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{{trope}}
{{quote|''There's a time to think, and a time to act. And this, gentlemen, is no time to think.''
Any critical choice a character must make quickly through gut instinct instead of logic or knowledge, especially one which would be trivial if not for some incomplete information. Even better if the character is [[The Spock]], and learns [[An Aesop]] about trusting other characters, or [[Don't Think, Feel|their own instincts]].
This frequently overlaps with, but is not limited to, the [[Wire Dilemma]], where a character needs to disarm a bomb. [[Spot the Imposter]] is the version of this trope where a character needs to distinguish an Evil Duplicate from the original.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The second episode of (the remake of) ''[[Kujibiki Unbalance]]''.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The phrase "Pulling a Homer" (meaning to succeed despite stupidity) was introduced in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' after Homer stopped a nuclear reactor meltdown by randomly guessing which button activated the Manual Override. Twice. Using Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe, no less. To be fair though, if he did the same Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe each time he would always get the right button.
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' episode Orangotango has DK navigate three 'Rooms of Doom' in the Temple of Inka Dinka Doo. Said rooms have booby traps, mainly spike and arrows that fly out so quickly that DK has move so quickly he barely knows what he's doing. As Funky put it...
{{quote|"Don't stop! Keep moving! Let your body do the brainwork!"}}
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Real life example: A doctor who didn't know whether to press the orange or blue buttons to restart a bypass machine sustaining a patient's life; [https://web.archive.org/web/20080424054117/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=
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[[Category:Just in Time Tropes]]
[[Category:No Time to Think]]
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