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'''Capt. West:''' Commander, I'd like you to leave the room so we can talk about you behind your back.
'''Galloway:''' Certainly, sir. }}
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Dumbledore points out various pieces of landscaping to Fudge in order to keep him from noticing Harry and Hermione sneaking behind him to rescue Buckbeak.
* In ''Gray Matters'', when it's in the middle of the night and Sam tries to get Gray to go to bed so that he can be alone with Charlie:
{{quote|'''Sam:''' Don't you have that big meeting in the morning to get to?
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* ''[[Harry Potter]]''
** Several adults commit variations of this throughout, with several less than comic results in the 5th and 7th books respectively.
** Subverted in ''[[Harry Potter and
** And in ''[[Harry Potter and
* In "The Tower of the Elephant" (a ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' story) Taurus sends Conan to check whether there are guards in the garden. Conan suspects this, but obeys. Taurus shuts the door and gets killed.
* At least one ''[[Discworld]]'' novel has someone throwing an object into the air, then gutting the other person whilst they look at it.
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