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== Film ==
* In ''[[Falling Down]]'', William Foster decides to give a road crew doing make work and snarling traffic "something real to fix" but can't figure out how to operate his rocket launcher. A kid observing the traffic jam helpfully informs him.
* ''[[LAL.A. Story]]''. Harris K. Telemacher remembers when this once happened to him.
{{quote| '''Harris:''' I went roller skating once at the Brooklyn Rollerdome. It was awful. I was completely out of control. I went slamming into this 8-foot tall black guy in a green satin jump suit. I said, "I'm sorry, could you help me?" And he looked at me with stoned eyes and said: "Let your mind go and your body will follow."}}
* Ben in ''[[Leaving Las Vegas]]'' storms away from the food court while Sera calls after him to stay. A passerby tells him he ought to stay, and does so in such a way that it seems he has some sort of plot significance. He doesn't.
 
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'':
** After Lt. Barclay gained (and later lost) huge amounts of knowledge, as he's talking with Counselor Troi they pass by a chess game. He moves one piece and says "checkmate in nine moves."
{{quote| Troi: I didn't know you play chess.<br />