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{{quote|'''Bob''': I am so not going to --
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'''Bob''': ...[[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Dagnabbit]]. }}
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== [[Film]] ==
* Employed in many horror movies, especially in [[Screamer Trailer
* The movie ''War'' had these just about every second to the point where you say "This is ridiculous!" ten minutes into the movie.
* ''[[A Serious Man]]'': When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies... <!-- If someone familiar with the source could edit this line to make it more clear, that would be appreciated. -->
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* An ''[[Angel]]'' episode had Wesley happily declare "We're winning!" during a battle.
** In fact, something like this happens in almost every episode of ''[[Angel]]''.
** [[Joss Whedon]] does another one in ''[[Firefly|Serenity]]'', when we cut from River being told to "lie down" to her having a needle shoved into her forehead in a lab. Joss admits on the commentary track that much of the camera work in the first few minutes, which includes several Smash Cuts and [[Hard Cut
** Yeah, [[Joss Whedon]] loves these. A particularly heart wrenching example is in the ''[[Buffy]]'' episode "Selfless" which goes from Anya singing an upbeat song (during the [[Musical Episode]]) about how much she loves Xander to {{spoiler|her with a sword through her chest after Buffy impaled her, she gets better quickly but the audience doesn't for a while}}
*** Several more appear in "The Body", cutting from {{spoiler|imagined scenes of Joyce's recovery to her dead body}}.
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'''Bender:''' Stupid anti-pimping laws! }}
** Another example happens right at the end of "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", when [[The Chew Toy|Zoidberg]] starts to sing his song and it smash cuts to the credits. We then hear Zoidberg sigh.
** Most of "Time Keeps On Slipping" is held together entirely by
** From ''Bender's Big Score''
{{quote|'''Nudar''': Tough times earth chumps. We're repossessing your TV. Seems you can't afford it now that you're unemployed!
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