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{{quote|(as they watch Hellboy's crush, Liz, and [[The New Guy|John]] sitting on a bench)
'''Kid On Rooftop''': Look at him! He's yawning! He's ''bored!''
'''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy]]''': Yeah, yeah, the ol' "stretch-and-yawn" trick. Watch and learn, kid. }}
* ''[[Grease]]'', in the drive-thru scene {{spoiler|(it fails)}}.
* ''King Kong Lives''... done by ''Kong'' to Lady Kong. This somehow manages ''not'' to be the dumbest moment in the movie.
* Doug from ''[[A Night at the Roxbury]]'' does this. The girl moves his hand from her shoulder, to her breast.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* Subverted in [[Kushiel's Legacy]]. Phedre reaches for a knife on a nightstand, to assassinate Waldemar Selig. Her movement wakes him, and so she plays it off as this trope, instead.
== [[Live
* The [[Ur Example]] of this was Marcia's boyfriend doing this to her on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''.
* In the ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' episode "Something Wicked This Way Comes", Gio has to pretend to be Betty's boyfriend. When he puts his arm around her, his acting becomes a little too convincing for Henry.
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** [[Henpecked Husband|"He's a good influence on me, actually."]]
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'' had a variation that served the same basic purpose: stopping-short. While a man's driving a car with a woman in the passenger seat, he brakes suddenly and puts his arm out in front of her, supposedly to make sure she doesn't slam into the dashboard, but actually so her breasts will slam into his arm instead.
* From ''[[That '70s Show]]'', [[Gender
* Used and lampshaded in ''[[Herman's Head]]'' when Herman is dating a TV star who had the trope used on her character.
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