History Main / ImprobablyPredictable

* In one strip of ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', we get [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=115765 simultaneous]] SpitTake prediction.

* A 2011 radio ad for Verizon's high speed network has a woman talking about how fast her connection is. She goes on to say " [my friend] will forget about that ticket soon. Because 52 seconds ago, her boyfriend just changed his [[{{Facebook}} relationship status]] to ''single''." She goes on to talk some more about the network, and then returns to count down "Three, two, one" at which point [[DramaticDrop there is the sound of shattering glass]] and a scream.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure: Battle Tendency'', Joseph {{Out Gambit|ted}}ing his opponent is usually punctuated by guessing their next line. He always gets it exactly right to the word.

* In one strip of ''EverydayHeroes'', we get [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=115765 simultaneous]] SpitTake prediction.

* In a ''{{Zits}}'' strip, [[NotAMorningPerson Jeremy]] comes down for breakfast with a stack of cards, and answers each of his mother's questions ("Orange juice? Eggs?") with the next card. Finally she insists, "I am not that predictable!" and he reveals the card which reads, "Wanna bet?"

* An entire episode of ''JustShootMe'' ("Nina's Choice") revolved around the principals [[SideBet betting against each other]] nonstop.

* In ''TheGoldenGirls'', Stan walks out the front door. Someone is about to say something when Dorothy cuts them short and counts down. "Three...two...one..." Stan walks back in and Dorothy shouts, "Out, Stan!" This is used to contrast a later moment in the episode when she attempts the same prediction and fails, indicating that Stan has changed.
* ''{{QI}}'''s gimmick is that it's a quiz that penalizes boring/obvious answers rather than wrong ones. When this happens, a klaxon goes off and the answer appears on the huge screens in the studio to prove that it was expected. Generally speaking, this means CommonKnowledge answers, but [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything sometimes the show predicts the panellists' jokes]] (''specific'' panellists, in a few cases). The very first episode had a example of this, when the revelation that Caravaggio had cut a guy's testicles off over a game of tennis led to Danny Baker saying, "New balls, please!"

* ''TheBigBangTheory'', "The Lunar Excitation":

* In one episode of ''{{Bones}}'', Booth reveals that he knows Brennan's computer password, because he knows how she thinks. He also knows what she changes the password to -- twice.

* In ''TheFairlyOddParents'', this takes place when Timmy wishes his parents had superpowers, then when he finds they are too busy with fighting evil that they can't take care of him, and wishes that they weren't superheroes, but Cosmo's and Wanda's wands don't work:

* ''PhineasAndFerb'' occasionally spoofs this, seeing as how the show runs on OnceAnEpisode gags and {{Catch Phrase}}s.

** "Run Candace Run": The boys are watching as a nature documentary describes the Cheetah as being the fastest land animal. Candace looks at her watch, then up expectantly. The sound effects [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this with the sound of a timer going "ding!" as Phineas says "I know what we're gonna do today!"

A friend or someone else who knows a character well will tell another person how the first character will react to some piece of news. Often, he will quote the character's reaction directly. Later on, when the first character receives the news, he or she will react exactly, down to the letter, how the friend said he would. Similarly, this trope can often involve one character preemptively pantomiming a character's response as they stand behind them, showing off exactly how predictable their friend is (or how well they know him or her). This trope could also involve a predictable character's friend finishing his sentences for him. If they're really showing off, they will have the response written beforehand to show them. Finally, this trope is illustrated when a person counts down "three...two...one..." to the other character having a reaction about something. Basically, any time that a character knows, with perfect accuracy, how another is going to act, that's this trope.

Compare TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat, TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything, and StrangeMindsThinkAlike. This trope is often utilized for a BatmanGambit. It absolutely is used for a XanatosRoulette.

* In ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Harry predicts how Ron and Hermione will react to his dream about Voldemort, and they both react more-or-less exactly as he thought they would.

* In ''{{Scrubs}}'', the Janitor tells J.D. that he is incredibly predictable, to which J.D. objects:

** "Run Candace Run": The boys are watching as a nature documentary describes the Cheetah as being the fastest land animal. Candace looks at her watch, then up expectantly. The sound effects [[HangsALampshade lampshade]] this with the sound of a timer going "ding!" as Phineas says "I know what we're gonna do today!"

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=949 Here]] (and [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=954 here), Andrew Smith demonstrates that he's the only person who can predict when Parley is going to arrive via teleportation. ([[WordOfGod Word of Tom]] is that Smitty is just guessing, but because of his order-causing powers, his guesses just happen to be right.)

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=949 Here]], Andrew Smith demonstrates that he's the only person who can predict when Parley is going to arrive via teleportation. ([[WordOfGod Word of Tom]] is that Smitty is just guessing, but because of his order-causing powers, his guesses just happen to be right.)

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=951 Here]], Andrew Smith demonstrates that he's the only person who can predict when Parley is going to arrive via teleportation. ([[WordOfGod Word of Tom]] is that Smitty is just guessing, but because of his order-causing powers, his guesses just happen to be right.)

* During a season one episode of ''BabylonFive'', Garibaldi (with the help of Commander Sinclair) pranks Lt. Commander Ivanova into thinking she slept through breakfast, at which point she hurriedly leaves, placing a call to the station's command-and-control center. As Sinclair moves to another part of the mess hall, Garibaldi counts down...
--> '''Garibaldi:''' Three... two... one.
--> '''Ivanova:''' ''[offscreen]'' Ugh! ''Garibaldi! You're a dead man!''

--> '''Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda:''' They've become so superpowerful that they are now impervious to magic.

Compare TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat. Also compare StrangeMindsThinkAlike. This trope is often utilized for a BatmanGambit. It absolutely is used for a XanatosRoulette.

* A 2011 radio ad for Verizon's high speed network has a woman talking about how fast her connection is. She goes on to say " [my friend] will forget about that ticket soon. Because 52 seconds ago, her boyfriend just changed his [[{{Facebook}} relationship status]] to ''single''." She goes on to talk some more about the network, and then returns to count down "Three, two, one" at which point [[DropWhatYouAreDoing there is the sound of shattering glass]] and a scream.

* In an episode of "Johnny Test", Johnny tells his dog that his father will come out soon, warning him that dinner is in thirty minutes, and Johnny will be in trouble if everything is not normal by dinner.

* ''PhineasAndFerb'': Spoofed and subverted.

** "Run Candace Run": The boys are watching as a nature documentary describes the Cheetah as being the fastest land animal. She looks at her watch, then up expectantly. The sound effects [[HangsALampshade lampshade]] this with the sound of a timer going "ding!" as Phineas says "I know what we're gonna do today!"

** Another one tries for this and falls a bit flat, when the friend without Verizon says "Oh yeah? You don't know what I'm going to say next" which is (apparently) disproven by Verizon customer by... revealing he had videotaped him when he said that and posted it online already.

* Abed on ''{{Community}}'' is so good at predicting his friends' responses that he can mimic them while they're talking and his videos foretell the future.