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* ''Film/TrueLies'' has this scene with a Harry pumped full of TruthSerum:

:: Of course, this might also happen when the person says something, realizes afterwards it isn't true, and then makes steps to fix it:
-->'''Swamp King:''' For, since the tragic death of her father--\\
'''Courtier:''' ''(tending to said father)'' He's not quite dead!\\

''(the Swamp King nods to one of his guards, who draws his sword and walks over to the father and then stabs him in the chest)''\\

''[Saruman's staff is firmly in his hands...then suddenly, '''Kerboom!''' it goes.]''

:: Specific subtrope[=:=] Character is pulled over by a sheriff:

** ''Film/TheMatrix'' (original):
--->'''Agent Smith:''' What use is a phone call [[WipeThatSmileOffYourFace if you are unable to speak?]]

** And, of course, the original Oracle scene. [[MemeticMutation You know the one]].
--->'''Oracle''': Oh, and don't worry about the vase.\\
'''Neo''': What vase? [''looks around, knocking over a vase in the process'']\\
'''Oracle''': ''That'' vase.\\
'''Neo''': I'm sorry, I---\\
'''Oracle''': I said, don't worry about it.\\
'''Neo''': You knew I would do that?\\
'''Oracle''': What's really gonna bake your noodle later on is: would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?

* ''Film/IronMan''
-->'''Iron Monger''': You had a great idea, Tony, but my suit is advanced in every way!
-->'''Iron Man''': How'd you solve that icing problem?
-->'''Iron Monger''': Icing problem?
-->''Surely enough, Iron Monger's suit ices over and begins to fail''
-->'''Iron Man''': Might want to look into it.

* In an episode of ''{{Series/Castle}}'', Esposito requests a bag of ice from a bartender. The bartender barely has time to ask why when Esposito pulls a GroinAttack on the killer's bodyguard.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853 A Little Red and Blue]]'', Sharon is inadvertently sent to the year 1944 by Wanda and is later found by the past Steve and Bucky, [[WithholdingTheirName claiming that her name is "Kate" in order to hide the fact that she's from the future]]. At one point, when advising Steve and Bucky that they should better help the common people, [[SherlockScan Sharon points out a man who is beating his wife, a child who is being abused by his mother's boyfriend,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and an overweight man with heart problems eating a sandwich]] and then declares that she's going to [[WifeBasherBasher beat up the abuser]], tell the woman off for willingly being in a relationship with someone who abuses children, and take the man's sandwich for herself.

* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': Before provoking Tuco into a fight to get Tuco arrested, Mike calls 9-1-1 from a payphone across the street and describes what the cops are going to catch Tuco in the act of doing.

* ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'': In "La Belle Femme", Prohibition agent Eric Sebso is driving Billy Winslow out of Atlantic City, after Van Alden has gotten Winslow to implicate Jimmy Darmody in the Woods Massacre. On the road outside Atlantic City, Sebso pulls over so he can relieve himself, and lets Winslow out to stretch his legs. But as soon as he's finished his business, he reveals that he's [[DirtyCop corrupt]] and in Nucky's pocket.

'''Eric Sebso:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner That's why I killed you.]] ''[Sebso shoots Winslow dead, then proceeds to bash himself in the head with a rock to make it look like Winslow attacked him]''

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' comes home to find a CIA agent holding Mrs Hudson hostage. He rescues her, ties up the agent, then helpfully explains to the police over the phone that the man fell out the window, and describes a lot of horribly graphic injuries that have not yet been inflicted. Moment of confusion. Then... ''crash.''
-->'''Lestrade''': And exactly how many times did he fall out of the window?\\
'''Sherlock''': It's all a bit of a blur, Detective Inspector... I lost count.

'''PointyHairedBoss:''' This is a perfect example. I say one little thing and you go all nuts on me. [[to himself]'' And the trap is set.

--->'''Harry's narration''': "The punch line didn't hit him until a few seconds later when I did."

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!''

-->'''Captain America''': C'mere, let me get a closer look at that big gash on your cheek...\\
'''Bruce Banner''': But I haven't got a gash on my cheek.\\

'''Captain America''': You do now, son.
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' -- Dr. Manhattan puts an end to a police riot:

''(He teleports the rioters en masse, each to his home.)''

-->'''[[PsychoForHire Kimura]]''': X-23 has killed three facility heads. She has to die.\\
'''Third facility head''': Three? That's not right, she only killed--\\
[''Is shot in the head by Kimura'']

-->'''Dilbert:''' What do you mean by "Doesn't handle criticism well"?
-->'''PointyHairedBoss:''' This is a perfect example. I say one little thing and you go all nuts on me. [To himself: And the trap is set.]

** The UsefulNotes/ComicRelief two-parter [[Recap/DoctorWho2011RedNoseDaySpecialSpaceAndTime "Space"/"Time"]] has a version. The cast get stuck in a time loop and are instructed by a future Amy on what to do.

-->'''Zoidberg:''' We're not unemploy-

A form of SelfFulfillingProphecy where someone says something seemingly out of the blue, causing just enough pause to allow the statement to be true (if it isn't true already; if it's not true, it's gonna be true very soon). There are three types to this trope:

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* Sometimes used as part of [[PoliceBrutality police intimidation]]:
-->'''Cop:''' I'm citing you for a busted tail-light.\\
'''Victim:''' What busted tail-light?\\
'''Cop:''' ''(SMASH)'' That one.
* Seen in more than one JackBauerInterrogationTechnique scene:
-->'''Interrogator''': Tell me or I'll break the other [arm/leg/etc].\\
'''Suspect''': But my [arm/leg/etc] isn't--!\\
'''Interrogator''' [breaks their arm/leg/etc]
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* In the law of contract, the doctrine of anticipatory repudiation works kind of like this: Suppose a baker and a flour wholesaler have an ongoing contract for the sale of flour:
-->'''Baker''': I can't buy your flour anymore. \\
'''Wholesaler''': Wait, what? \\
'''Baker''': I'm going out of business. I'm not buying your flour. Bye!
:: : What makes this similar to the trope is that whether or not the repudiating party (here, the baker) has breached the contract depends entirely on what the non-repudiating party (here, the wholesaler) chooses--they have the option of treating the repudiation as a breach and suing for damages, or treating it as a threat and simply demanding performance (so the wholesaler can choose to either sue the baker for the contract price of the flour the wholesaler never got to sell, or it can simply tell the baker, "Cool story, bro, but I'm still gonna send you flour next week and you'd better pay for it").
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-->'''Pandu''' (on the phone): Sir, it's me. [[DistressedDamsel Your daughter]] is safe. [[BigBad Ali Bhai]] is dead. Bad luck...our SI[[note]]Sub-Inspector[[/note]] too is dead.