History Main / IndulgentFantasySegue

Occasionally the thing the character would like to do is shown to be in complete contrast to what they actually do. A particularly [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} detached individual]] may even get angry or concerned about events within their fantasy segue, and [[PrematureAggravation take these out on]] whoever they're talking to.

Compare PowerFantasy. Not to be confused with ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking, where the fight between parties actually happens and they pretend it didn't for a third party.

* An interesting variant is seen in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' in which Tuvok, bothered by Neelix trying to get him to smile, snaps and throttles Neelix to death... only to utter those words immortal to the ''Star Trek'' universe, "[[{{Holodeck}} computer - end program]]."

* ''Film/SuicideSquad'': Enchantress [[spoiler: starts offering to the Suicide Squad to have their wishes fulfilled in exchange for allegiance to her near the end of the film, and starts by installing happy scenarios in the minds of each of them. Diablo doesn't buy it since he refuses to believe her magic can restore his dead wife and children that he burned himself]].

* ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'' does this in "Two Bad Characters" in which Tails offers to be in a movie with Franchise/{{Sonic}}, Sonic's response is to shoot Tails to death while laughing crazy until Tails wakes him up.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', Milo, a third-rate supervillain with a falling position in the GovernmentConspiracy, has one of these fantasies. After one poor performance review too many, he pulls out a laser gun from under the table and...

The second season has one, where VillainWithGoodPublicity Homelander addresses a crowd protesting against him because he was caught on camera killing a civilian as CollateralDamage with his EyeBeams, and he cuts a bloody swath through the crowd with said beams. Since Homelander has always secretly been a PsychopathicManchild, this was used as plausible promotional footage making it look like NothingIsTheSameAnymore during the second season. Alas, TrailersAlwaysLie, and he actually ends up having an AngerMontage in an empty hallway after leaving the scene, much to the relief of his SmoothTalkingTalentAgent.

* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': The second season has one, where VillainWithGoodPublicity Homelander addresses a crowd protesting against him because he was caught on camera killing a civilian as CollateralDamage with his EyeBeams, and he cuts a bloody swath through the crowd with said beams. Since Homelander has always secretly been a PsychopathicManchild, this was used as plausible promotional footage making it look like NothingIsTheSameAnymore during the second season. Alas, TrailersAlwaysLie, and he actually ends up having an AngerMontage in an empty hallway after leaving the scene, much to the relief of his SmoothTalkingTalentAgent.

* In ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperpets, a jealous Krypto has one where he thows Lois into orbit.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Gru has one in which he dances around in joy from dumping the girls at Super Silly Fun Land.

* In ''LightNovel/AmagiBrilliantPark'', when Moffle is made to WalkThePlank, he imagines epicly leaping to safety, BreakingTheBonds, then kicking the pirate's asses. He then attempts it for real, but slips and falls.

* ''LightNovel/OutbreakCompany'': When Myucel gets attacked, Shinichi declares he will save her and imagines himself charging at the attacker like an action hero. When he tries it for real, [[EpicFail he runs really slowly, closes his eyes, screams in a way that sounds like he's crying, and flails his arms like a spaz]]. Minori has to interfere before he ended up hurting himself.

* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'': After discovering that the King and his daughter had orchestrated his downward spiral from day one, Naofumi briefly imagines himself angrily tearing his shield off of his arm and throwing it, the shield shattering as Raphtalia abandons him as soon as she is freed, only for the shield to reappear on his arm. Even as Raphtalia confesses that she believes him, Naofumi is too BlindedByRage to really hear her, desperately trying to pry the shield off of his arm and denouncing it as a curse.

* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' has an episode centered on one character's increasingly elaborate fantasy segues of killing the VIP he chauffeurs for political reasons. Given this is interspersed with his plans to commit the attack, tension is added to each fantasy segue. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler:Section 9 concludes that he’ll never take the final step]].

** As a throwaway joke [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1478 here]]. [[TheRant The main reason Hannelore doesn't actually do it, of course,]] [[SuperOCD is the threat of getting someone else's blood on her skin]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Spike goes into one of these during "A Dog and Pony Show", complete with ludicrous amounts of muscle, a chin so manly ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' would be jealous, and much [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp Battling]] as he epically saves and seduces DistressedDamsel Rarity (who's even wearing a very Princess Peach dress for full tropey goodness).

* ''WesternAnimation CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': In "The Big Clam-Up", the episode opens with Ma-Ti as a noir detective asking a female client into his office. It turns out to be Gaia arriving with another case. Ma-Ti is a little slow to break out of the fantasy, leading him to introduce himself as "Dash Raymond" and call Gaia "doll" without thinking.

...[[CuttingBackToReality Now back to reality]]: Alice is still sitting there, still giving the evil eye to a very much unharmed Bob. What just happened? We were treated to an Indulgent Fantasy Segue, where the show [[FantasySequence went straight into Alice's head and showed us what she was thinking]] without announcing it to the audience first. It's almost exclusively a comedic device, and almost always involves the dreamer inflicting sudden, shocking violence on someone else.

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* Used often on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'', though often for dramatic purposes instead of funny.
* ''Series/SixFeetUnder'':
** Claire's math teacher ridicules her for not having an interest in algebra. She fantasises staring at the teacher and setting their hair on fire with her mind.
** Nate is [[spoiler: informed by a doctor that he has an untreatable yet potentially fatal medical condition. However, the doctor gives him this news in such a nonchalant and insensitive manner that Nate fantasises about violently murdering him on the spot. He resorts to verbally abusing the man instead.]]
* This joke was used about 50 times in ''every single Series/AllyMcBeal episode ever''. For one character, the fantasies turned into hallucinations brought on by a brain tumor.
* In ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' episode "Summer Holiday", Neil gets so frustrated by the others' insults, that he turns into ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, bursts out of his clothes, and beats up the others. When he snaps out of the fantasy, everything is back to normal, but his clothes are still shredded to bits.
-->'''Vyvyan:''' What's happened to all your clothes, Neil?\\
'''Neil:''' I think I'd better just go upstairs and lie down for a bit, actually.
* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', this happens so often that when something outrageous ''does'' happen, [[spoiler: such as Dr. Cox punching Dr. Kelso in the nose for berating Elliot]], the audience assumes that the show is about to "snap back" at any moment. This isn't helped by the fact that one such "segue" went on so long it became a form of AllJustADream.
* One episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'' did this three times with three different people as a RunningGag.
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'':
** In an episode Grissom gets stabbed in the throat. As they were only moments away from a cliffhanger anyway, it's perhaps a pity the incident turns out to be a delusion.
** Another episode opened with lab tech Archie sorting through a suitcase full of cocaine, documenting all the packets of coke. He lifts one up, and BOOM, a pressure-triggered bomb goes off, killing Archie. Turns out, it was the first in a series of scenarios in Hodge's prototype board game, "Lab Rats".
** One episode ends with the murderer of the week undertaking a heist to the tune of Queen's "Under Pressure". Everything goes exactly according to plan - but then it snaps back to reveal the man was actually fatally injured by his own bomb and the "success" part was a dying delusion.
* In one episode of ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', Charlie imagines tearing Alan's arm off and beating him with it.

* Happens a couple of times with Dr. David Sandstrom in ''Series/ReGenesis'' momentarily fantasizing about beating the crap out of [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Obstructive Bureaucrats]] and the like.
* An interesting variant is seen in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' in which Tuvok, bothered by Neelix trying to get him to smile, snaps and throttles Neelix to death... only to utter those words immortal to the ''Star Trek'' universe, "[[{{Holodeck}} computer - end program]]."

* In ''Series/MyMadFatDiary'', Rae does this to Chloe in “It’s a Wonderful Rae: Part 2” [[spoiler: by dragging Chloe from the cafe they're sitting in out onto the street, dropping her in the road. Rae then gets into a van and proceeds to run her over before it's revealled that the whole sequence was all in Rae's head.]]
* ''Series/HappyDays'': In "They Call It Potsie Love," Joanie develops a crush on Potsie. She falls asleep on the living room couch and fantasizes about getting married to him.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
** The episode [[spoiler: "The Recombination Hypothesis"]] turns out to be an episode-long fantasy about [[spoiler:Leonard restarting his relationship with Penny]].
** In "The Thespian Catalyst", Raj has a series of fantasies in which Howard lets him have sex with Bernadette, culminating in a Bollywood dance number.
* ''Series/{{Oz}}'': Rebadow, a kindly old prisoner, starts to become obsessed with the idea of killing after the leader of one of the gangs forces him to take out one of his rivals. At one point he fantasizes about laying into the crowd in the cafeteria with a machine gun before he snaps out of it.
* This is the central gimmick of ''Series/SamuraiGourmet''. Once (or more) an episode mild-mannered Kasumi will indulge in a fantasy where a Sengoku ronin demonstrates how a real badass would handle his social dilemma. Only once was violence the samurai's answer; usually it's closer to EasyEvangelism, though holding a sword does help. However, the fantasies are not ''pure'' indulgence, as they always inspire increased assertiveness in Kasumi--not that he follows through every time.

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Dennis becomes so frustrated with his new neighbor that he strips naked, grabs a rake, and beats the man to death. Then Mac asks him what he's doing- turns out he's standing in the middle of the yard, fuming to himself.
* In ''Series/{{Blindspot}}'', Roman finally decides to tell his girlfriend the truth about himself. He does. Then she stabs him. Cue the "snap back", and him continuing to lie.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': In "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS3E1ArubaCon Aruba-Con]]", Sara copes with her annoying manager by fantasizing about beating him down and slashing his throat. [[CuteAndPsycho Yikes]].
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS5E02TheBigHousePartTwo The Big House, Part 2]]": Rosa Diaz jumps through the safety glass in prison and attacks Lt. Hawkins, just like she said she would, but it turns out to be her vivid imagination. Hawkins is the dirty cop who got her (who's innocent) to jail. Lampshaded and used as a BrickJoke because Rosa previously said to Captain Holt and Detective Santiago that beating her up in her imagination wouldn't be satisfying.
-->'''Rosa:''' How do I stop myself from smashing through the glass and squeezing the life out of her with my bare hands?\\
'''Amy:''' Maybe you could just imagine doing that. It'd be probably just as fun as actually doing it, right?\\
'''Rosa:''' No.
''Series/TheBoys2019'': The second season has one, where VillainWithGoodPublicity Homelander addresses a crowd protesting against him because he was caught on camera killing a civilian as CollateralDamage with his EyeBeams, and he cuts a bloody swath through the crowd with said beams. Since Homelander has always secretly been a PsychopathicManchild, this was used as plausible promotional footage making it look like NothingIsTheSameAnymore during the second season. Alas, TrailersAlwaysLie, and he actually ends up having an AngerMontage in an empty hallway after leaving the scene, much to the relief of his SmoothTalkingTalentAgent.

* ''VideoGame/Outpost2'': One of the 'Tales From New Terra' vignettes has Juno "Tank" Steele confronting the Dark Elder Axen Moon and his two alien Shade companions. At the end of the vignette, it's revealed that the whole sequence was imagined by Juno Steele, an overseer at a refinery in an attempt to liven up his otherwise boring job.
* Lowain in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasyVersus'' isn't exactly a great fighter, but he and his bros can manage to pull off some crazy things to keep up with the rest of the cast. When you get to their win screen, though, it shows they were just imagining the entire fight at the bar.

* ''WebAnimation/SonicColorsRiseOfTheWisps'': [[VideoGame/SonicColors Jade]] does this at Sonic's request to spice up the story a little before Tails just tells her to keep it to the facts so they can understand what happened better.

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20080927.html Chief Warrant Officer Thurl greets Massey after a long night.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'', it appears that the captain of the empress's guard killed the fake Diva'ratrika starting [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7670 here]], enraged by the double's distinctly un-Val-like behavior.

* ''Webcomic/AlienHandSyndrome'': While waiting on a station platform with her friend Erin, the shy, retiring Mina suddenly narrows her eyes, walks toward a total stranger, shoves him in front of an oncoming train and grins wickedly as his blood splatters a warning sign. Then Erin tells her to wake up because their train has arrived, and she wonders why the hell she would ever imagine such a thing. The sequence proper begins [[http://ahs-comic.com/archive/page-55/ here,]] but in [[http://ahs-comic.com/archive/page-54/ the preceding strip]] [[TheShadowKnows Mina's shadow]] turns demonic.

* Early in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', [[{{Cliffhanger}} Akane runs into Ranma and Shampoo in the bath]]. The next chapter opens with Ranma vehemently declaring the evidence to be entirely circumstantial, all while Akane cries and screams [[SymbolSwearing gibberish]] [[{{Angrish}} hysterically]]. Ranma then slaps her once, decisively, to shut her up... but it was all just his own fantasy. Confident, he strides out to confront the real Akane, who is all smiles and cheer and kicks him into the lower stratosphere.
* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'': After discovering that the King and his daughter had orchestrated his downward spiral from day one, Naofumi briefly imagines himself angrily tearing his shield off of his arm and throwing it, the shield shattering as Raphtalia abandons him as soon as she is freed, only for the shield to reappear on his arm. Even as Raphtalia confesses that she believes him, Naofumi is too BlindedByRage to really hear her, desperately trying to pry the shield off of his arm and denouncing it as a curse.
* A non-comedic twist in ''Anime/MacrossPlus''. After a humiliating end to his [[SuperPrototype YF-21]] test, [[TheRival Guld]]'s [[TransformingMecha Valkyrie]] ends up [[CatchAFallingStar on top of]] [[TheAce Isamu]]'s. Guld imagines how easy it would be, at the speed and altitude they're flying, to apply a slight downwards force and smash Isamu horrifically into the ground. Unfortunately for both of them, the YF-21 ''responds to mental commands'', and does exactly what Guld had only imagined.
* In the ''Manga/LupinIII'' manga, the titular character finds himself captured by Inspector Zenigata. Lupin then drops his pen and the Inspector picks it up, only to get kicked in the face and to have Lupin escape. The scene then cuts back to Zenigata telling Lupin to keep dreaming and to pick up his own pen.
* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' has an episode centered on one character's increasingly elaborate fantasy segues of killing the VIP he chauffeurs for political reasons. Given this is interspersed with his plans to commit the attack, tension is added to each fantasy segue. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler:Section 9 concludes that he’ll never take the final step]].

* ''Manga/SakamotoDays'': In the first chapter, Taro Sakamoto stops an angry customer from threatening a child who spilled something on him... and then stabs the guy in the neck. That turns out to be just his imagination, and Sakamoto actually lets the guy off with a warning. Later in the chapter, he has a similar fantasy about breaking Shin's neck (which Shin, who can read minds, picks up on). Sakamoto fantasizing about offing Shin for being a nuisance becomes something of a RunningGag in the series.

* Non-comedic example: issue #7 of the short-lived horror comic ''Twisted Tales'' contained a story called "Shut-In" that was almost entirely one long, ''very'' gruesome fantasy segue. And then another just before the story's end.
* After ComicBook/TheAuthority takes over the USA, they end up having to fulfill mundane leadership tasks such as meeting with foreign dignitaries. Midnighter usually daydreams about violently murdering said world leaders. For added comedy, his teammates complain about this, because [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead these fantasies get shared telepathically]].
* Detective Hartigan has one of these in ''[[ComicBook/SinCity That Yellow Bastard]]''. Not played for comedy.
* ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' has a short set of these when Evey imagines unmasking V. Not comic, but not particularly nasty.
* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} has what he calls P.O.V. ('Pool-o-vision), and claims he is [[NoFourthWall editorially mandated]] to have at least two per issue.

* In one issue of ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', Superman of all people momentarily visualizes [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge beating Manchester Black to death]] after Black apparently killed Lois Lane, only to snap back to reality and arrest him instead, saying that killing Black wouldn't bring Lois back.

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' has Cyclonus, who had not been on the friendliest terms with fellow Lost Light member Whirl, be given a deal by the latter to settle all scores if they made it off Luna 1 alive together. Later, when Whirl asked Cyclonus if their deal was still good, he accepts after he imagines shoving Whirl into a nearby smelting pool.

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* In ''Film/TheCircus'', [[Creator/CharlieChaplin the Little Tramp]] imagines himself knocking his romantic rival on his butt. This is done with a then-innovative special effect showing the Tramp stepping out of his own body.
* The end of ''Film/DumbAndDumber'', where in a fit of jealousy, Lloyd imagines emptying a revolver into Mary's husband before Mary snaps him out of his violent reverie so she can introduce him to her husband.

* The film ''Film/GriffTheInvisible'' is full of them, as the protagonist likes to pretend he is a superhero by night.
* The scene from ''Film/TrueLies'' where [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Harry]] fantasizes about smashing Simon (Bill Paxton)'s face, for messing with his wife and then bragging to him about it, is particularly hilarious.
* ''Film/MeanGirls'': Cady imagines beating the living daylights out of the AlphaBitch over the guy they both want. Then she remembers she's no longer in the wilds of Africa, so she instead puts on a friendly smile. At the very end of the film, Cady's narration reveals that [[spoiler:the peace may not remain intact for much longer with the introduction of Junior Plastics. They share a brief death stare- AND GET RAMMED BY A BUS!]] "Only kidding!"
* In the British 2001 comedy-drama ''Film/MeanMachine'', based heavily on the classic movie ''The Longest Yard'', you see the inmates-team's psychotic goalie 'Monk' having one of these during the big match. Of course, considering that he's a raving lunatic who has been known to kill people with his bare hands, you ''really'' can't tell that it's just an Indulgent Fantasy Segue until it ends...

* In ''Film/SpyKids1'', Gregorio Cortez dreams of fighting an obnoxious parent, throwing him through the school window, and being cheered by the whole school.

* ''Film/SmileyFace'' is essentially a string of these stretched to feature length.
* ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain'' with Danny [=DeVito=]'s myriad ways to kill his mother.
* ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' could invoke this, depending on your interpretation of the movie. It's deliberately made ambiguous to what extent Patrick Bateman is telling the truth, but some moments are a bit too blatant to ignore, like casually telling a barista that he wants to "stab her to death and play with her blood". She doesn't even react.
* Used in ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' when Jamal meets his brother (on a scaffold in a skyscraper under construction) after years apart and imagines rushing him off the side and killing them both. (Arguably an ImagineSpot, as this is in a flashback and we know Jamal is alive in the present.)
* ''Film/SuicideSquad'': Enchantress [[spoiler: starts offering to the Suicide Squad to have their wishes fulfilled in exchange for allegiance to her near the end of the film, and starts by installing happy scenarios in the minds of each of them. Diablo doesn't buy it since he refuses to believe her magic can restore his dead wife and children that he burned himself]].
* ''Film/HighFidelity'' had a scene where Rob's ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend Ian shows up at his store and smarmily asks if Rob can stop acting so hostile. When he says "So, shall we leave it at that then?" Rob swears at him and tells him to get out. Then it cuts to Ian saying "So, shall we leave it at that then?" again, to which Rob reacts by trying to physically assault Ian, who runs like a coward while Dick and Barry hold Rob back from kicking his ass. Ian says the line a ''third'' time, which now depicts Dick smacking Ian in the jaw with a telephone, all three assaulting him and kicking him on the ground, and finally Dick crushing him to death with a massive A/C unit. Finally, it cuts to Ian saying the line again in real life, to which Rob reacts by rather anti-climactically shrugging.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28S-aOWtFdo "Get your patchouli stink OUTTA my store!!!"]]
* A cut scene from ''Film/PulpFiction'' had Jules in the diner at the end violently killing the two robbers, only to cut back to him sitting there, probably cursing his recent commitment to non-violence.
* Many surrealistically weird and disturbing scenes in the movie ''Film/BelleDeJour'' eventually turn out to be the titular protagonist's masochist fantasies.
* From the movie ''Film/MonsterInLaw'', Viola imagines smashing Charlie's head into the food repeatedly, while in reality, they were smiling politely.

* In ''Film/RideAlong'', when Ben tells James he wants to marry his sister, James immediately imagines shooting him without a word.
* In ''Film/RequiemForADream'' when Marion is at the restaurant with her psychiatrist, she imagines herself impaling his hand with a fork.
** Also at the beginning with Harry imagining stealing a cop's gun to play catch with it.
* There's one of these in ''Film/Ravenous1999'', set to a song called "Cannibal Fantasy" of all things.
* At the beginning of the Soviet film ''Film/MoscowCassiopeia'', [[TheCaptain Vitya]] accidentally reads aloud a note indicating that a girl in his class likes him. Then another boy starts playing a march on his tape player, causing everyone to burst out laughing. Vitya imagines walking throw the rows, striking everyone with a finger (ItMakesSenseInContext). Cut back to Vitya simply standing there, adjusting his glasses.
* A not-insignificant part of the 1947 film ''Film/{{The Secret Life of Walter Mitty|1947}}'' is made up of these, with Mitty (a pulp writer), slipping into various fantasy segues ranging from murders and high adventure to a musical number where he plays a CampGay fashion designer.
** Same holds true of the [[Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty 2013 remake]]. In this case, Mitty is an editor at LIFE magazine, and his fantasies include a superhero fight with his rival and doing skateboarding tricks to impress his love interest.
* In one of the modern-day interpretations of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' Elizabeth Bennet engages in these frequently, such as throwing a Bible at Collins' head amid cheers from the gathered church congregation, or hurling water into Darcy's face and storming out in a huff. These always take place in slow motion and with specific background music.
* Alan has one in ''Film/AlanPartridgeAlphaPapa'' when he imagines taking the shotgun off Pat and going on an action hero rampage through the studio to rescue the hostages. However, he spends so long imagining it that he fails to actually pick up the shotgun.
* In ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'', Max Dillon daydreams lashing out at his boss, Mr. Smythe (B.J. Novak), grabbing him and screaming at him, before the film cuts back to Max standing silently. Granted, this was more of a nod to his mental instability.
* In ''Film/HorribleBosses'' after Nick learns that his boss David Harken has screwed him out of a promotion by promoting ''himself'' in spite of all the hard work Nick did for him, he immediately imagines throwing Harken out of the nearest window to the delight of the other mistreated employees.
** In the sequel, Rex and the gang imagine succeeding with their kidnapping-and-ransom scheme, picturing themselves sunbathing by a pool and surrounded by money, hot girls, and Dale's wife and kids.
* ''Film/TheLimey'': When Wilson is inconspicuously attending one of Valentine's parties to scope out the man who killed his daughter, he fantasizes about just shooting him right there and then in full view of everyone.

* At one point, ''Film/AmericanAnimals'' appears to move into TheHeist, which goes off flawlessly with Warren displaying James Bond levels of badass-ness. However, this turns out to be Warren envisioning how the heist will go. The actual robbery runs a lot less smoothly.

* In ''[[Literature/OddThomas Brother Odd]],'' Odd Thomas, faced with an EldritchAbomination, invites it to kiss his ass. He then (narrating) describes in graphic and hilarious detail how it proceeds to eviscerate him, before coming back to reality and admitting that he did, in fact, escape.

** Non-comedic example in the episode "Who Are You", with Faith [[spoiler:in Buffy's body]] fantasizing about stabbing Willow.

* In ''LightNovel/AmagiBrilliantPark'', when Moffle is made to WalkThePlank, he imagines epically leaping to safety, BreakingTheBonds, then kicking the pirate's asses. He then attempts it for real, but slips and falls.

* A non-comedic twist in ''Anime/MacrossPlus''. After a humiliating end to his [[SuperPrototype YF-21]] test, [[TheRival Guld]]'s [[TransformingMecha Valkyrie]] ends up [[CatchAFallingStar on top of]] [[TheAce Isamu]]'s. Guld imagines how easy it would be, at the speed and altitude they're flying, to apply a slight downwards force and smash Isamu horrifically into the ground. Unfortunately for the both of them, the YF-21 ''responds to mental commands'', and does exactly what Guld had only imagined.

* ''Manga/SakamotoDays'': In the first chapter, Taro Sakamoto stops an angry customer from threatening a child who spilled something on him... and then stabs the guy in the neck. That turns out to be just his imagination, and Sakamoto actually let the guy off with a warning. Later in the chapter he has a similar fantasy about breaking Shin's neck (which Shin, who can read minds, picks up on). Sakamoto fantasizing about offing Shin for being a nuisance becomes something of a RunningGag in the series.

* The Joker has an indulgent fantasy segue in ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman RIP]]'' during a rorschach test. It involves the death of billions from airborne Joker Virus, the lunatics escaping Arkham, and the Joker cutting Batman and Robin's throats with a straight razor. Their blood forms a flower shape.

* The end of ''Film/DumbAndDumber'', where in a fit of jealousy, Lloyd imagines emptying a revolver into Mary's husband before Mary snaps him out of his violent reverie; so she can introduce him to her husband.

** Segment "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill". After finding a meteor, Jordy's has fantasies about selling it to a scientist for a lot of money, and later one about the scientist refusing to pay any money for it because Jordy broke it in half after pouring water on it.

* ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' could invoke this, depending on your interpretation of the movie. It's deliberately made ambiguous to what extent Patrick Bateman is telling the truth, but some moments are a bit too blatant to ignore, like casually telling a barrista that he wants to "stab her to death and play with her blood". She doesn't even react.
* Used in ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' when Jamal meets his brother (on a scaffold in a skyscraper under construction) after years apart, and imagines rushing him off the side and killing them both. (Arguably an ImagineSpot, as this is in a flashback and we know Jamal is alive in the present.)

* ''Film/HighFidelity'' had a scene where Rob's ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend Ian shows up at his store and smarmily asks if Rob can stop acting so hostile. When he says "So, shall we leave it at that then?" Rob swears at him and tells him to get out. Then it cuts to Ian saying "So, shall we leave it at that then?" again, to which Rob reacts by trying to physically assault Ian, who run likes a coward while Dick and Barry hold Rob back from kicking his ass. Ian says the line a ''third'' time, which now depicts Dick smacking Ian in the jaw with a telephone, all three assaulting him and kicking him on the ground, and finally Dick crushing him to death with a massive A/C unit. Finally, it cuts to Ian saying the line again in real life, to which Rob reacts by rather anti-climactically shrugging.

* ''Film/DrWaiInTheScriptureWithNoWords'': Basically ''every'' action scene in the film featuring the titular doctor, a badass AdventurerArchaeologist, is the daydreams of the writer Chow Si-kit imagining himself being an action hero, while trying to escape his mundane life as a writer and attempting to come up with a new bestseller.

-->'''Fantasy!Chad''': Oh Wanda. [[CharacterShilling I love your power]]. It's like an aphrodeezhak to me.

* In ''Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier'', Xyon has one when he sees his Kalinda kissing Tania. Whether he would've done anything is unknown, however, thanks to his father's quick thinking.

** Claire's math teacher ridicules her for not having interest in algebra. She fantasises staring at the teacher and setting their hair on fire with her mind.
** Nate is [[spoiler: informed by a doctor that he has an untreatable yet potentially fatal medical condition. However the doctor gives him this news in such a nonchalant and insensitive manner that Nate fantasises about violently murdering him on the spot. He resorts to verbally abusing the man instead.]]

* In ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' episode "Summer Holiday", Neil gets so frustrated by the others' insults, that he turns into ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, bursts out of his clothes and beats up the others. When he snaps out of the fantasy, everything is back to normal, but his clothes are still shredded to bits.

** Another episode opened with lab tech Archie sorting through a suitcase full of cocaine, documenting all the packets of coke. He lifts one up, and BOOM, a pressure-triggered bomb goes off, killing Archie. Turns out, it was the first in a series of scenarios in Hodge's prototype board-game, "Lab Rats".

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': Dennis becomes so frustrated with his new neighbor that he strips naked, grabs a rake and beats the man to death. Then Mac asks him what he's doing- turns out he's standing in the middle of the yard, fuming to himself.

* In ''VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim'', Megumi has a brief one when her [[{{Yandere}} jealously]] towards Iori makes her envision pointing her gun in front of Iori and shooting her point-blank. Realizing she can't let jealousy the best of her, she instead opts to shooting Iori in the leg.

** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2126 Events back on Earth]] when Hanners, Marten and Marigold were in space.

* ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'': In "Pineapple of my eye", when Julien presents the pineapple to the kingdom, Mort gets jealous of it and attacks it viciously, which turns out to be a fantasy. Clover vows to find whoever took the pineapple, and is then shown attacking every lemur in the kingdom. As she slaps one around, it suddenly turns into Maurice, revealing that it was one of Clover's CowboyCop fantasies.

** The episode "Bullocks to Stan" had Stan finding out his boss and daughter are sleeping together. He then suddenly shoots his boss and chloroforms Hayley, but notices the mailman and chases him down before killing him. He then sees a blind man who quickly points out he's blind and didn't see anything, getting Stan to back off. We then suddenly cut back to the moment where Stan found about his boss and daughter's affair, the whole sequence being a daydream... though Stan realizes [[FridgeLogic the bystander in his daydream was lying about being "blind"]].
** The episode "Surro-Gate" had Francine confess to Stan about having become a surrogate mother for a gay couple's child. Stan flipped out and came at her with a [[GrievousBottleyHarm broken beer bottle]]. Then with a {{chainsaw|Good}}. Then with a ferocious leopard. Then with [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs a ferocious leopard]] ''[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs holding]]'' [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs a chainsaw.]] All this is then revealed to be Francine worrying what would happen if she told Stan the truth. And, since the world of ''American Dad!'' is so bizarre and Stan is so nuts, all of this actually seemed entirely possible until Francine woke up from her fantasy.

* In ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' episode "Summer Holiday", Neil gets so frustrated by the others' insults, that he turns into The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, bursts out of his clothes and beats up the others. When he snaps out of the fantasy, everything is back to normal, but his clothes are still shredded to bits.

* ''Film/HighFidelity'' had a scene where Rob's ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend Ian shows up at his store and smarmily asks if Rob can stop acting so hostile. When he says "So, shall we leave it at that then?" Rob swears at him and tells him to get out. Then it cuts to Ian saying "So, shall we leave it at that then?" again, to which Rob reacts by trying to physically assault Ian, who flees quickly while Dick and Barry hold Rob back from kicking his ass. Ian says the line a ''third'' time, which now depicts Dick smacking Ian in the jaw with a telephone, all three assaulting him and kicking him on the ground, and finally Dick crushing him to death with a massive A/C unit. Finally, it cuts to Ian saying the line again in real life, to which Rob reacts by rather anti-climactically shrugging.