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A person is performing an activity--searching, eating, looking at something, and so on--and as he or she is thus occupied, someone beside or behind them helps them out: pointing out where the object they're looking for is, explaining what they're trying to understand, or making some random comment about whatever they're doing. The person replies, usually distractedly or absentmindedly, with the [[Stock Phrase]] of the trope title, or a variation thereof, returning to what they were doing--only to suddenly do a [[Double Take]] and whirl around to face X. Usually this would be because X is someone whom they thought was dead, missing, far away, or otherwise impossible to encounter at that place and time.
A specific [[Sub Trope]] of [[Stealth Hi Bye]], where the appearance of the person out of nowhere is always played for laughs and the emphasis is upon the startled character's initial reaction as if nothing is out of the ordinary. May be related to [[Failed a Spot Check|Failing A Spot Check]]. Quite often occurs because a character [[Not Listening to Me Are You|isn't paying proper attention]]. Can be a trick [[The Obi
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* [[Depending On the Writer|Depending On The Director]], Bottom's return in ''[[A Midsummer Nights Dream]]''
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* In Episode 6 of ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'' this happens when Siesta 410 receives ammo from Gaap
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': The Doctor has a much retarded one of these (as in, it takes him ''minutes'' to realize he is telling Rory to be quiet and let him think, when ''Rory was utterly erased from space and time a few episodes ago'') in "The Pandorica Opens". He actually exits ths scene without noticing, leaving Rory nonplussed, before striding back in with a look of deep confusion to poke Rory in the chest.
** Of course, [[Cloudcuckoolander|considering the nature of]] [[Absent
* A ghost story: A man wakes up in the middle of the night and wishes for light to comfort himself. He reaches for the matches and gets handed a lit one. No one is visible.
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