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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.
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(Cut to a meeting with the Fuhrer)
'''Bradley''': That sounds like a very interesting fight. I'm going to allow the battle assessment. }}
== Comic Books ==
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'''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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(Cut)
'''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.
(Cut)
'''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.
(Cut)
'''Lieutenant Daniel Taylor''': Get down! Shut up! }}
{{quote|'''Forrest Gump''': Bubba knew everything there is to know about the shrimpin' business.
(Cut)
'''Bubba''': I know everything there is to know about the shrimpin' business. }}
{{quote|'''Forrest Gump''': Momma had all sorts of visitors.
(Cut)
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(Cut)
'''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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'''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. }}
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(Cut)
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 Action TV ==
* ''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.
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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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''(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 ==
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(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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'''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 ''[[8-Bit Theater]]''.
* 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!
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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]]''
** 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?
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{{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)"
'''[[
** 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]] ==
* A variation in the ''[[
{{quote|'''Linc:''' I hate dogs.
(Cut to Bucket the dog bounding towards Linc, pulling Rachel along behind her.)
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'''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]:'''"Kidding me! {{spoiler|It's right back where we started?!"}} }}
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== 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.
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{{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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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Ironic Echo Cut]]
[[Category:Cut to the Index]]
[[Category:Continuity Editing]]
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