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'''Ron:''' ''[LoudGulp]'' Uh, sorry, KP, I was just... leaving!]]\\

* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': {{Exploited}}. Persuaded by his newest enemy-turned-ally, Shrek goes to Fairy Godmother's workshop to get a magical solution to his problems. Unbeknownst to Shrek, Fairy Godmother has an agenda against him and refuses to sell him a potion. After she monologues about how there are no ogres in any happy ending, one of her workers burst into her office to bring her lunch. The worker says [[AmbiguousGender they]] can return later but Shrek has other plans --namely, sneaking into the factory proper to steal the potion. He politely excuses himself and his companions while wearing a mischievous expression.

** {{Subverted}} when a coed says, "He was just leaving," Boone replies, "No, I'm not."

* ''{{Series/Community}}'': In [[Recap/CommunityS2E18CustodyLawAndEasternEuropeanDiplomacy "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy"]], when Abed wants Britta out of his room, he announces "Britta was just leaving."

Compare BoyfriendBluff, when one character rescues another from harassment by posing as their boyfriend/girlfriend. Contrast PrivacyByDistraction, when the diverted party is the one intruding and is done by means of a fool's errand. Compare and contrast with CheckPlease, which is a StockPhrase said to get out after some restaurant shenanigans.

One common variant has Bob himself say, "No, I was just leaving."

Contrast PrivacyByDistraction, when the diverted party is the one intruding and is done by means of a fool's errand. Compare and contrast with CheckPlease, which is a StockPhrase said to get out after some restaurant shenanigans.

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'''Ashley:''' No, [[WasJustLeaving we were just leaving!]]\\

-->'''Ron''': AAH! KIM!\\
'''Kim''': Ronnie, I have a little favor to ask...\\
'''Ron''': ''(LoudGulp)'' Uh, Sorry, KP, [[WasJustLeaving I was just... leaving!]]\\
'''Kim''': He's shy, but so cute!\\
'''Monique''': I'd say green and freaked.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In [[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E9SomethingRickedThisWayComes "Something Ricked This Way Comes"]], Rick accompanies Summer to the Devil's shop. There, Summer announces that Rick was "just leaving" in the hope he would get the hint and leave. But Rick decides to stick around.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'': In "A Hard Day's Night", the boys are in Transylvania trekking to a deserted castle so they can rehearse in private. A graveyard is nearby as a stone in the ground of a gravesite opens and a one-eyed hunchbacked figure emerges and asks them if they want something. Stuttering, John answers that they were just leaving. The stranger, very much aware of his appearance, chuckles and reveals that he's the caretaker and that he likes visitors.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'': In "The Case of the Puzzled Pals", Spanky tells the other Rascals that they weren't supposed to be in the treehouse. Alfalfa then falls from the ceiling and discovers that Darla and the girls are there. To avoid any questioning, Darla says that they were just about to go.

'''Krosp:''' Um... You were just leaving?\\

'''Kim''': Ronnie, I have a little favor to ask...
'''Ron''': ''(LoudGulp)'' Uh, Sorry, KP, [[WasJustLeaving I was just... leaving!]]
'''Kim''': He's shy, but so cute!

'''Crimson Oars Leader''': I, um... We... [[WasJustLeaving We were just leaving]]. Yes, Oars, we go to the docks!

--->'''Jessica:''' I was just leaving. You didn't kick me out, I just left.

-->'''Ron''': AAH! KIM!
-->'''Kim''': Ronnie, I have a little favor to ask...
-->'''Ron''': ''(LoudGulp)'' Uh, Sorry, KP, [[WasJustLeaving I was just... leaving!]]
-->'''Kim''': He's shy, but so cute!
-->'''Monique''': I'd say green and freaked.

'''Darla:''' We were just leaving.
-->'''Buckwheat:''' Yeah, to the scene of the crime!

* ''Series/LieblingKreuzberg'': The protagonist, a somewhat [[BunnyEarsLawyer unconventional lawyer]], {{invoke|dTrope}}s this trope to make other people leave. In one instance, his secretary asks whether there's a problem. He answers with "No, just wanted to leave. ''Didn't you hear? You just wanted to leave!''"

* ''Literature/HIVESeries'': In ''Aftershock'', Shelby walks into a full-of-romantic-tension conversation Otto and Laura were sharing. This MomentKiller causes the lovers to quickly withdraw from their almost kiss and Laura to awkwardly excuse herself with an "I was just leaving".[[note]]Interestingly, had they kissed here, and had Laura trusted him with the real purpose of the mission, several dozen teenage lives would have been saved.[[/note]]

* ''Literature/HIVESeries'': After Shelby's MomentKiller for Otto and Laura in ''Aftershock''. Notably, had they kissed here, and Laura trusted him with the real purpose of the mission, several dozen teenage lives would have been saved.

* ''Series/LieblingKreuzberg'': The protagonist, a somewhat [[BunnyEarsLawyer unconventional lawyer]], {{invoke}}s this trope to make other people leave. In one instance, his secretary asks whether there's a problem. He answers with "No, just wanted to leave. ''Didn't you hear? You just wanted to leave!''"

* ''Series/LieblingKreuzberg'': The protagonist, a somewhat [[BunnyEarsLawyer unconventional lawyer]], does this.
-->'''Secretary:''' "Is there a problem?"\\
'''Liebling:''' "No, just wanted to leave. ''Didn't you hear? You just wanted to leave!''"
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E9TheVengeanceFactor "The Vengeance Factor"]], Deanna excuses herself so that [[LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone Riker and Yuta can have some private time]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': One of the Fairy Godmother's workers goes into her office to bring her lunch while she's dressing down Shrek.

* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': Happens late in [[spoiler:Emi's]] route, during a visit to her home, [[spoiler:if you choose to talk to her mother]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'': In "A Hard Day's Night", the boys are in Transylvania trekking to a deserted castle so they can rehearse in private. A graveyard is nearby as a stone in the ground of a gravesite opens and a one-eyed hunchbacked figure emerges. He turns out to be the caretaker.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'': In "The Case of the Puzzled Pals", after Spanky tells the other Rascals that they weren't supposed to be in the treehouse:

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