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* FlashMobCoverUp: Characters stage a flash mob as a distraction.
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* CatsLoveLaserPointers: If your facing a giant feline beast it’s best to give them something to chase.

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* CatsLoveLaserPointers: If your facing a giant feline beast it’s best to give them something a red dot to chase.
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* CatsLoveLaserPointers: If your facing a giant feline beast it’s best to give them something to chase.
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* BackseatChangingRoom: Changing in the backseat.
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Ignoring the advances of someone trying to be flirty is Ignore the Fanservice.


* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Someone tries to be flirty to another person, but the person they're trying to seduce only ignores their advances.

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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Someone tries to be flirty to another person, is showing a lot of skin, but the person they're trying to seduce only ignores their advances.no one notices or cares.

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* ATruceWhileWeGawk: A fight grinds to a halt as something catches the combatants' attention.


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* ATruceWhileWeGawk: A fight grinds to a halt as something catches the combatants' attention.
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[[caption-width-right:304:They have their uses]]

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[[caption-width-right:304:They have their uses]]
uses.]]
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* SmokescreenCrime: Someone commits or stages a crime to obscure another one.
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* ATruceWhileWeGawk: A fight grinds to a halt as something catches the combatants' attention.
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* DistractedByTheLuxury: Using luxuries, like jewelry, to distract ladies.
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* PrimpOfContempt: Being distracted from what’s going on in front of you became your nails need filing and your hair needs some fixing.

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* PrimpOfContempt: Being distracted from what’s going on in front of you became because your nails need filing and your hair needs some fixing.
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* ConvenientlyTimedDistraction

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* ConvenientlyTimedDistractionConvenientlyTimedDistraction: A distraction that wasn't planned happens at a critical moment.



* DeliciousDistraction
* DerailedTrainOfThought

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* DeliciousDistraction
DeliciousDistraction: Distracting someone with food (often a BigEater).
* DerailedTrainOfThoughtDerailedTrainOfThought: Forgetting what you were talking about in favor of an unrelated topic.



* FakeOutMakeOut

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* FakeOutMakeOut FakeOutMakeOut: Two people kiss to divert attention from others.



* GoFetch

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* GoFetch GoFetch: Distracting a dog by playing fetch with it.



* InconvenientItch

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* InconvenientItch InconvenientItch: Being distract by an itch at an inappropriate moment.



* KissOfDistraction

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* KissOfDistractionKissOfDistraction: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Kissing someone to distract them.]]



* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy
* SmokeOut
* ThrowingTheDistraction

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* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy
SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Someone gets distracted [[LiteralMinded thinking of the literal sense of an anology.]]
* SmokeOut
SmokeOut: Someone activates a smoke bomb as a distraction to escape.
* ThrowingTheDistraction ThrowingTheDistraction: Throwing something to distract a person.



* WildGooseChase

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* WildGooseChaseWildGooseChase: Sending someone on a fake mission to distract them.

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