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| 7 | [[caption-width-right:322:[[ThisIsGonnaSuck WELP! There goes HIS weekend.]]]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | -> '''Steven:''' Well, everyone else managed to get off the ship, so where were you?\ |
| 10 | '''Lars:''' I ''ran'' and ''hid'', Steven, like any ''sensible'' person would... do... if they wanted to get trapped on a ship. Oh. |
| 11 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Stuck Together" |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Bob has the situation under control, and is [[AsYouKnow explaining it to his partner, Alice]]. While he initially thought everything was fine and going to plan, it's only once he stops to think about it and hears himself say it aloud that [[OhCrap he realizes how much trouble he and Alice are really in]]. |
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| 15 | Essentially, a case of in-universe FridgeLogic (or FridgeHorror) catching up to the characters, can be {{played for laughs}} or [[PlayedForDrama drama]]. Can be triggered by the listening party's LetMeGetThisStraight putting a new perspective on Bob's explanation. |
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| 17 | The OhCrap can also be simply that there ''really is'' NoTimeToExplain. Some situations go further with this, having the feared event happen directly after it's realized, which is a case of FiveSecondForeshadowing. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | The PlaceboEurekaMoment is an inverse, in which the act of explaining leads to a solution rather just than a realization that there's a problem. Not to be confused with ICanExplain or NotHelpingYourCase. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Compare PunchPunchPunchUhOh, YouAnsweredYourOwnQuestion, DelayedOhCrap (when the character doesn't realize how screwed they are until after they're ''done'' explaining), DiggingYourselfDeeper (when a character's already in trouble and doesn't realise they're giving away more than they should until it's too late, upon which this trope swiftly applies), INeverSaidItWasPoison (when the realization is that there's something previously told by another character that doesn't fit the facts ''or'' make them fit all of a sudden), and StoppedDeadInTheirTracks (when this trope can result in a stunned stop reaction in another character). |
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| 23 | !!Examples: |
| 24 | [[index]] |
| 25 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap/AnimeAndManga |
| 26 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap/FanWorks |
| 27 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap/{{Film}} |
| 28 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap/LiveActionTV |
| 29 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap/VideoGames |
| 30 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap/WesternAnimation |
| 31 | [[/index]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 36 | * ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': In episode 3 of ''Great War in the Bizarre World'', when the Queen explains that Darton leaves a mark on all who are under his control, she caps it off saying it's hard to explain. Then an X-circle mark appears on her belly, and Slowy asks if that's the mark he leaves. The Queen says yes, and it takes a DoubleTake for her to realize what just happened; she's corrupted shortly afterwards. |
| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Board Games]] |
| 40 | * In TabletopGame/{{Chess}}, one of the methods for dealing with a speculative sacrifice by an opponent is known as the ''show me'' method. If you can't see the point of the sacrifice, or even if you do see the point but don't think it will be all that effective, the recommended course of action is to accept it and continue playing natural moves, daring the opponent to show you their idea. Sometimes this works and the sacrifice fails. When it succeeds, however, you end up with this trope. |
| 41 | [[/folder]] |
| 42 | |
| 43 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 44 | * Creator/RonWhite has a bit where he mocks homophobia and explains that [[EveryoneIsBi "We're all gay,]] it's just to what ''extent'' are you gay." |
| 45 | -->[My friend] said, "Man, that's bullshit! I ain't gay at all!"\ |
| 46 | I said, "Yes you are, and I can prove it."\ |
| 47 | He said, "Fine. Prove it."\ |
| 48 | I said, "Well, you like porn, don'tcha?"\ |
| 49 | He said, "Of course I like porn!"\ |
| 50 | I said, "Well, do you only watch scenes [[GirlOnGirlIsHot with two women together?"]]\ |
| 51 | He said, "Naw, I'll watch a man and a woman makin' love."\ |
| 52 | I said, "Then I guess you prefer it if the guy has [[TeenyWeenie a tiny, half-flaccid penis]], right?"\ |
| 53 | He said, "Naw man, I like [[BiggerIsBetterInBed big, hard, throbbin']] co-" (''extended JawDrop'') "...I did not know that about myself." |
| 54 | * Josh Wolf's son [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8glhvJR4zQ explains to him]] how "the cloud" works. [[ItMakesSenseInContext For Context]], said son sent someone a picture of his dick. |
| 55 | -->"Okay, Dad: You take a picture on your phone, and it goes to the iPad."\ |
| 56 | I'm like, "What else?"\ |
| 57 | "Mom takes a picture on her phone, and it goes to the iPad."\ |
| 58 | I'm like, "What else?"\ |
| 59 | "I [[DirtyKid take a picture on my phone]], and ''oh no."'' |
| 60 | * The French comedy trio Creator/LesInconnus has a sketch about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EptjzSi6Q9s an ad agency]] managing a politician's election campaign. The man's name is Headdick (Dugland, a plausible name, but also an insulting term similar to "jackass") so they decide to appeal to the younger voters by using verlan (French slang that reverses syllable order), which would give... [[note]]Glandu, roughly the same meaning as Dickhead[[/note]] |
| 61 | -->"Forget it?" |
| 62 | -->"Yeah." |
| 63 | ::They decide to look for a more suitable name in the man's family tree, settling on Beauregard (equivalent to "beautiful eyes"). Then they see a poster of the ComicallyCrossEyed candidate, and consider going back to the original plan. |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 67 | * Played for laughs in the Garth Ennis-written ''Adventures of the Rifle Brigade.'' Captured by the Nazis, Lieutenant Cecil asks Captain Darcy just what the mission was in the first place. Darcy is confused as Cecil was the one who called to set it up. It turns out Cecil had called to say "it's on," meaning a stag party for a friend but Darcy misunderstood. |
| 68 | -->'''Darcy:''' I say... so when I phoned back to tell you it was all arranged and the Berlin Express left at seven, you assumed an op had come up and we'd have to skip the party. Which means...\ |
| 69 | '''Cecil:''' Yes, sir. We've gone a commando raid by mistake. |
| 70 | ::Fortunately their captor gloatingly mocks their attempts to raid a factory vital to the Third Reich's war efforts, accidentally giving them an objective. |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/Batman66'': Professor Overbeck while explaining why he doesn't think his brain regulator "could have been used to make a whole group of people... hysterical". |
| 72 | -->'''Professor Overbeck:''' One would have to connect it to a broadcast antenna like the kind I use for transmitting long dis... [=GOTT IN HIMMEL!=] [[FailedASpotCheck Mein antenna is gone!]] |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}'': In a 2004 storyline of ''ComicBook/Outsiders2003'', the team learns that Bruce Wayne is financing them. Arsenal then reveals that Batman has been his secret source of info since the team started. Nightwing confronts Batman about the funding, the pair soon coming to an understanding. Nightwing thanks Batman for the info...and Batman says he has no idea what he's talking about as he hasn't spoken to Arsenal in a year. Nightwing contacts Arsenal, who's on a rooftop with a cloaked and masked figure in shadow. Arsenal tells Nightwing about Batman being difficult, only for Nightwing to tell him he's literally standing next to Batman in the Batcave. Before Arsenal can react, he's taken down by "Batman," who peels off the mask to reveal he's been Deathstroke all along. Arsenal demands to know why Deathstroke would be giving the Outsiders information that took down a bunch of villains only to stop as it hits him Deathstroke was just using the Outsiders to eliminate some competition. |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/MarvelTeamUp'': One issue has ComicBook/SpiderMan attack the Human Torch because he thinks the Fantastic Four have just tried to attack him. Johnny points out this isn't possible, since the rest of the FF are elsewhere doing their own things, and more to the point have no reason to attack Spidey (something he really ''should'' know). So the only explanation is that someone else with all their powers could have done that... at which point Johnny stops explaining and hurries back to the Baxter Building, where the Super-Skrull has escaped from [[SealedEvilInACan the Can he'd been stuck in]]. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': In issue #101, King Danu, leader of the [[spoiler:Knights of Order]], declares to Twilight Sparkle that he intends to destroy anyone who has had contact with the Elements of Harmony. When Twilight regroups with her friends later, they try to figure out who that might include besides themselves. Mage Meadowbrook and Spike's comments cause the ponies to realize the next targets are ''[[WouldHurtAChild the students]]'', who had extensive contact with the Tree of Harmony at Twilight's school. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/NewAvengers2015'': Monica Rappaccini and Andrew Forson, former leaders of AIM, crash the funeral of Roberto Da Costa, using a specialized time-bubble. Forson notes that the only way to shield one's self from the time-bubble's effects would be in some sort of specially pre-prepared equipment which his scanners couldn't pick up, like if, say, they were hidden behind adamantium shielding... such as the adamantium in Da Costa's coffin. Surprise! It's a trap. |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'': In the penultimate issue, before departing from a parlay he invited them to in the desert, Snow claims that he's about to kill Dowling and Suskind. The two villains note that for all of his bravado, Snow has only ever known one thing that they didn't know themselves. Then they remember what that one thing ''is'', namely [[spoiler:the location of an alien spaceship hidden beneath Earth's surface. Snow has just tricked them into standing on top of that ship and has it blast off, killing them.]] |
| 78 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 79 | ** In issue 247 of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', after yet another building in New Mobotropolis collapses due to something interfering with the [[{{Nanomachines}} nanites]], Cream, after finding the Tails Doll, chews it out over its tendency to disappear... and in mid-sentence, recalls that its previous disappearances have corresponded with the other instances of buildings unexpectedly going unstable, and deduces that the doll itself is responsible. Her [[OhCrap expression]] when this dawns on her says it all. |
| 80 | --->'''Cream:''' Bad dolly! I'm trying to take care of you and find your owner, and you keep disappearing! ...Like at the Forget-Me-Knots concert. And this is just like what happened at the civic center... |
| 81 | ** A perfect example can be found in issue 8 of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'', where after breaking through one of Dr. Eggman's bases and taking out some straggler robots, Sonic and Silver get some less than favorable info from one of the computers. |
| 82 | --->'''Silver:''' It's almost like Neo Metal Sonic isn't hiding what he's doing any - OH, CRAP! |
| 83 | * ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'': Issue #12 has Lois write a journal of progress being made in curing Superman of a lethal Kryptonian virus, becoming shocked when she's writing while on a plane and realizes what she's describing. |
| 84 | -->'''Lois' Journal:''' I gaze out my window at the receding farmlands, the setting sun and the gleaming silver missile headed towards us. It's such a beautiful country from above that--\ |
| 85 | '''Lois:''' MISSILE?! |
| 86 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': When District Attorney Adrian Chase is going after a tough mob, [[TemptingFate he brushes off Robin's concerns]] before returning home, where his wife tells him about the toy clown his uncle Arthur sent their son for his birthday. |
| 87 | -->'''Chase:''' Uncle Arthur? My God, Doris---I don't ''have'' an Uncle--- ''(cue massive explosion)'' |
| 88 | * ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': While making their way through what they believe to be the future Lost Light, Skids and company come across Minimus Ambus' body and the Magnus Armor. Skids notes that the former had his hand cut off to prevent him from using his emergency teleport while the latter has been destroyed by a fusion cannon, aka Megatron's [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]]. Megatron's attempts to defend himself end up steering him right into this trope. |
| 89 | -->'''Megatron:''' Whoever killed Magnus knew about the teleport in his hand. I didn't even know there was a "Minimus Ambus" until... until... [-[[StableTimeLoop Until you just told me.]]-] |
| 90 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'' #20, the X-Men are thrown when they hear their attempt to vaccinate against a mutant "cure" has led to dozens of human children getting sick and more are occurring. Captain America confronts them with the X-Men, saying they can handle this, having been dealing with Cap for several weeks on other matters, such as handing over mutant prisoners to turn over to the government and ensuring the X-Men are able to operate without oversight. Only for his reaction to make them realize [[ComicBook/{{Mystique}} the person they've been meeting]] hasn't been Cap... |
| 91 | -->'''Moonstar''': Your help and trust over the last few weeks has proven invaluable, and we ask you to trust us once more--\ |
| 92 | '''Captain America''': What are you talking about, Danielle?\ |
| 93 | '''Moonstar''': Taking the prisoners...? Your meetings with Scott...?\ |
| 94 | '''Captain America''': I haven't spoken with Summers since that rally at Empire State. And if I'd known then what you all were capable of, I would never have let him walk away.\ |
| 95 | '''Moonstar''': You came to Harry's Hideaway...\ |
| 96 | '''Captain America''': I don't know any Harry, but you should all know the Avengers are going to take---\ |
| 97 | '''Cyclops''': Magik, grab Nemesis and get us home now! |
| 98 | * In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', Nick Fury comes to the Institure with Magician, a young mutant with immense powers that accidentally killed his own parents. Fury thinks Xavier can help the kid control himself rather than send him to prison. Magician is soon accepted with the team, proving himself in fights. Fury comes by wanting to recruit Magician for a mission and says the kid's parents have already signed off on it. A confused Xavier says Fury had told him the parents were dead, with Fury denying ever visiting or knowing who Magician was before seeing him on TV. This is the clue to discovering Magician is a RealityWarper who unconsciously created this whole illusion to become a hero. |
| 99 | [[/folder]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 102 | * Inverted in ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'', Riley, having repainted several street signs to carry the names of rappers he likes, is approached by Cindy, who's also interested in doing so. Riley, however, is lying low due to the police looking for the culprit, and starts to warn Cindy that if she follows suit, she'll get caught--at which point he gets the idea to have her take the fall for his misdeeds. |
| 103 | * As ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' indicates, Bill Watterson ''loves'' this trope: |
| 104 | ** One storyline had C&H pushing the family car out of the garage so they could use the structure as a clubhouse, only to discover that the driveway is on an incline, which sends the vehicle careening into a ditch across the street. After they run away, Calvin's mother notices the situation, and begins to wonder aloud: |
| 105 | --->'''Calvin's Mom:''' And how on Earth did they go in straight backward? To do that, the car would have had to come...right...out...of...OUR DRIVEWAY! |
| 106 | ** In another arc, the family goes to the zoo, and Calvin gets lost when he starts following a woman who looks like his mom. As Calvin's parents try to figure out where he's gone, Dad hits upon an idea--"Maybe Calvin's at the tiger pit, since he likes tigers so much." After walking a bit, he laughs to himself: "Ha ha, maybe Calvin's ''in'' the tiger pit, since he likes tigers so much." He then realizes that that's a perfectly plausible scenario and breaks into a run. |
| 107 | ** In one of the Transmrogrifier arcs, Calvin believes that he's been [[ForcedTransformation permanently transformed into an owl]]. He's delighted when Hobbes points out that this means he'll get to miss school the next day. Upon waking up, Mom points out that he's ''not'' an owl, and Calvin shouts with joy that he can...now go to school. |
| 108 | ** In one Sunday comic, a leaf pile comes to life and tries to eat Calvin. Calvin fights back with a rake, and resolves to spread the leaves across the yard so the pile can't eat anyone else. The last panel is of Calvin's mom and dad talking. |
| 109 | --->'''Mom:''' I thought you said you were going to rake the yard today.\ |
| 110 | '''Dad:''' I '''''did''''' rake the yard. I spent all afternoo-- '''WHERE'S CALVIN?!''' |
| 111 | ** At the beginning of one story arc, Calvin notices his mom has showered rather early in the day, and from that alone he quickly puts together a rather disturbing conclusion... |
| 112 | --->'''Calvin:''' You're taking a shower ''now''? That means you're going out tonight, right? And you haven't told ''me'' to get cleaned up, so that means I'm staying home, right? And if I'm staying home, that means you've gotten me a babysitter, right? And that means you've probably hired ''Rosalyn'', right?!?\ |
| 113 | '''Calvin's Mom:''' Brilliant, Holmes.\ |
| 114 | '''Calvin:''' '''''AAAHHHHHH!''''' |
| 115 | * In one ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' [[https://gocomics.com/garfield/2001/09/12 strip]], Jon demands to know what Garfield did with Mrs. Feeny's dog, along with a bunch of stamps, a box, and some twine...before pausing in shock as his mind begins to [[HumanMail connect the dots]]. |
| 116 | -->'''Garfield:''' Take your time...It'll come to you. |
| 117 | * In ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'', there are a few. |
| 118 | ** In the parody of ''Film/TheGodfather'', when "Vino Minestrone" is warned that he's endangering himself by refusing to go into the drug trade. |
| 119 | --->'''Vino Minestrone:''' Could I be harmed by that cute Italian fish peddler? By those sweet Italian kids, playing Hop-Scotch? By those nice Italian button men in their big black car... barreling down on me at 80 miles an hour? [[OhCrap OH-OH]]!! |
| 120 | ** Subverted in "Ecch-Men" |
| 121 | --->'''Judo-Lee:''' If they register me with the Federal Mutant Agency, I'll be taken away! That means I'll never see Mom and Dad again! Hey, cool! |
| 122 | ** In the parody of ''Film/TheShining'', Jack, talking with his predecessor as caretaker, has an example of this. |
| 123 | --->'''Egbert Grisly:''' They TOLD me that I would rot in Hell!\ |
| 124 | '''Wack Torrents:''' Well, I'm glad you learned your less-- Wait a minute!! You mean THIS place is HELL?!? |
| 125 | * In [[https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2021/02/09 one]] ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'' strip, the Wiz declares that he's achieved military supremacy by creating the most explosive substance in existence. Upon realizing what he just said, he immediately screamed, "CALL IN THE BOMB SQUAD!" |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 129 | * In light novel ''Academy's Undercover Professor'', the title character is patrolling a city where there's been rumors of werewolf sightings for a couple of days. He encounters one, only for him to turn out to be a friend of his that can become a humanoid animal based on what bites him. As they speak of other matters, the main character asks why he waited two days to meet him, only for the friend to reply that he arrived in the city just that morning. Cue both of them going OhCrap--as the actual werewolf shows up. |
| 130 | * A variation occurs in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #16: The Warning'': |
| 131 | -->'''Tobias:''' Wait. You're saying [[ItMakesSenseInContext I'm in a toilet bowl]]. And someone sat down. But then... [[{{Squick}} oh, man]]. |
| 132 | * A rather charming one in ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' when Jeebers, an elderly personal tutor of her little Imperial Highness Ce'Nedra, explains to the heroes that the emperor has the utmost trust in him. Which is exactly why "the princess knocked on his door deep at night, revealing to him that he got tasked to help her to disguise herself, then sneak her out of the palace without anyone else noticing, and to then escort her (alone) across half the country" ...in a time when people are murdering each other in the streets due to all sorts of politics. Which is when he notices in sheer horror that the emperor had nothing to do with it and that this was all rebellious little Ce'Nedra's idea. Poor guy. |
| 133 | * ''Literature/TheCanarisFragments'' by Walter Winward takes place during the Nuremberg trials of 1945. The main characters have discovered that a group of SS men plans to liberate the prisoners and have had the courthouse surrounded by security, but then they start discussing why a group of SS men would go through so much trouble and realize that [[spoiler:Kaltenbrenner, the only high-ranking SS member among the defendants, is not at the courthouse, but at a hospital at the other end of the city.]] |
| 134 | * ''Literature/TheCaseOfTheToxicSpellDump'': David's coworker Michael casts a spell to test if a sorcerer's flayed human skin substitute is being used for ritualistic purposes and it seems to exonerate the man. However, David quickly asks if the spell would have been ineffective if the "substitute" was real flayed human skin. Michael thoughtfully agrees that this would have nullified his test before horrifiedly realizing [[HumanSacrifice just where real flayed human skin would have come from and what it might be used for.]] |
| 135 | * ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'': When Lije and Daneel visit a premier roboticist, Lije asks him about {{Ridiculously Human Robot}}s, how they would be different from humans, and how easy it is to spot them. The man starts to confidently say how unlikely it is, then pauses as he realizes that Daneel meets the signs he just described. The man is embarrassed that it took him so long to notice. |
| 136 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 137 | ** ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'': |
| 138 | *** Vimes does one of these, when he works out how 71-Hour Ahmed got his name. The traditional Klatchian period of hospitality and protection is three days - 72 hours. [[InTheBack What must you have had to do]] to be associated with a time just short of that period? |
| 139 | *** When Vimes explains to Ahmed that he knows that the attempted assassination of the Klatch Prince wasn't arranged by the Klatchians themselves, but that it was a very bad frame-job, complete with an OrgyOfEvidence and a [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt... and realizes mid-explanation [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow it looked like such a bad frame job because the Klatchians deliberately made it look like they were being badly framed]]. |
| 140 | ** In ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', there are two major plot threads that the Watch are investigating. The first is a set of murders connected to the city's golem population ([[OurMonstersAreDifferent golems here being mostly magical beasts of burden]]). The second is repeated arsenic poisoning of Lord Vetinari. Vimes, Angua and Cheery discuss these at a late stage of the novel, and it becomes apparent that it's surprising they actually managed to track arsenic in any meaningful way. It gets used all over the city for all kinds of things--rat poisons, paints... |
| 141 | --->'''Vimes:''' I'm surprised people aren't dropping dead of it all the time.\ |
| 142 | '''Cheery:''' Oh, most people use golems, sir-- |
| 143 | ** The same book also has an ''Series/IClaudius'' style inversion: when the nobles and Guild leaders learn that the rumours about the heir to the throne being a watchman have somehow moved from Captain Carrot to Corporal Nobbs, they protest "But he's an absolute tit", and then start thinking about what an absolute tit as king might mean for the other powers in the city, namely them. They conclude that he'd probably make a great king, with the right advisors. |
| 144 | ** In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', Rincewind learns that the revolution was spurred by the contents of a book titled ''What I Did On My Holidays'', and finds a spot to read it himself. He finds it just describes things he finds rather mundane, like sausages made from "genuine pig product", and is completely unimpressed, but realizes that the book was written by his old traveling companion from ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'' and ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'', Twoflower the tourist, and he went above and beyond painting Rincewind as a great hero and magus. Once again putting Rincewind in the hot seat, just like old times. |
| 145 | --->Ha! Mister What-I-Did-On-My-Holidays should try coming to Ankh-Morpork next time, and see how much he liked one of old... Dibbler's sausages... full of genuine... pig product... |
| 146 | * ''Literature/HollowKingdom2019'': After he witnesses his neighbor eating her dog, S.T. comes to the conclusion that she has the same sickness his owner Big Jim does. The crow then remembers that he left Big Jim's dog Dennis alone with him and promptly rushes home. |
| 147 | * The 1980s ''Literature/HardyBoys'' book "Blood Relations" has Frank and Joe convinced by Greg and Mike Rawley that their stepfather, Walter, is planning on killing his wife, Linda. Frank and Joe look into it when Linda is kidnapped, eventually bringing Walter to a house...where it turns out Linda, Greg and Mike are setting Walter up to kill him in "self-defense" for his fortune and using the Hardys to sell the plot. Frank reveals he'd already figured this out thanks to the OrgyOfEvidence making this case so easy and shows up with a detective ally. But it turns out this "detective" is Linda's real husband and Greg and Mike's dad. The family gloats on getting away with it all...until it hits Greg that Frank had just said he figured this whole thing out ''before'' he came to the house. So if he knew this was a scam and "Dad wasn't a detective, why would he have trusted him to help?" They have five seconds to think about it before a couple of the Hardys' friends burst in to take Greg and Mike down just before the real cops arrive to arrest them all. |
| 148 | * In the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' novel ''At All Costs'', there's an internal version when Admiral Chin wonders about the strange maneuvers of the Manticoran force that just hypered in behind her. Over the course of several paragraphs of narration, it dawns on her exactly which formation she is looking at... and what they're armed with. |
| 149 | -->''But if Third Fleet was what they'd just finished destroying, then these people had to be ''Eighth Fleet'', which meant Honor Harrington. And Harrington didn't do things that didn't make sense. So what—?\ |
| 150 | Her eyes opened wide in horror.\ |
| 151 | "General signal all units!" she shouted, spinning towards her com section. "Hyper out immediately! Repeat, hyper out—"\ |
| 152 | But it had taken Genevieve Chin two minutes too long to realize what was happening.'' |
| 153 | * In ''Literature/MissionLevity'': "But how can there be gravity? The planet is too far away and there's nothing else there but [[TractorBeam that...]] [[OhCrap ship...]]" |
| 154 | * ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster:'' Bertie's friend Gussie talks about how he's been writing down insults about his prospective father-in-law and [[ThoseWackyNazis Roderick Spode]] in a notebook which he misplaced. |
| 155 | -->'''Gussie:''' Have you ever heard Sir Watkyn Bassett dealing with a bowl of soup? It's not unlike the Scottish express going through a tunnel. Have you ever seen Spode eat asparagus?\ |
| 156 | '''Bertie:''' No.\ |
| 157 | '''Gussie:''' Revolting. It alters one's whole conception of Man as Nature's last word.\ |
| 158 | '''Bertie:''' Those were two of the things you wrote in the book?\ |
| 159 | '''Gussie:''' I gave them about half a page. They were just trivial, surface faults. The bulk of my researches went much deeper.\ |
| 160 | '''Bertie:''' I see. You spread yourself?\ |
| 161 | '''Gussie:''' Very much so.\ |
| 162 | '''Bertie:''' And it was all bright, snappy stuff?\ |
| 163 | '''Gussie:''' Every word of it.\ |
| 164 | '''Bertie:''' [[SarcasmMode That's great. I mean to say, no chance of old Bassett being bored when he reads it.]]\ |
| 165 | '''Gussie:''' [[OhCrap Reads it?]]\ |
| 166 | '''Bertie:''' Well, he's just as likely to find the book as anyone, isn't he?\ |
| 167 | '''Gussie:''' I never thought of that!\ |
| 168 | '''Bertie:''' Start now. |
| 169 | * ''Literature/NightHuntress'': Main character Leila has been bound to someone so that if either dies, the other dies, so a shadowy group abducts that person and threatens to kill Leila unless Vlad kills Mencheres. When Mencheres realizes that Vlad didn't tell him about this in case he ended up with no choice but to go through with it, he's naturally upset. |
| 170 | -->'''Mencheres:''' You would have widowed Kira. You would have brought war between our two lines, forcing Bones into a fight against your people that would have resulted in many deaths. Our allies would have been forced to choose sides, too, bringing more death, until you could have shattered the peace we've had since Apollyon failed to incite a war between vampires and ghouls--\ |
| 171 | ''[cuts off as he, Vlad, Leila, and Veritas realize this ''was'' the point of the whole thing]'' |
| 172 | * ''Literature/RavellingWrath'': |
| 173 | -->'''Rinn:''' That couldn't be right, could it? She wasn't afraid, it was just a reaction, like when I'd first summoned a Blood Blade. She knew I wouldn't actually hurt her, right? I was just blowing off steam! And besides, she had looked way more scared when the Blood Blade thing happened! And then she'd gotten back under control right away, because she knew it was just me and I wouldn't hurt her! Obviously! So obviously, THIS time, maybe I did some stuff I shouldn't have, and she got scared, but then I started backing off, and then she was… still acting scared… because… that meant…\ |
| 174 | I had made her afraid of me. |
| 175 | * In ''Wizard's First Rule'', first book of the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series, Zedd invokes this on a mob that's coming to burn him for being a witch. Zedd asks them why, exactly, they want to burn him, and they say it's because of his horrible magic powers. Zedd asks them to elaborate and be more specific. As they list all the different ways that they think Zedd can throw magical wrath around, the crowd slowly realizes that attacking someone who can shoot fire out of his fingertips might not be the brightest idea after all. |
| 176 | * ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'': ''One Good Knight'': Andie has this reaction when she realizes she's just explained ''why'' her mother would want to rig the HumanSacrifice lottery to get rid of Andie. |
| 177 | * ''Literature/TeenPowerInc'': |
| 178 | ** In ''The Case of Crazy Claude'', the kids initially think Claude and his lawyer/twin brother are one person with multiple personalities who keeps changing clothes. When they admit this misconception, Claude is insulted that they thought he would try such a ridiculous disguise and says he would have to be crazy to think it would work, before trailing off awkwardly when he realizes they did think he was crazy. |
| 179 | ** In ''Fear in Fashion'', the kids' latest boss, Dee Dee, takes on a CoolBigSis role with them, encouraging their dreams (like Richelle's modeling aspirations) and praising their talents. She is just buttering them up to be {{Unwitting Pawn}}s in a con game. Richelle is hit especially hard when she observes the others (save Sunny, who was always a bit suspicious) lamenting how they were fooled and muses about how they were silly to be fooled and at least Dee Dee wasn't all bad due to recognizing Richelle's potential to be a model, only to halt mid-thought as she realizes Dee Dee was manipulating her the same as the others. |
| 180 | * In ''Literature/TheTemp'', the director of a firm producing a floating oil rig asks the Temp what she thinks of the drawing of the design. She says she does not understand why the rig does not turn upside down, as the top is heavier than the bottom. The director genially tells her that she is reading it all wrong, then pauses in horror as he realises that the Temp is right. |
| 181 | * In ''Literature/{{Timeline}}'', one character is trying to convince the others that it is possible to travel to the past via a wormhole. Another character points out that it is impossible for a physical body to safely go through one. The first character retorts that the same can be said about a fax machine. The second character launches into trying to explain that the fax machine first has to convert the scanned data into a "stream of electrons", before realizing that the first character is talking about the same for the wormhole with a big, "[[OhCrap Oh shit!]]" |
| 182 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': A comedic version in the Literature/CiaphasCain novel ''The Traitor's Hand''. Cain is discussing MauveShirt "Jinxie" Penlan with the command staff when her reputation comes up, and... |
| 183 | -->'''Cain:''' "But she's not nearly as accident prone as she's supposed to be. I'll grant you she fell down an ambull tunnel once, and there was that incident with the frag grenade and the latrine trench, but things tend to work out for her. The orks on Kastafore were as surprised as she was when the floor in the factory collapsed, and we'd have walked right into that hrud ambush on Skweki if she hadn't triggered the mine by chucking an empty food tin away..."\ |
| 184 | My brain finally caught up to what I was saying and I trailed off rather lamely. "Well, you know how soldiers exaggerate these things." |
| 185 | ** In the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' novel ''Unremembered Empire'', when Curze is on the loose in the Temple of Hera, the entire forces at nearby Residence sets out to hunt him down. One of the members of the strike force, Gantula, wonders aloud whether Curze is a predator, using a wolf as his example. Then this happens: |
| 186 | --->'''Gantula:''' [...] So, while the herdsmen are occupied, guarding the herd, the wolf turns to where they are not - the larder, the granary, the stables, the bird cages... ''(beat) (Gantula stops and turns back, running to the Residence)'' |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 190 | * Music/{{Eminem}}'s "Stan": |
| 191 | -->''I seen this one shit on the news a couple weeks ago that made me sick.\ |
| 192 | Some dude was drunk and drove his car over a bridge,\ |
| 193 | and had his girlfriend in the trunk, and she was pregnant with his kid,\ |
| 194 | and in the car they found a tape, but they didn't say who it was to.\ |
| 195 | Come to think about, his name was... [[FridgeHorror it was you]].\ |
| 196 | [[OhCrap Damn...]]'' |
| 197 | ** Also applies to the previous verse when Stan realizes a fatal miscalculation in his suicidal plan: |
| 198 | -->''Well, gotta go, I’m almost at the bridge now-\ |
| 199 | Oh shit, I forgot! How am I supposed to send this shit out?'' |
| 200 | * In Music/JonLajoie's "WTF Collective", MC Uses Time Machines Irresponsibly does this: |
| 201 | -->''Then I traveled in time to the night I was conceived\ |
| 202 | I met up with my parents and we hung out all night\ |
| 203 | Come to think of it, they didn't have any alone time...'' [[PuffOfLogic NOOO]]-- |
| 204 | * In the last verse of Music/MitchBenn's "Music/EdSheeran is Everywhere", he complains that he was doing the guitar-and-looper thing first, and then starts to worry that maybe that's where Sheeran got the idea. |
| 205 | [[/folder]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 208 | * In the ''Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}'' short "Reading: Who Needs It", a high school basketball coach and a teacher are discussing the fact that one of his players can't read: |
| 209 | -->'''Coach:''' If he can't read, how'd he get through school?\ |
| 210 | '''Kevin:''' That would mean we absolutely su... Oh. |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 214 | * ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'': Kim Jong-Il's translator, while interpreting for Kim during an arms deal, takes a moment to think about ''what'' he's translating. Unfortunately for him, this revelation is the ''second''-last thing to go through his head. |
| 215 | -->'''Kim Jong-Il:''' [[[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign vaguely Korean-sounding gibberish]]]\ |
| 216 | '''Translator:''' He asks what part of the deal you did not understand. He says that perhaps his translator did not make it clear to you. He says he should... [[DeadlyEuphemism f-fire]] his...[[ShootTheMessenger translator]]?\ |
| 217 | ''*[[BoomHeadshot BANG]]*'' |
| 218 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': |
| 219 | ** In the Edward Burgen episode, the Muppet News Reporter comes in with a Muppet News Flash saying an embarrassing situation occurred when the Muppet News Reporter went on camera while forgetting to put on his pants...causing him to stop and look down behind his desk. |
| 220 | --->'''Newsreporter:''' ''(Embarrassed)'' Oh, good grief. ''(Runs off)'' |
| 221 | ** In the Nancy Walker episode, Sam the Eagle gives an editorial about nudity, claiming that everyone is going around naked ''under their clothes''. He then goes on to add that dogs and cats are also naked under their fur, and that birds too, [[HypocriticalHumor under their feathers]]... [[WaitWhat And at this point]], Sam stops, [[NakedFreakOut covers himself and runs off the stage]]. |
| 222 | ** Before the opening credits of the episode featuring Harry Belafonte, said guest star has a word with Scooter: |
| 223 | --->'''Scooter:''' Say, is everything alright?\ |
| 224 | '''Harry:''' Oh, yeah, everything's OK. Except I haven't done the show yet and somebody started to put me down.\ |
| 225 | '''Scooter:''' No! What do you mean?\ |
| 226 | '''Harry:''' Just now I heard somebody outside my door say, 'Don't go inside that dressing room. Crazy Harry's in there.'\ |
| 227 | '''Scooter:''' They didn't mean you. You see, Crazy Harry's a m- [[MadBomber CRAZY HARRY?!]]\ |
| 228 | '''[[NonFatalExplosions KABOOM!]]''' |
| 229 | * In "The Best Thanksgiving Ever" from ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', following the pageant, Bear and the others smell something burning. |
| 230 | -->'''Bear:''' Yeah, it is a burning smell.\ |
| 231 | '''Ojo:''' Probably just the food.\ |
| 232 | '''Treelo:''' Oh, yeah.\ |
| 233 | '''Everyone:''' (''big gasp'') The food! |
| 234 | * In ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}''' episode "The Greatest Story Ever Sold", when Earl and the other tree-pushers express their existential woes of not knowing why they exist, their boss Richfield tries to set them straight; |
| 235 | -->'''Richfield:''' Why you exist? I’ll tell you why you exist! So you can push down trees! So cities can be built for dinosaurs to live in, so they can push down more trees so more cities can be built so…dinosaurs can…push…down… ''(Beat)'' You’re right! I don’t know why we exist! Oh no! [[FreakOut AAAAHHHH!]] |
| 236 | [[/folder]] |
| 237 | |
| 238 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 239 | * In ''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'', Arthur and his friends find themselves on a ship manned by [[OmnicidalManiac Haggunenons]] which, in the words of the titular guide, "[[VoluntaryShapeshifting would do for]] UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin what [[ProducePelting a squadron of Arcturan stunt apples would have done for]] UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton", giving the specific example that a Hagguneon who wanted to reach for the coffee might evolve into something with longer arms, but which is probably quite incapable of drinking coffee. (Incidentally, the same guide, which has the words "[[ThisIsNoTimeToPanic Don't Panic]]" written in large, friendly letters; [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness notes]] that the best method of dealing with them is to [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse "run away terribly fast".)]] [[ParanoiaFuel The heroes then realize that one could be with them right now.]] Ford notes that it could even be the chair with two headrests that Zaphod and Trillian sat in earlier, which leads to this exchange: |
| 240 | -->'''Trillian:''' It's very uncomfortable - I'd prefer something with far longer arms.\ |
| 241 | '''Arthur [[ThisIsGoingToSuck (In a nervous tone of voice)]]:''' [[MeaningfulEcho But which is probably quite incapable of drinking coffee.]] |
| 242 | * ''[[Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook That Mitchell and Webb Sound]]'': The wedding planner called up before the Little Old Lady Job Justification Hearing, after realizing that essentially her job is in fact redundant. |
| 243 | -->'''Wedding planner:''' ''(sounding like she's about to cry)'' Oh... they don't need me.\ |
| 244 | '''Little Old Lady:''' No. |
| 245 | * Near the of ''Radio/TheFrantics'' skit “Last Will and Testament”, the lawyer reads the section talking about what his client left for him. Not a boot to the head like all the other beneficiaries received, but a rabid Tasmanian Devil stuffed in his trousers. The lawyer gets understandably concerned as he’s reading it and begins shrieking in pain as the furry creature begins attacking him. |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 249 | * In ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', Daigo creates a monster that he then plans to send after two kids who accidentally come across the scene. His girlfriend, Melissa, tries to explain to him how it's actually better if the kids get away, because then they'd go alert their older brother (which is what the two want, since said brother is one of the superpowered kids they're hunting down). However, during her explanation, she looks over and realises that the monster has broken free of its restraint and is hurtling towards the children. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 253 | * In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', after Jasper and Agnes reunite, reach Elysium and have their memories return, Agnes excitedly begins talking about how they can finally leave Deadland and go home to their families... before she realizes that returning to her life means returning to [[spoiler:her abusive father, and she anxiously tries to convince Jasper to stay with her in Deadland.]] |
| 254 | * ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}:'' |
| 255 | ** In "The Room Where it Happens", after Hamilton seemingly sacrifices New York's status as the US Capital, Burr realizes: |
| 256 | --->'''Burr:''' Or did you know even then it doesn't matter where you put the U.S. capital?\ |
| 257 | '''Hamilton:''' [[TheChessmaster Cause we'll have the banks. We're in the same spot.]] |
| 258 | ** Burr has a second, more tragic example in "The World Was Wide Enough" as he pulls the trigger: |
| 259 | --->'''Ensemble & Burr:''' He aims his pistol at the sky!\ |
| 260 | '''Burr:''' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone WAIT!]] |
| 261 | * [[TheFagin Fagin's]] song in ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}'', "Reviewing the Situation", is this trope in musical form. Having realized that the life of a criminal, with all its "trials and tribulations", might not be the best thing for him, and he muses over possible alternatives: getting married, living in society, getting an honest job. Each time, though, he comes to the realization halfway through that the "solution" he's describing would not be an improvement, leading him to conclude: |
| 262 | -->'''Fagin:''' I think I'd better think it out again. |
| 263 | * Deianira has shades of this in ''Theatre/TheTrachiniae'' as she talks to the chorus about the "strange sight" that is the bubbling, disintegrating piece of cloth she used to smear a love potion onto a shirt she just gave her husband. |
| 264 | * In the Bill C. Davis play ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Appeal_(play) Mass Appeal]]'', the young deacon, Mark, has been questioned about his sexuality after defending two seminarians suspected of being gay. He has decided to be honest and admit the fact that he has had same-sex relations as well as opposite-sex relations. Following the interview, he recounts the conversation to his mentor. |
| 265 | -->'''Mark:''' He said, "Thank you for being so honest. Good day." Thank you for being so honest. Good d -- ''(moment of realization)'' I'm in trouble, aren't I? |
| 266 | * Jason Robert Brown's ''Theatre/SongsForANewWorld'' features this trope in musical form courtesy of "Stars and the Moon." One of the show's four Singers (none of whom are named) reflects on her life and how, when she was young, she met two men who offered her immaterial treasures like love, truth, strength, summer rains, and the titular stars and the moon. But the singer wanted tangible wealth instead--"And I thought, you know...I'd rather have a yacht." She eventually met a young, rich man who promised her all of the luxuries she'd ever wanted and more--cars, houses, jewels, parties, furs--and happily married him, only to wake up one morning, look around, and realize that she'd [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor given up on true happiness in the name of material possessions]]: "And I thought--My God...I'll ''never'' have the moon..." |
| 267 | * "When Words Fail," a song from ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'', plays this trope for laughs. The titular ogre has realized his feelings for Fiona and tries to prepare a declaration of love. First, he imagines offering her a flower as a symbol of his dedication, only to [[{{Metaphorgotten}} completely lose the metaphor]] and comment "Oh, MAN, I'm in trouble." Shrek then tries again by comparing the imaginary Fiona to the moon, as it's "big and bright"--and promptly realizes that he [[YouAreFat just called her "big."]] This leads to VerbalBackspace as he tries to make up for it ("And by 'big' I don't mean 'chubby!' Obviously you're not fat!") and starts talking about his own weight problems and his genetic predisposition to--and there's the metaphor lost again. It becomes a sweet moment, though, when Shrek realizes that even if he ''does'' fail to express what he's feeling, Fiona will still understand the love behind his words. |
| 268 | [[/folder]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 271 | * ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'': |
| 272 | ** "Romeo & Juliet 2: Love Resurrected" sees Camp Campbell put on a FanSequel [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin to Romeo and Juliet]] with Neil as Romeo and Nikki as Juliet. However, [[{{Yandere}} Tabii]] decides to take Nikki out of commission so she can take her place as Juliet and kiss Neil, leading to this exchange... |
| 273 | --->'''Tabii:''' ''[offscreen]'' Wow Nikki, you're, like, such a good actor.\ |
| 274 | '''Nikki:''' Oh thank you ominous, offscreen voice-wait a minute. ''[gets ambushed by Tabii and her friends]'' |
| 275 | ** Throughout the episode "Into Town", Nikki just gets sicker and sicker until she eventually coughs up blood on Neil's shirt. Max doesn't know what's wrong with her, as they'd just been walking around town all day, and then it hits him: he dragged Nikki, a ravenous NatureLover, ''out'' of nature. |
| 276 | ** In the episode "Anti-Social Network", Neil creates chatbots so the other campers will leave him alone. When he realizes that the chatbots are becoming smarter, he worries that a TurnedOnTheirMasters scenario is occurring and gathers the chatbots with Max's help, then remember they forgot one: |
| 277 | --->'''Neil:''' It's almost as if each device was trying to play to its owner's personality in order to get them to do something.\ |
| 278 | '''Max:''' [[TemptingFate Well, I guess it's a good thing we got 'em all. Can you imagine if someone impressionable and naive enough to believe]] ''[[TemptingFate everything]]'' [[TemptingFate they heard from a chatbot had—]]\ |
| 279 | '''Neil and Max:''' OH MY GOD, ''NIKKI''!\ |
| 280 | ''[Nikki's maniacal laughter is heard]'' |
| 281 | * ''WebAnimation/DrHavocsDiary'': In "Captain Dr. Havoc": |
| 282 | -->'''Brock:''' ''[the submarine is leaking]'' Oh, shit, Havoc. I think your boat has a hole.\ |
| 283 | '''Dr. Havoc:''' How is that possible? ''({{Beat}})'' Brock, how did you get on my submarine?\ |
| 284 | '''Brock:''' Oh, I just-I took a welding gun, [[DidntThinkThisThrough and I popped a hole in the side]], [[DelayedReaction and then I—]] [[OhCrap Ah, shit.]] Yep. I figured it out. I did it. |
| 285 | * In ''WebAnimation/ClearSkies 2'', we get this little exchange between two characters in an escape pod wondering why their captain is trying to ram a ''Titan''. |
| 286 | -->'''Burke:''' I think he's going for the hydrazine tanks behind the engine.\ |
| 287 | '''Fodder:''' But that stuff's stable!\ |
| 288 | '''Burke:''' Not when the warp core goes up near i— ''[[OhCrap oh my word!]]''\ |
| 289 | '''Fodder:''' How big a bang's that gonna make?\ |
| 290 | '''Burke:''' How fast does this pod go? |
| 291 | * In one episode of ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'', a group of players are on the second floor of a church about to set off a bunch of bombs they set on the lower floor of the church to kill some enemies when one of the players realizes that something isn't right with the plan but isn't quite sure what it is. Another player starts explaining the plan again before realizing they are still in the building they are about to blow up and shouts "RUN!" They all jump out the windows to escape the building and break their legs just as the bombs go off. |
| 292 | [[/folder]] |
| 293 | |
| 294 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 295 | %%* It happens in [[http://www.pholph.com/strip.php?id=5&sid=3285 this]] page of ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'' (It's safe, for once.) |
| 296 | * ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'': |
| 297 | ** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0573.html This happens]] to Annie when she finally tells Jim that she'd lost her job and in that same frame of time realizes it wasn't his fault entirely. |
| 298 | ** Much later on, during the attack on the second Peace Moon, the Rebels come to an important realization: The Peace Moon is fueled by the Lost Orb, a source of unlimited power. And since it's fueled by a source of unlimited power, they'd never have a reason ''not'' to have their shield up at all times. |
| 299 | --->'''Admiral Ackbar:''' My god! It's not a trap! We're just '''prats'''! |
| 300 | * In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', the Light Warriors are sailing on a ship they got from Bikke when a discussion on sea monsters attacking them ensues. Red Mage points out that such encounters are so common, most seafarers keep their ships ready... [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/12/21/episode-228-the-dawn-of-realization/ only to realize that maybe Bikke neglected to keep his ship ship-shape as he did with his own crew.]] |
| 301 | -->'''Black Mage:''' Well, I'm sure we have nothing to worry about. Bikke seemed the responsible sort. I mean, he only fed his faithful, loyal, beloved pirate crew Cheetos for three months because it was cheaper than real food. And since that led directly to their deaths, he was then able to keep all the money Garland paid for his full crew to kill us. Money that would've undoubtedly gone toward the upkeep of this boat had he not insisted upon giving it to us. Why does this sound like something Thief would do? |
| 302 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': |
| 303 | ** A [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-03-24 hilarious version]] with [[GenderBender female Tedd]] and too reasonable Susan. |
| 304 | ** And another, slightly [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1596 more dramatic one]] with Elliot: "I care deeply about her and I want her always to be a part of my life! I don't want to hurt her! [[spoiler:She's like a sister to me!" ...When talking about his then-girlfriend, Sarah.]] |
| 305 | ** [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1925 Later]], Grace is ''sure'' that if Justin has a magic mark, he ''must'' know about it. |
| 306 | --->'''Grace:''' How could he miss a small flame-shaped mark colored slightly different from the rest of his skin on a spot high up on his back where he'd need a mirror and probably have to make a deliberate effort to '''''dammit'''''! |
| 307 | ** In "Parable", Jay attempts to remember what her plan was when she created the shared dream, and [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/parable-160 suddenly realises]] that not only would she ''never'' use her dream spell like that, but ''her spell can't actually do that''. |
| 308 | * It's more of an Explain Explain Oh My moment, but... ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00710.htm has one somewhat like this]]. Florence is having a conversation with her friend Niomi about {{Uplifted Animal}}s like Florence that segues into a discussion on terraforming. |
| 309 | -->'''Niomi:''' As for Pfouts, that's a mirror world. Life there uses right-handed amino acids, Earth life uses left-handed. Our toughest viruses wouldn't survive there. To colonize Pfouts you'd have to redesign humans from the atomic level... Sheesh! It'd be faster and cheaper to engineer one of the local critters up to human... ''[beat]'' [[EurekaMoment Isaac Asimov on a bicycle!]]\ |
| 310 | '''Florence:''' Most things make sense when you look at them right. It's just sometimes you have to look really, really cock-eyed. |
| 311 | * In ''Webcomic/GeneCatlow'', Gene Catlow and [=CatsWhisker=] are discussing the First Animen, who are hostile to them. CW wonders how beings so ancient who have been in psychic contact with so many minds remained sane[[spoiler:-- and Gene realizes that they didn't.]] |
| 312 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': |
| 313 | ** After a non-Wulfenbach [[TheDreaded Dreen]] suddenly appears to Gil and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150515 tells him he will go to Paris]], he realizes [[spoiler:what Dreen [[ClockRoaches really]] [[EldritchAbomination are]]]]. |
| 314 | --->'''Dreen:''' [[AC:Now— [[LampshadeHanging you will experience an important revelation]].]]\ |
| 315 | '''Gil:''' Wait, I'll '''what?'''\ |
| 316 | '''Bang:''' Blood and ash, I ''hate'' it when they pull that omniscient act.\ |
| 317 | '''Gil:''' They're ''not'' omniscient. My father says they're simply ''tangential'' to time as we know it, and...\ |
| 318 | ''[{{beat}}]''\ |
| 319 | '''Gil:''' [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140618 "And... they had hats..."]] |
| 320 | ** In a discussion about [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough who would be crazy enough]] to hijack one of Queen Albia's sea serpents, when Wooster recounts a past adventure from his undercover activities as an agent of Albia's spy service, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180207 he comes to a horrifying realization about the hijacker's actual identity.]] |
| 321 | ** In the Franz Scortchmaw side-story, when Vip, the librarian who insists she's not a thief, reveals she has a sophisticated alchemy calibration tool, Lumi, the student Spark [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20230313 geeks out]], because one of her professors has one exactly like it but won't let the students touch it because it's "one-of-a-kind". |
| 322 | --->'''Lumi''': Ha! If she knew ''we'' had one... uh... ''I knew it!'' You ''are'' a thief! |
| 323 | * In ''Webcomic/AModestDestiny'' the BigBad, after being pestered by [[HiveMind the Hive]] that he needs to make a blood sacrifice ''now'' or the ritual will fail, he stabs one of them to death. When the ritual is still failing, the other members explain that as an undead he was barely a quarter alive. |
| 324 | -->'''The Black Knight:''' So what you are saying is that I need to kill three more just like him, right?\ |
| 325 | '''Hive #2:''' Correct.\ |
| 326 | '''Hive #3:''' ...Um...\ |
| 327 | '''Hive #4:''' ...Nuts. |
| 328 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': |
| 329 | ** In "[[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0428.html It Takes a Thief]]", the Order needs to figure out where Xykon is hiding during the siege on Azure City, when Belkar starts to complain. |
| 330 | --->'''Belkar:''' Hey, is there any chance we can hurry this up? "It's Pat" is already fireballing hobgoblins down there, and me, I'm just standing around here freezing my considerable assets off in this wind.\ |
| 331 | '''Roy:''' Keep it down, Belkar, this is more important than complaining about the...wind.\ |
| 332 | '''Sound F/X:''' [-wooosh!-]\ |
| 333 | ''(Beat panel)''\ |
| 334 | '''Sound F/X:''' wooosh!\ |
| 335 | '''Hinjo:''' Sangwaan! Cast your spell now!\ |
| 336 | '''Sangwaan:''' Yes, Lord Hinjo.\ |
| 337 | '''Haley:''' And look UP!\ |
| 338 | '''Sound F/X:''' WOOOSH!\ |
| 339 | '''Sangwaan:''' True Seeing! ''(Looks up)'' Oh...oh my.\ |
| 340 | ''(Xykon is shown riding a ''zombie dragon.'')'' |
| 341 | ** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0512.html "They've Had Time to Train, Too"]], Haley and [[LaResistance the Azurite Resistance]] are running a stealth raid on a granary in Hobgoblin-occupied Azure City. Haley's already dispatched most of the hobgoblin guards and all they need to do to take the granary undetected is to finish off the wizard leading them, when the wizard fires off... |
| 342 | --->'''Haley:''' "Dancing Lights"? That's like a 0th-level spell! Geez, what kind of low-level, lame-ass spellcaster are you? You've got one chance before I perforate you, and you choose... Dancing... Lights...\ |
| 343 | ''[wizard points upward; Haley looks up at the bright red signal alerting hobgoblin forces all over the city of their position]'' |
| 344 | ** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0688.html "The Comics Must Flow"]], Belkar is chugging [[Franchise/{{Dune}} spice in the middle of the desert]]. Seeing his eyes change color, Haley insists he read the warning label to avoid getting sick. |
| 345 | --->'''Belkar:''' No, it doesn't say anything about eye color change. Just a disclaimer that the distributor is not liable for any gruesome violent deaths resulting from consuming this product in an open desert. So, see? It's perfectly safe for-- ...Ah, crap.\ |
| 346 | ''[cue giant SandWorm bursting from sand]'' |
| 347 | ** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0733.html "Collect Call"]], when Roy and Belkar get arrested [[TheIllegal for not having proper entry papers]], Durkon contacts them with Sending. After three ''sending'' discussions, Roy tells Durkon to find the others, saying that he hopes Durkon has enough ''sending'' spells. Durkon Sends again, telling Roy not to worry as he had prepared four ''sending'' spells... before he realizes that he just used them all up. |
| 348 | --->'''Belkar:''' ''[to Roy]'' I don't know what just happened, but I feel a sudden urge to help you come up with 25 synonyms for "[[YouFool buffoon]]". |
| 349 | ** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1101.html "Rising Suspicion"]], when the Order is walking around a bunch of fresh corpses that have been killed by vampires, Belkar comments that he hopes they don't turn into more vampires, but Roy tells him that it won't be a problem as a person doesn't become a vampire until three days after they died and he had broken the staff that had the spell to speed up the process. [[FiveSecondForeshadowing It's then that Haley realizes]] that [[spoiler:Vampire Durkon's]] time spent researching the ''protection from daylight'' spell wouldn't make sense if he was going to be invading a subterranean city and that [[spoiler:he had actually been learning the spell [[EnemyRisingBehind to speed up a vampire's rise]]]]. |
| 350 | --->'''Haley:''' I'm just saying, if I knew my Evil Doom Plan might hinge on me invading a subterranean country, I might not worry too much... about the sun. |
| 351 | * ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': |
| 352 | ** Chapter 5 sees a game of dodgeball--sorry, "hitball"--go awry when Jeff gets (sort of) possessed by a spirit named Hijack. Eventually the only people still on the field are Max, Johnny, Hijack!Jeff, and an unnamed student who taped several balls to her body to shield herself. Max then promptly...gets the unnamed student out. Hijack thinks about why he did that at first, but then it dawns on him. |
| 353 | -->'''Hijack!Jeff:''' Why'd he hit her? That's just...''every last ball ON MY SIDE!'' |
| 354 | ** Max's internal narration [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-8-page-31 describes]] Scrapdragon, and it eventually becomes apparent that it is not just describing Scrapdragon from memory, but describing the sight in front of Max at that very moment. This is followed by an illustration of a wide-eyed Max staring at Scrapdragon, suddenly realizing that he is in Scrapdragon's spirit realm. |
| 355 | -->What had Max been thinking, treating that leviathan like an unruly pet?! I mean, just ''look'' at it! It was huge! It spanned half the horizon! Which was bright red now, a sunset over fields of metal scrap, just barely visible through the... ruins of...\ |
| 356 | ''[Illustration of Max staring at Scrapdragon towering over him, the surroundings having suddenly taken on a junkyard look]''\ |
| 357 | "Oh for freak's sake--" |
| 358 | * ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'': In one strip, Pixie tells Brutus that he found a movie on television about a character she thinks is named "Freddy Cougar". Half-asleep, Brutus reflexively corrects it to "[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]]". In the next panel, Brutus snaps wide awake as it sinks in that [[KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms Pixie's innocence is about to be ruined by the horror film]] and he immediately [[UseYourHead headbutts]] [[ShootTheTelevision the television]]. |
| 359 | * In [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-04-24 this]] ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' comic, a woman claims she has invented a time machine and went back twenty minutes, where she saw a a huge flash of energy and then an empty void. She concludes that reality came into existence twenty minutes ago. Someone takes a look at the footage and tells her that she's wrong. [[spoiler:[[EarthShatteringKaboom The machine was set to look forwards in time instead of backwards]].]] |
| 360 | * ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': |
| 361 | ** Kevyn learns that there is a right time and a wrong time to invoke this on someone [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070204.html here.]] The time to explain by feeding someone clues and letting them work out the enemy's plan themselves is ''not'' when you are in the enemy's territory ''and'' they know you're there. |
| 362 | ** During the Under New Management arc, Kevyn and Tagon discuss their current mission; being blackmailed by Xinchub into hunting down Kevyn's sister Breya. If they don't, Xinchub will have the Toughs arrested for a number of crimes. When Kevyn remains unhappy, Tagon asks who Xinchub will send after Breya once the Toughs are imprisoned. Kevyn responds, "I don't know... Some unimaginative, trigger-happy rear admiral, I guess." ''(Beat)'' "Oh, crap. I can't believe I ''just now'' figured that out." |
| 363 | * ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'': Having put in a bid on a nice-looking house, [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/overlooked/ Peejee brags to Davan]] that, with its severely reduced asking price and history of other buyers backing out at the last moment, she's certain to get it for cheap... before realizing that those were actually some pretty serious red flags that she'd completely glossed over. [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/local-flavor/ It later turns out]] that, while the house ''itself'' is fine, the neighborhood it's in is full of creeps, bigots, [[TheFundamentalist fundies]] and generally unpleasant neighbors. |
| 364 | * ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': "[[http://xkcd.com/852/ How did the pole vaulters get up to our balcony?]]" |
| 365 | * ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': |
| 366 | ** In "[[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1561 Delayed Entendre Recognition]]", Faye is justifying her claim that she's descended from Civil War pirates by saying her grandmother said their ancestors were "boarded by Yankee seamen all the time". As she says it, she realises that that's not what she meant. |
| 367 | ** [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1563 Two strips later]], she tells Marten about telling Angus about her father's suicide. When Marten is surprised that she just told him, she replies "Well, yeah. I mean, I couldn't be all ''cryptic'' about it, that would be a really shitty ... thing ... to do ... to ... someone ..." |
| 368 | ** In [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4120 BRTOM]], when Beepatrice questions whether Roko's attempts to find leverage against someone she's got a meeting with are appropriate for an AI rights volunteer: |
| 369 | --->'''Roko:''' Oh, what, like being an agent of the state conditioned me to treat any potential conflict as a cops versus robbers situation instead of two adults trying to come to an agreement, and I'm deflecting my anxiety over this meeting by regressing to that mindset?\ |
| 370 | ''[{{beat}}]''\ |
| 371 | '''Roko:''' Well, shit. I thought I was [[SarcasticConfession being sarcastic]].\ |
| 372 | '''Beeps:''' You get the Big Realizer of the Month award! I'll fetch your commemorative plaque. |
| 373 | ** In "[[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1962 Self-Revelation]]", on Dora's first date with Jim, she tells him why she broke up with Marten, and how the relationship seemed to bring out her anxieties, concluding "I probably shouldn't be dating ''anybody'' right now. ''[{{Beat}}]'' Shit." |
| 374 | * ''Webcomic/TerrorIsland'': [[http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/075.html In this strip]], several characters are attempting to banish a demon. They gather everything they need except toothpaste when the demon traps them in a force field, leading to this. |
| 375 | -->'''Liln:''' Okay, this isn't too bad. We just need to call Sid and Stephen, and have them get the toothpaste... at the grocery store.[[note]]The main plot of the comic revolves around Sid and Stephen refusing to buy groceries.[[/note]]\ |
| 376 | '''First Folio:''' We're doomed! |
| 377 | * In ''Webcomic/LeftoverSoup'', Cheryl and Carol are discussing the ethics of being a parent while also being in a polyamorous relationship, when... |
| 378 | -->'''Cheryl:''' You don't think finding out about Mommy and Daddy's other lovers is gonna mess a kid up?\ |
| 379 | '''Carol:''' Well, how do you feel about Miguel?\ |
| 380 | '''Cheryl:''' Uncle Meegs? That's different. He's just Mom and Dad's friend, nothing weird or polyamorous about that. He just moved in with us for a while to help out with child care after Carl was born. ''(beat)'' ...our little brother Carl, who has black hair and brown eyes and evidently my entire life is an elaborate web of deception.\ |
| 381 | '''Carol:''' ''(nervously)'' Omission! An elaborate web of omission! |
| 382 | * [[https://gemofwonder.livejournal.com/2192.html #8]] of ''WebComic/HobbitsAndHoleDwellers'' has a rather twitchy Ted excuse himself for five minutes. When he comes back, he asks Bailey to tell him about her character. Bailey responds by asking ''which'' character of hers he means. |
| 383 | -->'''Ted:''' What do you mean, which one? You only had that wizard five minutes ago- wait. |
| 384 | * Played for laughs in this ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' [[https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2019/06/03/return-of-the-lip strip]]: |
| 385 | -->'''Tycho:''' You must be cranked up for this VideoGame/SeaOfThieves RPG, right?\ |
| 386 | '''Gabe:''' Must I?\ |
| 387 | '''Tycho:''' I mean, you've spent months essentially porting the Sea of Thieves experience to D&D! You meticulously crafted rules for sailing, ship combat, modelling the wind, custom minigames to simulate fishing, diving... treasure hunting... [[AllForNothing Oh.]] |
| 388 | * In ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'', when Walky and Joyce are running a TrojanGauntlet, Joyce comes up with the brilliant idea of buying some other random things, so the clerk will think they're using the condoms in a science project or something. |
| 389 | -->'''Joyce''': I've got these plastic cowboy handcuffs, a bag of feathers, a, uh-- jar of vasoli-- AAAAAGGH! |
| 390 | * ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge:'' In an effort to make Sarah more open to change, Joyce starts [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2024/comic/book-14/03-trystin-in-the-wind/changemore/ listing off]] some of the positive CharacterDevelopment they and their friends have undergone since the start of the comic. Then she gets to [[GoGetterGirl Dorothy]] and realizes that she's actually trending in a ''negative'' direction. |
| 391 | -->'''Joyce:'''...And Dorothy seems less sure of her herself and makes mac and cheese for me instead of studying and turned down a big bookwriting opportunity today and-- Uh oh. |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 395 | * The Tabletop episode on ''TabletopGame/ChezGeek'' has this happen to [[spoiler:Storm]] when he plays the card Guy on the Couch. [[spoiler:Wil]] asks him to explain the card, which leads to this[[note]]To give this moment context, on the next player's turn, Guy on the Couch moves to the room of the player with the most Person cards in play. This meant that Storm almost instantly lost the card.[[/note]]: |
| 396 | -->'''[[spoiler:Storm]]:''' Guy on the Couch gives you Slack +1. You can play him at any time without rolling, but starting on the next player's turn, he'll go away if... oh, I'm an idiot. |
| 397 | [[/folder]] |
| 398 | |
| 399 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 400 | * Alison does this in the season finale of ''WebVideo/{{Brains}}'' as she realizes the identity of the murderer: [[spoiler:Professor Sherman]]. |
| 401 | * In Creator/{{cs188}}'s YoutubePoop, "[[https://youtu.be/W3MuLyGTF-E Tom's Diner but it's an absolute trainwreck]]", Music/{{Suzanne Vega}}nne, after struggling to ''finally'' get some coffee at the diner on the corner, decides to read the newspaper. Lucky thing she did... |
| 402 | -->''"I open up the paper, there's a story of a woman who had died while she was drinking the coffee at the diner on the corner--" [{{Beat}}] "I threw the coffee out the window!"'' |
| 403 | * ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': |
| 404 | ** This happens at the end of his review of ''Film/ASimpleWish'', where he rants about Creator/MaraWilson's bad movies only to realize, as he describes what she looks like now, that she's currently watching him. She then proceeds to respond to his dissing of her movies from when she was a little girl by showing clips from some of the Critic's home movies from his own childhood. |
| 405 | --->'''Critic:''' But I'm sorry, I'm just not a fan of her movies! I mean, it's like everything Mara Wilson touched back then just turned to crap. I mean, look at her. ''[pulls up video of a modern-day Mara, looking visibly displeased]'' With her couch, her modern-day haircut, her [[SheIsAllGrownUp twenty-five-ish-year-old body]], her [[DeathGlare vengeful eyes that seem to be looking directly at me right now]]-- ''[[OhCrap eeesh!]]''\ |
| 406 | '''Mara:''' Hello, Critic. |
| 407 | ** Another one happens in his review of ''Film/TheNutcrackerIn3D'' when Gielgud mentions that the Rat King and his men ([[PuttingOnTheReich who are depicted as behaving like Nazis]]) burn toys. |
| 408 | --->'''NC:''' Wait. Like inanimate toys, or living toys, like the ones we've been seeing?\ |
| 409 | ''[Cut back to the first scene with the Nutcracker]''\ |
| 410 | '''Nutcracker:''' All dolls are alive.\ |
| 411 | '''NC:''' Okay, I guess that's supposed to mean they're all alive... ''[freezes in place, realizing what this means]'' You're not.\ |
| 412 | ''[We're again shown the scene of the Rat King speaking to the Nutcracker, Tinker and Sticks]''\ |
| 413 | '''Rat King:''' You ever wonder what happens to a doll's soul when it burns?\ |
| 414 | '''NC:''' ''[shakes head]'' You're seriously not. ''[The people of the kingdom, paired as parent and child, are brought to the Rat King's palace/smoke factory to the big pile of inanimate toys before them. The rat soldiers take the toys away from the children to toss them on the pile]'' Oh, yeah. You thought this was just gonna be simple bad guy Nazi imagery like in ''Indiana Jones'' or old ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons? But no. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything People being rounded up, children crying, and the sky filled with smoke from factories burning piles of what they just made clear are]] '''''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything living individuals]]'''''. ''[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer All of this is actually happening]].'' |
| 415 | * WebVideo/PartyCrashers: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR0k0M_OtPg I got bullied in Mario Party 2...]]", Vernias asks Brent how the Bowser Bomb works before playing the Item Minigame. As the NiceGuy for not withholding information, Brent tells him that if he obtains the item, it would summon Bowser to steal all the coins of any player he runs into. While he's explaining this though, he realizes too late that both him and Nick were directly in Bowser's line of fire. |
| 416 | * WebVideo/TheRapCritic's list of the top nine worst lyrics of 2016 has him wrapping up by putting the entirety of B.o.B.'s "Flatline" at #1. His discussion of the song's failings culminates in a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at {{conspiracy theorist}}s, accusing them of poisoning the discourse such that actual problems with government and corporate corruption and malfeasance can't be discussed rationally without being lumped in with raving lunatics. He then realizes that the proliferation of phony conspiracy theories to misdirect truth-seekers would be ''just what the people in power would want''. This causes him to (sarcastically) go into raving ConspiracyTheorist mode himself. |
| 417 | -->'''Rap Critic:''' In fact, if I didn't know any better, I'd think that... oh my God. These conspiracy nuts are a plant by evil corporations! They're there to make any actual criticism of the effects of their tyranny look crazy! Oh my God, it's the perfect plan! To keep your mind occupied by fantasy that tells you that you're powerless, and misdirect people out there who want to be socially aware with gobbledygook about the Earth being flat! Because, y'know, ''that's'' what's ruining society! Listen to me, people! All you flat-earthers and 9/11 truthers out there, stop focusing your energy on this bulls**t! Remove the wool from over your eyes and realize that you should be using your energy to protest actual corrupt stuff like, like the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, or pushing for better police training! Stop talking about the weather machines or pizza parties or whatever bulls**t you're actually thinking about! That's just what the Illumi-Nazis or the Build-a-Bear Corporation want you to think! ''Open your eyes, sheeple!!!'' I'm the Rap Critic, and... be aware, my friends. ''[takes off cap to reveal a TinfoilHat]'' Be very aware. |
| 418 | * During [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynxfp5PcO9M their video]] on ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'', IGP and [=IcyCaress=] were camping outside the door to a small, three-door connector, waiting for "Peanuts" (the infamous [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-173 SCP-173]]) on the other side to leave, reassuring each other that 173 cannot open doors. A few moments later, IGP goes through the door and the following exchange occurs: |
| 419 | -->'''Icy:''' Are you sure you're alright?\ |
| 420 | '''IGP:''' Yeah, I don't have the blink meter, that means he's gone. He's gone!\ |
| 421 | '''Icy:''' [[HopeSpot Great! That means]]... wait, that means he ''can'' open doors.\ |
| 422 | '''IGP:''' He's... [[OhCrap Oh god, he can.]] |
| 423 | * ''WebVideo/StacheBros'': In "The Day Super Mario Died", Boo believes that Mario is dead after hearing such news from Luigi, but she tries to show him the bright side of being dead by helping him pull pranks on the Mushroom Kingdom. After their pranking, though, Mario is still bummed about believing he's dead: |
| 424 | -->'''Boo:''' Aw, c'mon, we went through this! Being dead's great! So what if a condor bit your head off?\ |
| 425 | '''Mario:''' Yeah, I know, it's bad- ''[{{record needle scratch}}]'' What? Condor?\ |
| 426 | '''Boo:''' Yeah, and that forest shark ate the rest of you!\ |
| 427 | '''Mario:''' What? No, I got pushed off a cliff by Luigi.\ |
| 428 | '''Boo:''' What, that stupid hill? You couldn't have... oh, no.\ |
| 429 | '''Mario:''' What?\ |
| 430 | '''Boo:''' Luigi made it all up. Which means... you're alive! And that means...\ |
| 431 | '''Mario:''' All those pranks were...\ |
| 432 | '''Both:''' [[CrossingTheBurntBridge Oh, no!]] |
| 433 | * This happens twice to WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows during his review of Music/OneDirection's "Best Song Ever", as his criticisms fall flat and he starts to realize that [[GuiltyPleasures he actually likes the song]]. |
| 434 | * ''WebVideo/{{Unraveled}}'': |
| 435 | ** Brian spends more than ten minutes discussing the vital traits that his new music genre will require to thrive in the wastelands of the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series, he suddenly realises that he's spent all that time reinventing {{Ska}}. |
| 436 | ** At the end of his video on [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser's]] military organisation, Brian fills in some of the odds-and-ends characters: |
| 437 | --->"[''These characters''] didn't really fit in the military structure, they don't act like military. The Koopa Troopas from ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', they don't even antagonise you, they go about their business unless you go out of your way to attack them. So, again, they don't even feel like military. They act more like civilians, to be honest."\ |
| 438 | ''(long pause)''\ |
| 439 | "Oh my God, they're civilians." |
| 440 | ** Throughout his video on when Mario can retire, all of Brian's projections have come to the conclusion that Mario can't retire until he's almost 90. At the end of the video, Brian tries one last time, using his own financial information, only to get the same result. Brian protests this conclusion, pointing out that if Mario can never retire, then ''he'' can never retire, at which point what he just said hits him, and the video ends with Brian [[INeedAFreakingDrink out drinking]]. |
| 441 | * At the end of the ''[[Creator/BobChipman Big Picture]]'' episode [[https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/familiar-things-stranger-things-uses-nostalgia-preserve-history/ "Familiar Things"]], about how ''Series/StrangerThings'' uses {{nostalgia|Filter}} for TheEighties as one of its main hooks, Bob notes how many of the Creator/AmblinEntertainment works that the show is hearkening back to were themselves nostalgic for TheForties and TheFifties, when their own creators grew up, and how that nostalgia has come full circle. He then starts thinking of how it might come full circle again once the young fans of ''Stranger Things'' themselves become adults. |
| 442 | -->"I can't help but wonder, knowing that ''Stranger Things'' does indeed have a young fanbase that doesn't actually have firsthand memories of its various references, what it'll look like when the series inspires its own nostalgia in a generation's time. Nostalgia for [[TheNewTens the 2010s]]' nostalgia of the '80s, which was nostalgia for the '40s and '50s? Well, at least my job's not going anywhere... oh dear God." |
| 443 | * WebVideo/DeckerShado ended up doing this when commenting on the title of the version of ''Film/GameraVsGyaos'' he's reviewing with Creator/ThatLongHairedCreepyGuy. As when commenting on it, he criticizes the latter titular monster's name being spelled as [[UnfortunateNames "Gaes"]] and is immediately horrified. Creepy, an LGBT man, quickly gives out a DeathGlare. |
| 444 | * At the end of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall''[='s=] review of ''Sensational Spider-Man'' #0, Linkara mentions that some viewers believed that he was almost done with ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' before mentioning he's been skipping around stories before he lifted up the massive seven volume omnibus collection covering it and tells them that that doesn't even include the original saga, the Ultimate Clone Saga, the mini-series revision and others. This means he'd ''never'' run out of the Clone Saga. A split second later, his face drops and he shouts "DAMMIT!" |
| 445 | * During ''LetsPlay/TearOfGrace''[='s=] playthough of ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'', after Brett's newest Captain defeats an enemy one in combat, several other enemy Captains flee the scene. Brett reads off the name of one of said Captains and stops mid-sentence when he realizes that his ImplacableMan Nemesis Pigug the Shadow has come BackFromTheDead yet again. |
| 446 | -->'''Brett:''' Pigug the Shadow escape- ''[{{Beat}} as Brett remembers who that is]'' [[ImplacableMan Pigug]]... [[BackFromTheDead Shadow]]... [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Escaped]]... |
| 447 | * A subdued version is used in ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' when the group's attempt at warning people of the blue border in "Borderline Forever" fails miserably and they realize it may have had the exact opposite effect they were hoping for: |
| 448 | -->'''Terry:''' At least we did spread the word on multiple issues, now people know about the blue border and think we're f*cks.\ |
| 449 | '''Jeb:''' I mean, we only started to see the border after you [Scott] brought it up to us.\ |
| 450 | ''{{Beat}}''\ |
| 451 | '''The group:''' [[MassOhCrap ...Huh.]]\ |
| 452 | '''Reporter:''' This just ''just'' in, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero reports that the state of Ohio experiencing a blue border obstructing their vision are increasing rapidly.]] |
| 453 | * ''WebVideo/{{Oxventure}}'': PlayedForLaughs, since the players were well aware of Prudence's big InternalReveal in advance: |
| 454 | -->'''Prudence:''' [[CallBack Do you remember the town that had the werebear problem]]?\ |
| 455 | '''The group:''' Yes.\ |
| 456 | '''Prudence:''' Do you remember I got ''bitten'' by the man who had the werebear problem?\ |
| 457 | '''Dob:''' Yes, but I don't see wh- |
| 458 | * ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': As Nott deals the final blow to the incubus that had been hassling the party, Sam proudly proclaims she blows it up with an explosive crossbow bolt. His expression then turns to horror when he realizes that [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace Caduceus, who was unconscious and had already failed two death saves, was in the blast radius as well]]. |
| 459 | [[/folder]] |
| 460 | |
| 461 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 462 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging Rubber Duck Debugging]] is a case of trying to forcefully invoke this trope in real life with a CompanionCube. |
| 463 | * Socratic dialogues consist of constantly asking further explanation from another person who proposes a certain theory, until said person reaches a point where their argument falls apart, thus highlighting the hidden weaknesses in their theory. Creator/{{Socrates}} himself concluded that no one really knows anything, since the technique ''always'' tripped them up eventually. Indeed, even the most comprehensively thought-out argument or idea will eventually reach a point that the speaker simply cannot explain it any further. |
| 464 | * This happened to a UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC-area meteorologist in 2022. As Doug Kammerer read the weather report for Creator/{{NBC}} 4 Washington's newscast and announced a tornado warning in Bethesda, Maryland, he [[https://www.today.com/parents/weather-reporter-calls-family-air-warn-tornado-rcna22562 realized]] that his house was right in the middle of the area where the storm was projected to go through, and called his family live on-air to warn them. |
| 465 | [[/folder]] |
| 466 | ---- |
| 467 | ''Oh, that SelfDestructMechanism? Don't worry, it only activates if you read the text at the bottom of the... ah, hell.'' |
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