Line #86 Main/MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere


1	[[quoteright:297:[[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nothing_to_see_here_1.jpg]]]]
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3	-> ''"Ok folks, show's over, nothing to see here, show's... OH MY GOD! A horrible plane crash! Hey everybody, get a load of this flaming wreckage! Come on, crowd around, crowd around, don't be shy, crowd around..."''
4	-->-- '''Chief Wiggum''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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6	The standard line used by police officers or TheMenInBlack keeping people away from something interesting that the government wants to hide.
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8	It's usually a case of BlatantLies (if a city block is levelled it's a "gas leak") and often used in {{Suspiciously Specific Denial}}s ("The gas leak that levelled the city block was in no way related to any secret weapons research being done in any [[BlackSite classified facilities]]").
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10	Compare IWasNeverHere. You might also hear AllPartOfTheShow
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13	!!Examples:
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17	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
18	* In the second episode of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', Duo Maxwell uses a flare to keep Relena from seeing his support crew salvaging Heero's Gundam Wing mobile suit.
19	-->'''Duo:''' Don't look! Lady, I'm sure you have your reasons for being here, but you'd better just leave. Do yourself a favor.
20	* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': When Akari summons a giant demonic castle on school grounds [[SeriousBusiness for the last event of the festival]], the festival announcer can be heard saying "This is just a demonstration, please do not worry..."
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23	[[folder:Comic Books]]
24	* ''ComicBook/UltimateDaredevilAndElektra'': A fire caused by two vandals destroy Stavros' shop. Matt gets some evidence around, and then the firemen tell him to get away, that the place is still dangerous.
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27	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
28	* Done in a ''[[ComicStrip/TheFarSide Far Side]]'' cartoon by a zebra trying to get its herd away from a lion's kill of another zebra.
29	* During a small story segment, ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' has this. [[spoiler:Dilbert is assigned to a "fun and valuable" project, and takes Dogbert's advice to crush the opposition. He was one of the guys.]]
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32	[[folder:Fan Works]]
33	* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': Naruto has another unwanted encounter with [[AbhorrentAdmirer Nanami]], which ends with the latter's brother once again literally dragging her away. The blond ninja then notices all the people who witnessed what just happened and he nervously tells them to disperse as there's nothing to see there. However, he makes an OhCrap face when he notices [[ClingyJealousGirl Hinata]]'s presence, who just saw what happened with Nanami and isn't too pleased about it.
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36	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
37	* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' by Mr. Ray to keep the fish away from a fight brewing between Nemo and his dad Marlin.
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40	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
41	* ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''. Works more effectively when the police officer has an AngryGuardDog snapping at your heels.
42	* ''Film/TheDarkTower2017''. The line is used by ''The'' [[DarkIsEvil Man in Black]] when he uses his CompellingVoice to make [[YouHaveFailedMe two incompetent minions kill each other]], then to stop the shocked bystanders from interfering. He then adds that [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt they ain't seen nothing yet]].
43	* ''Film/IronMan1'': One way to look at Tony Stark's reaction to when Pepper Potts first sees him with the Iron Man suit.
44	-->'''Tony:''' Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing.\
45	'''Pepper:''' Are those bullet holes?
46	* At the end of ''Film/TheKillerThatStalkedNewYork'' (a 1950 film {{Very Loosely Based\|OnATrueStory}} on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_New_York_City_smallpox_outbreak 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak]]), when [[spoiler:Dr. Wood has managed to talk PatientZero Sheila Bennet down from ThePrecariousLedge]], a policeman tells the crowd of onlookers to go home and "Read about it in the papers tomorrow."
47	* Used by the ''Film/MenInBlack'' to uphold their {{Masquerade}}. Thanks to the [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralyzer]], the people believe it.
48	* Parodied in ''Film/TheNakedGun'':
49	** Frank Drebin tries to do this after a car chase in which he is involved ends with [[DisasterDominoes a ballistic missile crashing into a fireworks factory.]] Drebin repeatedly tells the gawking crowd that there's nothing to see while standing directly in front of the stream of smouldering survivors staggering away from the fiery, still-exploding wreckage of the factory.
50	** A police officer tries to direct a tiny (read: two people) crowd away from a pier like this. It's not working. Made all the funnier because he says "There's nothing to see here. Move along. Keep moving." all the time.
51	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[MentorArchetype Obi-Wan]] uses a JediMindTrick on a Stormtrooper to convince him to believe "These are not the droids you're looking for". The weak-minded storm trooper is then "convinced" to tell them to "Move along".
52	* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Uttered by WesternAnimation/PorkyPig at the end of the movie, as the original form of his catch phrase, "M-m-m-move along, now. N-n-nothin' else to see here. Th-that's all, folks. Hmmm. I like the s-s-sound of that! Th-th-th-th-ThatsAllFolks"
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55	[[folder:Literature]]
56	* ''Literature/GuardsGuards'': Used by Sergeant Colon when a dragon is attacking the city. He follows it up with "Haven't you got homes to go to?", which even he realises isn't as rhetorical as he'd like.
57	* ''Literature/InDeath'': Peabody says this in ''Vengeance In Death'', and then says to Eve, "IAlwaysWantedToSayThat".
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60	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
61	* One of the catch phrases of the ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' guys, often with a put-on [[{{Oireland}} Irish]] [[OfficerOHara accent]]. Subverted in one episode where they did "Alright, gather 'round, folks, show's just startin'...", and in another, "Alright, folks, there's a two-drink minimum now..."
62	* Used in ''Series/The10thKingdom'' when the rich elf dies. Made more amusing by the exact wording used:
63	--> '''Sheriff:''' Move along, nothing to see here... just a dead elf, wings ain't flapping anymore...
64	* Used by the Judoon in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' episode "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS3E1E2PrisonerOfTheJudoon Prisoner of the Judoon]]". A rhino-man with a DeathRay has arrested a [[GrandTheftMe Grand-Theft-Me]]-expert reptile-man, while GreyGoo swarms the building. Nobody's fooled.
65	* Used in ''Series/{{Community}}'' by Security Guard Chang as he ropes off a "crime" scene (a yam was squashed). [[DeadpanSnarker Jeff]] comments that it's the first time that sentence has actually been true.
66	* In the [[Series/TopGearUK Top Gear]] India Special, Jeremy says "Nothing to see here" as he and Richard try to sabotage the air-conditioning in James' Rolls-Royce.
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69	[[folder:Music]]
70	* Used as part of the bridge to [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants John Linnell's]] song "South Carolina":
71	-->''Move around, folks\
72	Push her back there\
73	Move along, show's over folks\
74	Let him breathe, step lively\
75	Move around, folks\
76	Push her back there\
77	Move along, show's over folks\
78	Let him breathe, step lively''
79	* Used as part of the chorus to the Music/{{Radiohead}} song "Gagging Order":
80	-->''Move along, there's nothing left to see\
81	Just a body, pouring down the street\
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83	Move along, there's nothing left to see\
84	Just a body, nothing left to see''
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87	[[folder:New Media]]
88	* Used on the Recent Changes page of [[Website/TVTropes This Very Wiki]] when the database isn't working.
89	* Used on [[http://slashdot.org/ slashdot]] when a posting's comment page hasn't been generated yet.
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92	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
93	* A gritty version used by the Texas Rangers in the {{Tabletop Game\|s}} ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'': "Show me where you ''didn't'' see Aunt Millie climb up outta her grave. I got some carvin' to do."
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96	[[folder:Video Games]]
97	* ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'' has an officer use it four times in a row, and April responds in a different way each time. The first three times, the player chooses the order, but the fourth gets cut off when the officer gets fed up.
98	* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'': Before they start shooting on sight, this is one of the stock phrases used by City 17's metrocops to shoo away the player.
99	* Commonly said by members of the Onett police force in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', although they tend to mix up the word order after repeating it too many times.
100	* The Protectrons in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' say this ... when they aren't shooting [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] at you.
101	* ''VideoGame/{{Spore}} Hero'':
102	-->'''Corshty:''' What are you, a detective? Nothing to see here. Move along.
103	* ''VideoGame/VegaStrike'' has "Nothing to see here citizen, move along." as one of [[WelcomeToCorneria communication phrases]] from [[StateSec Homeland Security]] units.
104	* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'':
105	-->'''[[AxCrazy HK-47]]:''' [[VerbalTic Statement:]] [[BlatantLies Just a simple droid here, m'am.]] Nothing to see. Move along.
106	* Right at the beginning of ''VideoGame/AlienHominid'', as the FBI agents clear the debris of the Alien's spaceship, one runs by holding a sign that says "NOTHING TO SEE HERE".
107	* ''[[Creator/WillWright Sim Copter]]'': All of the megaphone announcements under 'Disperse'.
108	* A Toad in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' delivers this line, and then declares "I'm on [[{{Pun}} CLOUD]] control!" Yes, it's at the start of a cloud-heavy stage.
109	* The special [[PoliceBrutality Riot Police unit]] in ''[[VideoGame/EmpireEarth Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest]]'' will sometimes say exactly this when given a movement command. For bonus points, they also have MindControl powers.
110	* ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'': One of the random thoughts that you get while [[{{Telepathy}} reading the mind]] of a policeman is "Move along, nothing to see here! I sure like saying that!"
111	* ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'': A Team Rocket hideout is disguised as a gift shop, with a sign that says something about "[[DiscouragingConcealment just an ordinary gift shop, nothing to see here...]]".
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114	[[folder:Web Comics]]
115	* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', when [[spoiler:[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=694 Jack Hyland]]]] running from monitors jumps out of a window it's, "Nothing to see here, kids.. Go back to your educations!" It's just a first-floor window, but still.
116	* In ''Webcomic/{{Rascals}}'', the moment when Reiko interrupts Lionna and Chrissy's practice on this [[https://rascals.kemono.cafe/comic/rascals-pg-183/ page]].
117	* In ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'', the Werewolf of London, Ontario has his own unique version of this.
118	-->'''London:''' Move along, nothing to see here! Well, okay, there is, but catch it on Website/YouTube later!
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121	[[folder:Web Original]]
122	* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': "Stand back everyone, nothing here to see! Just imminent danger, in the middle of it, me!"
123	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Used by Homestar in TheStinger of "Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon", who fails to notice the person he's address is the Poopsmith, [[SomethingWeForgot still bound and gagged behind the fence in Strong Badia]].
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126	[[folder:Western Animation]]
127	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
128	** Police Chief Clancy Wiggum as seen in the page quote.
129	** Also, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E18HomerVsTheEighteenthAmendment Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]", a parade float honoring Irish police is escorted by several of them, all saying things along the lines of this {{trope}}.
130	** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E7MargeGetsAJob Marge Gets a Job]]" Groundskeeper Willie says, "Go back to class, lad! Nothin' to see here!" to Bart while wrestling a timber wolf in the halls of Springfield Elementary.
131	** Bart says this at the end of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E10HomersNightOut Homer's Night Out]]".
132	--->'''Bart:''' All right folks, the show's over! No more to see, folks, come on. Only sick people want to see my folks kiss!
133	* The entrance sign of the supernatural town ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' bears the logo "Nothing to see here!" indicating the most of the town being dimly aware of the supernatural but trying to pretend it doesn't exist.
134	* This was Officer Barbrady's catchphrase in the early seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': "Move along, people. Nothing to see here. Go home, you looky-loos." He was even saying it during the Apocalypse in ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut''. In the episode where a HumanPopsicle was found and taken to Dr. Mephesto's laboratory, Officer Barbrady was using his catchphrase until someone asked him about said HumanPopsicle. Officer Barbrady then admitted there was something to see and stepped aside for the others to look.
135	* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', in which the police dig up an inflatable doll belonging to one of Cleveland's friends: "It's a sex doll. I repeat, it's a sex doll. Something to see here folks, something to see here."
136	* Invoked by Mr. Nezzer and Mr. Lunt as police officers "Fish" and "Chips" respectively in the ''{{WesternAnimation/VeggieTales}}'' AffectionateParody ''[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Sheerluck Holmes]]''. It also counts as their catchphrase -- It's just about all they say in the show (Mr. Nezzer says "Move along!" and Mr. Lunt adds, "Nothing to see here!"). Mr. Lunt even shouts from off screen when Mr. Nezzer says his part.
137	** It's even on the cover of the DVD -- Mr. Nezzer and Mr. Lunt are shown wrapped in police tape that says it.
138	* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' (pictured above); when the Smith family goes to a CIA fair, one of the booths has a banner invoking this trope.
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