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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', the Griffins are locked in a panic room after their house gets broken into by burglars, and the room is being slowly flooded with water. Right before the water reaches the ceiling and drowns them, Peter feels that he has one last thing he should tell his family; He did not care for ''Film/TheGodfather''. However, this trope is subverted when instead of yelling at Peter for the inappropriate timing, they're shocked that he didn't like the movie and begin debating him on why it's good.
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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's depressed about her still-missing younger sister Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with [[BigBad Toneri]] (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. [[spoiler:Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight]].

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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's depressed about her still-missing younger sister Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with [[BigBad Toneri]] (in order to [[BigSisterInstinct save Hanabi).Hanabi]]). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. [[spoiler:Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight]].
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* In an episode of ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm", Larry confesses something to a mechanic just before he's about to fix Jeff's classic car, causing the mechanic to refuse fixing it, and he can't find any others who work on such cars.

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* In an episode of ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm", ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'', Larry confesses something to a mechanic just before he's about to fix Jeff's classic car, causing the mechanic to refuse fixing it, and he can't find any others who work on such cars.
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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's depressed about her still-missing younger sister Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with [[BigBad Toneri]] (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight.

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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's depressed about her still-missing younger sister Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with [[BigBad Toneri]] (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. Thankfully [[spoiler:Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight.straight]].
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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for [[BrutalHonesty how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was]], [[BadLiar Sakura]] tries confessing to Naruto that [[BlatantLies she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto easily sees right through her, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]], and [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves.

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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for [[BrutalHonesty how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was]], [[BadLiar Sakura]] Sakura tries confessing to Naruto that [[BlatantLies she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto easily sees right through her, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]], and [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves.
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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's depressed about her still-missing younger sister Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with Toneri (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight.

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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's depressed about her still-missing younger sister Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with Toneri [[BigBad Toneri]] (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight.
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** Madara Uchiha reveals to Obito Uchiha that [[spoiler: he manipulated things to get [[TheLostLenore Rin]] killed so as to make Obito his pupil. Obito, whose starting to go through a HeelFaceTurn, fully switches sides as a result]].

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** Madara Uchiha reveals to Obito Uchiha that [[spoiler: he manipulated things to get [[TheLostLenore Rin]] killed so as to make Obito his pupil. Obito, whose who was starting to go through a HeelFaceTurn, fully switches sides as a result]].
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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's still depressed about her still-missing younger sister Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with Toneri (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight.

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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's still depressed about her still-missing younger sister Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with Toneri (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight.
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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's still depressed about Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with Toneri (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight.

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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's still depressed about her still-missing younger sister Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with Toneri (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight.
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** In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', when Naruto confesses his love to [[spoiler:Hinata, she's still depressed about Hanabi, so she doesn't respond. Then [[MomentKiller Toneri ruins the moment]], and Hinata coldly [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim "rejects"]] Naruto and goes with Toneri (in order to save Hanabi). Thinking that it was a real rejection]], [[NotGoodWithRejection Naruto does not take it well]], nearly gets killed, [[AngstComa passes out for three days]], and comes very close to ''[[HeroicBSOD giving up on everything]]''. Thankfully [[ShipperOnDeck Sakura]] sets him straight.
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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for [[BrutalHonesty how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was]], [[BadLiar Sakura]] tries confessing to Naruto that [[BlatantLies she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto easily sees right through her, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, and [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]].

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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for [[BrutalHonesty how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was]], [[BadLiar Sakura]] tries confessing to Naruto that [[BlatantLies she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto easily sees right through her, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]] lying]], and [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, and [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]].themselves.
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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for [[BrutalHonesty how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was]], [[BadLiar Sakura]] tries confessing to Naruto that [[BlatantLies she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto easily sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, and [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]].

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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for [[BrutalHonesty how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was]], [[BadLiar Sakura]] tries confessing to Naruto that [[BlatantLies she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto easily sees right through it, her, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, and [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]].
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* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'':
** During the fight between Naruto and Pain, Hinata arrives on the battlefield to help Naruto. After Naruto pleads her to run away, [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove she confesses her feelings to Naruto]] and tries to fight Pain, but ends up [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice getting stabbed]]. Believing she's dead, [[BerserkButton Naruto goes into an]] UnstoppableRage.
** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for [[BrutalHonesty how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was]], Sakura tries confessing to Naruto that [[BlatantLies she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto immediately sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying to him and to herself]], and [[ShipSinking outright rejects her]].
** Madara Uchiha reveals to Obito Uchiha that [[spoiler: he manipulated things to get [[TheLostLenore Rin]] killed so as to make Obito his pupil. Obito, whose starting to go through a HeelFaceTurn, fully switches sides as a result.]]

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** During the fight between Naruto and Pain, Hinata [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Hinata]] arrives on the battlefield to help Naruto. After Naruto pleads her to run away, [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove she confesses her feelings love to Naruto]] and tries to fight Pain, but ends up [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice getting stabbed]]. Believing she's dead, [[BerserkButton Naruto goes into an]] UnstoppableRage.
UnstoppableRage [[DarkestHour of epic proportions]].
** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for [[BrutalHonesty how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was]], Sakura [[BadLiar Sakura]] tries confessing to Naruto that [[BlatantLies she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto immediately easily sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying lying]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to him and to herself]], themselves, and [[ShipSinking outright rejects her]].
her outright]].
** Madara Uchiha reveals to Obito Uchiha that [[spoiler: he manipulated things to get [[TheLostLenore Rin]] killed so as to make Obito his pupil. Obito, whose starting to go through a HeelFaceTurn, fully switches sides as a result.]]result]].
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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, though somewhat too misguided and blunt about it, [[FalseConfession Sakura tries confessing to Naruto]] [[BlatantLies that she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto immediately sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying to him and to herself]], and [[ShipSinking outright rejects her]].

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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for [[BrutalHonesty how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, though somewhat too misguided and blunt about it, [[FalseConfession was]], Sakura tries confessing to Naruto]] Naruto that [[BlatantLies that she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto immediately sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying to him and to herself]], and [[ShipSinking outright rejects her]].
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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, [[FalseConfession Sakura tries confessing to Naruto]] [[BlatantLies that she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto immediately sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying to him and to herself]], and [[ShipSinking outright rejects her]].

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** After [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, though somewhat too misguided and blunt about it, [[FalseConfession Sakura tries confessing to Naruto]] [[BlatantLies that she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto immediately sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying to him and to herself]], and [[ShipSinking outright rejects her]].
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** After [[WhatTheHellHero getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, [[FalseConfession Sakura tries confessing to Naruto]] [[BlatantLies that she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto immediately sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying to him and to herself]], and [[ShipSinking outright rejects her]].

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** After [[WhatTheHellHero [[JerkassHasAPoint getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, [[FalseConfession Sakura tries confessing to Naruto]] [[BlatantLies that she loves him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto immediately sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying to him and to herself]], and [[ShipSinking outright rejects her]].
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Compare to AccidentalPublicConfession, Can overlap with MomentKiller. Also see UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom - [[NiceJobBreakingItHero where doing so cause major backlash in the story plot]]

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** During the fight between Naruto and Pain, Hinata arrives on the battlefield to help Naruto. After Naruto pleads her to run away, she confesses her feelings to Naruto and tries to fight Pain but ends up getting stabbed. Believing she's dead, [[BerserkButton Naruto goes into an]] UnstoppableRage.

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** During the fight between Naruto and Pain, Hinata arrives on the battlefield to help Naruto. After Naruto pleads her to run away, [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove she confesses her feelings to Naruto Naruto]] and tries to fight Pain Pain, but ends up [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice getting stabbed.stabbed]]. Believing she's dead, [[BerserkButton Naruto goes into an]] UnstoppableRage.
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** During the fight between Naruto and Pain, Hinata arrives on the battlefield to help Naruto. After Naruto pleads her to run away, she confesses her feelings to Naruto and tries to fight Pain but ends up getting stabbed. Believing she's dead, Naruto goes into an UnstoppableRage.
** Sakura Haruno, after [[WhatTheHellHero getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, tries confessing to Naruto that she loves him. Naruto, under a lot of stress at this moment, calls her out on her FalseConfession.

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** During the fight between Naruto and Pain, Hinata arrives on the battlefield to help Naruto. After Naruto pleads her to run away, she confesses her feelings to Naruto and tries to fight Pain but ends up getting stabbed. Believing she's dead, [[BerserkButton Naruto goes into an an]] UnstoppableRage.
** Sakura Haruno, after After [[WhatTheHellHero getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, [[FalseConfession Sakura tries confessing to Naruto Naruto]] [[BlatantLies that she loves him. Naruto, under him now]]. Under a lot of stress at this moment, Naruto immediately sees right through it, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on her FalseConfession.for lying to him and to herself]], and [[ShipSinking outright rejects her]].

































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One of the side characters learn something important pertaining to the Hero's Quest - but the Hero is too busy saving the world and what not to hear them out. So after what seems like an eternity of [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Plot Derailment, Side Quests, and other "unimportant" things]], the Character decides it's now or never and blurts out what they learned to the hero

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One of the side characters learn something important pertaining to the Hero's Quest - but the Hero is too busy saving the world and what not to hear them out. So after what seems like an eternity of [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Plot Derailment, Side Quests, and other "unimportant" things]], the Character character decides it's now or never and blurts out what they learned to the hero



Behold the Poorly timed Confession - when a character decides to make a [[TheReveal startling reveal]] at a time where they should just keep their mouth shut or do it later. It may be important to the plot, or the character is sick and tired of having their issues pushed aside, but when they do it, it's usually just as the hero emerges from a TraumaCongaLine.

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Behold the Poorly timed Timed Confession - when a character decides to make a [[TheReveal startling reveal]] at a time where they should just keep their mouth shut or do it later. It may be important to the plot, or the character is sick and tired of having their issues pushed aside, but when they do it, it's usually just as the hero emerges from a TraumaCongaLine.
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** [[BigBad Madara Uchiha]] reveals to [[TheDragon Obito Uchiha]] that [[spoiler: he manipulated things to get [[TheLostLonore Rin]] killed so as to make Obito his pupil. Obito, whose starting to go through a HeelFaceTurn, fully switches sides as a result.]]

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** In "Greece's Pieces", he invokes Tyler into doing this during the competition to create a rift between Gwen and Courtney, who were starting to become friends. Tyler witnessed Duncan and Gwen kissing each other despite [[YourCheatingHeart Duncan being in a relationship with Courtney]]. Before the tie breaker match can begin, when Tyler reveals the kiss to everyone, Courtney became furious at Gwen. And while their team won the challenge, Courtney began trying to sabotage her own team into losing so she can vote Gwen off.

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One of the side characters learn something important pertaining to the Hero's Quest - but the Hero's too busy saving the world and what not to hear them out. So after what seems like an eternity of [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Plot Derailment, Side Quests, and other "unimportant" things]], the Character decides it's now or never and blurts out what they learned to the hero

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One of the side characters learn something important pertaining to the Hero's Quest - but the Hero's Hero is too busy saving the world and what not to hear them out. So after what seems like an eternity of [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Plot Derailment, Side Quests, and other "unimportant" things]], the Character decides it's now or never and blurts out what they learned to the hero
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One of the side character's learn something important pertaining to the Hero's Quest - but the Hero's too busy saving the world and what not to hear them out. So after what seems like an eternity of [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Plot Derailment, Side Quests, and other "unimportant" things]], the Character decides it's now or never and blurts out what they learned to the hero

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One of the side character's characters learn something important pertaining to the Hero's Quest - but the Hero's too busy saving the world and what not to hear them out. So after what seems like an eternity of [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Plot Derailment, Side Quests, and other "unimportant" things]], the Character decides it's now or never and blurts out what they learned to the hero
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** Sakura Haruno, after [[WhatTheHellHero getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, tries confessing to Naruto that she loves him. Naruto, under a lot of stress at this moment, calls her out on her FakeConfession.

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** Sakura Haruno, after [[WhatTheHellHero getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, tries confessing to Naruto that she loves him. Naruto, under a lot of stress at this moment, calls her out on her FakeConfession.FalseConfession.
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One of the side character's learn something important pertaining to the Hero's Quest - but the Hero's too busy saving the world and what not to hear them out. So after what seems like an eternity of [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Plot Derailment, Side Quests, and other "unimportant" things]], the Character decides it's now or never and blurts out what they learned to the hero

Too bad they do it while the Hero's in the middle of a HeroicBSOD.

Behold the Poorly timed Confession - when a character decides to make a [[TheReveal startling reveal]] at a time where they should just keep their mouth shut or do it later. It may be important to the plot, or the character is sick and tired of having their issues pushed aside, but when they do it, it's usually just as the hero emerges from a TraumaCongaLine.

It could happen anytime - right after the Hero suffers a rather painful defeat by the villain of the week; when their LoveInterest dies or is kidnapped with him helpless to do anything; While they're busy recovering from a HeroicBSOD; or even just moments after he receives a rather shocking reveal that leaves him questioning his very existence - when the character is suffering from trauma and just feeling plain bad about themselves, it's obviously the perfect time to tell them something that will [[KickThemWhileTheyreDown just add salt to already stinging wounds]].
It can be a secret the character's wasn't suppose to learn about yet, a LoveConfession, or it may be the character confiding in something the Hero (in their current state of mind) finds heart breaking or morally reprehensible. Heck, they might even be revealing they were working for the bad guys all along - just so long as they do it at a bad moment.

The Hero can respond in many ways - they could get upset and take out the stress they're feeling on the confessor, they could be shocked and the confession ends up adding to the drama they're dealing with, or they could try to deal with it and cause a huge misunderstanding and even lead to a [[KickTheDog Kick the Dog Moment]], they may even not react at all or get even more depressed, but it usually ends up [[FromBadToWorse making things worse]]. How it's handled all depends on the writer, and can end up inciting a WhatTheHellHero from the audience and possibly a few characters for the confessor's insensitivity or the reveal itself. Expect the confessor to feel [[GuiltComplex really guilty]] later on.

Compare to AccidentalPublicConfession, Can overlap with MomentKiller. Also see UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom - [[NiceJobBreakingItHero where doing so cause major backlash in the story plot]]

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* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'':
** During the fight between Naruto and Pain, Hinata arrives on the battlefield to help Naruto. After Naruto pleads her to run away, she confesses her feelings to Naruto and tries to fight Pain but ends up getting stabbed. Believing she's dead, Naruto goes into an UnstoppableRage.
** Sakura Haruno, after [[WhatTheHellHero getting called out by Sai]] for how much of a burden telling Naruto to bring back Sasuke was, tries confessing to Naruto that she loves him. Naruto, under a lot of stress at this moment, calls her out on her FakeConfession.
** [[BigBad Madara Uchiha]] reveals to [[TheDragon Obito Uchiha]] that [[spoiler: he manipulated things to get [[TheLostLonore Rin]] killed so as to make Obito his pupil. Obito, whose starting to go through a HeelFaceTurn, fully switches sides as a result.]]

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* Played for laughs in the movie ''Film/{{Bananas}}'', where a felon rushes into a courtroom to confess his crime, but when he realizes this was the wrong trial, makes a break for it.
* In the climax of ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'' where Patricia "confesses" to Joe that she loves him... right before he is supposed to face his titular opponent.
--> '''Patricia''': I love you.
-->'''Joe''': I love you, too! I've never been in love with anybody before, either! It's great! I'm glad! ...But the timing stinks. I gotta go.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* In ''Series/TheATeam'', Season 5 "Family Reunion", Murdock finds out partway through the episode that one of their clients for the episode, A.J. Bancroft, is Face's DisappearedDad. Bancroft begs Murdock to let him break the news, but he can never quite work up the nerve and dies before managing to do it. This leaves Murdock to tell Face about it. As Face has always been upset about never having a family growing up, he understandably does not react well.
*In an episode of ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm", Larry confesses something to a mechanic just before he's about to fix Jeff's classic car, causing the mechanic to refuse fixing it, and he can't find any others who work on such cars.
* In the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' episode "I Kissed A Girl" Puck is comforting Quinn when she feels unworthy of love and has depression after giving their child up for adoption. Puck chooses this moment to tell her that he slept with Shelby, the woman who adopted their child and Quinn's best friend's mom.
* At the end of one episode of ''Series/NecessaryRoughness'', Dani finally realizes that she still has strong feelings for Matthew and goes to him to confess her love. Matthew, who's since moved on to a relationship that he's happy with, is less than appreciative.
* ''{{Seinfeld}}'':
** George confesses to his girlfriend that she's pretentious, and so she goes crazy-- right while she's in the middle of doing Jerry's taxes, causing her to throw all his accounts away.
** In the first half of the GrandFinale, the private plane bearing Jerry, George, Kramer, and Elaine seems to be dropping into a crash landing, and while they all panic, George confesses to Jerry that he cheated in their [[ADateWithRosiePalms contest]], which means Jerry was the real winner. Afterwards, Elaine starts to make a confession to Jerry as well, but before she tells him, the plane stabilizes, and all is well again.

[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
* A plot point in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. Just as Sweeney is about to kill [[spoiler:Judge Turpin]], Anthony bursts in and blurts out the fact that Johanna [[spoiler:(the Judge's ward, who he intends to marry and is insanely possessive of)]] has agreed to [[LoveConfession elope with him.]] Cue a massive OhCrap moment. Not only does it foil [[spoiler:Anthony]]'s own rescue mission, it also robs Sweeney of his chance to revenge himself on the Judge, tipping him into a HeroicBSOD.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* {{Defied}} in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. Luke considers telling Tear he loves her, [[spoiler: but because he is SecretlyDying and will not likely survive the final battle, he decides not to tell her because it'll hurt Tear.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' Episode 4, Ben finally decides to tell Kenny about [[spoiler:his dealings with the bandits which led to the death of Katjaa and Duck]] while walkers, that were accidentally let in thanks to him, are trying to break in. Kenny becomes furious and tries to attack Ben, but he was held back so he decides to not let him on the boat when they escape. And before escaping the area, [[spoiler:Lee has to decide Ben's fate to live or die and Kenny silently encourages Lee to let him die.]]

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Season 10 "Rubbernecker", Roger and Klaus accidentally spill some wine on the new couch and they try to cover it up. Their cover gets blown by an insurance adjuster who's investigating Stan's story and Rogers pins the blame on Klaus. Roger calls Stan to confess that he was the one who spilled the wine on the couch but he called during the time the insurance adjuster was investigating Stan's car and he finds Stan's phone in his car with photos to prove that Stan has committed insurance fraud.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Love and Rockets", Bender has been dating the Planet Express ship's AI, and decides to break up with her while the crew is trying to escape from angry Omnicronians. The ship is so distraught she gets hit, leaving the crew stranded in space. Later, Bender said "the moment seemed right" and he likes his break-ups to be as devastating as possible.
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'', Alejandro invokes this several times to mess with the other team:
** In "Newf Kids on the Rock", a cursed DJ has to kiss a fish for a challenge and he notices that the fish has a Egyptian symbol on it. Alejandro tells him that that kissing the fish will break his Egyptian curse, but by the end of the episode it's revealed that Alejandro drew the symbol on the fish. In "Jamaica Me Sweat", with DJ believing that the curse is lifted, he starts doing well in the competition and he believes he can win. But when Alejandro "accidentally" confessed to Tyler about the truth about the fish with DJ standing behind him, DJ starts doing poorly and eventually gets eliminated.
** In "Greece's Pieces", he invokes Tyler into doing this during the competition to create a rift between Gwen and Courtney, who were starting to become friends. Tyler witnessed Duncan and Gwen kissing each other despite [[YourCheatingHeart Duncan being in a relationship with Courtney]]. Before the tie breaker match can begin, when Tyler reveals the kiss to everyone, Courtney became furious at Gwen. And while their team won the challenge, Courtney began trying to sabotage her own team into losing so she can vote Gwen off.

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