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* In ''Film/TowerHeist'', a maid wearing headphones in vacuuming an apartment and fails to notice the Ferrari being lowered outside the window behind her.

* The janitor in ''TheMercuryMen'' is oblivious to the alien invasion going on in the building - that is, until he gets zapped by them.

* ''TheDayAfterTomorrow'': A tornado suddenly and severely damages a building. The janitor doesn't notice until the lights go out. {{Justified|Trope}} in that he is in a windowless hallway. The janitor then opens the nearest door and sees that half of the building has been sheared off by the wind.

* ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1]]'': While the hero trio is attacked by Snatchers at the diner, the waiter/cook is in the kitchen, blithely listening to music on her headphones.

* ''{{Devil}}'': A man falls off the top of a building while the janitor's back is turned to the window.

* ''GrossePointeBlank'': The Ultimart clerk plays an arcade game while a gunfight rages all around him. He doesn't notice until the hero yanks him out of the shop before it explodes.

* In an episode of ''{{Series/Supergirl}}'', the eponymous character stops a helicopter from crashing into a building. Inside the building is a janitor listening to music while vacuuming, who fails to notice the helicopter. Naturally, Supergirl stops it before it hits the room he's working in.

* The theatrical trailer for ''{{Overwatch}}'' involves a massive teamfight with Tracer and Winston vs. Reaper and Widowmakerin the middle of a museum. Where's security? Obliviously playing ''[[HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Hearth]][[ProductPlacement stone]]'' on his tablet.

A [[TwistedSister Twisted]] [[SisterTrope Sister]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Trope]] to FunnyBackgroundEvent.

* ''{{Coupling}}'': In the last episode, Jane is so wrapped up in cleaning her flat (and setting the mood) for sex that she doesn't realize Oliver is trying oh so desperately to get in. It's only revealed toward the end of this scene that she's wearing headphones, which is why she hadn't noticed his clawing at the door, hanging outside her window, or trying to grab her from the mail slot.
* ''PushingDaisies'': Olive breaks into a musical number while closing up the pie shop. Toward the end, the janitor pulls off his headphones, interrupting her song, and asks if she said something.

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* ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': In the episode "Nature Vs. Nuture", Spidey stops a helicopter from crashing into an office building, and the janitor doesn't even turn around.
* This is a running gag in the ''RobotChicken'' ''StarWars'' specials.

* In the ''SpongebobSquarepants'' episode, "Doing Time," there is a janitor listening to a headphones who is completely unfazed by the fact that a giant wave of cranberry juice just blasted through the hallway he was mopping.

* ''{{Chuck}}'': In the episode "Chuck vs. the Push Mix", the camera shows a janitor buffing the floor in the foreground, and the long-awaited proposal from Chuck to Sarah in the background.

* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': Creator/StanLee in his obligatory cameo listening to music and nonchalantly whistling as Spider-Man and the Lizard duke it out behind him, knocking down shelves and smashing lights.
** A large table comes hurtling toward him, but Spider-Man manages to grab onto it with a web-shot and yank it away. Stan never notices.

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* ''TheDayAfterTomorrow'': A tornado suddenly and severely damages a building. The janitor doesn't notice until the lights go out. {{Justified|Trope}} in that he is in a windowless hallway.

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* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': Creator/StanLee in his obligatory cameo listening to music and nonchalantly whistling as Spider-Man and the Lizard duke it out behind him, knocking down shelves and smashing lights.