History Main / ATruceWhileWeGawk

** It's a plot point in the climax of the Alabasta arc. Afrer Crocodile gets sent flying, the ongoing civil war pauses for a brief moment, allowing both sides to ''finally'' hear and listen to Vivi's desperate pleas for them to stop fighting.

* ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'': In the Phase 2 finale ''Breakout'', Terrence the T. Rex and Tut the spinosaurus are engaging in a [[SpinosaurusVsTRex vicious battle]], with Mahazatra the majungasaurus eventually joining in on Terrence's behalf, when their battle eventually gets brought to a halt by [[DoofyDodo Uilleam the dodo]] walking up to them while they're fighting and [[FearlessFool fearlessly trying to challenge them to fight against]] [[FearlessFool ''him'']].

* ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'': In the Phase 2 finale ''Breakout'', Terrence the T. Rex and Tut the spinosaurus are engaging in a [[SpinosaurusVsTRex vicious battle]], with Mahazatra the majungasaurus eventually joining in on Terrence's behalf, when their battle eventually gets brought to a halt by [[DoofyDodos Uilleam the dodo]] walking up to them while they're fighting and [[FearlessFool fearlessly trying to challenge them to fight against]] [FearlessFool ''him'']].

Supertrope of BattleHaltingDuel. See also MidBattleTeaBreak, PlayingNiceForNow, ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking and EnemyMine. Can result in a PassThePopcorn moment.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISinbasPride'': The battle between Simba’s pride and Zira’s has been raging with the Pridelanders seemingly on the backfoot against the Outsiders. Simba, weakened from an earlier ambush, is being savaged by almost ALL of the Outsiders who’ve been explicitly trained to attack like this by Zira, who then issues her personal challenge to him. Simba doesn’t miss the challenge and tosses ALL of the Outsiders off him, swiping at a few more, and is then struck by Zira when he is distracted. This successful attack actually causes Pridelander and Outsider alike to stop what they’re doing and gape in shock at the first blow between the two leaders, a successful hit against the seemingly unbeatable Simba, no less. They then form a circle to watch Simba and Zira face off for their final duel, what the entire decades long feud has been building towards. Luckily, Kiara and Kovu arrive and defuse the stand-off.

* The Mount Vesuvius Eruption of March 1944. Fighting (at least on the ground) around Naples came to a halt as both sides (Germans and Americans & British) watched the event in amazement and horror.

* The Mount Vesuvius Eruption of March 1944. Fighting (at least on the ground) around Naples came to a halt as both sides (Germans and Americans) watched the event.

* In an episode of Anime/AxisPowersHetalia, the Allies try to sneak attack the Axis on a beach. A minor fight ensues, but the conflict is halted as both sides gawp at [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a 50-foot-tall Roman Empire rising from the sea to sing about what Heaven is like]].

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* In ''Film/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 ''Fanfic/WhatItTakes'', Damien Darhk tosses Laurel off a ledge, and she uses her [[MakeMeWannaShout Canary Cry]] to slow her descent, landing unharmed in front of several {{Mook}}s. There's then a slight pause as everyone processes what just happened.

* During a mission in the Antarctic, Havia and Qwenthur of ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'' get caught in a firefight. In the course of the firefight a flock of baby penguins runs right in between them. Both sides cease fire to watch, and even cheer on a baby penguin that slips, only to immediately resume combat once the penguins are out of harm's way.
* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', Issei somehow manages [[spoiler:to summon the ''freaking breast god'']]. EVERYONE stops fighting and turns to look at him like he was going crazy.

* When a total eclipse of the sun occurred while Lydia and Media were fighting a battle in Ancient Greek, both commanders recognized the wrath of the gods when they saw it. They signed a peace treaty, went home and never waged war against each other again. Thanks to the eclipse and us knowing where the battle took place, this is actually the earliest historic event that can be dated to an exact day: it was May 28, 585 BCE.

* Happens in the opening FMV of ''VideoGame/PacManWorld 2''. The ghosts are playing with the Golden Fruit (which they just plucked off the tree), then the fun and games turns to an argument, then horseplay... then Clyde just stands there, eyes and mouth wide with terror, as [[BigBad Spooky]] emerges from under the tree. The rest of the ghosts stop fighting and gawp, paralyzed with fear.

* One of the trailers from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' recreates the pivotal scene from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' where Corrin is forced to choose which of the two families to join in battle. He instead opts to join Smash Bros., prompting WhatTheHellHero from both families, asking why he is abandoning the war to fight these strange opponents. Not long into the trailer, though, both sides begin speaking in awe over Corrin's various powers, the presence of other ''Fire Emblem'' heroes, and even Corrin's abrupt gender change. By the end of the trailer they are all but conversing casually, and it seems that the imminent battle between two armies has been forgotten.

** In ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows ends up [[BlindMistake fighting an inanimate pole]] and eventually falls over from disorientation thanks to his eye covering costume. One of the Cloaks and WebVideo/FilmBrain stop their own fight for a moment to watch.

* In one ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' story, Toa Ignika uses the Mask of Life's power on Icarax during a heated battle in a cave, devolving the Makuta from an EnergyBeing in armor back into a bio-mechanical life-form. However, Icarax's armor is only designed to hold energy, resulting in muscles and organs growing back in a body they were never meant to inhabit. The end result is, to say the least, [[BodyHorror not fun for Icarax]], whose howls of agony halt every other combatant in their tracks. As the narration notes: "No one could remember the last time they heard a Makuta scream."

* In ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', if you finish the final level on Legendary you are treated to a marine sergeant and an elite grappling over a rifle... till the Pillar of Autumns [[NukeEm generators go up.]] The two fighters simply break apart and stare, before hugging each other.

* In one ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' story, Toa Ignika hurls the Mask of Life at Icarax in the middle of a heated battle in a cave. Sensing only [[AnimatedArmor armor]] and [[EnergyBeing energy]], the Toa then extends his power to rewind Icarax's evolutionary clock, hoping to find out if the Makuta ever had organic tissue in their bodies. Turns out they once did, but the ''current'' generation of Makuta armor is only designed to hold energy. Thus, when muscles and organs grow back in a body they were never meant to inhabit, the end result is... [[BodyHorror not fun for Icarax]], whose howls of agony halt every other combatant in their tracks. As the narration notes: "No one could remember the last time they heard a Makuta scream."

* Happens toward after the final fight of ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' where [[spoiler: Vegar and Jak gawk at the revelation that the Precursors are actually ottsels.]] The fight does not restart.

* In one ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' story, Toa Ignika hurls the Mask of Life at Icarax in the middle of a heated battle in a cave. Sensing only [[AnimatedArmor armor]] and [[EnergyBeing energy]], the Toa then extends his power to rewind Icarax's evolutionary clock, hoping to find out if the Makuta ever had organic tissue in their bodies. Turns out they once did... however, the ''current'' generation of Makuta armor is only designed to hold energy. Thus, when muscles and organs grow back in a body they were never meant to inhabit, the end result is... [[BodyHorror not pretty]]. Icarax's howls of agony halt every other combatant in their tracks. As the narration notes: "No one could remember the last time they heard a Makuta scream."

* In one ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' story, Toa Ignika hurls the Mask of Life at Icarax in the middle of a heated battle in a cave. Sensing only [[AnimatedArmor armor] and [[EnergyBeing energy]], the Toa then extends his power to rewind Icarax's evolutionary clock, hoping to find out if the Makuta ever had organic tissue in their bodies. Turns out they once did... however, the ''current'' generation of Makuta armor is only designed to hold energy. Thus, when muscles and organs grow back in a body they were never meant to inhabit, the end result is... [[BodyHorror not pretty]]. Icarax's howls of agony halt every other combatant in their tracks. As the narration notes: "No one could remember the last time they heard a Makuta scream."

* In ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' A brief one occurs in episode 12 when Hestia releases her goddess form. Both Bell's companions, and the hostile adventurers they were fighting, stop fighting when they see her transform. The hostile group then runs away, not wanting to provoke Hestia.

* In the horror miniseries ''North Forty'', a small rural town in the American South has been cut off from the rest of reality and a number of its inhabitants either turned to monsters or granted superpowers (the line can be blurry). The local sheriff (un-mutated) is facing a clan of hostile trailer trash (several mutated, including one who made a Hulk-like transformation, but retained his normal -- which is to say, sub-standard -- intelligence). Both groups are attacked by a scrap-metal construct built by a third party. The Hulk-like character tries to attack the construct, only to be sent flying. The Sheriff and the leader of the trailer trash pause in their dispute to watch him fly by.

** [[MonsterOfTheWeek Retro World]] and the team stare at Zocks as he goes through the motion of his usual incessantly showy pre-transformation dance and song without realizing that his [[TransformationTrinket Geardalinger]] got [[ ItMakesSenseInContext turned into wooden ship's wheel]] by the World's first attack. Then when it (obviously) doesn't work, he [[DelayedReaction freaks out]] and the World uses the following chaos to escape.

* One of the trailers from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' recreates the pivotal scene from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' where Corrin is forced to choose which of the two families to join in battle. He instead opts to join Smash Bros, prompting WhatTheHellHero from both families, asking why he is abandoning the war to fight these strange opponents. Not long into the trailer, though, both sides begin speaking in awe over Corrin's various powers, the presence of other ''Fire Emblem'' heroes, and even Corrin's abrupt gender change. By the end of the trailer they are all but conversing casually, and it seems that the imminent battle between two armies has been forgotten.