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** In ''Blackadder the Third''':

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' Season 13, Felix has this exchange after he is picked up by a military prisoner transport ship.

:: Specific subtrope[=:=] Character is pulled over by a CorruptHick sheriff:

-->''(Klaus punches Five in the face.)''

* In [[Recap/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019S01E02 the second episode]] of ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'', Five tries to get information about a glass eye he found from a doctor at the lab where it was made. However, Five [[OlderThanTheyLook currently has the body of a thirteen-year-old]], so things don't go well. He gets his brother, Klaus, to pretend to be his father and tries again:

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkP_OGDCLY0 One skit]] from ''Series/MrShow'' has a two-fold example: The skit in question concerned a group of mobsters getting into an extended conversation about numbers, in particular how [[TooDumbToLive 24 is the highest number]]. The don gets infuriated the longer the conversation goes on, especially as numbers higher than 24 (inevitably) get brought up, leading him to threaten to shoot them [[HypocriticalHumor with his .45]] if they keep it up. When one mobster, Frankie, tries his luck by mentioning "46", the don forces him into a confrontation while another, Danny, mentions "47", prompting the don to snap "I'll deal with you in a minute". And then, when the don tries getting Frankie to say 24 is the largest, Frankie starts panicking in confusion:
-->'''Frankie''': (near tears) I'm so confused anymore! Danny said 47, and I-
-->'''Don''': Danny's dead.
-->'''Danny''': (stands up) I'm right here, boss- (is shot)

* In ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'', Dylan is tied up in a chair by the BigBad's {{Mook}}s who are about to pounce on her. She provides a detailed explanation of how she's going to beat each of them before moonwalking out of the room. She proceeds to do exactly that (except for the moonwalk, if you can call it that).

* ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'', "Ice Age":

Contrast InstantlyProvenWrong. See also PreemptiveApology, PreemptiveShutUp, PreMortemOneLiner, JokeAndReceive, AlreadyTheCase, ThisIsThePartWhere, the fact that your monitor is smashed in...

Of course, this might also happen when the person says something, realizes afterwards it isn't true, and then makes steps to fix it:

--->'''Swamp King:''' For, since the tragic death of her father--\\

---->-- ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''

:: Of course, this might also happen when the person says something, realizes afterwards it isn't true, and then makes steps to fix it:

-->'''Mike:''' Uh, uh, y-yes, I would like to report a fight going on at the El Michoacano Restaurant in the 5000 block of the Isleta Boulevard. There's a man threatening another man with a gun. It looks to be some sort of gang thing. Oh, uh, uh, uh, sorry. I I I'm a passerby. I I don't want to get involved.

'''Officer Sullivan:''' No, I'm fine! NO! ''[The ESU officer produces a small knife and stabs the officer in the neck]''

--> '''Robo Dash''': Is that supposed to be a joke? [[BloodKnight I'm about to rip you to shreds.]] [[BreakThemByTalking And you think words can defeat me?]] [[WhatAnIdiot Go ahead!]]

Contrast InstantlyProvenWrong. See also PreemptiveApology, PreemptiveShutUp, PreMortemOneLiner, JokeAndReceive, ThisIsThePartWhere, the fact that your monitor is smashed in...

[[quoteright:228:[[Webcomic/ThatDeafGuy https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/preemptive.png]]]]

Contrast InstantlyProvenWrong. See also PreemptiveApology, PreMortemOneLiner, JokeAndReceive, ThisIsThePartWhere, the fact that your monitor is smashed in...

** Played straight in another episode where Michael’s boss Devon Miles is pulled over in his Mercedes by a hick sheriff and his deputy for running a concealed stop sign and the deputy promptly busts one of his tail lights to add to the ticket.

-->'''Mayers:''' Truth be told, no one gives a rat’s ass about the people on this ship. Anybody out there really wanted 'em, they could have 'em.\\

-->'''Lau:''' You give me the diamond, for this antidote.\\
'''Indiana:''' Antidote? To what?\\
'''Lau:''' To the poison you just drank.

'''Officer Sullivan:''' ''[muffled]'' [[OhCrap HMM?!]]\\

** In "Mr. Monk and the Earthquake", Captain Stottlemeyer asks Darryl Wright why he is talking so much with a broken jaw, and then, as expected, punches Darryl in the face when he responds that his jaw isn't broken.

** From "Mr. Monk Buys a House":
--->''[Jake and Ramone, holding Monk and Natalie hostage, have found their money]''\\
'''"Honest" Ramone:''' Jake! Jake! Whaddaya wanna do with your share of the money?\\
'''"Honest" Jake Phillips:''' Same thing I'm gonna do with your share: spend it! ''[shoots and kills Ramone]''

* ''Film/AViewToAKill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0yxgdkneE Zorin informs a corrupt crony of his in San Francisco City Hall]] how he intends to fake Bond and Stacy Sutton's deaths.

'''Leafa:''' What's that supposed to mean- (''her avatar distorts, leaving her TheBlank'')

'''Muroni:''' Who?\\

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkP_OGDCLY0 One skit]] from ''Series/MrShow'' has a two-fold example: The skit in question concerned a group of mobsters getting into an extended conversation about numbers, in particular how [[TooDumbToLive 24 is the highest number]]. The don gets infuriated the longer the conversation goes on, especially as numbers higher than 24 (inevitably) get brought up, leading him to threaten to shoot them [[HypocriticalNumber with his .45]] if they keep it up. When one mobster, Frankie, tries his luck by mentioning "46", the don forces him into a confrontation while another, Danny, mentions "47", prompting the don to snap "I'll deal with you in a minute". And then, when the don tries getting Frankie to say 24 is the largest, Frankie starts panicking in confusion: