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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': An all-vampire version featuring Spike, who can't attack people anymore.

* Dr. Series/{{House}} has been known to do this.
* Chuck Bass did this on the second season finale of ''Series/GossipGirl''.

* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'': Rare humourous example: after a SexyDiscretionShot for Simon and Kaylee, we see River looking down from the ceiling , making this the one and only [[JustForPun Wall Glauer]].

* Subversion in the film ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', during the big prom scene. The camera pans past several dancing teenage couples and eventually settles on George [=McFly=] off to the side, very much alone -- except that he's dancing and having a good old time all by himself. (not to mention he's thinking about Marty's scheme)

* In the early part of ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', NoSocialSkills Sousuke tended to end up as the glowerer in these situations when they involved Kaname... Mostly because it was his job to stalk her and the others are blissfully unaware that he is nearby.

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* This is lampshaded in ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainAndMI13'' when someone calls out ComicBook/{{Blade}} for standing against a wall with his arms crossed and sunglasses on not speaking to anyone, during a party. After a tense moment he takes off the glasses and apologizes, saying that he'd been hanging out with superheroes too much, and starts socializing.

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* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': Dr. Horrible looking in at the beginning of Act II.

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--> '''{{Goth}} Boy''': [[NietzscheWannabe Everything's pointless.]] [[{{Hipster}} Wanna talk about it]]?

* Creator/JaneAusten has a few heroes -- Mr. Darcy from ''PrideAndPrejudice'' and Mr. Knightley from ''{{Literature/Emma}}'' -- who prefer the wall to the dance floor at a ball, unless it's with that very special someone.

* Severus Snape attempts to do this during Slughorn's party in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', however he is thwarted when the following occurs: '... Slughorn threw out an arm and seemed to scoop Snape out of thin air. �Stop skulking and come and join us, Severus!� hiccuped Slughorn happily.'

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': The whole gang are hanging out at the bar � except Lily, who's had a nasty breakup with her fianc�. The camera pans up, and there she is, staring in the window.

* In a scene from ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Dual Strike'', the Allied Forces [=COs=] are all celebrating the victory in their own particular way�Grimm and Max are eating [[Anime/DragonBallZ Saiyanesque]] piles of food, Javier is hitting on Jess, Jess is dragging Lash to the table by her ear to teach her proper table manners... but Hawke, who recently pulled a HeelFaceTurn, is standing outside, because he believes that the warmth and festivities aren't deserved by one as stained by blood as he... until Jake comes out and drags him inside.

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* Severus Snape attempts to do this during Slughorn's party in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', however he is thwarted when the following occurs: '... Slughorn threw out an arm and seemed to scoop Snape out of thin air. “Stop skulking and come and join us, Severus!” hiccuped Slughorn happily.'

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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': The whole gang are hanging out at the bar — except Lily, who's had a nasty breakup with her fiancé. The camera pans up, and there she is, staring in the window.

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* In a scene from ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Dual Strike'', the Allied Forces [=COs=] are all celebrating the victory in their own particular way—Grimm and Max are eating [[Anime/DragonBallZ Saiyanesque]] piles of food, Javier is hitting on Jess, Jess is dragging Lash to the table by her ear to teach her proper table manners... but Hawke, who recently pulled a HeelFaceTurn, is standing outside, because he believes that the warmth and festivities aren't deserved by one as stained by blood as he... until Jake comes out and drags him inside.

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* In a scene from ''AdvanceWars: Dual Strike'', the Allied Forces [=COs=] are all celebrating the victory in their own particular way—Grimm and Max are eating [[Anime/DragonBallZ Saiyanesque]] piles of food, Javier is hitting on Jess, Jess is dragging Lash to the table by her ear to teach her proper table manners... but Hawke, who recently pulled a HeelFaceTurn, is standing outside, because he believes that the warmth and festivities aren't deserved by one as stained by blood as he... until Jake comes out and drags him inside.

* ''[[Series/{{Firefly}} Serenity]]'': Rare humourous example: after a SexyDiscretionShot for Simon and Kaylee, we see River looking down from the ceiling , making this the one and only [[JustForPun Wall Glauer]].

* Chuck Bass did this on the second season finale of ''GossipGirl''.

* In the final scene involving TheTeam in book eight of the ''HIVESeries'', Penny pulls one. Everyone else was laughing together, relieved to be back together again, when only two days earlier [[spoiler: Her best friend and partner in crime, Tom, had been shot in front of her.]]

* ''[[Series/{{Firefly}} Serenity]]'': Rare humourous example: after a SexyDiscretionShot for Simon and Kaylee, we see River looking down from the ceiling (hopefully more to figure out what they're doing rather than the UnfortunateImplications of [[BrotherSisterIncest jealousy]]), making this the one and only [[JustForPun Wall Glauer]].

* ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'': Definitely Naruto and Gaara used to do this quite frequently, but it is likely that this applies to most of the Jinchuriki.

* ''ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'': Stevie enthusiastically tells the rest of the band how awesome he thinks they will be. He walks away from the window the exact moment he says "We need stalkers", revealing the face of Knives Chau (Scott's ex girlfriend) tearfully looking at Scott (who is sitting next to Ramona, his current girlfriend), complete with scary music and snap zooms on her face that will fit snugly in a Japanese horror movie.
* ''[[{{Firefly}} Serenity]]'': Rare humourous example: after a SexyDiscretionShot for Simon and Kaylee, we see River looking down from the ceiling (hopefully more to figure out what they're doing rather than the UnfortunateImplications of [[BrotherSisterIncest jealousy]]), making this the one and only [[IncrediblyLamePun Wall Glauer]].
** [[CollectiveGroan *groan*]]

* JaneAusten has a few heroes -- Mr. Darcy from ''PrideAndPrejudice'' and Mr. Knightley from ''{{Literature/Emma}}'' -- who prefer the wall to the dance floor at a ball, unless it's with that very special someone.

* ''{{ER}}'': Most of the first-season characters are dining at the local greasy spoon. We go to an exterior shot and sitting in her car, staring bleakly out is Susan Lewis, who ends up driving away.

* In the ''[[Series/BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'' episode "The Paragon of Animals", Lyta Alexander is shown standing outside a triumphant meeting of the new Interstellar Alliance, emphasizing the outsider status of Lyta personally and telepaths generally.
* In one episode of ''BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn stands outside the college coffeehouse looking on sadly as Cory, Topanga and the rest of their friends sit around laughing and talking about how many kids they each want to have.

* At Wrestlemania X, after Bret Hart had won the WWF World Title, all the faces came to the ring, lifted him on their shoulders and celebrated. In the entrance aisle was his brother, who'd beaten him in the first match of the night, doing this and saying 'what about me?'

* The ''{{Cheers}}'' spoof in ''TheSimpsons'' episode "Flaming Moe" includes one of these with Homer standing outside looking through the window.
* The Grinch. Staring down at the Whos and their Christmas celebrations with an angry grimace.

* ''[[DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]'': Dr. Horrible looking in at the beginning of Act II.

* The VillainOfTheWeek in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' would often be shown doing this at the end of TheTeaser, to the point where the spoof UniverseConcordance ''Star Trek: The Complete(ly Useless) Encyclopedia'' suggested that the moment anything weird happened, they should ''immediately'' arrest anyone who'd been leaning against the walls in the Promenade glaring at people.

Our characters are socializing happily. They're eating, drinking, gossiping and so on. If the scene goes on for too long, you might wonder what the point is. Until the camera pulls back and we see a single character who's somehow alienated from the others, watching them with some combination of sadness and resentment.

* This is lampshaded in ''[[ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} Captain Britain and MI:13]]'' when someone calls out {{Blade}} for standing against a wall with his arms crossed and sunglasses on not speaking to anyone, during a party. After a tense moment he takes off the glasses and apologizes, saying that he'd been hanging out with superheroes too much, and starts socializing.

* JaneAusten has a few heroes -- Mr. Darcy from ''PrideAndPrejudice'' and Mr. Knightley from ''{{Emma}}'' -- who prefer the wall to the dance floor at a ball, unless it's with that very special someone.

* Matt (or Yamato) from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' tends to do this a lot. mostly with his harmonica.

* In the early part of ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic!'', NoSocialSkills Sousuke tended to end up as the glowerer in these situations when they involved Kaname... Mostly because it was his job to stalk her and the others are blissfully unaware that he is nearby.

* Severus Snape attempts to do this during Slughorn's party in ''HarryPotter/{{Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince}}'', however he is thwarted when the following occurs: '... Slughorn threw out an arm and seemed to scoop Snape out of thin air. “Stop skulking and come and join us, Severus!” hiccuped Slughorn happily.'

* [[Manga/DragonBall Z Vegeta]]. Any time he's included in any sort of party scene, [[BigEater and there's no food involved]], he will be doing this.
** also Piccolo.

* In a scene from ''AdvanceWars: Dual Strike'', the Allied Forces [=COs=] are all celebrating the victory in their own particular way—Grimm and Max are eating [[Manga/DragonBall Saiyanesque]] piles of food, Javier is hitting on Jess, Jess is dragging Lash to the table by her ear to teach her proper table manners... but Hawke, who recently pulled a HeelFaceTurn, is standing outside, because he believes that the warmth and festivities aren't deserved by one as stained by blood as he... until Jake comes out and drags him inside.