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Related to the [[Gilligan Cut]], this is a comic device that brackets a hard cut with two versions of the same line. The first may be straight or even deadly serious, but the repetition ends up being funny:
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(Hard cut to Jilly in the forest)
Jilly: "I'm freezing my butt off!" }}
Sometimes the echo is inverted:
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(Hard cut to Josh hip-deep in auto parts)
Josh: "I have ''no'' idea what I'm doing!" }}
Or, on occasion, there will be a bit more irony present:
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(Cut to a much more sinister happenings in some sort of evil science lab)
Antagonist: "This is it." }}
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Cross Game]]'', with some nice post-cut sarcasm:
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''Cut to Kou sleeping''
'''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:
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'''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.<br />
''Cut to a meeting with the Fuhrer''<br />
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* In a [http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ19/DisplayOQ19.html?page=31 scene] from ''[[Elf Quest]]'', both Leetah and Two-Edge say "I lost." Leetah has been trying to save a life, while Two-Edge has been playing a deadly game with everybody's lives.
* ''[[Runaways]]'' combined this with a subversion of the [[Evil Laugh]]. For full effect, Old Lace is a ''Deinonychus''.
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*Cut*
'''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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'''Empowered:''' Didn't know that I could '''do''' this... }}
* [[Great Lakes Avengers|Great Lakes Initiative]] has just saved Christmas from a [[Harmless Villain|D List Villain]], when this ironic echo cut appears:
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*''Cut to [[Squirrel Girl]]''*
'''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. [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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'''Stimpy:''' Gee, Ren, I'm sure that's not the case...
''[Meanwhile at Blammo HQ...]''
'''Executive #1:''' Ha! Yet again we've targeted mindless idiots like Stimpson J. Cat!
'''Executive #2:''' And took them for everything they had! }}
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== Film ==
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'':
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'''Professor Henry Jones:''' Marcus? You didn't drag poor Marcus along did you? He's not up to the challenge.
'''Walter Donovan:''' He sticks out like a sore thumb. We'll find him.
'''Indiana Jones:''' The hell you will. He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he needs. Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the grail already.
''[Cut to middle of fair in the Middle East, Marcus Brody wearing bright suit and white hat, sticking out like sore thumb] ''
'''Marcus Brody:''' Uhhh, does anyone here speak English? }}
** This example is made even more hilarious when Indy reveals [[Indy Ploy|he was bluffing]].
* [[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]: Spock states his confidence that the Captain is already in the middle of his escape ... cut to Kirk getting the crap beat out of him in a prison fight.
* Another example without the cut: ''[[Austin Powers]] in Goldmember''.
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* ''Foxxy Cleopatra enters the shot''*
'''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]].
** The man in action:
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'''Stark''': Ah...training exercice, isn't that the usual BS?
'''Rhodey''': It's not that simple.
* Cut to Rhodey in front of the press*
'''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.
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*Cut*
'''Mrs. Gump''': Life's a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get. }}
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*Cut*
'''Principal''': Your boy's...different, Ms. Gump. }}
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*Cut*
'''Lieutenant Daniel Taylor''': Get down! Shut up! }}
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*Cut*
'''Bubba''': I know everything there is to know about the shrimpin' business. }}
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*Cut*
'''Mrs. Gump''': We had all sorts of visitors. }}
* From ''[[City of God]]'':
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*''Cut to Ze. Ze stops walking, turns around, thinking.''*
''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:
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*Cut to Steve, talking with ''his'' friends*
'''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.
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''Cut to the drug lord''
'''Drug Lord''': What the hell is this? }}
* ''[[Hoodwinked]]'' does the second variety nearby the beginning.
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''*Cut to Granny sewing*''
'''Granny''': I don't know what to do. I'm just a tired old woman. }}
* From ''[[The Fifth Element]]'':
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''*Cut*''
'''Zorg''': I'm screwed. }}
** [[The Fifth Element]] did these cuts often and did them well.
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''*Scene switch*''
[Leeloo laughs]
Cornelius: What do you mean, empty?
''*Scene switch*''
Zorg: Empty. The opposite of full. }}
* From ''The Family Stone'':
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''*Cut''
'''Amy, Everett's sister''': I hate her. }}
* Used straight in ''[[Fright Night]]'', when Charlie tries to reveal what's moved in next door:
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'''Charlie's mom''': A what?
''*Cut*''
'''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.
* Slightly inverted in [[Grosse Pointe Blank]]:
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''*Cut*''
'''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.
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''*Cut*''
'''Claire''': (opening a present) This is so unexpected! }}
* In ''[[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.
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'''Buzz:''' [[Use Your Head]]!
(Cut to the other toys running while carrying Rex to use as battering ram against the grate.)
'''Rex:''' BUT I DON'T WANT TO USE MY HEAD!!! }}
* The live action film [[George of the Jungle]] invokes this trope as much as possible.
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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:
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Cut to next chapter and an entirely different setting and group of people.<br />
'''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 ''[[Discworld/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'' has a scene where a cinema owner is imagining what two film stars are doing, unaware that they don't ''know'' they're stars, and the male lead is now working as an assistant horse holder.
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***
"You look [[Road Apples|up to your knees in it]], lad," said the horse holder. }}
* In ''Catch22'':
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"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:
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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 hat -- but no one points this out.
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== 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.
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* ''Cut to her brother, Justin, who has been stuffed in a basketball hoop''*
'''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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''Enter Mal, whooping and hollering''
'''Mal''': Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want a piece o' me?!
'''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:
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Cut to a different room
'''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 [[Ironic Echo Cut|this trope]] and the other in [[Description Cut]].
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Cut to Carter, Henry, and Stark crouching in the bushes, Carter holding a huge gun. <br />
STARK: You sure you know what you're doing? <br />
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** 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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'''Buffy''': (To Angel) I don't know what to do! }}
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', "Humpty Dumpty": Dr. Cuddy was advocating a dangerous treatment, forcing House into the unusual role of being the voice of caution.
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'''House''': Well, obviously.
'''After cut, Stacy tells Cuddy''': It's actually the type of thing he'd do. }}
** When the team makes the correct diagnosis in "Daddy's Boy":
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'''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.
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'''Steve:''' Patrick, Inferno isn't the full title.
'''Patrick:''' Well, how bad can it be?
(Hard cut)
'''Sally:''' Lesbian Spank Inferno?! }}
* In the ''[[Scrubs]]'' episode where [[A Day in the Limelight|the Janitor gets to narrate]], this trope is slightly modified by contrasting the Janitor's inner monologue with JD's inner monologue.
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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.
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* Occurs in several episodes of ''[[Frontline]]''. In one instance, Emma accuses the producer of feeding the controversy around a supposedly racist writer the show has been attacking. Mike responds, ''What, you think we sat at a whiteboard and mapped this whole thing out?" Cut to Marty, who is planning the week's stories on the writer on the whiteboard.
* ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'':
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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:
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'''Donna:''' Oh. Well, what the hell. Eric won't have a problem with this.
''Cut to Eric in his basement.''
'''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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'''Donna:''' Eric was such a dink tonight. And I mean it. }}
* In the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode ''The Quest'', Vala Mal Doran says, earnestly, regarding the map to the Holy Grail, "we would never dream of stealing it!" Cut to the team in a pub, where Vala says, "we have to steal it."
* In the ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "The Kindred", Teyla claims to be having visions of her lover, who's currently being held captive. McKay lists [[Continuity Nod|all the equally weird things that have happened to him since arriving in Atlantis]] and says, "If you say it was a vision, I believe it was a vision." Cut to him walking down the hall with Sheppard, saying, "I seriously doubt it was a vision."
* The ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' episode "I Saw What I Saw" does this repeatedly, as a series of past events is [[The Rashomon|pieced together]] from stories told to a review board.
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'''Dr. Adamson:''' Karev seemed totally out of control. }}
* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Ted and Robin have just had their first fight, and are talking it over with their respective best friends:
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'''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:<br />{{quote|
''(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. }}
* Used in a non-humorous way on an episode of ''[[Newswipe]]'', where it shows footage of an interview of a criminal psychologist on what TV news shows shouldn't do whenever a mass murder takes place (such as turning the murderer into an [[Anti-Hero]]), intercut with images of news shows doing exactly that.
* Another cutless example can be found in ''[[NCIS]]'', when Ziva worries about Tony feeling down after {{spoiler|his breakup with Jeanne}}.
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'''Tony:''' If I needed to be cheered up, I would've put superglue on McGee's keyboard.
''(Shift focus to McGee holding up a keyboard stuck to his hands.)''
'''McGee:''' You put superglue on my keyboard. }}
** An earlier episode used the traditional cut.
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''(Cut to Washintgon with a map showing their location via GPS)''
'''Gibbs''': What the hell are they doing? }}
* A scene from ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' has Dorothy, visiting the concession stand Sophia (her mother) and Max (then-husband of Sophia) are running at the time. Dorothy worries that the weather might cause Sophia to get sick. Sophia responds with, "Please, I haven't had a cold for 40 years!" Cue the cut, followed by Max and Sophia being sick and treated at home, while the latter moans: "This is the worst cold I've had in 40 years."
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* In the ''[[Corner Gas]]'' episode "Oh, Baby", Brent is babysitting an out-of-control child but he says he won't call Emma for help because, "I'm a grown man. He's six. I should be able to handle it." Cut to Emma on the phone with Brent, saying, "You're a grown man. He's six."
* Parodied in Pablo Francisco's "Movie Previews Guy" skit, during a Keanu Reeves movie trailer.
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'''Keanu''': We know too much!
'''Preview Guy''': They went too far.
'''Keanu''': We went too far!
'''Preview Guy''': ''Those are my lines!''
'''Keanu''': Those are his lines! }}
* In the ''[[White Collar]]'' episode "Forging Bonds", while they are discussing the past investigation of Neal's crimes, Peter tells a preening Neal that he wasn't that good. The show then goes into a flashback where Peter is saying "This guy is good!"
* ''[[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.
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''Cut to him and Suzy''
'''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 a nursing home)''
'''Christina Larson''': My dolly! You broke my dolly! }}
* ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' thrived on this trope.
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** Malcolm and his brothers are confined to their room and trying to orchestrate an escape. Malcolm's brothers appeal to his genius intellect to devise a plan which leads to Malcolm saying, "O.K., here's what we're going to do." Cut to a shot of Lois opening the bedroom door only to see the boys inexplicably wrapped head to toe in tin-foil, precariously balanced on some stacked stools, and reaching towards the ceiling fan with a broom handle. When they see their mother, they panic and come crashing to the floor. Malcolm turns to the camera and exclaims, "Well, it seemed like a good idea!"
* From the ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' episode "Train of Fools":
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''(cut to next scene)''
'''Eric:''' Cory, how could you do something so stupid? }}
* In Castle, in which Beckett is discussing finally ending the unending UST between her and Castle:
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'''Beckett's psychiatrist''': What do you want to do?
''(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. }}
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== Machinima ==
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' does this several times:
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(Cut to Mickey spinning around and shooting)
'''Mickey:''' Bloody Murder! Bloody Murder! }}
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'''Tucker:''' Wait a second, how do you beat someone to death with their own skull? That doesn't seem physically possible!
'''Church:''' That's exactly what Jimmy kept screaming!
(Cut to Jimmy being beaten to death with his own skull)
'''Private Jimmy''': This doesn't seem physically possible! }}
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(Cut to the Blues, under attack)
'''Church:''' RETREEEAAATTTT!!! }}
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(Cut)
'''Tucker:''' Crap. This isn't going very well at all! }}
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(Cut)
'''Computer Phone Lady:''' To leave a callback number, press 11.
'''Church:''' There is no 11, you FUCKING WHORE!
'''Doc:''' Ooh, language! }}
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(Cut to Tucker, Lopez, and Sheila)
'''Tucker:''' Man, I sure hope they don't totally freak out when they see us coming.
(Later)
'''Donut:''' Oh no, it's true! I'm gonna freak out! I'M FREAKING OUT! }}
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(Cut to Simmons and Grif, trying to resuscitate Sarge)
'''Simmons:''' Maybe you should give him mouth-to-mouth.
(Cut back to Church and Sarge)
'''Church:''' I'm leaving. }}
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(Cut to Donut, completely lost with the flag)
'''Donut:''' Man, I am so freakin' lost! }}
** ''Beta Complex:''
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(Cut to Blue Team)
'''Church:''' Where the heck are we? I don't even know this map!
'''Tucker:''' Where are the weapons?
'''Caboose:''' Which base is ours? }}
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]] got a good joke out of this with Ishizu's narration.
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'''Marik''': I will not forget my experience on the surface for a long time. }}
* [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] explains this in his [[Mortal Kombat]] episode thusly:
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== 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:
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Original Generation'' uses this very well. This major boss shows up and just kinda toys with the good guys before leaving. After the good guys get back to base, one guy remarks that the villain seemed to have been showing off, but another one blows him off, says that's something the protagonist would do instead. Cut to villain hideout. [[The Dragon]] notes that he was showing off, and the villain owns up to it.
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'''Garnet''': Can't be! He's not at all like Ryusei!
* ''Cut to enemy base''*
'''Shuu''': You were just showing off, weren't you?
'''Bian''': ...Yeah, pretty much. }}
* ''[[Disgaea]]'' manages to use both versions at the same time!
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* Cut to Gordon, ''enslaved'' by the Overlord, on a picnic somewhere
'''Gordon''': La la laaa! }}
* ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''
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''(Return to flashback)''
'''Mike:''' ...so they underestimated me and thought I was too dumb to figure it out! }}
* ''[[Portal 2]]'':
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'''{{spoiler|Wheatley}}:''' Hello! This is the part where I kill you.
''"Chapter 9: The Part Where He Kills You"''
'''Achievement Unlocked:''' "The Part Where He Kills You": This is that part. }}
** Although there is no actual [[Hard Cut]] or cut at all.
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== [[Web Animation]] ==
* From ''[[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People]]'' Episode 1: ''Homestar Ruiner''
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''Strong Bad enters his basement and finds Homestar seated on the couch.''
'''Homestar:''' Oh, hey Strong Bad.
'''Strong Bad:''' Homestar?! What are you doing here in my hallowed halls?!
'''Homestar:''' Now that I'm a publicly humiliated criminal fugitive without a girlfriend, you're the only friend I've got, so I'm gonna go ahead and crash here for a couple of weeks or years until I put my life back together.
'''Strong Bad:''' '''''[[Skyward Scream|Irony!]]''''' }}
* [[Bowser's Kingdom]] episode 6:
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(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.)<br />
'''Monty Mole''': Don't let go of me, guys! Please don't let me go!<br />
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* ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'' inverted this when [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].
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'''Destania:''' Oh, I'm sure the inn is fine, Alexsi.
*Cut*
'''Dan (shapeshifted as Alexsi):''' Over here is the doorway to the inn's guest rooms!
'''Reporter:''' I must say this place is very charming!
'''Dan:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|What did you expect? Comedic irony?]] }}
** Also [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_347.php parodied here].
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* Done in ''[[The KAMics]]'' in [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/5036922/ this comic]
* ''[[Spinnerette]]'':
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''(Jump to present)''
'''Cal Warden''': You're the worst superhero ever!
'''Spinnerette''': What, me? }}
* ''[[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].
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== Web Original ==
* A variation in the ''[[Redearth 88]]'' episode "Creepy Stalking 101":
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''Cut to Bucket the dog bounding towards Linc, pulling Rachel along behind her.''
'''Rachel:''' Oh my God! She's friendly, I promise!
'''Linc:''' Oh, I love dogs. }}
* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'' had a memorable scene in Episode 15, cutting between scenes of Frieza stating confidence in Dodoria's skills and Dodoria screwing up.
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'''Freeza''': "We are talking about one of my finest soldiers, there is no way that they'll escape Dodoria's grasp."
''(Krillin head-butts Dodoria in the face and escapes.)''
'''Dodoria''': "Ah, Dammit!"
'''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]].)''<br />
'''Dodoria''': "Ah, DAMMIT!!"<br />
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'''Dodoria''': "[[Rule of Three|AH, DAMMIIIIIT!!!]]" *Splash* }}
* [[Suburban Knights]] has this gem as both teams learn simultaneously the location of the treasure:
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'''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]:'''"Got to be"<br />
'''[[Todd in the Shadows]]:'''"[[Precision F-Strike|Fucking]]"<br />
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** 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.
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* ''Cut to Raymondo hanging up as well''*
'''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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''[[Gilligan Cut]] to ocean liner at sea. The scene changes to Eustace on the deck...still in his chair from the previous scene.''
'''Eustace''': Nope, I'm not getting out of this chair. }}
** Even funnier when the ocean liner is being attacked, and Eustace and the chair are sent flying...Eustace ''still refuses to leave his chair''. He then spends the rest of the episode complaining, "Where's my chair?"
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Aang's trying to sabotage a Fire Nation war machine, but the Earthbenders nearly hit him with friendly fire.
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'''Sun''': *not hearing Aang over the noise* Soldiers, whatever you do, don't stop shooting rocks down there! }}
** This also happens in Season One.
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'''After cut, Sokka looks at the same map''': You have no idea where we are, do you? }}
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' does a variant of this using a single character then proceeds to give it a good old [[Lampshade Hanging]].
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'''Moe''': "Hey, some things mean more to me than money."
[Cut to Moe being given several wads of money]
'''Moe''': "Like a whole lot of money!"
'''Soldier''': "Why did you just say that sentence fragment?" }}
** And when Homer tried to buy a hair regrowth serum, but can't because it's way out of his price range. This upsets him:
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[Cut to Homer retelling story to family.]
'''Homer''': (Angrily boasting) so I tell him, "see ya later, pal! Thanks for nothing!" }}
** And an inverted echo, when Homer fails an initial plan to crash Moe's car in an insurance scam and tries an alternate plan in full view of witnesses (including Moe):
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'''Homer''': Homer, you ''genius''! }}
** Also inverted at the end of Treehouse of Horror VI:
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'''Homer''': D'oh! Ew...this is the worst place yet. }}
* In Season 7 of [[Futurama]], Fry is {{spoiler|promoted to "Executive Delivery Boy". Hermes turns to Leela and says "It's a meaningless title}} that helps insecure people feel better about themselves." Fry then says, "I feel better about myself!"
* The [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] episode 'Idiot Box' is full of these.
** After a failed attempt to find out how the box keeps getting the sound effects:
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(Cut back to Squidward's house)
'''Squidward:''' (Pacing the floor) How do those two work that thing? }}
** When he had finally found a plan to find out the secret of the box:
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(Cut back to him, revealing that it is already night, the box is still ongoing) }}
** When he's inside the box and still can't find out the secret:
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** Actually a subversion, the car sound effects actually come from a garbage truck, picking up the box Squidward is in.
** After Squidward ends up in the dump:
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'''Patrick:''' Oh, well.
'''Spongebob:''' I know! Let's go see Squidward!
'''Patrick:''' I hope he's not too down in the dumps today. (Music like a down noise is playing) }}
* ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' does this with Crimson Chin comics - the narrator will say what's happening to the unsuspecting citizens, and then the citizens will echo it, including a guy at the end saying, "We were so unsuspecting!"
** 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.
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*Cut to the scorebored where the Bankees are catching up with the Losers*
'''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!]]<br />
'''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.
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*Cut to the others on Earth*
'''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."<br />
'''Galvatron:''' "[[Silence, You Fool|SILENCE!]]" }}
** And in [[Transformers Animated]] (not verbatim, but it's about right):
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[Cut to Sentinel Prime slamming his fist down]
Sentinel Prime: I say we fire on [Omega Supreme] now! }}
* ''[[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:
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*Cut to casino office*
'''Indian Casino Worker:''' He's an Indian, all right! }}
** "Oh, you think everyone's an Indian."
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' pilot "Roller Coaster":
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(Hard cut to Phineas and Ferb working on their roller coaster in - and through - a tune-up shop)
'''Shop Owner:''' Aren't you a little young to be building a roller coaster?
'''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.
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'''Jazz''': I'm gonna kill him for that. }}
** In the episode "Boxed Up Fury", The Box Ghost [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|is finally taken as a serious threat]] when he steals the power of [[Sealed Evil in a Can|Pandora's Box]]. When Danny tries to find Pandora to remedy the situation, this trope is utilized:
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'''News Reporter''': Things are out of control in Amity Park. }}
* ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'': Frylock in the episode "The Clowning", where Carl is slowly being mutated by an outer space clown virus, Frylock runs from the room saying he knows what he's doing. Out in the hall, he tells Meatwad and Shake, "I have no freaking idea what I'm doing."
* From ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'', underlining a [[Gilligan Cut]]:
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'''Sawyer:''' I can't do this.
'''Tilly:''' And?
'''Sawyer:''' I can't do this.
'''Tilly:''' So?
''*CUT*''
'''Sawyer:''' I can't ''believe'' I'm doing this... }}
* From ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks|The Chipmunk Adventure]]'':
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'''Alvin:''' Over my dead body!
''Cut to the three of them suspended over a ravine, about to be sacrificed.''
'''Simon:''' You mean over ''our'' dead bodies! }}
* The ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' [[Grand Finale]]:
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'''Adult Number 2:''' Suffice it to say, Father was ''not'' happy finding us in his house.
''Flashback''
'''Father:''' I am not happy finding you kids in my house! }}
* From [[Invader Zim]]
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'''Zim''': Gir! The space-time object replacement device is complete! }}
* The [[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!"
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* 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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'''Huey''': That's the worst idea you've ever had in your entire life. }}
* In the ''[[Maryoku Yummy]]'' episode "Ooka Times Two," Ooka convinces Yuzu and Nonki to give their robot a test run by having it do all her chores, then goes off to play while it works. Mabui is surprised to see Ooka so soon, and asks if she finished her chores. Ooka replies, "Let's just say, I have everything under control." Back at the house, however, Yuzu cries out, "It's out of control!" as the robot goes haywire.
* From ''[[Megamind]]'':
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'''Megamind:''' I'm so tired of running rampant through the streets. }}
* In ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]],'' we get the first ''and'' second versions in one: Magneto thinks Scarlet Witch is enduring a horrible ordeal aboard the SHIELD Helicarrier. We cut to the Helicarrier with Scarlet Witch saying "I can't endure this horrible ordeal any longer!" It turns out she's on the couch with the other heroes watching videos about funny pets.
* Happens in ''[[House of Mouse]]'' in an episode where [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Jafar]] is scheduled to perform a magic act.
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(Cut to Jafar and Iago standing in the middle of the desert)
'''Iago''': We are SO lost!
'''Jafar''': Calm yourself, Iago! Mickey won't replace ''us''!
(Cut back to the House of Mouse)
'''Mickey''': Now who can replace them? }}
* Also happens in the pilot of ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]''
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(''Cut to Robin with his handheld computer'')
'''Robin''': I hacked the motion sensors!
'''Kid Flash''': Sweet! }}
* ''[[Here Comes the Grump]]'':
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''(Cut to Grump)''
'''Grump:''' You will ''never'' give Grump the slip! }}
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'':
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''(Cut)''
'''Spike:''' They're trying to replace me! }}
* ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men]]'':
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(''Cut to Gambit disembarking in Genosha and whistling'') }}
* 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):
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And you can't see your mitten in front of your face!
''(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.
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''(Cut to Dashi looking sympathetic)''
'''Dashi:''' Sorry, Omi, but I don't have any time-travelling Shen Gong Wu.
{{spoiler|subverted in that Dashi ''did'' know how to get Omi to the present.}} }}
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