History Main / ExplainExplainOhCrap

'''Translator:''' He asks what part of the deal you did not understand. He says that perhaps his translator did not make it clear to you. He says he should... [[DeadlyEuphemism f-fire his... translator]]?\\

* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': Max's internal narration [[https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-8-page-31 describes]] Scrapdragon, and it eventually becomes apparent that it is not just describing Scrapdragon from memory, but describing the sight in front of Max at that very moment. This is followed by an illustration of a wide-eyed Max staring at Scrapdragon, suddenly realizing that he is in Scrapdragon's spirit realm.

* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': Chapter 5 sees a game of dodgeball--sorry, "hitball"--go awry when Jeff gets (sort of) possessed by a spirit named Hijack. Eventually the only people still on the field are Max, Johnny, Hijack!Jeff, and an unnamed student who taped several balls to her body to shield herself. Max then promptly...gets the unnamed student out. Hijack thinks about why he did that at first, but then it dawns on him.
-->'''Hijack!Jeff:''' Why'd he hit her? That's just...''every last ball ON MY SIDE!''

* ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'': Kim Jong-Il's translator, while interpreting for Kim during an arms deal, takes a moment to think about ''what'' he's translating. Unfortunately for him, the realization is the ''second''-last thing to ever go through his head.

* In [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/overlooked/ this]] ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' strip, Peejee puts in a bid on a nice looking house and is bragging to Davan that she'll likely get it for cheap because 1) the owners had severely reduced their asking price over the last year and 2) five previous bidders had backed out at the last second... then stops and realizes those were actually some pretty serious red flags she'd glossed over. [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/local-flavor/ It later turns out]] that, while the house itself is fine, the ''neighborhood'' it's in is full of racists, bigots and generally unpleasant people.

''(Cut back to the first scene with the Nutcracker)''\\

''(We're again shown the scene of the Rat King speaking to the Nutcracker, Tinker and Sticks)''\\

'''NC:''' ''(shakes head)'' You're seriously not. ''(The people of the kingdom, paired as parent and child, are brought to the Rat King's palace/smoke factory to the big pile of inanimate toys before them. The rat soldiers take the toys away from the children to toss them to the pile)'' Oh, yeah. You thought this was just gonna be simple bad guy Nazi imagery like in Indiana Jones or old Looney Tunes cartoons? But no. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything People being rounded up, children crying, and the sky filled with smoke from factories burning piles of what they just made clear are]] ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything living individuals]]''. ''All of this is actually happening.''

Compare PunchPunchPunchUhOh, YouAnsweredYourOwnQuestion, DelayedOhCrap (when the character doesn't realize how screwed they are until after they're ''done'' explaining), DiggingYourselfDeeper (when a character's already in trouble and doesn't realise they're giving away more than they should until it's too late, upon which this trope swiftly applies), and INeverSaidItWasPoison (when the realization is that there's something previously told by another character that doesn't fit the facts ''or'' make them fit all of a sudden).

** In [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4120 BRTOM]], when Beeptrice questions whether Roko's attempts to find leverage against someone she's got a meeting with are appropriate for an AI rights volunteer:

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'''Prudence:''' Do you remember I got bitten by the man who had the werebear problem?\\

-->'''Moonstar''': Your help and trust over the last few weeks has proven invaluable, and we ask you to trust us once more--
-->'''Captain America''': What are you talking about, Danielle?
-->'''Moonstar''': Taking the prisoners...? Your meetings with Scott...?
-->'''Captain America''': I haven't spoken with Summers since that rally at Empire State. And if I'd d known then what you all were capable of, I would never have let him walk away.
-->'''Moonstar''': You came to Harry's Hideaway...
-->'''Captain America''': I don't know any Harry, but you should all know the Avengers are going to take---
-->'''Cyclops''': Magik, grab Nemesis and get us home now!

-->Ha! Mister What-I-Did-On-My-Holidays should try coming to Ankh-Morpork next time, and see how much he liked one of old... Dibbler's sausages... full of genuine... pig product...

-->'''Gussie:''' Have you ever heard Sir Watkyn Bassett dealing with a bowl of soup? It's not unlike the Scottish express going through a tunnel. Have you ever seen Spode eat asparagus?
-->'''Bertie:''' No.
-->'''Gussie:''' Revolting. It alters one's whole conception of Man as Nature's last word.
-->'''Bertie:''' Those were two of the things you wrote in the book?
-->'''Gussie:''' I gave them about half a page. They were just trivial, surface faults. The bulk of my researches went much deeper.
-->'''Bertie:''' I see. You spread yourself?
-->'''Gussie:''' Very much so.
-->'''Bertie:''' And it was all bright, snappy stuff?
-->'''Gussie:''' Every word of it.
-->'''Bertie:''' [[SarcasmMode That's great. I mean to say, no chance of old Bassett being bored when he reads it.]]
-->'''Gussie:''' [[OhCrap Reads it?]]
-->'''Bertie:''' Well, he's just as likely to find the book as anyone, isn't he?
-->'''Gussie:''' I never thought of that!
-->'''Bertie:''' Start now.

-->'''Rinn:''' That couldn't be right, could it? She wasn't afraid, it was just a reaction, like when I'd first summoned a Blood Blade. She knew I wouldn't actually hurt her, right? I was just blowing off steam! And besides, she had looked way more scared when the Blood Blade thing happened! And then she'd gotten back under control right away, because she knew it was just me and I wouldn't hurt her! Obviously! So obviously, THIS time, maybe I did some stuff I shouldn't have, and she got scared, but then I started backing off, and then she was… still acting scared… because… that meant…
-->I had made her afraid of me.

-->'''Bear:''' Yeah, it is a burning smell.
-->'''Ojo:''' Probably just the food.
-->'''Treelo:''' Oh, yeah.
-->'''Everyone:''' (''big gasp'') The food!

--->'''Burr:''' Or did you know even then it doesn't matter where you put the U.S. capital?
--->'''Hamilton:''' [[TheChessmaster Cause we'll have the banks. We're in the same spot.]]

--->'''Ensemble & Burr:''' He aims his pistol at the sky!
--->'''Burr:''' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone WAIT!]]

-->'''Belkar:''' Hey, is there any chance we can hurry this up? "It's Pat" is already fireballing hobgoblins down there, and me, I'm just standing around here freezing my considerable assets off in this wind.\\

-->'''Cheryl:''' You don't think finding out about Mommy and Daddy's other lovers is gonna mess a kid up?
-->'''Carol:''' Well, how do you feel about Miguel?
-->'''Cheryl:''' Uncle Meegs? That's different. He's just Mom and Dad's friend, nothing weird or polyamorous about that. He just moved in with us for a while to help out with child care after Carl was born. ''(beat)'' ...our little brother Carl, who has black hair and brown eyes and evidently my entire life is an elaborate web of deception.
-->'''Carol:''' ''(nervously)'' Omission! An elaborate web of omission!

--->'''NC:''' Wait. Like inanimate toys, or living toys, like the ones we've been seeing?
--->''(Cut back to the first scene with the Nutcracker)''
--->'''Nutcracker:''' All dolls are alive.
--->'''NC:''' Okay, I guess that's supposed to mean they're all alive... ''[freezes in place, realizing what this means]'' You're not.
--->''(We're again shown the scene of the Rat King speaking to the Nutcracker, Tinker and Sticks)''
--->'''Rat King:''' You ever wonder what happens to a doll's soul when it burns?
--->'''NC:''' ''(shakes head)'' You're seriously not. ''(The people of the kingdom, paired as parent and child, are brought to the Rat King's palace/smoke factory to the big pile of inanimate toys before them. The rat soldiers take the toys away from the children to toss them to the pile)'' Oh, yeah. You thought this was just gonna be simple bad guy Nazi imagery like in Indiana Jones or old Looney Tunes cartoons? But no. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything People being rounded up, children crying, and the sky filled with smoke from factories burning piles of what they just made clear are]] ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything living individuals]]''. ''All of this is actually happening.''

-->"[''These characters''] didn't really fit in the military structure, they don't act like military. The Koopa Troopas from ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', they don't even antagonise you, they go about their business unless you go out of your way to attack them. So, again, they don't even feel like military. They act more like civilians, to be honest."\\

-->'''Terry:''' At least we did spread the word on multiple issues, now people know about the blue border and think we're f*cks.
-->'''Jeb:''' I mean, we only started to see the border after you [Scott] brought it up to us.
-->''{{Beat}}''
-->'''The group:''' [[MassOhCrap ...Huh.]]
-->'''Reporter:''' This just ''just'' in, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero reports that the state of Ohio experiencing a blue border obstructing their vision are increasing rapidly.]]

'''Larry:''' No. I mean, "Hey! Whoa! Oh!". Look, forget the "Oh". I'll go to legal to get the ball rolling on the countersuit.\\

[[folder:Films — Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'': In his overconfidence, Edgar reveals to Frou Frou the horse that he's the catnapper because he made the headlines in the newspaper and is gloating how the police won't find a single clue to implicate him -- only to realize that he left his hat, umbrella, motorcycle sidecar, and the cats' basket back out in the countryside, and rushes out to retrieve them before the police find them.
-->'''Edgar:''' Oh, they won't find a clue to implicate me. Not one single clue. Why, [[ClothesEatingWager I'll eat my hat]] if they--... ''MY HAT! MY UMBRELLA!'' Oh, gracious! I've got to get those things back tonight!
* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Earlier in the film, Milo comments how the Shepherd's Journal mentions something called "The Heart of Atlantis", but it abruptly cuts off. He muses that it's "almost like there's a missing page". Then, after Milo and Kida discover the truth about the Heart of Atlantis…
-->'''Kida:''' Then, where is it now?\\
'''Milo:''' I don't know. I don't—you think something this important would've been in the Journal, but—! Unless… ''the missing page''.
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'', when the Horned King is destroyed by the titular cauldron, leading to this line from his abused minion, Creeper:
-->'''Creeper:''' ''(gasp)'' Oh no! H-how horrible! Poor sire! ''(sniff)'' H-he's gone! ''(his eyes pop open in realization that he's now free of his BadBoss forever, causing him to grin)'' He's gone! Ha! He's gone! ''(laughing heartily as he runs off)'' ''He's gone!''
* This hilarious line from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}: Mask Of Light'', after Onua just caused a cave-in on top of the Rahkshi.
-->'''Pohatu:''' Well done, but how did you keep the ceiling from collapsing... ON US TOO!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': Merida has such a moment when she and her mother (who has been transformed into a bear) stumble across the ruins of an old castle. When Merida finds the ruins of the throne room, she sees a stone tablet depicting four brothers, one split off from the rest, similar to how Merida ripped the family tapestry during her fight with her mother. Remembering the story of the four princes that her mother had told her, and the witch's earlier comment about a man who once came to her hoping to gain "the strength of ten men", Merida comes to the terrifying conclusion that not only is the legend true, but the spell that transformed her mother has happened before, and the eldest prince from the legend is none other than Mor'du, the monstrous bear from the beginning of the movie. And to make matters worse, he's [[RightBehindMe standing right behind her]].
-->'''Merida:''' The spell… it's happened before. "Strength of ten men"… "Fate be changed"… Changed his fate. Oh, no! The prince became... ''(turns around, seeing a very monstrous but familiar face)'' ''[[SpeakOfTheDevil Mor'du]]''!
* ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDucksQuackbusters'': After inheriting J. P. Cubish's fortune, Daffy is haunted by his spirit, who warns him that the money will disappear if he uses it for selfish or dishonest ends. Near the end, when Daffy's ghost-busting business suffers a PR fiasco, he considers [[NeverMyFault blaming it all on Porky]]... until he realizes the implications of it.
-->'''Daffy:''' Yeah, that's it! It was ''his'' fault! Yeah! Who's to know? What the hey? There's nothing wrong with a little dishonesty in business affairs. ''(beat)'' WHAT AM I SAYING?!
-->''(he runs to his safe to find it completely empty, save for a sign reading "You lose, duck!")''
* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' has a scene where Peach wakes up to find that the tank has been cleaned overnight by a new filter system, foiling the gang's plan to escape.
-->'''Peach:''' The sun is shining, the tank is clean, and we are getting out of-- ''[gasp]'' The tank is clean. ''THE TANK IS CLEAN!!!''
* In ''WesternAnimation/HelpImAFish'', Fly tricks Joe into drinking more of the fish potion antidote that increases brain power by asking him several questions... when he asks Joe what happens if a fish drinks too much of it, Joe replies, "It becomes human!" And then...
-->'''Fly:''' Can a human breathe underwater?\\
'''Joe:''' Of course not-- ''[eyes widen in shock as he gasps for breath and drowns]''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'':
** Pain and Panic experience this when they work out that the warrior who beat Nessus the centaur is the same baby they failed to kill years ago (a fact they hid from Hades). The "Oh crap" is because not only did they figure it out right in front of Hades, but Hades himself has already figured this out as soon as heard the name, and he is '''very''' displeased about that.
--->'''Pain:''' Wait a minute, wasn't Hercules the name of that kid we were supposed to...[''trails off as he and Panic'' ''[[OhCrap make the connection]]'']\\
'''Pain & Panic:''' ''[[BigOMG OH, MY GODS!]]''\\
'''Hades:''' ''[grabs the imps by the throats]'' So you "Took care of him", huh? "Dead as a doornail." Weren't those your ''exact'' words?!
** Meg, having fallen in love with Hercules, refuses to work for Hades any longer... which, unfortunately, convinces Hades that ''she'' [[IHaveYourWife is Herc's weakness.]]
--->'''Hades:''' Meg, listen. Do you hear that sound? It's the sound of your freedom, fluttering away, ''forever''!\\
'''Meg:''' I don't care! I'm not gonna help you hurt him!\\
'''Hades:''' ''[sighs]'' I can't believe you're getting all worked up over some... ''guy''.\\
'''Meg:''' This one is different. He's honest, and sweet...\\
'''Hades:''' ''[rolling his eyes]'' Please...\\
'''Meg:''' ...he would never do anything to hurt me...\\
'''Hades:''' He's a guy!\\
'''Meg:''' ''[smugly]'' Besides, O Oneness, you can't beat him. He has no weaknesses! He's gonna--\\
''[turns and sees Hades smirking at her]''\\
'''Hades:''' I think... he ''does'', Meg. I ''truly'' think... he ''does.''
* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': In the aftermath of baby Jack-Jack's superpowered fight with the raccoon, Bob breaks it up, only to realise that Jack-Jack has superpowers (this was established in [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1 the previous movie]], [[InternalReveal but the other Parrs didn't see Jack-Jack's powers at the time on account of the latter being too far away]]). Bob is initially elated, only for the realization that his already hard job as a HouseHusband is about to get ten times harder to slowly set in...
--> '''Bob:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Have. POWERS!]] YEAH, BABY!! And there's not a scratch on you! Did you go right through the locked door? Are those your powers? Haha! Who can multiply like rabbits and go right through any... solid...\\
'''Jack-Jack:''' [Fires off a bunch of his powers at once.]\\
'''Bob:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...Oh my God!]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVITheSecretOfSaurusRock'', Littlefoot has to find the tooth of a sharptooth [[ItMakesSenseInContext to repair Saurus Rock]]. He returns to the body of a sharptooth he and his friends managed to kill and goes to work trying to pry out a tooth. It's hard work, but at least there's a breeze to cool him of. [[spoiler:Except, Littlefoot is standing ''inside'' the sharptooth's mouth trying to remove the tooth. Littlefoot reasons there shouldn't be a breeze, then realizes that the sharptooth is ''breathing'' and is actually still alive, just as it starts to stand back up.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'': After Allomere brings a "moonblinked" Eglantine to Ga'Hoole and leads an army to attack St. Aegolius's, she awakens and tells Soren that their brother Kludd has joined the Pure Ones and that her "rescue" was staged. Hearing this, Soren realizes that [[TheMole Allomere was working with the Pure Ones all along]] and luring the Guardians into a trap, leading him to gather his friends and fly off to save them.
-->'''Soren:''' Well, thank Glaux Allomere rescued you.
-->'''Eglantine:''' I ''wasn't'' rescued. Kludd ''gave me'' to the owl who brought me here.
-->'''Soren:''' No, Eg, no. That's impossible. I mean, that would mean that Allomere would have to be a... be a... ''a traitor''. No, it's a trap!
* Played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', when Emmett tries to argue that President Business can't be a villain.
-->'''Emmett:''' But he's such a good guy. And Octan... they make good stuff: music, dairy products, coffee, TV shows, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick surveillance systems, all history books, voting machines...]] wait a minute.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'':
** When Ariel shows off her latest finds for her collection to the supposed "human expert" Scuttle, his explanation of what he believes a tobacco pipe to be gets one of these from her, as she remembers all too late that she had a previous engagement that day.
--->'''Scuttle:''' This is wonderful! A banded, bulbous - Snarfblat. Now, the Snarfblat dates back to pre-historical times, when humans used to sit around, and stare at each other all day. Got very boring. So, they invented the snarfblat to make fine music. Allow me. (''blows into the pipe, causing seaweed to pop out the other end'')\\
'''Ariel:''' ''Music''? Oh, the concert! Oh my gosh, my father's gonna ''kill'' me!
** Combined with JerkassRealization. After Ariel is turned into a human and ends up on the surface, Sebastian is panic-stricken and tries to go back down underwater to inform her father, King Triton. When Ariel [[LostVoicePlot silently]] begs him not to, he starts to staunchly defend his decision, but soon realizes that he can't bring himself to go through with it, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone especially since Triton destroyed her prized collection the last time he tattled on her to save his shell]].
--->'''Sebastian:''' I'm gonna march meself straight home right now and tell him just like I should have done the minute--
--->''(Ariel picks him up and shakes her head with a pleading expression)''
--->'''Sebastian:''' And don't you shake your head at me, young lady! Maybe there's still time. If we could get that witch to give you back your voice, you could go home, with all the normal fish, and just be...
--->''(he notices that Ariel has [[PuppyDogEyes a mournful expression on her face]], and he starts to lose steam)''
--->'''Sebastian:''' Just be... Just be miserable for the rest of your life. ''(beat)'' All right, all right. I'll help ya find that prince.
--->''(Ariel perks up and gives him a big kiss, then sets him back down)''
--->'''Sebastian:''' Boy, what a soft-shell I'm turning out to be.
* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatLegendsBattleOfTheRealms'' sees the Lin Kuei Grandmaster come to the horrific realization that he was the UnwittingPawn of an OmnicidalManiac upon talking about said Maniac -- ''with'' said Maniac.
-->'''Shinnok:''' What? You thought I had you chasing some bauble?
-->'''Grandmaster:''' But... if it is put together --
-->'''Shinnok:''' The One Being will come back -- and destroy all of existence?
-->'''Grandmaster:''' Yes. It is said that mad god Shinnok has searched... ''([[{{Beat}} realization strikes]])'' ''You're Shinnok!''
* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'': During [[TheCaper the heist]] inside Gladys' house, the animals keep an eye on her by watching her through a TV hooked to her bedroom's surveillance camera feed. While they're in the kitchen, the coffee maker turns on and we get this exchange:
-->'''Verne:''' What is that?\\
'''RJ:''' That is what gets humans up in the morning.\\
''[three seconds later, they turn to the screen and see that the bed is empty]''
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse:'' Candace has a moment after learning that [[spoiler:the "Remarkalonium" that [[BigBad Super Super Big Doctor]]'s mind controlling plant needs to survive is actually carbon dioxide. She incredulously admits that everyone on Earth (all 7 billion of them) breathes it before slowing down in the middle of her bragging, realizing that she not only put Earth in jeopardy but also that she's not really TheChosenOne like Super claimed]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'':
** When Honest John and the Coachman are negotiating their trade, Honest John has this to say.
--->'''Coachman:''' ...and I takes them to Pleasure Island!\\
'''Honest John:''' ''(pleasantly)'' Ahh, Pleasure Island... ''[[EyeTake (eyes bulge)]]'' ''Pleasure Island?!'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards But, the law!]]
** Later on, when Jiminy discovers that the boys on Pleasure Island end up [[spoiler:turning into donkeys]].
--->'''Jiminy:''' Boys? So that's what... ''PINOCCHIO!!!''
** Then later, during the final act, when Jiminy reads the Blue Fairy's message that Geppetto was SwallowedWhole by Monstro the Whale.
--->'''Pinocchio:''' Swallowed by a whale?!\\
'''Jiminy:''' ''(oblivious)'' Yeah, uh huh... ''(with realization)'' ''[[DelayedReaction A WHALE?!]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'': Ben and Lon, ThoseTwoGuys, find John Smith with Pocahontas and Grandmother Willow, who trips them with her root:
--> '''Ben:''' Watch your feet, ya big oaf!\\
'''Lon:''' [[CassandraTruth It wasn't me, it was the tree!]]\\
'''Ben:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, of course! The tree just felt like lifting its roots, and--]] ''(Ben stops in mid-sentence when he and Lon turn around to catch Willow lowering her root)'' Let's get outta here!
** Come to think of it, Ben downplays this trope by using sarcasm.
* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly'': After Winterbolt is defeated and his magic is no more, Rudolph realizes that [[NoOntologicalInertia everything powered by him is now useless]]... including the amulets that kept Frosty and his snow-family from melting in the summer heat!
-->'''Rudolph:''' Hey, wait a minute!\\
'''Lilly:''' What is it, Blinky?\\
'''Rudolph:''' If all his powers are gone, that means those amulets are no good either. ''[gasp]'' FROSTY! CRYSTAL!
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''. After Duke knocks over a vase, Max panics, thinking that Katie will flip out, then pauses as though he's realized she might blame ''him'' for it. Instead, he realizes she's more likely to blame Duke, and promptly sets about knocking over everything in sight while Duke frantically tries to stop him.
* At the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', RobotBuddy B.E.N. gets his memory back... just in time to recall [[spoiler:that Captain Flint's hoard of treasure is booby-trapped]].
-->'''B.E.N.:''' It's all flooding back! All my memories! Right up until Flint pulled my memory circuit so I could never tell anybody about [[spoiler:his '''booby trap!''' ''[distant explosion]'' [[RememberedTooLate Speaking of which...]]]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', as Mei is explaining her panda form to her friends she assures them that it will go away eventually, then amends that to "maybe" before breaking out in tears over the realization that she might be stuck with it forever.

[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/AceVentura: Pet Detective'', when Ace deduces that [[UnsettlingGenderReveal Ray Finkle is now Lois Einhorn]], who he made out with:
-->'''Ace:''' That's it! Einhorn is Finkle... Finkle is Einhorn... Einhorn is a man! ''[{{beat}}]'' [[BigOMG Oh, my]] ''[[BigOMG GOD!]]'' Einhorn is a ''[[{{Squick}} man]]''?!\\
''[cue montage of Ace vomiting his entire stomach's contents into the toilet, burning his clothes, and then [[ShowerOfAngst jumping in the shower and sobbing]]]''
* Late in ''Film/Apollo13'', after the astronauts have (with great difficulty) brought their damaged spacecraft around the moon and have detached the command module for reentry, they are able to make a visual inspection of the damaged service module and report what they see. At first this seems to be of only historical interest, since they've already discarded the service module and it no longer matters how much damage it took... until they realize the damage might not have been limited to the service module.
-->'''Jim Lovell:''' Houston, we're getting our first look at the service module now. One whole side of the spacecraft is missing. Right by the high gain antenna, a whole panel is blown out. Right up... right up to [[ReentryScare our heat shield.]]
* ''Film/Aquaman2018'': Mera has a moment when she tries to explain to [[spoiler:her father, King Nereus]], that the surfacer attack was a FalseFlagOperation, and surely they weren't gullible enough to fall for it...? No, they weren't, they just thought a war with the surface was inevitable, and if Orm was willing to organize one and set himself up to take the political backlash, they lose nothing by playing along.
* Subverted at the end of ''Film/TheBabysitterKillerQueen''. Upon realizing that [[spoiler:Cole is no longer a virgin, and thus their attempt at a VirginSacrifice backfired because they drank tainted blood]], the entire cult starts to panic... except for Max, who ''congratulates'' Cole for [[spoiler:losing his virginity to Phoebe even as he dies a painful death]].
-->'''Max:''' You fucking stud, Cole! I'm not even mad, bro! Respect!
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': When Doc figures out he and Marty can just pick up Jennifer at her and Marty's future home, Marty is happy at the prospect of meeting his future self but Doc starts explaining why [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet it mustn't happen]] until he, by doing so, figures out there's a high probability Jennifer will meet ''her'' future self.
* In ''Film/Bedazzled2000'', when Elliot wishes to be a famous writer to impress Alison, they arrive at his apartment to find a man waiting in his bed. Elliot tries to convince Alison he's not gay, unfortunately...
-->'''Elliot:''' Wait. This is a mistake. I'm not gay.\\
'''Alison:''' Oh, really? [[AndImTheQueenOfSheba And I'm Tony Danza!]]\\
'''Elliot:''' Honestly, I swear it. I'm not.\\
'''Alison:''' Then tell me, who was in the Broadway cast of ''Theatre/ThePajamaGame''?\\
'''Elliot:''' Janis Paige, John Raitt, Eddy Foy, Jr.\\
'''Alison:''' I assume you mean the original cast because there was a revival in 1973 that starred...\\
'''Elliot:''' Hal Linden and Barbara [=McNair=]--''([[AllGaysLoveTheater With realization]])'' I ''am'' gay!
* Early in ''Film/{{Clue}}'', when the Guests are trying to figure out who killed Mr. Boddy, they hear someone screaming from the Billiards Room;
-->'''Prof. Plum:''' It must be the murderer!\\
'''Mr. Green:''' ''(Confused)'' Why would ''he'' scream?\\
'''Mrs. White:''' He must have a victim in there. Oh my god, [[FrenchMaid Yvette!]]
* In ''Film/DangerDiabolik'', having received word that Diabolik survived, Inspector Ginko receives what his sergeant believes to be Diabolik's death certificate but he knows is actually Ralph Valmont's death certificate. He then connects Valmont's cause of death to Diabolik's next big hit, based on what he knew about the emerald necklace that Diabolik had stolen.
-->'''Ginko:''' Sergeant... this is our friend Valmont's certificate. Cause of death: eleven machine gun shots.\\
''[close-up on Ginko's eyes as he realizes the meaning of this]''\\
'''Voiceover:''' [[EurekaMoment Eleven emeralds... eleven bullets...]]\\
''[Ginko suddenly gets up]''\\
'''Ginko:''' To the morgue!
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/Deadpool2016''. When Wade tells Weasel about his newly-active mutation and reveals his [[BodyHorror consequent visage]], Weasel remarks that he needs "a suit and a nickname". On account of the [[GoodThingYouCanHeal ludicrously overpowered healing factor]], Weasel suggests "Mr. Neverdie"... and then remembers that he had put a rather high wager on Wade's death in the merc-bar dead pool.
-->'''Weasel:''' Ah, shit.
* The short version: In ''Film/DeathNote'', it was split. Light doing the explaining and Ryuk doing the [[OhCrap Oh, Crap!]] reaction.
** The long version: Ryuk wonders why Light was ignoring him. When Light in the convenience store explained to Ryuk that the former has a feeling that he's been watched via CCTV which means no Apples for Ryuk, it took a few seconds for the Shinigami to realize what Light meant and reacted in [[BigNo sorrow]].
--->'''Ryuk:''' Nooooooooo!!!
* ''Film/DemolitionMan'' features a scene where John Spartan discusses with his two partners and the police chief what Simon Phoenix's next move would be. Spartan insists that it will be to get a gun, which the police chief insists is ridiculous -- the only guns in San Angeles are in a museum...
* In ''Film/DieHard'', after John [=McClane=] tells Sgt. Powell to tell his wife that he loves her in case he doesn't make it out, Powell tries to reassure him that he'll survive. John says that "that's up to the man upstairs"... and remembers [[BigBad Hans Gruber]]'s visit to the roof of Nakatomi Plaza earlier in the film, at which point he realizes that Hans was up to something funny. Sure enough, when he gets there, he finds that Hans is planning to blow up the roof with all of the hostages on it, along with the helicopters coming to rescue them.
* After escaping from the Jones' suite in ''Film/DontBotherToKnock'' Jed tells Lyn about his night, saying that when he left Bunny was safe in bed. It then dawns on him that Bunny was in the wrong bed and wasn't moving (because she was bound and gagged.)
* ''Film/DontLookUp'': Giddy that his grad student has become the first to spot a new comet, Dr. Mindy gets out his old texts on orbital mechanics during the celebration and begins doing calculations on how closely the comet will be passing the Earth... Only for him (and the grad student) to realise that the calculations [[ColonyDrop gradually boil down to 'zero']].
* ''Film/DrStrangelove'':
** The bomber has a chance to make it through! General Buck Turgidson explains that if the pilot's really good, they can fly "on the deck", below Soviet radar. Meanwhile (due to a malfunction, not strategy) the bomber in question is doing exactly that.
--->'''Major Kong:''' Well, boys, we got three engines out, we got more holes in us than a horse trader's mule, the radio is gone and we're leaking fuel and if we was flying any lower why we'd need sleigh bells on this thing... but we got one little budge on them Rooskies. At this height why they might harpoon us but they dang sure ain't gonna spot us on no radar screen!
** Early on, Group Captain Mandrake realizes there is no imminent Russian attack, and goes to tell General Ripper to call off his bombing mission. When Ripper challenges him on the facts, Mandrake counters:
--->'''Mandrake:''' Well, I'm afraid I'm still not with you, sir, because, I mean, if a Russian attack was not in progress, then your use of Plan R — in fact, your order to the entire Wing... oh. ...I would say, sir, that there were something dreadfully wrong ''somewhere''.
** And near the end, after it's been outlined that if a single nuke lands on the Russians it's WorldWarThree, and the end of humanity, General Turgidson is asked if the remaining bomber has a chance at reaching its target and dropping its nuclear payload on it. Turgidson, having praised both crew and plane effusively, starts out with a cheerful "HELL YEAH!" until he visibly deflates, realizing they're doomed.
* ''Film/EnolaHolmes2'': Sherlock angrily rattles off various flaws in Enola's appearance, including that her neck is red... in a way that means someone must have held a knife to it. He instantly softens, concerned for her safety.
* In ''Film/FinalDestination'', Alex, believing he's next to die, is holed up in a cabin to protect himself when he sees a newspaper article about Christa and Blake, the two girls who asked him to trade seats with them on the plane. This gives him a EurekaMoment that leads into this as it makes him realize that he never traded seats with them like in his premonition, which means that he's not the one who's next on Death's list... ''Clear'' is.
-->'''Alex:''' I never moved. Christa asked me to change, but I never moved. I would have been up next to Tod. Fuck! Why didn't I remember that? I never moved, Clear's seat was in front of mine. She's next.
* In ''Film/TheFrenchDispatch'', an art agent smuggles supplies and bribes at great expense to an imprisoned genius painter, in exchange for rights to the masterpiece he will create. Once it's completed, he sneaks in to see the end product, and gushes over the amazing frescoes he's funded. He is still gushing, in fact, about how wonderful and valuable they are, when he realizes he just said they're frescoes (as in, painted directly onto the load-bearing prison walls, unremovable and unsellable).
* In ''Film/TheGamePlan'', when a little girl appears at football player Joe Kingman's apartment claiming she's the daughter of him and his ex-wife, Kingman and his agent are trying to figure out if the timeline tracks.
-->'''Joe:''' [He and his ex-wife] got the separation, the divorce was final, she came by to pick up a few of her things and then we... We — [[GoLookAtTheDistraction Is anyone else hungry?]]
* In ''Film/GlassOnion'' Detective Blanc realizes while giving TheSummation that [[spoiler: he inadvertently gave the killer the idea for his second murder plan]]. "It's as if you put a loaded gun on the table and turned off the lights!" In this case, the OhCrap comes less from the act itself and more that [[spoiler: the killer is even stupider than he thought (which is saying something), as even his one "original" idea was stolen.]]
* In ''Film/Godzilla2014'', when the MONARCH team [[spoiler:discovers that the two Mutos have been communicating with each other, Serizawa explains that the female Muto's egg is currently located at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository -- which is not only filled with radioactive waste (which the Mutos feed on), but also happens be located ''right outside Las Vegas''.]]
* ''Film/TheGuard:'' Gerry realizes the full influence of the drug operation when he points out that bribing, blackmailing, or killing him wouldn't matter under ordinary circumstances.
-->'''Gerry:''' What's the point in paying me off? You'll have to pay off every other guard on the West Coast.
-->''Sheehy is silent, and smiles a little.''
-->'''Gerry:''' The lot of them?
-->'''Sheehy:''' Enough as makes no odds.
* ''Film/Hairspray2007'': At the film's climax, Velma has police at the TV station to prevent Tracy from getting in and entering the pageant. At one point, Tracy's allies lock them out, and the police use one of the giant hairspray cans at the front of the station to break the doors open. When they meet Velma deeper in the station...
-->'''Velma:''' Finally! How long does it take to break down a door?\\
'''Policeman:''' That hairspray battering ram was heavy.\\
'''Velma:''' Heavy? How can they be heavy, they're—''({{Beat}})''...hollow.\\
''(Velma rushes back towards the entrance alongside the police, and finds the giant hairspray can lying empty, a door on its side wide open)''\\
'''Velma:''' Oh, my God. YOU ''CARRIED HER IN!''
* In ''[[Film/TheLoveBug Herbie Rides Again]]'', Mrs. Steinmetz and Willoughby trick [[BigBad Alonzo Hawk]]'s wrecker into knocking down Hawk's own house. (In reality, Hawk had ordered his wrecker to knock down their firehouse). Alonzo's retorts?
-->'''Wrecker:''' Sorry to disturb you at this time of night Mr. Hawk, but a guy at my job can't afford to make mistakes!\\
'''Hawk:''' What are you talking about?\\
'''Wrecker:''' That address you gave me on the phone...?\\
'''Hawk:''' What about it?\\
'''Wrecker:''' "''343 Oleander Heights.''" Are you sure that's the right address?\\
'''Hawk:''' Of course I'm sure, you idiot! I know it as well as I know my own address! ''[hangs up]'' Wait a minute... '''IT IS MY OWN ADDRESS!!'''\\
''[HilarityEnsues]''
* Averted in ''Film/Hero2002''. The emperor calmly explains that [[spoiler:Nameless is clearly lying about the earlier assassinations, and therefore must be there to kill him.]] When Nameless asks how long he's known, he replies that he figured it out while they were talking, [[spoiler:too late to stop Nameless from getting close enough to kill him.]] He never shows any emotion at the fact that he's [[spoiler:moments away from death.]]
* ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' has an example where it's one character talking to himself that leads him to a conclusion.
-->'''Radagast:''' I don't understand why it's not working! It's not as if... it's witchcraft. (''Beat'') Oh, but it ''is''.
* {{Inverted}} in ''Film/HomeAlone'' and its sequel, where Kevin starts out shocked when he's separated from his family before realizing that he can now do whatever he wants.
* In Creator/SpikeLee's ''Film/InsideMan'', Denzel Washington's character is talking about how they plan to retake the bank, only to realize the bank robbers are wiretapping them, and know about the impending SWAT team raid, which he then tries to stop, unsuccessfully.
* In ''Film/{{Machete}}'', Booth's guards go through this when Machete infiltrates their boss' mansion by posing as a menial gardener. They let him through without any real check, then question why they weren't more thorough because he could be anybody, then realize their stupidity.
-->'''Guard:''' Did you ever notice how you let a Mexican into your home just because he's got gardening tools? I mean, no questions asked, you just let him right in. He could have, y'know, a chainsaw or a machete...
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': After a battle on the helicarrier that leads to [[spoiler:Agent Coulson's death]], Steve Rogers and Tony Stark discuss Loki's next move in the following exchange:
--->'''Tony:''' He made it personal.\\
'''Steve:''' That's not the point...\\
'''Tony:''' No, that ''is'' the point. That's Loki's point. He hit all of us right at where we live. Why?\\
'''Steve:''' [[WeAreStrugglingTogether To tear us apart.]]\\
'''Tony:''' Yeah, divide and conquer's... great... but, he knows he has to take us out for him to win, right? That's what he wants! He wants to beat us; he wants to be seen doing it. He wants an audience.\\
'''Steve:''' Right. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName I caught his act in Stuttgart.]]\\
'''Tony:''' Yeah, that's just previews, though. This is opening night! And Loki, he's a full-tilt diva, [[ItsAllAboutMe he wants flowers, he wants parades]], he wants a monument built to the sky with his name plastered...\\
''[{{beat}}; Steve raises his eyebrows pointedly at [[HypocriticalHumor Tony's choice of description]]]''\\
'''Tony:''' Son of a bitch. ''[[[spoiler:He realizes Loki will use his own Stark Tower for summoning the Chitauri.]]]''
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong Agent Sitwell]]]], after some HighAltitudeInterrogation, reveals the plan to give [[spoiler:HYDRA control of Project Insight]], and use it to kill anyone who might potentially oppose them. Then he realizes [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he'll probably be]] one of ''the first ones'' they kill with it, and pulls an EnemyMine.
** In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', as the Avengers are laying low at Barton's farm and discussing Ultron, Tony and Banner focus on how he keeps building humanoid forms even though, as a sapient A.I., it's a rather impractical choice. From this they deduce that he's trying to prove himself superior to them, then Banner realizes [[spoiler:they haven't heard from Dr. Helen Cho for a while.]]
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', this is how Team Cap realizes that [[spoiler:someone inside the UN framed Bucky for the bombing in Vienna]]. They're talking about everything that [[SpottingTheThread doesn't add up]] about [[spoiler:the incriminating photo (since as the Winter Soldier, he went [[TheSpook fifty years without ever being photographed]] in the field), and (correctly) conclude that [[OrgyOfEvidence it was faked with the goal of setting off a worldwide manhunt]]]]:
--->'''Sharon:''' ...But that still doesn't [[spoiler:guarantee that [whoever framed him] would get him, it guarantees that we would.]]\\
''[dramatic zoom in on [[spoiler:supposedly the psychologist Dr. Broussard, [[KillAndReplace actually]] Baron Zemo]]]''
** In ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', when Hank Pym's lab has been stolen, he goes to his old colleague Bill Foster, who suggests using a defractor to track down the lab. However, since the newer suits don't have defractors, but the old ones did, Scott reveals that he didn't destroy Hank's old suit, and hid it in a trophy that Cassie had given him. When Scott calls Luis to find the trophy, only to reveal that it's not there, Scott realizes that Cassie had taken it to show and tell when he told her not to.
--->'''Scott:''' You got to be kidding me. I put it right up there after Cassie and I... ({{Beat}}) Show and tell.
** When the villains of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' meet up and realize they've been pulled into the MCU moments before their deaths, Electro doesn't believe it, up until he recounts the events up to his arrival.
--->'''Max:''' Aw, please. Lemme tell you something: I was whooping Spider-Man's ''ass''. He'll tell you. And then he caused an overload--I was stuck in the grid, absorbing data--I was about to turn into pure energy, and then I... And then... ''(Quietly)'' Oh shit. I was about to ''die''.
* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' has a variation with the [[TrojanHorse Trojan Rabbit]], as King Arthur and his knights — including Bedevere, Lancelot and Galahad — watch the large wooden rabbit they've constructed be towed into the French castle from a distance:
-->'''King Arthur:''' What happens next?\\
'''Sir Bedevere:''' Well, now, uh, Lancelot, Galahad, and I wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the French by surprise — not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!\\
'''King Arthur:''' ...''Who'' leaps out?\\
'''Sir Bedevere:''' Uh, Lancelot, Galahad, and I. Uh, leap out of the rabbit, uh, and uh...\\
''[Sir Bedevere looks around and realizes that [[DidntThinkThisThrough he forgot to explain the part where they are supposed to climb INTO the rabbit]], and said named people are not actually in the rabbit; everyone begins to FacePalm]''\\
'''Sir Bedevere:''' [[NotHelpingYourCase Um, l-look, if we built this large wooden badger...]] ''[gets [[DopeSlap dope-slapped]]]''
* ''Film/TheMummy2017'': When the tomb of the titular character is discovered, Nick and Chris are sent in to check it with Jenny accompanying them for a historian's perspective. As they enter the burial chamber Jenny begins recording her observations, including what seems to be wrong with a lot of them: the guardian statues are facing inward rather than outward, there are no provisions for the journey to the afterlife, there are channels for liquid mercury to guard against evil spirits. After a few of these, she stops and says that this room layout wasn't designed to keep something safe. It was designed to keep something trapped.
* In ''[[Film/Neighbors2014 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising]]'', Teddy has one in regard to his former WackyFratboyHijinx after Shelby and her Kappa sorority sisters tell him why they hate frat parties.
-->'''Teddy:''' We had great parties! "Pimps and Hoes", "CEOS and Corporate Hoes", "Boise Boys and Ida-Hoes"...\\
'''Shelby:''' They're, like, super sexist. Every party is, like, themed ho.\\
'''Teddy:''' I mean... ''<eyes go wide>'' Oh, geez. Oh no. Oh God! Yeah, I see your point.
* Towards the end of ''Film/NowYouSeeMe'', [[spoiler:Thaddeus Bradley mulls over how the Horsemen are still a step ahead of him and realizes that Dylan Rhodes, who he's talking to, is the fifth Horseman]].
* In ''Film/PanicInTheStreets'', Captain Warren says that even if the dead man did have the plague, the man who shot him hadn't been within 10 feet of him. Dr. Reed then asks him how the body ended up on the riverbank. Warren starts that somebody could have carried it there, and stops suddenly with an OhCrap look on his face.
* In ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians: The Lightning Thief'', Grover recognizes one of the statues at the Garden Gnome Emporium:
-->'''Grover:''' Check this out... he looks just like my Uncle Ferdinand. ''[notices a mole on the statue's forehead]'' That's crazy. Got the mole in the same place. ''[{{beat}}]'' Nah, that's not my Uncle Ferdinand, 'cause my Uncle Ferdinand was killed by... ''[OhCrap face]'' Medusa.
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', Sao Feng's men take a spy captive when negotiations with Elizabeth and Barbossa become tense, resulting in this exchange.
-->'''Sao Feng:''' Drop your weapons, or I kill your man!\\
'''Barbossa:''' ''[shares a confused glance with Elizabeth, then shrugs]'' Kill him, he's not our man.\\
'''Will:''' Wait, if he's not with you, and he's not with us... who is he with?\\
''[a dozen EITC soldiers kick down the doors and open fire]''
* ''Film/ThePredator'' gives us this gem: "...the dumbest motherfucker I've ever met. Ha ha. I mean, a Ranger sniper tripping a wire sensors? He's gotta be... Creating a diversion!" Cue a Ranger sniper.
* In ''Film/TheProducers'', [[ThoseWackyNazis Franz Liebkind]] isn't sure if he's using a quick fuse or a slow fuse [[ItMakesSenseInContext for the dynamite to blow up the theater]], so he decides to check by [[TooDumbToLive cutting it and then lighting it]]. Seeing the speed the fuse was burning, he bragged to Max and Leo that his suspicions were right and it was the ''quick'' fuse...before realizing the implications:
-->'''Franz:''' Ze ''kvick'' fuse!?! ''([[ExplosiveStupidity theater blows up]])''
* From ''Film/QuickChange'':
-->'''Lt. Jameson:''' Chief, The Peruvian Connection. The Subway Psycho? The people are gonna remember what you've done. What's so memorable about a clown stealing a million dollars?\\
''(Rotzinger gives him a look.)''\\
'''Lt. Jameson:''' Jesus, we gotta get this guy!
* In ''Film/RealGenius'', the gang are celebrating finally getting their laser working right. Eccentric genius Lazlo comes up and, while asking questions about how they did it, gets the group to realize what they just created: A beam of power hotter than the sun which is so strong it can only be used for fifteen seconds tops. That limits the applications it can be used for but makes it perfect for "the express purpose for which it was designed."
-->'''Lazlo:''' Look at the facts. Very high powered. Portable. Limited firing time, unlimited range. All you's need is a tracking system and a, a large spinning mirror and you can vaporize a human target from space.
-->''(during his talk, Chris has stopped chewing his food and his grin slowly fades. By the time Lazlo is done, the rest of the group are sharing looks of stunned understanding at how they've been tricked into creating a military weapon.)''
-->'''Chris:''' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone This is not good.]]
* In ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'', Frank is led by the Ghost of Christmas Future to a private funeral ceremony. At first, he's convinced that his brother James was the deceased. But then James shows up with a minister, and Frank is initially overjoyed... until he slowly realizes that ''he'' is the one about to be burned.
-->'''Frank:''' Oh, no. James... my brother... he's dead. Why did this have to happen? Well, when I get back, I'll... ''[he brightens up as James walks up to the coffin with a minister]'' THERE HE IS! JAMES! ''[he realizes something's not right]'' ...Who's in there?
* From ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', after they see the destruction of Haven:
-->'''Jayne:''' How come they ain't waitin'? They know'd we was comin', how come they only sent one?\\
'''Zoe:''' ...they didn't know we'd come ''here''. Get on the Cortex. Wave the Sanchez brothers, Li Shen -- anyone who's ever sheltered us after a heist. Tell them to get out. Get out ''now''!
* In ''Film/ShortCircuit'', Number Five makes the connection between death and disassembly after crushing a grasshopper, immediately realising he must abscond lest NOVA find and destroy (kill) him.
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' provides the page quote. After the designers of the Commando Elite and the Gorgonites get a call from the main character claiming that the former toys have caused major damage to his father's store, Larry, the more aloof designer, doesn't believe him because everything about the toys are standard...before realizing the chips he put into them were ''Army surplus munitions''. When he has an OhCrap expression, it doesn't take his associate, Irwin, long to figure out why.
* Inverted at the end of ''Film/SpaceJam'', after [[BadBoss Swackhammer]] begins chewing the Monstars out for [[spoiler:losing the basketball game]]:
-->'''Jordan:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why're you taking it from this guy?]]\\
'''Bupkis:''' Because he's bigger.\\
'''Pound:''' He's ''bigger''?!\\
'''Bang:''' Bigger than we ''[[MakeMyMonsterGrow used to be]]''...\\
[''the Monstars immediately [[TheDogBitesBack turn on Swackhammer]], [[OhCrap who panics]]'']
* ''Film/SpyKids1'' pulls this twice:
** When Carmen and Juni first meet their robot doubles, said robots easily beat them up and steal the [[MacGuffin Third Brain]] from them. After the robots take the brain back to Floop's Castle, Juni reveals to Carmen that he stole her double's tag during their fight. After Carmen reads the tag, they realize the enormity of the situation:
--->'''Carmen:''' "Limited Edition Spy Kid. One of 500..." Floop could have hundreds of these things flying around!\\
'''Juni:''' The Third Brain makes them smart. [[OhCrap They're building an army]].\\
'''Carmen:''' We've got to save Mom and Dad. Only they can stop the robots.\\
'''Juni:''' But who's going to help us? ''[their only option is Machete, thanks to [[ChekhovsGun the photo Carmen found in Gregorio and Ingrid's wedding album]]]''
** After Carmen and Juni realize the enormity of the situation after the Brain is stolen from them by their robot doubles, it quickly cuts to Gregorio and Ingrid's cell in Floop's Castle after they're caught the second time. Gregorio confesses to Ingrid about the Brain project, and how their superiors were ordered to destroy it. She starts asking why he kept it a secret if the Third Brain was "something you destroyed." Gregorio gives her a shameful look, and she says with horror, "Or something you didn't."
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** An example of this coming way too late in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'': Klingon Commander Kruge sends his men to take control of the USS ''Enterprise'' after the ship's crew surrenders, but Kirk slips in a little surprise for the boarding party just before letting the Klingons take control.
--->'''Torg:''' My lord, the ship appears to be deserted.\\
'''Kruge:''' How can that be? They're hiding!\\
'''Torg:''' Yes, sir...but the bridge seems to be run by computer. It is the only thing speaking.\\
'''Kruge:''' Speaking? Let me hear.\\
[''Torg holds the communicator over the computer, which is counting down. Kruge (who unlike his men can speak English) soon realizes '''it's the ship's SelfDestructMechanism''''']\\
'''Kruge:''' GET OUT!!!! GET OUT OF THERE!! GET OUT!\\
[''The ''Enterprise'' explodes, killing all of the Klingons aboard'']
** In ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', Picard finds out that the ''Enterprise'' is experiencing environmental difficulties that started on deck 16 before spreading to the rest of the ship.
--->'''Picard:''' Mister Hawk, before we lost internal sensors, what were the exact environmental conditions in main engineering?
--->'''Hawk:''' Atmospheric pressure was 2 kilopascals above normal, 92% humidity, 39.1 degrees Celsius...
--->'''Picard:''' 39.1 degrees Celsius... Like a Borg ship. They knew their ship was doomed, our shields were down and somehow they transported over here without being detected. They'll assimilate the ''Enterprise'', and then... Earth.
** In ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', after negotiations with Praetor Shinzon of the Romulan Empire have gone south, the ''Enterprise'' is warping back to Federation space to join a Starfleet battle group. While en route, they enter an area called the Bazen Rift, which causes them to lose contact with Starfleet.
--->'''Data:''' The rift affects all long-range communic--''[OhCrap face]''\\
'''Picard:''' ''[hits combadge]'' Commander Riker, evasive maneuvers!\\
''[the ''Enterprise'' shudders as Shinzon opens fire]''
** ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': Kirk has something bothering him, and Admiral Marcus asks him to speak up. Kirk points out that the normal response to an incident such as Harrison's terrorist attack is to gather all the available captains and first officers in a single room. Like the one they are in now. [[FiveSecondForeshadowing And then he looks out the window and a light descends...]]
--->'''Kirk:''' [[RunOrDie CLEAR THE ROOM!!]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/ANewHope'' has Luke Skywalker realizing that the Empire, who slaughtered a group of Jawas that had captured and sold R2-D2 and C-3PO, the two robots the Imperials are after because of the Death Star plans they're also after, [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive are now after his family.]]
--->'''Luke:''' If they traced the robots here, they may have learned who they sold them to and that would lead them back... home!
** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', at the beginning of the assault on the second Death Star, Lando Calrissian realizes that the Empire has [[LuredIntoATrap lured the Rebellion into a trap]].
--->'''Lando:''' We've got to get some kind of reading on that shield, up or down. [...] But how could they be jamming us if they don't know... that we're coming? [{{beat}}] Break off the attack! The shield is still up!
* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze'': When they discover that the Shredder plans to turn Tokka and Rahzar loose in Central Park unless the Turtles agree to fight them again, Donnie asks, "How are they gonna avoid all of those...people?" It's only after he says this that he realizes that Tokka and Rahzar ''aren't'' going to avoid the people.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'', Mr. Conductor and Junior get a shared one when they realize Lady is integral to helping them get their gold dust back.
-->'''Mr. Conductor:''' Lady! That engine's name is Lady! She's part of the clue to the source\\
'''Junior:''' ''[simultaneously with Mr. C in realization]'' of the '''Gold Dust'''!\\
''[Both scream in fear]''
* In ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'', shortly after [[spoiler:Julie's death,]] Dylan escapes from the hospital to get away from Freddy, while Heather desperately searches the building for him. When Dr. Heffner tells her that Dylan had been sedated, she explains that Dylan is prone to sleepwalking and is able to get out of the hospital if he wanted to, only to realize that he had probably done just that.
-->'''Heather Langenkamp:''' [Dylan] doesn't have to be awake to be on his feet!\\
'''Dr. Heffner:''' What?\\
'''Heather Langenkamp:''' He sleepwalks, you idiot! He's fully capable of walking out of this hospital! (''{{Beat}}'') ...Oh, shit!

[[folder:Literature]]
* In light novel ''Academy's Undercover Professor'', the title character is patrolling a city where there's been rumors of werewolf sightings for a couple of days. He encounters one, only for him to turn out to be a friend of his that can become a humanoid animal based on what bites him. As they speak of other matters, the main character asks why he waited two days to meet him, only for the friend to reply that he arrived to the city just that morning. Cue both of them going OhCrap - as the actual werewolf shows up.
* A variation occurs in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #16: The Warning'':
-->'''Tobias:''' Wait. You're saying [[ItMakesSenseInContext I'm in a toilet bowl]]. And someone sat down. But then... [[{{Squick}} oh, man]].
* A rather charming one in ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' when Jeebers, an elderly personal tutor of her little Imperial Highness Ce'Nedra, explains to the heroes that the emperor has the utmost trust in him. Which is exactly why "the princess knocked on his door deep at night, revealing to him that he got tasked to help her to disguise herself, then sneak her out of the palace without anyone else noticing, and to then escort her (alone) across half the country" ...in a time when people are murdering each other in the streets due to all sorts of politics. Which is when he notices in sheer horror that the emperor had nothing to do with it and that this was all rebellious little Ce'Nedra's idea. Poor guy.
* ''Literature/TheCanarisFragments'' by Walter Winward takes place during the Nuremberg trials of 1945. The main characters have discovered that a group of SS men plans to liberate the prisoners and have had the courthouse surrounded by security, but then they start discussing why a group of SS men would go through so much trouble and realize that [[spoiler:Kaltenbrenner, the only high-ranking SS member among the defendants is not at the courthouse, but at a hospital at the other end of the city.]]
* ''Literature/TheCaseOfTheToxicSpellDump'': David's coworker Michael casts a spell to test if a sorcerer's flayed human skin substitute is being used for ritualistic purposes and it seems to exonerate the man. However, David quickly asks if the spell would have been ineffective if the "substitute" was real flayed human skin. Michael thoughtfully agrees that this would have nullified his test before horrifiedly realizing [[HumanSacrifice just where real flayed human skin would have come from and what it might be used for.]]
* ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'': When Lije and Daneel visit a premier roboticist, Lije asks him about {{Ridiculously Human Robot}}s, how they would be different from humans, and how easy it is to spot them. The man starts to confidently say how unlikely it is, then pauses as he realizes that Daneel meets the signs he just described. The man is embarrassed that it took him so long to notice.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'':
*** Vimes does one of these, when he works out how 71-Hour Ahmed got his name. The traditional Klatchian period of hospitality and protection is three days - 72 hours. [[InTheBack What must you have had to do]] to be associated with a time just short of that period?
*** When Vimes explains to Ahmed that he knows that the attempted assassination of the Klatch Prince wasn't arranged by the Klatchians themselves, but that it was a very bad frame-job, complete with an OrgyOfEvidence and a [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt... and realizes mid-explanation [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow it looked like such a bad frame job because the Klatchians deliberately made it look like they were being badly framed]].
** In ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', there are two major plot threads that the Watch are investigating. The first is a set of murders connected to the city's golem population ([[OurMonstersAreDifferent golems here being mostly magical beasts of burden]]). The second is repeated arsenic poisoning of Lord Vetinari. Vimes, Angua and Cheery discuss these at a late stage of the novel, and it becomes apparent that it's surprising they actually managed to track arsenic in any meaningful way. It gets used all over the city for all kinds of things - rat poisons, paints...
--->'''Vimes:''' I'm surprised people aren't dropping dead of it all the time.\\
'''Cheery:''' Oh, most people use golems, sir-
** In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', Rincewind learns that the revolution was spurred by the contents of a book titled ''What I Did On My Holidays'', and finds a spot to read it himself. He finds it just describes things he finds rather mundane, like sausages made from "genuine pig product", and is completely unimpressed, but realizes that the book was written by his old traveling companion from ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'' and ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'', Twoflower the tourist, and he went above and beyond painting Rincewind as a great hero and magus. Once again putting Rincewind in the hot seat, just like old times.
-->Ha! Mister What-I-Did-On-My-Holidays should try coming to Ankh-Morpork next time, and see how much he liked one of old... Dibbler's sausages... full of genuine... pig product...
* ''Literature/HollowKingdom2019'': After he witnesses his neighbor eating her dog, S.T. comes to the conclusion that she has the same sickness his owner Big Jim does. The crow then remembers that he left Big Jim's dog Dennis alone with him and promptly rushes home.
* The 1980s ''Literature/HardyBoys'' book "Blood Relations" has Frank and Joe convinced by Greg and Mike Rawley that their stepfather, Walter, is planning on killing his wife, Linda. Frank and Joe look into it when Linda is kidnapped, eventually bringing Walter to a house...where it turns out Linda, Greg and Mike are setting Walter up to kill him in "self-defense" for his fortune and using the Hardys to sell the plot. Frank reveals he'd already figured this out thanks to the OrgyOfEvidence making this case so easy and shows up with a detective ally. But it turns out this "detective" is Linda's real husband and Greg and Mike's dad. The family gloats on getting away with it all...until it hits Greg that Frank had just said he figured this whole thing out ''before'' he came to the house. So if he knew this was a scam and "Dad wasn't a detective, why would he have trusted him to help?" They have five seconds to think about it before a couple of the Hardys' friends burst in to take Greg and Mike down just before the real cops arrive to arrest them all.
* In the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' novel ''At All Costs'', there's an internal version when Admiral Chin wonders about the strange maneuvers of the Manticoran force that just hypered in behind her. Over the course of several paragraphs of narration, it dawns on her exactly which formation she is looking at... and what they're armed with.
-->''But if Third Fleet was what they'd just finished destroying, then these people had to be ''Eighth Fleet'', which meant Honor Harrington. And Harrington didn't do things that didn't make sense. So what—?\\
Her eyes opened wide in horror.\\
"General signal all units!" she shouted, spinning towards her com section. "Hyper out immediately! Repeat, hyper out—"\\
But it had taken Genevieve Chin two minutes too long to realize what was happening.''
* In ''Literature/MissionLevity'': "But how can there be gravity? The planet is too far away and there's nothing else there but [[TractorBeam that...]] [[OhCrap ship...]]"
* ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster:'' Bertie's friend Gussie talks about how he's been writing down insults about his prospective father-in-law and [[ThoseWackyNazis Roderick Spode]] in a notebook which he misplaced.
-->'''Gussie:''' Have you ever heard Sir Watkyn Bassett dealing with a bowl of soup? It's not unlike the Scottish express going through a tunnel. Have you ever seen Spode eat asparagus?
-->'''Bertie:''' No.
-->'''Gussie:''' Revolting. It alters one's whole conception of Man as Nature's last word.
-->'''Bertie:''' Those were two of the things you wrote in the book?
-->'''Gussie:''' I gave them about half a page. They were just trivial, surface faults. The bulk of my researches went much deeper.
-->'''Bertie:''' I see. You spread yourself?
-->'''Gussie:''' Very much so.
-->'''Bertie:''' And it was all bright, snappy stuff?
-->'''Gussie:''' Every word of it.
-->'''Bertie:''' [[SarcasmMode That's great. I mean to say, no chance of old Bassett being bored when he reads it.]]
-->'''Gussie:''' [[OhCrap Reads it?]]
-->'''Bertie:''' Well, he's just as likely to find the book as anyone, isn't he?
-->'''Gussie:''' I never thought of that!
-->'''Bertie:''' Start now.
* ''Literature/NightHuntress'': Main character Leila has been bound to someone so that if either dies, the other dies, so a shadowy group abducts that person and threatens to kill Leila unless Vlad kills Mencheres. When Mencheres realizes that Vlad didn't tell him about this in case he ended up with no choice but to go through with it, he's naturally upset.
-->'''Mencheres:''' You would have widowed Kira. You would have brought war between our two lines, forcing Bones into a fight against your people that would have resulted in many deaths. Our allies would have been forced to choose sides, too, bringing more death, until you could have shattered the peace we've had since Apollyon failed to incite a war between vampires and ghouls--\\
''[cuts off as he, Vlad, Leila, and Veritas realize this ''was'' the point of the whole thing]''
* ''Literature/RavellingWrath'':
-->'''Rinn:''' That couldn't be right, could it? She wasn't afraid, it was just a reaction, like when I'd first summoned a Blood Blade. She knew I wouldn't actually hurt her, right? I was just blowing off steam! And besides, she had looked way more scared when the Blood Blade thing happened! And then she'd gotten back under control right away, because she knew it was just me and I wouldn't hurt her! Obviously! So obviously, THIS time, maybe I did some stuff I shouldn't have, and she got scared, but then I started backing off, and then she was… still acting scared… because… that meant…
-->I had made her afraid of me.
* In ''Wizard's First Rule'', first book of the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series, Zedd invokes this on a mob that's coming to burn him for being a witch. Zedd asks them why, exactly, they want to burn him, and they say it's because of his horrible magic powers. Zedd asks them to elaborate and be more specific. As they list all the different ways that they think Zedd can throw magical wrath around, the crowd slowly realizes that attacking someone who can shoot fire out of his fingertips might not be the brightest idea after all.
* ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'': ''One Good Knight'': Andie has this reaction when she realizes she's just explained ''why'' her mother would want to rig the HumanSacrifice lottery to get rid of Andie.
* ''Literature/TeenPowerInc'':
** In ''The Case of Crazy Claude'', the kids initially think Claude and his lawyer/twin brother are one person with multiple personalities who keeps changing clothes. When they admit this misconception, Claude is insulted that they thought he would try such a ridiculous disguise and says he would have to be crazy to think it would work, before trailing off awkwardly when he realizes they did think he was crazy.
** In ''Fear in Fashion'', the kids' latest boss, Dee Dee, takes on a CoolBigSis role with them, encouraging their dreams (like Richelle's modeling aspirations) and praising their talents. She is just buttering them up to be {{Unwitting Pawn}}s in a con game. Richelle is hit especially hard when she observes the others (save Sunny, who was always a bit suspicious) lamenting how they were fooled and muses about how they were silly to be fooled and at least Dee Dee wasn't all bad due to recognizing Richelle's potential to be a model, only to halt mid-thought as she realizes Dee Dee was manipulating her the same as the others.
* In ''Literature/{{Timeline}}'', one character is trying to convince the others that it is possible to travel to the past via a wormhole. Another character points out that it is impossible for a physical body to safely go through one. The first character retorts that the same can be said about a fax machine. The second character launches into trying to explain that the fax machine first has to convert the scanned data into a "stream of electrons", before realizing that the first character is talking about the same for the wormhole with a big, "[[OhCrap Oh shit!]]"
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': A comedic version in the Literature/CiaphasCain novel ''The Traitor's Hand''. Cain is discussing MauveShirt "Jinxie" Penlan with the command staff when her reputation comes up, and...
-->'''Cain:''' "But she's not nearly as accident prone as she's supposed to be. I'll grant you she fell down an ambull tunnel once, and there was that incident with the frag grenade and the latrine trench, but things tend to work out for her. The orks on Kastafore were as surprised as she was when the floor in the factory collapsed, and we'd have walked right into that hrud ambush on Skweki if she hadn't triggered the mine by chucking an empty food tin away..."\\
My brain finally caught up to what I was saying and I trailed off rather lamely. "Well, you know how soldiers exaggerate these things."
** In the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' novel ''Unremembered Empire'', when Curze is on the loose in the Temple of Hera, the entire forces at nearby Residence sets out to hunt him down. One of the members of the strike force, Gantula, wonders aloud whether Curze is a predator, using a wolf as his example. Then this happens:
--->'''Gantula:''' [...] So, while the herdsmen are occupied, guarding the herd, the wolf turns to where they are not - the larder, the granary, the stables, the bird cages... ''(beat) (Gantula stops and turns back, running to the Residence)''

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* Music/{{Eminem}}'s "Stan":
-->''I seen this one shit on the news a couple weeks ago that made me sick.\\
Some dude was drunk and drove his car over a bridge,\\
and had his girlfriend in the trunk, and she was pregnant with his kid,\\
and in the car they found a tape, but they didn't say who it was to.\\
Come to think about, his name was... [[FridgeHorror it was you]].\\
[[OhCrap Damn...]]''
* In Music/JonLajoie's "WTF Collective", MC Uses Time Machines Irresponsibly does this:
-->''Then I traveled in time to the night I was conceived\\
I met up with my parents and we hung out all night\\
Come to think of it, they didn't have any alone time...'' [[PuffOfLogic NOOO]]--
* In the last verse of Music/MitchBenn's "Music/EdSheeran is Everywhere", he complains that he was doing the guitar-and-looper thing first, and then starts to worry that maybe that's where Sheeran got the idea.
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* In the ''Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}'' short "Reading: Who Needs It", a high school basketball coach and a teacher are discussing the fact that one of his players can't read:
-->'''Coach:''' If he can't read, how'd he get through school?\\
'''Kevin:''' That would mean we absolutely su... Oh.
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** When Carmen and Juni first meet their robot doubles, they easily beat them up and steal the [[MacGuffin Third Brain]] from them. After the robots take the brain back to Floop's Castle, Juni reveals to Carmen that he stole her double's tag during their fight. After Carmen reads the tag, they realize the enormity of the situation:

** When Juni and Carmen are beaten up by robot doubles, who then steal the Third Brain from them, Juni reveals to Carmen that he stole her double's tag during their fight. After Carmen reads the tag, they realize the enormity of the situation:

--->'''Carmen:''' "Limited Edition Spy Kid. One of 500..." Floop's going to have hundreds of these things flying around!\\

* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': In the aftermath of baby Jack-Jack's superpowered fight with the raccoon, Bob breaks it up, only to realise that Jack-Jack has superpowers (this was established in [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles the previous movie]], [[InternalReveal but the other Parrs didn't see Jack-Jack's powers at the time on account of the latter being too far away]]). Bob is initially elated, only for the realization that his already hard job as a HouseHusband is about to get ten times harder to slowly set in...

'''Larry:''' No. I mean, "Hey! Whoa! Oh!". Look, forget the "Oh". I'll go to legal to start on the countersuit.\\

* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' provides the page quote. After the designers of the Commando Elite get a call from the main character claiming that the toys have caused major damage to his father's store, the more aloof designer doesn't believe him because everything about the toys are standard...before realizing the chips he put into them were ''Army surplus munitions''. When he has an OhCrap expression, it doesn't take his associate long to figure out why.

* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' provides the page quote. After the designers of the Commando Elite get a call from the main character claiming that the toys have caused major damage to his house, the more aloof designer doesn't believe him because everything about the toys are standard...before realizing the chips he put into them were ''Army surplus munitions''. When he has an OhCrap expression, it doesn't take his associate long to figure out why.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse:'' Candace has a moment after learning that [[spoiler:the "Remarkalonium" that [[BigBad Super Super Big Doctor]]'s mind controlling plant needs to survive is actually carbon dioxide. She incredulously admits that everyone on Earth (all 7 billion of them) breath it before slowing down in the middle of her bragging, realizing that she not only put Earth in jeopardy but also that she's not really TheChosenOne like Super claimed]].

* ''Literature/TeenPowerInc'': In ''The Case of Crazy Claude'', the kids initially think Claude and his lawyer/twin brother are one person with multiple personalities who keeps changing clothes. When they admit this misconception, Claude is insulted that they thought he would try such a ridiculous disguise and says he would have to be crazy to think it would work, before trailing off awkwardly when he realizes they did think he was crazy.

* ''Literature/TeenPowerInc'': In ''The Case of Crazy Claude'', The kids initially think Claude and his lawyer/twin brother are one person with multiple personalities who keeps changing clothes. When they admit this misconception, Claude is insulted that they thought he would try such a ridiculous disguise and says he would have to be crazy to think it would work, before trailing off awkwardly when he realizes they did think he was crazy