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* ''ComicBook/SunnySeries'': In ''Sunny Side Up'' when Dale and their father are fighting over dinner about him hanging out with a bad crowd, Sunny rapidly changes the subject to Pompeii which she had just read about and the fight ends. [[spoiler:She tries to intervene again on the Fourth of July when Dale shows up drunk, and this time her brother is so drunk and belligerent he swings out and accidentally hits her.]]
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* ''ComicBook/UncannyValley2024'': After Oliver explains the FireBreathingDiner incident he had that left his lunch tray on fire, Peggy doesn't call him a liar and instead asks if he has all his homework. This just leads to another uncomfortable conversation where Oliver asks about his family and culture for a social studies assignment but Peggy doesn't tell him anything other than her job as a travelling nurse.

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* An ''ComicBook/{{Archie Comic|s}}'' story involved students being tested for their EQ, Emotional Quotient, which guages one's ability to manage emotions, empathize, and diffuse conflicts. Veronica asks how she'd do and Jughead remarks "Change the subject! Fast!" Que Veronica [[NotHelpingYourCase snapping at him and threatening to clobber anyone who says her EQ is low]].



* PlayedForLaughs in ''[[WebVideo/{{Rerez}} Just Bad Games]]'' when playing ''Chicken Blaster'' when they're describing the various types of enemies and spot a {{Mook}} that is a literal Arab suicide bomber wearing a turban:

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* PlayedForLaughs in ''[[WebVideo/{{Rerez}} Just Bad Games]]'' when playing ''Chicken Blaster'' when they're describing the various types of enemies and enemies. They spot a {{Mook}} that is a literal Arab suicide bomber bomber, complete with wearing a turban:turban, and decide to nope right out of that one:
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* WebVideo/TheUnluckyTug: In "UNANSWERABLE THOMAS QUESTIONS 2"[[note]]reuploaded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5oKrlwqd8M here]][[/note]], Tug and Zeo go on a tangent about ''WesternAnimation/{{TUGS}}''. When Tug asks if the boats get lice, Zeo says they're getting into weird territory and should get back to ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.

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* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': While driving home, Ray and Winston have a conversation about the Bible and Judgement Day.
-->'''Ray:''' Every ancient religion has its own myth about the end of the world.
-->'''Winston:''' Myth? Ray, has it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason we've been so busy lately is 'cause the dead '''''have''''' been rising from the grave?
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-->'''Ray:''' How about a little music?
-->(''Ray switches on the radio'')
-->'''Winston:''' Yeah...
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': "[[CatchPhrase Hey, where's Perry?]]" is sometimes used this way.

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* In the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' movie ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', he's initially amused and impressed as Agent XXX recites his dossier -- until she mentions his late wife and he immediately ends the conversation. And in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'':
-->'''Elektra King:''' Have you ever lost a loved one, Mr. Bond?\\

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In the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' movie ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', he's Bond is initially amused and impressed as Agent XXX recites his dossier -- until she mentions his late wife and he immediately ends the conversation. And Likewise in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'':
-->'''Elektra --->'''Elektra King:''' Have you ever lost a loved one, Mr. Bond?\\



** The uncomfortable look on his face, slight shifting of posture, and invoking of this trope was a dead giveaway to any long-term, die-hard Bond fan.
** Invoked in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''. When General Koskov defects to British Intelligence, Bond is assigned to shoot a woman he's told is a KGB sniper. Suspicious of her obvious ineptitude, he shoots the gun from her hand instead. When Koskov starts questioning him about the woman, Bond says curtly that he'd rather not talk about it, letting Koskov assume that he ''had'' killed her.

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** The uncomfortable look on his face, slight shifting of posture, and invoking of this trope was a dead giveaway to any long-term, die-hard Bond fan.
** Invoked in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''. When General Koskov defects to British Intelligence, Bond is assigned to shoot a woman he's told is a KGB sniper.sniper trying to kill Koskov. Suspicious of her obvious ineptitude, he shoots the gun from her hand instead. When Koskov starts questioning him about the woman, Bond says curtly that he'd rather not talk about it, letting Koskov assume that he ''had'' killed her.

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