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Related to ExactTimeToFailure and ImprobablyPredictable. Not to be confused with the gameshow 321 or the Class 321 Electric Multiple Units.

* ''Film/TheGoonies'' - the framed map is passed to Chunk specifically because the others know he'll smash it open by accident. They even count down in unison to the crash.

* ''MarriedWithChildren'':

* ''SportsNight'' episode "Quo Vadimus"

* [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]] in a ''{{Cheers}}'' episode. A beautiful woman walks into the bar while Sam is in his office, and Carla does the countdown. It's as if the show is [[LampshadeHanging admitting how predictable it is]], but Sam is two seconds late. He comes out, asking, "Where is she"?

* By Series/{{Community}}'s second Christmas episode, the glee club have become so predictable that Annie can count down to their 'hip-hop remix' of carols.

* Bubbles in ''PowerpuffGirls'', during an episode in which the girls try to defeat a particularly tough monster in their own ways.
* In ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', Gsptlsnz counts down how many seconds it takes Superman to defeat Mxyzptlk.
* PhineasAndFerb
* In an episode of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', Garfield does this when Jon has walked out of the house without pants. Slightly inverted as he counts up instead of down. In another episode he does to see how long it takes for Jon to realize that Garfield accidentally brought a baby home.

* Often used in {{Lolcats}} captions.

* Often used in {{Lolcats}} captions, as seen [[http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/07/09/funny-pictures-diner-in-3-2-1/ here]].

* Babylon5

* One of the [=ODST=]s in Halo3ODST does this with explosive charges that he set, as they fly away.

* On the first ''IceAge'' movie, Manny and Diego do this in unison as Sid sits in a geyser, with Manny mentioning how faithful it is.

Related to ExactTimeToFailure. Not to be confused with the gameshow 321 or the Class 321 Electric Multiple Units.

* In an episode of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', Garfield does this when Jon has walked out of the house without pants. Slightly inverted as he counts up instead of down. In another episode he does to see how long it takes for Jon to realize that Garfield accidently brought a baby home.

* ''OutOfThisWorld'' did it when the uncle had some LovePotion in the form of cologne on, and when he was about to take a swim, the daughter and mother counted down for when the InstantHarem would abandon him.

* Kovu does this in sequel to ''TheLionKing''. In this case, he was counting down the time until Kiara attempted to pounce on him.

* ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis'': [[http://timeslikethis.com/?id=190 Two]] [[http://timeslikethis.com/?id=257 instances.]]

* By {{Community}}'s second Christmas episode, the glee club have become so predictable that Annie can count down to their 'hip-hop remix' of carols.

* The Joker in ''TheDarkKnight'' waiting for the bombs to go off at the end. [[spoiler: Subverted that time.]]

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* One of the ODSTs in HaloThreeODST does this with explosive charges that he set, as they fly away.

* {{The Goonies}} - the framed map is passed to Chunk specifically because the others know he'll smash it open by accident. They even count down in unison to the crash.

Related to ExactTimeToFailure. Not to be confused with the gameshow ''[=~321~=]'' or the Class 321 Electric Multiple Units.

* Bubbles in ''PowerpuffGirls'', during an episode in which the girls try to defeat a particularly tough monster in their own ways.

* The Joker in ''TheDarkKnight'' waiting for the bombs to go off at the end. [[spoiler: Subverted that time.]]
* On the first ''IceAge'' movie, Manny and Diego do this in unison as Sid sits in a geyser, with Manny mentioning how faithful it is.

* The webcomic ''Home on the Strange'', [[http://www.homeonthestrange.com/view.php?ID=268 with the drinking game]].

* Kovu does this in sequel to ''TheLionKing''. In this case, he was counting down the time until Kiara attempted to pounce on him.

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