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* In the 2000 remake of ''{{Bedazzled}}'', Brendan Frasier's character wants supernatural proof that the Devil is who she claims to be. He wishes for a Big Mac and a large Coke. Cut to...them riding on a bus, then standing in front of a counter at [=McDonalds=], where the Devil orders a Big Mac and large coke, and stiffs Brendan Frasier for the bill.
** There's a similar scene in the original, except that Stanley wishes for an ice cream, and ends up having to pay for it.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0328.html #328]]: After having passed the Tests of the Body and Mind, one guarded by a hydra and the other a riddle, the Order finds themselves face-to-face with the guardian of the final Test of the Heart.

* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' lampshades it [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/3134.html here]], with a link to this page.
** Despite the link, the actual trope the comic seems to be referring to is OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.

Compare ChargeIntoCombatCut, DescriptionCut, and NotSoDire. See also {{Anticlimax}}. If only the ''audience'' perceives any Anticlimax while the characters take it seriously, may overlap with WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome or FauxHorrific.

* KungPowEnterTheFist uses this in a series of flashbacks, when Master Tang reveals his knowledge of the Chosen One.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

* In the ''Troperiffic'' episode "200" of [[{{StargateSG-1}} Stargate SG-1]], this is used as a device for explaining how SG-1 is able to get to the Stargate through an army of Goa'uld, in under 30 seconds, before the bomb goes off to destroy the Replicators chasing them.

* A ''{{Dilbert}}'' strip had this exchange:

* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0328.html #328]]: After having passed the Tests of the Body and Mind, one guarded by a hydra and the other a riddle, the Order finds themselves face-to-face with the guardian of the final Test of the Heart.

* ''IrregularWebcomic'' lampshades it [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/3134.html here]], with a link to this page.

* From ''DannyPhantom'':

* One episode of ''FamilyGuy'' has an obvious CutawayGag setup where Stewie complains about missing an awesome F-16 airshow featuring nude cheerleaders performing acrobatics all choreographed to the music of ''{{Queen}}''. "I remember that day!" ...cut to Stewie sitting on his couch, bored. "Shoulda gone to that thing."
* From ''{{Futurama}}:

* ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': while working with the Marvel family, Batman is deaging, and Mr Mind has managed to get the Marvels to stop working with each other. Batman, by now a toddler, muses on how he can bring them back together with cunning psychological manipulation...which, since TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody, takes the form of using bat-gadgets to send each one a crayon sketch of them fighting while Baby Bats cries in the background. [[spoiler:It works.]]

* ''{{Angel}}''. Eve is saying that Lindsay is trapped in some terrible hell. Cut to Lindsey in bed with a beautiful woman.

** Despite the link, the actual trope the comic seems to be referring to OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Witch" (episode 3):
-->'''Giles:''' I make allowances for your youth, but I expect a certain amount of responsibility, and instead of which you enslave yourself to this, this…cult?\\
''(Reveal: Buffy in cheerleader uniform)''
-->'''Buffy:''' You don't like the colors?
** ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Lessons" (premiere of season 7):
-->'''Buffy:''' Vampires, demons... they're nothing compared to what's coming.\\

-->'''Dilbert''': We've been dating for a year now, Liz. There's something I'd like to do tonight... there are some needs that I can't fulfill at work.\\
'''Liz''': I understand.\\

'''Dilbert''': Yes! Yes!\\
'''Liz''': How long has your internet connection at work been broken?

-->'''Tucker''': Looks like we're gonna miss the movie.\\
'''Sam''': Unless we find some way to ignore all speed limits, red lights, and certain laws of physics.\\

'''Tucker''': Couldn't you've just flown us?\\
'''Danny''': The way my dad drives, this is faster.

-->'''Bender:''' You mean people will pay good money for romance? I think I have a scheme so deviously clever that I-- *SmashCut*
-->'''Judge:''' $500 and time served.
-->'''Bender:''' Stupid anti-pimping laws.

This may also play on a ''specific'' audience expectation: For example, if Bob is the holder of a DangerousForbiddenTechnique and declares that he must now "do something he'd promised never to do again," you can expect some befuddlement when the scene comes back to Bob at his old part-time job as a BurgerFool.

* In the 2000 remake of ''{{Bedazzled}}'', Brendan Frasier's character wants supernatural proof the Devil is who she claims to be. He wishes for a Big Mac and a large Coke. Cut to... them riding on a bus, then standing in front of a counter at [=McDonalds=], where the Devil orders a Big Mac and large coke, and stiffs Brendan Frasier for the bill.

* ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooLittle'': In one scene, Wallace tells Lori that he's not completely a good guy, that if she wants his help, she'll have to do something for him. The dialogue is set up to make the viewer think Wallace is talking about sex... then the scene cuts to Wallace driving Lori's Cooper Mini.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Lessons" (premiere of season 7):

** FridgeHorror subverts this when you realize that it is being built in the same location as the old one, right over the Mouth of Hell.
* In the ''Troperiffic'' episode "200" of [[{{StargateSG-1}} Stargate SG-1]] this is used as a device for explaining how SG-1 is able to get to the Stargate through an army of Goa'uld, in under 30 seconds, before the bomb goes off to destroy the Replicators chasing them.

''cut to: Roy in a chair at a doctor's clinic, a stethoscope over his heart.''\\

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Lessons":

* One episode of ''FamilyGuy'' has an obvious CutawayGag setup where Stewie complains about missing an awesome F-16 airshow featuring nude cheerleaders performing acrobatics all choreographed to the music of ''{{Queen}}''. "I remember that day!" ...cut to Stewie sitting on his couch, bored. "Shoulda gone to that thing."

* ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0328.html #328]]: After having passed the Tests of the Body and Mind, one guarded by a hydra and the other a riddle, the Order finds themselves face-to-face with the guardian of the final Test of the Heart.

* The final episode of ''FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' features the entire class (and, after much HilarityEnsues, the entire school) being accidentally infected by a biological weapon Sousuke brought to the school. At the episode's climax, Sousuke brings his LoveInterest Kaname to the sick room, puts her on a bed, and tells her to strip. Kaname obviously expects [[YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou a specific trope]] -- [[spoiler:until a cut reveals that the 'biological weapon' was an industrial-strength nylon-dissolving bacteria. It only causes light flu-like symptoms in humans, but dissolves practically all clothing on the school grounds. Sousuke brought her to the sick bed because it was the closest source of cotton curtains Kaname could use to stay modest.]]

* The final episode of ''FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' features the entire class (and, after much HilarityEnsues, the entire school) being accidentally infected by a lethal biological weapon Sousuke brought to the school. At the episode's climax, Sousuke brings his LoveInterest Kaname to the sick room, puts her on a bed, and tells her to strip. Kaname obviously expects [[YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou a specific trope]] -- [[spoiler:until a cut reveals that the 'lethal biological weapon' was an industrial-strength nylon-dissolving bacteria. It only causes light flu-like symptoms in humans, but dissolves practically all clothing on the school grounds. Sousuke brought her to the sick bed because it was the closest source of cotton curtains Kaname could use to stay modest.]]

* In the ''Troperiffic'' episode "200" of {{StargateSG-1 Stargate SG-1}} this is used as a device for explaining how SG-1 is able to get to the Stargate through an army of Goa'uld, in under 30 seconds, before the bomb goes off to destroy the Replicators chasing them.

* In the ''Troperiffic'' episode "200" of {{StargateSG-1}} this is used as a device for explaining how SG-1 is able to get to the Stargate through an army of Goa'uld, in under 30 seconds, before the bomb goes off to destroy the Replicators chasing them.

* In the ''Troperiffic'' episode "200" of ''StargateSG-1'' this is used as a device for explaining how SG-1 is able to get to the Stargate through an army of Goa'uld, in under 30 seconds, before the bomb goes off to destroy the Replicators chasing them.

Compare ChargeIntoCombatCut, DescriptionCut, MissedMomentOfAwesome, and NotSoDire. See also {{Anticlimax}}. If only the ''audience'' perceives any Anticlimax while the characters take it seriously, may overlap with WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome or FauxHorrific.

'''Danny''': The way my dad drives, this is faster.

Compare DescriptionCut, MissedMomentOfAwesome, and NotSoDire. See also {{Anticlimax}}. If only the ''audience'' perceives any Anticlimax while the characters take it seriously, may overlap with WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome or FauxHorrific.