History Main / IronicJuxtaposition

* A similar scene in the movie ''Film/AStrangerAmongUs'' shows a female cop having a CigaretteOfAnxiety (her partner's been shot) under the same such sign, meant to demonstrate her lack of respect for authority.

* ''Film/JurassicPark'': "Objects in the mirror may be CloserThanTheyAppear." Said object is a charging tyrannosaurus.

* In Great Britain, not every TV ad carries subtitles. If an advert without subtitling follows one which has it, the last line from the previous advert will carry over, and remain on the screen during the next. This leads to some wonderfully inappropriate juxtapositions. Imagine an advert aimed at parents for a headlice cure for kids, with subtitling. The following advert is for a wonderful shampoo and conditioner of the upmarket sophisticated sort where the girl is practically having an orgasm while applying it. This lacks subtitling, so the line appearing on screen is "Always guaranteed to kill 100% of all headlice and scalp parasites". Which rather kills the mood.

* A similar scene in the movie ''A Stranger Among Us'' shows a female cop having a CigaretteOfAnxiety (her partner's been shot) under the same such sign, meant to demonstrate her lack of respect for authority.
* There's a really dark example in ''Film/{{Threads}}'', where shell-shocked nuclear survivors are seen shambling past posters of happy, smiling babies.
* ''Film/JurassicPark'': "Objects in the mirror may be CloserThanTheyAppear." Said object is a charging tyrannosaurus.
* One scene in the film ''Film/JoyeuxNoel'', which depicts the Christmas truce of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, has German officer Nikolaus embracing his lover Anna under a blanket in the trench, both overjoyed to be together for a few brief moments of peace. Cut to Scottish soldier Jonathan, lying on the snow outside, holding his dead brother William.

* Throughout ''Film/AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore'', Alice has been promising an insistent Tommy that she will get them to Monterey, California before the school year starts. In the end, Tommy tells her that it's OK if they stay in Tucson. The last shot of the movie shows them walking towards the Monterey Hotel.

* An incredibly gut-wrenching example occurs in ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave'', when Solomon is first held captive in Burch's dungeon. As he tries futilely crying out for help from the single barred window, the camera then scales up the building until it rests at the top, where the US Capitol Building can be seen in the background...
* Combined with EntertaininglyWrong in ''Film/TheShapeOfWater''. After the [[FishPerson Asset]] is snuck out of a government facility, Fleming declares it must have required a team of at least ten highly-trained commandos... while Elisa and Zelda, the ''cleaning ladies'' responsible for the heist, are punching their timecards in the background.
* ''Film/NocturnalAnimals'': Laura's daughter Samantha is shown lying nude with her boyfriend ([[ToplessnessFromTheBack from the back]]) on her bed, presumably in the wake of consensual sex, when she calls, after getting very disturbed by Edward's book. In the book, his {{expy}}'s daughter was discovered lying the same way, but next to her mom (who's also naked) dead after both had been raped, then murdered.

* In Great Britain, not every TV ad carries subtitles. If an advert without subtitling follows one which has it, the last line from the previous advert will carry over, and remain on the screen durung the next. This leads to some wonderfully inappropriate juxtapositions. Imagine an advert aimed at parents for a headlice cure for kids, with subtitling. The following advert is for a wonderful shampoo and conditioner of the upmarket sophisticated sort where the girl is practically having an orgasm while applying it. This lacks subtitling, so the line appearing on screen is "Always guaranteed to kill 100% of all headlice and scalp parasites". Which rather kills the mood.

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* ''Theatre/Allegiance'': In the background, [[TheQuisling Mike Masaoka]] is saying that those in internment camps should focus on the goal of proving the loyalty of Japanese-Americans in general rather than focusing on individual suffering. In the foreground, a spotlight is literally being shone on [[spoiler:a couple weeping over their infant who just died due to exposure and lack of medical care in the camp.]]

* This happens all the time with Internet ads, mostly because of their context sensitivity. There are screenshots of things like a news story about an infant dying in a house fire with an ad next to it for a CD burner saying "burn baby burn". [[http://failblog.org/2008/09/18/ad-placement-fail/ There's also this.]]

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* This happens all the time with Internet ads, mostly because of their context sensitivity. There are screenshots of things like a news story about an infant dying in a house fire with an ad next to it for a CD burner saying "burn baby burn." [[http://failblog.org/2008/09/18/ad-placement-fail/ There's also this.]]

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* From ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': [[http://pbfcomics.com/comics/post-apocalyptic/ Post Apocalyptic.]]

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A kind of visual technique, usually (though not always) played for laughs. It features two objects, people, or images in proximity to provide a contrast to one another. Frequently, it's an inanimate object, such as a sign or billboard, and something in or of the real world. While the sign is making one very clear statement, the real thing will be portraying a reality that is completely different in nature. The sign, as a result, will appear to be either surreal or completely ineffective considering its general surroundings.

* ''Film/{{October}}'', a Soviet film about the RedOctober 1917 revolution, includes the "Women's Battalion of Death", an all-female AmazonBrigade that had been organized to fight in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Instead, a fragment of the battalion wound up defending the Winter Palace against the Bolsheviks. Two of the women soldiers are shown going through military drill, right in front of a statue of a mother and child.

* From ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': [[http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF202-Post_Apocalyptic.jpg Post Apocalyptic.]]

* ''Film/JurassicPark'': "Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear." Said object is a charging tyrannosaurus.

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* Ín ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', the "Welcome to Amity Park" sign changes regularly, and sometimes does this, such as "Amity Park ? it's safe here!" right in front of a ruined town in the midst of a ghost attack.

* From ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'': [[http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF202-Post_Apocalyptic.jpg Post Apocalyptic]].

* In ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'', Lou's van nearly squashes a soldier (who had tried to blast it with a RPG) against a wall. Right under a [[http://deadwinter.cc/page/262.htm billboard]]:

* This happens all the time with Internet ads, mostly because of their context sensitivity. There are screenshots of things like a news story about an infant dying in a house fire with an ad next to it for a CD burner saying "burn baby burn." There's also http://failblog.org/2008/09/18/ad-placement-fail/.
** Invoked in a Website/{{Cracked}} [[http://www.cracked.com/photoshop_52_the-13-worst-possible-ad-placements/ Photoshop contest]].