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** Running away from EliteMook mummies Eve tries to close the door on them. Rick answers with this:

* In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', Indie pauses in the middle of a chase scene to give a student study advice. Bonus points to said student for having the chutzpah to ask for it when his teacher's just crashed through the library on a motorbike.

* Nikki, in ''Webcomic/TheKAMics'' does it [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/5199667/ here]] and in the next strip.

* At the climax of ''NorthByNorthwest'', Roger and Eve engage in witty banter while dangling by their fingertips from Mt. Rushmore.

* ''{{Castle}}'':

* In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', the dialogue between Inigo and the Man In Black as the latter is trying to climb the ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity alone, with his bare hands, probably counts.

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* When it comes to the Tales series, though, nobody battle-banters like [[HeterosexualLifePartners Flynn and Yuri.]] They fight together once and duel twice, and all three times they just can't stop snarking at each other:

--> '''AppleJack:''' "That was mighty impolite of him to throw me down here like this."

** The Doctor did this well before the Time War. It's quite common in the series for him to mock his captors or have a quippy conversation with a companion while faced with death, especially if the villain has insulted him. To give just two of countless examples: when finally confronting Morbius in "The Brain of Morbius" and while under torture during "The Deadly Assassin".
* In ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'', [[EmotionlessGirl Cameron]], being, well, [[RobotGirl Cameron]], only speaks this way in combat situations. At one point, she's pinning another Terminator in place that's trying to crush her and kill everyone else, asks for a knife and then pliers to extract its chip in the same tone one would order coffee. Later on, after punching another rampaging Terminator through a wall and blowing it apart, she glances to Derek and remarks "Sometimes they go bad." as if she'd just stepped on an insect.

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* The first issue of ''CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' sees the captain (a cartoon rabbit) falling from a great height, seemingly to his doom. He spends the entire plummet making punny observations about the situation, and ends by casually wondering if human beings would make stupid puns at a time like this. [[spoiler: [[TheBigGuy Pig Iron]] catches him, btw.]]

* The first issue of ''CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' sees the captain (a cartoon rabbit) falling from a great height, seemingly to his doom. He spends the entire plummet making punny observations about the situation, and ends by casually wondering if human beings would make stupid puns at a time like this. [[spoiler: [[TheStrongGuy Pig Iron]] catches him, btw.]]

* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Percy Wesley transformers his brainwashed suporier into an Urich, and states that he is resigning. Fred then remarks that Percy finally told a joke [[spoiler: unfortunately Fred dies right after.]]

* Mulder has a tendency to do this in ''{{The X-Files}}''. In the episode "The Pine Bluff Variant", while trying to infiltrate a domestic terrorist group, he is led to a darkened warehouse where the one of the leaders attempts to see whether or not Mulder is a spy for the F.B.I. When the bag that was covering Mulder's head is removed and he sees where he is, he quips "Is this the Pepsi Challenge?" When the leader remarks that this is a method he uses to learn the truth, Mulder's response is "Well, you might want to put that hood back on, unless you want to see a grown man cry."

* In ''[[Disney/TheLionKing The Lion King 1½]]'', when a stampede heads towards Timon and Pumbaa in the canyon:

* ''{{Castle}}''; in the episode "Cops and Robbers", when Castle and his mother are held hostage during a bank robbery, Castle comments, "Mother, I find I'm no longer satisfied with the customer service at this establishment. I think we should take our business elsewhere."

* ''{{Castle}}''; in the episode "Still", Castle did this while Beckett was trapped on a pressure-plate activated bomb;
-->'''Castle'''(entering the room with two lattes): Whatcha doing? Napping? 'Cause I can come back later.\\
'''Beckett''': Castle, what are you doing here? You promised you'd leave.\\
'''Castle''': Yeah, I promised I'd leave. [[ExactWords Didn't promise I'd come back]]. Oh, I brought these for when you're off that thing.

** "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We've had a small problem; the plane is under control now and we're headed back to Detroit for an emergency landing." - Captain Bryce [=McCormick=], pilot of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_96 American Airlines Flight 96]] (another DC-10) after the cargo bay had decompressed and partially collapsed the cabin floor, severely restricting the pilots' control of the plane.

-->'''Wrex''': Uncle Urdnot is bringing presents! *''explosions happen''*

** "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We've had a small problem; the plane is under control now and we're headed back to Detroit for an emergency landing." - Captain Bryce McCormick, pilot of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_96 American Airlines Flight 96]] (another DC-10) after the cargo bay had decompressed and partially collapsed the cabin floor, severely restricting the pilots' control of the plane.

Usually done for comedic effect in comedies, naturally. Compare TalkingIsAFreeAction. See also DistractingDisambiguation. Contrast SayMyName and BigNo, which involves meaningless exclamations that can seem as unrealistic as a quip. Truly FailureIsTheOnlyOption when dealing with dramatic dialogue. The other intended effect is to communicate just how used to these situations the heroes are. When things are so bad that they ''don't'' do it, see SarcasmFailure. If the person receives a phone call during a tense situation, see KindaBusyHere. See SeinfeldianConversation and CavemenVsAstronautsDebate for mandering/meaningless arguments to be had in situations such as this.