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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E8SeriousSteven Serious Steven]]", Garnet breaks the floor to reveal a spinning mechanism under the room they were trapped in. Pearl deduces that this made the corridors they explored always wrap around to the main chamber, creating a seemingly endless loop, only for Garnet to interrupt that Steven had already figured that out. Pearl quickly shuts up in embarrassment.

Compare AsYouKnow.

* ''Series/BeakmansWorld'': Normally when both Beakman and Lester are dealing with a problem it's Beakman who does the explanation. However, there are several times across the series when it's Lester the one who explains the solution to that particular problem. Subverted in that Beakman doesn't get annoy himself but asks Lester how he knew about the solution.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' Season 2 "[[Recap/HarleyQuinn2019S2E2RiddleU Riddle U]]", Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy infiltrate Riddle U, the college the Riddler took over, to kill him while disguising themselves as college students by wearing clothes they were during their time in college. When Harley and Ivy meets the Riddler and took out his goons, Harley was about to announce herself and Ivy to him, but Riddler cuts her out to tells them he already knows who they are. He points out their [[DiscoDan outdated disguises]] doesn't make them [[PaperThinDisguise blend in with the current college students and Harley doesn't even bother changing her hairstyle]], which they reluctantly agree with him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuunn2019'' Season 2 "[[Recap/HarleyQuinn2019S2E2RiddleU Riddle U]]", Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy infiltrate Riddle U, the college the Riddler took over, to kill him while disguising themselves as college students by wearing clothes they were during their time in college. When Harley and Ivy meets the Riddler and took out his goons, Harley was about to announce herself and Ivy to him, but Riddler cuts her out to tells them he already knows who they are. He points out their [[DiscoDan outdated disguises]] doesn't make them [[PaperThinDisguise blend in with the current college students and Harley doesn't even bother changing her hairstyle]], which they reluctantly agree with him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ChillyBeach'', Season 1 "Slush Fund", after discovering that mining the slush of Chilly Beach is destroying the environment of their land, Frank explains this to Dale and decides to shut it down to save it. After shutting it down, April comes by to protest the slush mining, but Frank already tells her they already know and he stopped it already. April is disappointed that she has nothing to protest but then tells him to stop eating meat.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ChillyBeach'', Season 1 "Slush Fund", after discovering that mining the slush of Chilly Beach is destroying the environment of their land, Frank decides to shut it down to save it. After shutting it down, April comes by to protest the slush mining, but Frank already tells her they already know and he stopped it already. April is disappointed that she has nothing to protest but then tells him to stop eating meat.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', when [http://egscomics.com/comic/2012-06-18 Nanase goes to Tedd for help with her magically-growing hair]], he begins the same step-by-step process for prepping a watch as he did with Sarah (which depends on the subject not knowing what it is until stage 3, for control purposes), only for her to immediately say "Is that a magic watch that will make my hair short?" When she asks him ''how'' he can make magic watches, he replies "Because science, whatever. I'm done expositing. You've taken the joy out of it."

* Given his love of genre conventions, Tarquin from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has an entire army that he only brings out for the sake of dramatic tension and ominous plot reveals. When one of the soldiers tries to reveal that [[TheManBehindTheMan Tarquin has been in charge of the empire the entire time]], he comments that they already did that reveal a while ago.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', when Nanase goes to Tedd for help with her magically-growing hair, he begins the same step-by-step process for prepping a watch as he did with Sarah (which depends on the subject not knowing what it is until stage 3, for control purposes), only for her to immediately say "Is that a magic watch that will make my hair short?" When she asks him ''how'' he can make magic watches, he replies "Because science, whatever. I'm done expositing. You've taken the joy out of it."

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' Season 4 "The Toast Derivation", everyone except Sheldon is gathered at Raj's apartment for dinner, and someone proposes a toast. They then tell Raj's sister Priya that if Sheldon were present, he would talk about why it's called a toast (because of an ancient Roman tradition), even though they all know that, because it's just one of his quirks. Later, when Sheldon joins them, he starts to explain that very fact to Priya only to have her pre-empt him by repeating what the others have told her, much to his dismay.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'', when one team loses, they have to vote off one of their teammates and have a ceremony at night and Chris explains to them that the camper who doesn't get a marshmallow has to leave the island. But in "[[Recap/TotalDramaPaintballDeerHunter Paintball Deer Hunter]]", Chris does the same explanation again but Gwen cuts him off and quickly finishes it for him so they can move on, which angers Chris.
-->'''Chris:''' There are only seven marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper-\\
'''Gwen:''' ''[quickly]'' Who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately return The Dock of Shame, catch the Boat of Losers and leave. Can't we just get this over with?\\
'''Chris:''' Fine. Whatever. Spoil the moment.

* Explanations behind elements in ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' use a montage-filled cutscene; when Zacharie reveals the secret of the fifth element, the same cutscene plays until the Batter tells him that he already knows.

->'''Chris:''' There are only seven marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper-\\

-->'''Chris:''' There are only seven marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper-\\

-->--''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'', "[[Recap/TotalDramaPaintballDeerHunter Paintball Deer Hunter]]"

* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' Season 1 "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S1E10TheMissingLinksOfMoorshire The Missing Links of Moorshire!]]", when Scrooge and his family, along with Glomgold, are transported to a mystical golf course, they meet two Kelpies, Briar and Bramble. When they asks them if they wonder where they are, they already figured out where they are and the purpose of the golf course by observing their surrounding, which annoys the Kelpies.

-->'''Chris:''' There are only seven marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper-
-->'''Gwen:''' ''[quickly]'' Who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately return to the "Dock of Shame", catch the "Boat of Losers" and leave. Can't we just get this over with?
-->'''Chris:''' Fine. Whatever. Spoil the moment.

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* Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd: PlayedForLaughs. Mr. Gibbs, the series resident MrExposition, begins explaining to Will what a green flash of light at sunset means, commenting that he's seen his fair share despite the rarity of the event. Cue Pintel, somewhat excitedly, blurting out that it just means a soul has returned from the land of the dead. Pintel notices Gibbs glaring at him and he apologizes.

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory,'' Season 4 "The Toast Derivation", everyone except Sheldon is gathered at Raj's apartment for dinner, and someone proposes a toast. They then tell Raj's sister Priya that if Sheldon were present, he would talk about why it's called a toast (because of an ancient Roman tradition), even though they all know that, because it's just one of his quirks. Later, when Sheldon joins them, he starts to explain that very fact to Priya only to have her pre-empt him by repeating what the others have told her, much to his dismay.

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-->'''Bramble:''' Bet you're all wondering what this place is?
-->'''Louie:''' It's a mystical golf course, right?
-->'''Huey:''' Did ancient Scottish Druids build a secret course so they could keep playing golf, even after Black Donald got it banned?
-->'''Briar:''' ''(annoyed)'' Uh, yep. That's all correct.

-->'''Farnsworth:''' News flash! Everything's getting older the closer we get to that ancient, burnt-out sun.
-->'''Leela:''' Dude, the Fountain of Aging must be on the sun itself.
-->'''Farnsworth:''' Shut up! I was gonna say that!

-->'''Melissa:''' Oh, no! It's Mr. Shock, my father's very own private private eye! He's been hiding in the bathroom and heard the whole thing. He must have followed me here to take the diamonds back and probably turn you into the police. He's not a man you can reason with.
-->'''Jason:''' Um, I think you did a couple of my lines.
-->'''Melissa:''' Sorry.

-->'''Narrator:''' This year, Godpapa Drosselmeyer made a special gift for young Maria.
-->'''Ludwig:''' Alright, little one, now this took me-
-->'''Narrator:''' It has taken him all year to built.
-->'''Ludwig:''' Right, all year. ''(back to Minnie)'' It's a beautiful-
-->'''Narrator:''' A beautiful nutcracker.
-->'''Ludwig:''' Oh! You're not a narrator, you're just a great, big, surprise spoiler!
-->'''Narrator:''' Ignore me and just give her the doll!
-->'''Ludwig:''' Fine, fine. ''(back to Minnie)'' Alright, here's the no longer surprise nutcracker, take it already.

-->'''Skinner:''' We have a very special visitor today. But he's no ordinary visitor. In fact, uh, you might say-
-->'''Bart:''' He's a robot. We saw him on the way in.
-->'''Skinner:''' ''(irritated)'' Thank you, Bart. ''(to the robot)'' All right. Come in. They know.

-->'''Lisa:''' Of course. The transplant. Somehow Snake's hair must be controlling-
-->'''Marge:''' Oh, please, Lisa. Everyone's already figured that out.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' Season 1, "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E8SeriousSteven Serious Steven]]", Garnet breaks the floor to reveal a spinning mechanism under the room they were trapped in. Pearl deduces that this made the corridors they explored always wrap around to the main chamber, creating a seemingly endless loop, only for Garnet to interrupt that Steven had already figured that out. Pearl quickly shuts up in embarrassment.

-->'''Chris:''' There are only seven marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper-
-->'''Gwen:''' ''[quickly]'' Who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately return The Dock of Shame, catch the Boat of Losers and leave. Can't we just get this over with?
-->'''Chris:''' Fine. Whatever. Spoil the moment.

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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': In "The One Where Rachel Finds Out", Rachel is so upset over Ross having a new girlfriend named Julie, when Ross and Julie try to talk about their horrible bus ride, Rachel immediately gives away the ending to the story under the excuse that the story was just so good, it was all she could think about, leaving Ross and Julie just a bit irritated with her.

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!!Index
* ComedyTropes
* {{Dialogue}}
* {{Exposition}}
* ObviousIndex
* WeInterruptThisIndex

!!Playing With
'''Basic Trope''': A character is about to explain something but another character beats them to it, much to their frustration.
* '''Straight''':
** Bob is about to explain something to Carol, but Alice interrupts him and explains it to her first, which frustrates Bob.
** Bob is about to explain something to Carol, but Carol correctly guess what's going on, and the only thing Bob can do is just confirm her guess, much to his annoyance.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob is about to explain something to Carol, but Alice shoves him aside and explains everything, including things Bob didn't even know about, and he's mad that she took over for him and pushing him and surprised to learn somethings new.
** Bob is about to explain something to Carol, but Carol FingerMuzzle him and not only does she correctly guess what's going on, but she correctly guess things that Bob never intended to tell her. While Bob is miffed that she guessed correctly and he's also impressed.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice or Carol interrupts Bob just to say the final word.
** Bob is only a little annoyed that he got interrupted.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob did a lot of research on the topic, only for it to go to waste when Alice takes over or Carol figures it out.
** Bob's explanation is too [[InfoDump long and complicated]] so Alice takes over to give a short and simple version.
** Bob is used to being MrExposition and doesn't like it when someone else does his job, or Alice or Carol is also MrExposition so they can't help it.
** Alice knows that Bob's information is inaccurate so she takes over before he misinforms Carol.
** Everyone already knows the information so Alice or Carol tells him to stop.
** Bob is SayingTooMuch so Alice steps in to stop him from revealing too much to Carol.
** Carol observed her surroundings and figures out what's going on.
** Carol was questioning Alice, not Bob.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''':
** When Alice is about to take over for Bob, he stops her before she can do it.
** Alice is about to take over for Bob, but she forgets what she was going to say, so Bob resumes.
** When Carol tries to guess what's going on, she's incorrect and Bob resumes his explanation.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Despite stopping her, Alice still takes over for Bob regardless.
** When Bob is about to resume his explanation, Alice suddenly remembers and cuts Bob off.
** Carol makes another guess and this time she's correct.
* '''Parodied''': Alice interrupts Bob to explain something in an [[MusicalExposition elaborate musical number]] [[ThatRemindsMeOfASong that comes out of nowhere]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is about to explain something, but Alice interrupts him and takes over for him. But then Bob interrupts Alice and takes over for her. They're basically fighting over who gets to do the explaining.
* '''Averted''': Bob has no interruption when he's explaining something to Carol.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey! I'm the one who's telling the story here! Don't take over!"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Despite Alice taking over or Carol guessing correctly, Bob ignores them and resumes his explanation despite Alice or Carol repeatedly telling him they got it.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied:''': ???
%%* '''Untwisted:''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???