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{{trope}}
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A character on the side of a road or street is doing something that no reasonable or sane human being would be expected to do.
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It truly becomes [[Comedic Sociopathy]] for the unlucky character when said bus is a ''tour bus''. Complete with flashing cameras and narration from the guide.
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* A circa-2000 Levis ad has a sexy young woman walking down a railroad track. As a train approaches, she strips off her jeans and stands to the side in her panties as the train goes roaring past, while various passengers gawp out the windows at her. (After the locomotive has passed, we see that she removed the jeans to lay them across the track, so the wheels of the train would convert them to cutoff shorts.)▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[
* Early in the series ''[[Inuyasha]]'', Kagome tries to dress the wounds that Inuyasha took in the previous episode, but he insists he's fine and refuses to take off his shirt to let her see. Moments later Kaede walks by with a ''group of kids'' as Kagome is sitting on Inuyasha's chest demanding that he take his clothes off.
▲== [[Commercials]] ==
▲* A circa-2000 Levis ad has a sexy young woman walking down a railroad track. As a train approaches, she strips off her jeans and stands to the side in her panties as the train goes roaring past, while various passengers gawp out the windows at her. (After the locomotive has passed, we see that she removed the jeans to lay them across the track, so the wheels of the train would convert them to cutoff shorts.)
== [[Film]] ==
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* A quick, funny jokes occurs in [[Independence Day]] where Will Smith's character and his best friend are discussing brown-nosing in a locker room. His best friend is on one knee when Smith drops the engagement ring he was going to give his girlfriend. Just as the best friend holds it up to give it back, someone else on their squad passes by, makes a "I didn't see anything" gesture, and leaves.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Memoirs of an Invisible Man]]'', the main character Nick has sex with his girlfriend on a train which just happens to pass by few old ladies, who are not amused by their antics. After turning invisible, Nick wonders if he was cursed by them.
== [[Live
* Weirdly inverted in a ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode, where Kramer sees a tour bus passing by and pretends to mug George in order to get a horrified reaction from them.
* Played with in the first episode of ''[[Strong Girl Bong-soon]]'': the first time Bong-soon uses her [[Super Strength]] on-screen, she does so in full view of a bus full of kindergarten-age schoolkids. Rather than being shocked they are delighted (and later excitedly tell the police what they saw).
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* Outdoor humorist [[Patrick McManus]] comments in one of his stories that if you're hopelessly lost in the wilderness, the surest way to be rescued is to do something incredibly embarrassing and/or take off all your clothes. People will be drawn to your location like a magnet.▼
* There is a story told by a comedian (so actual events will vary) where a train is traveling through [[Acceptable Targets|Wales]] and a man is, well, you know, [[But You Screw One Goat!|shagging a sheep]] right next to the rail tracks. Somebody complained and the police where called and they found the man in the same spot, you think he would have moved.▼
* And then there's the classic urban legend about a guy who decides to be a jerk and throw his annoying cat at the window. The cat digs its claws into the curtains and its falling brings the curtains crashing down, rod and all. There is a group of now horrified children passing by right at that moment. [[Naked People Are Funny|The man is nude.]]▼
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** There was also an incident when Peter wrecked his car ([[Freud Was Right|which was being played for a phallic symbol of masculinity]]) and a bus full of supermodels laughed at him.
** Another episode has Peter, Joe, Cleveland and Quagmire stuck on a deserted island. Following cliche, they decide to have an orgy. Realizing they aren't attracted to each other they try to disengage but are too tired to move. Naturally a cruise ship sails by; the tour guide describes the scene in English and Spanish.
* There was something about this in
** As I recall, the mother had received a "gift" from her mother indicating in a not-very-subtle manner that she was trying to do too much at once, and it made her into a bad mother. Later, a bus full of nuns went driving by, and a suitcase filled with soap fell off of the bus and landed before her. Even though it was a total coincidence, she took it as an insult from the nuns.
{{quote|''"Nuns!? '''Nuns''' think I'm a bad mother!?"''}}
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* Outdoor humorist [[Patrick McManus]] comments in one of his stories that if you're hopelessly lost in the wilderness, the surest way to be rescued is to do something incredibly embarrassing and/or take off all your clothes. People will be drawn to your location like a magnet.
▲* There is a story told by a comedian (so actual events will vary) where a train is traveling through [[Acceptable Targets|Wales]] and a man is, well, you know, [[But You Screw One Goat!|shagging a sheep]] right next to the rail tracks. Somebody complained and the police where called and they found the man in the same spot, you think he would have moved.
▲* And then there's the classic urban legend about a guy who decides to be a jerk and throw his annoying cat at the window. The cat digs its claws into the curtains and its falling brings the curtains crashing down, rod and all. There is a group of now horrified children passing by right at that moment. [[Naked People Are Funny|The man is nude.]]
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