History Main / WhyAreYouLookingAtMeLikeThat

* In ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'', the heroes discuss how to approach the new Toyman who happens to be a teenage boy. They decide they need a distraction. Among the heroes is ComicBook/PowerGirl, and the heroes all look at her pointedly before she realizes [[MostCommonSuperPower what they mean]].

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub'', Dotty (who is not allowed on the group's missions since she's only 13) gives Woofer and Wimper this look when she comes up with idea to join the group using the two dogs.
-->'''Woofer:''' Uh oh. The kid's got that look in her eyes.\\
'''Wimper:''' Yeah. Last time we got the blame for it.

* The ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'' episode "Jimmy For President" has a DoubleSubversion. When Ms. Fowl announces that one kid hasn't voted yet (who turns out to be Carl), nobody looks at anybody. However, when Carl says [[TemptingFate "Why is everybody looking at me?"]], the students immediately turn their heads at Carl.

* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'': Sa'luk asks this before he realizes that he's holding Midas' Hand [[OhCrap by the]] [[TakenForGranite hand]].

* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', when the young dinosaurs plan to get rid of [[SuperPersistentPredator Sharptooth]] once and for all, Littlefoot says they need some bait to lure him into their trap. With everyone else having a job, he stares up at Ducky.

* ''Film/DogSoldiers'' example: The main characters need a distraction to divert the werewolves.

* ''Literature/JohnPutnamThatcher:'' In ''[[spoiler:By Hook or by Crook]],'' Thatcher explains how the killer's motive involved being afraid that his family would turn on him if a certain DarkSecret got out, given how an [[ObnoxiousInLaws obnoxious in-law]] had been opposing him in every way lately. Said in-law summarizes everyone's (otherwise un-described) reaction to Thatcher's statement by saying, "I don't see why you're all looking at me that way."

* Occurs twice in an episode of ''Series/{{Cory in The House}}''. Cory gets the idea to use Sophie to get money from tourists to afford a ski trip, at which point he Newt and Meena all give her that look. Then when Sophie quits, Cory and Newt decide to use Meena as a replacement and give her the same look.

* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': Subverted in the episode "Lab Rats". Two of the Rats (Wendy and Henry) are describing the serial killer they're trying to get clues toward catching. Henry describes the killer as "an obsessive, meticulous, dark-ass misanthrope who seeks recognition for his efforts". While this is happening, [[SmallNameBigEgo Hodges]] is carefully arranging his snacks in front of him, apparently not paying attention. Wendy and Henry then turn to look at Hodges. Instead of the expected reaction (this trope), Hodges doesn't even look up, retorting "When would I find the time (to kill those people)? I'm always here."

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Jonas}}'', the gang tries to figure out how to get rid of Joe's {{Stalker With A Crush}}. When Macy suggests starting a new rumor about Joe having a new girlfriend, she and the brother all look at Stella (Joe's {{Love Interest}}). Stella protests

* In the ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' episode "Princess", the gang needs to rescue Kahlan. Through a complicated series of events, they need to complete their disguise with a princess (or someone posing as one). Subverted slightly because most of the main characters in the show ''think'' before talking on at least a semi-regular basis, so the "why are you looking at me" bit is implied.[[note]]To fully understand this, remember Cara is a Mord-Sith. The Mord-Sith are the warrior-protector-women that serve the Lord Rahl. They're his (magically imbued) bodyguards, expert (and magical) torturers, consorts if the Lord Rahl asks of them, and feared throughout D'Hara and the Midlands. They wear blood-red, skintight leather so that the blood won't stain their similar brown or white leather outfits. They have been known to kill squads of enemies on their own, are fanatically loyal, and frighteningly resourceful. Richard and Zedd are asking her to put on a dress.[[/note]]

* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Happens to Walter Denton in the episode "Two Way Stretch", when he walks into Mr. Conklin's office. Miss Brooks and Mr. Conklin choose him to imitate student athlete Stretch Snodgrass (and foil a rival principal's plan to trick Stretch into transfering to another school).

* On ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Elaine asks this question to an emotionally wrecked Jerry.
* Double example in the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Bride of Chaotica!" Tom Paris explains that, due to the latest round of holodeck issues, somebody has to go into the ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''-esque ''Captain Proton'' holoprogram and take on the role of seductive villainess Queen Arachnia. Everyone in the room looks at a nonplussed Seven of Nine... except Paris, who's looking straight at Janeway. Janeway's amusement with this idea fades immediately.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} (or is it [[AvertedTrope averted?]]) In ''Series/That70sShow''. Hyde has left the [[SarcasmMode group]] [[StatusQuoIsGod forever,]] and Eric yells that he has to do something stupid ''right now!''

-->401. When a virgin sacrifice is demanded I will not look knowingly at the paladin, netrunner or Hermetic.

->'''Mario''': ''[looking at Toad]'' I'mma guess I'mma go fishing...\\
'''Toad''': The fuck are you talking about?\\

'''Mario''': Come here, fishy-fishy! Here, fishy-fishy!

* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Series/{{Community}}''.

-->'''Morgan:''' You need to bait him then with somebody he sees as a challenge.
-->'''Reid:''' We need to study his style up close and personal, it's gonna take someone he's already attracted to.
-->'''Prentiss:''' ''(realizes they're all looking at her)'' ...Aw, ugh [[ThisIsGonnaSuck this is really gonna suck]].

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] (or is it [[AvertedTrope averted?]]) In ''Series/That70sShow''. Hyde has left the [[SarcasmMode group]] [[StatusQuoIsGod forever,]] and Eric yells that he has to do something stupid ''right now!''

-->'''Lilo:''' Well, do we know anyone who has no ears at all?
-->'''Pleakley:''' ''[popping in]'' Excuse me. I can't get these earrings to stay on. Anyone have any [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]]?
-->''[beat]''
-->'''Pleakley:''' What?

'''Batman:''' He is also thirteen years old. Find a way to distract him.\\

-->-- '''Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers''', ''Mario Goes to DIDNEY SEA''

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

* In Fanfic/DistortionsSymphogear, [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} the wielders]] are trying to figure out how to get Miku to activate her [[SuperMode Amalgam]] when Maria says out loud that maybe her need to protect someone might get it to work. Tsubasa agrees but is wonders who would work, after a moment of thinking they turn to Hibiki.
--> '''Hibiki:''' What? Is there something on my face?
* ''Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY'': When the combined teams decide to infiltrate the White Fang terrorist organization, they realize that most of them can make do with minor disguises. ''Most'' of them. Then everyone looks at Weiss, who 1: is part of a famous family that the White Fang has been trying to murder for years, and 2: has very distinctive white hair.
-->'''Weiss:''' ''[grabbing her hair]'' Why are you all looking at me like that for!?

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'': Sa'luk asks this before he realizes that he's holding Midas' Hand [[OhCrap by the]] [[TakenForGranite hand]].
* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', when the young dinosaurs plan to get rid of [[SuperPersistentPredator Sharptooth]] once and for all, Littlefoot says they need some bait to lure him into their trap. With everyone else having a job, he stares up at Ducky.
-->'''Ducky:''' Me?! Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no, no... ''[[[GilliganCut Cut to her walking into a cave to get Sharptooth's attention]]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'': When discussing how to distract the hyena guards, Puumba enthusiastically agrees with Simba's idea of using live bait, only wondering why everyone's looking at him.

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* ''Literature/JohnPutnamThatcher:'' In ''[[spoiler:By Hook or by Crook]],'' Thatcher explains how the killer's motive involved being afraid that his family would turn on him if a certain DarkSecret got out, given how an [[ObnoxiousInLaws obnoxious in-law]] had been opposing him in every way lately. Said in-law summarizes everyone's (otherwise un-described) reaction to Thatcher's statement by saying, "I don't see why you're all looking at me that way."

* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': Happens to Walter Denton in the episode "Two Way Stretch", when he walks into Mr. Conklin's office. Miss Brooks and Mr. Conklin choose him to imitate student athlete Stretch Snodgrass (and foil a rival principal's plan to trick Stretch into transfering to another school).
* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] (or is it [[AvertedTrope averted?]]) In ''Series/That70sShow''. Hyde has left the [[SarcasmMode group]] [[StatusQuoIsGod forever,]] and Eric yells that he has to do something stupid ''right now!''
-->'''Eric:''' Well, if you don't do something stupid... I'll have to do something stupid!\\
''[brief silence in which no-one looks at anyone else]''\\
'''Kelso:''' ''[waving his hand frantically]'' Hey, I know something stupid we can do!

* ''Series/TheWire'' sees this happen when the police need a decoy to infiltrate a brothel. [[DumbMuscle Herc]] isn't subtle enough, Carver is out because he's too handsome to look like someone who'd pay for sex, Kima and Bunk both have domestic issues. Then [=McNulty=] walks in.
-->'''[=McNulty=]:''' ''[sees everyone staring at him]'' What?\\
'''Kima:''' Takes a whore to catch a whore. ''[everyone starts chuckling]''\\
'''[[ReallyGetsAround McNulty]]:''' [[CatchPhrase What the fuck did I do?]]
* On an episode of ''Series/{{Taxi}}'', Alex and Louie have a bet going on who can make the most money in a night of cabbing. Louie brings in more money, but Alex makes enough in tips to make slightly more than Louie. The question of the winner comes down to whether the tips Alex has collected count towards the total. They decide to let a person who didn't bet make the decision, but only one person in the entire garage didn't do so. Cue everyone staring at Latka as he eats a bucket of chicken. Oblivious, he looks up and says, "Would anyone like a bite?"
* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "White Hole", the ship has shut down and the crew need to get through all the sealed doors:
-->'''Lister:''' Look, they're only interior doors. They're only a light alloy. Maybe we could get through them if we use a battering ram. All we need is something, say, I dunno, six foot long, fairly sturdy, with a flat top.\\
''[everyone [[CheshireCatGrin grins]] at Kryten the android]''\\
'''Kryten:''' 53 doors?! You can't [[GilliganCut be serious]]!
* In the ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' episode "Grime and Punishment". Al is forced to live in his basement as punishment for being a "slumlord". While trying to get him to make repairs, Bud encourages Marcy and Kelly to torture Al with feminist poetry and bad acting. When Al still refuses, Peg asks Bud and Kelly what they can still use against Al. They both turn and look at her, causing her to ask the question. [[spoiler:Al is notorious for not wanting to have sex with Peg.]]
* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E05TheMagicVoyageOfSinbad The Magic Voyage of Sinbad]]'', Sinbad and his crew are being tossed in a storm and decide the only way they can appease Poseidon (whom Sinbad has angered) is with a sacrifice.
-->'''Servo:''' ''[as Sinbad]'' Why's everyone looking at me?

* {{Lampshaded}} in ''Series/{{Community}}''.
-->'''Britta:''' There's only one solution. Someone has to go to Chang and talk to him.\\
'''Annie:''' I vote we all look at Jeff at the same time. ''[they do]''\\
'''Jeff:''' ''[not paying attention]'' In a way, all of you are right... Okay, what was I tuning out?
* Double example in the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Bride of Chaotica!" Tom Paris explains that, due to the latest round of holodeck issues, somebody has to go into the ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''-esque ''Captain Proton'' holoprogram and take on the role of seductive villainess Queen Arachnia. Everyone in the room looks at a nonplussed Seven of Nine... except Paris, who's looking straight at Janeway. Janeway's amusement with this idea fades immediately.
* On ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Elaine asks this question to an emotionally wrecked Jerry.

* The ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode where the women mysteriously disappear. The Professor thinks doing Gilligan up in drag to be bait for whoever is kidnapping the ladies is a good idea. Gilligan protests as the other men eye him:
-->'''Gilligan:''' I'm not gonna dress up like a girl and you can't make me! ''[GilliganCut to him in drag]'' You can't make me, you can't make me!
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Jonas}}'', the gang tries to figure out how to get rid of Joe's {{Stalker With A Crush}}. When Macy suggests starting a new rumor about Joe having a new girlfriend, she and the brother all look at Stella (Joe's {{Love Interest}}). Stella protests
-->'''Stella:'''Oh no! No! No! No!
* In the ''Series/{{Leonardo}}'' episode "A Wing and a Prayer", Lorenzo is nattering on about the expensive falcon his dad just bought, and isn't really listening to Leo lamenting that he can't get his glider to work without a proper look at real wings. Then he realizes Leo is looking at him...

* Occurs twice in an episode of ''Series/{{Cory in The House}}''. Cory gets the idea to use Sophie to get money from tourists to afford a ski trip, at which point he Newt and Meena all give her that look. Then when Sophie quits, Cory and Newt decide to use Meena as a replacement and give her the same look.
* On an episode of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', a young woman who worked at a fan convention is murdered, and the team decides they need someone to go undercover at the convention. All of a sudden, Colin Fisher starts singing along to a Music/BrightEyes song that he's listening to, and the others look at him.
-->'''Fisher:''' What's wrong now?
* In the ''Series/EnemyAtTheDoor'' episode "No Quarter Given", two inhabitants of German-occupied Guernsey (a businessman who has had his house and business confiscated by the Germans and a fisherman who's struggling to man his boat after his offsider was jailed for publicly questioning Hitler's sanity) are drowning their sorrows with a sympathetic German NCO (who is in the sights of the SS, who regard him as being too sympathetic to the locals). The businessman asks the fisherman if he's ever considered making a break for England, and the fisherman replies that he has done so, frequently, but he's not allowed to take the boat out without a German soldier on board. Their gazes turn to the German, who looks from one to the other, then remarks that he wouldn't say no to a day's fishing.
* Series/{{CSI}}: Subverted in the episode "Lab Rats". Two of the Rats (Wendy and Henry) are describing the serial killer they're trying to get clues toward catching. Henry describes the killer as "an obsessive, meticulous, dark-ass misanthrope who seeks recognition for his efforts". While this is happening, [[SmallNameBigEgo Hodges]] is carefully arranging his snacks in front of him, apparently not paying attention. Wendy and Henry then turn to look at Hodges. Instead of the expected reaction (this trope), Hodges doesn't even look up, retorting "When would I find the time (to kill those people)? I'm always here."
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "52 Pickup": The BAU realize that the killer's MO has changed due to being influenced by a ''very'' cheesy pickup artist, and in order to fully understand what caused it they'll need to understand the artist better.
-->'''Morgan:''' You need to bait him then with somebody he sees as a challenge.
-->'''Reid:''' We need to study his style up close and personal, it's gonna take someone he's already attracted to.
-->'''Prentiss:''' ''(realizes they're all looking at her)'' ...Aw, ugh [[ThisIsGonnaSuck this is really gonna suck]].

* In order to successfully [[HeelFaceBrainwashing change a corrupt artist's heart]] in ''VideoGame/Persona5'', the Phantom Thieves need to get into Madarame's shack. Unfortunately, Madarame's abused but loyal apprentice Yusuke holds a grudge against the boys and has threatened to have them arrested for trespassing. However, Yusuke also desires to use [[MsFanservice Ann]] as a [[ItsNotPornItsArt nude model]] for his next painting. The Phantom Thieves get the idea to use her to get inside the shack by agreeing to model for Yusuke. Before filling her in on this, they initially lay on some heavy suggestion. Ann's reaction to this is a FlatWhat until they spell it out for her.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', Ralph [[https://www.kevinandkell.com/2001/kk1218.html finds out]] that being late for meetings is unwise, because this [[GotVolunteered got him picked]] to play Santa.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Bumblebee tends to play the bait a lot, and eventually comes out with this:
-->'''Bumblebee:''' Why's everyone looking at me?... Why's everyone always looking at me?
* {{Averted}} on ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. The team concludes that Franchise/{{Batman}} would have tried every logical means to find [[MadScientist T.O. Morrow]], so they need to think outside the box with an idea [[CrazyEnoughToWork stupid enough to give them a lead]]. Everyone turns to Wally. He doesn't seem surprised.
-->'''Wally:''' Well, as a matter of fact...

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Having secretly released Mr Burns's [[CaligulasHorse canary scapegoat]] (yes, really), Homer tells him the plant is undergoing a surprise inspection. Burns starts wracking his brains for a suitable patsy, with Homer repeatedly popping up in front of him and going "Hello!"
-->'''Burns:''' This moon-faced simpleton is continually interrupting my search for a patsy, why do.... Hello!\\
'''Homer:''' Why are you looking at me like that?
* Done in the ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'' episode "Kennel Kittens Return": After it is suggested one of the team disguises themselves as a cat, the chihuahua Squirt asks who among them could make a believable cat. Cue the line...
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' episode "House of Crime", Professor von Drake says that the suspect holds a grudge. Donald, still angry from a previous scene and arguing about how he absolutely doesn't get mad easily, hears this and throws in that he doesn't have a grudge. Everyone gives him a dirty look, making him ask "What?". GilliganCut to him locked in the elevator. [[spoiler:Turns out he's innocent.]]
* The WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle cartoon ''Blind Date'' has the news of a millionaire offering a reward for the return of his long lost girlfriend. Heckle envisions Jeckle dressed up as said girlfriend, and then Jeckle gets worried when he sees Heckle looking at him and eyes spinning like a slot machine, each [[WingdingEyes stopping on a "$" sign.]]
-->'''Jeckle:''' Oh, no you don't, old feather head! No you don't!

* In ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'', when Fishlegs suggests using dragon-root to lure a Whispering Death away from Berk, Snotlout reminds him that dragon-root acts as catnip to dragons. Fishlegs then comments that Boulder-class dragons like his Gronkle Meatlug are immune to dragon-root, and the other riders start staring at him intently.
-->'''Fishlegs:''' [[ExplainExplainOhCrap And]] [[SayingTooMuch I've said too much...]]

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub'', Dotty (who is not allowed on the group's missions since she's only 13) gives Woofer and Wimper this look when she comes up with idea to join the group using the two dogs.
-->'''Woofer:''' Uh oh. The kid's got that look in her eyes.\\
'''Wimper:''' Yeah. Last time we got the blame for it.