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{{quote|''I said, 'Hey,' Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment getting along? Don't you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I'm Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one early morning, remember? We had a talk. I went and got my daddy to come out and thank you. I go to school with your boy. I go to school with Walter; he's a nice boy. Tell him 'hey' for me, won't you? You know something, Mr. Cunningham, entailments are bad. Entailments... Atticus, I was just saying to Mr. Cunningham that entailments were bad but not to worry. Takes a long time sometimes... What's the matter? I sure meant no harm, Mr. Cunningham.''
|'''Scout''', ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]''}}
{{quote|'''Skinner''': What have we become?
'''Dr. Hibert''': We've given the word 'mob' a bad name.
|''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''Rosebud''}}
The mob is out in force, toting [[Torches and Pitchforks]] and demanding blood. All that stands between them and their target is our hero. The hero gives a speech, and the mob is ashamed. Dejected, they turn and leave.
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Occasionally subverted by having the mob stop in their tracks, hear out the speech... and then keep right on with what they were doing. When it works, almost guaranteed to be an instance of [[Verbal Judo]]. Compare [[Talking the Monster to Death]]. Sometimes rather than the hero giving the speech, it's a [[Character Witness]] or [[Zombie Advocate]]. If the speech is only meant to ''delay'' the mob rioting until [[The Cavalry]] arrive, the character is [[Holding the Floor]]. If a character points out the extreme danger of what they are doing, or if they demand that someone else do it, and the character shoves it back on them, and they stop, it's [[Who Will Bell the Cat?]].
Contrast [[Shamed by a Mob]]. Has nothing to do with [[The Mafia]].
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