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* In ''SunsetBoulevard'', writer Joe Gillis complains to the producer Sheldrake that Betty Shaefer, a script reader, would have turned down ''GoneWithTheWind''; only for Sheldrake to reply "No. That was me".

The inverse trope is RightBehindMe, when Alice talks dirty about Bob without knowing he's, well, right behind her.

->'''Alice:''' Did you know some people actually try to cook the rice without putting water first?

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Xander mocks Spike by saying that only a nutcase or a complete loser would sleep with him...in the presence of Buffy who's done just that the night before. The comment gives her an added incentive not to confess what's happened to her friends and forestall her DestructiveRomance.
* In "DoctorWho", when the Doctor and Donna try to solve a murder mystery with Agatha Christie, Donna states how unlikely this scenario is by comparing it with: "meeting Charles Dickens, on Christmas, while surrounded by ghosts." Which is something that happened to the Doctor, before he and Donna met.

Compare ObliviousGuiltSlinging and InsultFriendlyFire. Contrast NoodleIncident, where the characters vaguely talk about an event they know but the viewer doesn't. Contrast and compare WhoWouldBeStupidEnough, when Alice [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] and is proven right away that someone ''is'' stupid enough, and SchmuckBait.

->'''Bob:''' Oh come on, that's a urban legend, nobody can be that incompetent! Right, Carol?

->'''Carol:''' Er… yeah, totally, I can't imagine anyone doing that… ahahaha… hem…

What she doesn't know is that Bob, to or in presence of whom she said it, ''actually did'' the stupid thing in question. Whether he succeeded or failed miserably, he will either not answer anything or pretend to agree with Alice with an embarrassed expression; he may even be personally proud of it. If the ''viewer'' knows it, [[HilarityEnsues A Smile Ensues]]: it's a form of ContinuityNod. What makes this trope funny is the fact that Alice says it totally innocently, without any clue she is mocking someone within hearing range. Hence the Oblivious Mockery. In some cases, Bob may reveal out-loud that he did said action, and may or may not try to justify himself.

:: He says this while standing next to Red, who just happens to have chosen fire.

* From ''GetSmart'':

* In ''HajimeNoIppo'', a flashback shows us how Genji Kamogawa hardened his fists by ''[[BeyondTheImpossible punching large wooden logs into a hill]]''. Later in the manga, Ippo hits logs into a hill with a hammer to train his leg and body muscles. Itagaki tells Kamogawa about this training.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Xander mocks Spike by saying that only a complete loser would sleep with him...in the presence of Buffy who's done just that the night before. The comment gives her an added incentive not to confess what's happened to her friends and forestall her DestructiveRomance.

:: True to the trope, he says this while standing next to Red, who just happens to have chosen fire.

* Early in the ''{{Ben 10}}'' WhatIf episode "Gwen 10", Gwen gets the Omnitrix stuck on her wrist and turns into [[MagmaMan Heatblast]]. Ben, who remembers going through this before, warns her about the danger of using fiery powers in the middle of a forest. She immediately responds that only an idiot would set the forest on fire. Naturally, that's exactly what Ben did in the first episode.

* In ''{{Super Effective}}'':

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** True to the trope, he says this while standing next to Red, who just happens to have chosen fire.

'''Harry:''' Hmm, sounds like a good investment to me.

Compare ObliviousGuiltSlinging, InsultFriendlyFire and NoodleIncident. Contrast and compare WhoWouldBeStupidEnough, when Alice [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] and is proven right away that someone ''is'' stupid enough, and SchmuckBait.

Compare ObliviousGuiltSlinging and InsultFriendlyFire. Contrast and compare WhoWouldBeStupidEnough, when Alice [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] and is proven right away that someone ''is'' stupid enough, and SchmuckBait.

Sometimes, be it in a realistic universe or in a WorldOfBadass, there are actions that are deemed ridiculously dangerous, totally stupid or [[ImpossibleTask downright impossible]] to pull off. Nothing to be really proud of in any case. The characters talk about such actions and, soon enough, Alice will wonder out loud (probably sniggering) WhoWouldBeStupidEnough to do that?

Can overlap with (in-universe) OldShame or with InsultFriendlyFire.

Compare ObliviousGuiltSlinging. Contrast and compare WhoWouldBeStupidEnough, when Alice [[TemptingFate tempts fate]] and is proven right away that someone ''is'' stupid enough, and SchmuckBait.

-->'''Kamogawa''': He's hitting logs into the earth?! He can't be doing it with his fists?!
-->'''Itagaki''' (laughing): If he did that he'd break his fists! There's no one reckless and stupid enough to do that! He uses a hammer.
-->'''Kamogawa''': Ye… yeah… fists would be reckless and stupid…

-->'''Ron:''' Did I tell you about their private investor in their joke shop? Some bloke gave them a bunch of money. They won't tell us who though, said he wants to remain anonymous. What moron would give those two money?
-->'''Harry:''' Hmm, sounds like a good investment to me.

->'''Max:''' But even if they do get a man into the Pentagon, that's not saying he'll be able to get out. I remember one of our own agents was lost in there for three days.
->'''Chief:''' Three days? Max, no agent could be that confused.
->'''Max:''' Well, let me see now. I went in on a Friday...

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He says this while standing next to Red, who just happened to have chosen fire.

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