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Students of rhetoric may describe this as "epanorthosis". If Alice has to retract a practical idea that uses bad methods, it's a case of [[And That Would Be Wrong]]. If she has to retract a controversial opinion, it's a case of [[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That]]. If she's retracting an insult to someone she hadn't meant to insult, it's because of [[Insult Friendly Fire]].
Related to, but not to be confused with [[Verbal Backpedaling]], which is when a person thinks out loud, only to offer an impromptu explanation on the spot when overheard. Villains are prone to use that trope. Compare [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Morita-san wa Mukuchi]]'', [[The Quiet One|Mayu]]'s trying to thank [[Class Representative|Ritsuki]] for fetching a book for her earlier when:
{{quote|'''Ritsuki''': [[Les Yay|I find it very sexy when you stare at me like that]].
'''Mayu''': ''(blushes and covers herself)''
'''Ritsuki''': Err, I mean vexing, I find it ''vexing''. }}
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{{quote|'''Kyon:''' I won't be able to get much use out of this until next winter, but I know once I do, I will greatly appreciate this! Asahina-san, I don't know what I've done to deserve such a fine present, but I am very grateful.
'''Tsuruya:''' I've seen that coats before. You had it on when you beat up those Sumiyoshi-rengo fellows who hurt Kasai!
'''Koizumi:''' Y...yes. I've seen that once before, as well, [[Time Travel|that day you left even Mori-san impressed]].
'''Kyon:''' Or, you know, maybe even sooner than that. }}
* and then there is also one in ''[[Time Braid]]'' after [[Groundhog Peggy Sue|Sakura]] decimates [[A God Am I|Pein]]
{{quote|'''Sakura:''' Hell, yeah! [[The Chick|'Not a front-line combatant']] [[Took a Level
Sakura looks over and notices Naruto is winning a fight against [[Beyond the Impossible|three copies of himself with their will suppressed to release the Kyuubi entirely]]
'''Sakura:'''...ok, maybe I'm the runner-up. That's alright, I can live with being second to a guy that can knock out the damned Kyuubi. }}
* An absolutely hilarious one occurs in ''[[Harry Potter and
{{quote|'''Dumbledore:''' Such services are extremely expensive, as you well know, and I cannot help but wonder why you deem them necessary.
'''Harry''': If it's money that's the problem, I have some ideas for making large amounts of money quickly -
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'''Real Estate Agent:''' Why do I need a car when I've got a buddy like you to drive me around?
'''Huang:''' I'm not your buddy.
'''Real Estate Agent:''' Come on, I'll [[Money, Dear Boy|pay you good]]!
'''Huang:''' So where are we going, [[Only in It For the Money|buddy]]? }}
* ''[[Muv-Luv]]'': When Takeru calls Sumika a slug, combined with [[Insult to Rocks]]:
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== Films ==
* [[Hot Fuzz]]:
{{quote|'''Daniel:''' Sounds like a good bloke.
'''Nicholas:''' Actually he was arrested for selling drugs to students.
'''Daniel:''' What a [[Country Matters|cunt]].}}
* ''[[Mean Girls]]'':
{{quote|'''Principal:''' I will keep you all night if I have to.
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{{quote|'''Inigo:''' Give us the gate key.
'''Yellin:''' I have no gate key.
'''Inigo:''' [[The Big Guy|Fezzik]], tear his arms off.
'''Yellin:''' Oh, you mean ''this'' gate key. }}
* ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', twice:
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{{quote|'''Nicholas''': It all started with my Uncle Derek. He was a Sergeant in the Met. He bought me a police pedal car when I was five. I rode around in it every second I was awake - arresting kids twice my size for littering and spitting. I got beaten up a lot when I was young, but it didn't stop me. I wanted to be like Uncle Derek.
'''Danny''': He sounds like a good bloke.
'''Nicholas''': [[Broken Pedestal|Actually, he was arrested for selling drugs to students.]]
'''Danny''': What a cunt. }}
* In ''[[Megamind]]'', after Roxanne's report:
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{{quote|'''Miguel:''' ''(dramatically cutting away foliage)'' The trail that we blaze! ''(the foliage falls, revealing solid stone behind it)'' ''(points to the side)'' ''That'' trail that we blaze!}}
* ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''
{{quote|'''[[Incredible Hulk|Bruce Banner:]]''' I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell crazy on him.
'''[[Thor]]''': Take care how you speak. [[Big Bad|Loki]] may be beyond reason, [[Thicker Than Water|but he is of Asgard and he is my brother]].
'''[[Black Widow (comics)|Black Widow]]''': [[Ax Crazy|He killed eighty people in two days]].
'''Thor''': ...he's adopted. }}
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'''Bartlet:''' Leo could fund this initiative out of his pocket! }}
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
{{quote|'''Picard''': I look forward to your report, [[Embarrassing Nickname|Mr. Broccoli]].
''(everyone on deck [[Face Palm|looks ruefully at him]])''
'''Picard, with mortified face''': "Barclay." }}
* ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' had Douglas do one of these when he talked about deleting incriminating files and then quickly added that he only meant to say "files".
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'''Jayne''': I'm in. }}
* After ''Starbug'' crashes in the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Emohawk: Polymorph II":
{{quote|'''Kryten''': At least [[Dreadful Musician|Mr Lister]]'s guitar survived intact.
''The Cat casually takes the guitar and smashes it against a bulkhead.''
'''Kryten''': Not even Mr Lister's guitar survived intact. }}
* [[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]] and Arthur are trying to decide what to do with the sleeping Uther to protect him, and Merlin thinks they should disguise him, leading to:
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'''Nerd:''' KILL ME! }}
* ''[[Loading Ready Run]]'', [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/305/Bandwidth-Exceeded Bandwidth Exceeded].
* ''[[Check Point]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130906040133/http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/zyng-and-zag Zyng and Zag]
{{quote|'''Kathleen''' (offering Major Nelson a job at Checkpoint)''':''' "We can't technically ''pay'' you money, but we do have free soda!"
'''Paul:''' "No we don't!"
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* ''[[I'm a Marvel And I'm a DC]]'': Spider-Man lamenting [[Marvel]] losing the licensing to ''[[Transformers]]'' some twenty years ago:
{{quote|'''Spider-Man''': This is the worst decision Marvel has ever ma--
''([[Deadpool]] holds up the head of his live-action movie [[In Name Only]] counterpart, a.k.a. [[Fan Nickname|Dude-Peel]])''
'''Spider-Man''': This is the second worst decision Marvel has ever made! }}
* [[Todd in the Shadows]] [[Mondegreen|mishears]] the lyrics to "I've Got Nerve" by Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus as "I've Got [[Nerf Brand|Nerf]]".
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{{quote|'''Vegeta''': "You...you cut through my armor! This was a gift from my father!"
'''Yajirobe''': "I'm sorry, I'm sure your father was a great man!"
'''Vegeta''': "[[Berserk Button|I HATED my father!]]"
'''Yajirobe''': "Oh, well then, I'm sure your father was a total prick."
'''Vegeta'''': [[Hair-Trigger Temper|"HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT MY FATHER LIKE THAT!"]] }}
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* ''[[South Park]]'':
{{quote|'''Gloria Allred:''' We owe it all to me! And these six brave little boys.
''([[They Killed Kenny|Kenny dies]])''
'''Gloria Allred:''' Five brave little boys. }}
** Done again in "Tonsil Trouble":
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{{quote|'''Phineas:''' ...we're going to laser our faces into the comet! Then, when it comes back in seventy-three and a half years, we can all show our grandchildren! Oh, yeah - my parents are cooking steaks for everyone.
'''Isabella:''' You had me at "our grandchildren".
'''Phineas:''' [[Oblivious to Love|What?]]
[[[Record Scratch]]] '''Isabella:''' "Steaks"! You had me at "steaks"! }}
* An instance in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' serves as a [[Call Back]] and [[Continuity Nod]].
{{quote|'''Dr. Light''': [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now|No one can defeat Doctor Light!]] ''No one!'' *turns to see Raven*
'''Raven''': Remember me?
'''Dr. Light''': *turns back around, looking absolutely horrified* I'd like to go to jail now, please. }}
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', Lois asks Quagmire for help.
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'''Belle:''' Don't talk about my father that way!
'''Gaston:''' Yeah! Don't talk about her father that way! }}
* From ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
{{quote|'''Billy:''' Mandy's gonna take your pants off!
'''Grim:''' "''Beat'' your pants off".
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== Real Life ==
* Online, there are two additional methods to invoke this: <s>striking out the text</s> writing the text in a strikethrough font, and writing one thing and then "backspacing" over it with control-H, written '''^H'''. (Each control-H deletes one letter^H^H^H^H^H^H^H character.) This is a reference to 1980s-era Unix systems, where misconfigured terminals would display control codes instead of invoking them. (A more obscure option is control-W, which deletes entire words ^W^W^W deleted one word in the Berkeley UNIX and in the vi text editor, and was therefore used for more succinct
* [[Con Lang|Lojban]] has actual words for this: The words "si", "sa" and "su", to be specific.
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