History Main / ImThinkingItOver

* In Literature/TreasureHoard, Satiirian thinks the cute serval boy is a gift for him. Xávirac says he can have him in exchange for his head for his trophy wall. And Satiirian ''actually considers it,'' saying he is certainly worth that price and declining only because he still needs his head for the time being.

* In "Literature/TreasureHoard", Satiirian thinks the cute serval boy is a gift for him. Xávirac says he can have him in exchange for his head for his trophy wall. And Satiirian ''actually considers it,'' saying he is certainly worth that price and declining only because he still needs his head for the time being.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', the gang are hiding from Princess Clara's monster vagina. (ItMakesSenseInContext.)

* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': In one episode, Jon says he'll no longer feed ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} unless Garfield get along with Nermal. As Jon starts to repeat his ultimatum, Garfield interrupts him to tell he is thinking over it.

* In ''Film/Constantine2005'', when Angela is about to get in a tub so Constantine can teach her how to awaken her psychic abilities, the following happens:

* ''Series/Lucifer2016'' has the "money or your life" version when [[MuggingTheMonster Charlotte is mugged]]. She's only just recently arrived on Earth after an eternity as a celestial being, so is still working out the rules of human interaction.

* In ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', {{Satan}} gives Tycho a choice -- be tormented for all eternity or play the Seed demo. Tycho says "Do I have to answer right now?", which isn't as much a case of him having SkewedPriorities as a TakeThat against the Seed demo.

* From the anime of ''Anime/ReadOrDie'', Ms. Deep to Yomiko.
-->'''Ms. Deep:''' Which is more important, your life or that book?\\
''[Yomiko visibly mulls it over]''

* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''. After a woman's husband is kidnapped, the kidnappers call with their demands.
-->'''Mrs. Curtis:''' What did they ask for? [[PleaseIWillDoAnything Whatever it is, they can have it]].\\
'''Police officer:''' They want your case of Wonka Bars. ''[Mrs. Curtis says nothing]'' Mrs. Curtis, did you hear me? It's your husband's life or your case of Wonka Bars!\\
'''Mrs. Curtis:''' How long will they give me to think it over?

* In ''Film/{{Constantine}}'', when Angela is about to get in a tub so Constantine can teach her how to awaken her psychic abilities, the following happens:
-->'''Angela:''' Do I have to [[TakeOffYourClothes take the rest of my clothes off]] or can I leave them on?\\
'''Constantine:''' ''[long pause, stares at her, nodding to himself]''\\
'''Angela:''' ...John?\\
'''Constantine:''' I'm thinking.

* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', it's mentioned that anyone wanting to pose the question "Your money or your life?" to a dwarf should pack a lunch and a long book.
* In Stephen Manes' ''Chicken Trek'' Oscar is being forced by his inventor cousin to enter a coast-to-coast chicken-eating contest so he can use the grand prize to pay for the one-of-a-kind camera he accidentally [[PricelessMingVase dropped and broke]]. Faced with the prospect of eating nothing but chicken for two months, he objects.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** The episode "Inca Mummy Girl" gives us a unique exchange where a person needs time to answer their own "question".
--->'''Willow:''' I have a choice. I can spend my life waiting for Xander to go out with every girl in the world until he notices me, or I can just get on with my life.\\
'''Buffy:''' Good for you.\\
'''Willow:''' Well, I didn't choose yet.
** Another episode has Willow offer to kill Anya so Spike can feed off her. Buffy seems tempted and needs a moment before rejecting the idea.
* The ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My New Role" had Eliot talking to a group of nurses who've frozen Carla out because she hangs out with the doctors so much.
-->'''Eliot:''' You can either use her relationship with us doctors to start a dialogue and make things better, or ignore me, stay pissed and hold me down in the parking lot tonight while Barb stomps on my face.\\
''[the nurses keep drinking their coffee without reacting at all]''\\
'''Eliot:''' You're taking a pretty long time thinking about it...
* Bester was ''really'' asking for it in ''Series/BabylonFive''.

:: It perhaps doesn't help that at least one of B5's command staff actually did plan to have Bester killed previously before being convinced [[HeWhoFightsMonsters it was a bad move]].
* In ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Urgo", the team have a friendly but annoying A.I. called Urgo implanted in their brains.
-->'''Urgo:''' You have to decide. Me... or death.\\
''[long pause]''\\
'''Urgo:''' Well?!\\
'''Jack O'Neill:''' We're thinking.

* In the ''Series/RedDwarf X'' episode "Trojan", Rimmer has all the resentment drained from his personality because it was corrupting his hard drive. He's told he now has the oppertunity to reinvent himself, unhampered by the negativity that ruined his life, or he can go straight back to making the same self-destructive mistakes as before. After a pause he says "Well, I think we all know what the answer's going to be." [[StatusQuoIsGod The others nod sadly.]]
* In the ''Series/{{Monk}}'' episode "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever," Monk, Natalie and Stottlemeyer are hiding out in a cabin in the woods due to Monk having been marked for death by a Chinese mafia. Monk, of course, is desperate to leave, leading to this exchange:
-->'''Leland Stottlemeyer:''' ''[exasperated]'' It's either stay here for another week or go home and get shot in the head!\\
'''Adrian Monk:''' ''[looking around the cabin, thinking]'' Stay here...get shot in the head...
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'', Shawn and Gus were wearing hazmat suits while investigating a potential biological weapon. Before putting on the suit, however, Gus had borrowed Shawn's sweatshirt, and Shawn had left his corn nuts in the pocket. Gus was left with the choice of staying in the suit with the smell of nacho cheese corn nuts or removing it and potentially exposing himself to a deadly virus. He had to think about that one for a while.
* In the ''Series/ThreesCompany'' episode "Baby, It's Cold Inside," Jack and Mr. Furley are trapped in the walk-in freezer at Angelino's. They have this exchange:
-->'''Mr. Furley:''' But there's nothing we can do, Jack!\\
'''Jack:''' Yes, there is. We can huddle together.\\
'''Furley:''' ''[tersely]'' Huddle together?\\
'''Jack:''' To keep warm! It's either that or freeze to death!\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
'''Jack:''' ''Well!?''\\
'''Furley:''' I'm thinking!! I'm thinking!!
* Brilliantly done in ''Series/LasVegas'' when Sam goes undercover after hearing a masseuse is interfering with women, only he doesn't with her.
-->'''Sam:''' Doesn't make any sense. I was laying on the table. Naked. Me!\\
'''Polly:''' You want me touch you down there?\\
'''Sam:''' ''[{{beat}}... [[LesYay beat]]... [[RuleOfThree beat]]]'' ...Um... no, no thanks.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' episode ''Chains'':

* ''Series/{{Lucifer}}'' has the "money or your life" version when [[MuggingTheMonster Charlotte is mugged]]. She's only just recently arrived on Earth after an eternity as a celestial being, so is still working out the rules of human interaction.

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': In the first season episode "You Think You Know Somebody", Veronica's then-boyfriend Troy went along with Logan and Luke to Tijuana, but when they came back, and stopped at a fast food place, Troy's car was taken. This is bad news for Luke, as he had smuggled some steroids for a dealer (which were in a piñata that was in the car), and the dealer wants his steroids or his money or he'll kill Luke. As it happens, Luke has a valuable baseball he can sell off to get the money, but he doesn't want to part with it, and Veronica tries to convince him otherwise:
-->'''Veronica:''' Look at it this way - the ball or your life. You do the math.\\
'''Luke:''' (''long pause'')\\
'''Veronica:''' (''exasperated'') It's a ''ball''!

** The famous bit quoted above is the trope namer. The routine first appeared on the March 28, 1948 broadcast, in which Jack was robbed of Ronald Colman's Oscar after borrowing it. His uncertainty stems from the character's well-known [[TheScrooge stinginess]]: during the pause, which kept getting longer and longer, the audience was already laughing at the thought of Jack having to make such a difficult decision.

* In ''WebAnimation/BonusStage'', Phil has to get Evil's glasses:
-->'''Phil:''' And what would you do if I didn't?\\
'''Evil:''' Well I'll jam you up the anus with a javelin.\\
'''Phil:''' I'll have to weigh these options.

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* In ''Webcomic/VanVonHunter'', Van and [[NoNameGiven his sidekick]] escape their first adventure after having been sentenced to death. When confronted by the choice of accompanying Van or returning to face certain death, the sidekick says she'll have to think about it. Even after their foes launch a B-2 bomber at them out of a catapult (ItMakesSenseInContext... kinda) she still isn't certain.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
--> '''Agatha:''' Let me put it this way... help me save Othar or I'll hit you with a STICK!\\
''[{{beat panel}}]''\\
''[beat panel]''\\
''[[[RuleOfThree beat panel]]]''\\
'''Krosp:''' How ''big'' a stick?

* In ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', {{Satan}} gives Tycho a choice -- be tormented for all eternity or play the Seed demo. Tycho says "Do I have to answer right now?", which isn't as much a case of him having SkewedPriorities as a TakeThat against the Seed demo.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has most of the cast travel to a parallel universe inside a small box. Hermes, not knowing the situation, has been told to throw the box into the sun. He flies into space, puts the box into an airlock, and is just about to launch it into space when the other characters emerge. They shout for him not to push the button and kill them all, and he thinks carefully for a moment, looks back and forth between the button and Prof. Farnsworth, before giving a halfhearted "Okay".
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', the gang are hiding from Princess Clara's monster vagina. (ItMakesSenseInContext.)
-->'''Spanky:''' We can't spend our lives hiding from a giant vagina! ''[pauses and looks thoughtful]'' Nah, it's no way to live.
* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': In one episode, Jon says he'll no longer feed ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} unless Garfield get along with Nermal. As Jon starts to repeat his ultimatum, Garfield interrupts him to tell he is thinking over it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': The Green Goblin hacks the Vault's security while Spidey's testing it, trapping him inside with an army of crooks after him and the supporting cast helplessly watching through the security cams. Then Mysterio sicks his non-sequitur-spouting gargoyles on Spidey.
-->'''J. Jonah Jameson:''' I love these guys! Someone should give 'em their own show!\\
'''Captain Stacy:''' Jonah, you can't seriously be rooting against Spider-Man. He's our only hope of regaining control of the prison! ''[beat]'' Well?!\\
'''J. Jonah Jameson:''' I'm thinking, I'm thinking!

* WesternAnimation/TomTerrific takes time to think out what to do in certain situations (or what to change into). Mighty Manfred lampshades it:
-->'''Manfred:''' You think it over while I take a nap.
* Scrooge [=McDuck=], to no-one's surprise, reacts this way in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp'' when the genie, while they're hiding from the murderous villain, tries to get Scrooge to wish them to safety:
-->'''Genie:''' Quick! You gotta wish us out of here!\\
'''Scrooge:''' Not me! These wishes are worth a fortune!\\
'''Genie:''' What's more important -- a fortune, or ''your life?''\\
''[pause]''\\
'''Scrooge:''' Well...\\
'''Genie:''' HEY! It's not ''exactly'' a trick question!
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': At the end of "The Last Laugh", the Joker is dangling over an incinerator:

-->'''Starscream:''' D'uggghh. Why do I feel another "Shockwave plan" coming on? ''[Shockwave grabs him by the arm and pulls him face-to-face]'' Ack!!\\

* ''WesternAnimation/PigletsBigMovie'': Happens when Rabbit tries to convince Pooh to run away from the incoming swarm of bees.
--> '''Rabbit''': It's your honey or your life!\\
'''Pooh''': Hmm...\\
'''Rabbit''': COME ON! ''[grabs Pooh]''

--->'''Roy:''' Before meeting Elan, I would have never weighted the pro's and con's of being eaten by a dragon.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Reconstruction]]'', [[ProfessionalButtKisser Simmons]] and [[LazyBum Grif]] are negotiating with the leader of a firing squad that wants to execute them for selling ammo to the Blue team, and Simmons tries to delay the firing squad by telling its leader that the rules say that the leader has to read them their charges.