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* In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl "Prophecy Girl"]], Xander wants to get Buffy alone so he can ask her out:
-->'''Xander''': Willow, don't you have a thing?
-->'''Willow''': A thing? The thing! That I have! Which is... a thing I have to go to. See ya later.
-->'''Xander''': Willow, don't you have a thing?
-->'''Willow''': A thing? The thing! That I have! Which is... a thing I have to go to. See ya later.
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This example is "Talk About That Thing", not "Take Five".
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* In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl "Prophecy Girl"]], Xander wants to get Buffy alone so he can ask her out:
-->'''Xander''': Willow, don't you have a thing?
-->'''Willow''': A thing? The thing! That I have! Which is... a thing I have to go to. See ya later.
-->'''Xander''': Willow, don't you have a thing?
-->'''Willow''': A thing? The thing! That I have! Which is... a thing I have to go to. See ya later.
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* ''Series/DueSouth'': When Detective Vecchio wanted to talk with [[TheMafia Don Zuko]] in private after Zuko had [[CanadaEh Constable Fraser]] [[KickTheDog beaten to a pulp]], Zuko told his men to go get him and Ray some coffee. Not too long after they left them alone, Ray proceeded to [[PoliceBrutality beat Zuko senseless]].
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* ''Series/DueSouth'': When Detective Vecchio wanted to talk with [[TheMafia Don Zuko]] in private after Zuko had [[CanadaEh Constable Fraser]] Fraser [[KickTheDog beaten to a pulp]], Zuko told his men to go get him and Ray some coffee. Not too long after they left them alone, Ray proceeded to [[PoliceBrutality beat Zuko senseless]].
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* ''Literature/TheWayOfKings'' (first book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Highprince Dalinar orders his workers to rest while he digs the latrine they were supposed to be building using his PoweredArmor. Everybody stands around awkwardly for a few minutes, until Teleb, the captain of Dalinar's guard, orders the workers to sit down and "converse in a lighthearted manner."
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* ''Literature/TheWayOfKings'' (first book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): ''Literature/TheWayOfKings2010'': Highprince Dalinar orders his workers to rest while he digs the latrine they were supposed to be building using his PoweredArmor. Everybody stands around awkwardly for a few minutes, until Teleb, the captain of Dalinar's guard, orders the workers to sit down and "converse in a lighthearted manner."
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* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', Col. Phillips tells the corporal who's been typing his letters to get a cup of coffee before he begins dressing down Peggy for taking Steve on his unauthorized rescue mission.
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* ''Film/BadBoys'':
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* ''Film/BadBoys'':''Film/BadBoys1995'':
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* In ''London to Brighton'', Derek sends Chum out to wait in the car while he asks Kelly to find him an underaged prostitute.
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* In ''London to Brighton'', ''Film/LondonToBrighton'', Derek sends Chum out to wait in the car while he asks Kelly to find him an underaged prostitute.
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* Used expertly in the 'South Atlantic Raiders episode of ''The Comic Strip'', in which the hero, Stan, would like his somewhat dim-witted mate Billy to leave the room so that he can get acquainted with the woman he thinks is his long-distance girlfriend:
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* Used expertly in the 'South Atlantic Raiders episode of ''The Comic Strip'', ''Series/TheComicStrip'', in which the hero, Stan, would like his somewhat dim-witted mate Billy to leave the room so that he can get acquainted with the woman he thinks is his long-distance girlfriend:
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* In ''Film/AFewGoodMen'', as quoted above.
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* In ''Film/AFewGoodMen'', as quoted above. It also demonstrates that when you're in the military, you don't need to bother with an excuse.
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Not to be confused with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU the song from the Dave Brubeck Quartet]] or the former British boy band of the same name.
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Not to be confused with the piece in UncommonTime [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU the song from by the Dave Brubeck Quartet]] or the former British boy band of the same name.
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* Happens occasionally in ''Franchise/StarTrek'', especially in the transporter room: someone in the main cast relieves the on-duty officer in order to give the guest of the week a private goodbye, or to make a transport that clearly violates regulations.
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Compare TalkAboutThatThing, where the two characters make up an excuse to leave the room together, SteppingOutForAQuickCupOfCoffee, where the departing character makes an excuse to leave to provide privacy for someone else and plausible deniability for himself, and GoLookAtTheDistraction, where the third character is tricked into leaving the pair alone. HideAndNoSeek is a specific form of this where adults try to get the children out of the way using a game.
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Compare TalkAboutThatThing, where the two characters make up an excuse to leave the room together, SteppingOutForAQuickCupOfCoffee, where the departing character makes an excuse to leave to provide privacy for someone else and plausible deniability for himself, and GoLookAtTheDistraction, PrivacyByDistraction, where the third character is tricked into leaving the pair alone. HideAndNoSeek is a specific form of this where adults try to get the children out of the way using a game.
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* ,''Film/TheParentTrap1998'': After summer camp, Martin finds Hallie's stuffed rabbit, Cuppy, while he's unpacking Annie's suitcase and approaches her about it in front of her mother. Once Anne!Hallie tells Martin that he'll mail Cuppy to her sister, she quickly dismisses him, getting him out of the room before he can come any closer to blowing her cover.
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* ,''Film/TheParentTrap1998'': ''Film/TheParentTrap1998'': After summer camp, Martin finds Hallie's stuffed rabbit, Cuppy, while he's unpacking Annie's suitcase and approaches her about it in front of her mother. Once Anne!Hallie tells Martin that he'll mail Cuppy to her sister, she quickly dismisses him, getting him out of the room before he can come any closer to blowing her cover.
