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* Despite the fact that ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]'' is a series of sketches without a plot, the "Find the Fish" segment still might qualify, since it has nothing to do with the themes that connect the sketches. [[Word of God|John Cleese]] admitted in an interview that it's probably the least sensical joke they've ever done.

* ''[[Blade Runner]]'': Some see the infamous "Unicorn Dream" sequence (a two-second-long clip of a running unicorn spliced into an otherwise normal scene) as a BLAM. However, it MIGHT be referenced later in the director's cut {{spoiler|when the main character finds that "someone" has left a tiny origami unicorn in his apartment, which COULD be an indication that this "someone" knew about his dream. Which in turn implies...}} causing others to see this as a "[[Han Shot First]]" moment.

* ''[[Crank]]: High Voltage'' is full of random moments, but most of them at least relate to the plot or the hero's backstory. One scene, however, breaks away from a gunfight to show the therapy session of a minor character from the first movie, played by [[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia|Glenn Howerton]]. At the end of the session, he's killed by a stray bullet from the gunfight, and the movie continues.

* In the awful live action ''[[City Hunter]]'' movie, there is a scene where Jackie Chan and his opponent crash into a ''[[Street Fighter]] II'' arcade machine and then start turning into characters from the game for the remainder of the fight until someone unplugs the machine. It makes no sense and is never explained or referenced ever again.

** Gedrin is a blatant lesbian, so it may have been some kind of sexual magical loading screen that she has there just for kicks.

** I hate it when I forget to clear the cache and history in my scrying pools.

* ''[[Turkish Star Wars]]'', in spite of barely making any sense in the first place, still manages to have a BLAM. After the first fight, the scene of the protagonists riding on horseback across the plains is interrupted by several shots of a papier-mache critter sitting on some rocks and shrieking at the camera. The ogre is never explained and never seen again, and it doesn't even interact with any other characters during its brief time in the movie.

* Even though it's a very brief moment, the Zen Room from ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' certainly counts. It's only shown for two seconds, has random wipe-out cuts, and is never mentioned again.

* The film version of ''[[Tank Girl]]'' had the musical moment "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love".

{{quote|[[The Nostalgia Critic]]: And welcome to the bottom of the barrel people: an action film with a horrible music number.}}

** "Is there something you'd like to share with the rest of us, Amazing Larry!?!" This one has an explanation: Amazing Larry was supposed to be a magician in the beginning of the film who asked Pee Wee for advice on what new hairstyle he should get. The setup was cut out but the payoff -- him settling on a ridiculous mohawk -- was left in. So we're just left with a guy named Amazing Larry with a crazy haircut.

* ''[[Armageddon]]'' has a scene where [[Ben Affleck]] sings "Leaving on a Jet Plane" to his girlfriend only for some of his co-workers to join in. This scene only lasts for a few seconds and then they never mention it again.

** The holo porn scene did have a purpose. After they pan back to the viewer you can see some contraption heading back into the ceiling. This troper assumed it was collecting his sperm and, mixed with the themes of the film, it explains how the society was reproducing.

*** The contraption was a CG add in the DVD release 2004. In the original version, it seems THX is simply doing... what you do when you watch this genre of show. The add suggests that machines actually do it in place of yourself; you're not even authorized of that. Plus, the other holo shows are [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|policemen beating some people]] [[Truth in Television|or "experts" meaningless deblatering]].

* ''[[Hausu]]''. Full stop.

* In the movie ''[[North]]'' after North meets his first set of potential adoptive parents from Texas near the end of his visit they randomly break out in a big musical number sung to the tune of the ''[[Bonanza]]'' theme song with backup singers and dancers accompanying them, other than that one scene this is not a musical.

* John Lee Hooker's song in ''[[The Blues Brothers]]''. OK, it's a musical, and any musical could be reasonably described as a series of BLAMs strung together, but what makes the John Lee Hooker scene stand out is that 1) It didn't advance the plot, and 2) None of the major characters appeared on screen during the number. It fits with the definition of a BLAM because it could be cut out from the movie and no-one would notice anything missing.

** It provided atmosphere at least. Very few [[BLA Ms]] contribute that much.

** ''A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'', claymation! 'Nuff said.

* Joel Schumacher's infamous ''[[Batman and Robin]]'' features a ridiculous scene where Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is seen at his hideout, wearing a robe and bedroom slippers, conducting, or rather demanding his thugs to sing along to the song, "Snow Miser" from the 1974 Christmas special, ''The Year Without a Santa Claus''. This rather silly and pointless scene is, in true BLAM fashion, never mentioned again after it's over.

* In Dr. Seuss' ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]'', The Cat poses as a piñata at a birthday party at one point and in the process is hit in the crotch with a large baseball bat. And then, well... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpxwtAII3K8&feature=share this happens!]

* In John Waters' 1970 film Multiple Maniacs, the main character Lady Divine is suddenly and inexplicably set upon near the end of the film by a giant lobster (named Lobstora, according to the credits) and savagely raped by said creature. The lobster departs afterwards, and is never seen again.

* In the 2002 film adaptation of ''[[The Time Machine]]'', Dr Alexander Hartdegan travels to the future and enters a library where he consults a holographic artificial intelligence librarian. He explains about [[Celebrity Paradox|the HG Wells story "The Time Machine" and the famous 60s film adaptation]] and then sings a line from the made-up [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] stage musical. He even duplicates himself across other screens in the library to form backup singers to harmonise with.