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* ''{{Andy Richter Controls The Universe{{'' had this almost as a reoccurring theme, to ridiculous lengths. The show even started with an extended one. They were also [[{{lampshaded}}]] A LOT.

* ''Andy Richter Controls The Universe'' had this almost as a reoccurring theme, to ridiculous lengths. The show even started with an extended one. They were also [[lampshaded]] A LOT.

''Andy Richter Controls The Universe'' had this almost as a reoccurring theme, to ridiculous lengths. The show even started with an extended one. They were also [[lampshaded]] A LOT.

* At the end of DumbAndDumber, Harry spontaneously slips into an in-context fantasy where he violently guns down Mary's fiancee.

* Ripley [[strike:being killed by a chestburster]] in ''{{Aliens}}''.

* ''DumbAndDumber'': Near the end of the movie, [[spoiler: he imagines shooting Mary's husband.]]

* ''HighFidelity'' features a moment where Rob cusses Ian out assertively enough for Ian to leave humbled, and Barry to be genuinely impressed. Cut back a second, and what really happens is Rob leaps at Ian's throat, and has to be restrained as Ian runs for his life...wait, whoops, that didn't happen either. The third time, the audience has cottoned on well enough that it's no surprise when Rob, Barry and Dick just beat the living crap out of Ian. (What Rob ''actually'' does: nothing.)
** Given the last daydream, this might belong under IndulgentFantasySegue.

* Used with comic effect in ''TrueLies''. Harry (Schwarzenegger) is on a test drive with a used car salesman who he believes is having an affair with his wife. The salesman starts to talk about his wife, not knowing that he's talking to her husband. As he's describing her body, Harry backfists him in the face, his body lolling to the side and his mouth bleeding. It's then revealed that nothing has happened, and they're still just driving while the salesman talks about Harry's wife.

* The recent ''Sherlock Holmes'' plays with this a few times. Whenever Holmes is fighting someone, is puting on a clever ruse, and even the big reveal at the end, he shows the step-by-step process of whatever is being explainined. For example, Holmes imagines himself fighting someone, explaining each move and what it does to incapacitate his opponent all in slow motion. Then we're pulled back to reality and he does it exactly as planned.

* ''DumbAndDumber'': While driving, Lloyd imagines making out with Mary... and then she takes her top off, and her breasts become headlights, and ''wow'' that truck almost hit us...
** And again, near the end of the movie, [[spoiler: he imagines shooting Mary's husband.]]

* Used ''brutally'' in the ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "The Body." Buffy imagines that [[spoiler: the paramedics are able to revive her mother, rush her to the hospital in an ambulance, and get the "good as new" seal approval from the doctor; cut back to shot of Joyce lying dead on the floor]].

* After her mother asks if she's got a boy she likes, Hinagiku of {{Hayate the Combat Butler}} has a dream of Hayate confessing to her. After she wakes up she fights with herself about whether she actually likes him like that. [[spoiler: She doesn't realize she does until halfway through the next season. From the manga it's been stated that she loved him on first sight though.]]

* ''[[{{Riddick}} The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay]]'' uses this as its tutorial level. After a brief dialogue scene between Riddick and Johns, the ship lands at Butcher Bay. There is a sandstorm going on, and Johns' dialogue is notably stunted and he doesn't respond like a normal human would. He also goes down ridiculously easily when he turns his back on Riddick. This catches the attention of security, so Riddick escapes down a hatch and spends the rest of the level teaching the controls to the player. Just when it appears he's home free, we hear Johns say: "Wake up, Riddick." Then we get to see the actual arrival at the prison.
** The sequel, ''Assault on Dark Athena'' opens with this too, taking advantage of of Riddick's Furyan heritage to let him dream about killing enemies he ''hasn't even encountered yet''. It ends in a hallway with the lights going out one by one, while Riddick narrates: "Embrace the darkness." Then he wakes up from cryo-sleep.

** Also [[http://xkcd.com/806/]] this one]].

* At the end of ''The Chase'', Charlie Sheen gets out of his car and is riddled with bullets...or not.

* Used in ''OnePiece'' by several characters. Tends to be rather more obvious (see picture above).

** An hommage to this is found at the beginning of Hostel 2, which practically duplicates this at the beginning. Both movies start with the protagonist from the first movie hospitalised, then being killed off in theme of the movie series... only to reveal it was AllJustADream. [[spoiler: and in Hostel 2, the protagonist ends op dead a minute later [[KilledOffForReal for real]].]]