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'''Hacker:''' Now, hold on! It's no good trying to talk me out of it, because once I've made up my mind, I... what did you say? }}
'''Hacker:''' Now, hold on! It's no good trying to talk me out of it, because once I've made up my mind, I... what did you say? }}
* In a ''[[News Radio]]'' episode, Matthew asks Dave if he's being fired, and after Dave says no, Matthew doesn't hear it that way. As he begins to leave, he realizes his mistake and asks, "Were you just going to let me leave?" Dave nods mischievously, having fully expected him to not listen (he is the Spaz, after all).
* In a ''[[News Radio]]'' episode, Matthew asks Dave if he's being fired, and after Dave says no, Matthew doesn't hear it that way. As he begins to leave, he realizes his mistake and asks, "Were you just going to let me leave?" Dave nods mischievously, having fully expected him to not listen (he is the Spaz, after all).
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
** In the episode "The Broca Divide", Daniel is trying to argue to General Hammond that they should spend more time on their latest contacted planet, even though there's nothing to be gained militarily. Having clearly lost several rounds of this argument already, he's so determined to make his case that it takes him a minute to realize that this time the General is saying yes.
** In the episode "The Broca Divide", Daniel is trying to argue to General Hammond that they should spend more time on their latest contacted planet, even though there's nothing to be gained militarily. Having clearly lost several rounds of this argument already, he's so determined to make his case that it takes him a minute to realize that this time the General is saying yes.
** This happens to Daniel a few times when he underestimates the General's [[Genre Savvy]]-ness. In another episode, he's ready to go in with rhetorical guns ablazin' to convince Hammond to act on a tip he got from a [[Prophetic Dreams]], when the General agrees instantly on the basis that that's hardly the weirdest thing he's heard while in command of the SGC.
** This happens to Daniel a few times when he underestimates the General's [[Genre Savvy]]-ness. In another episode, he's ready to go in with rhetorical guns ablazin' to convince Hammond to act on a tip he got from a [[Prophetic Dreams]], when the General agrees instantly on the basis that that's hardly the weirdest thing he's heard while in command of the SGC.
* The trope was said verbatim in an early episode of ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''.
* The trope was said verbatim in an early episode of ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''.
* One episode of ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' features Odo telling Quark that he has no choice but to do something. Quark protests "That's not fair." Odo points out that he hasn't said what it is yet, and then makes Quark a temporary deputy. Quark again starts to say "That's not fair!" but only gets halfway through before reacting.
* One episode of ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' features Odo telling Quark that he has no choice but to do something. Quark protests "That's not fair." Odo points out that he hasn't said what it is yet, and then makes Quark a temporary deputy. Quark again starts to say "That's not fair!" but only gets halfway through before reacting.
* ''[[M*A*S*H|Mash]]''
* ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]''
** One episode has Radar reacting this way when he asks a new nurse to go out with him, and she agrees to.
** One episode has Radar reacting this way when he asks a new nurse to go out with him, and she agrees to.
** An earlier episode has half the camp coming down with the flu, including Colonel Blake and Major Burns. At one point Major Houlihan tells Hawkeye that, as ranking officer among the well, she should be in charge rather than him. Hawkeye agrees, but she keeps stating her case, leading him to invoke the trope name.
** An earlier episode has half the camp coming down with the flu, including Colonel Blake and Major Burns. At one point Major Houlihan tells Hawkeye that, as ranking officer among the well, she should be in charge rather than him. Hawkeye agrees, but she keeps stating her case, leading him to invoke the trope name.
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* It's a bit different from most examples, but happens once in ''[[Ace Attorney]] Investigations'' case 4 when Gumshoe asked Edgeworth that does he have a proof that there's other people in the hallway, Edgeworth said yes. Gumshoe's response:
* It's a bit different from most examples, but happens once in ''[[Ace Attorney]] Investigations'' case 4 when Gumshoe asked Edgeworth that does he have a proof that there's other people in the hallway, Edgeworth said yes. Gumshoe's response:
{{quote|'''Gumshoe:''' As if you could! I mean, what are the chances of that...Wait, you do...?}}
{{quote|'''Gumshoe:''' As if you could! I mean, what are the chances of that...Wait, you do...?}}
* In [[Katawa Shoujo]], Misha and Shizune often try to get Hisao to do work for them on the Student Council in the routes besides Shizune's, in which Hisao joins as a member. In Lilly's route, the following exchange happens.
* In [[Katawa Shoujo]], Misha and Shizune often try to get Hisao to do work for them on the Student Council in the routes besides Shizune's, in which Hisao joins as a member. In Lilly's route, the following exchange happens.
{{quote|'''Misha''': Since we're just two poor little girls that need help with all the work we've been given just before the holidays begin~...
{{quote|'''Misha''': Since we're just two poor little girls that need help with all the work we've been given just before the holidays begin~...
'''Hisao''': Sure, I can help.
'''Hisao''': Sure, I can help.
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== Real Life ==
== Real Life ==
* [[Truth in Television]], as anyone who has ever worked with the general public can attest. You tell a customer that yes, they can have whatever freebie they've asked for, and they'll still spend 20 minutes ranting about how they deserve it before they click that you've said yes. Browsing [[Not Always Right]] will reveal more than a few of these.
* [[Truth in Television]], as anyone who has ever worked with the general public can attest. You tell a customer that yes, they can have whatever freebie they've asked for, and they'll still spend 20 minutes ranting about how they deserve it before they click that you've said yes. Browsing [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]] will reveal more than a few of these.
** Or when two people are arguing, and ''neither'' of them realizes that the other is actually taking the same side as them. Sometimes pointed out as "I think you two are in violent agreement".
** Or when two people are arguing, and ''neither'' of them realizes that the other is actually taking the same side as them. Sometimes pointed out as "I think you two are in violent agreement".
** Another variant happens when a person gets "yes" when asking for a permission but is so afraid of being scolded for it by ''someone else'' that they will keep asking multiple times until the person gets annoyed - possibly to the point of threatening to say "no" if they ask even one more time.
** Another variant happens when a person gets "yes" when asking for a permission but is so afraid of being scolded for it by ''someone else'' that they will keep asking multiple times until the person gets annoyed - possibly to the point of threatening to say "no" if they ask even one more time.
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