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* Parodied in ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' when the countdown ends with nothing happening. The computer starts saying that it must have made a mistake... then the spaceship blows up anyway.
* In ''Citizen Toxie: [[Toxic Avenger]] IV'', a bomb is set off with only four seconds on it. Those four seconds are just long enough for Toxie to go home and impregnate his wife, have a heart to heart with young drug addict, and then get the survivors out before his sidekick [[Heroic Sacrifice|eats the bomb]].
* In ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'', where it is explained [[Overly Long Gag|at length]] that when the [[Holy Hand Grenade]] is primed one should hold it for a count of absolutely no more than three. King Arhur proceeds to count 1, 2, 5 (after having been told that five is "right out"). Then when someone corrects him says three. ''Then'' he throws it. It blows up at the right time anyway.
* The second ''[[Austin Powers]]'' film has Dr. Evil stopping Frau from the usual ten second countdown to his rocket blasting off, as he won't be able to get inside in time. He has her start over at thirty, but this leaves quite some time to go after everything's ready. Finally he tells her to just say "Go" when the doors close.
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