History Main / SneezeInterruption

** A gag in the "Don't be a [[{{Neologism}} Snerd]] When You Sneeze" has the narrator say, "Nix your nozzle when you---" but the "snerd" interrupt him by preparing to sneeze. He tries again: "When you..." but the snerd actually sneezes. "Nix your nozzle" means to [[DiseasePreventionAesop cover your nose]], although traditionally, while "nozzle" can be slang for nose, "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord nix]]" as a verb ''usually'' means "to disallow".

* in ''Anime/AzumangaDaioh'', during the main characters' graduation, Osaka is suffering from allergies. During the principal's congratulations speech, he is interrupted by several of her amazingly mild sneezes.

* Played for drama in ''Film/{{Greyhound}}. The Talker (the sailor who relays messages sent via the sound-powered telephone) pauses to sneeze as they're closing in on a U-boat, and so has to ask for a message from the sonar operator to be repeated. His superior is ''not'' amused and he's warned he'll be relieved of duty if he does that again.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS8E5TheDoctorIsInTheBigSneeze The Big Sneeze]]", whenever Kimi tries to tell Chuckie that it's their anniversary, Chuckie sneezes before she can finish her sentence. As Chuckie sneezes every time Kimi gets near him, Angelica tricks the babies into thinking he's allergic to her (when really, he's allergic to the dandelion she planned to give to him as an anniversary present and was carrying).

* In ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Maurice tries to say that he's never seen a [[AnimateInanimateObject talking clock]], but sneezes in the middle of saying it and leads to a joke moment of Cogsworth (said talking clock) wiping his screen.

%%* This happens a few times to Sneezy in ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
* In the 2011 ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' movie, Pooh and Eeyore think Owl has sneezed in the middle of a sentence, but he hasn't, which leads to more confusion.

* In the ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'' episode "Something to Sneeze At," when the Mad Hatter first starts sneezing (everyone thinks he's allergic to the March Hare, but really [[spoiler: he's allergic to the flower in Hare's lapel]]), it happens in mid-sentence while offering Hare some tea, and [[CloudCuckooLander Hare thinks he's saying "choose,"]] as in choose what kind of tea he wants.

-->'''Miss Clavel:''' "Lord Covington is showing the house tomorrow and I intend for it to be spo... spotle... *Achoo!* ...spotless.\\

* In the Nancy Walker episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Kermit is out sick and handed hosting duties to Fozzie. After watching Fozzie bumble his way through the show, Kermit shows up to do his SigningOffCatchPhrase, but all he can get out is "We'll see you next time on the -*Achoo*!"

-->'''Harry''': "I'm on my way to Dino-- whoa, ''(sneezes)''"

Sneezing. We all do it. Maybe we're dealing with [[SickEpisode an illness]], maybe we're just [[PlotAllergy allergic]] to something, maybe it's [[FreezeSneeze too cold]], or too dusty or too bright [[note]]Sneezing when exposed to bright light is genetic and is found in about 10-35 percent of the population. Wiki/TheOtherWiki calls it the "photic sneeze reflex".[[/note]], or maybe something just [[NoseShove got up our nose]], however, whatever the reason, we do not always sneeze when appropriate, and sometimes we sneeze in the middle of a sentence or when somebody else is speaking.

Compare SneezeOfDoom for another way sneezes can be annoying and contrast AntiSneezeFinger which is a way of interrupting oneself or someone else ''from'' sneezing. {{Ahem}} is related, except the person is coughing, and it's usually on purpose. If the interrupted phrase was somebody's {{catchphrase}}, it overlaps with either SelfBotchedCatchphrase (possibly overlapping with OOCIsSeriousBusiness if the sneeze is a sign of illness) or CatchphraseInterruptus, depending on who sneezed. May also overlap with MusicalisInterruptus if a song is interrupted, AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption if the person was about to say the word "sneeze" (This usually applies when the speaker sneezes, e.g. "I think I'm going to--"), or PepperSneeze if the sneeze was caused by pepper or similar. Sometimes TruthInTelevision. Sometimes part of ImplausibleDeniability or InstantlyProvenWrong if they sneeze in the middle of denying they have a cold/allergies/etc, although it's a [[DownplayedTrope downplay]] of those two tropes since there are multiple reasons one might sneeze. Likewise, if they're sneezing and then deny they're sick, [[TemptingFate expect them to get sick anyway]] or at least [[JumpingToConclusionsDiagnosis for everyone to assume they're sick]]. In fact, it might be a HereWeGoAgain ending to a sickness episode. Can lead to ThrowItIn if the actor is the one who sneezed.

'''Owl:''' No, no, no! I'm not catching a cold! The word is "issue", not "a-choo". And "ah-choo" isn't even a word! It's just some sort of sneezing sound like "Ah-choo!"\\

* Played for laughs in ''Did You Take the "B" from My -Ook?'' when the narrator says, "I think I'm going to---" then sneezes, [[NoFourthWall blowing away all the "B"s]].

* One of the final scenes of the 2019 Music/{{Gorillaz}} documental ''Reject False Icons'' is [[spoiler: [[Music/{{Blur}} Damon Albarn]] singing a song live then he interrupted himself with a sneeze, a funny moment that the crowd applauded him, and with a embarrassed Damon saying he never sneezed in a show before and "sorry for that".]]

-->'''Iggy''': Ah... ah... ah... Oh! That's funny! For a minute there. I thought I was going to sneeze. Ah... ah... ah... ah... ah... ah... Whoah! I almost sneezed again! Ah... ah... ah... ah... Yes, that was definitely almost a - AHHH-CHOO! ... sneeze.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' episode, "Betty Boop's Ker-Choo", Betty sings a song about having "a cold in [her] nose", the last line of which was presumably intended to have the word "nose" after the string of [[VerbalTic her usual gibberish]] but she sneezes and doesn't finish. Later, she sings the last line again but sneezes ''again'' before she can say, "nose". This is one of many sneeze-related gags.

->'''Pooh''': ''"Excuse me, Owl, can you say that again? You sneezed just as you were telling me what the first thing to do was."''
-->-- ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'', "Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One"

Compare SneezeOfDoom for another way sneezes can be annoying and contrast AntiSneezeFinger which is a way of interrupting oneself or someone else ''from'' sneezing. {{Ahem}} is related, except the person is coughing, and it's usually on purpose. If the interrupted phrase was somebody's {{catchphrase}}, it overlaps with either SelfBotchedCatchphrase (possibly overlapping with OOCIsSeriousBusiness if the sneeze is a sign of illness) or CatchphraseInterruptus, depending on who sneezed. May also overlap with MusicalisInterruptus if a song is interrupted, AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption if the person was about to say the word "sneeze" (This usually applies when the speaker sneezes, e.g. "I think I'm going to---"), or PepperSneeze if the sneeze was caused by pepper or similar. Sometimes TruthInTelevision. Sometimes part of ImplausibleDeniability or InstantlyProvenWrong if they sneeze in the middle of denying they have a cold/allergies/etc, although it's a [[DownplayedTrope downplay]] of those two tropes since there are multiple reasons one might sneeze. Likewise, if they're sneezing and then deny they're sick, [[TemptingFate expect them to get sick anyway]] or at least [[JumpingToConclusionsDiagnosis for everyone to assume they're sick]]. In fact, it might be a HereWeGoAgain ending to a sickness episode. Can lead to ThrowItIn if the actor is the one who sneezed.

!! Examples

[[folder: Anime]]

[[folder: Comics]]

[[folder: Fan Works]]
* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' fanfiction ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1128989 Sneezes]]'' had a rather unusual form of this. TheSymbiote inside Dax has the flu and it actually sneezes inside her when she tries to say a sentence beginning with "I don't know where [[RoyalWe we]] could have caught it, but I-". This is important because it leads to [[TheCaptain Benjamin Sisko]] finding out that symbiotes can sneeze, although in the show they likely cannot because [[ArtisticLicenseBiology they have no noses]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics there is no air in the host]].

[[folder: Films: Animated]]

* This happens a few times to Sneezy in ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.

-->'''Owl''': "Yes, well, the thing to do is as follows. First, issue a reward."
-->'''Pooh''': "Gesundheit."
-->'''Owl''': "I beg your pardon."
-->'''Pooh''': "Well, you sneezed just as you were going to tell me what the first thing to do was."
-->'''Owl''': "I didn't sneeze."
-->'''Eeyore''': "Oh, you did, Owl."
-->'''Owl''': "No, I didn't! You can't sneeze without knowing it!"
-->'''Pooh''': "Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed."
-->'''Owl''': "As I was saying, first issue a reward."
-->'''Pooh''': "He's doing it again. You must be catching a cold."
-->'''Eeyore''': "I'll probably catch it too."
-->'''Owl''': "No, no, no! I'm not catching a cold! The word is 'issue', not 'a-choo'. And 'ah-choo' isn't even a word! It's just some sort of sneezing sound like 'Ah-choo!'"
-->'''Pooh''': "Perhaps you should lie down, Owl."

[[folder: Films- Live-Action]]

[[folder: Literature]]

[[folder: Live Action TV]]

-->'''Clarissa''': They have no appreciation for the work that I - *Achoo!* [[OhCrap Uh-oh.]] Was that a flu sneeze or a common variety dustball sneeze?... Relax! It couldn't have been a flu sneeze! If it were a flu sneeze, I would have sneezed - *Achoo!* [[OhCrap ...again.]]

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[[folder: Web Original]]
* In ''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys'' first "Let's Play" of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes'', Emile sneezes while reading out Sir Combsly's description of the Tri Force Heroes, leading to jokes about him being allergic to [[ItMakesSenseInContext epic sideburns]].
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBPvgR0AiE8 this]] kids' video, a sneeze is the first symptom of a little boy's cold and he sneezes in the middle of saying, "I have a cold."

[[folder: Western Animation]]

* In the Nancy Walker episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Kermit is out sick and handed hosting duties to Fozzie. After watching Fozzie bumble his way through the show, Kermit shows up to do his SigningOffCatchPhrase, but all he can get out is "We'll see you next time on the -*Achoo*!"
* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** When Slimey was being sent to the moon, Snuffy got the rocket working by sneezing. At first, he said, "I think I'm going to--" but sneezed and didn't get to finish his sentence.
** A gag in the "Don't be a [[{{Neologism}} Snerd]] When You Sneeze" has the narrator say, "Nix your nozzle when you---" but the "snerd" interrupt him by preparing to sneeze. He tries again: "When you..." but the snerd actually sneezes. "Nix your nozzle" means to [[DiseasePreventionAesop cover your nose]], although traditionally, while "nozzle" can be slang for nose, "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord nix]]" as a verb ''usually'' means "to disallow".
** Invoked in a song sung by a cow, who ''times her sneezes to fit with the song'', so it has lyrics such as "But what can you do with a cold or a flu? Just--''achoo, achoo, achoo.''"

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', Jeremy freaks out when he thinks Dragon the farmer's cat is approaching, but it only turns out to be a rabbit. Jeremy claims that he knew it all along, as he's allergic to cats, but as he tries to explain it to Mrs. Brisby, he goes into a sneezing fit, as Dragon is sneaking up right behind him.

* In the children's book ''Literature/SneezyLouise'', [[TheKlutz Louise]]'s sneezing interrupts the ''[[NoFourthWall narrator]]'', which is played for laughs.

* In one of the ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' movies, Pooh and Eeyore think Owl has sneezed in the middle of a sentence, but he hasn't, which leads to more confusion.

* In ''WebOriginal/TheRunawayGuys'' first "Let's Play" of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes'', Emile sneezes while reading out Sir Combsly's description of the Tri Force Heroes, leading to jokes about him being allergic to [[ItMakesSenseInContext epic sideburns]].

Sneezing. We all do it. Maybe we're dealing with [[SickEpisode an illness]], maybe we're just [[PlotAllergy allergic]] to something, maybe it's [[FreezeSneeze too cold]], or too dusty or too bright [[note]]Sneezing when exposed to bright light is genetic and is found in about 10-35 percent of the population. TheOtherWiki calls it the "photic sneeze reflex".[[/note]], or maybe something just [[NoseShove got up our nose]], however, whatever the reason, we do not always sneeze when appropriate, and sometimes we sneeze in the middle of a sentence or when somebody else is speaking.