History Sandbox / BigLippedAlligatorMomentWickCheck

* YMMV.{{Kanon}}: The sex scenes in the original game suffer from this. They happen and then they're never mentioned again (beyond the screen immediately afterwards), even if the follow-up scene would warrant a mention. Particularly glaring in Shiori's and Ayu's scenarios, where one of the characters reminisces about everything they've done together ''and mentions everything except the sex''. Makes it kind of easy to [[BleachedUnderpants make the clean version]], huh? '''Nothing about the tone or context of the work is really referenced here. The scenes might count, but I can't really tell for sure.'''

* YMMV.KeioFlyingSquadron: Even by the standards of this [[WidgetSeries series]], the final boss of the second game is EXTREMELY strange and absolutely out of nowhere. [[spoiler: You get eaten by an evil demon head named Apocalypse, [[WombLevel whose stomach]] [[BiggerOnTheInside is a tower with little elves living his him]] and you fight his heart who spits out various Japanese related words which you use as platforms... And after you kill the heart it turns out to be a transformed cat the entire time.]] '''Another attempt to make an ending into a BLAM.'''

* YMMV.BookOfExodus: The "Zipporah at the inn" episode. After God sent Moses in Egypt to deal with the Pharaoh, HE sends his angel to kill His prophet for unexplained reasons. Then Moses' wife Zipporah takes a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of their son. This apparently saves Moses. It's pretty obscure and no wonder why this is often ignored; according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, even Biblical scholars are baffled by the purpose of this episode. It has notably only been included in one screen adaptation, the miniseries ''Moses the Lawgiver'' starring Creator/BurtLancaster and there is a good reason why it is often omitted: it proves to be disturbing, especially with the child's screaming. '''Seems like it counts.'''

* YMMV.InkCity: Immediately after the World Split, [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Him]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Yakko]] out of nowhere engage in a musical battle/dance-off to the tune of Lady Gaga's "Telephone".

* Fridge.{{Hellblazer}}: The three-legged deer in "Rage of Caliban" was initially just a BigLippedAlligatorMoment. But at the end, it's revealed that the killer spirit [[spoiler: wasn't a demon or spirit after all, but the vengeful soul of the first killer child, Marcello Panetti, which used an axe to kill his parents. The deer attending the summoning in his abandoned home was a hint that the spirit was himself maimed, in this case, like Marcello's fingers that where cut by his father with the same axe.]] '''Turns out to be a plot point, breaking Rule 3.'''

* Fridge.{{Constantine}}: The three-legged deer in "Rage of Caliban" was initially just a BigLippedAlligatorMoment. But at the end, it's revealed that the killer spirit [[spoiler: wasn't a demon or spirit after all, but the vengeful soul of the first killer child, Marcello Panetti, which used an axe to kill his parents. The deer attending the summoning in his abandoned home was a hint that the spirit was himself maimed, in this case, like Marcello's fingers that where cut by his father with the same axe.]] '''Turns out to be a plot point, breaking Rule 3.'''

* YMMV.LegendOfGalacticHeroes: Episode 62, in which Attenborough inexplicably shows up in a pirate costume for exactly one scene. This is never brought up again. It is, however, entirely in-character. '''If it's in-character, is it ''really'' unexpected?'''

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* YMMV.PrinceCaspian: Susan and Lucy partying with Bacchus while the boys rescue Caspian. It has no impact on the plot, the mythology crossover is never explained, and it's never mentioned again.* YMMV.ReBootTheGalacticCode: At one point in one episode, the Sourceror picks up and eats a worm crawling along his desk. He's never shown doing anything similar at any other point in the series, and it doesn't offer any insight into his character, so one wonders why the show thought we needed to see that except to just be gross.

* YMMV.QuasiAtTheQuackerdo: ''Quasi at the Quackadero'' is essentially a compilation of nothing but these. '''In that case, how can these moments be legitimately "unexpected"?'''

* YMMV.AnasiBoys: Near the end, Fat Charlie meets Dragon, who informs Fat Charlie that he's going to eat him. Fat Charlie tries to tell him he's afraid with his newfound god powers, but it doesn't work so Fat Charlie has to deceive him. This scene, while specifically beneficial to Charlie's character, as it shows him coming into his own as Anansi's son, doesn't really have any rhyme or reason to it. Dragon was never mentioned before, nor is he mentioned again and by his description he seems to draw from European ideas for dragons rather than the African antagonists to this point: Tiger and the Bird Woman. '''Sounds like it'd count...except for the fact that it does impact Charlie's character.'''

* YMMV.LevelThirtyPsychiatry: Gardevoir interviews an Alakazam with the 5 cent Psychiatry Booth (and attitude) of [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Lucy Van Pelt]]. TheRant [[WordOfGod says]] that the Alakazam is insane.

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* YMMV.HelloDolly: The movie version of "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" abruptly cuts away from the main characters dancing at the train station, to a crowd of faraway, nameless children, inexplicably repeating two lines of the song. After the movie cuts back to the station, those kids never appear again, much less interact with the stars.
* YMMV.{{Pitbull}}: The music video for "Hotel Room Service" features Pitbull in his usual "party hard with ladies" antics in his hotel room... up until the song stops to a screeching halt when a woman enters the room screaming at him, followed by a television crew. The crew is revealed to be for a ''Cheaters''-style TV show, implying that the woman is Pitbull's wife (or baby mama) and is chastizing him for cheating on her. Pitbull then manages to eject her and the TV crew from the room, at which point the song resumes. Not only is something that usually doesn't happen on his videos, but it isn't {{foreshadow|ing}}ed at all in the video before it happens, and it isn't referenced again after it does.
* YMMV.SplosionMan: Well, the entire game, but even it gets one when during the final boss fight, the scene inexplicably cuts to a live action video of a little boy reading a book, and giggling when a big chunk of meat splats onto the book. It cuts back to the boss fight right after, then cuts to other scenes such as two guys playing chess, a dog on a porch, and a couple kissing in a park, all of whom are absolutely delighted about the raining chunks of meat falling on them. '''Sounds like it counts.'''
* YMMV.TheMarine: Triton gets kidnapped by some poachers (who think he's a cop) in the middle of the movie, fights them, and runs off. As per the trope rule, they're of little use, and are never mentioned again. '''Based on the context given, it counts.'''

* YMMV.SecretOfEvermore: The appearance of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil Harvey]] in Gothica is a random cameo out of nowhere, and the implication that somehow the world of ''Final Fantasy IV'' is connected to Evermore raises a lot more questions. Which are never answered, since Cecil is just a cameo, nothing about him is ever brought up once you leave his inn, and Cecil never leaves his desk. Cecil claims to have settled down with Rosa, but we don't see her. '''Sounds valid.'''

* YMMV.ReBootTheGalacticCode: At one point in one episode, the Sourceror picks up and eats a worm crawling along his desk. He's never shown doing anything similar at any other point in the series, and it doesn't offer any insight into his character, so one wonders why the show thought we needed to see that except to just be gross.
* YMMV.RiseOfTheGaleforces: When Violet is first turned into a dinosaur, Dynacide is brought back for a few paragraphs and set upon her for no reason other than to make her look cool. She swiftly kills the HybridMonster, who promptly disappears from the plot, never to be mentioned again. '''Sounds valid.'''
* YMMV.TheLionGuard: The song "Tonight We Strike". In it, Janja outlines his plan to attack the Pride Lands at night and kill all the animals while they're sleeping. What actually happens is that the hyenas sneak in to the Pride Lands during the day and cause a gazelle stampede. Most likely what happened is the song was not revised after the plot for the episode was rewritten, probably due to time or budget constraints, causing the song to not mesh well with the rest of the episode. '''Probably counts.'''
* Film.{{Airplane}}: {{Fanservice}}: During the panic scene, there comes, out of nowhere, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment a random topless woman who gets *really* close to the camera and disappears]].

* YMMV.TotalDramaComebackSeries:
** Chapter 29 of ''TDC'' starts with a SoapOpera parody with lots of surprise pregnancies. May be Chris's way of mocking the DramaBomb nature of the episode overall, but it still comes as a MoodWhiplash.
** The next chapter, Ezekiel has a dream in which [[spoiler: Heather asks him to redeem her through his love]]. For some reason, there was also a bear in a pink tutu dancing "It's peanut butter jelly time". '''Both of these seem valid.'''
* YMMV.BookOfExodus: The "Zipporah at the inn" episode. After God sent Moses in Egypt to deal with the Pharaoh, HE sends his angel to kill His prophet for unexplained reasons. Then Moses' wife Zipporah takes a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of their son. This apparently saves Moses. It's pretty obscure and no wonder why this is often ignored; according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, even Biblical scholars are baffled by the purpose of this episode. It has notably only been included in one screen adaptation, the miniseries ''Moses the Lawgiver'' starring Creator/BurtLancaster and there is a good reason why it is often omitted: it proves to be disturbing, especially with the child's screaming. '''Seems like it counts.'''
* YMMV.CombatAtHeavenGate: In the middle of this action movie inspired by ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', comes an out-of-nowhere skimpy ShowerScene, with token feminine girl bathing outdoors in a very tight swimsuit, her nipples slightly visible under her clothing, complete with romantic, soothing music playing in the background. It lasts for nearly two minutes and looks like something out of a Japanese AV video, and it ends as quickly as it begins.
* YMMV.DirgeOfCerberus: Twice involving Cait Sith and Reeve. The first time, Reeve is seemingly shot by a Deepground soldier only to reveal it was Cait Sith [[ActuallyADoombot piloting a Reeve body.]] Most players will probably just shrug that off as being PlayedForLaughs despite how nonsensical it is to remotely control a robot that's piloting a robot and the fact that Reeve never does this again despite the danger around him. Then when the WRO Headquarters gets invaded, Vincent runs into Reeve.. [[MindScrew and Cait Sith.]] Moving independently of one another, with no implication anywhere in the series that Cait Sith is an automated robot of his own accord. Not even [[AllThereInTheManual extra Compilation info]] has ever bothered to explain this. '''Sounds valid, though a bit rambly.'''

* YMMV.{{Blackpool}}: Most of the musical numbers are this, but that's what makes the show so endearing. A certain ice cream cone comes to mind... '''Again, if this is a recurring theme, can it really be "unexpected"?'''

* FranchiseOriginalSin.LiveActionTV: in the entry for ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'':
** The series has the infamous "Name Game" sequence, a silly and jovial musical number in Sister Jude's head, smack dab in the middle of an incredibly bleak episode. It was so effective not just because it came [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment completely out of left field]], but also because it demonstrated [[spoiler: how far Jude had fallen and how absolutely broken her mental state was at the time]]. Later seasons of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' seemed to forget the second part and started throwing in musical numbers at random to try to replicate the success ''Asylum'' had. It wasn't too bad with ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven Coven]]'', where Music/StevieNicks' [[TheCameo cameo]] only lasted one episode and [[AdamWesting played on real-life urban legends]] about her being a witch. ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow Freak Show]]'', however, had ''five'' major musical numbers and a main character who was a singer for no particular reason, leading the season to be criticized for taking precious time away from properly serving its major characters, something at which ''Asylum'' excelled. ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel Hotel]]'', however, seems to have reversed this; while Music/LadyGaga (a pop singer by trade) does play one of the main characters, there are no musical numbers. '''Potholed in the second sentence and then debunked by context (a character imagined the whole thing as a result of mental health problems) in the third.'''
* YMMV.TheBattleshipPotemkin: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8YQL2IYPzM That guy who shouts "Kill the Jews!"]], at least to modern audiences. If the last post on [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015648/board/thread/73045200?p=2 this page]] is accurate (that the man was a government provocateur trying to distract the angry crowd), it would've made sense to audiences of the time. It's generally seen as identifying the basically anti-semitic nature of Tsarist society. '''If this is correct, then the context makes sense.'''

* YMMV.NightCourt: Under the Moment of Awesome entry:
** To explain, the episode starts as a sort of BigLippedAlligatorMoment with an employee from a "novelty entertainment" company named Paul Hodo (played by Lorry Goldman), who's the first case on the docket, being charged with "assault with a deadly weapon" ([[PieInTheFace throwing a pie]] that was frozen in a man's face, causing facial injury and a pending divorce). After the case ends as usual (Harry: "$200 fine and time served"), then-bailiff Florence telling the man that his price of USD$100 for pieing somebody in the face is too steep. Dan then insults Flo, and Flo is suddenly OK with the price, asking if the man took Visa credit cards. '''It's unclear how it was a BLAM, but the "pie in the face" thing does become important at the end.'''
* YMMV.UpinAndIpin: The Giant Serpent in the caverns in Geng. It came out of nowhere and doesn't have any origin and reason to be there other than being another obstacle and the reason why the poachers were able to had their hand on Oopet's mother. At least Oopet and his mother were originally came from a different dimension. '''Sounds like it does impact the story.'''
* YMMV.FireBringer: Even though it's integral to understanding the plot, a whole bunch of audience members were ''very'' confused by the sudden appearance of [[spoiler: Chorn as an alien]] at the very end of the show, and the Langs report that they got a lot of feedback writing it off as pure random humor, which may have actually negatively impacted the show's reviews, forcing them to hastily rewrite the ending to fix this. (See ViewersAreGeniuses on the main page.) '''Even admits that it's relevant to the plot.'''

* YMMV.{{Ratatoing}}: Why exactly did Marcel's rivals dance before scaring the human customers? '''The context is lost in this example, but since I know the movie, I know this isn't a BLAM. They danced to attract attention. It makes sense in context, it was foreshadowed, and it affected the plot.'''

* YMMV.KingdomPaf: Constantly subverted; the saga is full of nonsensical sequences that come out of nowhere and usually puzzle the characters, but they quite often end up being mentioned again later. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext This usually doesn't make them any less nonsensical.]] '''YMMV can't be subverted, so this is just not an example.'''
* YMMV.LostMediaWiki: Sometimes, a new article will get written hastily and contain very sloppy or downright ''insane'' content, and will then be quickly deleted by an admin for not following basic quality rules. Occasionally, the article will be SoBadItsGood and be print-screened for posterity. '''No, badly written articles don't qualify as BLAM. This falls on all accounts, starting with the fact that a wiki isn't a story with narrative.'''

* YMMV.{{Pan}}: Viewers may wonder if something is wrong with their ears when they hear the pirates singing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as Peter enters Neverland. [[WordOfGod It's a deliberate Anachronism Stew, because Neverland is outside of normal time and space.]] '''Seems like an example, though it may break the "not making sense in context" rule.'''
* YMMV.ExtendedRun: Corbin Bleu shows up (yes, that Corbin Bleu), tells the tale of Nodsey while the cast sits with him in a ritual-eque circle, and is never mentioned again. '''Unclear if it makes sense in context or not.'''
* YMMV.DeepRed: Has a few, most notably the killer puppet (which was memorable enough that it went on to inspire Billy from the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' films). '''Commented-out ZCE.'''

* YMMV.DownAndDirtyDuck: So many scenes qualify. The film's [[RandomEventsPlot flimsy narrative]] is partly to blame for this. Major examples include the entire desert sequence and Willard's subway confrontation with the "Negro Gentleman". '''Doesn't explain anything, and comes off as bashing to boot. Also, if so many scenes are BLAM...are any of them?'''
* YMMV.{{Foxcatcher}}: When Mark introduces John Du Pont to his brother's family, he gets annoyed at Nancy for not getting off the bed to shake Du Pont's hand. He has a little argument with her out of nowhere and then storms out. The "episode" is never mentioned again, and even when Dave follows Mark out of the room he doesn't say anything about it and instead helps Mark with preparing for his next match. '''Sounds like it might count, but I can't tell if it makes sense in context or not.'''

* YMMV.TheUltimateEnemy: Prior to Dark Danny appearing on screen, Fright Knight shows up and reveals he is now working for Dark Danny. After Valerie escapes Fight Knight, he doesn't appear for the rest of the movie and isn't even mentioned. '''I don't remember enough to know if the context makes sense here or not. Probably not, but it doesn't tell me either way.'''
* YMMV.VoxMakers: The Ermite Moderne discovered a pirate NES port of the SNES version of Aladdin where Aladdin had been replaced by Popeye. Cut to his head rotating in the middle of a space vortex while [[VideoGame/SonicR "Can you feel the sunshine?"]] plays in the background. '''Not enough information to tell.'''
* YMMV.TheTimidToreador: The opening gag with the lady and the long johns coming to life. '''Note: This is a page that got cut. This example was all that was on it.'''
* YMMV.FreakyFlickers: The "Where's My Whistle?" scene appears to be this.

* YMMV.DiddyKongRacing5000: The whole "Watch for moving Nintendo 64 logos" scene. '''Another cutlisted page where this was the only example present before the cut.'''
* YMMV.KnivesAndSkin: Halfway through the film everyone joins in a group cover of Naked Eyes' "Promises, promises". Including Carolyn's rotting corpse.
* YMMV.KeatingTheMusical: Both "Freaky" and "Heavens, Mr. Evans." Whilst referring to important parts of the politics of the time — Alexander Downer's leadership of the Liberals and Gareth Evans' and Cheryl Kernot's affair, respectively — neither of them affect the rest of the plot at all. '''Sounds like it could count, but doesn't have enough information for me to be certain.'''
* YMMV.JillOfTheJungle: At the end of the first episode, Jill turns into a phoenix and flies away to a mushroom grove that looks like it's on another planet.

* Fridge.TheSimpsons: It took me years to get the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' ending in "Tales from the Public Domain." It seems like a CopOutEnding or a BigLippedAlligatorMoment but the reason Homer said Theatre/{{Hamlet}} says based on Ghostbusters was because in the version Homer told King Claudius left a trail of slime behind like Slimer. '''ZCE'''
* YMMV.DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc:
** One of the Monokuma Theater segments has a full 3D animation of Sakura battling an army with two massive clubs, before preparing to face off against a giant Monokuma, only for the game to tell you that ''Sakura's Revenge'' has been cancelled. The original PSP version of this segment instead has a trailer for ''[[VideoGame/{{Shinobido}} Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen]]'', which comes equally out of nowhere. '''Follows the "unexpected" rule, but it's unclear if it follows the others.'''
** Yasuhiro's impassioned speech about how fortunetelling is different from the occult, which derails itself into a rant about cattle mutilation and how having his hamburger abducted by aliens made him realize it wasn't 100% beef. [[LampshadeHanging Makoto isn't sure what to make of it, either.]] '''Strange and unexpected, but it's unclear if it impacts the story.'''
* YMMV.AroundTheWorldInEightyDays: When Fogg, Passepartout, and Aouda arrive in America, this passage follows: '''A single passage doesn't have enough context.'''
-->Passepartout, in his joy on reaching at last the American continent, thought he would manifest it by executing a perilous vault in fine style; but, tumbling upon some worm-eaten planks, he fell through them. Put out of countenance by the manner in which he thus "set foot" upon the New World, he uttered a loud cry, which so frightened the innumerable cormorants and pelicans that are always perched upon these movable quays, that they flew noisily away.
* YMMV.DillydaleLess: The sea monster in ''One Calamitous Date.''
* YMMV.LeFantabulousGame: Most of the Fantabula and the strip club in Castle du Shamrock.

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* FilmsDiscussedByMoviebob.FilmsFToH: ''Film/{{Hercules|1983}}'': Discussed how the old Italian movies rested chiefly on their EstrogenBrigade for their popularity and appeal. On the 1983 movie by Cannon starring Creator/LouFerrigno, he described it as "so bad, yet bad in [[SoBadItsGood such a completely, uniquely, one-of-a-kind, what-the-hell-were-they-thinking way]]" that it took him two ''[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/5550-Hercules-Part-One Big Picture]]'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/5551-Hercules-Part-Two episodes]] to describe it. It's chock full of BigLippedAlligatorMoment[=s=] that must be seen to be believed, does a very poor job of explaining its plot and [[CanonDefilement makes mincemeat]] of Myth/ClassicalMythology, yet it's strangely watchable. A few years later, in the ''In Bob We Trust'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPxUvV8eeSE episode]] "Keep Circulating the Tapes" (a list of ten movies he'd most like to see riffed on a twelfth season of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''), he named it at number eight.

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* YMMV.InkCity: Immediately after the World Split, [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Him]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Yakko]] out of nowhere engage in a musical battle/dance-off to the tune of Lady Gaga's 'Telephone'.

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* YMMV.TheTimidToreador: The opening gag with the lady and the long johns coming to life.

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* YMMV.CutieHoney: During the live-action film, Black Claw suddenly appears just before his fight with Honey, singing a song with his henchmen accompanying on violins. Cutey Honey's facial expression at that point has become slightly memetic. '''ZCE'''

* YMMV.CuteHoney: During the live-action film, Black Claw suddenly appears just before his fight with Honey, singing a song with his henchmen accompanying on violins. Cutey Honey's facial expression at that point has become slightly memetic. '''ZCE'''

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