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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In "The House of the Lucky Gander!", Scrooge makes a bet with [[AbstractEater Liu Hai]], a spirit who is feeding off of [[BornLucky Gladstone Gander]]'s luck, that [[BornUnlucky Donald]] can beat Gladstone to get him to set him free. After Donald manages to win, Scrooge reminds him that if Donald bested the luckiest duck in the world, then Donald should be his new prisoner.

* On ''WesternAnimation/Anastasia'', Dimitri counts for the moment Anastasia changes her mind and calls him back.

* ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'': When the uncle has some LovePotion in the form of cologne on, and is about to take a swim, the daughter and mother count down for when the instant harem will abandon him.

* ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'' does it when the uncle has some LovePotion in the form of cologne on, and when he is about to take a swim, the daughter and mother count down for when the instant harem will abandon him.

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

* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', Gsptlsnz counts down how many seconds it takes Superman to defeat Mxyzptlk.

* In a first-season episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'', Sinclair and Garibaldi prank Ivanova into thinking that she has slept through breakfast. As she bolts for the comand deck, Michael starts counting down: "Three... two... one." ''"Garibaldi!"''

* ''Series/SportsNight'' episode "Quo Vadimus"

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkBPMypd3jw "The Fairy Fountain"]], Dr. Wolf counts down from three after WebAnimation/SilverQuill calls Lightning Bliss "cute", knowing it will annoy her. Right on cue, this is followed by an explosion and Silver Quill is on fire.

* ''WebVideo/DerrickComedy'' has a sketch with a [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext time-traveling]] Thomas Jefferson. One of his buddies relates a story from 9/11, where Jefferson showed off by [[CrossesTheLineTwice counting down to]] [[BlackComedy the exact moment of the terrorist attack.]]
* ''WebVideo/BroniesReact'': At the beginning of the review for the Season 8 Premiere, Dustykatt states "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 Movie recap]] in three... two... one..."

* ''TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' had an episode called "Send In The Clones", where Jimmy created clones of himself to try to get everything he had to do finished in one day. One of the clones, of course, [[EvilTwin is evil]], and does this trope under his breath shortly after swapping the signs on a public restroom.

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' has Todd and [=BoJack=] watch the ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' Christmas special. When Sarah Lynn realizes Santa didn't bring her the gift she wanted, Ethan started the countdown to the waterworks... [[{{Subversion}} starting at 50]].

* WebVideo/DerrickComedy has a sketch with a [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext time-traveling]] Thomas Jefferson. One of his buddies relates a story from 9/11, where Jefferson showed off by [[CrossesTheLineTwice counting down to]] [[BlackComedy the exact moment of the terrorist attack.]]

* [[TheChessMaster Nathan Ford]] does a non-verbal version of this when on ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' when negotiating with a Russian mobster. The mobster has one of her people highlight Nate with the tell-tale red dot of a laser sight. Nate looks at it, uninterested, then counts down with his fingers. The dot suddenly shifts from him to the mobster, because Parker had gotten to the sniper exactly as Nate had intended, and incapacitated them.

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

'''Peggy:''' You know how you are always complaining that your father never does anything with the family? Well, just watch that window and your father has a big surprise for us. Right about now - three, two, one...\\

* [[TheChessMaster Nathan Ford]] does a non-verbal version of this when on {{Leverage}} when negotiating with a Russian mobster. The mobster has one of her people highlight Nate with the tell-tale red dot of a laser sight. Nate looks at it, uninterested, then counts down with his fingers. The dot suddenly shifts from him to the mobster, because Parker had gotten to the sniper exactly as Nate had intended, and incapacitated them.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkBPMypd3jw "The Fairy Fountain"]], Dr. Wolf counts down from three after WebAnimation/SliverQuill calls Lightning Bliss "cute", knowing it will annoy her. Right on cue, this is followed by an explosion and Silver Quill is on fire.

** In “[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E19ToChangeAChangeling To Change A Changeling]]”, Starlight reports to Thorax that Pharynx has left the hive and all other Changelings begin cheering. Trixie just says “wait for it,” and Starlight finished that the maulwurf is on its way ‘’to’’ the hive. When the Changelings panic Trixie just says “told you.” Justified as the exact same thing happened moments ago outside the hive.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E1CelestialAdvice Celestial Advice]]", during Twilight's third fantasy vision for Starlight's future, Spike realizes it will take the same pattern as the previous two and counts down to the moment Twilight starts to panic again.

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

'''Isaac Jaffe:''' ''[While in his office]'' Three, two, one...\\

* 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.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''

* ''Series/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.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'': In the episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E6WindowOfOpportunity Window of Opportunity]]", O'Neill and Teal'c are stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop. Since he knows exactly what is going to happen, at one point Jack can be seen counting to three on his fingers, and right on cue Daniel calls him in the hallway to talk to him.

* Captain Briggs in ''LimboOfTheLost'', in circumstances that are truly indescribable.

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* On the first ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' movie, Manny and Diego do this in unison as Sid sits in a geyser, with Manny mentioning how faithful it is.
* Kovu does this in sequel to ''Disney/TheLionKing''. In this case, he was counting down the time until Kiara tried to pounce on him.

[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
* The Joker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' waiting for the bombs to go off at the end. [[spoiler: Subverted that time.]]
* In ''Film/TheGoonies'', Mikey passes the [[FramedClue framed treasure map]] to [[TheKlutz Chunk]] because he knows Chunk will smash it open by accident which will give them an excuse to scrutinize it. Mikey even counts down to the crash.

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[[folder:NewspaperComics]]
* {{Dilbert}} proposes adding a battery backup to a company product. Hearing no immediate response, he counts in his head until the PointyHairedBoss suggests it as his own idea -- whereupon Dilbert points out that the product doesn't use batteries.

[[folder:VideoGames]]
* One of the [=ODST=]s in ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'' does this with explosive charges that he set, as they fly away.
* Captain Briggs in ''LimboOfTheLost'', in circumstances that are truly indescribable.

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''HomeOnTheStrange'', [[http://www.homeonthestrange.com/view.php?ID=268 with the drinking game]].
* ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis'': [[http://timeslikethis.com/?id=190 Two]] [[http://timeslikethis.com/?id=257 instances.]]
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Sarah [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=80 does this in her head]] when Elliot forgets his uniform.

[[folder:WebOriginal]]
* Often used in WebOriginal/LOLCats captions.
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[[folder:WesternAnimation]]

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/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.