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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': When Roz asks if he remembered to file his paperwork for once, Mike answers with a frozen, forced grin.

** It happens again in the 125th episode of ''[[Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries Journeys]]'' when Ash takes a moment to realize that [[spoiler:he just defeated ''[[TheAce Cynthia]]''.]]

** In the epilogue of ''ComicBook/SupermanAndTheLegionOfSuperHeroes'', Franchise/{{Batman}} walks in on Superman and [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Lightning Lad]] reminiscing the good, old days when they played dumb pranks on their teammates. When Superman tells him Lightning Lad taught his teen self the importance of sometimes breaking rules, even if it was just for fun, Batman is left speechless.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]], [[spoiler:[[TheNthDoctor the Tenth Doctor]] has been shot by a Dalek! You know what that means! He'll regenerate, and change into a completely different person! The Doctor's companions Rose, Donna and Jack back away as he begins to glow and change -- only for him to redirect his energy into his old hand and just stand there, smiling, looking completely the same. They just stare in stunned amazement.]]

* In "The Mountain Whippoorwill," a poem by Stephen Vincent Benet, the skill of the fiddler is determined by how loud the crowd applauds. Hillbilly Jim gets complete silence. [[spoiler: When he goes to congratulate Old Man Dan, whom he thinks is the winner, Dan hands his own fiddle over, and ''then'' the crowd starts to applaud. They were stunned by how good he was.]].

* Apparently happens at the beginning of ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' to Booker Dewitt when he first witnesses Columbia, judging from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfRZKURX0eY this scene.]]

** In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', ComicBook/LoisLane tells ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and ComicBook/LanaLang to get out of her apartment when they reveal the villain Superwoman, who [[spoiler:apparently]] died fighting Supergirl, was her sister Lucy. Kara and Lana are leaving when Lois renders both women speechless by suddenly asking for a sample of Superwoman's costume to get it analyzed.

* On ''Series/TheDailyShowWithTrevorNoah'', poor Trevor is left [[https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/717725935475122177 horrified]] and grossed out for several seconds after watching a clip of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump making a objectifying remark about his ''then-infant daughter''.

* In ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' [[spoiler: everyone present has this reaction after John Walker aka Captain America decapitates an unarmed flag smasher with Steve's shield.]]

* ''Series/{{Punkd}}'': [[Series/That70sShow Wilmer Valderrama]] couldn't do anything but stare in shock as [[http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/140927/wilmers-car.jhtml his expensive car was dented and had its windows smashed in]].

* If you chose to save Doug in episode one of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonOne,'' once episode three rolls around and [[spoiler: Lily is at the tipping point of violent suspicion as to who in the group was slipping supplies to the bandits, she quietly draws her gun and attempts to shoot Ben when no one is looking, but Doug sees it just in time to pull Ben out of the way and [[TakingTheBullet get shot instead.]] Lily goes completely still, with a look of complete shock on her face while staring at Doug's body, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone silently shakes her head.]]]]

* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': This happens [[spoiler:to N]] when [[spoiler:Ghetsis insults him and reveals Team Plasma's [[TakeOverTheCity real goals.]]]]

* In ''VideoGame/LastScenario'', [[spoiler:Ethan]] has this reaction when [[spoiler:Castor]], in a VillainousBreakdown, [[spoiler:causes him to remember that he's Castor's older brother, who saved his life many years ago.]]

* Shuichi Saihara goes completely silent in ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpaV3KillingHarmony'' in Case 1 when he's accused of being the killer. [[spoiler:Ironically, the reason he's stunned into silence isn't because he's being accused, but because he's figured out that the killer was ([[FrameUp supposedly]]) [[PlayerCharacter Kaede Akamatsu]] and ''really'' doesn't want to reveal the truth of her crime since they've become good friends. Kaede herself eventually talks him out of it]].

** Havoc does this in Episode 15 when Kim [[spoiler:notes that there's a chance that Brock is Ally's real father.]]

** ''Everyone'' in the vicinity, [[EvenEvilHasStandards including Android 17]], is flabbergasted when Vegeta [[spoiler: calls 18 [[CountryMatters a "smug cunt".]]]]

* In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's "Battle of the Commercials" special, the final commercial is the infamous, extremely disturbing "Little Baby's Ice Cream" commercial, which featured a [[UncannyValley horrifyingly human-like]] ice cream monster staring at the camera and [[AutoCannibalism eating its own head with a spoon]] while it describes the product. The commercial appears to leave Critic in horrified silence, mouth agape. Subverted, in that [[spoiler: it's actually just a cardboard cutout of Critic.]]

** In "Reaching Out", Amity has a look of horror on her face when [[spoiler:Luz reveals that it's the anniversery of her father's death and then proceeds to [[ObviouslyNotFine try and brush it off like it's no big deal]].]]
** In "King's Tide", the entire Hexsquad is dumbfounded when [[spoiler:The Collector pulls a VillainousRescue to protect them from Belos]]. Their confusion quickly turns to horror when [[spoiler:the Collector follows this up by reducing Belos to a literal smear on the wall [[FingerPokeOfDoom with a single finger poke]].]]

** He has this reaction again after [[spoiler:meeting a Virtual Ghost of his biological father, learning that he's the last member of his species, and watching the destruction of Krypton.]]

* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] walks into a dressing room and bumps into her scantily-clad rival wrestler, fully intent on seducing her. Kara's jaw drops and she needs several seconds to find her voice.

* ''Fanfic/DistortionsSymphogear'': During a live press conference, [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} Hibiki]] [[spoiler:is asked a question from an obvious tabloid writer about a possible relationship between [[HoYay her and her childhood friend Miku]]. She, without even giving the question a second thought, says that are in a relationship to the entire world. The silence is so resounding and long that [[IdiotHero Hibiki]] [[LampshadeHanging actually wonders if she said something wrong]].]]

* Wrestling/WrestleMania 30. [[spoiler:Just these five words: Wrestling/BrockLesnar Broke [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker The Streak]]. ''The entire arena'' was silent, and one fan's reaction even [[Memes/ProfessionalWrestling went viral]]; the referee and Wrestling/PaulHeyman even played up being shocked (or, at least, that was what it was thought at the time; as it turns out, no one but Lesnar, 'Taker, Vince, Hunter, and Steph knew the ending of the match, so their reactions were legitimate), and there was a lengthy delay before Brock's theme music hit, just to let things sink in. The crowd was virtually dead for the rest of the night, only perking up once Wrestling/DanielBryan won.]]\\

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'': Nero is stunned into silence for a few seconds when Dante reveals that [[spoiler:Vergil (half of whom was also the BigBad of the game) is Nero's father.]]

* ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'': Both Team RWBY and Team JNPR suffer this when [[spoiler:Nora goes on a fourth-wall-breaking rant after Pyrrha, who died at the end of Volume 3 of the main series, returns alive and well.]]

* What happens in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' when Washington discovers that, unbelievably, [[spoiler: the Alpha AI was right alongside them the entire time, the revelation causes a '''huge''' minute of momentous silence between them both, the silence being nearly deafening during the scene after the realization that '''truly embodies''' this trope exquisitely...]]

** And let's not forget when Krusty hosted the "[[FunWithAcronyms Krusty Komedy Klassic]]" at the Apollo Theater in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E13SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaAnnoyedGruntcious Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]". Um, [[MistakenForRacist oops]]...

* ''ComicBook/LupoAlberto'' usually has it happening in response to the weird antics of the farm animals, especially [[TheFool Glicerina the Duck]], but once it happened because Enrico made a joke comparing the rainy weather to the summer of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherrapunji Cherrapunji]] (the rainiest place on Earth when the joke was published]]) and everyone who heard it being left speechless wondering what Cherrapunji is, [[RunningGag resulting in everyone at the farm mentioning it to someone else and leaving them stunned wondering what Cherrapunji is]] until Alcide, [[BrainyPig a pig and usually the smartest and most cultured of the farm's inhabitants]], trying to get the reaction from Enrico himself.
** Possibly the most epic example was when the farm was bought by a Japanese corporation, whose envoy increased the production tenfold by working everyone to the bone... And then it turned out they had bought ''their neighbour farm'' and the envoy got the wrong address, leaving everyone speechless as they realized they nearly overworked themselves to death for no reason and the guy had no authority over them.

* ''ComicBook/LupoAlberto'' usually has it happening in response to the weird antics of the farm animals, especially [[TheFool Glicerina the Duck]], but once it happened because Enrico made a joke comparing the rainy weather to the summer of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherrapunji Cherrapunji]] (the rainiest place on Earth when the joke was published]]) and Alberto being left speechless wondering what Cherrapunji is... And then using the same joke to escape Moses, [[RunningGag resulting in everyone at the farm mentioning it to someone else and leaving them stunned wondering what Cherrapunji is]] until Alcide, [[BrainyPig a pig and usually the smartest and most cultured of the farm's inhabitants]], trying to get the reaction from Enrico himself.

* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs Warhammer 40K]]'': When Yoda shows Hondo's footage of an Imperial death camp on Axum to the Galactic Senate, the entire chamber becomes dead silent as every senator stares in horror at the inhumane tortures and mass killings being inflicted on Axum's non-human populace by the Imperium of Man.