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* Heavily [[Lampshaded]] in a series of commercial for Sharp Televisions featuring George Takei, which constantly reminded us that, if you don't have a TV like this which is based on four colors instead of three, you can't actually ''see'' how the picture quality is any different.

* In a radio commercial for GEICO, part of their current "Could switching to GEICO really save you 15% or more..." campaign, the announcer then asks "Does a rolling stone gather no moss?" We hear the sounds of a stone rolling, then he says "No moss. You'll have to trust me on this one."

* In a This is Sportscenter commercial, San Francisco Giants Pitcher Brian Wilson shows two sports anchors why people should "Fear the beard." after they say that it's not intimidating. We then go behind his head where we see tentacles coupled with a roaring sound. Apparently seeing the sight from the front is so scary, one of the sportscasters claims he's going to be sick.

 

* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' pulled this off in one of the summer trip episodes. "Responsible" teacher Kurosawa-sensei has been [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY8L_apFieE drinking pretty heavily] (to keep Yukari-sensei out of the stuff). When the girls bring up the subject of boys/men, she cuts in "let me tell you about men", at which point we cut to a series of head shots of all the girls, with steadily deepening blushes on their faces (except for [[Child Prodigy]] Chiyo-chan, who looks completely puzzled), interspersed with [[Relax-O-Vision]] shots of peaceful meadows and the like, with equally serene music playing in the background. Next morning, Chiyo approaches Kurosawa to ask for clarification about last night. The same music cuts again just as Chiyo gets to what was said, while we are shown a head shot of Kurosawa becoming more and more freaked out. The other girls show up and bow to her and thanking her for the "enlightenment". She's so hung-over she isn't even sure ''what'' she said (we have no idea either, but it must have been spicy).

** Well, Sakaki was too embarrassed to face her the next morning, though she does seem to embarrass the most easily at such things. (Also, in the ADV dub, Tomo asked her directly if adult relationships were "all pervy and stuff".)

* Buddha's manga in ''[[Saint Young Men]]'', which is apparently extremely funny for people in Heaven but too in-jokey for mortals. All that's shown to the readers is the first panel featuring a pun on [[[wikipedia:Ananda|Ananda]]] and a few hints about something called a rib dance.

* In ''[[Kanamemo]]'', Kana is at one time asked to practice smiling to her customers. She gives a smile that, while unseen by the audience, scares the wits out of the ones watching.

 

* Any time someone performs music in a comic, for obvious reasons.

** Occasionally averted- for instance, ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' contains a full set of sheet music for V's song. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2nhTQ2ypVU Decide for yourself if it's any good.]

* ''[[Identity Crisis]]'' features a ''whole page'' of captions describing how awesomely beautiful and moving [[Wonder Woman]]'s speech at {{spoiler|Sue's}} funeral is.

 

 

* ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''. Milo and his crew are sharing their personal stories around the campfire. The discussion ends with a cut to Mole excitedly lowering himself into a hole; Milo asks "What's Mole's story?" to which Dr. Sweet replies "Trust me on this one. You don't wanna know. Audrey, don't tell him. You shouldn't have told me, but you did, and now I'm tellin' you-- you don't wanna know!"

** if ended up watching [[Atlantis Miilos Return]] Audrey does tell us moles story, which can leave you going [[Wait What]]

* ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' goes to great lengths to build up a climactic battle between the representative factions for man and nature near the end of the movie. They even go as far as to throw the title character into the fray. What the audience sees is a brief storm and the sound of gunfire in the distance after the scene switches back to the hero. {{spoiler|The aftermath is what will stand out. A mound of rotting animal carcasses, lines of fallen men from Iron Town, the leader of the boars covered in blood...}} There may only be a few visions or flashbacks to give you an idea of what took place, but Take Our Word for It, it was brutal. This was actually quite effective in staying true to the movie's theme of the horrors of war by simply giving you a few pieces and some enough grisly evidence to leave the rest to your imagination rather than actually depicting the kind of epic battle that few movies can resist.

** It's also a very spirited attempt at proving the old adage "You can't make an anti-war movie" wrong. If you don't show the actual battle, you can't make it accidentally seem glorious, which is a fairly clever way of getting around the problem.

* Neil witnesses Victor Kulak rescuing young campers from falling over a waterfall in ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' and simply shouts, "Whoa! Whoa! You're a master! What the! What the fu- you're doing it! You're actually doing it! You saved them! You saved them!" This could also be considered a an [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]].

* ''Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist'': "Where's Fluffy?"

* ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'' has a terrific example of this at the very end, when all we see is Rosemary's reaction to her first glimpse of the child.

 

* The self-published and somewhat infamous [[Felsic Current]] relies entirely too heavily upon this trope, much to the detriment of the story.

* In the ''[[The Gunslinger]]'', first of the ''[[Dark Tower]]'' novels, Walter revives a man from death and tells Allie that the once dead man will say what lies beyond death if Allie says "19." When she tells him 19, we don't hear his response, but {{spoiler|apparently it's so traumatic that she begs Roland to shoot her dead. He does.}}

''Who still his tongue doth moisten at the breast.'' }}

 

* ''[[Reading Rainbow]]'' (averted): We didn't have to take Levar Burton's word for it. Because kids appreciate honesty, dammit.

* Hal's abstract painting in ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' was not shown; all we saw was people's jaws drop the second it was completed.

* In an episode of the TV adaptation of ''[[Just a Minute]]'', Sue Perkins gets the subject of "Chat-Up Lines". She starts describing how the worst chat-up line she ever heard was by a ten-year-old boy in Paisley, and it's so disgusting she cannot say it. Ruth Jones challenges due to a misunderstanding, while Paul Merton tells her to write the chat-up line down. Ruth discusses the challenge with Nicholas while we see cuts back to Sue writing—she then hands the paper to Paul, who bursts out laughing. "He was ''ten?''" He says, before folding the paper up and "keeping it for future use".

 

* Tenacious D

** The song "Tribute" is about the Greatest Song in the World, but isn't itself the Greatest Song in the World, so we don't know what it sounds like. The original version of "Tribute" includes a sequence from "Stairway to Heaven" at the point in the story where the Greatest Song gets played, which tips their just hand a bit.

''In my home town. }}

 

* Gary Larson once drew a strip for ''[[The Far Side]]'' with the caption "Suddenly, two bystanders thrust their heads into the frame, ruining what would have been the funniest cartoon ever." Behind the huge heads of the waving "bystanders", all the reader can make out is a man sitting in a chair holding a chicken and a woman standing beside him. We are left to speculate as to what the strip might have involved.

* Calvin's favorite bedtime story, "Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie", in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]''. As Bill Watterson explains in the comic's 10th anniversary book, "Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie (like the [[Noodle Incident]] I've referred to in several strips) is left to the reader's imagination, where it's sure to be more outrageous."

* ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'': Lynn Johnston has Michael Patterson get some very sweet book deals from a book he wrote. You might think that Johnston would use this trope. Instead, she gave an excerpt of Michael's writing, which people will tell you stinks. So remember, folks! Sometimes it's better not to avert or subvert this trope!

 

* In the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], before his climactic unmasking, the character of Kane was said to be hideously scarred by burns. Some characters had even seen him unmasked before (notably DX) and reacted, horrified. A later [[Retcon]] after his unmasking explained that his scars had healed, but that he can still see them in the mirror.

* Another time is when DX had a bounty on them all night, Triple H has to use the bathroom and has Shawn watch his back. When HHH enters the stall, Chris Masters is seen waiting for him. We don't see what exactly happened other than it ended with Masters unconscious.

 

* The game ''[[w:Mornington Crescent (game)|Mornington Crescent]]'', as featured on the Radio 4 comedy panel game ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', is played (''allegedly'') according to [[Calvin Ball|a set of arcane rules]] (several variants exist) which are never revealed to the audience except through gnomic and unrevealing references by the players. All we can be sure of is that it is based on a London Underground map, and the players have to jump from station to station, following these unknown rules, the goal being to reach the Mornington Crescent station first.

** At least one game was won by a participant shouting "MORNINGTON CRESCENT!" as soon as the game began.