History Main / ICanExplain

* ''Series/{{NCIS}} had a scene where Tony was doing a horse impression and suddenly realized from everyone's expressions that Director Vance was [[RightBehindMe right behind him.]]:

* The [[{{Film/Annie1982}} 1982]] and [[[[{{Film/Annie1999}} 1999]] film versions of ''Annie'' include the scene from the musical where Miss Hannigan defends herself regarding Annie's escape attempt, thinking that Grace Farrell came to the orphanage to investigate that incident.

* The 1982 and 1999 film versions of ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' include the scene from the musical where Miss Hannigan defends herself regarding Annie's escape attempt, thinking that Grace Farrell came to the orphanage to investigate that incident.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'', Aladdin finds himself kissing Sadira with Jasmine standing nearby. On impulse, he quickly starts to say he can explain before realizing that he ''can't'' explain. (Sadira had cast a spell on Aladdin that ended up going horribly wrong, trapping Aladdin in a bizarre fantasy, and only ending when he kissed Sadira, which Jasmine reluctantly allowed in order to get Aladdin back to normal.)

** A couple of Hunters discover Sam's role in [[spoiler:starting the Apocalypse]] and declare they're going to blow his head off. Sam says he can explain, then flounders because he is in fact guilty as hell. [[DeathIsCheap So they kill him. Again.]]

** A couple of Hunters discover Sam's role in [[spoiler:starting the Apocalypse]] and declare they're going to blow his head off. Sam says he can explain, then flounders because he is in fact guilty as hell, [[DeathIsCheap so they kill him. Again.]]

** A couple of Hunters discover Sam's role in [[spoiler:starting the Apocalypse]] and declare they're going to blow his head off. Sam says he can explain. He can't of course because he's guilty as hell, [[DeathIsCheap so they kill him. Again.]]

** Well it was the BlueEyes, actually.

* ''ElChavoDelOcho'': Whenever Dona Florinda assumes Don Ramón did or tried to do something to her son, she won't listen to whatever explanation he's got to offer.

* ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'' episode "Upgrades". The protagonists are specifically told to remain on base by the general and promptly disobey their orders due to [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum their superpower-giving and super-stupid making armbands]]. This leads to the following exchange:

->''HEY, FRANK! Whaddaya say when your mom catches you in your room with a jar of peanut butter and the family dog?''
-->-- [[AudienceParticipation Audience member]] at ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.

* At the end of ''{{Balto}}'', this forms part of Steele's HumiliationConga.

* Played for laughs in ''TheBluesBrothers'' where the 'explanation' turns out to be a series of increasingly unlikely excuses. Amazingly enough they do the job and let the brothers make their escape.

* In the HankTheCowdog book "The Case of the Measled Cowboy", Hank begins to rehearse his explanation to the woman of the house, Sally May, for the tremendous mess that he and her son made in her absence. Subverted in that he admits he can't get any farther than "I can explain."

* Several times in {{Smallville}}:

-->"When My mom walked in, I switched to my Porn tab because it was [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown easier to explain]]"

* Much British humor (''Series/FawltyTowers'', ''MrBean'', and ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' being prime examples) is based on this sort of thing, although the three examples are set about it in different ways. Basil Fawlty comes up with an explanation that is even more unbelievable than the truth, Bean just pretends nothing is happening, and Bertie Wooster gets too nervous to explain.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Aladdin finds himself kissing Sadira with Jasmine standing nearby. On impulse, he quickly starts to say he can explain before realizing that he ''can't'' explain. (Sadira had cast a spell on Aladdin that ended up going horribly wrong, trapping Aladdin in a bizarre fantasy, and only ending when he kissed Sadira, which Jasmine reluctantly allowed in order to get Aladdin back to normal.)

* Keiichi to Satoko, during the Curse Killing Arc. Satoko arrives back on the scene just in time to see [[spoiler:Keiichi holding a bloody axe, with Rika's mutilated body on the ground next to him]]. Understandably, she's a little more than distressed at this. Keiichi proceeds to chase her and yell variations of this and NotWhatItLooksLike at her. [[spoiler:He really didn't do it. He was just holding the IdiotBall at the time]].

* In the HankTheCowdog book "The Case of the Measled Cowboy", Hank begins to rehearse his explanation to the woman of the house, Sally May, for the tremendous mess that he and her son made in her absence.

* In the HankTheCowdog book "The Case of the Measled Cowboy"

* In ''WesternAnimation/Aladdin'', Aladdin finds himself kissing Sadira with Jasmine standing nearby. On impulse, he quickly starts to say he can explain before realizing that he ''can't'' explain. (Sadira had cast a spell on Aladdin that ended up going horribly wrong, trapping Aladdin in a bizarre fantasy, and only ending when he kissed Sadira, which Jasmine reluctantly allowed in order to get Aladdin back to normal.)

* Played for laughs in ''TheBluesBrothers'' where the 'explanation' turns out to be a series of increasingly unlikely excuses. Amazingly enough they do the job and let the brothers make their escape.

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