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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia'}}', when Anya meets Dmitri and he attempts to rope her into his con, he and Vlad start to walk away while Dmitri counts down, "ThreeTwoOne" Right on cue, Anya calls out for Dmitri and agrees to travel with him to Paris.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Anastasia'', when Anya meets Dmitri and he attempts to rope her into his con, he and Vlad start to walk away while Dmitri counts down, "ThreeTwoOne" Right on cue, Anya calls out for Dmitri and agrees to travel with him to Paris.

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* In ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', "Island of the Giant Pokemon", Ash, Misty, Brock and Team Rocket end up on a mine cart where they're reunited with their Pokemon while dragging a few huge Pokemon (really robots) behind them. When Ash wonders what they can do, both Jesse and James, no strangers to bad luck, pretty much predict what'll happen next. Namely their cart will go off the rails, the line snagging the giant Pokemon will snap, they'll crash into something and they'll get flung into the sea. And indeed, one by one, that's what happens the moment they call it.

* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': In ''[[Recap/TintinTheSevenCrystalBalls The Seven Crystal Balls]]'', the seven members of an archeological expedition to Peru that have been rendered comatose simultaneously regain consciousness at the ''exact'' same time every day, and scream in terror before returning to their comatose state. When Tintin visits the hospital, the doctor watching over the seven men checks his watch and accurately predicts when the waking/screaming will begin.

'''Apple Bloom:''' ''(Bursting through the door with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo)'' HALP!\\
'''Applejack:''' ''(flatly)'' --now.
* In the French comic ''L'Enquête Corse'', Corsican natives are so used to terrorist/independentist bombings they can identify not just the target building but the type of explosive used and the quantity, by ear alone.

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* In ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'', Twilight has a very bad tendency to [[TemptingFate tempt fate]]. So the episode "Purple Party Pooper" has a bystander lampshade it:
-->'''Twilight:''' Oh, today has been the worst day of my life. I don't think today could get any worse than this! \\
'''Applejack:''' Karma in three... two... \\
''[Princess Celestia suddenly arrives.]''\\
'''Princess Celestia:''' Twilight, you are in a lot of trouble.
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'''Pip:''' Check it out, I won't even peek. First, the picture of his wife... \\
''(Farmer takes out a framed photo of his wife)''\\

''(Farmer takes out a stick)''\\

''(Farmer turns on the radio and starts whittling and crying)''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "Mars Rock for Mom", Jet keeps forgetting his things. He forgets his jacket. After he leaves, Celery counts down 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then Jet comes back to announce that he has forgot his wallet.

* ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'' visits Doctor Tofu's office for treatment of some ''bokuto'' whacks delivered by an irate Akane. During treatment, Ranma concedes that their fathers have chosen them for an ArrangedMarriage, but that he loathes the idea of a violent, "un-cute" wife. Doc Tofu advises Ranma that there's a more genteel side to Akane, and cleverly smacks Ranma above the sacrum as Ranma departs. After a few minutes, Doc Tofu eyes his clock, and counts down the seconds to zero, at which point, Ranma suddenly loses the use of his legs. Akane offers to carry Ranma piggyback to the Tendō home.

[[caption-width-right:400:Every day, at the exact same time]]
So Bob and Alice known each other for good while, and Bob knows Alice and her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies better than anyone else. One day, Alice runs off to do something silly despite Bob's warnings. Bob, knowing exactly what Alice's shenanigans are going to result in, sighs in resignation and counts down with his fingers from ThreeTwoOne

* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': The page image comes from ''[[Recap/TintinTheSevenCrystalBalls The Seven Crystal Balls]]''. In the story, the seven members of an archeological expedition to Peru that have been rendered comatose simultaneously regain consciousness at the ''exact'' same time every day, and scream in terror before returning to their comatose state. When Tintin visits the hospital, the doctor watching over the seven men checks his watch and accurately predicts when the waking/screaming will begin.

-->'''Applejack''': Everypony ''knows'' saying stuff like that causes unexpected stuff t' happen! It's a law of nature! Some creatures gonna come through th' doors with a weird problem any moment--
-->'''Apple Bloom''': ''(Bursting through the door with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo)'' HALP!
-->'''Applejack''': ''(flatly)'' --now.

* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': The page image comes from ''[[Recap/TintinTheSevenCrystalBalls The Seven Crystal Balls]]''. In the story, the seven Egyptologists that have been rendered comatose simultaneously regain consciousness at the ''exact'' same time every day, and scream in terror before returning to their comatose state. When Tintin visits the hospital, the doctor watching over the seven men checks his watch and accurately predicts when the waking/screaming will begin.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', the other Titans have become so predictably used to Robin shouting "[[CatchPhrase TITANS, GO!]]", that they're able to jinx him twice in the same episode.