History Main / DelayedReaction

** Another in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbMissionMarvel'', a {{Crossover}} with the characters from the WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse.

* ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'': The tattoo artist that Melon gets his tattoos from is a very SluggishSloth. Not only are his tattoos agonizingly slow, but when Melon talks to him, the sloth doesn't respond until long after Melon has left. Legoshi visits the sloth and gets to hear the sloth's half of the conversation with Melon.

* ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'': The tattoo artist that Melon gets his tattoos from is a very slow sloth. Not only are his tattoos agonizingly slow, but when Melon talks to him, the sloth doesn't respond until long after Melon has left. Legoshi visits the sloth and gets to hear the sloth's half of the conversation with Melon.

* In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', during their fight, Dante taunts [[spoiler:Vergil]] about [[spoiler:his abusive parenting]] and how the latter tore Nero's arm off. [[spoiler:Vergil]]'s response was "[[spoiler:My son]] ... means nothing to me!" which was very cold-hearted, even for [[spoiler:Vergil]]. But the following cutscene after finishing the fight, is [[spoiler:Vergil]] asking in disbelief, "[[spoiler:... Nero is my son]]?", implying that they were so caught up in their determination to kill Dante that they reflexively countered Dante's insult without realizing what it means and it was only afterwards that they caught on to the revelation.

** From the episode "[[FamilyGuyS3E11EmissionImpossible Emission Impossible]]":

* In ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', this is how Alice first encounters the White Rabbit. When her cat Dina sees him and starts meowing frantically, Alice treats it as an UnusualUninterestingSight...before she realizes exactly what she's saying.

** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheHauntsOfEvil'' has Nobita and friends are going to Africa through the Anywhere Door. Nobita's mother Tamako randomly asks where her son is going (while reading newspaper and not really paying attention) and Nobita simply replied "Africa". By the time she catches on what he just said, Nobita has already left.

* In ''Fanfic/FamilyGuyFanon'', Brian and Francis have this when finding out about Peter smoking crack in "Power Over Peter." Noticing the sound, too, Brian and Francis look out the door to the living room, where Peter is sitting there with a lighter and a crack pipe. They exit and approach Peter:

* [[NiceGuy Mikado]] from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' had a very funny delayed reaction in episode 3 when [[{{Jerkass}} Izaya]] was hit by a vending machine. To be fair, the vending machine was going very fast.

** Done with Ivankov, second-in-command to protagonist Luffy's father (who, for context, is the world's most wanted criminal, and only a handful of people in the world are even aware that Luffy is related to him). Luffy remarks "Oh... you mean my dad?" and the person he's speaking to goes through an entire speech before jumping back in shock, yelling "YOUR FATHER?!"

* Joey from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has a memorable moment in Season 5.
-->'''Kaiba:''' Anyone late for registration will be disqualified. Mokuba, makes sure Wheeler is late.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' demonstrates this trope in the episode where Stan [[ForgottenAnniversary forgets his anniversary]].

* ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'':

* Yuuichi and Makoto from ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' share a delayed reaction after Yuuichi, naked, walks in on her bath accidentally; it's so sudden the [[MusicalisInterruptus music cuts]] instantly for maximum effect. It lasts for almost ''[[OverlyLongGag half a minute.]]''

* In ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'', on the P3 side, Rei eats Yukiko's horrible cookies and comments that it was fine. But only after she notices that Zen ate the cookies and passed out standing up, the cookies take effect and she passes out suddenly.
* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Slowpoke. As described in the Pokedex, "It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack." This actually has an in-game benefit as it generally translates into a larger than is typical amount of HP. [[MemeticMutation On the Internet]], it translated to a meme in which a person masquerading as Slowpoke responds in a delayed way, such as "Am I too late for 5 Million?" on the 6,000,00''1''st post of a forum, or [[Webcomic/SuperEffective reporting on the death of]] Music/ElvisPresley days after the death of Music/MichaelJackson. The funniest of these was someone posting on Website/FourChan about a [[TheUntwist plot reveal]] in ''Anime/CodeGeass''. The first response was someone stating that "I don't have a Slowpoke slow enough to respond to this, so I'll wait 2 years and do it then." Cut to 2 years later...

* In ''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth'' Angie is introduced to celebrity aristocrat Viola Baskerville and is so nonchalant about it that Mary is surprised. A few minutes later, she realizes who she's been making friends with and momentarily stops in shock... but then quickly continues making friends, reasoning there's no reason to start treating her differently now.

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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts: In "WesternAnimation/CaseyBatsAgain", when his wife goes into labor with their first child, Casey's frantically calling the doctor over the phone. He's so distraught he doesn't notice when the doctor comes in and walks right by him. When he hears crying in the next room, Casey yells at whomever to keep quiet and returns to yelling over the phone before realizing the crying was from his newborn child.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Duck Tales|2017}}'', after [[spoiler:Della]] chastises Louie for embarking on a dangerous GetRichQuickScheme without thinking about the possible consequences or the people he could hurt, Louie sarcastically wonders "who [he] got that from". Everyone else gasps in shock, aside from Launchpad who needs another two seconds to understand what Louie meant by the quip.

** In the same episode, he has a similarly delayed reaction when another guest Mr Walt mentions in passing that he is there with a couple of colleagues, thinking that he might be one of the three inspectors. Finally, at the end of the episode, he subjects Mr Hutchison to a HumilationConga, then beams at three new arrivals; and screams in horror as he realises they ''are'' the inspectors.

** In "The Hotel Inspectors", Sybil tells Basil that three hotel inspectors are in town. Basil is unhelpful to the fussy and demanding guest Mr Hutchison, until Mr Hutchison mentions that he has a wide experience of hotels, and in his professional activities [[spoiler: as a spoon salesman]], he is in constant contact with them.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/42725691/chapters/107334591 Frozen Roses & Butterflies]]'', [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Mirabel]] has just woken Isabela up for [[WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}} Elsa's]] coronation. Still in her half-asleep haze, as well as due to thinking about the still recent death of the past king and queen, it takes Isabela a minute to realize that Mirabel called Elsa [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend her girlfriend]].

* ''Fanfic/TheJudgementOfTheWorld5Ds'': After Jack kisses her goodnight for the first time, Carly spends several more hours painting her Dark Magician figurine before lying down on her couch, yawning, and ''then'' [[Squee squeeing]] over the kiss.

* In ''Film/DeathNote'', Ryuk wonders why Light was ignoring him. When Light in the convenience store explained to Ryuk that the former has a feeling that he's been watched via CCTV which means no Apples for Ryuk, it takes a few seconds for the Shinigami to realize what Light meant and reacts in [[BigNo sorrow]].
-->'''Ryuk:''' Nooooooooo!!!

* ''Film/InspectorGadget'':