History Main / ATruceWhileWeGawk

* During the first winter of WorldWarOne, Christmas happened.

--> [[spoiler:'''Gideon:''']] "You gotta admit I put on a good show."

-->'''Johnson:''' "This is it, brother. Hold me."

--> '''Leonardo:''' "What do we have to do to stop this guy?"
--> '''Shredder:''' "I have asked myself that question many times..."

* During the first winter of WorldWarOne, {{Christmas}} happened.

--> '''Gideon:''' "You gotta admit I put on a good show."

* In the ''ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'' TGWTGYearOneBrawl, TheNostalgiaChick and That Chick With The Goggles get into a {{catfight}} offscreen and two of the other participants stop their fight to take pictures.
* In ''RedVsBlue'', the red and blue grunts' epic fight is interrupted by a red announcing he has the blue flag and that all should [[AGodAmI bow down and worship him]]. A group of blues beat him to death. A beat later, war resumes.

* In ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', when Spiers makes a suicidal run through Foy to make contact with I Company, both sides stop firing for a brief moment simply because [[RefugeInAudaciy they couldn't believe what they were seeing.]]

* In an episode of ''PhineasAndFerb'', a fight between fantasy and sci-fi enthusiasts at a FanConvention gets momentarily derailed as they all stop and stare at Candace, who is wearing a full body [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Ducky]] [[TastesLikeDiabetes Momo]] costume, as she awkwardly waddles and quacks her way through the middle of the melee.

* In ''SoraNoWoto'', [[AmazingFreakingGrace Amazing Grace]] is all that is needed to stop [[spoiler: the Helvetican and Roman armies from charging at each other.]]

* In ''Blood Rites'' of ''TheDresdenFiles'', an [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident entropy curse]] results in a vampire being killed by a frozen turkey fallen from a passing plane. The melee (between Harry, two vampires, and two of ''[[OurVampiresAreDifferent another]]'' kind of vampire) stops to stare in confused silence because, "Even by the standards of the quasi-immortal creatures of the night, that ain't something you see twice."

* The Mount Vesuvius Eruption of March 1944. Fighting (at least on the ground) came to a haul as both sides watched the event.

* In ''SoraNoWoto'', [[AmazingFreakingGrace Amazing Grace]] is all that is needed to stop [[spoiler:two armies charging at each other.]]

* Played completely straight in ''SoraNoWoto'' when the main character manages to stop [[spoiler:two armies charging at each other simply playing AmazingFreakingGrace.]]

* Played completely straight in ''SoraNoWoto'' when the main character manages to stop [[spoiler:two armies charging at each other by playing AmazingFreakingGrace.]]

The results of this trope are usually DelayedPanic, a resumption of hostilities, or total embarrassment.

* In the [[JustifiedExtraLives first]] climax of ''ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', Knives dives into the scene to [[spoiler:attack not Gideon, but ''Ramona'', for breaking Scott's heart]]. Scott and [[spoiler:Gideon]] just stop to watch them fight for a few moments before resuming their own fight.

* In ''{{Gangs of New York}}'' when the Navy starts firing on the gangs. This time the distraction pretty much ends the conflict.

* ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' had it with the pirates pausing battle to watch the mill wheel go by with Jack chasing after it.

* In {{HotShotsPartDeux}}, Topper is having a shootout with a {{Mook}} when they both pause and look over as the EnergizerBunny enters the battlefield. After a moment, they open fire on the Bunny, celebrate for a moment, then Topper kills the Mook,

* In ''HarryPotter [[HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' this happens [[spoiler:near the end when Ron, who is befuddled by a spell, picks up a floating brain from a tank and everyone turns to watch in horror]].

* This happens during the rock fight in StephenKing[='s=] ''{{IT}}'': all of the kids (RagtagBunchOfMisfits and JerkJock[=s=] alike) stop fighting and turn to watch Victor Criss and [[TheHero Bill Denbrough]] start a dual rock-throwing UnflinchingWalk towards one another. Even ''[[AxCrazy Henry]]'' pauses to watch.

-->'''Johnson''': "This is it, brother. hold me."

* Happens to a combating Orc and Human in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f96hKqkY_Y this]] [[WarCraft Warcraft III]] intro... Until they're both killed by what they're gawking at.

* In ''NakedGun 2'', Drebin is fighting an assassin in Jane's bathroom, then they notice Jane in the shower and both stop to gawk at her.
** In the [[NakedGun first one]], the "hill of beans" speech.

* In ''Blood Rites'' of ''TheDresdenFiles'', an [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident entropy curse]] results in a vampire being killed by a frozen turkey missile, having been dropped from a passing plane. The melee (between Harry, two vampires, and two of ''[[OurVampiresAreDifferent another]]'' kind of vampire) stops to stare in confused silence because, "Even by the standards of the quasi-immortal creatures of the night, that ain't something you see twice."

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "Battlefield", the KingArthur one, there's a moment in Mordred and Ancelyn's final duel where they break apart for a moment -- and the Doctor walks right between them, casually tipping his hat as he passes, on his way to his own final confrontation with Morgaine. Mordred and Ancelyn stare after him for a moment before remembering that they were in the middle of fighting to the death.