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* In the film ''[[The Wedding Planner]],'' self-appointed matchmaker Penny must contrive a reason to abandon the leads at a movie. "I just remembered that I promised my friend's brother's godmother that I would help her change her fax cartridge because she's going out of town tomorrow...on an African safari!"
* Ian Hawke does this in a cruelly apathetic fashion in ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' flat out stating he is going to pretend he has a lunch to go to.
* In the sixthfilm of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' film (and also in the book), Dumbledore uses this method to leave Harry alone with Professor Slughorn so as to persuade him to return to Hogwarts — specifically, by asking to use the loo. The fact he returns afterwards with a magazine he wants to keep "for the knitting patterns" just highlights [[Eccentric Mentor|his eccentricity and hilarious kookiness]]. It was still a nice bit of [[Obfuscating Stupidity|obfuscation]].
* ''[[Dirty Work]]'': "I have to go...lift weights. ''[[Lampshade Hanging|What]]?!''"
* In ''[[Better Off Dead]]'', Lane uses one of these to get away from a tenacious paperboy.
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