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* ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'': In one story event, Steven, Shauna, and Looker are investigating a series of Pokémon thefts. Shauna, who's noticed a pattern among the victims, asks one of them (a Lass) whether they're involved with [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Team Flare]]. The girl denies it, but when Shauna begins reciting the Team Flare chant, she reflexively joins in, outing herself.
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* Humorous example from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where [[CloudcuckooLander Dale]] exacerbates a ThirdActMisunderstanding with his long-estranged father, Bug. Due to a SustainedMisunderstanding, Bug things Dale is angry over Bug being a GayCowboy... while Dale is actually going back to his ConspiracyTheorist roots and actually thinks that his dad is a federal deep cover agent, upsetting him deeply. Dale goes to Bug's gay rodeo to try and 'out' him as a fed, when Bug realizes how stupid his son is being and hogties him... but not before putting women's underwear on him out of reflex, as Bug has a rodeo act where he subdues goats by putting lingerie on them.

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* Humorous example from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where [[CloudcuckooLander Dale]] exacerbates a ThirdActMisunderstanding with his long-estranged father, Bug. Due to a SustainedMisunderstanding, Bug things thinks Dale is angry over Bug being a GayCowboy... while Dale is actually going back to his ConspiracyTheorist roots and actually thinks that his dad is a federal deep cover agent, upsetting him deeply. Dale goes to Bug's gay rodeo to try and 'out' him as a fed, when Bug realizes how stupid his son is being and hogties him... but not before putting women's underwear on him out of reflex, as Bug has a rodeo act where he subdues goats by putting lingerie on them.
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* Humorous example from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' where [[CloudcuckooLander Dale]] exacerbates a ThirdActMisunderstanding with his long-estranged father, Bug. Due to a SustainedMisunderstanding, Bug things Dale is angry over Bug being a GayCowboy... while Dale is actually going back to his ConspiracyTheorist roots and actually thinks that his dad is a federal deep cover agent, upsetting him deeply. Dale goes to Bug's gay rodeo to try and 'out' him as a fed, when Bug realizes how stupid his son is being and hogties him... but not before putting women's underwear on him out of reflex, as Bug has a rodeo act where he subdues goats by putting lingerie on them.
-->'''Dale:''' (''completely confused'')....panties?\\
'''Bug:''' Force of habit! Now ''zip it'' mister! You are embarrassing me in front of the whole community! (''[[FunnyBackgroundEvent meanwhile, the crowd is applauding both Gribbles]]'')

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* ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404-151/DianeCastle%2bXendra.htm Xendra]]'':
** Even when enthralled by Dracula, the titular character ([[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander]] turned into a teenage Xena) still immediately dives to the side upon hearing a DramaticGunCock.
** Later Buffy automatically attacks an invisible person she senses during her meeting with Quentin Travers. It's only after the invisibility spell fails that she realizes he's a Council member. Fortunately, between her holding back and him wearing body armor, Buffy only badly bruised his ribs rather than driving them into his lungs. Later subverted when it's revealed she did it on purpose.
* In ''Fanfic/MareGenius'', when Pinkie tries to surprise Agatha with a Party Cannon, the latter's combat training automatically kicks in at what looks like a weapon being pointed at her.


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* ''Fanfic/{{FURTHERFELL}}'': In ''Drama! Romance! Bloodshed!'', Burgerpants has been constantly greeting fast-food restaurant customers with the same phrase for six years, to the point that he instinctively says it when Hare walks up to him while he's taking a break.
-->'''Burgerpants:''' Welcome to Glamburger. Home of the Glamburger. What can I get you? ...Oh, fuck. Sorry little buddy, force of habit. I've been saying that 30 times an hour, 8 hours a day, every weekday for 6 years.
* In ''Fanfic/MareGenius'', when Pinkie tries to surprise Agatha with a Party Cannon, the latter's combat training automatically kicks in at what looks like a weapon being pointed at her.


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* ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404-151/DianeCastle%2bXendra.htm Xendra]]'':
** Even when enthralled by Dracula, the titular character ([[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander]] turned into a teenage Xena) still immediately dives to the side upon hearing a DramaticGunCock.
** Later Buffy automatically attacks an invisible person she senses during her meeting with Quentin Travers. It's only after the invisibility spell fails that she realizes he's a Council member. Fortunately, between her holding back and him wearing body armor, Buffy only badly bruised his ribs rather than driving them into his lungs. Later subverted when it's revealed she did it on purpose.
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* In a second season episode of ''Series/CobraKai'', Johnny reunites with his teenage friends Jimmy, Bobby, and Tommy, and they go on a little road trip together. When they stop at a bar they're caught up in a BarBrawl, and despite likely being decades out of practice with karate, when one of the brawlers tries to punch Jimmy, his old training kicks in and he reflexively performs a martial arts block and throws a counterpunch simultaneously. Right after he does this he stares at his own hands in shock and amazement, obviously just as surprised by this as his opponent was.


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* Creator/WilliamShatner has told an anecdote about a time when he nearly got into a fight and realized that out of habit he was getting ready to do [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain Kirk's]] infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O7rkDP4mWw drop kick]]. The mental image of him doing so and then falling onto the ground (as often happened on set) made Shatner reevaluate things and decide to defuse the situation instead of escalating it to a fight.
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* ''Film/{{Godmothered}}'': When stabbed with an Epi-Pen, Eleanor reflexively casts a spell that creates a huge, magic firework in the sky.
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See also the subtrope ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence, the trope DamnYouMuscleMemory for a real-life version, YouJustToldMe for a related phenomenon, and MonstersFavoritePettingSpot. See NeverSayThatAgain for a vocal version, and WontTakeYesForAnAnswer for another. Compare FreudianSlip. Overlaps with DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat.

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* There is a long list of things you shouldn't do if you want to survive a meeting with Manga/{{Golgo 13}}. Among them: do not touch his right hand, do not reach into your coat, and do not open a handbag. (He will attack at all of these.) His habit of standing when he meets a client comes from an early occasion where he killed a client's aide -- the poor man made the mistake of walking up behind him while he was seated.

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* There is a long list of things you shouldn't do if you want to survive a meeting with Manga/{{Golgo 13}}.Manga/Golgo13. Among them: do not touch his right hand, do not reach into your coat, and do not open a handbag. (He will attack at all of these.) His habit of standing when he meets a client comes from an early occasion where he killed a client's aide -- the poor man made the mistake of walking up behind him while he was seated.



* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': One Christmas comic saw Robin ([[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]) getting overwhelmed by thugs; a car drives up, the door flings open, and the driver shouts "Quick, Robin! Get in!" Taking his chances, Tim leaps into the car... and sees that the driver is the Joker. OhCrap...

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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': One Christmas comic saw Robin ([[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]) sees ComicBook/{{Robin}} (Tim Drake) getting overwhelmed by thugs; a car drives up, the door flings open, and the driver shouts "Quick, Robin! Get in!" Taking his chances, Tim leaps into the car... and sees that the driver is the Joker. OhCrap...



* In ''Creator/AbbottAndCostello's Hold That Ghost'', one of the heroines is being followed down the stairs by a man with a sheet over his head, who's miming her footsteps to hide his own. She gets suspicious, and taps out "shave and a haircut" with her feet and his cover is blown when he finishes with the "two bits."

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* In ''Creator/AbbottAndCostello's Hold That Ghost'', ''Film/HoldThatGhost'', one of the heroines is being followed down the stairs by a man with [[BedsheetGhost a sheet over his head, head]] who's miming her footsteps to hide his own. She gets suspicious, and taps out "shave and a haircut" with her feet and his cover is blown when he finishes with the "two bits."
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* For your own safety, it might be best to ''avoid'' startling an [[RetiredBadass ex-]][[ShellShockedVeteran soldier.]]

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* For your own safety, it might be best to ''avoid'' startling an [[RetiredBadass ex-]][[ShellShockedVeteran soldier.]]soldier]]. Seriously, [[SincerityMode don't]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', when Dipper, Mabel, and Soos [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind go into Grunkle Stan's mind]], Dipper sees how Stan's dad tried to toughen up a nerdy and weak young Stan by having Stan take {{Boxing Lesson}}s. Years later when a young woman near him was being mugged, Stan was able save (and impress) her by reflexive throwing a left hook at the would be mugger. The guy immediately fled after getting hit and it made Stan look like a hero.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', when Dipper, Mabel, and Soos [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind go into Grunkle Stan's mind]], Dipper sees how Stan's dad tried to toughen up a nerdy and weak young Stan by having Stan take {{Boxing Lesson}}s. Years later when a young woman near him was being mugged, Stan was able save (and impress) her by reflexive reflexively throwing a left hook at the would be mugger. The guy immediately fled after getting hit and it made Stan look like a hero.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', when Dipper, Mabel, and Soos [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind go into Grunkle Stan's mind]], Dipper sees how Stan's dad tried to toughen up a nerdy and weak young Stan by having Stan take {{Boxing Lesson}}s. Years later when a young woman near him was being mugged, Stan was able save (and impress) her by reflexive throwing a left hook at the would be mugger. The guy immediately fled after getting hit and it made Stan look like a hero.
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* In ''Film/OperationFinale'', the Nazi hunter Mossad agents go to a house where they suspect former Nazis are living. The residents are smart enough to hide their Nazi books and iconography, but when questioning them, one agent suddenly drops a "Heil Hitler", which makes the Nazis' ''kids'' jump to attention and repeat it back.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', where Lisa is doing something bad for a change:
-->'''Marge:''' Bart, nooooo!\\

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-->'''Marge:''' --->'''Marge:''' Bart, nooooo!\\


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** Both TheMovie and "Homerland" have Bart reflexively preparing to [[RunningGag be strangled]] after doing something that would typically get this reaction from Homer.
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* In the MartialArtsMovie ''Film/DuelToTheDeath'', a group of {{ninja}} ambush an OldMaster Shaolin monk. He's doing well in fending them off until one of them abruptly completely strips, revealing that she's a woman. The monk does what you'd expect an honorable Buddhist monk to do and averts his eyes... [[BatmanGambit giving the ninja an opening]] to capture him with an InescapableNet.
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* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': On Ranpha's route in Eternal Lovers, she suffers a mental breakdown caused by her Emblem Frame being sabotaged, which results in her punching Tact with all her strength whenever he touches her. This causes her an endless amount of angst over not being able to show physical affection to her boyfriend anymore. Thankfully, she manages to overcome it towards the end, when Tact saves her life.
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* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': For anyone who's any familiar with the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series, you know any chest could be a [[ChestMonster Mimic]], and while there are visual cues that let you tell the difference between Mimics and real chests, it's easier to check it by hitting it first. ''Elden Ring'', being a ''Dark Souls'' SpiritualSuccessor, caused many players to hit every chest they see to make sure it wasn't a Mimic. [[spoiler:There are no Mimics in this game.]]

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* In chapter 12 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35480509/chapters/89610070 Water On My Window]]'', a kid at Anne's school [[BullyingADragon intentionally shoves her]]. Anne, who spent the last 5 months fighting monsters (and occasionally people), reflexively punches him in the face and breaks his nose.

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* In chapter 12 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35480509/chapters/89610070 Water On My Window]]'', a kid at Anne's [[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} Anne]]'s school [[BullyingADragon intentionally shoves her]]. Anne, who spent the last 5 months fighting monsters (and occasionally people), reflexively punches him in the face and breaks his nose.


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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'': The [[BadGuyBar Thug Tug]]'s owner uses the Goofy Goober song to [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay identify immature patrons]], who will reflexively chime in and finish the song.
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* In chapter 12 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35480509/chapters/89610070 Water On My Window]]'', a kid at Anne's school intentionally shoves her. Anne, [[BullyingADragon being used to fighting]], reflexively punches him in the face and breaks his nose.

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* In chapter 12 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35480509/chapters/89610070 Water On My Window]]'', a kid at Anne's school [[BullyingADragon intentionally shoves her. her]]. Anne, [[BullyingADragon being used to fighting]], who spent the last 5 months fighting monsters (and occasionally people), reflexively punches him in the face and breaks his nose.
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* In chapter 12 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35480509/chapters/89610070 Water On My Window]]'', a kid at Anne's school intentionally shoves her. Anne, [[BullyingADragon being used to fighting]], reflexively punches him in the face and breaks his nose.
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See also the subtrope ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence, the trope DamnYouMuscleMemory for a real-life version, YouJustToldMe for a related phenomenon, and MonstersFavoritePettingSpot. See NeverSayThatAgain for a vocal version, and WontTakeYesForAnAnswer for another. Compare FreudianSlip.

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See also the subtrope ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence, the trope DamnYouMuscleMemory for a real-life version, YouJustToldMe for a related phenomenon, and MonstersFavoritePettingSpot. See NeverSayThatAgain for a vocal version, and WontTakeYesForAnAnswer for another. Compare FreudianSlip.
FreudianSlip. Overlaps with DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat.
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** Judge Doom knows that, if you sing "ShaveAndAHaircut", no Toon can resistance finishing with "Two Bits!"

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** Judge Doom knows that, if you sing "ShaveAndAHaircut", no Toon can resistance resist finishing with "Two Bits!"
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* On ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' Les rewrote the station's emergency handbook so that it only covers Soviet invasions. When a tornado hits Cincinnati he's forced to improvise by reading it on the air and replacing the word "communist" with "tornado," so he urges Cincinnatians to stand up to the "godless tornados."

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* On ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', Les rewrote the station's emergency handbook so that it only covers Soviet invasions. When a tornado hits Cincinnati he's forced to improvise by reading it on the air and replacing the word "communist" with "tornado," so he urges Cincinnatians to stand up to the "godless tornados."

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