ha! Yet again we've targeted mindless idiots like Stimpson J. Cat!
'''Executive #2:''' And took them for everything they had! }}
== Film ==
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* Another example without the cut: ''[[Austin Powers]] in Goldmember''.
{{quote|'''Austin''': ''(To his father)'' Like I'd ever let Goldmember get away.
'''Foxxy''': Austin? Goldmember's getting away. }}
* This is almost [[War Machine (Comic Book)|James Rhodes]] (Terrence Howard)'s entire purpose in the ''[[Iron Man]]'' [[Iron Man (film)|film]].
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'''Stark''': Ah...training exercice, isn't that the usual BS?
'''Rhodey''': It's not that simple.
'''Rhodey''': An unfortunate training exercise... }}
* Used often in ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', sometimes with the variation of having Forrest mention something another character would say, only to cut to that character repeating it again.
{{quote|'''Forrest Gump''': Mama always said life was like a box a chocolates, never know what you're gonna get.
'''Mrs. Gump''': Life's a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get. }}
{{quote|'''Mrs. Gump''': Remember what I told you, Forrest. You're no different than anybody else is. Did you hear what I said, Forrest? You're the same as everybody else. You are no different.
'''Principal''': Your boy's...different, Ms. Gump. }}
{{quote|'''Forrest Gump''': Lieutenant Dan was always getting these funny feelings about a rock or a trail or the road, so he'd tell us to get down, shut up.
'''Lieutenant Daniel Taylor''': Get down! Shut up! }}
{{quote|'''Forrest Gump''': Bubba knew everything there is to know about the shrimpin' business.
'''Bubba''': I know everything there is to know about the shrimpin' business. }}
{{quote|'''Forrest Gump''': Momma had all sorts of visitors.
'''Mrs. Gump''': We had all sorts of visitors. }}
* From ''[[City of God]]'':
{{quote|''Knockout:'' Why didn't he kill me?
''Ze:'' Why didn't I kill him? }}
* In ''Singles'', Linda is talking with her girlfriends after she and Steve have their initial one-night stand:
{{quote|'''Linda:''' This guy plays no games.
'''Steve:''' I've got to play this one perfectly. }}
* ''[[Clear and Present Danger]]'': An American sniper is targeting a drug lord's house for a laser-guided bomb when a garish yellow truck drives up to the house. His reaction is echoed by the drug lord.
{{quote|'''Sniper''': Oh, what the hell is this?
'''Drug Lord''': What the hell is this? }}
* ''[[Hoodwinked]]'' does the second variety nearby the beginning.
{{quote|'''Red''': I decided to call Granny. If anyone knew what to do, she would.
'''Granny''': I don't know what to do. I'm just a tired old woman. }}
* From ''[[The Fifth Element]]'':
{{quote|'''Cornelius''': We're saved.
'''Zorg''': I'm screwed. }}
** [[The Fifth Element]] did these cuts often and did them well.
{{quote|Zorg: This case is empty.
[Leeloo laughs]
Cornelius: What do you mean, empty?
Zorg: Empty. The opposite of full. }}
* From ''The Family Stone'':
{{quote|'''Everett:''' (To his fiancée that he's about to introduce to his family) Don't worry, they're going to love you.
'''Amy''', Everett's sister
* Used straight in ''[[Fright Night]]'', when Charlie tries to reveal what's moved in next door:
{{quote|'''Charlie''': He's a vampire!
'''Charlie's mom''': A what?
'''Charlie's girlfriend''': A ''what?!'' }}
** In this case, the humor comes from the tone of voice: his mother's response is perplexed, as if she isn't even certain what a vampire ''is'', whereas Amy's is outraged that he'd expect her to swallow such an apparent load of hooey. The possibility he might actually know what he's talking about doesn't even occur to either.
*
{{quote|'''Martin''': There's a contract out on your life. Believe me. I was hired to kill you, but I'm not going to do it. It's either because I'm in love with your daughter or because I have a new-found respect for life.
'''Grosser''': ''(following in van)'' That punk is either in love with that guy's daughter or he has a new-found respect for life! }}
* Used in [[Finding Forrester]], with Forrester giving Jamal romantic advice.
{{quote|'''Forrester''': The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time.
'''Claire''': (opening a present) This is so unexpected! }}
* In ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 2'', Deluded Buzz, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky, Hamm, and Rex are in a ventilation shaft in Al's apartment to rescue Woody. They look through the grate and mistakenly think Woody is being tortured.
{{quote|'''Rex:''' What are we going to do, Buzz?
'''Buzz:''' [[Use Your Head]]!
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* [[John Ringo]] tends to have these in his books, especially at chapter transitions. ''Watch On The Rhine'', written by Tom Kratman, as part of Ringo's [[Posleen War Series]] (Ringo's name is on the cover of ''Watch'' only due to a marketing decision, not because he wrote any of it, as per [[Word of God|a question/answer session at DragonCon, in 2007]]) has them nearly ''every'' scene change.
* The [[New Jedi Order]] novel ''Star by Star'' has a brutal example of this:
{{quote|'''Anakin Solo''' (after receiving a heavy wound that eventually kills him): [[Only a Flesh Wound|It's just a little cut]].
Cut to next chapter and an entirely different setting and group of people.
'''Leia Organa Solo:''' [[Short Cuts Make Long Delays|You call this a shortcut?]] }}
* The four ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' novels by Martin Adams ''love'' this trope, but in that case it tends to be a character's voice echoing the narrator or another character's thought processes.
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
{{quote|Prob'ly eating caviar off of golden plates, and lounging around up to their knees in velvet cushions, you bet.
...
"You look [[Road Apples|up to your knees in it]], lad," said the horse holder. }}
* In ''
{{quote|Appleby was a fair-haired boy from Iowa who believed in God, Motherhood, and the American Way of Life, without ever thinking about any of them, and everybody who knew him liked him.
"I hate that son of a bitch," Yossarian growled. }}
* From the tenth [[Ranger's Apprentice]] book, when Alyss and Evanlyn propose setting out on their own to get reinforcements for battle:
{{quote|Alyss: It's such a logical idea, [Halt] can hardly say no, can he?
Halt: No! No, no, no -- and, just in case you missed it the first time, no. }}
* There's an ''unspoken'' one in one of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''Black Widowers'' stories, when a very forgetful man has misplaced the card on which he'd written some information he desperately needs. The Widowers agree not to ask Henry, despite all his previous successes, because there's no way he could just "pull the answer out of a hat" in this situation. Then Henry enters with the card in question; the guest had absentmindedly handed it to Henry when he arrived, along with his hat and coat, and Henry tucked the card into the man's hat for storage. So he ''did'' pull the answer out of a
== Live
* ''100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd'': Gwen's dad has suggested she get a part-time job to pay for an expensive watch she wants.
{{quote|'''Gwen:''' Oh, no. Working in a fast food restaurant? There is ''nothing'' more humiliating than that.
'''Justin:''' Oh, man. This is even more humiliating than working in a fast food restaurant. }}
* An example of an ironic echo ''without'' the cut comes from the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "The Message":
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'''Zoe''': 'Course, there are other schools of thought. }}
** And a traditional one in the first episode: Mal tells Simon that Kaylee has died of a gunshot wound - after earlier promising that if she died, Simon and his sister would follow. When Simon finds out that Kaylee is alive and well, he says, stunned, "That man is psychotic." Cut to Mal, Jayne, Zoe and Wash laughing hysterically, as Wash chokes out, "You are psychotic!" (Mal, grinning, concedes, "I am a bad, bad man.")
*** Later, when being interrogated by Alliance officers, Zoe brushes off questions about her and Wash by saying they're "very private people". Cut to Wash saying that the first thing that attracted him to her was her legs.
** A rather dark one in Heart of Gold:
{{quote|'''Book''': "''No''... I only bury the dead, child. No one here's gonna die.
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'''Jayne''': "There's people gonna die." }}
** [[Joss Whedon]] is simply the MASTER of this technique and variations there-of. It's gotta be like half of the humor element of any of his shows (especially the darker ones).
* An example from one episode of [[Eureka]] has one foot in
{{quote|ZANE: [[The Sheriff|Carter]], [[The Smart Guy|Henry]], and [[Dr. Jerk|Stark]]. That's your [[Who You Gonna Call?|money]] [[Freudian Trio|team]]. ''They know exactly what they're doing''.
Cut to Carter, Henry, and Stark crouching in the bushes, Carter holding a huge gun.
STARK: You sure you know what you're doing?
CARTER: I have no idea. }}
* Frequently used straight in ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', but subverted in the first season finale when twice, after baldfaced lies, it cuts to an insert saying "FOOTAGE NOT FOUND."
* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Earshot" takes this a bit further, as the 'echo' comes from what Cordelia is thinking, before she
** Delayed echoes are also used in "Life Serial", in which each act begins with Buffy saying "This is gonna be great" as she prepares for her next new job.
** From "The Zeppo"
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{{quote|'''House''': Do a pet scan. Check his cervical spine. It's not gonna be good news. ''(Cut)''
'''Foreman''': ''(To the patient's father)'' Mr. Hall, it's not good news. }}
* ''[[Coupling]]'' does it a lot, generally involving the two genders talking alone. One of the best examples: Susan has found a porn video in Steve's VCR.
{{quote|'''Patrick:''' You can't tell anything from a title like Inferno.
'''Steve:''' Patrick, Inferno isn't the full title.
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'''JD [inner monologue]:''' Even though the Janitor had basically kidnapped me and imprisoned me for a day in a water tower, as he helped me up, I couldn't help but feel there was hope yet for our relationship. }}
* The second example at the top of this page plays out almost word for word in an episode of ''[[Eureka]]''. In fact, the only difference was probably that the character in question was not, in fact, named Josh.
* Done frequently in ''[[Father Ted]]''.
** For example, in the first episode, Ted is delighted that he has been chosen to be interviewed for a TV programme on priests on remote islands. Cut to the office of the producers which shows that he was about the fiftieth choice.
** From ''Tentacles of Doom'': Ted says that all sorts of care and consideration go into the changing of the official class of holy relics. Cut to an office in the Vatican, where a priest idly presses a button on his computer keyboard and says "What about the Holy Stone of Clonrichert?" Second priest, not even looking up from his newspaper: "Whatever."
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[Cut to Victor and Margaret trapped in a shed by a huge swarm of angry bees.]
'''Victor:''' Oh God, I wish I was ''dead!'' }}
* In ''[[That '70s Show]]'' episode "Radio Daze", Donna has just said over the radio that she doesn't have a boyfriend:
{{quote|'''Max:''' The point is, we're selling an image here, and an available Hot Donna is good for ratings.
'''Donna:''' Oh. Well, what the hell. Eric won't have a problem with this.
'''Eric:''' What the hell? I have a problem with this! }}
** In "Burning Down the House" (though using a split screen instead of a cut):
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{{quote|'''Lily:''' He's upset because you won't listen to him, not because you don't like some movie.
'''Ted:''' HOW DO YOU NOT LIKE ''[[Field of Dreams]]''?! }}
** In "Murtaugh", when Robin asks Ted if he thinks Barney can accomplish everything on the list:
{{quote|'''Ted:''' Robin, there is some pretty tough stuff on that list. ''(Laughs)'' Do you really think Barney's going to get his ear pierced?
''(Cut to Barney coming in with a roll of tape on his ear)''
'''Barney:''' Get ear pierced! Check. Alright, I'm off to go do laundry at mom's house. }}
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* ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'': After dodging his [[Sadist Teacher|crazy vice-principal]], Ned is stuck wearing a ''Wild Boy'' t-shirt and grass skirt from the museum gift shop.
{{quote|'''Ned:''' I'm supposed to meet Suzy for lunch! What am I gonna tell her? "I saw the Wild Boy skirt and I just had to have it"?
'''Ned:''' Then I saw the Wild Boy skirt, and I said, "I just have to have it!" }}
* In the ''[[Charmed]]'' episode "Pardon My Past", Phoebe discovers that she was evil in a past life, but her vision lacks details. To get them, she decides to go to the only person from her vision who's likely to still be alive, who was a kid at the time.
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''(Cut to Castle and his new, totally-unlike-Beckett muse)''
'''Ethan Slaughter''': I'd tell you what ''I'd'' do. I'd go all caveman on that partner of yours, show her what time it is in ''real''-man land. }}
== Machinima ==
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' does this several times:
{{quote|'''Church:''' Private Mickey was the first to go. He was halfway across the base when he started screaming bloody murder.
(Cut to Mickey spinning around and shooting)
'''Mickey:''' Bloody Murder! Bloody Murder! }}
{{quote|'''Church:''' Tex walked up to him, pulled Jimmy's skull right out of his head and beat him to death with it.
'''Tucker:''' Wait a second, how do you beat someone to death with their own skull? That doesn't seem physically possible!
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(Cut to Jimmy being beaten to death with his own skull)
'''Private Jimmy''': This doesn't seem physically possible! }}
{{quote|'''Simmons:''' Grif, don't you understand that because we lost Sister, we're horribly outnumbered? We already lost Donut and Sarge, now it's four on two. The Blues are probably gearing up for an enormous attack right now! At any moment they're gonna come over that hill, guns blazing, yelling "CHAAAARGE!"
(Cut to the Blues, under attack)
'''Church:''' RETREEEAAATTTT!!! }}
{{quote|'''Church:''' Man, I hope Tucker's having an easier time with his part of the plan.
(Cut)
'''Tucker:''' Crap. This isn't going very well at all! }}
{{quote|'''Grif:''' I bet the Blues don't have to deal with anything this annoying.
(Cut)
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'''Church:''' There is no 11, you FUCKING WHORE!
'''Doc:''' Ooh, language! }}
{{quote|'''Donut:''' Okay, 'cause I'm saying right now, if they came at us with their tank, I'm gonna totally freak out.
(Cut to Tucker, Lopez, and Sheila)
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(Later)
'''Donut:''' Oh no, it's true! I'm gonna freak out! I'M FREAKING OUT! }}
{{quote|'''Church:''' If he starts giving him mouth-to-mouth, I'm leaving.
(Cut to Simmons and Grif, trying to resuscitate Sarge)
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(Cut back to Church and Sarge)
'''Church:''' I'm leaving. }}
{{quote|'''Tucker:''' He must be one smart sonuvabitch.
(Cut to Donut, completely lost with the flag)
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* [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] explains this in his [[Mortal Kombat]] episode thusly:
{{quote|It's like a [[sitcom]] moment wherein Character X defends the intelligence of Character Y while in the background Character Y is busy [[Too Dumb to Live|snorting Drano off the back of an enraged lioness]].}}
== Radio ==
* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' radio series, during the description of the Guide's advice when falling from a great height, the narrator points out that the Guide does not mention the possibility that someone might survive by falling onto a large bird in flight because "the very idea is utterly ludicrous". Arthur, and later Ford and Zaphod then fall onto large passing birds who both remark:
{{quote|'''Bird''': Look, this is utterly ludicrous!}}
== Video Games ==
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{{quote|'''Giado''': Mon, I think he wuz just showing off! A mecha otaku, I swear!
'''Garnet''': Can't be! He's not at all like Ryusei!
'''Shuu''': You were just showing off, weren't you?
'''Bian''': ...Yeah, pretty much. }}
* ''[[Disgaea]]'' manages to use both versions at the same time!
{{quote|'''Kurtis''': There's no way Gordon's in trouble. He's probably already defeated the Overlord and is on a picnic somewhere going "La la laaa."
'''Gordon''': La la laaa! }}
* ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''
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* [[Bowser's Kingdom]] episode 6:
{{quote|'''Hal''': I wonder how Team Super Awesome Platinum Bros. are enjoying their vacation?
(Cut to Team Super Awesome Platinum Bros. [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga|Chomp Bro]] is in a tug-of-war with a [[Super Mario World (video game)|Yoshi]] over Monty Mole.)
'''Monty Mole''': Don't let go of me, guys! Please don't let me go!
'''Chomp Bro''': I'll never let go, Monty!
(Pan right to [[Super Mario Bros. 2|Mouser]] and a pack of hungry Yoshis.)
'''Mouser''': Panicking! }}
==
* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' does this fairly often.
* [http://www.collectedcurios.com/SA_0302_small.jpg This] ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' strip.
* Reduced to parody in [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/05/01/episode-023-enter-magic-shop-guy/ this] episode of ''[[
* In ''[[Skin Horse]]'', concerning things [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35429#strip6 you really don't want to know].
* ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'' inverted this when [https://web.archive.org/web/20130227024955/http://www.rhjunior.com/totq/00555.html the duke tries to hire Quentyn to slay a dragon].
* ''[[DMFA]]'' subverts the inverted form [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_704.php here].
{{quote|'''Alexsi:''' I've been kidnapped by my mom's boss...great. Of course this would happen on the day that I'm scheduled to show off Lost Lake!
'''Destania:''' Oh, I'm sure the inn is fine, Alexsi.
'''Dan (shapeshifted as Alexsi):''' Over here is the doorway to the inn's guest rooms!
'''Reporter:''' I must say this place is very charming!
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* Although it's technically not a "cut", [http://wayofthemetagamer.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/18697 this] [[The Way of the Metagamer]] comic applies this trope to half its panels.
* In [[Ménage à 3]], Didi decides that it's up to her to deflower [[Nerds Are Virgins|Gary]] because "Every Man should know the intimate touch of a woman". [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090919.html Cut to] Gary being pinned down by a nun-chuck twirling [[Does Not Like Men|Yuki]] screaming "Die pervert!!!"
* Done in ''[[The KAMics]]'' in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120615054530/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/5036922/ this comic]
* ''[[Spinnerette]]'':
{{quote|'''Child Heather''': You're wrong, Ben! I will too be a superhero! The best superhero ever!
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* ''[[Looking for Group]]'' has a dramatic take on the trope when {{spoiler|the King of Legara}} is killed, [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/490 in a past flashback] and [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/491 in the present].
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Tavor}}''': Oh.}}
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' is rather fond of moments like this.
** Ennesby [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-02-27 on Kevyn having fun].
** Nobody expects Pi.
{{quote|'''<nowiki>'Kweng</nowiki>''': ...They have no missiles, no beam weapons, no gravitics whatsoever, and only minimal life-support.
'''<nowiki>'Kweng</nowiki>''': Do you want me to run an extensive scan for chemical explosives and conventional weapons?
'''Admiral Emm''': Too slow. Besides, I doubt they can muster enough of those to make a difference.
(cut to [[Mad Bomber|Pibald]] with a maniacal grin sticking detonators in) }}
{{quote|'''Thurl''': I've found the ''problem''. What I haven't found is a solution. It's not like there's something loose down there shouting "plug me in."
"meanwhile (and completely coincidentally)"
'''[[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|Something]]''' (in the part he tries to access): Plug me in! I DARE YOU! PLUG ME IN! }}
** Nick will be just fine as long as he doesn't do anything reckless or stupid. [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-10-18 Like] swimming into the mouth of a giant sea monster to punch it.
** Kowalski and Libretti [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-05-25 here].
** Doctor Bunnigus [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-11-13 provides Schlock with a functioning moral compass].
** A twice-inverted version: Trevor tries to think what Murtaugh would do, but near open space with 4 km deep fall [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-01-17 he only can think of base jumping]. No help at all.
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
▲* A variation in the ''[[Redearth 88]]'' episode "Creepy Stalking 101":
{{quote|'''Linc:''' I hate dogs.
'''Rachel:''' Oh my God! She's friendly, I promise!
'''Linc:''' Oh, I love dogs. }}
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'''Zarbon''': "But what if they have any tricks in their sleeves?"
'''Freeza''': "Come now Zarbon! We know Dodoria wouldn't let them out of sight!"
''(Krillin blinds Dodoria with a solar-flare, [[Call Back|which includes a shot of Freeza in the shower]].)''
'''Dodoria''': "Ah, DAMMIT!!"
'''Zarbon''': "Still, sir, we have to remember that Vegeta is on the planet."
'''Freeza''': "Oh Please! Like Vegeta could even lay a hand on Dodoria."
''(Vegeta smacks Dodoria downwards.)''
'''Dodoria''': "[[Rule of Three|AH, DAMMIIIIIT!!!]]" *Splash* }}
* [[Suburban Knights]] has this gem as both teams learn simultaneously the location of the treasure:
{{quote|'''[[Bad Movie Beatdown|Film Brain]]:'''"Oh, you've"
'''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]:'''"Got to be"
'''[[Todd in the Shadows]]:'''"[[Precision F-Strike|Fucking]]"
'''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]:'''"Kidding me! {{spoiler|It's right back where we started?!"}} }}
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* Inverted echo example: ''[[Hey Arnold!]]!'', "Cool Party": Gerald is certain that he's cool enough to be invited to Rhonda's party, mostly because his best friend Arnold has already been invited as well. Hard cut to Rhonda telling her best friend Nadine that Gerald has been put on the geek list, much to Nadine's surprise...and Gerald's when he finds out from Phoebe.▼
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* Inverted echo example: ''[[Hey Arnold]]!'', "Cool Party": Gerald is certain that he's cool enough to be invited to Rhonda's party, mostly because his best friend Arnold has already been invited as well. Hard cut to Rhonda telling her best friend Nadine that Gerald has been put on the geek list, much to Nadine's surprise...and Gerald's when he finds out from Phoebe.
** In fact, they played this trope into the ground over the course of the series.
* ''[[Rocket Power]]'': Otto, wanting to go surfing while playing hooky, thinks he has tricked his dad into giving him surfboards for him and Sam via a phone call. He hangs up.
{{quote|'''Otto:''' Relax, dude. Raymondo totally bought it.
'''Ray:''' Oh, man, I didn't buy that for a second. }}
* ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' used this to do a [[Double Subversion]] of the [[Gilligan Cut]] in an episode where Muriel received free tickets for an ocean liner. Eustace, her husband, isn't interested.
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** In "Foul Balled", Timmy sticks up for Chester after his wish to make him the best baseball player ever wears off after Chester stops being friends with him, therefore going back to his crappy baseball playing. Note that the following quote may not be accurate.
{{quote|'''Timmy:''' We're 40 points up, in the 9th inning, and 3 outs left, there's no WAY you'll catch up with us!
'''Chester:''' I can't believe they're catching up with us. }}
** Even the video games have this. In the opening cutscene to the PC version of ''Breakin' Da Rules'':
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'''Cosmo:''' Yeah! At least your parents aren't going away for the weekend and leaving your evil babysitter Vicky in charge!
'''Vicky:''' Surprise, twerp! Your parents are going away for the weekend and left me in charge!
'''Wanda:''' [[You Just Had to Say It|You gotta stop saying things like that!]]
'''Cosmo:''' It is my gift; it is my curse! }}
* Used four times in an episode of ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' as it cut between Tako and Maguro hurtling toward Earth on an asteroid, and the rest of the team trying to figure out what happened to them.
{{quote|'''Maguro''': If there is a way to signal the others of our location, they could help.
'''Ikura''': If only we knew their location, we could help. }}
* Not totally sure it counts, but the very last scene of ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' begins with something like this.
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[Cut to the villains' base, where baddies are bickering]
'''Galvatron:''' "It's a ''miracle'' we finally got this flying junkpile of yours stablized!"
'''Zarak:''' "''You'' were the idiot who opened the [[MacGuffin|Plasma Energy Chamber]], Galvatron."
'''Galvatron:''' "[[Silence, You Fool|SILENCE!]]" }}
** And in [[Transformers Animated]] (not verbatim, but it's about right):
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* ''[[Family Guy]]'' - In "The Son Also Draws", Peter claims to be Native American to get the family car back from a casino after Lois gambles it away:
{{quote|'''Lois:''' Peter, there is no way they're gonna believe you're an Indian.
'''Indian Casino Worker:''' He's an Indian, all right! }}
** "Oh, you think everyone's an Indian."
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'''Phineas:''' Yes. Yes I am. }}
** That exchange, in various forms, turns into a [[Running Gag]] as the series goes on.
** Repeated in Roller Coaster; [[Musical Episode|The Musical]], except after Linda asks it (Candace responding, "Yes, yes he is.") we cut to a ''music and dance routine'' version of the exchange.
* [[Danny Phantom]]; in the episode "One of a Kind", Jazz invites a representative from ''Genius Magazine'' over to attempt to demonstrate that her parents were genii, while attempting to keep a lid on the Ghost Hunting...to little or no avail. Danny had just had a fight with a ghost, leaving his room wrecked, so when the representative came up to try to talk to him, he slammed the door in her face.
{{quote|'''Danny''': Jazz is going to kill me for that.
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'''Sawyer:''' I can't do this.
'''Tilly:''' So?
'''Sawyer:''' I can't ''believe'' I'm doing this... }}
* From ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks|The Chipmunk Adventure]]'':
{{quote|'''Simon:''' They're going to sacrifice Theodore tonight!
'''Alvin:''' Over my dead body!
'''Simon:''' You mean over ''our'' dead bodies! }}
* The ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' [[Grand Finale]]:
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'''Father:''' I am not happy finding you kids in my house! }}
* From [[Invader Zim]]
{{quote|'''Professor Membrane''': Anyone who would build a space-time object replacement device is a [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?|complete moron.]]
'''Zim''': Gir! The space-time object replacement device is complete! }}
* The 1974 [[Christmas Special]] ''[[The Year Without a Santa Claus]]'' has an exchange where Santa says (of two AWOL elves): "Poor little guys. They must be scared to death," which is followed by a hard cut to one of the elves saying "I'm scared to death!"
* From the [[Magic School Bus]], Ralphie was sick and worrying about how he was missing broadcasting day, to which his mother says that his class could do fine without him. Cut to his classmates exclaiming that they couldn't do it without him.
* From ''[[The Boondocks]]'':
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* Also happens in the pilot of ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]''
{{quote|'''Mark Desmond''': He hacked the motion sensors.
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'''Robin''': I hacked the motion sensors!
'''Kid Flash''': Sweet! }}
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* ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men]]'':
{{quote|'''Wolverine''': What mutant would be stupid enough to go after Magneto's helmet anyway?
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* In ''[[The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat]]'', when the Grinch starts tormenting the Cat with his "darkhouse" (basically the opposite of a lighthouse):
{{quote|'''The Grinch:''' I just push a button up here in this place,
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''(Cut to a dark spotlight surrounding the Cat.)''
'''The Cat:''' Huh? Why, I can't see my mitten in front of my face! }}
* In ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'', Omi explains how he got to the future after being stranded in the past by Jack Spicer's incomplete time machine.
{{quote|'''Omi:''' Luckily I was with Grandmaster Dashi, greatest of all Xiaolin Dragons. Surely ''he'' would have the answer!
''(Cut to Dashi looking sympathetic)''
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