Look Both Ways: Difference between revisions

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''And wait, and wait, until you see the light turn green...''"|'''[[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]''', "In the Middle, in the Middle, In the Middle"}}

 

* In ''[[Superman (film)|Superman II]]'', Clark Kent carelessly walks out into a crowded <s>New York</s> Metropolis street and is hit by a cab. Of course, Clark is unhurt because he's really Superman.

* The leader of the Martian ship in the comedy ''[[Spaced Invaders]]'' charges from his spaceship onto the highway as soon as they land on Earth, howling his contempt for Earthlings. He is instantly smashed into the grill of a passing truck. Further spoofed when the less combative Martians interact with a human little girl:

"So ''that's'' the secret. If only Captain Bipto had known." }}

* Happens to [[Brad Pitt]]'s character (his original one, before Death borrows his body) in ''[[Meet Joe Black]]''. Although the [[An Aesop|moral lesson]] of the incident is not so much "look both ways before you cross the street; [[Lost Aesop|more like]] "Don't stand in the street for two minutes blankly staring back at the girl you just met."

* [[Tex Avery]] liked to have characters [[Look Both Ways]] and, seeing no cars coming for miles, take one step into the pavement, only to be ran over immediately. Fortunately, since it's just a cartoon, they just get neatly flattened.

* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' has a sketch involving someone who didn't believe in the afterlife step into a street, just to get run over, and sent to said afterlife:

'''Friend 1''': Yeah, plot device. }}

* Phil Ken Sebben in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' was offed in this way. {{spoiler|Or so we think until he comes back for the final episode. He actually just got lodged in the bus' grille.}} Then, {{spoiler|he kills Birdman this way}}.