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* In ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', the WickedStepmother gives the titular heroine a list of chores for her to perform. As Cinderella starts to leave the room, she states "Oh yes, and one more thing... See that [[RightHandCat Lucifer]] [[CatsHateWater gets his]] [[HatesBaths bath]]". Cue OhCrap reaction from Lucifer.

* In ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', Bagheera is adamant to Baloo that Mowgli should leave the jungle for the man-village, arguing that Baloo cannot possibly take care of Mowgli, if his getting kidnapped by monkeys was any indication. Baloo tries to ignore Bagheera, until...
-->'''Bagheera:''' And another thing: sooner or later, Mowgli will meet Shere Khan.\\

* Perfected by Lieutenant Series/{{Columbo}} as a means of turning the screw on a suspect who is already exasperated by Columbo's [[ObfuscatingStupidity shenanigans]], since an ExasperatedPerp is liable to make a [[JustOneLittleMistake crucial mistake]]. Though this became Columbo's most distinctive character trait, it started as a mistake. During the filming of the ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' pilot, "Prescription Murder", Peter Falk simply forgot to deliver his last line before leaving the set, so he turned around, came back, and said "One more thing..." [[ThrowItIn The take was left in]], and became a defining moment.

** In one WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck cartoon, instead of flying south for the winter, Daffy decides to stay over at a random house, but the owner is a Creator/PeterLorre-type mad scientist, who needs a duck's wishbone for an experiment, and naturally chooses Daffy. The resultant mad chase ends with Daffy feeling so offended at being mistreated like this that he soundly decides to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just leave]] and tells the scientist so. As he leaves, he stops briefly to tell the scientist, "And another thing... you're a slovenly housekeeper!"

* There was a WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon where Bugs got a job as an organ grinder's monkey, managing to anger a gorilla in the process. When Bugs is done [[KarmicTrickster telling the gorilla off]], he adds "And another thing...stop breathing on my cup!"
** Bob Clampett's ''Tortoise Wins By A Hare'' (1943) has Bugs disguised as an old timer trying to learn Cecil Turtle's method of beating the hare. His final line (indicating he knew it was Bugs all along): "Another thing...rabbits aren't very bright, either!"

-->"One other thing, Lestrade," he added, turning round at the door: "'Rache,' is the German for 'revenge'; so don't lose your time looking for Miss Rachel. With which Parthian shot he walked away, leaving the two rivals open-mouthed behind him.

-->''"One other thing, Lestrade," he added, turning round at the door: "'Rache,' is the German for 'revenge'; so don't lose your time looking for Miss Rachel."
With which Parthian shot he walked away, leaving the two rivals open-mouthed behind him.''

* Kellerman got a CrowningMomentOfAwesome in his first case on ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''. Interviewing a suspected murderer/arsonist, he tells the suspect that they don't have much of a case beyond what he's already explained away, and that it looks like he's free to go. As the man is grabbing his coat, Kellerman asks, "Why'd you kill the dog?" [[spoiler: The man's answer, "I didn't know the dog was there."]]

-->One more thing, Araragi-kun... ''[[GratuitousEnglish I LOVE YOU]]''.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Used brilliantly in many of Quentin Tarantino's movies. Uniquely, Tarantino usually uses this trope as a prelude to shit going down.
** Most notably in ''Film/DjangoUnchained"; it is said verbatim by Candie, leading to an entirely unnecessary yet oh-so-rewarding shootout.
** Likewise in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''. Major Dieter Hellstrom was about to leave, but then decides he'll just have one last drink with the company before he goes. It doesn't end well.
** It's used by the narrator in ''Film/TheHatefulEight'' after the intermission to inform the viewers of a plot point.
* Spoofed in ''Film/AShotInTheDark'' with the help of DoorFocus: Clouseau leaves Dreyfus' office after an argument, the door closes behind him, and we hear "And another thing!" [[spoiler:Since Clouseau doesn't ''know'' it closed, he turns around as he says this, points at Dreyfus -- and thus smashes the frosted glass window in the door. Embarrassed, he leaves without saying whatever that other thing was.]]
* Maggie attempts this in ''Film/TheGreatRace'', but never gets to finish it as Hezekiah drags her from the tent. She does manage to get in a nice air-kick though.
* A CatchPhrase of the Wiseman from ''Film/SuckerPunch''.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Tywin tells Tyrion, "You will not take the whore to court."

** In ''Armadale'', Mr Pedgift senior does this all the time.

* Subverted in ''Discworld/MenAtArms''. Vimes, investigating an explosion at the Assassins' Guild, pulls an AndAnotherThing moment to try to get Dr. Cruces, the Guild leader, to admit there was a theft as well. Dr. Cruces, however, doesn't fall for it, and flatly states, "I never said anything was stolen." [[spoiler:It's true, he didn't say anything was stolen, but that doesn't mean that nothing was stolen. The key PlotDevice was stolen.]]
** In fact Vimes expected Cruces to deny anything was stolen - doing so [[spoiler: was what confirmed what was stolen was important.]]

* Likewise, Detective Goren from ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', also uses AndAnotherThing in the same way as Columbo did.
* Tywin Lannister from ''Series/GameOfThrones'' ends some meetings with an afterthought. His hostile distaste for Tyrion's whoremonging ends two political conversations with his son, and when Tywin is heading for the door after a one-sided audience with King Joffrey, he feels the need to add a last second pleasantry, so he turns back and utters a condescending "Your Grace".
* The medical version (the "doorknob question") appeared in ''Series/{{House}}'': according to the writers (and presumably their medical consultants), many patients come in for a trivial ailment, and then bring up the "other thing" (probably the serious illness they actually ''want'' treatment for, but which embarrasses them) as they reach for the door knob.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' often raised this to an art form, with whoever Picard was talking with in the ready room would say that one more thing at the door. And the reverse happens just as often, with Picard adding "one more thing" when whoever is in his ready room at the time is almost out the door, especially in the later seasons. In fact, near the end of the series, it's surprising to see anyone coming out of the ready room without Picard adding a comment.
* Happened on ''Series/TheWestWing'' too many times to count. Often the plot of an episode relied on one or more of these moments.

* Done in the third episode of Series/{{Sherlock}}. [[spoiler: Jim Moriarty tells Watson and Holmes that he isn't going to kill them right now, and leaves, apparently taking his unseen sniper with him. Holmes runs to Watson and gets off the explosive jacket he is wearing, and everyone breathes a sigh of relief... until Moriarty walks back in, the [[LaserSight little red dots of death]] return, and he says he's changed his mind and he can't let them leave after all.]]
* In ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', at the end of Episode 1, Season 2 right before John Hart leaves, he tells Jack [[spoiler: "Oh yeah, I found Grey."]]
* In the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E01MidnightOnTheFiringLine Midnight on the Firing Line]]", Sinclair finishes his conversation with Kosh and turns to go. Only then does Kosh deliver his opinion on the matter at issue:
-->'''Kosh:''' They are alone. They are a dying people. We should let them pass.\\
'''Sinclair:''' Who? The Narn or the Centauri?\\
'''Kosh:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes]].
* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', season two, episode 14, "The Actor". Blanche, Rose and Dorothy have just learned the visiting actor they've all been (secretly) dating has been dating each other, [[ReallyGetsAround as well as other women]], and have decided to call him out for it during one of his performances, with Blanche rounding her bit out with:
-->'''Blanche:''' And as God is my witness, I will ''never'' shampoo your hair again!\\
'''Dorothy:''' And another thing -- you'll never ''what''?!

* Conversed on ''Series/InTreatment'', where Mia has a tendency to say something important when she's about to leave.

[[folder:Theater]]
* ''Theatre/TheWomen'':
-->'''Little Mary''': And another thing, I think this bathroom is perfectly ridiculous!

'''Hamilton:''' Okay. [{{beat}}] One more thing!

* This trope was parodied mercilessly on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' with a scene that ended in ''four'' successive And Another Things.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}},'' Daria Morgendorffer's mother and her principal don't get along very well. When they end up in a tent alone together in one of the ClassTrip episodes, it looks like they'll be at each other's throats immediately, but the show subverts expectations by showing them to have...a pleasant conversation. An ''awkward'' conversation, to be sure, but a pleasant one. Helen ends up (unintentionally) admitting her age and her insecurity about it, and that doesn't escape Ms. Li's notice when, moments later, the scene devolves into a shouting match. As Helen is turning to leave, Ms. Li stops her to say, "And by the way, ''you look '''fifty'''''." Helen's mouth turns into an "O" of shock.
* There was a WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon where Bugs got a job as an organ grinder's monkey, managing to anger a gorilla in the process. When Bugs is done [[KarmicTrickster telling the gorilla off]], he adds "And another thing...stop breathing on my cup!"
** Bob Clampett's ''Tortoise Wins By A Hare'' (1943) has Bugs disguised as an old timer trying to learn Cecil Turtle's method of beating the hare. His final line (indicating he knew it was Bugs all along): "Another thing...rabbits aren't very bright, either!"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' episode "Turf", Angela has to tell the Trio off. While they were showing off and generally acting like idiots, the bad guys got away. She tells them that they have to focus on catching the bad guys, she is not a prize to be won, "And one more thing...STOP CALLING ME ANGIE!"
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Nelson engages in PerpSweating when he suspects Bart and Lisa of killing Martin. The whole thing is a spoof of ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', complete with Nelson engaging in an AndAnotherThing.
* In one of Creator/TexAvery's George and Junior cartoons, George goes into a cave to lure out a chicken and instructs Junior to hit the first thing that comes out. He then turns around to say "And another thing"... and that's when Junior clobbers him.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' spoof, Yoda continues to give dying gasps saying "Luke..." before sharing information before he finally dies.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "When It Rains", the Crystal Gems are heading out, leaving Steven to hold down the fort, when Garnet remembers something important:

Two characters are in a room having a conversation. One of them makes to leave. But as this character reaches the door, he or she turns back to deliver a final line. Often this is some bit of exposition that sets up something later in the episode ("the starboard discombobulator's on the fritz") but that the writer couldn't figure out how to work into the scene's main conversation. Other times, during an argument, it's used to reinforce a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech with what usually equates to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre "The Reason I Don't Suck"]] and/or ArsonMurderAndJaywalking. In some shows there might be several lines of dialog between the two characters as the departing actor tries desperately not to look as though he's loitering in the doorway.

* She isn't leaving, but in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', Yzma finishes up a rant about how stupid and useless [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Kronk]] is with "And another thing! I never liked your spinach puffs! Never!" (This actually [[BerserkButton motivates Kronk to turn against her]].)

-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Uncle]]''', having not quite finished the conversation.

* This is a common strategy for stage presentations, to the point where it's become expected. The announcement will usually be the biggest one of the event. Steve Jobs was fond of this, as is Nintendo -- ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' was announced this way.

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[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Oh, and one more thing...]]
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* Creator/SteveJobs' keynote presentations for Apple Inc. often ended in "one more thing" that didn't quite fit into the presentation itself. It was often cooler/more important than anything else he talked about.
* Like Jobs, politicians often leave the "big" reveals until their end of speeches; for example, the 2011 UK budget left a cut in fuel duty until the very end of the budget. The end result is a noticeable "oh snap" moment among observers, including there at the speech and elsewhere, watching live. It also makes for prettier news coverage.

* Used in combination with PostMortemOneLiner in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'':
-->'''The Engineer:''' And another thing: ''You're. Ugly.''

!!Example

[[folder: Anime and Manga]]

* {{Manga/Alyosha}} leaves the meeting where she tells [=FBI=] Katie Lindberg that she's the infamous assassin Kortik saying [[spoiler: "There are another two Kortiks beside me]].

[[folder: Film ]]

* Used brilliantly in many of Quentin Tarantino's movies, most notably in ''Film/DjangoUnchained". Uniquely, Tarantino usually uses this trope as a prelude to shit going down. In Django it is said verbatim by Candie, leading to an entirely unnecessary yet oh-so-rewarding shootout.

* In ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', the WickedStepmother gives the titular heroine a list of chores for her to perform. As Cinderella starts to leave the room, she states "Oh yes, and one more thing...See that [[RightHandCat Lucifer]] [[CatsHateWater gets his]] [[HatesBaths bath]]". Cue OhCrap reaction from Lucifer.

[[folder: Literature ]]

* In ''Literature/TheMoonstone'', [[spoiler:one of the Indians]] visits the offices of a couple barristers merely to form an excuse to ask one final question before leaving.

--->I wish I could do the dramatic thing. I wish that at the last minute I could remember something for you, some little apparently unimportant event that would break the whole case, but I can't do it. But why should that bother you? I was ten feet away and completely busy with my own signings. I'm not your best witness. Why don't you ask what's-her-name?

(Which, of course, is precisely the critical parting hint that he bemoans not knowing.)

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* In Series/{{Torchwood}}, at the end of Episode 1, Season 2 right before John Hart leaves, he tells Jack [[spoiler: "Oh yeah, I found Grey."]]

-->'''Kosh:''' They are alone. They are a dying people. We should let them pass.
-->'''Sinclair:''' Who? The Narn or the Centauri?
-->'''Kosh:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes]].

-->'''Sam:''' Just one more question...
-->'''Woman:''' There is always one more question in life, isn't there? That's what I find. ''(ushers them out)''

[[folder: Theatre ]]

--> '''Burr:''' Hamilton, sit down. "Our client Levi Weeks is innocent, call your first witness." That's all you had to say.
--> '''Hamilton''': Okay. [{{beat}}] One more thing!

[[folder: Video Games ]]

[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* In ''Webcomic/TheKAMics'' Brunhilda pulls the trick off [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/5420201/ here]].

[[folder: Western Animation ]]

-->'''Garnet''': Oh! Steven, there's one more thing I have to mention!\\
'''Steven''': What is it?\\
'''Garnet''': [''makes HeartSymbol with her hands''] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments I love you!]] 'Bye!

[[folder: Real Life ]]

* Creator/SteveJobs' keynote presentations for Apple Inc. often ended in "one more thing" that didn't quite fit into the presentation itself. It was often cooler/more important than anything else he talked about.
* Like Jobs, politicians often leave the "big" reveals until their end of speeches; for example, the 2011 UK budget left a cut in fuel duty until the very end of the budget. The end result is a noticeable "oh snap" moment among observers, including there at the speech and elsewhere, watching live. It also makes for prettier news coverage.
* This is known as a "[[http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/are-you-too-embarrassed-to-ask-your-doctor doorknob moment]]", where the very act of leaving prompts one party in the about-to-be-terminated conversation to offer information that had not come up, though it is more often the person who is not walking out the door that offers up new information.

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'''Garnet''': [''makes HeartSymbol with her hands''] [[HeartwarmingMoments I love you!]] 'Bye!

* Conversed on Series/InTreatment, where Mia has a tendency to say something important when she's about to leave.

--> '''Burr:''' Hamilton, sit down. The client Levi Weeks is innocent, call your first witness. That's all you had to say.
--> '''Hamilton''': Okay. One more thing!

* Detective Flack did this once on ''{{CSI NY}}''. When he made to leave, the door gave him a EurekaMoment -- he realised that the victim's door had been locked from the outside, so whoever killed him must have had a key.

* In ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', the WickedStepmother gives the titular heroine a list of chores for her to perform. As Cinderella starts to leave the room, she states "Oh yes, and one more thing...See that [{RightHandCat Lucifer]] [[CatsHateWater gets his]] [[HatesBaths bath]]". Cue OhCrap reaction from Lucifer.

* Kellerman got a CrowningMomentOfAwesome in his first case on ''HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''. Interviewing a suspected murderer/arsonist, he tells the suspect that they don't have much of a case beyond what he's already explained away, and that it looks like he's free to go. As the man is grabbing his coat, Kellerman asks, "Why'd you kill the dog?" [[spoiler: The man's answer, "I didn't know the dog was there."]]

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': In the second part of "The Cadillac", Susan Ross, George's fiance, goes to Elaine's apartment to confront Elaine about what she suspects is an affair between Elaine and George (in reality, George was lying so he could go on a date with Marisa Tomei). Initially, the two of them seem to have cleared everything up, as Elaine gave the same story that George gave Susan (that Elaine was having issues with her boyfriend over his importing/exporting business), which pleases Susan, who then turns to leave. As soon as she gets to the door, however, she asks Elaine what the issue is with the business and, since this part of the lie wasn't explained, the lie begins to unravel.

* At the end of an over half-hour video released in October 2014 that promoted at least fifty things that were to be expected in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for Wii U'', the announcer said, "Time for a special announcement!" as the video was completely black. Then, it fades into a clip showing a model of SelfDemonstrating/{{Mewtwo}} being rendered, with the video confirming that the [[OlympusMons Legendary]] Franchise/{{Pokemon}} [[TheBusCameBack will finally be returning to the series]] as free DLC in Spring 2014. ''Smash'' fans around the world freaked the Hell out.