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** Torque [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud (Construction Noise)]] Lewith: Nevada State...Penitentiary.
** Morse Code (said out in Morse Code): Army.../Navy Surplus Store.

'''The Cat:''' [[AcceptableTargets to bankrupt real estate developers.]]\\

-->[[ObviousBeta Superman 64 is broken]]. [long pause] ... sorry. ''Superman 64'' is broken into two different kinds of stages...

* At one point in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', some female NCR troopers are bathing in a fountain on the Vegas strip. One of the securitrons surrounding the troopers makes a request...

* A commercial involves a guy driving around town in a nice-looking car with the GPS telling him where to go. Finally, the GPS says to turn right. The guy does... and drives into a store, followed by the GPS continuing "in 50 feet". Note: this is why all navigators say the distance first.

-->'''Professor Crump''': And we know from the ''crude'' drawings, on the walls of his cave, that he frequently exposed himself. (Audience laughter) Er, uh, exposed himself to all manner of ''dangers'' in his search for ''food'', and the other. (Audience laughter) Ah, huh, heh. The ''other'' significant ''feature'' of his existence was the presence of iced glaciers in the vicinity which undoubtedly caused the piles. (Audience laugher) The pile, the piles of ''debris'' to move down and cover his dwelling place.

-->'''Bettina''': By making me your lady-in-waiting, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

* At the start of ''Film/CarryOnBehind'', Professor Crump's lecture goes FromBadToWorse, starting with this trope after dropping his notes and getting them mixed up.
-->"By studying the dwelling places of primitive man, we are able to form a picture of how he lived. And we know from the crude drawings on the walls of his cave, that he frequently exposed himself. ''(laughter, Crump frantically finds the next page)'' Exposed himself to all manner of ''dangers'', in his search for food, and the other. ''(laughter)'' And the other significant feature was the presence of iced glaciers in the vicinity, which apparently caused the piles. ''(laughter)'' The piles of debris!"

* ''Film/CarryOnHenry''. The King introduces a new and pretty lady-in-waiting to the Queen. Her poorly prepared speech does not reassure her about Henry's fidelity.
-->'''Lady-in-waiting:''' Greetings my queen. The King has [[UnusualEuphemism done me...]]
-->''(Shocked look from the Queen)''
-->'''King:''' ''(coaxing)'' This great honor.
-->'''Lady-in-waiting:''' This great honor. He has [[UnusualEuphemism made me]]... ''(forgets again)''
-->'''King:''' Your lady-in-waiting!

-->''You're the one... who make me come... running.''

Off in the middle of a sentence by stopping too early. The truncated sentence is still grammatical, so it sounds like they're [[SelfDemonstratingArticle saying something complete]].

A gag in which a character is reading something aloud, and accidentally [[AmusingInjuries cuts himself]].

Off in the middle of a sentence by stopping too early. The truncated sentence is still grammatical, so it sounds like he's [[SelfDemonstratingArticle saying something complete]].

...ly different from what he meant, and it takes a moment for the audience and the other characters to catch up with the new information and parse the sentence correctly. This usually results from trying to read from {{cue card}}s, note cards or a screen that doesn't scroll quickly enough. A similar catch-up effect can occur if an unprepared character encounters a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence garden path sentence]] or a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_blossom#In_headlines crash blossom]] headline. Sometimes a part of BadBadActing.

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* This is the ultimate cause of [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma's]] cat phobia. His father read about a training method where you tie fish sausages around the trainee and throw them in a pit full of hungry cats; if he had finished reading before trying it out on his son he'd have found that the book was using this as an example of a method only a complete idiot would use.

* Pikachu does this in the redub of the first episode of ''WebVideo/PokemonTheBridgedSeries'' to demonstrate that he won't be doing any PokemonSpeak.
-->''Pikachu!''\\
...is my name.

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* Happens to Gladys Glover in ''Film/ItShouldHappenToYou'' to hilarious effect; she cuts words in ha lf, awk--wardly talks...to the...camera, andthenspeedsthroughtherestofthespeech.
* In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl'', we get "Your father really is at the bottom of the ocean. ''[dramatic pause, sad music]'' He's in a submarine, looking for you!" Mocked in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMmb0G1iNWs&t=20m09s this]] [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic]] segment.
* ''Film/CarryOnHenry''. The King introduces a new and pretty lady-in-waiting to the Queen. Her poorly prepared speech does not reassure her about Henry's fidelity.
-->'''Lady-in-waiting:''' Greetings my queen. The King has [[UnusualEuphemism done me...]]
-->''(Shocked look from the Queen)''
-->'''King:''' ''(coaxing)'' This great honor.
-->'''Lady-in-waiting:''' This great honor. He has [[UnusualEuphemism made me]]... ''(forgets again)''
-->'''King:''' Your lady-in-waiting!
* At the start of ''Film/CarryOnBehind'', Professor Crump's lecture goes FromBadToWorse, starting with this trope after dropping his notes and getting them mixed up.
-->"By studying the dwelling places of primitive man, we are able to form a picture of how he lived. And we know from the crude drawings on the walls of his cave, that he frequently exposed himself. ''(laughter, Crump frantically finds the next page)'' Exposed himself to all manner of ''dangers'', in his search for food, and the other. ''(laughter)'' And the other significant feature was the presence of iced glaciers in the vicinity, which apparently caused the piles. ''(laughter)'' The piles of debris!"

* Often used by ''Music/LesLuthiers'', especially when [[TheDitz Rabinovich]] tries to read an introduction to a musical piece.
* "Rose" by Geoff Smith.
-->''Tell your mom I said hello.\\
Tell her I'm sorry that I ever let you go [{{beat}}]\\
Far from the life you knew.''

* Musical variation: starting to play a well-known phrase of music (''[[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven dun dun dun...]]'') and then turning the page to get the rest of it ('''''DUUUUUUUNNN!''''). Igudesman & Joo do it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKZITB_r8t0 here]], and Creator/VictorBorge displays a variant [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YF7wK-DETc here]].
* The classic version from Music/{{Lit}}: "You make me come... you make me complete... you make me completely [[Music/{{Miserable}} miserable]]."

* Subtle one in Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Your Horoscope For Today": "Try to avoid any Virgos or Leos/(beat)/[[CaptainObvious With the Ebola virus]]"
* Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Big Ten Inch Record" where Steven Tyler sings about his girlfriend liking his "big ten-inch (pause) record".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U65_0TlycIw "How's your whole ... family".]]
* [[Music/PDQBach PDQBach's]] "Art of the Ground Round" leans hard on the first syllable of a few words.
-->''Nellie is a nice girl, but Hannah is a HORR-ible prude.\\
Paul is a policeman, but Peter is a PIMP-ly and rude young man!''
* And in Music/{{Voltaire}}'s innuendo-laden tribute to Series/DoctorWho, "Bigger on the Inside", we have "So if you think you'd like a sonic screw / Driver like I'm holding in my hand..."

* From Music/{{Divinyls}}' "I Touch Myself":
-->''You're the one... who make me come... running.''
* In Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Handy", he cheerfully proclaims that he can be your stripper! ...Of lacquer.

* In ''Ralph Roister Doister'', Roister does not understand why Dame Christian Custance was so offended by his love letter... until Mathew Merrygreek reads it out loud with more normal rhythms instead of Roister's awkward prosody. For example, a passage Roister intended to read "That ye be worthy favour; of no living man to be abhorred; of every honest man to be taken for a woman inclined to vice, nothing at all; to Virtue giving her due price," becomes instead "That ye be worthy favour of no living man; to be abhorred of every honest man; to be taken for a woman inclined to vice; nothing at all to Virtue giving her due price."

* Quoth the vampires in ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire'':
-->What a relief, at last we're given something new and delightful to kill...\\
Our time.

* Inverted in ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}'', where Squeaky Fromme reads the inscription on the back of the photo of Jodie Foster without any pauses, ending with:
-->"...and the peasants will drool over us property of Columbia Pictures?"
* In ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', Mayor Shinn attempts to introduce an act for the Fourth of July celebration.
--> "The Wa-Tan-Yee Girls of the local wigwam of Heeawatha will now present a spectacle, my wife – ''in which'' my wife, Eulalie [=McKecknie=] Shinn, will take a leading part."
* Michael Green's coarse-acting play of ''Literature/MobyDick'', when the old sea dog says "...there's nothing like the smell of sperm." ''(remembers the rest of the line as [[MistakenForGay everyone gapes]])'' "Oil! Sperm oil!"
* ''Theatre/TheArtOfCoarseActing'': While playing the Reverend Henry in "Pride at Southanger Park", Aaron has his script hidden inside his bible. While reading, the breaks result in him continually insulting the character of Cecily:
-->"And now she has turned eighteen, I hope I will still have the pleasure of having her... attend my services at St. Boniface's."
-->"Stop crying, Cecily. You are revolting... against your uncle's wishes."
-->"Really, Cecily. You are a dog... -matic child."
-->"I shall perform the service as they are plainly mad... -ly in love."

* ''VideoGame/{{Terranigma}}'' makes the dolls before Bloody Mary a huge hell because of how they stop in the middle of the rhyme with no hint as to how they are supposed to be beaten. The hint is in the second half, after they stop a second time.

* At one point in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', some female NCR troopers are bathing in a fountain on the Vegas strip. One of the securitrons surrounding the troopers makes a request...
-->'''Securitron:''' Please remove your bra.
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-->'''Securitron:''' From the bottom of the fountain.

* LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}: "It's time I state that ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' was my last Let's Play... [[spoiler:made in Sony Vegas. I'm switching to Premiere for the next LP.]]"
* Done in the ''[[WebVideo/RhettAndLink Good Mythical Morning]]'' episode "Cutting Your Own Hair Challenge".
-->'''Link''': The winner gets to die... ''(long pause)''...Alex's hair in ''Good Mythical More''.
-->'''Rhett''': [[LampshadeHanging Oh, you- you scared me for a second!]]
* Website/{{Cracked}}'s video [[http://www.cracked.com/video_20422_why-everything-you-know-about-vikings-lie.html "Everything You Know About Vikings Is A Lie"]] ends with the slip, "Let's get crazy-horny...vikings out of pop culture."
* From WebVideo/TheCompletionist's video on ''VideoGame/Superman64'':
-->[[ObviousBeta Superman 64 is broken]]. [long pause] ... sorry. ''Superman 64'' is broken into two different kinds of stages...

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX "Treehouse of Horror IX"]] Krusty is doing a Halloween special, dressed as a vampire...
--->'''Krusty:''' Tonight I'm going to ''suck''!
--->[next card]
--->'''Krusty:''' ... your blood!
** In "Cape Feare", Sideshow Bob is out on parole and mailing Bart death threats. As Bart becomes increasingly paranoid, he runs into his mom, Flanders and Mrs. Krabappel:
--->'''Marge''': [menacingly, with large scissors] Bart... I'm going to GET you...[brightly, clipping coupons]...some ice cream at the store since I'm saving so much money on Diet Cola. \\
'''Ned Flanders''': [menacingly, wearing a [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] razor glove] Say your prayers, Simpson...[brightly]...because the schools can't force you like they should. Maude, these new finger razors make hedge trimming as much fun as sitting through church. \\
'''Mrs. Krabappel''': [menacingly] You're going to be my murder victim, Bart...[brightly]...in our school production of Lizzy Borden, starring Martin Prince as Lizzy.
** And yet another:
---> '''Kent Brockman''': Our top story tonight, a tremendous EXPLOSION... in the price of lumber. President Reagan DIES... his hair, plus Garry Trudeau and his new musical comedy revue.

* A WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon, "Hare-less Wolf", has a scene where a dim-witted wolf attempts to employ a hand-grenade against Bugs and reads the instructions.
-->"Check that pin; see that is on the index finger of your right hand. If so, discard the pin. You are now ready to throw the grenade. Over...\\
(turns instruction sheet over)\\
Warning; it is important to remember that...[[OhCrap you...have...only...ten...seconds...to perform...this operation...]]" (BOOM)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': As all the teachers admit to their lies, [[LadyLooksLikeADude the gym coach]] says "and ''I'm'' not a woman... who can say she's never lied on her resume, either."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' episode "The Best Thing That Ever Happened", [=BoJack=] uses index cards to fire Princess Carolyn as his agent. Unfortunately, somehow, some jokes meant for the Comedy Central Roast of January Jones slipped in. (He wasn't invited but just wanted to write some jokes in case he got called for it.)
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}},'' Archer's mother Mallory is criticizing his relationship with African-American Lana and says she doesn't want him to be with a black... ''ops'' field agent.

-->'''Shifu:''' ''(reading)'' "Long ago, I had a brother..."

-->'''Shifu:''' ''In arms''. In arms, sorry. He says "brother-in-arms".

-->"I saw her snatch...the suitcase from the corner" / "I held her but(t)...a moment in my arms" / "I kissed her as(s)...she was leaving for the station" / "To see her brother Jack off on the bus."