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6	%%->'''Nappa:''' Vegeta! What does the scouter say about his power level?!\
7	%%'''Vegeta:''' It's... [[note]]OVER NINE THOUSAND!![[/note]]one thousand and six.\
8	%%'''Nappa:''' ... R-Really?\
9	%%'''Vegeta:''' Yup. Kick his ass, Nappa!\
10	%%'''Nappa:''' YAY!!
11	%%-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
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13	A form of BaitAndSwitch where a scene appears to be a homage to a scene from another work, or even a work of the same series, only to completely subvert itself for shock or humor. By its nature, it can also double as either a CallBack or ShoutOut.
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15	This is often employed in [[{{Parody}} parodies]] and [[TheAbridgedSeries abridged works]], making fun of scenes from the original work. It can remove all seriousness from the referenced scene, or add seriousness if you're going for a more dramatic effect.
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17	For this trope to work, at least to the best results, the leading up to the bait and switch should stay seemingly faithful to how the original scene plays out, with the switch being the payoff for following along. This often results in MoodWhiplash.
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19	Often overlaps with DeconstructiveParody due to often breaking down the tropes at play in the scene for laughs.
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21	Compare NotHisSled, when it's an adaptation that does this rather than another work making a ShoutOut.
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23	Contrast with WholePlotReference which copies another story's plot beat by beat.
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26	!!Examples:
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30	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
31	* In ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}! Yume Kira Dream'' episode 9, Himespetchi imagines herself on a large boat with Mametchi, copying the "I'm flying" scene from ''Film/Titanic1997''. Unlike the actual ''Titanic'' events, however, Mametchi is able to steer the ship away from the iceberg before it can hit it.
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34	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
35	* A series of trailers for ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' featured famous Disney moments (the dance in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Simba's presentation in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', and "A Whole New World" in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'') that played out as normal until Stitch shows up and sent them off the rails.
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38	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
39	* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' has a CallBack (technically a CallForward, since this movie takes place before ''Raiders'') to one of [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk the first movie's]] scenes, where Indy is confronted by a swordsman and he just shoots him dead. This time, he's faced with two swordsmen. Indy smirks and reaches for his gun... and realizes he doesn't have one anymore because [[TheMillstone Willie lost it back in Shanghai]].
40	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Cap finds out that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been infiltrated by Hydra and, in one iconic scene, finds himself in an elevator full of Hydra agents. Of course this ends in a badass fight scene where Cap beats up everyone in the elevator and escapes. In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Cap goes back in time to before ''Winter Soldier'' on a mission to retrieve [[MacGuffin Loki's Scepter]]. He tracks it down to an elevator, where it's in possession of the same Hydra agents from before. At first it seems like the fight will play out like before until Cap confidently declares [[FakeDefector "Hail HYDRA"]] and takes the scepter away without incident.
41	* ''Film/{{Nope}}'': After chimpanzee Gordy attacks and mauls the other members of the cast of ''Gordy's Home'', he spots child actor Jupe hiding behind a table, looking at him through a tablecloth. Perhaps because Jupe is not looking Gordy directly in the eyes, the chimp doesn't attack him but extends a fist at him through the cloth to offer him a fist bump, which was an in-universe SignatureScene. It's also a CallBack to an iconic image from ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' where Elliot and E.T. touch fingers. However, when Jupe and Gordy's fist touch, the chimp is shot dead.
42	* ''Film/SeedOfChucky'': In the climax of the film, Chucky goes after Glen, Tiffany, and Creator/JenniferTilly in the hospital. He slashes a hole in the wall with an axe, puts his face in it, and is about to say "Here's Johnny" from ''Film/TheShining''. All he said was "I can't think of a thing to say. Fuck it!"
43	* ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/TheLastJedi'' manages a double whammy. Kylo Ren brings Rey before Supreme Leader Snoke, paralleling ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'''s confrontation between Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and Emperor Palpatine. Just like Darth Vader before him, Kylo Ren saves the young Jedi (Rey) by turning against his master (Snoke) at the last second. [[spoiler:But while Vader made a genuine HeelFaceTurn and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath died of his injuries shortly after]], Kylo is uninjured and [[RedemptionRejection rejects Rey's offer to return to the Light Side]]. Instead, Kylo tries to tempt Rey into joining the Dark Side and [[WeCanRuleTogether ruling at his side]], which turns into a parallel of Vader and Luke's clash (and the reveal of Luke's true parentage) from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. But while Vader demoralized Luke by [[LukeIAmYourFather revealing that he was Luke's father]], Kylo demoralizes Rey by revealing that her parents were absolutely nobody important.]] [[labelnote:Spoilers for ''Star Wars Episode IX'']]Although ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' would later undermine that second point, {{retcon}}ning that Rey's actually the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine, and that Kylo Ren's description of her parents as "nobodies" was only MetaphoricallyTrue.[[/labelnote]]
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46	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
47	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'':
48	** The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6LpKOJVf0 Farewell Mr. Bunting]]" sketch parodies the heartwarming ending of ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'', where the students stand up on their desks one by one in support of their recently {{fired teacher}}. Things take a turn for the morbid when one student stands too close to the [[DeadlyRotaryFan ceiling fan]], rendering the scene BloodyHilarious.
49	** Similarly, another sketch subverts the ending of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' with Scrooge (Creator/MartinShort) asking a young boy to buy a goose for the Cratchit family, but [[EyeScream accidentally tossing the coins into their eyes]], shocking the Ghost of Christmas Present (Creator/SteveMartin) when he shows up to see how he's doing.
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52	[[folder:Music Videos]]
53	* "Manijak" by the Serbian music group "Moda Band" is a deliberate homage and WholePlotReference to Music/{{Miserable}} by Music/{{Lit}} with the band singing for a GiantWoman while she lets them [[ColossusClimb explore her body.]] Towards the end of the video, the woman picks up one of the guys, who reacts with shock. It seems like they are about to re-enact Miserable's [[EatenAlive infamous]] [[EverybodyDiesEnding ending]], but instead she just puts him and his bandmates one by one into a little heart-shaped box and closes the lid, clearly wanting to keep them as her little musicians forever instead of devouring them. Making this a rare homage derailment with a ''happier'' alternate ending than the original (at least for those on the band's side).
54	* Related to the "Manijak" example, the video it was homaging was in itself a homage. Music/{{Miserable}} was inspired as a homage to Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman. However that movie didn't end with Nancy [[spoiler: eating a bunch of people.]]
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57	[[folder:Radio]]
58	* "The Game", a sketch on ''Saturday Night Fry'', presents itself as a ''Series/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'' homage, with the retired spy protagonist being called back to duty to save a troubled secret service. The punchline is that the organisation the characters actually work for [[BitingTheHandHumor is the BBC]].
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61	[[folder:Theatre]]
62	* ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'':
63	** Inverted in the dragon selection scene -- when the tournament champions have to choose the dragons they will be facing, every other contestant gets a harmless cartoon dragon, like Film/TheReluctantDragon or [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment the Imaginary Dragon]], but Harry ''still'' manages to get the terrifying Hungarian Horntail.
64	** When Harry has to face the Hungarian Horntail, he stands in the middle of the field, raises his wand, and uses the ''Accio'' spell, just as the original Harry did in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''... but instead of his broomstick, he summoned a guitar to serenade the dragon into submission.
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67	[[folder:Video Games]]
68	* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind''[='s=] ''Bloodmoon'' expansion, the Bjorn ice cave has a skeleton stuck hanging upside down from the ceiling with a sword out of reach below. Unlike Luke in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', who used the force to retrieve his lightsaber and escape, this unlucky adventurer could not.
69	* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' has [[spoiler:Eyedol]]'s own ending, which homages Blanka's ending in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. In said ending, [[spoiler:Blanka's mother recognizes him and they reunite, the reunion itself being a heartwarming moment that also reveals Blanka's history origins]]. By contrast, [[spoiler:Eyedol meets a human who claims to be his mother and everything lines up to be a homage... until Eyedol kills her]].
70	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'': Snake and Liquid Ocelot recreate [[LateArrivalSpoiler Liquid's iconic death scene from the first]] ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid MGS]]'', only for Liquid to reveal it's all just a big fake-out.
71	-->'''Liquid:''' FOX!....\
72	'''Snake:''' --DIE....\
73	''[beat]''\
74	'''Liquid:''' Just kidding!
75	* ''VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil'': During her path, Marisa asks Remilia how many humans she's sucked blood from, only for Remilia to respond by [[ButForMeItWasTuesday asking how many slices of bread Marisa's eaten in her life]], mimicking a similar exchange between William Zeppeli and Dio Brando in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood''. This quickly gets turned on its head when Marisa responds, "Thirteen. I prefer Japanese food."
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78	[[folder:Web Animation]]
79	* ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'': The very nature of the series, making fun of and parodying movie endings, lends very well to this form of subversion.
80	** ''The Wizard of Oz'': The Wicked Witch is suddenly and unceremoniously killed almost right at the start of the film during her [[AndYourLittleDogToo famous line delivery]] to Dorothy.
81	--->'''Witch:''' I'll get you, my pretty, [[KilledMidSentence and your little dog t]]--!\
82	''[[[BoomHeadshot gets shot in the head]]]''\
83	'''Town Soldier:''' Woah, you just killed her! How is it so?!
84	** ''Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'': One of the first action sequences from the film, where Indy survives a nuclear test launch by hiding in a fridge, gets completely subverted when he comes out of the fridge burnt and horrifically mangled. BlackComedy at its finest.
85	--->'''Indy:''' I think I broke every bone in my BODY!!!
86	* In season fifteen of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', after reporter Dylan Andrews finally tracks down the planet the Red and Blues have been hiding on, there is an encounter between her and Caboose that homages the ending of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' that abruptly ends when Caboose freaks out at her appearance and falls off the cliff.
87	* ''WebAnimation/TeamServiceAnnouncement'': "Pocket Medic" plays out at first like a loose homage to "[[WebAnimation/TeamFortress2 Meet the Medic]]"[[note]]the original showcasing the Medic's ability to heal injured teammates and help them win the game[[/note]], including having all the same classes present as the original. Except this time, the Medic completely ignores all his injured teammates and instead rushes into battle with a Heavy, only for both to get blown up in seconds. The point illustrated is that Medics need to be there to help everyone, not focus on a single teammate the whole game.
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90	[[folder:Webcomics]]
91	* In ''Webcomic/CoolAndNewWebComic'', Dadd causes the ectobiology that creates the player characters in place of John in the uncorrupted timeline. o, the narrator, expects him to reenact [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1931 [S] John: Reunite with your loving wife and daughter.]] (itself a parody of the end of ''Film/ConAir'') with the babies, but Dadd's unresponsiveness and lack of knowledge of ''Con Air'' frustrates o instead.
92	* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': The early arc ''Thematic Arc of Questionable Quality'' featured a trilogy of homages to ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', most of which ran smoothly. The exception is [[https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2008/10/08/philosophical-quandaries-must-wait/ 'Philosophical Quandries Must Wait']], which prevented the classic 'riding a wagon down a hill' gag by reason of Babylon Gardens not having any hills steep enough to ride down.
93	* ''Webcomic/MeganKearneysBeautyAndTheBeast'': There is a scene where Beast and Beauty are both dressed up and he takes her to a huge ballroom. One would expect that they would replay the famous DanceOfRomance of the Disney film and Beauty even lampshades that, but Beast deconstructs it all in a humorous tone.
94	-->'''Beauty:''' Are you taking me to dance, Milord?\
95	'''Beast:''' Ha! Would that I could! Walking upright is enough of a challenge for me, thank you.
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98	[[folder:Web Videos]]
99	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': The series milks a lot of humor out of subverting classic moments from ''Manga/DragonBallZ''.
100	** Vegeta's famous scouter scene[[note]]"IT'S OVER 9000!!!"[[/note]] plays straight up until he drops the line about Goku's power level, mistaking Goku as a much weaker opponent, which makes the whole moment an anticlimax to the original. Nappa then hilariously gets his ass handed to him rushing Goku, only for Vegeta to realize the reading on his scouter was wrong.
101	--->'''Vegeta:''' Wait a minute! Nappa!!\
102	'''Nappa:''' ''[beaten]'' WHAT?!!...\
103	'''Vegeta:''' My scouter was upside down; it's over nine thousand! ''[crushes scouter nonchalantly]'' Rah...
104	** The series makes a RunningGag out of shutting down filler arcs before they can happen, often by killing the characters involved. For example: Garlic Jr. shows up briefly to signify the beginning of his arc, only for him and his goons to be horrifically consumed by [[HumanoidAbomination Mr. Popo]], thus letting the showrunners skip the arc entirely.
105	* WebVideo/PartyCrashers: During a round of Animation in their second ''Gartic Phone'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YOkSJdZEzg video]], Sophist decides to recreate a moment from their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VMniPDc8qg first collaboration]] with [[https://www.youtube.com/@MagicTheNoah Magic the Noah]], where he casts Thunder Spell on a little girl, with Nick continuing it in his drawing. Brent on the the other hand decides to derail it by having the little girl [[AttackReflector deflect the attack with a shield]], with Vernias then finishing it off with the reflected spell [[HoistByHisOwnPetard killing Sophist instead]].
106	* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'': The scene of Kayaba revealing how he no longer remembers his motive from the original is at first played straight... until [[TakeThat Kirito points out how stupid it actually is]], [[spoiler:to which Kayaba reveals he's just playing with him.]]
107	-->'''Kayaba:''' You know, it's funny... I don't even remember anymore...\
108	'''Kirito:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Are you FUCKING SERIOUS?!]]\
109	'''Kayaba:''' Haha! Oh my god, no! Could you imagine? Two years and ''that's what I give you?!'' MAN, that'd be unsatisfying!
110	* ''WebVideo/XInXMinutes'':
111	** ''Phantom Blood in 5½ Minutes'': The memetic "How Many Breads" scene from at the original is made fun of, being framed as Dio [[{{Blooper}} flubbing his lines in the script]].
112	--->'''Jonathan:''' Dio! How many souls have you consumed!!?\
113	'''Dio:''' [[ButForMeItWasTuesday How many]] ''[[ButForMeItWasTuesday breads]]'' [[ButForMeItWasTuesday have you eaten in your life?]]\
114	'''Jonathan:''' I-- [[DoubleTake Hold on, What?...]]\
115	'''Dio:''' Oh god -- oh, how embarrassing -- you know, I was gonna say "how much bread". But then I thought "how many slices" of bread, then just "how many breads". [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Heh, kinda funny, right?]]\
116	'''Jonathan:''' Oh yeah! No, don't worry about it; I do it all the time.
117	** ''My Hero Academia in 5 Minutes:'' The iconic moment of Midoriya asking for All Might's opinion on the former becoming a hero is subverted.[[note]]All Might is supposed to say no, leading to a HeroicBSOD for Midoriya[[/note]]
118	--->'''Midoriya:''' All-Might, is there any way I could be a superhero? Even though I don't have quirk?![[note]]All Might is supposed to say no[[/note]]\
119	'''All Might:''' Yes.\
120	'''Midoriya:''' Wait, really?
121	** ''Stardust Crusaders [Part 2] In 9 Minutes'':
122	*** DIO and Jotaro play out the moment from the original where they slowly approach each other to do battle, only this time DIO cuts off Jotaro before he finishes his line.
123	---->'''DIO:''' Oh? You're approaching me? Instead of running away, you're coming right to me!\
124	'''Jotaro:''' I have to move closer if I'm gonna kick your--\
125	''[[[FlechetteStorm DIO tosses a bunch of knives into Jotaro]]]''\
126	'''Jotaro:''' -- ass... ''[collapses]''
127	*** Like the original final battle, DIO closes in on Jotaro to finish him off, which is supposed to be followed up by their final clash and DIO's death. [[spoiler:Before ''any of that'' can happen, '''Iggy''' jumps out of nowhere onto DIO's face and [[{{Fartillery}} farts on him]]. A few seconds later, [[YouAreAlreadyDead DIO's head explodes]].]]
128	---->'''DIO:''' ....[[FlatWhat What?]]--\
129	''[[[YourHeadAsplode Explodes]]]''
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132	[[folder:Western Animation]]
133	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Stan recreates the famous gun barrel shot standard to Bond films and then gets shot for real, expressing shock that it was a gun, as he always thought it was an eyeball.
134	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
135	** There is an infamous scene where Peter dives into a "sea" of golden coins like [=Scrooge McDuck=]. Instead of swimming, he crashes on the metal, getting all injured and with an exposed fracture in his leg.
136	--->'''Peter:''' AAAAAAH! It's not a liquid! It's a great many pieces of solid matter that form a solid floor-like surface! Aaaaaah!
137	** One gag presents a typical ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon of Elmer hunting Bugs. After the duo deliver their respective catchphrases, Elmer successfully shoots Bugs in the stomach, causing him to gasp in shock and pain until Elmer breaks his neck.
138	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': The third and final segment of "Anthology of Interest II" is a WholePlotReference to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', with Leela and the Planet Express crew as stand-ins for Dorothy and the film cast. At the very end though, where Leela's supposed to wish to go home, she instead wishes to become the new Wicked Witch and turns the rest of the cast into toads (until Zoidberg [[UndignifiedDeath splashes her with overflown toilet water and she melts]]).
139	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
140	** ''Treehouse of Horror'':
141	*** The "Treehouse of Horror III" segment "King Homer", a parody of ''Film/KingKong'', re-creates the scene of the ape (this time played by Homer) climbing the Empire State Building with Marge in hand... And then he gives up a couple of stories up after getting too winded. Marge points out he should eat more vegetables and [[ImAHumanitarian fewer people]].
142	*** In the "Treehouse of Horror V" segment "The Shinning", a parody of ''Film/TheShining'', Marge sees Homer has written something on a typewriter. Though instead of "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" like Jack Torrance wrote, it simply says "Feelin' fine", which allays Marge's fears. That is, till the lightning flashes, revealing Homer had written "No TV and no beer make Homer go crazy" all over the walls.
143	*** In the "Treehouse of Horror XII" segment "Night of the Dolphin", Lisa frees a dolphin from a Sea World knock-off, in the process, recreating the moment from ''Film/FreeWilly'' of the whale leaping over the boy. Only in this one, Lisa's face gets smacked by the tail.
144	** "When You Dish Upon a Star" opens with a ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' parody, with Homer and Bart as Yogi and Boo Boo, respectively, in the act of picnic basket theft. When confronted by Ned Flanders as Ranger Smith, Homer straight-up mauls him like a real bear would.
145	** The ''Film/FreeWilly'' leap is also parodied on "The Boy Who Knew Too Much". Homer is watching the director's cut on HBO, where Willy falls on top of the kid and crushes him.
146	** In "The Frying Game", Homer is getting sentenced to death, and as he's being taken to the electric chair, he passes by a prisoner that resembles John Coffey from ''Film/TheGreenMile'', who says "Give me your hands, boss...". Homer obliges, but instead of healing him, Coffey starts strangling him, yelling "I'll kill you! I killed them other people! I'm gonna kill you, too!". After the guards break up the encounter, Coffey looks at his pet mouse, asking "You want some cornbread, Mr. Jingles? Well, you can forget it, because I'm gonna kill you, too!".
147	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode ''[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS4E8PinstripesAndPoltergeists Pinstripes and Poltergeists]]'', Henchman 21, still a [[PopCulturedBadass pop-culture nerd]] despite his [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]], dresses in a Jedi robe to confront episode villain Monstroso who attempted to double cross 21's boss, the Monarch. The exchange goes down almost exactly like Luke confronting Jabba in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', complete with 21 attempting a JediMindTrick. It fails, just like in the movie, however, just as Monstroso tries to summon his henchmen and attack 21, new ally [[OneManArmy Brock Samson]] enters the room. The fight happens offscreen during the credits, but considering that Brock is shown [[BloodSplatteredWarrior splatted with blood]] eating breakfast the next morning, the pair soundly defeated Monstroso, unlike the movie.
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