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* Similar to the {{Bleach}} example is Kaede in MahouSenseiNegima; when she opens her eyes, something big is going down.

* Speaking of the Joker, he is ''completely straight faced'' in TheKillingJoke during the moment he's trying to actually ''reason'' with Batman.
* Here's a tip if you're a villain in the MarvelUniverse. If [[SpiderMan Spider-Man]] is fighting you and is not making [[YouFightLikeACow wisecracks, puns, and derisive comments about your intelligence or looks]], you're not going to have a good day. Because you did something to make Spidey pissed off at you.

* Rincewind from the {{Discworld}} series is an inept coward who would much rather run away from most problems rather than face them head-on. In ''{{Discworld/Sourcery}}'', Rincewind [[spoiler: single-handedly fights off a swarm of [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], armed with only a sock full of sand.]] Holy shit.

* [[{{Homestuck}} Dave Strider]] is normally an unflappably confident BadAss, so when he [[HeroicBSOD stares at his blood-stained hands for ten minutes]] [[spoiler: after throwing the corpse of an AlternateTimeline version of himself out of a window]], the audience knows that the CerberusSyndrome has kicked into high gear.

* Speaking of the Joker, he is ''completely straightfaced'' in TheKillingJoke during the moment he's trying to actually ''reason'' with Batman.

* What would it take to get [[StarWars quiet, innocent, ancient little Yoda]] to pull out his lightsaber and suddenly become a living blender? SeriousBusiness, that's what.

* ''TheSandman'': "The [[MonsterClown Joker]] has ''stopped laughing.''"

-->--''[[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20081223.html Out There]]''

* ''{{Sinfest}}'': [[BewareTheNiceOnes Sweet]], [[IncorruptiblePurePureness caring, [[TheSmartGuy smart]], [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] little boy. FantasticRacism [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3666 against Fuchsia]].

* Rincewind from the {{Discworld}} series is an inept coward who would much rather run away from most problems rather than face them head-on. In ''{{Sourcery}}'', Rincewind [[spoiler: single-handedly fights off a swarm of [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], armed with only a sock full of sand.]] Holy shit.

*In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Longshot speaks just once... and it literally stuns everyone who hears him because it's so rare.

*In the ''ChroniclesOfNarnia'' series, this happens in ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader''. When the ship is attacked by a giant sea serpent, Reepicheep yells at everyone to push the serpent off the boat rather than fight it. Since Reepicheep usually fights first and asks questions later, this is unusual enough to startle the rest of the ship's crew into helping him.

*TheQuietOne suddenly speaks for a moment.

-->''[[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20081223.html Out There]]''

*In the ''ChroniclesOfNarnia'' series, this happens in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. When the ship is attacked by a giant sea serpent, Reepicheep yells at everyone to push the serpent off the boat rather than fight it. Since Reepicheep usually fights first and asks questions later, this is unusual enough to startle the rest of the ship's crew into helping him.

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*Dwayne's big outburst in ''LittleMissSunshine''.

*The ChrisEccleston DoctorWho is cheerful, silly, happy, and above all, calm. Nothing fazes him. Then in a secret lab, he sees a heavily damaged, barely-alive Dalek (in the episode by that name)--and immediately loses his shit in a big way. In the old show, Daleks were often played for laughs. This signals very effectively that on the new ''Doctor Who'', Daleks ain't funny--as everyone else learns quickly enough.

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*Not even ice-cream can help [[http://www.d2brigade.net/?page_id=28 Vixen]] of the DesuDesBrigade feel better during her [[http://www.d2brigade.net/?p=712 review of]] ''NewMoon''.
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This is a trope for when a somewhat-OutOfCharacter action is used to draw extra attention to the scene (similar to a TitleDrop). It isn't HiddenDepths because it isn't telling us something about the character we didn't already know; it's similar to an OutOfCharacterMoment in that this is specifically the usage of such a moment to draw attention to a scene.

*TheQuietOne suddenly speaks for a moment. (A ''lot'' of different people)
*The person whose [[EyesAlwaysShut Eyes Are Always Shut]] opens their eyes for a sec. ([[{{Bleach}} Gin]])

*A CowardlyLion who stands up to fight but hides in the corner again when better fighters come along. ([[OnePiece Ussop]])

This is a trope for when a somewhat-OutOfCharacter action is used to draw extra attention to the scene (similar to a TitleDrop). It isn't HiddenDepths because it isn't telling us something about the character we didn't already know, and it's similar to an OutOfCharacterMoment in that this is specifically the usage of an OOCM to draw attention to a scene.