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** Early in the film, when Superman changes identities ''in the back seat of an occupied police car'', the cop in the front seat notices, but then dismisses it.

* A recent coffee commercial has a girl who's told the coffee she'd thought was newly purchased just for her is actually several months old—and was for her brother. She shrugs at the implied insult and keeps sipping.

* Done in the ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' episode, "Phobia Factor" where we see a shot of millions of slimy pink worms squirming around in an empty wooden hot tub as Chris reveals that Beth's challenge is to [[Squick|completely submerge herself in them]], we then get reaction shots of the other campers gasping, throwing up or even fainting, followed by a shot of Beth herself, who does an [[Eye Take]]... '''then shrugs and calmly does the challenge without complaining'''.

** Done again in "Hawaiian Punch", after {{spoiler|Heather reveals that she's in love with Alejandro}}. Beth gasps, Cody gasps, Owen gasps, and Noah... shrugs, since he already knew.

* ''[[The Incredibly Strange Creatures]]'': A woman is aghast that her carnival barker boyfriend's idea of a date is that she "should slave over a hot stove" to cook him steak. However, she quickly accepts his proposal. That carnival barker must be [[Kavorka Man|some kind of irresistible]].

* ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' was probably the prince of this technique.

* ...and the ''[[Pink Panther]]'' was possibly the king.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Boom Town": The Doctor finally notices that the words "Bad Wolf" appear to be following him everywhere he goes... and then dismisses it as "like when you hear a word on the radio, and then keep hearing it all day".

* In ''[[Demolition Man]]'', John Spartan is told [[Alien Lunch|his burger is rat meat]]. There's a brief pause, then: "Not bad! Matter of fact, this is the best burger I've had in years!"

* Probably one of the funniest and most memorable examples is the final scene in ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'': "Well, nobody's perfect."

* In the film ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation]]'', the family discovers that their sandwiches are all wet because "the dog wet on the picnic basket". Upon hearing this, Aunt Edna sniffs her sandwich, shrugs and continues eating it.

* Used in the Jeff Daniels film about hunting season in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, ''Escanaba In Da Moonlight''. Reuben Soady (Daniels) feeds his father, brother, and their [[The Unintelligible|hunting buddy]] with a special "potion" made by his wife (whose consistency appears to resemble a milkshake). All of them compliment the tasty beverage, but when Remnar (Reuben's brother) asks to "steal the recipe", they are horrified to discover that the drink includes {{spoiler|ground Moose testicles, insects, worms, and dirt, among other disgusting things}}. They look at each other, disgusted, but then their hunting buddy raises his jar, toasts, and sucks the rest right down. It helps that they previously established his ability to drink [[Gargle Blaster|pretty much anything set in front of him]].

* The following exchange from ''[[Notting Hill]]'':

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