History Main / OffscreenMomentOfAwesome

Comes up quite a lot to cover unstageable events- sometimes, these days, with the actors facing straight at the audience as if it's happening on the [[PaintingTheForthWall forth wall]].

* [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20031209 Played for laughs]] by ''SluggyFreelance''.

* The sheer scope of {{Homestuck}} requires that many awesome scenes be left out or glossed over for the sake of [[WebcomicTime moving the story along]], but [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004492 the Trolls' fight against the 12x prototyped Black King]] is arguably the off-screen climax of Act 5-1. Its absence inspired the 6-minute long song [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-angelus Rex Duodecim Angelus]] and a nearly-completed [[http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?38173-S-Rex-Duodecim-Angelus-Artists-Needed Flash fan collaboration]].
* In ''GirlGenius'', Violetta can steal ''anything''. [[ImpossibleThief Even if it's being held by someone else, who is watching her, and she's across the room.]] However, these amazing feats of misdirection and sleight of hand only happen ''just'' off-panel.

* The WebAnimation/HomestarRunner cartoon "Welcome Back" had Strong Bad talking about checking an e-mail mid-air. Unfortunately, he pulled the "mash stop when you think you're mashing record and mash record when you think you're mashing stop" routine, so all we get is footage of Strong Bad in an airplane talking about how excited he is, and then footage of Strong Bad talking about how incredible the whole thing was, mentioning that they met various celebrities and apparently encountered a narwal.

* The final episode of RedVsBlue Season 9 has Caboose recounting their daring rescue operation. None of it is shown due to the perspective of the narrator.

** In 2007, Bitter rivals Buffalo and Ottawa were meeting in the NHL playoffs. The game, went into overtime as both goalies were red hot that day. But oops! the game was on NBC, which still hadn't learned its lesson. Overtime was shunted to Versus, an upstart cable channel which few providers carried, in favor of an hour of ''pre-race'' coverage of The Preakness Stakes.

--> "Captain Hammer threw a car at my head."]]

[[AC:RealLife]]
* During the Evo 2010 ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' grand final match, the online stream, being watched by over 27,000 people at the time, went out. '''During the final moments of the match.'''

* The HomestarRunner cartoon "Welcome Back" had Strong Bad talking about checking an e-mail mid-air. Unfortunately, he pulled the "mash stop when you think you're mashing record and mash record when you think you're mashing stop" routine, so all we get is footage of Strong Bad in an airplane talking about how excited he is, and then footage of Strong Bad talking about how incredible the whole thing was, mentioning that they met various celebrities and apparently encountered a narwal.

* Parodied in ''{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/581/ here]].

* [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog "Captain Hammer threw a car at my head."]]

* WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob's main complaint about ''Super Hornio Brothers''.

* If one were unkind, they could cite ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'' for this basically any time the reader is led to expect anything awesome.
** One wouldn't even need to be unkind for that, considering the fact that it's quite intentional.

* TheCinemaSnob's main complaint about ''Super Hornio Brothers''.

* If one were unkind, they could cite ''EightBitTheater'' for this basically any time the reader is led to expect anything awesome.

[[AC:Sports]]
* The year is 1968. The New York Jets are beating the Oakland Raiders 32 to 29 with 65 seconds left in a critical late-season game. Fans across the country are on the edge of their seats. And NBC cuts the game off to start showing ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', a children's movie. And then Oakland scores two touchdowns in the time left, beating the Jets 43 to 32. Executives tried to preempt this, but they couldn't reach operations. No one on the East coast got to see Oakland's comeback. People were rather put out. This has been ranked as the fifth worst television blunder of all time and it will never happen again.
** In 2007, Bitter rivals Buffalo and Ottawa were meeting in the NHL playoffs. The game, went into overtime as both goalies were red hot that day. But oops! the game was on NBC, which still hadn't learned its lesson. Overtime was shunted to Versus, an upstart cable channel which few providers carried, in favor of an hour of ''pre-race'' coverage of The Preakness Stakes.
* 2010, July, a hot summer afternoon. England's first match in the World Cup. Expectations are high. All around the country fans gather in pubs, homes and at parties. Three minutes of tense action goes by. The crowd are on the edge of their seats, England has the ball and are soaring upfield as if unopposed. Sky TV cuts out. Two minutes later it cuts back in to the action. The score? 1-0.

* The final episode of RedVsBlue Season 9 has Caboose recounting their daring rescue operation. None of it is shown due to the perspective of the narrator.

* The year is 1968. The New York Jets are beating the Oakland Raiders 32 to 29 with 65 seconds left in a critical late-season game. Fans across the country are on the edge of their seats. And NBC cuts the game off to start showing ''{{Heidi}}'', a children's movie. And then Oakland scores two touchdowns in the time left, beating the Jets 43 to 32. Executives tried to preempt this, but they couldn't reach operations. No one on the East coast got to see Oakland's comeback. People were rather put out. This has been ranked as the fifth worst television blunder of all time and it will never happen again.

[[AC: Literature]]
* A couple of things in ''TheDresdenFiles.'' At one point, the Merlin places a ward that holds off an army of vampires and a couple EldritchAbominations. In another book, Michael comes to the rescue of the White Council, saving the collective asses of a few dozen wardens and the majority of the Senior Council. Neither scenes are shown.

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* During the Evo 2010 ''Super StreetFighterIV'' grand final match, the online stream, being watched by over 27,000 people at the time, went out. '''During the final moments of the match.'''

* The HomestarRunner cartoon "Welcome Back" had Strong Bad talking about checking an e-mail mid-air. Unfortunately, he pulled the "mash stop when you think you're mashing record and mash record when you think you're mashing stop" routine, so all we get is footage of Strong Bad in an airplane talking about how escited he is, and then footage of Strong Bad talking about how incredible the whole thing was, mentioning that they met various celebrities and apparently encountered a narwal.
** Of course, this being Strong Bad, he might have exaggerated it somewhat.