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* In ''{{Rango}}'', Beans has occasional catatonic fits. When she snaps out of them, she continues with whatever she was saying as if nothing had happened.

* DoubleSubverted in ''DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog''. The title doctor freezes Captain Hammer right before his song's big finish. [[spoiler:When he's unfrozen, he punches the doctor in the face, and ''then'' finishes his line.]]

* DoubleSubverted in DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog. The title doctor freezes Captain Hammer right before his song's BigFinish. [[spoiler:When he's unfrozen, he punches the doctor in the face, and ''then'' finishes his line.]]

** What makes the exchange even funnier is that, at the moment of possession, the first thing Deadman uses Superman's body to say is "I need your help," prompting odd glances from Batman and Wonder Woman. Thickest milkshakes ever.

* In the ''JusticeLeague'' episode featuring Deadman, Superman gets possessed midsentence while talking about a restaurant in Smallville where "the milkshakes are so thick..." When he regains control of his body, Supe's first words are "...you have to eat them with a spoon!"
** Followed by "Why am I in Africa?"

* In TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland, Elaine is gearing up to punch Guybrush right before [[spoiler:she turns into a statue. She resumes the punch when unfrozen.]]

* In ''{{Borderlands}}' fourth DLC, the claptrapped version of [[spoiler: Commandant Steele]], who died at the end of the main game finshes [[spoiler: the speech she was giving before being impaled by the GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere FinalBoss.]]

* The frozen Gadgetron scientist in ''RatchetAndClank: Going Commando''. When broken free from his ice block he's still celebrating the success of his Thermanator (which froze him in the first place). "It worked! It worked!"

* In the film ''SupportYourLocalSheriff'', James Garner escapes a brawl at a restaurant (which he instigated) by yelling "Wait!" and the quietly stepping out into the street. Once he's out of harm's way, he yells "Okay, go ahead on!" and the brawl resumes exactly where it stopped.

* A variation occurs in ''OnePiece'' with Foxy's NoroNoro Beam, which allows him to slow down people/objects for 30 seconds. While slowed down, the target will appear to be doing the same thing, even if, say, a huge, powerful fist flies right into their face.

--­> '''Master Tang:''' Ok, so here were my options. a) quickly duck left, dodge the claw and take him out with a spinning back kick, or b) take the claw in the face, roll on the ground and die. *unpause* [[spoiler: Hmm, should've gone with a.]]

Often a result of TimeStandsStill.

This is a JustifiedTrope if a stasis field is involved, because the victim has no idea that any time has passed and would naturally continue doing what they were doing before going into stasis. When something is paused in the middle of a physical motion (as by magic), it sometimes [[InertiaIsACruelMistress retains its momentum]] when it's unpaused and sometimes loses it, usually depending on what would be [[RuleOfFunny funny]] or [[RuleOfCool cool]].

->After he was convinced to return almost a month later he began his monologue with:

* Used extensively in CodeGeass, where [[spoiler: Rolo's Geass]] stops time. Once unpaused, characters continue to fight in their mechas, monologue, or [[spoiler: beg intermittently for Rolo to stop using his Geass.]]

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* Used extensively in CodeGeass, where [[spoiler: Rolo's Geass]] stops time. Once unpaused, characters continue to fight in their mechas, monologue, or [[spoiler: beg intermittently for Rolo to stop using his Geass.]]

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