Gilligan Cut / Film

Gilligan Cuts in Films.

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Animated

• Atlantis: The Lost Empire: Milo is so excited to go on the expedition to Atlantis, he can't even hold it in! Cut to him on the expedition, getting seasick over the side of the boat.
• The Brave Little Toaster: There's a short series of these played for irony when the Master's new appliances have the older ones cornered in front of an open window while the Master is at the old cabin looking for the latter. Each time the Master wonders out loud where one (or more) of them is/are, the scene cuts to the corresponding appliance(s) being knocked out the window and into the dumpster below.
• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie: During the sugar high scene:
  George: Harold, I really want some sugar.
  Harold: Me too!
  [cut to the two spazzing out on a sugar high]
  Harold: [uncontrollably fidgeting in a fetal position] WE MADE THE WRONG CHOICE!
  George: [running laps around Harold so fast, he creates a mini trench] THIS DID NOT SOLVE ANYTHING!
• Cars:
  • In the first movie, while they're heading for California, Lightning McQueen promises to Mack the truck that he'll keep him awake all night long by talking to him so he can keep driving. Cut to McQueen sleeping soundly in the trailer and Mack starting to doze off.
  • Cars 3: Lightning protests claims that he's too old and that he's "not taking a nap". Cut to him, yawning, having woken up from a nap.
• Cats Don't Dance: Used when the other animals try to convince Sawyer to take part in the performance for L.B. Mammoth, complete with corresponding dialogue:
  Tillie: Well?
  Sawyer: I can't do this.
  Tillie: And?
  Sawyer: I can't do this!
  Tillie: So?
  [cut to Sawyer in the sailor costume]
  Sawyer: I can't believe I'm doing this.
• In The Chipmunk Adventure, when the boys discover that a Fiji bush tribe is going to sacrifice their new "Prince of Plenty" Theodore, Alvin exclaims, "Over my dead body!" Cut to all three of them bound to stakes, about to be dropped into a pit of crocodiles.
  Simon: You mean over OUR dead bodies.
• Coco: When Miguel tries to gain entrance to Ernesto's party, he boldly claims to be Ernesto's great-great-grandson. Cut to him Getting the Boot by the unimpressed security guard.
• The Emperor's New Groove. When Kuzco and Pacha are on their way back to the palace, Kuzco asks what the chances of Pacha carrying him are, to which Pacha replies "Not good." Lo and behold, the next time they appear on screen, Pacha is carrying Kuzco in his arms (though the cut is preceded by a scene featuring Yzma and Kronk.)
• In Finding Nemo, Dory and Nemo are trying to find Marlin at the end and ask a crab for information. He refuses to disclose the information, and says there is no way Dory can make him. After Dory's Death Glare, it cuts to the crab being held above water by Dory to be seen by a flock of seagulls. Naturally, the crab gives in.
• From The Great Mouse Detective:
  Basil: Young lady, you are most definitely not accompanying us! And that! Is! Final!
  [cut to Olivia sneaking out of the disguised mouse hole with Basil and Dawson]
  Basil: And not a word out of you.
• How to Train Your Dragon:
  • Gift of the Night Fury: After Hiccup discovers that dragon eggs explode and he's grateful they aren't hatching on Berk.
    Hiccup: Man, it's a good thing those don't hatch on Berk.
    [cut to Astrid and her friends putting Gronkle eggs in each Viking house]
    Astrid: Wasn't this a great idea?
    Fishlegs: Uh-huh! Everyone's gonna be so surprised!
    [the first dragon egg explodes, blowing the door off the house it was in and sending the newborn Gronkle flying into Fishlegs' face, knocking him flat on his back]
    Snotlout: Surprise!
    [a baby Gronkle land on Fishlegs]
    Snotlout, Tuffnut, and Ruffnut: Awww!
    Astrid: The eggs... explode? [eggs explode] The eggs EXPLODE!
  • Legend Of The Boneknapper Dragon, a short film included in certain versions of the How to Train Your Dragon DVD, has Snotlout doing one of these:
    Snotlout: There's no way I'm getting on a boat to go after a fake dragon.
    [cut to Snotlout grimacing as he rows the longboat]
• In The Iron Giant, when Hogarth's mother calls him to say she'll be working late:
  Annie: And, Hogarth no scary movies, no late snacks, in bed by 8:00. Got it?
  Hogarth: Come on, Mom. It's me, remember?
  Cut to Hogarth watching a horror movie at 9:05 PM, eating a Twinkie after filling it with whipped cream.
• In Inside Out, Joy proposes that she and Sadness should return to Headquarters through the long-term memory store, saying "This will be easy! This is working!". Cut to Joy saying wearily "This is not working." Cue this trope being mentioned by name on the commentary track.
• In The Land Before Time, the main characters have to get rid of the Tyrannosaurus (which they call a "sharptooth") that's been hounding them throughout the movie. They plan to 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]
• The Lion King:
  • The Lion King (1994) uses a Gilligan Cut just before Simba & Co.'s battle with Scar and his hyena minions, with Timon's actor adlibbing the specific line.
    Simba: C'mon, Timon, you guys have to create a diversion.
    Timon: What do you want me to do, dress in drag and do the hula?!
    [Gilligan cut]
    Timon: LUAU!!!
  • Made even funnier in The Lion King 1 ½ sequel, where Timon and Pumbaa are heading to the Pride Lands to help Simba, with Timon saying this is their glorious moment, then it cuts to the "luau" scene.
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: This exchange when the Zoosters are getting ready to travel to Monte Carlo in order to track the penguins down.
  Alex: You know what? I bet those penguins will be glad to see us.
  Marty: Yeah! They're probably bored out of their minds!
  [cut to the penguins and chimps having the time of their lives trashing their hotel room]
• In The Magic Roundabout (2005)
  Dougal: That's the spirit, Brian! Nothing short of a sea of boiling lava will keep me from that diamond now.
  [cut to a sea of boiling lava]
  Dougal: Oh, sugar.
• Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas: During the story Donald's Gift Daisy is pushing Donald to go out to the mall with Huey Dewey & Louie while he just wants to stay at home and enjoy his hot chocolate.
  Donald: I'm not going and that's final!
  Daisy: [cut to the mall] Don't dawdle Donald.
• Migration: When Gwen refuses to poop in the sky like an adult bird, her mom declares that there is no way they are going to land. Cut to the family on the ground, waiting for her to finish her business.
• In Monsters, Inc., Sulley and Mike are discussing how to get Boo back to her home:
  Mike: What are we gonna do? March out into public with that thing?! Then we just waltz right into the factory, right?!
  [Sulley looks thoughtful; cut to outside the factory]
  Mike: I can't believe we are waltzing right into the factory!!!
• Mulan II. "Fearless, loyal, and disciplined... China's most honorable and noble soldiers..." Cue Yao, Ling, and Chien Po getting literally thrown out by The Matchmaker.
• My Little Pony: A New Generation: Hitch admits that a unicorn forest sounds kind of magical. Cut to a gloomy forest framed by various forms of "Keep Out" songs.
• Early on in NIMONA (2023), Ballister refuses to go along with Nimona's scheme and sets off on his own to prove his innocence despite her warning him that he will just get captured as a result. The next shot is of Ballister behind bars having been captured by the knights.
• Pocahontas:
  • Upon being informed of the settlers' arriving and how they might pose a threat, Pocahontas's father Powhatan tells some of his men to go observe them, commenting that they should hope the settlers don't intend to stay. It then cuts to the settlers, where Ratcliffe is planting a flag and declaring the territory they're on as Jamestown.
  • And again at a point in the middle of the film:
    Ben: [sarcastically] Oh, sure, we're havin' loads of fun, right? Look at us, no gold, no food, while Ratcliffe sits up in his tent all day, happy as a clam.
    [Cut to Ratcliffe panicking over his plans in his tent]
    Ratcliffe: I'm doomed. I should be wallowing in riches by now, and I haven't found as much as a speck!
• The Prince of Egypt: After Moses and Rameses accidentally destroyed a temple that was under construction during their chariot race.
  Rameses: You don't think we'll get into trouble for this, do you?
  Moses: No, not a chance!
  [cut to Seti reprimanding Moses and Rameses in the throne room]
  Seti: Why do the gods torment me with such reckless, destructive, blasphemous sons?!
• Quest for Camelot: After Kayley has finally caught up with Garrett after his "I Am" Song.
  Kayley: I just need your help, this once.
  Garrett: Oh, all right, all right! But don't give me any trouble!
  (Later in the forest, Garrett ends up being drenched on the head with purple slimy liquid from a giant flower.)
  Garrett: (groans, whilst wiping off the liquid from his hair) It's a fine mess you've gotten us into, Ayden.
• In The Rescuers Down Under, Bernard attempts to recruit Wilbur to sit on Marahute's eggs to keep them warm.
  Wilbur: Ohhhh no. Wait a minute! Hold it! I know what you're thinking, and you're wrong! Don't even- No! Don't look at me like that! You getting "no" from me! You understand? No, I will not ever sit on those eggs! [cut to Wilbur now sitting on the eggs] Aww, nuts! Gotta learn to be more assertive. No is no is NO. [to the eggs] Hey! Quit movin' in there!
• In Shrek 2, after Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey are invited to Far Far Away. The DVD Commentary even calls it a "Gilligan's Island cut".
  Shrek: We're not going, and that's final!
  [cut to the last of the luggage being loaded]
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Peter B. attempts to downplay the downward spiral he has found himself in by claiming that he "handled it like a champion!" Not even one second later, smash cut to him, in costume, curled up and sobbing underneath a Shower of Angst.
• This little gem from The Sponge Bob Movie Sponge Out Of Water:
  Mr. Krabs: [acting like crazy] The Krabby Patty is what ties us all together! Without it, there will be a complete breakdown of social order! A war of all against all! Dark times are ahead! Dark times indeed!
  Squidward: Seriously? Aren't you overreacting a bit?
  [cut to Bikini Bottom in flaming ruins and everyone dressed in punk attire]
• Tangled:
  • The film features a rapid-fire string of Gilligan Cuts when Rapunzel first escapes her tower, alternating between her feelings of guilt for disobeying her "mother" Gothel, and her feelings of joy over leaving the tower for the first time in her life.
    Rapunzel: I'm a horrible daughter, I'm going back.
    I'm never going back!
    I'm a despicable human being.
    Woohoo! Best! Day! Ever!
    • Lampshaded by Flynn: "You know, I can't help but notice you seem a little at war with yourself here."
  • During the musical number in the Snuggly Duckling:
    Big Nose Thug: What's your dream?
    Flynn: No, no, no, no, sorry, boys. I don't sing.
    [sharp weapons are pointed at him from every angle]
    Flynn: [cut to him singing] I have dreams like you, no really!
• Tarzan: When Tarzan tries to get Terk and Tantor to distract Kerchak:
  Terk: Alright! But don't make me do anything embarrassing...
  [cut to Terk bursting out of the undergrowth in Jane's poofy yellow dress]
  Terk: I'M GONNA KILL HIIIIIIIIIIM!!!!!
• In Tom and Jerry: The Movie, this is double subverted. Robyn says that she's pretty sure that her evil Aunt Figg doesn't care that Robyn is gone. Tom disagrees, insisting that Aunt Figg is "crying her eyes out for [Robyn] right this minute". Smash cut to Aunt Figg, who is doing just that to a police officer, begging him to find Robyn. However, once the police officer is gone, Figg shows her true colors by screaming at her lawyer, Mr. Lickboot, while also instantly turning off the waterworks and revealing to the audience that what she really cares about is inheritance money from Robyn's father.
• In Toy Story 2, this little exchange when the toys need to get through a ventilation grate to rescue Woody:
  Rex: What are we gonna do, Buzz?
  Fake Buzz: Use your head.
  [cut to Rex being used as a battering ram]
  Rex: But I don't wanna use my head!!!
• In Turning Red, after Mei defies her mother and refuses the ritual to exorcise her red panda spirit, she runs off to join her friends at the 4*Town concert. She states that she's not afraid of the consequences, and just then, the scene cuts to something she really should be afraid of.
  Miriam: Your mom must have gone nuclear.
  Mei: Who cares? What's she gonna do? Ground me? (she and her friends laugh)
  (cut to Ming, now a towering panda monster, on the warpath)
• Zootopia does this with Duke Weaselton on his second appearance when Judy learns that she needs to get some crucial information from him.
  Weaselton: I ain't talking, rabbit. And there ain't nothing you can do to make me.
  [Judy and Nick make knowing looks at each other before the scene cuts to...]
  Mr. Big: Ice him!
  Weaselton: AAH! AAH! WOAH! WOAH! WOAH! AAH! NO!

Live-Action

• The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl is often thought of as one of those movies that's So Bad, It's Good by viewers, but one line at the end was rather hilarious:
  Mr. Electricidad: Okay, kids, who's next? Remember, there are no dumb ideas.
  Linus: Maybe we can freeze his circuits!
  Mr. Electricidad: That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard. We're in the middle of Texas in August!
• In The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Robert Ford has agreed to bring his friend Jesse James to justice. A lawman warns Robert to never let Jesse get behind him. After a cut, Robert is stocking shelves at a general store and Jesse walks in behind him, startling him.
• Back to the Future Part II: Marty and Doc are back in 1955, and Marty needs to trail Biff. But first, he needs some Fifties clothes.
  Doc: Something inconspicuous!
  [cut to Marty wearing a not-so-inconspicuous leather jacket and hat]
• In Barney's Great Adventure, Cody goes from convincing himself that Barney isn't real to trying to convince his grand parents that he is real.
  Cody: Barney the dinosaur is NOT in this barn.
  [cut to night. Cody is talking to his grandparents]
  Cody: I'm telling you, Barney's in your barn.
• Beverly Hills Cop:
  Axel: [to officers Taggart and Rosewood] I found the perfect place. I saw it on the way over here today, it's perfect for you guys. It's very conservative, and you guys will love it. Don't worry, it's nice. Trust me.
  [cut to half-naked stripper dancing in a seedy club]
• In Big Tits Zombie, Rena tells the midget yakuza boss that there is no way she will sleep with him because he is a disgusting little creep. The next scene has her waking up in bed next to the boss.
• In But I'm a Cheerleader, after Megan's friends and family stage an intervention and tell her that she is going to anti-gay camp, she protests, "There is no WAY I'm going!" Cut to her looking miserable in the back of the car.
• In Catch Me If You Can: Frank puts a necklace around an airline stewardess' neck. She happily says to him, "No! No, no! [cut to shaking hotel room] Yes, yes, yes!"
• After Tyrus in Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror angrily refuses to stay in the town any longer, the next cut shows walking with others and complaining about "sticking together".
• Clear and Present Danger. Jack Ryan and CIA man Chavez are in Colombia; Ryan wants to meet Escobedo, the drug cartel Big Bad.
  Chavez: What are you going to do, just knock on his door?
  [Cuts to Ryan knocking on a door in the outer wall of Escobedo's compound and handing the guards a business card]
• Colette: Willy asks Colette to cut her hair to look like the public's image of Claudine. She states frankly that that will never happen. The next shot shows her with her hair cropped short.
• Come Dance with Me!: Albert voices his hopes to Hervé that he will make Virginie happy; cut to Hervé yelling at Virginie and calling her a spoiled child in the middle of an argument, three months later.
• In Cop Out, Jimmy wants Paul to give him a boost into a house. Paul's response is "Fuck no!" Guess what Paul is doing next.
• The Dark Knight Trilogy
  • In Batman Begins, while Fox is showing Bruce around the R&D department, Bruce notices a camo vehicle:
    Bruce Wayne: What's that?
    Lucius Fox: The Tumbler? Oh, you wouldn't be interested in that.
    [cuts to Bruce driving the Tumbler around an empty warehouse floor with Lucius riding shotgun and explaining the features, culminating with...]
    Bruce Wayne: Does it come in black?
  • Played for Laughs in The Dark Knight: Bruce Wayne is talking with Alfred about what he'll do to capture Lau in Hong Kong and bring him back to Gotham. Bruce asks Alfred if he's thought of an alibi that will explain Bruce's absence in the interim, and Alfred replies, "Oh yes." Cut to Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes showing up at the opera house, only to find the box office shuttered, and a newspaper article taped in the window reading "Love Boat: Billionaire Absconds With Entire Russian Ballet." Then the scene cuts to Alfred and Bruce on a yacht in the Caribbean with a number of sunning ballerina dancers on deck as a seaplane arrives to pick up Bruce. And Rachel giving this, "Oh, Bruce" expression on her face.
  • Double cut: In The Dark Knight Rises, we see Bruce and Selina Kyle dance at Miranda Tate's Masquerade Ball. After Bruce takes back his pearl necklace from Selina, she suddenly kisses him and then departs. Later, as Bruce is approaching the valet:
    Bruce Wayne: Must have lost my ticket.
    Valet: Your wife said you were taking a cab home.
    Bruce Wayne: [shocked] My wife?
    [cuts to Selina speeding through the streets in Bruce's Lamborghini Aventador with a wicked grin on her face; the scene then cuts to Bruce climbing into the backseat of Alfred's car]
    Alfred Pennyworth: Just you, sir? [Bruce says nothing, and Alfred pulls away from the curb] Don't worry, Master Wayne. Takes a little time to get back in the swing of things.
• Played for drama in The Day of the Jackal: OAS Lt. Colonel Jean-Bastien Thiry is to be executed for masterminding the attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle. The night before he's executed, he declares that no French soldier would raise his rifle against him. The scene immediately cuts to him being executed by firing squad.
• In Dirty Dancing, Johnny sarcastically suggests that Baby replace his dance partner Penny in an upcoming performance. When both Penny and his cousin realize that that isn't a bad idea, both Johnny and Baby protest vehemently, with Johnny adamantly saying, "She CANNOT do it!" Sure enough, the next scene is of them during a dance lesson.
• Dreamscape. Alex Gardner is refusing to take part in a dream experiment.
  Alex: I'm never going to do this for you, ever!
  [scene cuts to Alex with electrodes taped to his head, about to start the experiment]
• In Easy A, Olive gets a birthday card from her grandmother which has a music chip that plays Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful of Sunshine". She dismisses it as the worst song ever. Cut to the following day where she apparently can't stop singing along with it.
• From A Fish Called Wanda, hilariously delivered by John Cleese as Archie, and Kevin Kline as Otto:
  Otto: Apologize!
  Archie: [sarcastically] Me to you?
  [minutes later...]
• In The Five-Year Engagement, every time someone mentioned that a character's grandparents could die at any moment, the character gets annoyed at the implications... then immediately: cut to a grandparent's funeral.
• In Gattaca, when Vincent is leaning how to look like Jerome, he is very adamant about not being willing to have surgery to extend his legs. Cut a surgery buzzsaw and Vincent saying that Jerome never questioned his commitment after that.
• From the movie The Girl Next Door: Matthew sees the title 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]
• Girls Like Magic: Maggie states she won't let Jamie look at her vagina to see if it's ugly. The scene then cuts onto Jamie doing just that.
• Godmothered: Mackenzie agrees to let Eleanor babysit her kids, but she says "Please don't let them stare at a screen all day." Eleanor says "Okay." Less than ten seconds later, Mia and Jane are seen staring at screens.
• GoodFellas:
  • During one of Karen's monologues:
    Karen Hill: After awhile, it got to be all normal. None of it seemed like crime. It was more like Henry was enterprising, and that he and the guys were making a few bucks hustling, while all the other guys were sitting on their asses, waiting for handouts. Our husbands weren't brain surgeons, they were blue-collar guys. The only way they could make extra money - real extra money - was to go out and cut a few corners.
    [Cuts to Henry and Tommy hijacking a truck]
  • After Henry assures Paulie that he'll stay away from drugs after getting out of jail, the film cuts to Henry and his mistress/partner-in-crime Sandy lording over a pile of cocaine.
  • Jimmy instructs Henry to be discreet with the Lufthansa heist money. Cut to Henry entering his house with a huge fake Christmas tree and shouting to his family, "I got the most expensive tree they had!"
• In A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles are scouring a train searching for Paul's grandfather. The eventually find him in a berth sharing champagne with a very young lady.
  Grandfather: Congratulate me, boys! I'm engaged! [cut to grandfather in an animal cage in a separate car]
  Paul: No, you're not!
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
  • Word of God says their favorite example is when Kumar decides to take a detour at Princeton.
    Harold: Forget it. End of discussion. I am not seeing Cindy Kim.
    [Whip Pan 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.
• In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry is looking for a date to Slughorn's party:
  Harry: I'll ask someone I like. Someone cool.
  Cut to Harry greeting Luna Lovegood.
• 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.
• In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, the McCallisters finds out that Kevin has his father's wallet, which has all his money and credit cards in it. When the police officer they are talking to says that they will be able to track Kevin if he uses a credit card, Mrs. McCallister says that Kevin doesn't even know how to use a credit card. Cut to Kevin using the credit card to check into the Plaza in New York.
• Hot Fuzz uses this frequently.
  Mr. Staker: [over the phone] Mr. Staker. Mr. Peter Ian Staker.
  Nick: P.I. Staker? Right, Piss taker! COME ON! [cuts to him talking to Mr. Staker in person] Right, Mr. Staker...
• Independence Day: "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.
• In the Loop: 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.
• In the 1987 film In the Mood Patrick Dempsey as Sonny Wisecarver, 'The Woo-Woo Kid', is before the same judge a second time, for his affairs with older women. He tells the judge "You can't put me in jail for falling a love!". A second later, guess where he is standing in line at.
• In I Think I Love My Wife, this exchange with Richard and Nikki:
  Richard: You must be out of your fucking mind if you think I'm getting on a plane to Washington, D.C., to go to some guy's house to get your shit! [cut — the plane arrives in Washington DC]]
• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: Spencer tells Fridge to climb on his back since the latter's avatar lacks speed which would slow them down, but Fridge refuses claiming he'd rather lose a life. Cut to Fridge riding on Spencer's back as they both make their escape.
• Jurassic Park (1993): Ellie Sattler sarcastically replies that the velociraptor she trapped in the maintenance shed is secure, "as long as they haven't figured out how to open doors". The next shot is an extreme close-up of the kitchen door, where one of the other raptors has just figured out exactly how it opens.
• The Knight Before Christmas: Cole invites Brooke to binge watch some television with him, she's says she's not sure she has time too as she has so many Christmas chores to do but then it cuts to the next scene; it's now dark outside and Brooke has fallen asleep on the sofa whilst watching the TV with Cole all day.
• Lake Placid: "I'm not going to Maine. I'm NOT going to Maine!" Cut to plane flying over Maine.
• Larger than Life: Jack and Vera are traveling through the hot, dry New Mexico desert when it starts raining. Jack says, "Vera, it's rain! My whining days are over!" Cut to Jack whining about his wet clothes.
• Laughter in Paradise: When Simon invites Lucille to blow off her brother and instead spend the afternoon with him on his boat, she says she will have to say no. There is then a cut to her sunning herself on the deck of the boat.
• Happens in Lethal Weapon 2, the 'bomb-in-the-toilet' scene. Riggs says he has to call in the bomb squad, and Roger reluctantly agrees, but urges Riggs to keep it quiet. Cuts to Roger's house filled with all sorts of people, a huge crowd outside, and several firetrucks and police cars with their sirens blaring.
• The Living Daylights, when Bond and Kara Milovy, a cellist, need to get out of Bratislava really fast:
  Kara Milovy: I must get my cello.
  James Bond: No way.
  [cut to them picking up the cello]
  James Bond: Why couldn't you have learned the violin?!
• The Locals: After his breakup, Grant is in bed refusing to get up. Paul comes to persuade him to spend the weekend surfing. After much badgering, Grant tells Paul to give up because there is no way he is going with him. The scene then cuts to the pair in Paul's car driving out of Auckland.
• Long Weekend: Peter tells Marcia to stop helping him pack and go for a walk. Marcia's emphatically says that she doesn't walk to go for a walk. The next shot is her and Cricket taking a walk on the beach.
• In Look Who's Talking, Mollie has given birth and is reading about the symptoms of Postpartum Depression. She vows aloud that she will not develop this. Cut to her crying uncontrollably.
• Love Story: The two romantic leads initially have an antagonistic relationship where the guy asks the girl out and she says never in a million years. Cut to the two people going on a date.
• Marvel Cinematic Universe:
  • Iron Man:
    • Early in the film, an angry Rhodes lectures Tony on responsibility while rejecting his offer of alcohol during their flight to Afghanistan. Cuts to both of them drunk and the flight attendants dancing around a retractable stripper pole.
    • After Iron Man gets into an involuntary tussle with a pair of US fighter jets...
      Col. James Rhodes: Now, what am I supposed to tell the press?
      Tony Stark: "Training accident", isn't that the usual B.S.?
      Col. James Rhodes: It's not that simple.
      [cuts to Rhodes delivering a press conference]
      Col. James Rhodes: An unfortunate training exercise involving an F-22 Raptor occurred yesterday...
    • Lampshaded in the RiffTrax:
      Kevin: Gilligan's Island had fewer wacky cuts than this movie.
  • In The Incredible Hulk, Bruce Banner and Betty Ross are at New York trying to find the fastest way to the university:
    Betty Ross: The subway is probably quickest.
    Bruce Banner: Me in a metal tube, deep underground with hundreds of people in the most aggressive city in the world?
    Betty Ross: Right. Let's get a cab.
    [cuts to Bruce and Betty sitting in the back of a cab driven by a reckless Eastern European driver who speeds through the streets, cuts in front of traffic, and nearly hits a pedestrian, with Bruce struggling to maintain his cool to avoid transforming and Betty panicking; the cab screeches to a sudden stop at their destination, at which point they jump out]
    Betty Ross: Are you out of your mind?! What is wrong with you?!
    Cabbie: It's nothin', baby. You don't like how I drive? [Betty, pissed off, screams as the cabbie promptly speeds away]
    Betty Ross: [screams] Asshole!!
    Bruce Banner: You know, I know a few techniques that could help you manage that anger effectively.
    Betty Ross: You zip it. We're walking.
    Bruce Banner: OK.
  • Ant-Man features both variants.
    • The Contrary Cut after Scott is released from prison.
      Scott: I have a master's degree in electrical engineering. I'll be fine.
      [cut]
      Scott: Welcome to Baskin-Robbins.
    • The Order Cut comes in traditional heist flick style because they run into complications at the last minute...
      Scott: So we expand our team. What do we need? A fake security guard on the inside to de-pressurize the water system, somebody else to hack into the power supply and kill the laser grid, and a getaway guy.
      Hank: No, no. No, no, no, not those three wombats! No way.
      [cut]
      Luis: Thank you for the coffee ma'am! It's not too often that you rob a place and get welcomed back. I mean, we just robbed you!
  • Thor: Ragnarok: While riding in an elevator, Thor suggests to Loki that they're doing the "Get help" routine to distract some guards. Loki refuses because he thinks it's humiliating.
    Thor: Do you have a better plan?
    Loki: No.
    Thor: We're doing it.
    Loki: We are not doing "Get help".
    [as the elevator doors open, Thor is carrying a seemingly unconscious Loki]
    Thor: GET HELP! Please, my brother is dying!
• Done without an actual cut in Monkey Business, when ship's stowaway Zeppo Marx tells his love interest he'll never leave her... then immediately bolts as a ship's steward approaches.
• In Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, pregnant Katya says in a determined tone "There's not going to be any baby", followed immediately by a cut to Katya outside the hospital, carrying her baby.
• In Mrs. Doubtfire: Early in the film, Daniel's brother is trying to console him about his impending divorce, but Daniel assures him that it's just a temporary thing and will soon blow over. Cut to Daniel and family standing in court hearing a judge discuss custody arrangements.
• In Mystery Men, the Shoveler is completely against holding the Super Hero try outs at his house. Next scene, they are all having a pool party at his house.
• On the Buses films:
  • In On the Buses, after Stan tells Blakey how much of a good cook Olive is, it cuts back to him at home eating a terrible stew of hers.
  • Mutiny on the Buses: After Stan tells Susy that Arthur plans to stay awake all night and learn the Highway Code, the film cuts to Arthur snoring away in bed.
  • After Stan tells Jack that Maria is a very shy bird, Holiday on the Buses cuts to Maria pulling off Stan's clothes so the pair of them can have it off.
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Rick blows his lines on set and beats himself up over it in his trailer, blaming it all on too much alcohol the night before and vowing to never drink again. Immediately cut to him taking a swig from his flask. (To his credit, he does spit it right out when he realizes what he's doing.)
• In Outlaw Women, Uncle Barney works himself into a high dudgeon when Ellen offers him the job of bartender, claiming it is no position for a man of his standing, and storms off to settle matters with Iron Mae. The next shot is of him Obsessive-Compulsive Barkeeping.
• In Partners (1982), two models for the gay magazine Man's Man have been murdered. Kerwin tells Benson that he should model for the magazine in order to act as a decoy. Benson snaps, "I'm not showing my ass and that's final!" Cut to the photography studio where Benson is preparing to be photographed.
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Used with Elizabeth's would-be Rousing Speech. Immediately after she makes it, it cuts to her rowing back to Isla De Muerta alone.
  Elizabeth: Bloody pirates.
• Doubles as a False Reassurance in Predestination. When the Space Corp counselor assures Jane that her colleagues will "come 'round", the scene cuts to Jane getting her face punched by one of the other girls.
• At the end of the original version of The Producers, as the "incredibly guilty" protagonists are about to be sentenced for their crimes:
  Max: And we're very sorry, and we promise never to do it again!
  [Cut to them locked up in prison, doing it again.]
• Roughly halfway through The Queen, Queen Elizabeth argues with Prime Minister Tony Blair, refusing to leave Balmoral to return to London to comfort the people over their grief over Princess Diana's death, insisting that it's only a matter of time before the public hysteria stops. By the next day, she's sifting through a slew of damning headlines—"Show Us You Care!"—and finally being forced to realize how bad her lack of response to the tragedy looks.
• Roustabout: Maggie plans to have Charlie perform on a Monday. Joe says it'll be a failure because nobody comes out on a Monday. Cut to Charlie performing for a full house on Monday night. Maggie gloats to Joe about it.
• In The Santa Clause 2, Santa tries to talk Bernard into convincing the elves that Toy Santa is him. He was pretty adamant about not wanting to lie to all the elves until...
  Bernard: I myself think he looks absolutely terrific!
• In Shanghai Noon, Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon spend an evening at a bordello, and while their bathe, pass their time with a Chinese drinking game. After a very long game, Roy is hungover, but Chon wants another game, leading Roy to say "No mas, no more drinking...". Cut to them playing again.
• In Shish O Besh, Sami adamantly refuses to marry the Dirty Old Woman... until the police are at the house. Cut to the wedding reception.
• In Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player, one character vows "May my grandmother drop dead if I'm lying!" Cut to shot of an old lady clutching her heart and falling to the floor.
• An un-funny example in Sleeping with the Enemy. Laura dons a white cocktail dress in preparation for a party, only to have her husband suggest that she wear her black one. She mildly protests, saying that it's too chilly, but the next scene is of them arriving at the party , with her wearing the black dress. This rather innocuous scene actually offers a hint both at her husband's controlling nature as well as her need to please him to avoid his anger.
• In Snapshot (1979), Madeline arrives at Pluckett's salon and asks for Angela to do her hair. Pluckett says that Angela is with with another client, but that he could do her. Madeline tells him that he could take the other client and then Angela would be free to do her. Pluckett says that is not going to happen. The next shot has Pluckett washing the old woman's hair and Angela dealing with Madeline.
• Speed Zone sees the entrants in an illegal road race get arrested and the team managers quickly looking for replacements. The search doesn't go so well for Leo.
  Leo: [on phone] Look, it's impossible. [Beat] Every team here is in the same boat. [beat] Well, how am I supposed to find another driver in twelve hours? Forget about it. I tried everybody. [beat] I tried him. He doesn't like me. [beat] I tried him. He doesn't like me. [beat] Look, I don't want to get into my personal problems on the phone! Alright? [beat] Well, what do you want me to do? Just grab some moron off the street?
  Cut to...
  Charlie: You want me to drive your car during the race?"
  Leo: I got a lot of confidence in you, Charlie.
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country uses this after Kirk and McCoy have been sentenced to prison on the penal asteroid of Rura Penthe, while Spock is leading the crew of the Enterprise in an effort to find the real assassins and come up with a rescue plan.
  Spock: If I know the captain, he is already deep into planning his escape.
  [cut to Kirk getting beat up in a prison brawl by an alien twice his size]
• The deleted opening of Star Trek: Generations had Kirk meeting Scotty and Chekov, who inform him that they've been invited to the launch of the USS Enterprise-B, with Kirk responding "I'm not going", which would have led to the bottle smashing on the ship and Kirk arriving.
• Stuart Little 2 has this when Stuart tells his new friend Marglo she can take a nap in Snowbell's catbed:
  Marglo: You have a cat?!
  Stuart: Don't worry about Snowbell; he wouldn't hurt a fly!
  [cut to Snowbell swatting a fly and eating it]
• Teen Beach Movie: Brady and Mac are invited to party that very night while they're in "Wet Side Story." Mac thinks that they should not be going and should not go. Cut to that night with them both dressed up and right outside at the party. Lampshaded brilliantly as while time clearly passed for all the characters from the movie, it literally was a cut to that night for Brady and Mac with no time passing at all!
• Thank Your Lucky Stars:
  Farnsworth: We have decided to make you chairman of the benefit committee. But it is to be clearly understood that the position is entirely honorary, and you are not to interfere with the show.
  Eddie Cantor: Me, interfere with the show? Me? Gentlemen, if I ever interfere, I hope I never take a bow again as long as I live! And I won't even come to the rehearsal!
  [cut to rehearsal, with Cantor on stage directing Chorus Girls]
• In That Man from Rio, the hero is dragged into an adventure involving a lost civilization, stolen statues, and a kidnapped archaeologist. His girlfriend says "We'll need a car!" The resourceful street kid asks, "What color?" He snarks, "Rose colored with green stars!" Next moment, they're in a roadster — rose colored with green stars.
• From Thirteen Days, about the Cuban Missile Crisis. JFK has been trying to keep up his schedule to avoid questions from the press, but now he needs to cancel a trip to Chicago.
  JFK: You're scared to cancel on Daley?
  O'Donnell: You're damn right I'm scared!
  JFK: Well, I'm not.
  [O'Donnell and Bobby exchange smirks]
  JFK: I'm not!
  [Cuts to JFK and Daley in Chicago]
  Richard Daley: Welcome to Chicago, Mr. President!
• Happens in This is Spın̈al Tap: "We're not going to do a free-form jazz exploration for a festival crowd." Guess what happened next.
• Mel Brooks's To Be or Not to Be:
  Mrs. Bronski: Siletski and Earhart have never met, if we could find somebody to play... (looks to her actor husband) Colonel... Erhardt...
  Sobinski: A good actor...
  Mrs. Bronski: A great actor!
  Mr. Bronski: A dead actor! Don't look at me! Don't look at me!
  [cut]
  Mr. Bronski: (dressed as Col. Erhardt) Look at me!
• Tommy Boy:
  • Richard tells Tommy they can't take no for an answer. Cut to a montage of customers saying "no" and Tommy going, "Okay, then" and getting up to leave.
  • The Carpenters' "Superstar" is on the car radio - Tommy and Richard both shrug noncommittally about changing stations. Quick scene cut, and they're both singing the song at the top of their lungs, tears streaming down their cheeks.
• 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?
• Tremors franchise:
  • Tremors: Two of 'em:
    • In an early scene, Val and Earl are bulldozing trash, Val using an old toilet to keep beer in. Val complains how "low" their job is, and Earl says they have to set their sights higher. The next scene, they're working on Melvin's septic tank. When the hose ruptures, they finally decide to leave town for good.)
    • Two scenes later, Nancy offers Val and Earl pay and free beer if they deliver something for her, just as they're leaving Perfection. They (much to their own surprise) reject her offer.
  • Tremors 5: Bloodlines: After Burt tells Erick Van Wyk "Shoot Me, Kill Me, But You Won't Cage Me", we immediately cut to Burt in the cage.
• A subtle version in The Trouble with Angels
  Mary: [seeing the school] Oh... it's positively medieval!
  Rachel: The only thing missing is the dragon.
  [cut to Mother Superior]
• Twister:
  • Used after Jo's truck is destroyed.
    Jo: That's a very nice truck.
    Bill: Don't even think about it. No way.
    [cut to Jo, Bill and Melissa in the red truck with the Dorothy equipment in back]
  • Also:
    Dusty: Red meat. We crave sustenance.
    Jo: No, guys. We are not invading my aunt.
    Dusty: Food.
    Dusty and Rabbit: Food.
    Dusty, Rabbit, and Beltzer: FOOOOOOOOD!
    Jo: Hey! We are absolutely not going.
    [cut to the team pulling into Aunt Meg's yard]
• Happens as a Running Gag in the Roy "Chubby" Brown film U.F.O.:
  • When a turnstile operator demands that Chubby pay to be admitted to the theatre where he's due to perform his next show, Chubby tells him that "the day I pay 50p to get into my own show is the day I show my arse in Woolies'^note (a since-defunct British retailer) window." We then cut to Chubby stood in the window of a shop, mooning some passers-by (though his expression indicates that he finds the situation Actually Pretty Funny).
  • Later, after he gets informed that he's just been beamed aboard the titular spacecraft, he laughs and says "The day I believe that, I'll eat fucking hay with a donkey". Which then cuts to him sat with a donkey in a room filled with hay, and acknowledging that maybe it's time he stopped Tempting Fate in this way.
• In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Nick can't believe Javi's confession that Paddington 2 made him cry, but when he agrees to watch it himself, the scene cuts to the movie making him cry as well.
  Nick: Paddington 2 is incredible.
  Javi: I fucking told you.
• In the 2015 version of Vacation the group finally makes it on the Velociraptor coaster. About halfway through the ride it gets stuck upside-down in the middle of a loop. Which leads to this exchange of confidence:
  Kevin: Dad, will we be up here for a long time?
  Russ: No son, they will be up here to bring us down in just a few minutes.
  [cut to night; the group is finally being led off of the coaster which has been closed down due to the incident]
• 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.
• The Wandering Earth have Liu Qi driving a stolen transport and assuring Han Duoduo that "no one can catch [him]". He runs into a police vehicle seconds later. Cue the next scene of him in prison.
• The Wedding Year: After getting the fifteen wedding invitations, Mara decides to break up with Jake due to not wanting to commit for a whole year by agreeing to go to all of them together. It cuts to Mara's house as they have an Immodest Orgasm, with Mara having changed her mind.
• We're the Millers: Rose Cassie and Kenny want to set off fireworks at a nearby hill, but David refuses reminding them they are on a mission. Cut to the quartret setting one firework at the hill before returning to the van.
• In What We Do in the Shadows, fledgling vampire Nick eats a french fry and asks "Why not?" when an older vampire warns him not to. Cut to Nick uncontrollably vomiting High-Pressure Blood in the back alley.
• Wild Man Blues is a documentary film of Woody Allen playing clarinet with a New Orleans jazz ensemble. Between shows, Woody's wife tells him he's too stiff when performing and that he should move a little to the music. Woody indignantly declares, "I am sufficiently animated as a human being in the context that I appear". Cut to the next performance, where he's moving to the music.
• In the 1989 film of Wilt, the hapless eponymous teacher's wife expects him to make the first move in reconciling with a pupil suspended for assaulting him. He assures her that this is never happening. Cut to him offering the pupil, "...a chance to clear up that stupid misunderstanding in class today."
• A very direct version occurs in With Six You Get Eggroll. As Abby tells her sister she's not going to wear the red dress to the party, the camera shows her back, then immediately cuts to her back in the red dress at the party.
• A Year and Change: At the beginning of the movie, Owen tells one of his friends that he needs to stop cheating on Pam (his girlfriend at the beginning of the movie), followed by an immediate scene of him having sex with another women in the bathroom.

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