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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'': Osaka, Cloud Cuckoo Lander extraordinaire, does this at least once, with a discussion on japanese characters that starts with hemorrhoids and goes on to the proper way to write kanji, and then to sea life.
* In the ''[[Bleach]]'' anime, Orihime manages to produce the epic [[Memetic Mutation|Leekspin]] meme in an Epic Tangent resulting from a crash-in with Ichigo in their school hallway. He asks if she's okay, this results from her embarrassment of bumping into him.
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Ed would rather recite the periodic table than talk about his potential love for Winry.
* ''Everyone'' who tries to talk to [[Baccano (Light Novel)|Isaac and Miria]]. ''' ''Everyone''.'''
 
== Comics ==
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== Live Action TV ==
* In ''[[Seinfeld]]'', George's boss, Mr. Steinbrener, always gets sidetracked by one thing or another when George tries to talk to him.
* The Tenth Doctor, on ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''.
{{quote| ''This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at thirty paces... whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow.''}}
* The Swedish comedy show Hipp Hipp had Melodikrysset, a musical crossword aired on radio, wherein the host would play a song and then explain whet you were supposed to write. After playing In the summertime the explanation is as follows.
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== Western Animation ==
* Many of [[Seth MacfarlaneMacFarlane]]'s works are prone to this. ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'' employ 10-second shorts to provide comedy, connected only to the dialogue by a "Just Like X" statement made by one of the characters.
* [[Invader Zim]]- Don't even ''try'' to have a coherent conversation with [[Cloudcuckoolander|Gir]]
 
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