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The characters will be in a conversation when suddenly the [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot scene changes to another location entirely]]... but the conversation continues as if no time has passed at all, despite how far away the new location was from the original one. Sometimes this will be avoided by a "I still don't get...", to make it seem like the characters have been talking all along, but usually they just scene transition and keep talking.

''[scene cuts to Sonic's house]\\

'''Sonic:''' It's fun to bring people a long way to finish a sentence, isn't it?

* Used as a plot point in an episode of ''{{Series/House}}''. A conversation moves from an office to a staircase with no transition, which House promptly {{lampshade|Hanging}}s as violating laws of both physics and reality. This is actually a crucial clue in diagnosing the patient: [[spoiler:House himself is in a coma after being shot, and he needs to make himself up from the dream he is trapped in.]]

''[cut to Lola, shocked]]''\\

'''Meat Man:''' --[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Ice cream beef]]? Ice cream beef [[{{Catchphrase}} makes your teeth go grey]]!\\

* The creator of ''Machinima/CouriersMindRiseOfNewVegas'' handles Fast Travel by having the Courier start talking and cut to wherever the conversation ends, which is always on a weird note as they arrive at their destination.

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-->'''Mira''': ''As of today, I'm a high schooler! And the one thing I'm looking for the most in high school is...''
-->''(Cut to Mira reading the club listings after school)''
-->'''Mira''': ''(Goes OcularGushers)'' GONE!

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* ''Film/TheArrangement'': Gwen is trying to get Eddie out of the booby hatch. The doctor at the asylum says "I suggest that you see—", cut to next scene, and a servant says "Judge Morris," introducing Gwen to the judge who signed Eddie's commitment papers.

* This is played straight in ''Film/{{Speed}}'', where Keanu Reeve's character and his SWAT teammate start a conversation in a skyscraper, then the scene cuts to the roof of the building, where they finish it after running up several flights of stairs.

* ''Film/ThePresidentsAnalyst'' has a scene where two spies, an American and a Russian, old friends, swap notes and make a bet on finding the fugitive doctor - it takes place over some time as they're both in some five different changes of clothing.

* A particularly egregious example in ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds III''. Booger tells Lewis' nephew, Harold that there's only one way to truly unwind. It then cuts to him in a conga line, looking directly into the camera, where he says, "And that's to party with an Omega Mu! MOOO!!!"
* ''Film/{{Constantine}}''. Constantine and Angela Dodson are standing in a room in a psychiatric institution talking about Angela's sister Isabel. Constantine asks Angela how long she had Isobel committed to the institution. The scene suddenly changes to Isobel's room in the institution and Angela says "Two weeks". In other words, Constantine asked her the question, they walked up to Isabel's room, then Angela answered the question.

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* Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries. Murderbot has an InUniverse version in ''Artificial Condition'' when it shuts itself down for recharging to avoid speaking to ART, only for the artificially-intelligent spacecraft to continue the conversation the moment Murderbot revives, as it can't get bored or distracted like a human can.

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* Subverted in the Season 4 premiere of ''Series/{{Community}}''. The Dean says, "Then follow me to..." and proceeds to lead everyone somewhere while continuing the "ooh" sound. It takes a long time, and at at least one point, he has to draw breath before resuming.

* Sometimes happens in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' when two or more characters carry on a conversation while beaming someplace.
** Also happens in the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E13MessageInABottle Message in a Bottle]]" when two holograms transfer their programs to another location mid-conversation.

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* Played with in "[[WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6]]", when Red Guy starts changing the teacher mid-lesson.

'''Tony:''' But look—!\\
'''Colin:''' —A computer! I'm a computer-y guy! Everything made out of buttons and wires! I'd like to show ya—!\\
'''Shrignold:''' —Why we're here, what's it all about you've no idea. And everywhere you look, all you see is hatred; and darkness, death and—\\
'''Meat Man:''' —[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Ice cream beef]]? Ice cream beef [[CatchPhrase makes your teeth go grey]]!\\
'''Spinach Can:''' Doesn't matter, just throw it away! Why not try some—?\\
'''Duck Guy:''' —Fish on my tray? WHAT?! '''''WHERE AM I—?!?!'''''
* How the creator of Machinima/CouriersMindRiseOfNewVegas handles Fast Travel is to have The Courier start talking and cut to where ever the conversation ends, which is always on a weird note as they arrive at their destination.

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** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when someone who was trying to win Marge's heart said "Why ride when we can [scene switch to plane] glide!". She responds "I'm just glad you're talking. You didn't say anything for 40 minutes".

-->'''Pinkie Pie''': "Hey, you know what this calls for? ''(transitions to Ponyville)'' A party!"
* Spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' where Freight Train is roped into spending time with Cleveland Jr. Cleveland Jr has a baking class he needs to get too, but Freight Train decides to take him somewhere more manly.
--> '''Freight Train''': Forget your cake class. I'm taking you somewhere else.\\
'''Cleveland Jr.''': Where?\\
'''Freight Train''': Not where...\\
* scene cuts to the outside of a YMCA*\\
'''Freight Train''': ...Why! (Y)\\
'''Cleveland Jr''': [[LamePunReaction You made me sit in silence the entire car ride for that?]]
* Lampshaded in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' when Zoidberg said "It was worth waiting five hours to hear you finish that sentence".

* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' when Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles need to pass of as music industry professionals.
--> '''Sonic''': I know just what to do...\\
* cuts back to Sonic's house*\\
'''Sonic''': We'll form our own boy band!\\
'''Tails''': Did you really have to bring us all the way down here to finish that sentence?

---> '''Tails''': Don't worry, I know just what to do...\\
* scene cuts to Tails' workshop*\\
'''Tails''': Since the [[MindControlMusic mind-control is embedded in Justin's music track]], there must be an opposite sound frequency that can counter it. I just need to find it. Thus, the [[ThingOMatic measurometer.]]\\
'''Sonic''': It's fun to bring people a long way to finish a sentence, isn't it?

---> '''Amy''': Sorry Sticks, but dirt throwing isn't my cup of tea. Thankfully, I know something that ''is'' my cup of tea.\\
** Back at Amy's house*\\
'''Amy''': A cup of tea!\\
'''Sticks''': Why did you just say that?\\
'''Amy''': Remember before, I said 'I know something that is my cup of tea'? I was just finishing the thought.\\
'''Sticks''': But you said that, like, an hour ago.\\
'''Amy''': Yeah, but [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall imagine if you were an outside observer just watching pieces of the conversation.]]\\
'''Sticks''': [[NoFourthWall You see them, too?!]] (''glares at the audience'')

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Drakken and Shego go from a flooding underwater lair to a supermarket and their conversation continues as if they'd never moved.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', where someone who was trying to win Marge's heart said "Why ride when we can [scene switch to plane] glide!". She responds "I'm just glad you're talking. You didn't say anything for 40 minutes".

* Used in the second episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', with Twilight Sparkle reading the last known location of the Elements of Harmony, and the scene dissolves from the library into the location as she (and the other ponies) say "...[[LostWoods the Everfree Forest!]]" Pinkie Pie does another one at the end of the episode:

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* In ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', Julia and Winston call this "talking in installments". They will sometimes abruptly cut off their conversations mid-sentence [[BigBrotherItWatchingYou if they think someone could hear them]], and continue talking as if nothing had happened the next time they crossed paths.
* Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries. Murderbot has an In-Universe version in ''Artificial Condition'' when it shuts itself down for recharging to avoid speaking to ART, only for the artificially-intelligent spacecraft to continue the conversation the moment Murderbot revives, as it can't get bored or distracted like a human can.

* In ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', Julia and Winston call this "talking in installments". They will sometimes abruptly cut off their conversations mid-sentence if they think someone could hear them, and continue talking as if nothing had happened the next time they crossed paths.

''Here!''

'''Sticks''': [[NoFourthWall You see them, too?!]]