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[[File:toolbelt_7964.png|link=Cyanide and Happiness (Webcomic)|frame|It certainly was his kind of belt if it took him ''that'' long.]]
 
[[Alice and Bob]] are having a conversation. During the conversation, Bob says or does something that you'd think would [[Berserk Button|set Alice off]]; however, she goes right on with the conversation as if it never happened. Until 30 seconds or so later...
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' recently did this with a character's connection to Luffy's father (who, for context, is the world's most wanted criminal, and only a handful of people in the world are even aware that Luffy is related to him). Luffy remarks "Oh... you mean my dad?" and the person he's speaking to goes through an entire speech before jumping back in shock, yelling "YOUR FATHER?!"
** Luffy is ''made'' of this trope, and he's not the only one; the most recent addition to the Straw Hats, a living skeleton by name of Brook, uses a fencing style to fight. Then there's Brock.; just check out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ZzaJlFbKc this scene from the tenth] [[The Movie|movie.]]
* In ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka Dede|Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyou Shou]]'' [[OAV]] episode "Omoi no Arika", [[Trapped in Another World|Akane, Tenma and Shimon]] discover a letter -- the audience is aware that it's from [[Small Annoying Creature|Kotengu]], who wants to challenge [[Onmyodo|Yasuaki]] to a duel. Apparently, Kotengu's handwriting is too fancy for them to understand, so they have one of the locals, Tomomasa, read said letter to them aloud. After he finishes, Akane and Shimon are amazed by the fact Tomomasa could read that, saying they are ''so glad'' they know now what the letter says, as they could never imagine that it's a challenge... Cue a short pause, with a still shot of the two smiling happily and a dot-by-dot [[Visible Silence]] above them... after which both yell in horror: "''A challenge?!''"
** The first episode of ''Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Shiroki Ryuu no Miko'' OAV ends with Karin being told that she is the titular [[Miko]]; Karin's first reaction is a happy smile... then, a few seconds later, the smile disappears as it finally dawns on her what these words mean: "Eeeh?! Me?!"
* In one episode of ''[[Nerima Daikon Brothers (Anime)|Nerima Daikon Brothers]]'', the characters are eating ramen together. Hideki asks Ichirou if he shouldn't be getting to work, and Ichirou replies that he's going to Kabuki-chou (Tokyo's infamous red-light district) tonight instead. The others continue to eat for a few seconds before [[Spit Take|spit-taking]] the ramen.
* In ''[[The Weatherman Is My Lover]]'' the main characters have a [[Manzai]] dynamic on-screen which mostly entails Amasawa making inappropriate or awkward remarks and Koganei not reacting to them at all. Amasawa manages to catch him offguard twice, leading to noticeably long delays before Koganei resumes reporting-as-usual. The viewers go wild over this.
* In ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'', Asura awakens after centuries of [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|sleeping in a bag made from his own skin]] and barely displays any awareness of his surroundings. While blindly walking around, he bumps into Eruka, who's slumped on the ground and too terrified of him to even move. He then bends down and opens his eyes for the first time to look at her while she's still paralyzed in fear. After ten seconds of staring, he starts a [[Reactive Continuous Scream]]. Why? ''Because he was startled by her''.
* In an episode of ''[[Ultimate Girls]]'', the main girls are in various states of dress and undress when the word "monster" gets thrown out. Cue Makoto, resident [[Kaiju]] obsessed journalist and [[Camera Fiend]], barging into the room, taking several photos, ''reloading his camera'', and taking ''more'' photos before realizing his mistake and walking out of the room in ''disappointment.'' Seconds go by before the first girl screams in embarrassment.
* [[Nice Guy|Mikado]] from ''[[Durarara]]'' had a very funny delayed reaction in episode 3 when [[Jerkass|Izaya]] was hit by a vending machine. To be fair, the vending machine was going very fast.
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* From the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] ''[[Big Bird In China]]'', Big Bird needs to find a camel. That's all he knows. Naturally, there are no camels in China, so he goes sightseeing in a sculpture garden...
{{quote| '''Big Bird''': "Oh, look, there's an elephant. And there's a camel. And there's an orangutan. My these sculptures are pretty..." ''He walks off-screen, then...'' "A CAMEL?!?"}}
* In the Russian film ''[[Father Frost]]'', there's a group of girls picking giant mushrooms in a forest. They see a bear, but it takes them almost 20 seconds to run away. [[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000|Mike Nelson]] refers to it as "Delayed reaction syndrome".
* In the 80s Vietnam flic, "[[Hamburger Hill]]," a radio operator survives a nearby explosion. When the smoke clears, he is still doggedly trying to use his set, until he turns his head to discover that he's lost an arm. Disturbingly, he mutters "Oh." upon seeing his injury.
* Charlie in "[[Mystery Team]]". He is the last person to connect the dots, attacks Jason ten seconds after realizing it was him, and understands a pun the group made eleven years prior.
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== Literature ==
* Referenced in a ''[[Discworld]]'' story when Nanny Ogg tells Casanunda that she "nearly fell off her broom from laughing" when she saw a burial mound from the air. Said burial mound is two circular mounds connected to one end of a long barrow mound, so...
** Another example is in "Jingo" where [[Leonardo Dada Vinci|Leonard of Quirm]] very briefly mentions in the middle of a long rambling conversation full of useless information that {{spoiler|many years ago he did some sketches of an island that has supposedly only appeared recently}}. The person he's talking to doesn't realise the implications of this until he's left the room, at which point he quickly comes back to ask for clarification. Two things are notable about this example: 1. The person he's talking to is [[Magnificent Bastard|Lord Vetinari]], who is normally ''very'' quick to notice important details, making it particularly funny that he should be a victim of this trope, and 2. Unlike many uses of this trope, the relevant information actually ''is'' quite easy to miss if you're not paying attention, and the reader may end up doing exactly what Vetinari did.
* In ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy]]'', Arthur sees several big yellow bulldozers outside his window, but he's so hung over that only pieces of the concept register at first, one at a time. It takes several minutes for him to realize they've come to knock his house down.
{{quote| The word ''bulldozer'' wandered through his mind for a moment in search of something to connect with.}}
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* From an episode of ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]],'' featuring Troi, her mother, Worf, and his son. After hearing that Worf and the boy are "having trouble [drafting a] contract", Mrs. Troi goes doting on the boy:
{{quote| '''Mrs. Troi''': Why of course he's unreasonable, he's a child! And such a child! You know, making children reasonable only gives them pimples!<br />
'''Troi''': Alexander, this is my mother.<br />
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'''Leo:''' Here it comes.<br />
'''Ainsley:''' Did you say offer me a job? }}
* ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'': Used a bunch of times throughout the series, usually by Freddie and Spencer.
** In ''iMust Have Locker 239'', Freddie negotiates with Sam about getting her half of the locker as Sam mentions that her mom is driving a car to fetch her just ''after having an eye surgery''. Freddie still goes on his negotiation until Sam's statement sinks in.
** In ''iHurt Lewbert'':
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* ''[[Friends]]''. In [[The One With...|The One Where]] {{spoiler|Rachel}} [[The One With...|Is Pregnant]], the other two girls and Joey are trying to figure out [[Who's Your Daddy?|who the father is]]. Their only clue: a man's sweater left behind in mommy's apartment a month ago. While the three of them are discussing this, {{spoiler|Ross}} walks in, talks with them for a bit, and then says, "Oh, hey, my sweater! I've been looking for this for like, a month!" Cue [[Eye Take]] from the girls, while Joey just sits there. {{spoiler|Ross}} leaves, and ''then'' Joey freaks out.
* On ''[[Top Gear]]'', while reviewing a Lamborghini Reventon (the Spanish 'v' is pronounced like a 'b'), Jeremy Clarkson makes a [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|sly comment]] that owning one would get you "a lot of badge." At least a full second goes by before his co-presenter Richard Hammond gets the joke.
* ''[[The IT Crowd (TV)|The IT Crowd]]'': Roy rants that Jen knows nothing about computers and will someday slip up in something she says or does. Moss cuts in to say that the computer Jen is pretending to use isn't plugged in. Roy continues to rant and storms out. Moss says "He'll realise in a moment." He does.
* In the ''[[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode ''Prince of Space'':
{{quote| '''Tom:''' Talking like what?<br />
'''Mike:''' Why're you talking like that?<br />
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* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E6 The Lazarus Experiment|The Lazarus Experiment]]", at the beginning of the episode, as the Doctor is planning to leave, he hears a scientist on television talking about how he's going to "change what it means to be human." He takes little notice of it as he sets off, and the TARDIS fades... and then slowly reappears. The Doctor pops his head back out and says "I'm sorry... did he say 'change what it means to be human?'"
** The Doctor gets another one in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31 E12 The Pandorica Opens|The Pandorica Opens]]" with regards to {{spoiler|the reappearance of Rory Williams}}.
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' has [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Delayed Reaction]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNvGJO2AaDc Man].
* In an episode of ''[[Coupling]]'' Jane tells Oliver not to worry about his brain, saying "Many plants don't have brains, have you thought about that?" It takes him almost a minute to realize the absurdity of that implication and correct her.
* ''[[Sanctuary]]'': Nikola Tesla drops one of these on Helen Magnus when he looks her up after about, oh, fifty years.
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*Kenan and Kel share a laugh*<br />
'''Kel''': Ha ha ha! YEAH! Ha ha... ha... hey... that's about me... with the freak monster... }}
* A real-life example: on the first episode of Season 2 of ''[[The Voice (TV series)|The Voice]]'', one of the people auditioning was Tony Lucca, who was a [[wikipedia:The Mickey Mouse Club#1990s revival.2C The All-New Mickey Mouse Club .28MMC.29|Mouseketeer]] with coach Christina Aguilera ... and she didn't realize that until he'd already finished his audition and left the stage.
* Done more than once on ''[[F Troop (TV)|F Troop]]'', with O'Rourke's comment to Agarn "I don't know why people say you're so dumb", followed up several minutes/scenes later with Agarn's "Who says I'm dumb?!"
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* The [[Pokémon]] Slowpoke. As described in the Pokedex, "It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack." This actually has an in-game benefit as it generally translates into a larger than is typical amount of HP.
** [[Memetic Mutation|On the Internet]], it translated to a meme in which a person masquerading as Slowpoke responds in a delayed way, such as "Am I too late for 5 Million?" on the 6,000,00''1''st post of a forum, or [[Super Effective (Webcomicwebcomic)|reporting on the death of]] [[Elvis Presley]] days after the death of [[Michael Jackson]].
** The funniest of these was someone posting on an [[Image Board]] about a [[The Untwist|plot reveal]] in [[Code Geass]]. The first response was someone stating that "I don't have a Slowpoke slow enough to respond to this, so I'll wait 2 years and do it then." [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Cut to 2 years later...]]
* At the beginning of the first [[MegamanMega Man Battle Network]] game Yai has one when Dex calls her a shrimp. (The dialogue is as follows)
{{quote| '''Dex:''' Aww stuff it! You sure got a big mouth for such a shrimp! We're not bothering anyone are we Lan?<br />
'''Yai:''' Well, I guess... Shrimp! That's no way to talk to a lady! }}
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== [[Visual Novels]] ==
* In ''[[Shikkoku no Sharnoth (Visual Novel)|Shikkoku no Sharnoth]]'' Angie is introduced to celebrity aristocrat Viola Baskerville and is so nonchalant about it that Mary is surprised. A few minutes later, she realizes who she's been making friends with and momentarily stops in shock... but then quickly continues making friends, reasoning there's no reason to start treating her differently now.
* Whenever a girl is over at Shirou's house in ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' or just near him, Taiga will end up greeting them and chatting for a bit. After a minute or two she generally blows up.
 
 
== Webcomics ==
* Seen in [http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0746.htm this] ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'' strip. No, sorry, [http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0747.htm this] one.
* A few instances of this occur in [[Exterminatus Now]] - like triggering the decoy [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]].
{{quote| '''Virus''': Damnit!<br />
'''Lothar''': Ha, I win! ...Wait, shit. }}
* Doyt in ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' does this to a [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-07-26 dig at his intelligence].
{{quote| '''Doyt''': Severe [brain damage] as in stupid? Or severe as in dead?<br />
'''Haban''': Doyt, considering the fact it would be hard for a copy of you to get any stupider, I'd have to say 'dead.'.<br />
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== Web Original ==
* A running gag on ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]'': Linkara will read a character saying a stupid plan or inaccurate statement, summarize it in a triumphant tone of voice, and then go "Wait..." with confusion in his voice.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' demonstrates this trope in the episode where stan [[Forgotten Anniversary|forgets his anniversary]], again as seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZNZN9PPEpA
* One ''U.S. Acres'' segment from ''[[Garfield and Friends (Animation)|Garfield and Friends]]'' dedicated to [[No Fourth Wall|discussing animation tropes]] had the ultimate example of this. Laidback sheep Bo walks past a friend of his, who declares that the farm is being invaded by aliens resembling dishwashing liquid. He does not react, instead heading into his pen and sleeping away the entire winter. Three months later, he steps outside, stretches... and then shouts "''Dishwashing liquid?!'' Head for the hills!" and runs away.
* Happens often with Tom in ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'', which makes him realize too late that he's carrying a bomb, about to get hit, or that Jerry is right in front of him.
* Played with in ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' where it appears that time is passing normally for the audience, whilst it is revealed that Homer's brain is actually working at the speed of dumb. "Something said, not good."
** Also, Homer's workmates call him "a little slow" on poker night in one episode. By the time Homer responds "Who are you calling 'slow'?", it's hours later, and Lenny's asking Homer to go home already.
*** It should be noted that these two occasions are one-in-the-same: Homer's initial reaction to being called slow by Carl was to mull it over and have the delayed reaction. Lenny is in his nightshirt and cap when Homer finally asks about it, prompting him to say "Geez, you really ''are'' slow!" Which then causes Homer to go through the exact same thought process again.
* One episode of ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' stuck Fry between a jealous Zoidberg and a lovestruck cephalopodian alien.
{{quote| '''Dr. Zoidberg:''' Fry. I challenge you to "clawplach".<br />
'''Fry:''' English, please?<br />
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** Though that one's less a delayed reaction and more weighing which option would be the [[Lesser of Two Evils]] and realizing neither one's good.
* ''[[George of the Jungle]]'' - more than once, George would suddenly laugh at a joke he'd heard minutes, maybe hours, before.
* In an episode of ''[[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]]'' Ron tries tries to rush Kim and her [[Mirror Morality Machine|temporarily-good nemesis]] to a movie:
{{quote| '''Kim:''' Tempting, but I promised Shego we're go get our eyebrows waxed.<br />
'''Ron:''' Okay, but we're going to have to -- [[[Beat]]] You ''wax'' your ''eyebrows?'' What's that about?<br />
'''Kim:''' Forget I mentioned it.<br />
'''Ron:''' Done! }}
* ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'':
{{quote| '''Peter''': So did your therapist figure out what the problem was?<br />
'''Brian''': Yeah. He thinks I'm in love.<br />
'''Peter''': Oh my God...[[Captain Obvious|you can]] ''[[Captain Obvious|talk]]''! }}
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', when Lucius wakes up after a day where everyone was pulling revenge pranks, he concludes that everything is back to normal. Then a [[Talking Animal|talking bird]] greets him through the window with a pleasant "Good morning." Lucius returns it and walks off...then dashes back to the window when he realizes how wrong that is in Miseryville.
* In ''[[Dan Vs (Animation).|Dan Vs]]'' "The Animal Shelter," Chris picks at a meatloaf Dan made while Dan describes why he needs to take revenge on an animal shelter. When Dan mentions it involves a poisoned meatloaf, Chris continues to eat the meatloaf for three more [[Beat|beats]] before what Dan just said sinks in.
* I ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Fluttershy has this when she sees Princess Luna (formerly Nightmare Moon) on [[All Hallow's Eve|Nightmare Night]].
{{quote| '''Twilight''': Fluttershy, it's me, Twilight.<br />
'''Fluttershy''': It is you. Ah, Nightmare Moon. [beat] Nightmare Moon! }}
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