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A form of [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]] where someone says something seemingly out of the blue, causing just enough pause to allow the statement to be true (if it isn't true already; if it's not true, it's gonna be true very soon). There are three types to this trope:
{{quote|''[The Master puts on a gas mask]''
'''Cabinet Minister:''' Excuse me, Prime Minister, do you mind my asking - what is that?
'''The Master:''' It's a gas mask. ''[is forced to repeat it, as mentioned above]''
'''Cabinet Minister:''' Yes, but why are you wearing it?
'''The Master:''' Well, because of the gas.
'''Cabinet Minister:''' What gas?
'''The Master:''' This gas.
''*gas floods the room* ''
|''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E12 The Sound of Drums|The Sound of Drums]]"}}
:: Of course, this might also happen when the person says something, realizes afterwards it isn't true, and then makes steps to fix it:
{{quote|"For since her old father who, when he seemed about to recover, suddenly felt the icy hand of death upon him."|''[[Monty Python and
{{quote|'''Gandalf:''' Saruman, your staff is broken!
''Saruman's staff is firmly in his hands... and despite that, '''Kerboom!''' it goes.''|''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''}}
:: Specific subtrope<nowiki>:</nowiki> Character is pulled over by a [[Corrupt Hick]] sheriff:
{{quote|
'''Sheriff:''' Busted tail light.
'''Guy:''' Which one?
''Perfectly functional tail light is [[Unsound Effect|BATON'D]]''
'''Sheriff:''' That one. }}
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'''[[Alice and Bob|Bob]]:''' I used your back door.
'''Alice:''' I don't have a back door!
'''Bob:''' [[Bullethole Door|...you do now.]] }}
See also [[Preemptive Apology]], [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]], the fact that your monitor is smashed in...
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Baccano
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'''Thug:''' You mean ''you'' don't want to be killed, right?
'''Jacuzzi:''' No, you're wrong, I don't want you to be killed! So Donny, please wait a little longer! I'm sure they'll lower their guns. Please!
'''Thug:''' Who the hell are you talkin' tooaaaAAAAAAHHHHGH! ''[Immediately has his hand broken by aforementioned and insanely huge [[The Big Guy|Donny]].]'' }}
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' (paraphrased)
{{quote|
(laughter from other recruits)
'''Seras:''' (steps close to the recruit) Oh dear, it seems there's something wrong with your gun.
'''Recruit:''' What?
'''Seras:''' (Bends barrel) Oh, it seems your barrel is bent, you might want to get that looked at. }}
* This style of attack is how Brook from ''[[One Piece]]'' got the nickname "The Whistling Swordsman." He tends to make quips along the line of "Sorry for defeating you," and this whistles as he sheaths his sword. It is not until the sword is sheathed that the opponent realizes they have already been defeated.
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[The Ultimates]]'':
{{quote|
'''Bruce Banner''': But I haven't got a gash on my cheek.
[Cap kicks Bruce in the head]
'''Captain America''': You do now, son. }}
* From ''[[X-Force]]'' #20:
{{quote|
'''Third facility head''': Three? That's not right, she only killed--
[''Is shot in the head by Kimura''] }}
* ''[[Watchmen]]''
{{quote|
'''Rioter:''' Oh yeah? And what if we don't, ya big blue fruit?
'''Dr. Manhattan:''' You misunderstand me. It was not a request.
''(He teleports the rioters en masse, each to his home.)'' }}
== Film ==
* ''[[The Dark Knight]]'':
{{quote|
'''Bozo:''' ''[sighs and checks his watch]'' No, no-no-no...I kill the bus driver. ''[edges off to one side]''
'''Grumpy:''' "Bus driver"? ''[Bozo glares at him]'' What bus dri-''[The back end of a school bus bursts through the front doors and runs over him]'' }}
** also
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'''Batman:''' No, but I know how you got '''these!''' *cue the shurikens* }}
*** and again
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'''Muroni:''' Who?
'''Two-Face:''' *buckles seatbelt* Your driver. *shoots the driver* }}
* [[Christopher Nolan]] must be a fan of this, as it also shows up in his first feature film, ''[[Following]]'':
{{quote|
'''"Bill":''' What bloodstains?
''[Cobb headbutts Bill, and proceeds to beat the tar out of him.]'' }}
* ''[[
{{quote|
[''Everyone laughs except Josh, who looks mystified'']
'''Josh:''' Your nose could be...what do you mean by that -- !
[''The Penguin proceeds to viciously bite Josh's nose and draw blood.''] }}
* ''[[The Matrix]]'':
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** Combined with [[Apologetic Attacker]] in ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded''.
{{quote|
'''Neo:''' Who are you?
'''Seraph:''' I am Seraph. I can take you to her, but first I must apologize.
'''Neo:''' Apologize for what?
'''Seraph:''' For this. [''attacks Neo''] }}
** And, of course, the original Oracle scene. [[Memetic Mutation|You know the one]].
{{quote|
'''Neo''': What vase? [''looks around, knocking over a vase in the process'']
'''Oracle''': ''That'' vase. }}
* In ''[[
{{quote|
'''James Bond:''' No?
(punches him)
'''James Bond:''' You do now. }}
* ''[[Fight Club (
{{quote|
'''Tyler:''' This...
* pours lye on the Narrator's hand*
'''Tyler:''' ...is a chemical burn. }}
* ''[[Army of Darkness]]'' has Ash's famous "Hey, what's that on your face?" line, just as he begins burying his [[Enemy Without]] alive.
* The ''[[Walking Tall]]'' remake with [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]:
{{quote|
'''Hamilton:''' What's wrong with my taillights?
[''*smash*'']
'''Vaughn:''' They're broken. }}
* In ''[[Death to Smoochy]]'', after Sheldon interrupts Nora in her office:
{{quote|
'''Nora''': If I didn't you'd still be here.
'''Sheldon''': I am still here.
'''Nora''': I'm hoping to correct that. }}
* William "D-Fens" Foster in ''[[Falling Down]]'':
{{quote|
'''Foster''': Others want the phone?
'''IB''': Right, asshole!
'''Foster''': Jeez, that's too bad, because you know what?
''[shoots the phone down]''
'''Foster''': I think it's out of order. }}
* ''[[Star Trek (
* From ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
{{quote|
'''Toby:''' Me, sir?! I haven't got a twinge! Not the slightest pain!
'''Pirelli:''' *smack* You do now. }}
* ''[[Dogma]]''
{{quote|
* cut back to Bethany, whose baseball bat has miraculously transformed into a big fish* }}
* [[Frank Capra]]'s ''A Pocketful of Miracles'', paraphrased from memory:
{{quote|- [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|I'm off to Havana]], sir.
- With two broken legs?|My legs, sir? Oh, they're quite... Oh! Very cleverly put, sir.}}
* A confrontation between the title character of ''Major Payne'' and a [[Badass Biker]]: the former claims to be about to deliver a kick to the latter's head, but then goes for the [[Groin Attack]]. Writhing in pain on the ground, the biker protests:
{{quote|
Maj. Payne: "You callin' me a liar?" ''Kicks biker in head.'' }}
* ''[[Iron Man (
{{quote|
'''Iron Man''': How'd you solve that icing problem?
'''Iron Monger''': Icing problem?
''Surely enough, Iron Monger's suit ices over and begins to fail''
'''Iron Man''': Might want to look into it.
''He raps his fist on Iron Monger's frozen helmet as the suit fails and plummets to the ground'' }}
* In ''[[Indiana Jones and
{{quote|
'''Indiana:''' Antidote? To what?
'''Lau:''' To the poison you just drank. }}
* ''[[Victor Victoria]]'' uses this trope for slapstick, practically citing it by name.
{{quote|
'''[[Butt Monkey|Private eye]]:''' I am ''always'' careful.
'''Club owner:''' That chair is broken.
'''Private eye:''' It is? ''(chair collapses)'' }}
* ''[[
{{quote|
'''Inara''': And that's not incense.
''[A flash bomb goes off, allowing Mal and Inara to escape]'' }}
* At the end of the Tollywood movie ''Pokiri'', Mahesh Babu's character has just taken out the [[Big Bad]], but there's one more loose end to take care of...
{{quote|
[''[[Dirty Cop|Sub-Inspector Pashupathy]] gets an [[Oh Crap]] face as Pandu hangs up.'']
'''Pashupathy''': What are you saying, sir?
[''Pashupathy tries to kill Pandu, but is gunned down without mercy.''] }}
== Literature ==
* From ''[[The Long Dark Tea
{{quote|
'''Dirk:''' You haven't got hold of --
'''Kate:''' I have now, mister!
'''Dirk:''' Unhand me! }}
* In ''[[
{{quote|
'''Silverfish''': Twice?
'''Victor''' Yes, sir. Then. ''(deep breath)'' And now. }}
** Used as a [[Noodle Incident]] in another [[Discworld]] novel. According to Sam Vimes, Nobby's way of informing the family of murder victims is something along the lines of "I'll bet you a dollar you're the widow Johnson."
* In Mikhail Bukgakov's ''[[The Master and Margarita]],'' Satan has this interesting line: "Annushka has not already bought the sunflower oil, but spilled it as well. So the meeting won't take place."
* Obi Wan Kenobi from the novelization of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'':
{{quote|
'''Grevious:''' Damage? What damage?
'''Kenobi:''' Show him, Boga.
'''*KRUNCH*''' }}
* From ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''
{{quote|
''''Ryamn'''" "Ser, you do not unders-" (cut off by Jaime backhanding him in the face) }}
* Used by [[Father Brown]] in [[
{{quote|
▲== Live Action TV ==
* From ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'':
{{quote|
'''Amy''': I didn't say blackmail.
'''Xander''': Yeah, but I'm about to blackmail you, so I thought I'd bring it up. }}
* There's an episode of ''[[Monk]]'' where Captain Stottlemeyer asks a perp why he is talking so much with a broken jaw, and then, as expected, punches the perp in the face when he responds that his jaw isn't broken.
** This one from "Mr. Monk and the Birds and the Bees":
{{quote|
'''Rob Sherman:''' This, uh, this is your gun, Dewey.
'''Dewey Jordan:''' My gun? ''[Sherman promptly conjures a nickel-plated handgun in his right hand]''
'''Rob Sherman:''' This one's mine. This is the one that I'm gonna kill the intruder with.
'''Dewey Jordan:''' Intruder? ''[Sherman shoots and kills Dewey]'' }}
** From "Mr. Monk Buys a House":
{{quote|
'''"Honest" Ramone:''' Jake! Jake! Whaddaya wanna do with your share of the money?
'''"Honest" Jake Phillips:''' Same thing I'm gonna do with your share: spend it! ''[shoots and kills Ramone]'' }}
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', episode "Rise of the Cybermen"
{{quote|
'''Lumic''': [[He Knows Too Much|And how will you do that from beyond the grave]]?
'''Kendrick''': [[Too Dumb to Live|I don't quite understand...]]
'''Lumic''': ''(to Cyberman)'' Kill him. }}
** The [[
{{quote|
'''Amy''': Ah. As soon as she's slapped Rory.
'''[[Butt Monkey|Rory]]''': OK... No. Why do I get slapped?
'''Doctor''': Because we have to stick to the established chain of events. One mistake and the whole timeline could collapse. We'd end up with two Amy Ponds forever, and then what would you do?
''Rory gives Amy a suggestive look. She slaps him.'' }}
* ''[[
{{quote|
'''Baldrick''': But that milk-jug isn't broken.
'''Blackadder''': You really do walk into these things, don't you? ''[Smashes the jug over Baldrick's head]'' }}
** And, from ''Blackadder Goes Forth:''
{{quote|
'''Lord Flasheart''' ''[argumentatively]'': Well, ''this'' isn't a reasonable use of ''my'' time and resources, but I'm going to do it anyway!
'''Darling''': What?
'''Flasheart''': This! ''[head-butts Darling into unconsciousness]'' }}
** In ''Blackadder The Third''':
{{quote|
'''Amy''': He had to go
'''Blackadder''': You mean he's dead?
'''Amy''': Yes, as dead as that squirrel.
'''Blackadder''': Which squirrel?
''Bang!''
''Squeak!'' }}
* ''[[Sherlock]]'' helpfully explains to the police over the phone that the robber fell out the window. Moment of confusion. Then . . . ''crash.''
* ''[[Coupling]]'':
{{quote|
'''Patrick''': I had to say something, you slapped me!
'''Sally''': Twice!
'''Patrick''': Once.
'''Sally''': (slaps him) Don't argue! }}
* From early in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' third volume, when Hiro meets [[Super Speed|Daphne]] after she compromises his time-stop:
{{quote|
'''Hiro:''' I don't know.
'''Daphne:''' Well, something to think about when you get back on your feet.
'''Hiro:''' But... I ''am'' on my feet. }}
* From ''[[True Blood]]'':
{{quote|
'''Jason Stackhouse''': It's okay. How's your nose?
'''Luke McDonald''': Huh? ''[Jason punches him in the nose.]'' }}
* From ''[[Lost]]'':
{{quote|
'''Juliet:''' What?!
'''Sawyer:''' Other?
'''Jones:''' The first one isn't negotiable. It's just to illustrate how serious I am. }}
** Jones proceeds to yell "Do it!" at his henchman with a machete as Sawyer desperately promises to tell him everything.
* The original run of ''[[Knight Rider]]'' subverts a Type 3a: corrupt cop pulls over Michael and tries to bring him to his corrupt judge boss on charges of having a broken tail light. [[Hilarity Ensues|KITT's tail lights are just as armored as the rest of him.]]
* New Zealand drama ''[[Outrageous Fortune]]''
{{quote|
'''Cheryl''': I don't have a broken tail light.
'''Monica smashes the tail light out with the breathalyzer.''' }}
* From the ''[[Eureka]]'' episode "Momstrocity":
{{quote|
'''Grant''': Both my kidneys function fine, thank you.
'''Carter''': Well. The day's not over, is it. }}
* This happens in an episode of ''[[That '70s Show]]'' when Kelso, Hyde and Jackie fight over who Donna gets to take to a [[Led Zeppelin]] concert. Kelso brings a batch of cookies to persuade Donna into taking him:
{{quote|
'''Hyde''': Kelso, Donna doesn't want a bunch of dirty cookies.
'''Kelso''': They're not dirty.
''Hyde kicks them off the table''
'''Hyde''': They are now. }}
* Happens in an episode of ''[[Friends]]''. When Rachel doesn't want to run with Phoebe because of the...erm, interesting manner in which Phoebe runs, she tells Phoebe that Monica tripped her and hurt her ankle.
{{quote|
'''Rachel''': Ankle.
'''Monica''': We'll see. }}
* In the ''[[
{{quote|
''' {{spoiler|Chuck}}:''' Then you'd better tell them you need a new [[Bland-Name Product|PearPhone]]
'''Spencer:''' Why, this is the new G5, what's wrong with it? ''( {{spoiler|Chuck}} smashes it against the wall.)'' }}
* In the ''[[
{{quote|
'''Nurse''': We have a patient with a broken jaw?
'''Dr. Hunt''': We're about to. ''[Knocks the large patient out with a punch to the jaw]'' }}
* From the [[Fringe]] S4/E9 episode "Enemy of my Enemy", An agent of {{spoiler|David Robert Jones}} is a doctor in an Emergency Room. She calls up Fringe Division, asks them to listen closely, and walks out the ER (leaving a canister behind her):
{{quote|
'''Dr. Samuels''': Not necessary. I don't think she's gonna make it. ''(Orderly gives her a confused look as the canister begins to release a gas that kills everyone in the ER)'' }}
* In an episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', after Ted's girlfriend embarrasses her on air, Robin announces "In other news, later today a Manhattan architect gets punched in the throat". One [[Gilligan Cut]] later...
== Music ==
* In [[Ray Stevens]]'s song "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJNZyhRfA4 Sitting Up With the Dead]", a man who died with a crooked back "sits up" during a nocturnal wake. The song amusingly describes the ensuing mass panic. In one passage:
{{quote|
And there came a great partin' of the folding chairs.
The preacher nearly knocked me down, he said
"I'm headed out that kitchen door over there."
I said "Rev, that kitchen ain't got no door in it!"
He said "Don't worry son, it will have in a minute!"
And I ain't never seen so much jumpin' and shovin' before. }}
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' managed to invert this one:
{{quote|
'''Strong Bad:''' What's your super power?
'''Bubs:''' Being able to fly.
'''Strong Bad''': ''(excitedly)'' You can fly?
'''Bubs:''' Not anymore. }}
* Someone within the impenetrable depths of the [[Round Robin]] website ''[[Addventure]]'', there is a part where your character is dealing with a [[Jerkass]] Ronald McDonald in a restaurant. At one point, you find a coupon in your Happy Meal which makes you eligible to become king of the world. When you show it off, Ronald promptly declares that tickets snapped in two are not accepted. When you protest that it isn't snapped, Ronald immediately tears it. "Well, now it IS!"
* From ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'':
{{quote|
Dodoria: Man, you must suck at math even worse than me.
Namekian: What do you mean?
Dodoria: Theres only two of you.
Namekian: That's not right...(gets punched through) Aargh! }}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':
{{quote|
* When Xykon breaks Roy's sword in ''[[The Order of the Stick
* ''[[
{{quote|
"Uh, what cuts, my man?"
''*SMASH*''
"I have no idea". }}
* ''[[
{{quote|
Captain Tagon: You can take my terms as they are, or you can adjust the payment up to account for the destruction of ''three'' Daysun-Tingo robots.
Daysun Tingo 'Bot: But you've only... ''oh''. Your terms are fine as-is. }}
** Also, Doctor Bunnigus [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-02-10 predicting her Captain is about to fall down].
** "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-02-20 Your scooter!]"
* [[Homestuck
** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003167 Hold still, Slick.] [[Eye Scream|Something in your eye.]]
* ''[[Sequential Art (
{{quote|
==
* ''The New Adventures of [[Winnie the Pooh]]''; the gang try to open a treasure chest by dropping it on an anvil at Piglet's house:
{{quote|
'''Tigger:''' In the basement.
'''Piglet:''' But I don't have a basement.
'''Tigger:''' You do now. }}
* ''[[Arthur]]''.
{{quote|
'''Arthur''': Who's speaking of birthdays?
'''D.W.''': No one, but now that you mention it my birthday is coming up. }}
* ''[[
{{quote|
'''Roger:''' Attempted murder?
'''Stan:''' I'LL KILL YOU! }}
** In "100 A.D.":
{{quote|
'''Jeff:''' No, I'm not...
'''Stan:''' ''sprays Jeff with a hose'' }}
* The original [[Screwy Squirrel]] vs. the asylum guard dog:
{{quote|
''(dog complies)''
'''Dog:''' Wait, I don't have a headache!
'''Squirrel:''' Oh yes you have! ''([[Hyperspace Mallet|pulls out a mallet]])''. }}
* In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "Road to Rhode Island":
{{quote|
'''Stewie''': Oh, yes. You have got lots to think about, haven't you? Public drunkenness, grand theft auto...
'''Brian''': You left out the part where I made you smash your head against the windshield.
'''Stewie''': Huh, I don't recal...
(Brian slams on the brakes, which propels Stewie forward into the windshield)
'''Stewie''': Well, I suppose I walked right into that one. }}
** In "Cool Hand Peter", a Southern sheriff breaks the guys' headlight. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Later, Joe returns it to him.]]
{{quote|
* In [[The Simpsons]], Chief Wiggum tears down Bart's t-shirt stand since he doesn't have a licence to do so. Then he busts one of the lights on Bart's sneakers.
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== Meta ==
* Sometimes used as part of [[Police Brutality|police intimidation]]:
{{quote|
'''Victim:''' What busted tail-light?
'''Cop:''' [''*SMASH*''] That one. }}
* Seen in more than one [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]] scene:
{{quote|
'''Suspect''': But my [arm/leg/etc] isn't--!
'''Interrogator''' [breaks their arm/leg/etc] }}
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