-->'''[[LoveInterest Steff]]''': Freakazoid, why did you say [[CandleJack his]] name?!
-->'''{{Freakazoid}}''': 'Cause I-I wanted to do one of those funny things, like on - you ever watch ''F Troop''? - where Agarn says "There's no way I'm wearin' a dress! Absolutely not! No dress!" And Forest Tucker's like, "Yeah, you're wearing that dress! You're gonna wear that dress!" And they wipe - blblblb - and Agarn's wearin' a dress! *Footage of Agarn greeting the Loco Bros while wearing a dress*
-->'''[[spoiler:CandleJack]]''': Oh, yeah. I love that bit.
-->--''{{Freakazoid}}''

The GilliganCut is a classic staple of comedy. A character protests vehemently, "What, you expect me to wear a grass skirt, stand up on top of the Empire State Building and belt out the chorus of 'New York, New York'? Well, I'm not gonna... I'm just not gonna..." WhipPan over to the character wearing a grass skirt on the 102nd floor, singing "I want to be a part of it, New York, New York!"

The Gilligan Cut. Comedy ain't pretty.

See also IronicEchoCut and DescriptionCut. Another way of TemptingFate. Contrast IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut.

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* The second ''RanmaOneHalf'' movie has this, and plays with it at the same time. The women of the group are being abducted by unknown shadowy creatures one by one. Currently Akane is the only one they can use as bait, except everyone's looking at male Ranma. Cut to female Ranma struggling against the pole she's been tied to. Of course, there's a kettle on the top of the pole, it's clearly a trap, and Ranma was only acting like s/he was tied up.
* In the second anime adaptation of FullmetalAlchemist, Ed and Ling are trapped in Gluttony's stomach. A tired Ling collapses and Ed tries to get him to get up again by starting to walk away while repeatedly saying he's leaving without him. We then cut to Ed carrying Ling over his shoulder.

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* [[TheLibby Sistah Spooky]] gets one of these during her BackStory in ''{{Empowered}}''. A rather plain black girl in a school full of [[TheLibby Blonde Bimbos]], she summons a demon to take revenge... only to be told that he can't act against other clients. He then offers her the chance to enroll in the same program to [[DealWithTheDevil sell her soul for beauty]], which she emphatically rejects. The next page has her admiring her new body, and receiving a phone call from Hell saying that there was a minor problem with the spell, making her a VainSorceress on top of things.
* ''{{Empowered}}'': There's no way Thug Boy's going to wear his old Sparta-esque "Centurion 3000" minion costume with the breastplate nipples and short skirt. No way in hell. Nuh-uh.
-->'''Empowered:''' Put it on,'''please'''.\\
(cut to him wearing the costume)
* A variant played for [[YourMileageMayVary incredibly dark]] comedy appears in Mark Waid and Alex Ross's ''KingdomCome''. Superman prevents a group of DarkerAndEdgier heroes from letting a [[InnocentBystander bystander]] get killed, then gives them a genuinely moving Superman-style lecture about the value of human life. The next panel is Vandal Savage [[NeckSnap breaking a woman's neck]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment because she put the wrong amount of sugar]] [[KickTheDog in his coffee.]]
* Appears in the second issue of ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. Mina Murray, Captain Nemo and Allan Quartermain are investigating a school under the guise of a married couple and their manservant. They are given two rooms for the night, one with a couples bed and another with a shabby servant's bed.
-->'''Nemo''' (to Murray): "The sooner we have a good night's sleep and can be gone from here, the better. You, of course, will take the single room."\\
''Cut to Nemo and Quartermain sitting on the single bed.''\\
'''Quartermain:''' "Women."

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* ''TheLionKing'' used a Gilligan Cut just before Simba & Co.'s battle with Scar and his hyena minions.
-->'''Timon:''' "[[WeNeedADistraction A diversion?]] What do you want us to do, dress in drag and do the hula?"
-->''Cut to Timon dressed in drag and doing the hula''.
** Bonus points for Timon's voice actor ad libbing the "dress in drag and do the hula?" bit.
*** [[ThrowItIn It's Nathan Lane,]] what did you expect?
* ''TheLivingDaylights'', when Bond and Kara Milovy, a cellist need to get out of Bratislava really fast:
-->'''Kara Milovy''': I must get my cello.
-->'''JamesBond''': No way.
-->''Cut to them picking up the cello.''
-->'''JamesBond''': Why couldn't you have learned the violin?!
* In ''TheLandBeforeTime'', the main characters have to get rid of the Allosaurus (which [[CallARabbitASmeerp they call a "sharptooth"]]) that's been hounding them throughout the movie. They plan to [[spoiler: lure it to a very deep pool of water, then push a heavy boulder onto it.]] But first, they need bait, so Ducky is chosen as the bait.
-->'''Ducky''': Me? No, no, no, no, no...
-->''Cut to Ducky sneaking up on the sharptooth trying to get its attention.''
*In ''TheRescuers Down Under'', Bernard attempts to recruit Wilbur to sit on Marahute's eggs to keep them warm.
-->'''Wilbur''': Oh no. Ohhhh no. I know what you're thinking, and you're wrong! I... don't look at me like that! You're getting 'no' from me! I am ''never'' going to have to sit on those eggs!
-->''Cut to Wilbur now sitting on the eggs''
-->'''Wilbur''': Aww, nuts!
*In ''MonstersInc.'' Sulley and Mike are discussing how to get Boo back to her home:
-->'''Mike:''' What do you expect us to do? March out into public with that ''thing?!'' And then I suppose we should just waltz right into the factory!
-->''Cut to outside the factory''
-->'''Mike:''' I can't believe we are just waltzing right into the factory!!!
*''IronMan'' the film:
-->'''Rhodes:''' Now what am I supposed to tell the press?
-->'''Stark:''' "Training accident", isn't that the usual B.S.?
-->'''Rhodes:''' It's not that simple.
-->''cut to press conference''
-->'''Rhodes:''' An unfortunate training exercise involving an F-22 Raptor occurred yesterday...
** Earlier in the film, an angry Rhodes lectures Tony on responsibility while rejecting his offer of alcohol during their flight to Afghanistan. One GilliganCut later, they're both drunk, and the flight attendants are dancing around a retractable stripper pole.
*** And even earlier in the film:
---->'''Stane:''' The best thing about Tony is also the worst thing about Tony: he's always working.
---->''cut to Tony surrounded by women at a Craps table''
* From the movie ''{{Tootsie}}'':
-->'''Michael:''' Where will I say I got the money? What am I going to do? Tell [Sandy] somebody ''died'' and left it to me?
-->''cut to Sandy's apartment''
-->'''Sandy:''' My God! When did she die?
* From the move ''{{The Girl Next Door}}'': Matthew sees the titular girl next door from the window, undressing. He winds up alone in a car with her a short time later. In order to make up for it, she wants him to expose himself to her.
-->(paraphrased)
-->'''Matthew:''' I'm not stripping for you.
-->Cut to him standing in front of the car, wearing only his underwear.
* Happens in ''ThisIsSpinalTap'': "We're not going to do a free-form jazz exploration for a festival crowd." Guess what happened next.
* Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis did something like this without a cut at all. Martin was trying to convince Lewis to be a ventriloquist's dummy, Lewis kept refusing until the guy they were trying to convince walked in the door--and Lewis instantly flopped over like an oversized dummy. HilarityEnsues.
* And there's the scene in ''Clear and Present Danger'' where Harrison Ford and the CIA man are in Columbia and Ford wants to meet the drug cartel boss. The CIA man goes, "What are you going to do, walk up and knock on his door?" Cue Ford knocking on the wooden gate of the boss's hacienda.
* ''RaceForTheYankeeZephyr'' (1981). George Peppard has just threatened something nasty will happen to Donald Pleasence if he doesn't lead him directly to the Yankee Zephyr, a crashed WW2 airplane holding a fortune in gold.
-->'''Donald Pleasence''': "Well it's a bit tricky. You see, the first time I saw the Yankee Zephyr I was suspended arse-over-elbow underneath a Mixmaster."
-->'''George Peppard''': "That can be arranged." ''(Cut to Donald Pleasance tied up in a deer net beneath the villain's helicopter)''
* In ''{{Heathers}}'', Veronica is coerced into going on a date with someone other than JD and agrees: "Okay, just as long as it's not one of those nights when they get shit-faced and take us to a pasture to tip cows." You can guess what happens next.
* Also happens to the chaplain in ''Von Ryan's Express'', the variant where he is clueless as to what the others are planning for him to do.
* ''[[HaroldAndKumar Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle]]'': When Kumar decides to take a detour at Princeton.
--->'''Harold''': Forget it. End of discussion. I am not seeing Cindy Kim.
--->''WhipPan to Cindy Kim at the East Asian Students Club meeting''
--->'''Cindy''': Harold! I'm so glad you showed up!
** A later scene has Kumar telling Harold: "You don't have rabies. We're not going to a hospital. You're fine." Guess the setting of the next scene.
* IndependenceDay: "If you feel compelled to leave these cities, please do so, in an orderly fashion..."
* The original Italian version of the film ''Swept Away'': The two castaways are approaching their island destination on a rubber raft, and Raffaella brushes aside Gennarino's worries about the raft getting punctured on hidden rocks. Cut to them dragging the shredded remains of the raft up onto the shore.
* ''InTheLoop'': Sir Jonathan Tutt, the British Ambassador to the United Nations, informs Malcolm Tucker at length why he cannot and will not reschedule a key U.N vote. So of course, we immediately cut to Sir Jonathan attempting to smarm the other members into rescheduling. And then, when Malcolm needs the vote re-rescheduled, it happens again.
* A non-edit variation occurs in ''Four Weddings and a Funeral''. After he's seated at a table with six of his ex-girlfriends, Charles complains "I seem to be trapped in the wedding from hell, the ghosts of girlfriends past at every turn. Next thing you know, I'll meet Henrietta and the horror will be complete." He turns to the woman that's just walked up: "Hello Hen, how are you?"
* From ''TheGreatMouseDetective'':
-->'''Basil''': Young lady, you are not accompanying us, and that. Is. Final!
-->''Cut to Olivia sneaking out of the disguised mouse hole with Basil and Dawson.''

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* Happens once in ''[[XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]''. Red Squadron steals four sets of women's clothing, Hobbie asks Wedge to tell them that they're not going to wear it...
--->'''Hobbie''': "You lied to me."
--->'''Wedge''': "You knew, when I said we needed four sets of women's clothing, that we were going to end up in them. You ''knew''. So any hopes you had to the contrary were just self-delusion."
--->'''Hobbie''': "I understand that. But I'd rather blame you than me."
* From ''[[TheDresdenFiles Grave Peril]]'':
--> Michael: Don't worry. Let me do all the talking.
--> Chapter break
--> Michael: I can't believe they arrested us.
* In the novelisation of ''{{Gremlins}}'', one chapter ends with Pete swearing he won't forget to feed Gizmo while Billy is away. The entire next chapter is two words: "Pete forgot."

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* The trope namer, ''[[GilligansIsland Gilligan's Island]]'', had a number of these. To cite one of many examples: in one episode, a group of natives visit the island searching for a "White Goddess" to take back to their island, which presumably has contact with civilization. Rather than putting one of the women in danger, the men decide that one of them dress up in drag to be the White Goddess. When it becomes apparent that the task will fall to Gilligan, he immediately protests, "You can't make me! You can't make me!", upon which the scene immediately cuts to Gilligan dressed as a woman (and still saying "You can't make me!").
* ''MenBehavingBadly'' writer Simon Nye has declared his hatred for this trope, considering it a sitcom cliché, and managed to get away with only using it once in the entire run of MBB (Ken has taken over the pub; Gary declares that he and Tony will not set foot in there again until Les is restored as barman - GilliganCut to him and Tony convivially sharing a drink with Ken inside the pub).
*''FTroop''. See ''Freakazoid'' under Western Animation.
* Subverted in ''TheMightyBoosh'' when Howard refuses to dress as a panda, saying no man should ever be forced to do that. Cut to Vince dressed as a panda.
* ''NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': After dodging his [[SadistTeacher crazy vice-principal]], Ned is stuck wearing a ''Wild Boy'' t-shirt and grass skirt from the museum gift shop.
-->'''Ned:''' I'm supposed to meet Suzy for lunch! What am I gonna tell her? "I saw the Wild Boy skirt and I just had to have it"?
-->''cut to him and Suzy''
-->'''Ned:''' Then I saw the Wild Boy skirt, and I said, "I just have to have it!"
* In a segment of ''BeakmansWorld'' on magic, Phoebe complains how they're gonna make her the bubble-brained assistant just because she's a girl. Beak says, "If anyone around here is going to be humiliated, it certainly won't be you." Everyone agrees, including Lester...until he realizes what that means. A half second later, WhipPan to the stage, and Lester as the bubble-brained assistant, complete with costume.
* Variation both in the original series ''and'' TheMovie of ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'': Granny loudly declares her opposition to leaving, stating that they won't get her out of her rockin' chair. The next scene shows the truck packed and loaded, including Granny's rocker. Granny's still in it.
* ''{{Chef}}!'' did this all the time.
* A rare drama GilliganCut occurs in the ''MySoCalledLife'' episode "Life of Brian":
-->'''Brian (V.O.)''': I vow to never again show up at Angela's door with some lame excuse!
-->''Cut to Brian at Angela's door talking to her dad about something he supposedly borrowed from her''
* From one episode of ''HomeAndAway'':
-->'''Cassie''': I am not getting in Brad's car with you!...How did you convince me to get into Brad's car with you?
* In the ''{{Wings}}'' episode "Death Becomes Him", Joe and Brian accidentally fly the wrong corpse in for a funeral. Brian suggests that Joe masquerade as the dead man until they have time to switch the bodies.
-->'''Brian:''' Get in the box, Joe.
-->'''Joe:''' No! There is no way I am getting in that box.
-->''cut to Joe in the casket at the funeral''
-->'''Joe:''' (thinking) I can't believe I got in the box!
** Subverted in the episode "I've Got a Secret". Alex confides to Helen and Antonio that she once posed in {{Playboy}}. When Joe and Brian discover that Antonio knows a secret about Alex, they begin to badger him.
-->'''Joe:''' Come on. Tell us what you know.
-->'''Antonio:''' I can't. I won't. There is no way you're ever getting this out of me.
-->''cut to Lowell walking into the office later that day with a large stack of magazines''
-->'''Lowell''' Okay, this is the last of them. Every Playboy from '85 to '89.
** However, the cut ends up being deceptive, as it was not Antonio who blabbed, but Helen.
* Used to an extremely rare dramatic effect in the HBO Miniseries ''{{Generation Kill}}''. The Marines of First Recon is stopped in the middle of the night at the edge of the Euphrates River, preparing to launch an assault into Nasiriya.
--> '''Lt. Nathaniel Fick:''' I promise you, we will move out under cover of darkness.
--> ''Cut to a nervous-looking Cpl. Harold James Trombley as 2nd Platoon's Humvees drive over the bridge into Nasiriya in broad daylight.''
* ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' and ''{{Angel}}'' made frequent use of these.
** "Welcome To The Hellmouth":
---> '''Buffy:''' Oh please! This is Sunnydale! How bad an evil can there be here?
---> ''Cut to the Master's [[SupervillainLair lair]], located directly beneath the high school.''
** "School Hard":
---> '''Spike:''' So, how about this Slayer? Is she tough?
---> ''Cut to Buffy saying "Ow" as she brushes her hair.''
** "Bad Eggs":
---> '''Willow:''' Maybe you could get Angel to help you find the Gorches.
---> '''Giles:''' Good idea. Strength in numbers.
---> '''Xander:''' Oh yeah. I see a lot of hunting getting done in that scenario.
---> '''Buffy:''' Please. Like Angel and I are just helpless slaves to passion. Grow up!
---> ''Cut to Buffy and Angel making out in the cemetery.''
** "Selfless"
--->'''Flashback!Anya:''' I'm the missus! I will be his missus! I'll be...
--->''Cut to Anya [[spoiler:empaled on Buffy's sword]]
** "I Will Always Remember You":
---> '''Doyle:''' You don't know what Buffy and Angel are doing down there.
---> '''Cordelia:''' They've got the forbidden love of all time. They've been apart for months. Now he's suddenly human. I'm sure they're down there just having tea and crackers.
---> ''Cut to Angel pouring himself some tea while Buffy munches on some crackers.''
*** Plus there's the scene that references the title of the episode. Buffy is in tears, and swear she will never forget that day. Then the Elders press the ResetButton, and Buffy (along with everybody else except Angel) has forgotten everything that happened that day.
** "Over The Rainbow":
---> (Angel & the gang get into a fight) '''Wesley:''' I think were winning!
---> Cut to them tied up in the town square.
* In ''{{Babylon 5}}'' Londo and G'Kar are on Centauri Prime just when yet another conflict between the Centauri and the Narns starts, and a Centauri official demands G'Kar to be imprisoned as a security liability until the crisis is over. Londo responds "Where he goes, I go", and turns to G'Kar to comment that even one as arrogant wouldn't dare to imprison his own Prime Minister. Scene cut, and they're both standing in a cell, and Londo shouts "Shut up!" to G'Kar before he can say anything.
* ''{{MST3K}}'' loves to put this trope in the mouths of the victim-movie's characters.
* In ''{{Top Gear}}'' (Series 5 - Episode 2), there are two in rapid succession.
--->'''James May:''' All you have to do [to enter the competition] is answer this very, very tricky automotive question: "Which Italian super car maker features a prancing horse on its logo?"
---> ''Cut across the studio to Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond.''
---> '''Jeremy Clarkson''': I have absolutely no idea...
---> ''*Pause*''
--->'''Jeremy Clarkson''': Uh, anyway... Ferrari! A couple of years ago, they introduced this amazing new hyper car called the F60, and we've been trying ever since to get hold of one.
---> ''Assorted talk about the trouble they had about getting their hands on one to drive''
---> '''Jeremy Clarkson''': And then out of the blue, Nick Mason, who's the drummer with Pink Floyd telephoned to say that he's got an F60 which we could borrow, if we promised to plug his new book. Well, we aren't really allowed to plug stuff on Top Gear, but I said to him, "Look, if we can have your F60, I'll slide a couple of references in, and I don't think any of the bigwigs'll notice...
---> ''Cut to segment backed by the Pink Floyd track "Astronomy Domine"''
** It should be noted the rest of the segment was packed full of Pink Floyd tracks, as well as numerous "The only thing as awesome as this car is this book I've been reading" lines.
** Another example, from the Vietnam episode:
---> ''Hammond and May are sitting comfortably in a bar, drinking.''
---> '''Hammond''': Do you think he's enjoying his first biking experience?
---> ''Cut to Clarkson, riding a beat-up Vespa, decked out with a plethora of mirrors, most of which are reflecting the headlight directly into his eyes.''
---> '''Clarkson''': I AM THE MOST MISERABLE HUMAN BEING ALIVE!!
** And from the same episode:
---> '''Clarkson''': [''voiceover''] Still, at least I'd been assured it wouldn't rain.
---> [''Fast cut to Clarkson, Hammond, and May riding their motorbikes in a teeming Vietnamese monsoon'']
---> '''Clarkson:''' Name an upside to this, mate! ''Name ONE upside!''
---> '''May:''' Well, you're not hot anymore, are you?
* In one [[DVDCommentary commentary]] on ''FatherTed'', Graham Linehan called this trope the 'bicycle joke', giving an example that begins with the line "You'll never catch me riding a bicycle".
** "The bicycle joke" happens about OnceAnEpisode on ''LastOfTheSummerWine'', exactly as Linehan describes.
* Episode 4 of ''KamenRiderDragonKnight'' has Maya tell her friend she will not get coffee for anyone. The next scene has her getting coffee for the woman she is working with.
* Reversed on ''MythBusters'', in an episode where they tested a bulletproof plexiglass, because Jamie said it was bulletproof. Jamie: "I never said it was bulletproof". Cut to an older episode, with Jamie gesturing to the substance and saying "It'll stop a bullet". Repeated for comic effect.
** Also reversed on Adam during the AmericanGraffitti myth with his prediction of the outcome, which spawned the now-famous "I reject your reality and substitute my own," line.
* ''KrodMandoonAndTheFlamingSwordOfFire'' has an episode where Matt Lucas's character says to his girlfriend (who has just contracted a serious illness) that he is not going to let her die. The next scene has him crying over her grave.
* The first episode of ''{{Frasier}}'' had Frasier closing a scene by refusing to let Eddie, his father's dog, move in with them. The very next scene opens with Eddie staring at Frasier on the couch.
* OneFootInTheGrave enjoys these. Examples include:
---> '''Victor:''' [[ThisIsSparta I. Do. Not. Want. A Dog!]]
---> [Cut to Victor building a kennel.]
** And:
---> '''Victor:''' *cheerfully* Gorgeous. The sort of day that actually makes you glad you're alive.
---> [Cut to Victor and Margaret trapped in a shed by a huge swarm of angry bees.]
---> '''Victor:''' Oh God, I wish I was ''dead!''
*TheWestWing: Josh has made a political deal that helps the White House but screws over Mandy, his old girlfriend:
---> Mandy: You know what the worst part about this is?
---> Lloyd Russell: Well, I think you dinged up your suspension pretty good.
---> Mandy: No, Lloyd, it's the party they're having, right now, in the West Wing, at my expense.
---> Russell: They're not having a party in the West Wing.
---> Mandy: I've worked with these people for two and a half years. They like to win and they like to gloat.
---> Russell: I'm sure you're wrong.
---> [Scene Cut to Josh's office]
---> Josh: Victory is mine, victory is mine. Great day in the morning, people, victory is mine.
---> [Everyone applauds]


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* Happens often in ''CalvinAndHobbes'', especially when Calvin refuses to take a bath. The next panel will have him in the bathtub complaining.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Video Game example: The {{Starcraft}} custom campaign, ''The Shifters''. The pre-mission briefing for Chapter 3, between space-pirate Yvonne and his girlfriend/XO went thusly:
-->XO: Please tell me you have a plan. We're not just going to walk in the front entrance, are we?''
-->Yvonne: Of course not! I may not have a plan, but I assure you, we won't be walking in the front entrance.
-->[Briefing ends and the mission begins. On-screen text pops up:] Kel-Morian Sanctity December 2nd Front Entrance
* Another videogame example: ''{{Flight of the Amazon Queen}}''. Joe King escapes from the hotel room he was locked up in, but is caught by two goons at the hotel entrance.
-->'''Eddy:''' I don't know how you got out of your room, King, but this time I'm going to make it difficult for you to leave the building!
-->'''King:''' Oh yeah? What are you going to do? Take my clothes from me?
-->''Cut to Joe King back in his room, in underwear.''
-->'''King:''' Me and my big mouth...

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''HeyArnold!'' absolutely loves this trope:
-->'''Oscar''': Don't worry, Arnold, I can't lose. ... I can't believe I lost. ("Arnold As Cupid," S1)
-->'''Helga:''' No subway for me. Not no way, not no how. I am '''NOT''' taking the subway. ... I can't believe I'm taking the subway. ("Das Subway," S1)
-->'''Gerald:''' No way, Arnold. There's ''no way'' we're fishing in a swan boat. ... I can't believe we're fishing in a swan boat. ("Big Caesar," S2)
-->'''Arnold:''' Stinky, we are '''not''' calling our go-cart the ''Mauve Avenger''. ... I cannot believe we called our go-cart the ''Mauve Avenger''. ("Grand Prix," S3)
-->'''Helga:''' Look, I am ''not'' gonna go back in there, tell them the truth, and [[WorkOffTheDebt wind up washing dishes]]. ... I can't believe I told them the truth, and I wound up washing dishes. ("Dinner for Four," S3)
* DoubleSubversion in the ''FamilyGuy'' episode "Death is a Bitch". Death asks Peter to take over for him by crashing a plane full of people, and Peter absolutely refuses.
-->'''Peter''': Forget it, Death, I’m not gonna do your dirty work! There’s no way I’m getting on that plane! Absolutely no way, and that’s final.
-->''[Cut to Peter, still standing in place.]''
-->'''Peter''': See, I'm still here and there's nothing you can say that'll change my mind.
-->'''Death''': If you don't do it, I'll kill you.
-->''[Cut to Peter on the plane]''.
*In another episode:
-->'''Lois''': Peter, I'm getting a little worried about Chris. all he does lately is sit alone in his room talking to that zit.
-->'''Peter''': Relax, Lois. What's a zit gonna do? Talk to him and tell him to sneak out of the house and cause trouble?
-->''[cut to Chris having already snuck out of the house]''
-->'''The zit''': Now light it, ring the doorbell, and run like hell!
* Subverted, [[{{LampshadeHanging}} Lampshade Hung]], and Wiki article practically written by ''{{Freakazoid}}'', in the [[CandleJack Candle J--]]erm, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkGVhmw7x9Q episode 2]]. The titular C.J. is a campfire story villain who kidnaps you if you say his name. Of course, in the telling, the whole camp has said his name, so it's up to Freakazoid…
-->'''Freakazoid:''' Well, if it isn't--\\
'''Kidnapped kids:''' Noooo!\\
'''Freakazoid:''' What, I was just gonna say--\\
'''Kidnapped kids:''' Noooo!\\
'''Dr. Gunther Hunterhanker''' ''(also kidnapped)'': Don't say it!\\
'''Freakazoid:''' Don't say what?\\
'''Stef:''' Don't say his name!\\
'''Freakazoid:''' You mean, don't say "[[spoiler:Candle Jack]]?"\\
''([[{{Whip Pan}} Zip Pan]] to Freakazoid, now tied up with the rest)''\\
'''Stef''' ''(exasperated)'': Freakazoid, why did you say his name?\\
'''Freakazoid:''' 'Cause I, I wanted to do one of those funny things like in, y'ever watch ''FTroop'' where Agarn says, "There's no way I'm wearing a dress! Absolutely not! No dress!" and Forrest Tucker's like, "Yeah, you're wearing that dress, you're gonna wear that dress," and they they wipe ''(waves fingers)'' bloodledoodledoodledoodledoop, and Agarn's wearing a dress.\\
''([[{{Whip Pan}} Zip Pan]] to actual clip of F Troop)''\\
'''Agarn''' ''(in a dress)'': Yoo hoo! Loco brothers! Look who's here for you! ''(laugh track)''\\
''([[{{Whip Pan}} Zip Pan]] back to Freakazoid)''\\
'''You-Know-Who:''' Oh...I love that bit.
** And that wasn't the last time we'd see a subversion:
---->'''Freakazoid:''' No! A big "N" followed by a little "o," No! I am never going down into the sewers after Cobra Queen, never ever, ever, I really mean it, NO!
---->''[Cut to the sewers. The camera pans around, but Freakazoid isn't there. Cut to him sitting at home, watching TV ([[{{Animaniacs}} specifically, a certain other Spielberg cartoon]])]''
---->'''Freakazoid:''' ''[[[AsideGlance to audience]]]'' See? I said I'd never go.
* In the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "Time Keeps On Slippin'", despite time-skips setting up natural {{Gilligan Cut}}s, only one of these actually occurs.
-->'''Leela'''(on Fry loving her): I appreciate it, but nothing you can do will ever, ever make me...
-->'''Time-skip'''
-->'''Preacherbot''': ...Husband and wife!
* ''SouthPark'', "Woodland Critter Christmas":
-->'''Narrator''': So he [Stan] picked up the cubs and down the mountain he stormed, and took them to where abortions are performed."
-->'''Stan''': No, he didn't.
-->'''Narrator''': Yes, he did.
-->'''Stan''': No, he didn't!
-->'''Narrator''': Yes, he did.
-->'''Stan''': No, he didn't!
-->'''Narrator''': [[RuleOfThree Yes, he... [cut] ...did!]]
-->'''Stan''': Aw, God damn it!
* ''DrawnTogether'' had one episode where Foxxy Love was vehemently protesting she would not run a suicide hotline, only to have her agree to it after the cut. She lampshades it by muttering "Goddamnit!".
* Played with in ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''. Muriel decides to take Eustace and Courage on vacation, but Eustace insists that he's not getting out of his chair. Cut to a view of the boat sailing off. Then cut to Eustace sitting in the same chair on the deck of the boat. "Nope. Not getting out of this chair."
** This is almost certainly borrowed from ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', as mentioned above.
* ''TheBatman'' provides a bit of an odd example in "Artifacts"
-->'''Mr. Freeze''': "The cryo-chamber. Cold enough to put me on ice until someone wakes me up and puts me back together."
-->'''Gray''': (Who is thousands of years in the future) " Still can't believe some fool woke Frost up and put him back together."
* ''GeorgeShrinks''- Becky asks George if anyone will mind the fact he's taken a number of parts from household objects to build his ghost catching machine. George says that they won't even miss them. Cut to Junior finding the wheels off his toy car gone, Mom noticing the vacuum cleaner has had parts ripped from it and Dad finding his tape deck has vanished.
* Obligatory ''[[InvaderZim Zim]]'' example in the episode "Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy." Professor Membrane explains that any attempt to travel back in time and change history is [[ButterflyOfDoom likely to create a future that is worse for the traveler (or cause, say, a giant fish in a bear suit to attack Tokyo).]] The Professor finishes, [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough "Anyone who would want to build a space-time object replacement device is a complete moron!"]] Of course, the next thing we see is Zim saying "Gir, the space-time object replacement device is ready!"
* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] temporarily in ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' episode ''Born Again Krabs''. Mr. Krabs prepares to take a bite out of an old, filthy, tainted patty . Just as he is about to bite down on it, the shot cuts to an ambulance, implying that Krabs was now being rushed to the hospital. As it turns out, the ambulance was only passing by the Krusty Krab. Krabs comments on it, then takes a bite out of the patty, and the cut is played straight afterwards.
* Done on ''EdEddNEddy'' in the episode "Sir Ed-A-Lot", where Sarah forces the Eds to play "princess" with her:
-->'''Eddy''': Next thing you know she's gonna want a throne.\\
''(Scene transition to later, with Sarah sitting on a makeshift throne.)''\\
'''Eddy''': (raises glass) A toast, to my big mouth!
* Sonic Satam had this:
-->'''Sonic''': A hedgehog never gives up.
-->''(Cuts to middle of Robotropolis)''
-->'''Sonic''': I give up!
-->''(subverted since it was a plan to steal Robotnik's materials)''
* Variation on the trope in ''{{The Simpsons}}'' episode ''Burns Baby Burns''. Mr. Burns's son, an uncultured slacker voiced by Rodney Dangerfield, finds his father. Appalled by Larry Burns' antics, Burns disowns him. A saddened Larry walks late at night with Homer, trying to find some way of regaining his father's love.
-->'''Homer''': Larry, there's only one sure way to make him realize how much he loves you, and that is a phony kidnapping!
-->'''Larry''': Yeah, right. I dunno. Maybe I should just leave town.
-->'''Homer''': ''(sing-songy)'' Phony kidnapping.
-->'''Larry''': Nah, I know what I gotta do. I gotta clean up my act. ''(dramatic music swells)'' No more joking around all the time, no more slacking off at work, and most important, no more booze! I know I can do it!
-->''(Cut to Burns at his front door, holding a note)''
-->'''Burns''': ''(reading)'' Your son has been kidnapped.
** In another episode, Lisa seeks to reassure Homer that Smithers, who was fired because of Homer's actions, "can get a great job at any corporation he wants." Cut to a close-up of AT&T's wordmark. [[RevealShot Panning out]], we see that Smithers has gotten a job at "NEAT & TIDY Piano Movers."

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* Happens twice in a row in the ''{{KateModern}}'' episode "Spiders":
-->'''Gavin''': I've got a plan B.
-->'''Tariq''': What? We pay in gardening?
-->''Cut to Tariq digging in the garden.''
-->'''Tariq''': I was only joking!
-->'''Gavin''': Oh, come on! You missed - you missed a bit there. It's not forever! And just think about what we're getting for it.
-->''Cut to a dusty old garage full of cardboard boxes.''
-->'''Tariq''': I thought you said it was perfect!
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