History Main / WasJustLeaving

* ''Film/AnimalHouse'': {{Subverted}} when a coed says, "He was just leaving," Boone replies, "No, I'm not."

* Happens to Danny in ''Film/OceansEleven'' when Terry Benedict walks in on Danny talking to Tess (Danny's ex-wife, Benedict's girlfriend) at a restaurant.

* ''{{Series/Fargo}}'': In [[Recap/FargoS03E06TheLordOfNoMercy "The Lord of No Mercy"]], this is how Varga makes the two female police officers leave the premises.

* ''Series/TheLeftovers''; In "A Most Powerful Adversary", Kevin comes to Virgil's house and bumps into a tense situation between Virgil and his grandson Michael. Virgil resolves the situation by announcing that Michael was just leaving which the latter grudgingly does.

* Occurs in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', when one of the Fairy Godmother's workers goes into her office to bring her lunch while she's dressing down Shrek.
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%%* ''The Family That Preys''
* Subverted in ''Film/AnimalHouse'', when a coed says, "He was just leaving," Boone replies, "No, I'm not."
* In ''Film/IRobot'', Detective Spooner and Dr. Calvin get into a heated argument over whether the former is a WindmillCrusader or the OnlySaneMan (in regards to robots and their increasingly prevalent role in human society). When Calvin's [[DoAnythingRobot NS-5]] hears them shouting and comes in to check on her, she says, "It's fine, Detective Spooner was just leaving." He does.
* Happens to Danny in ''Film/OceansEleven'' when Terry Benedict walks in on Danny talking to Tess (Danny's ex-wife, Benedict's girlfriend) at a restaurant.
* Played with in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', when Bruce Wayne is meeting with Max Shreck to discuss the power-plant proposal. It isn't too long before their discussion of the controversy turns personal, and then nasty: Max bragging that [[NothingCanStopUsNow he's more powerful than even Gotham City's current mayor]], let alone an UpperClassTwit like Bruce, and Bruce retorting that that's only because Max has the Penguin and the Red Triangle Circus Gang secretly helping him. Max responds to this (true) accusation by calling it "mudslinging" and vowing that "if my assistant were here", he'd have her throw Bruce out at once. [[SpeakOfTheDevil At that very moment]], Selina Kyle actually ''does'' show up, and declares that she'd be happy to take Bruce anywhere. Already unnerved by Bruce's suspicions, and absolutely shocked that Selina is still alive (he had tried to kill her the night before), Max gets rid of both his problems simultaneously by ordering Selina to show Bruce the door.

%%* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' - "Authorized Personnel Only: Part 2"
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' - Daphne is the victim, Matt is the harasser and Daphne's dad is the eavesdropper.
* In ''Series/TheLeftovers'' episode "A Most Powerful Adversary", Kevin comes to Virgil's house and bumps into a tense situation between Virgil and his grandson Michael. Virgil resolves the situation by announcing that Michael was just leaving which the latter grudgingly does.
* German series ''Series/LieblingKreuzberg'' had the protagonist (a somewhat unconventional lawyer) do this.

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* Happens late in [[spoiler:Emi's]] route of ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', during a visit to her home, [[spoiler:if you choose to talk to her mother]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'' episode "The Case of the Puzzled Pals", after Spanky tells the other Rascals that they weren't supposed to be in the treehouse:

* The debut episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'', "A Hard Day's Night" had the boys in Transylvania trekking to a deserted castle so they can rehearse in private. A graveyard is nearby as a stone in the ground of a gravesite opens and a one-eyed hunchbacked figure emerges. He turns out to be the caretaker.
-->'''Caretaker:''' You fellows want something?\\
'''John:''' W-w-we were just leaving!\\
'''Caretaker:''' No need to rush off on ''my'' account. I like to have visitors. Drop in. (''chuckles'') Being a caretaker here is a lonely lot.

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%%* Susan Calvin of ''Film/IRobot'' does the "He was just leaving" version.

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* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' - "Authorized Personnel Only: Part 2"
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' - Daphne is the victim, Matt is the harasser and Daphne's dad is the eavesdropper.
* German series ''Series/LieblingKreuzberg'' had the protagonist (a somewhat unconventional lawyer) do this.
-->'''Secretary:''' "Is there a problem?"\\
'''Liebling:''' "No, just wanted to leave. ''Didn't you hear? You just wanted to leave!''"

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* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''
* ''The Family That Preys''

* Susan Calvin of ''Film/IRobot'' does the "He was just leaving" version.

* Occurs in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', when one of the Fairy Godmother's workers goes into her office to bring her lunch while she's dressing down Shrek.

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-->'''Secretary:''' "Is there a problem?"
-->'''Liebling:''' "No, <troublemaker> just wanted to leave. ''Didn't you hear? You just wanted to leave!''"

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* Occurs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek 2}}'', when one of the Fairy Godmother's workers goes into her office to bring her lunch while she's dressing down Shrek.

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-->'''[[spoiler:Meiko]]''': [[spoiler:Emi]], Hisao was just--
-->'''[[spoiler:Emi]]''': On his way out of the house? Yeah, I know.

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-->'''Alfalfa:''' W-What do you mean, Spanky? We--yipes! ''[falls from ceiling]''
-->'''Darla:''' We were just leaving.

* The debut episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles''. "A Hard Day's Night" had the boys in Transylvania trekking to a deserted castle so they can rehearse in private. A graveyard is nearby as a stone in the ground of a gravesite opens and a one-eyed hunchbacked figure emerges. He turns out to be the caretaker.

* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' - Authorized Personnel Only: Part 2

* German series ''LieblingKreuzberg'' had the protagonist (a somewhat unconventional lawyer) do this.
--> Secretary: "Is there a problem?"
--> Liebling: "No, <troublemaker> just wanted to leave. ''Didn't you hear? You just wanted to leave!''"

-->'''[[spoiler:Meiko]]''': [[spoiler:Emi]], Hisao was just-

* Happens late in [[spoiler:Emi's]] route of KatawaShoujo, during a visit to her home, [[spoiler:if you choose to talk to her mother]].

* Subverted in ''{{Animal House}}'', when a coed says, "He was just leaving," Boone replies, "No I'm not."
* Susan Calvin of ''[[Film/IRobot I, Robot]]'' does the "He was just leaving" version.
* Happends to Danny in ''OceansEleven'' when Terry Benedict walks in on Danny talking to Tess (Danny's ex-wife, Benedict's girlfriend) at a resturant.
* Played with in ''BatmanReturns'', when Bruce Wayne is meeting with Max Shreck to discuss the power-plant proposal. It isn't too long before their discussion of the controversy turns personal, and then nasty: Max bragging that [[NothingCanStopUsNow he's more powerful than even Gotham City's current mayor]], let alone an UpperClassTwit like Bruce, and Bruce retorting that that's only because Max has the Penguin and the Red Triangle Circus Gang secretly helping him. Max responds to this (true) accusation by calling it "mudslinging" and vowing that "if my assistant were here", he'd have her throw Bruce out at once. [[SpeakOfTheDevil At that very moment]], Selina Kyle actually ''does'' show up, and declares that she'd be happy to take Bruce anywhere. Already unnerved by Bruce's suspicions, and absolutely shocked that Selina is still alive (he had tried to kill her the night before), Max gets rid of both his problems simultaneously by ordering Selina to show Bruce the door.

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John Doe is being harassed by Richard Roe, and just as the conversation reaches a climax, a third character walks in and says, "Is Richard bothering you?", to which John replies, "No, Richard was just leaving." Then Richard leaves.

One common variant has Richard himself say, "No, I was just leaving."

* Played with in ''BatmanReturns'', when Bruce Wayne is meeting with Max Shreck to discuss the power-plant proposal. It isn't too long before their discussion of the controversy turns personal, and then nasty: Max bragging that he's more powerful than even Gotham City's current mayor, let alone an UpperClassTwit like Bruce, and Bruce retorting that that's only because Max has the Penguin and the Red Triangle Circus Gang secretly helping him. Max responds to this (true) accusation by calling it "mudslinging" and vowing that "if my assistant were here", he'd have her throw Bruce out at once. [[SpeakOfTheDevil At that very moment]], Selina Kyle actually ''does'' show up, and declares that she'd be happy to take Bruce anywhere. Already unnerved by Bruce's suspicions, and absolutely shocked that Selina is still alive (he had tried to kill her the night before), Max gets rid of both his problems simultaneously by ordering Selina to show Bruce the door.

* Played with in ''BatmanReturns'', when Bruce Wayne is meeting with Max Shreck to discuss the power-plant proposal. It isn't too long before their discussion of the controversy turns personal, and then nasty: Max bragging that he's more powerful than even Gotham City's current mayor, let alone an UpperClassTwit like Bruce, and Bruce retorting that that's only because Max has the Penguin and the Red Triangle Circus Gang secretly helping him. Max responds to this (true) accusation by calling it "mudslinging" and vowing that "if my assistant were here", he'd have her throw Bruce out at once. [[InadvertentEntranceCue At that very moment]], Selina Kyle actually ''does'' show up, and declares that she'd be happy to take Bruce anywhere. Already unnerved by Bruce's suspicions, and absolutely shocked that Selina is still alive (he had tried to kill her the night before), Max gets rid of both his problems simultaneously by ordering Selina to show Bruce the door.

* Played with in ''BatmanReturns'', when Bruce Wayne is meeting with Max Shreck to discuss the power-plant proposal. It isn't too long before their discussion of the controversy turns personal, and then nasty: Max bragging that he's more powerful than even Gotham City's current mayor, let alone an UpperClassTwit like Bruce, and Bruce retorting that that's only because Max has the Penguin and the Red Triangle Circus Gang secretly helping him. Max responds to this (true) accusation by calling it "mudslinging" and vowing that "if my assistant were here", he'd have her throw Bruce out at once. At that very moment, Selina Kyle actually ''does'' show up, and declares that she'd be happy to take Bruce anywhere. Already unnerved by Bruce's suspicions, and absolutely shocked that Selina is still alive (he had tried to kill her the night before), Max gets rid of both his problems simultaneously by ordering Selina to show Bruce the door.

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-->'''[[spoiler:Emi]]'': On his way out of the house? Yeah, I know.

* ''TomorrowNeverDies''

* ''{{Alias}}'' - Authorized Personnel Only: Part 2

* Susan Calvin of [[Film/IRobot I, Robot]] does the "He was just leaving," version.

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