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* In ''[[X-Men|The Uncanny X-Men]]'', Madelyne Pryor once took time out from being ''tortured'' to have a chat to a friend. Okay, to a demon.
* When [[Batgirl]] and [[Supergirl]] are being [[It Makes Sense in Context|strangled by Dracula]] in issue #14 of the ''Batgirl'' series, Batgirl tries to apologize for how their night out has been sidetracked.
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'''Supergirl:''' [[That's What She Said|That's what she said.]]<br />
'''Batgirl:''' You're funny.<br />
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** The Stephanie Brown Batgirl is an expert at this, often sharing wisecracks with her mission control while in the middle of a fight.
* The [[Young Avengers]] ''so'' much.
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'''Stature:''' We usually manage to do both at the same time. We're that good.
'''Speed:''' I'll try to keep up. }}
* ''[[Boneyard]]'' does this a few times
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The [[Doom Comic]] is filled with Casual Danger ''Monologues''.
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* [[Enemy of My Enemy]], a brilliant Halo 3 fanfic has Shipmaster Vtan, alone with a jammed weapon, hearing the enemy charging at his position and absently remarking, "Disconcerting."
* In ''[[Oh God Not Again (Fanfic)|Oh God Not Again]]'', this is often used by Harry (along with a great deal of [[Sarcasm Mode|sarcasm]]) every time he and Voldemort have a showdown.
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'''Harry:''' I've been taught to drop my wand and summon snakes. Our dueling club was kind of substandard. }}
* In ''[[Hogyoku Ex Machina]]'', [[Bleach|Ichigo]], [[Super-Powered Evil Side|his hollow]] and [[Grumpy Old Man|Yamamoto]] discuss whether or not it's possible to {{spoiler|bind two [[Empathic Weapon|zapakuto]] to a [[Shinigami]] at once.}} All while {{spoiler|Tensa Zangetsu and Muramasa}} try to kill each other about 20 feet away.
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== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'': After the submarine is swallowed by an [[Eldritch Abomination]].
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'''John:''' Serve tea.
'''Paul:''' Lovely. }}
* A [[Crowning Moment of Funny|classic]] moment of the first type in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]],'' all [[Deadpan Snarker|massively deadpan]]:
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'''Kuzco:''' Don't tell me. We're about to go over a [[Inevitable Waterfall|huge waterfall]].<br />
'''Pacha:''' Yep.<br />
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* Jake and Elwood engage in these during both [[Drives Like Crazy|epic]] [[Hot Pursuit|police]] [[Lemming Cops|chases]] in the first ''[[Blues Brothers]]''. Not once do they acknowledge the police or the ridiculousness of the situation, instead commenting on interesting items and sales ''while driving through a shopping mall.'', including lines like "Pier 1 Imports. This mall’s got everything" and "The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year."
* Whenever anybody in ''[[Star Wars]]'' gets into a fight, they're unusually calm about it. "[[Catch Phrase|I have a bad feeling about this]]", anyone?
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'''Luke:''' Same as always.
'''Han:''' That bad, eh? }}
** Also of note: in ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'', Obi-Wan enters Grievous' room, which is filled with battle droids... and says "Hello, there." ([[Call Forward|The same words as]] [[A New Hope|his first appearance]] in the original trilogy.)
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** Ironically, the advice Indy gives the student is to read V. (Vere) Gordon Childe, a passionate and well-known Marxist - while being hotly pursued by a couple of Commie thugs...
* From the movie ''[[Twister]]'':
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'''Bill:''' No!
'''Jo:''' Then would ''you''?
'''Bill:''' ''(noticing truck has drifted off the road and is about to run into a parked vehicle)'' Whoa! }}
* Very common in ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'', but averted in one famous scene: Butch gets annoyed when Sundance finally shows some emotion about being chased for days and cornered on a cliff overlooking a raging river.
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'''Sundance:''' I can't swim!
'''Butch:''' ''(pause, then raucous laughter)'' Are you crazy?! The fall will probably kill you! }}
* Mocked mercilessly in ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]''. One section shows British army officers in Africa completely ignoring a raging battle ''in their own camp'' [[Stiff Upper Lip|in order to have their morning tea]].
** In ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' there is a character played by Eric Idle who casually tells the man sending him off to be crucified that he's been set free and then laughs and cheerily admits he was yanking his chain when the man believes him, and walks off to get his cross. Later he asks the guards what the hold up is and japes, "How 'bout a reach-around? We've got time." Upon being put up on the cross he tells Brian, "See? Not so bad once you're up."
* Similarly mocked in ''[[Carry On]] Up the Khyber'' where the Governor and his family are having a sit-down meal while the natives are massacring the guards outside. It leads to this immortal line:
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* ''[[Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]''. Imagine, if you will, the American president speaking over the telephone to the Soviet Premier in an extremely timid, friendly voice:
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* In the 2005 remake of ''[[The Producers]]'', when Franz is pointing a gun at Max and Leo, Max quips to Leo "Remember when I said I'd tell you when we were in too deep? We're in too deep." (Also said in the stage show.)
* Played straight and averted in ''[[Get Smart (film)|Get Smart]]'' (2008). While chasing a bad guy, Max drives the pursuit vehicle through various hazards. When the car finally stops, a swordfish from a sign they crashed through has narrowly missed impaling the Chief. Throughout the chase, Max is discussing the broader situation and essentially oblivious to the car's surroundings, while the Chief is noticeably anxious about the various near-misses, especially the swordfish.
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'''Chief:''' I don't know, are you thinking "[[Precision F-Strike|Holy shit holy shit]] a swordfish almost went through my head!"? Because if so, then yes, I'm thinking what you're thinking. }}
* ''[[True Lies]]''. When Harry and his wife are tied up by the bad guys, she asks if they're going to die. Harry listlessly replies "Yep," then continues with "They're gonna shoot us in the head or they're gonna torture us to death or they're gonna leave us here when the bomb blows up..." To be fair, he's under the influence of truth serum at the time, but still, this is nothing out of the ordinary for him.
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*** Note that the former was the set-up for the latter, establishing the fact that he was, in fact, unable to lie: "They've given me a truth serum." "Is it working?" "Ask me something you know I'd lie to." "Are we going to die?" "Yup!"
* The bus chase in ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy Returns]]'' has some. Namely, it starts off with this:
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'''Ardeth:''' Glad to see me now?
'''Rick:''' Just like old times. }}
::And it ends with this...
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'''Ardeth:''' This was my first bus ride. }}
* At the climax of ''[[North by Northwest]]'', Roger and Eve engage in witty banter while dangling by their fingertips from Mt. Rushmore.
* In [[Foreign Correspondent]], three characters chasing after a gun-wielding assassin discuss, among other things, the weather and the spelling of the driver's name.
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"No, just a straight 'fuh'." }}
* Egon Spengler from ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' is a master of this, almost to the point where he sounds bored even when he's supposedly being emotional.
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'''Egon:''' Sorry, Venkman, I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought. }}
** In the videogame, when he and the Rookie encounter a serial killer's ghost in the elevator they were in, he expresses it in a [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]] fashion.
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* In the ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' movie, regardless of whether they're hovering over a [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|doomy canyon of doom]], or trying to thread narrow walkways with falling pillars, Justin and Alex still find time to snark incessantly at each other.
* In the movie adaptation of ''[[Angels and Demons]]'', Robert Langdon has this to say upon finding himself locked in a hermetically sealed vault in the Vatican Library with no incoming oxygen because the power is being cycled throughout Vatican City:
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* In ''The Bourne Identity'', the always understated title character is in the middle of a high speed chase, being pursued by the entire Parisian constabulary. Trying to keep calm for the benefit of his shell-shocked passenger, he remarks that "We're going to have... er... a little bump here." before driving a Mini Cooper down three flights of stairs.
* In ''The Lost World: [[Jurassic Park]]'', Ian Malcolm, Sarah Harding and Nick van Owen are stuck inside a two-section bus that has partly been pushed of a huge cliff (they're in the hanging part, of course), the bus is slipping, the glass window on the low end of the bus already broke, and oh yeah, the tyrannosaurus that pushed the bus to its current position is still around, with his partner, and the one remaining party member that could help them is apparently too nervous to know what to do, as this exchange proves:
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"A rope! Get us a rope!!"
"Anything else?!"
''([[Beat]])'' "Yeah. Three double-cheeseburgers with everything" [...] "No onions on mine..." [...] "And an apple turnover!" }}
* Taken to something of an extreme in the 1992 film ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]''. As Major Heyward is dragged away to be burned alive in place of Cora Munro, he responds to Hawkeye's protests with a hurried, but nonetheless perfectly polite: "My compliments, sir. Take her and get out."
* In ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', Kermit The Frog is informed that Miss Piggy's been kidnapped. Doc Hopper orders Kermy to step outside the hotel ..."My boys will meet you there". Kermit obeys ... and is immediately surrounded by goons levelling their shotguns at him.
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* ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man 2]]'' gives us the immortal "Hi... This is really heavy..."
** It also gave us the train conductor sarcastically asking "got any more bright ideas?" When Spidey's first attempt to stop the runaway train fails. Because imminent death is no reason to stop being a smartass.
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** "Are those little hearts?"
* In ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', the dialogue between Inigo and the Man In Black as the latter is trying to climb the [[Climbing the Cliffs of Insanity]] alone, with his bare hands, probably counts.
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'''Man in Black:''' Look, I don't mean to be rude but this is not as easy as it looks, so I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't distract me.
'''Inigo:''' Sorry.
'''Man in Black:''' Thank you.
'''Inigo:''' I don't suppose you could speed things up?
'''Man in Black:''' If you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find something useful to do.
'''Inigo:''' I could do that. I have some rope up here, but I do not think you would accept my help, since I am only waiting around to kill you.
'''Man in Black:''' That does put a damper on our relationship. }}
** Then they spend their entire duel complimenting each other's skill in swordsmanship and discussing fencing techniques.
* In the intro of ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', one of Lord Blackwood's men attempts to sneak up on Holmes, only to be ambushed and put into a choke-hold by Watson. As Sherlock grabs and holds the man's nose to keep him from breathing further, Holmes and Watson have a rather pleasant conversation.
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'''Holmes:''' I just picked it up.
'''Watson:''' Did you remember your revolver?
'''Holmes:''' Ah. Knew I forgot something. Thought I'd left the stove on.
'''Watson:''' You did.
(Man passes out.) }}
* Wade Wilson in ''[[X Men Origins: Wolverine|X Men Origins Wolverine]]. After blasting their way into a high security facillity and just before he blasts into a room of guards armed with machine guns he quips at his boss
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'''Stryker:''' Just shut it. You're up next.
'''Wilson:''' Thank you sir. You look really nice today. It's the green, brings out the seriousness in your eyes.
'''Logan:''' Oh my god do you ever shut up pal?
'''Wilson:''' No. Not when I'm awake. }}
* The final conversation over the radio between Steve and Peggy in ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]''. They were making plans to go dancing, even when they both know Steve [[Tear Jerker|isn't going to make it.]] (Of course, this was a given both in [[In Medias Res|the film's setup]] and the history of the character)
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* ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers 1998]]'' relies ''too'' heavily on this trope, as virtually no one shows any amount of emotion at any point in the entire movie despite being in mortal danger.
* ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'' has a lot of this as well. It's justified in a way, due to the fact that, though they had greater numbers, the Chitauri weren't exactly impressive fighters. Though the casual banter does go down significantly as the battle goes on.
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== Literature ==
* Even [[Rudyard Kipling]] did this. In ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]]'', when the villagers are turning against Mowgli for his [[Raised by Wolves]] behaviour, it's the wolf Akela who first recognises how much trouble Mowgli is in.
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"More sorcery!" shouted the villagers. "He can turn bullets. Buldeo, that was thy buffalo."
"Now what is this?" said Mowgli, bewildered, as the stones flew thicker.
"They are not unlike the Pack, these brothers of thine," said Akela, sitting down composedly. "It is in my head that, if bullets mean anything, they would cast thee out." }}
* Averted rather brutally in [[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows]]. {{spoiler|Poor Fred.}}
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* A fine example in Dumas' ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]''. At the siege of La Rochelle, d'Artagnan and his friends go and have breakfast in a bastion in the middle of the battleground just so they can talk without worrying about the Cardinal's spies overhearing them. They win a bet by holding the bastion for the length of the meal, too.
* What with his [[Badass|not being at all afraid of death]], Jaime Lannister elevates this to an art form in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]:
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'''Crossbowman:''' [[Animal Motif|Lion, Wolf or Fish?]]<br />
'''Jaime:''' [[Casual Danger Dialogue|We'd hoped for capon.]] }}
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* In the various books of the [[X Wing Series]], Rogue Squadron is notably quieter on missions than when they're off duty. The same goes for the Wraiths - but unless someone's hit, they'll still try to have some back-and-forth. Wedge is often heard telling his squadron, "Cut the chatter".
* ''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]'' has Luke commanding in a battle where everything pretty much goes to hell. He's ''incredibly'' calm about the whole thing, and soothes officers who aren't taking it as well. He also records an emergency signal to be broadcast on loop. The narration mentions that his voice is low and "preternaturally calm".
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* [[Colt Regan]] and his partner Alex Have discussions about things like jello while in demon infested bars.
* In ''[[The Diamond Age]]'', Carl Hollywood and an old British military man keep up a line of casual wisecracks while fighting their way through a rioting city. Hollywood understands that it's to maintain their courage.
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* Pick any episode of ''[[M*A*S*H|Mash]]'' in which there are firefights, shelling of the camp, shelling of an ambulance, shelling of a jeep, landmine navigation, snipers, massive amounts of casualties, insane people, or violent patients (in other words, close to three-quarters of all episodes). There ''will'' be massive quantities of [[Casual Danger Dialogue|this trope]] being produced during every minute of the episode, often in the form of Hawkeye insulting Frank or Charles and flirting with Maragaret while Trapper or BJ makes [[Deadpan Snarker|wisecracks]] and Henry or Potter yell at them to shut up and pay attention, all while they operate on seriously injured patients and bombs fall all around the camp.
* ''[[Firefly]]'' on numerous occasions. Most notably in the episode War Stories, when Mal and Wash argue about shipboard romance while being horribly tortured. Earlier in the episode, when the two are ambushed and held at gunpoint, Wash's response is an annoyed, "Now I'm learning about scary."
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'''Jayne''': "I don't wanna explode."
'''Zoe''': "Hey Cap'n, we crashing again?"
'''Mal''': "Talk to your husband." }}
** And the exchange as they're landing, "I'll likely crash, kill us all." "Well, if that happens, let me know."
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'''Wash:''' ''(deadpan)'' Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die? }}
* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Bad Girls", in the middle of fighting some vampires, Faith asks Buffy if she has ever slept with Xander.
** Lampshaded in the season 7 episode "Bring on the Night," where Xander's making jokes while the Potentials are scared to death waiting for night to fall and the übervamp to come crashing in:
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* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] on ''[[Chuck]]'' when Chuck criticizes Casey for doing this.
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* ''[[Farscape]]'', quite a few times. On one occasion John drops a bomb down a shaft after activating it, knowing it will probably kill them all:
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'''Chiana:''' And then it explodes?
'''John:''' Yeah.
'''Chiana:''' A big explosion?
''(John grunts noncommittally; the nuke hurtles, chittering furiously, down the newly created shaft; suddenly, John remembers the Democracy Thing.)''
'''John:''' Oh. God -- we should have voted. ''(louder, desultorily)'' All in favor -- show of hands. ''(he raises his and the others stare at him; then Aeryn and Scorpius raise theirs -- a little)'' All opposed. ''(Chiana and D'Argo cast their votes)'' 3 to 2 -- Sikozu abstains.
(Later)
'''Rygel:''' Crichton! What the hezmana just happened? Where are you, you fahrbot? Did you blow up the bomb? HOW COULD YOU BLOW UP THE BOMB?
'''John:''' You missed the vote. }}
* ''[[Generation Kill]]'' plays this both brutally straight and ''absolutely'' realistically. When Colbert spots hostiles camping no more than a dozen meters from their Humvees, his response is an incredibly calm "There's men in the trees." Beforehand, during the tense moment when the Humvees stop and create their traffic jam, Colbert is notably aware of how much of a perfect ambush place this is, and is calmly ''singing'' to himself while waiting for something to happen.
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** Nate Fick does this as well in the same scene, diving out of his vehicle and running to ''each of the others'' to give the drivers specific instructions. He's in as much, if not more danger than Person. One can actually hear Gunny Wynn in the background shout "Jesus ''Christ,'' Nate!"
* On ''[[Top Gear]]'', Jeremy Clarkson spends the entirety of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLhnLJl4TZA a film] ''in which he is chased by baddies in a Corvette through a shopping center'' reviewing aspects of the Ford Fiesta he is driving and commenting on the shortcomings of the more powerful 'Vette.
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* In an early ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode, the safety film in the long-distance lift is acted by a stereotypically smiley and bubbly air hostess type:
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In the event of the lift having to make a forced landing, death is certain." }}
* Characters, especially Sawyer, do this all the time on ''[[Lost]]''. For example, the following dialogue takes place while Juliet and Sawyer are hiding in the bushes from a group who just attacked them with [[Arrows on Fire|flaming arrows]]:
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'''Juliet:''' You want me to crawl out there and ask 'em?
'''Sawyer:''' You don't have to be a wiseass. }}
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': SG-1 do this a lot.
** Notably, more than once Mitchell responded to a scary Ori's angry preaching with complaining that the Ori sound like his grandma. Sam also once responded to the threat of being run over with a ''spaceship'' with [[Oh Crap|"Oh boy."]]
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and inverted in the episode "Bad Guys" when our heroes are pretending to be, well, the bad guys.
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'''Daniel''': What the hell are you doing?! Stop it!
'''Hesellven''': She started it.
'''Sylvana''': Oh. I think you started it when you kissed Harron.
'''Daniel''': Shut up. Shut up! You're hostages! This is like a, a life-and-death situation here. Start acting like it.
'''Sylvana''': Oh, please. You're not rebels. We're not deaf, you know, everyone in this room knows it.
'''Daniel''': That doesn't matter. You're hostages, we're... we're your captors. We're heavily armed. There's uh... there's rules, there's a whole school of etiquette to this. (pause) Don't eyeball me. }}
* When Alan Partridge of his eponymous British TV show is held hostage and in a head-lock by a mad fan, Jed, who insists that Alan visit Jed's s brother-in-law next weekend:
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'''Alan:''' Erm...
'''Jed:''' Go on, have a guess.
'''Alan:''' Er, Nottingham?
'''Jed:''' No.
'''Alan:''' ''(hoarsely)'' Oh. Er... Chester?
'''Jed:''' ''(slightly releases his grip)'' Where?
'''Alan:''' Ches-? Chester. Near north Wales off the M56. }}
* Though not usually commenting on danger to himself, ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' is nevertheless absurdly calm when nearby patients show catastrophic symptoms. For example, in the 4th season episode "97 Seconds", House watches a clinic patient stab an electrical outlet to electrocute himself. Fitting his personality, he's more curious than concerned, first saying "Interesting." before doing anything else. After calling for a crash cart he pokes the man's lifeless body with his cane and says "I didn't do it."
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* Mulder has a tendency to do this in ''[[The X-Files]]''. In the episode "The Pine Bluff Variant", while trying to infiltrate a domestic terrorist group, he is led to a darkened warehouse where the one of the leaders attempts to see whether or not Mulder is a spy for the F.B.I. When the bag that was covering Mulder's head is removed and he sees where he is, he quips "Is this the Pepsi Challenge?" When the leader remarks that this is a method he uses to learn the truth, Mulder's response is "Well, you might want to put that hood back on, unless you want to see a grown man cry."
** And then there's this classic, when Mulder and Scully are examining a weird viscous substance:
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'''Scully''': It almost smells like...(''realizes'') Oh, God, Mulder, it's bile.
'''Mulder''': ...So, is there any way I can get this off my fingers quickly without betraying my cool exterior? }}
* [[Scrapheap Challenge]] once had a fine example of British [[Understatement]]. "Could I have some water, please?" "Certainly, how much would you like?" "Enough to put out a small fire." "Where would you like it?" "On the fire, please." (The requester had set a seat on fire while welding in a car. Possibly scripted, but still funny.)
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** The "maturity" of a companion can be calculated from their ability to small-talk in the face of danger.
*** Of course, not all of The Doctor's companions appreciate this ability when they're in distress.
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* In ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', [[Emotionless Girl|Cameron]], being, well, [[Robot Girl|Cameron]], only speaks this way in combat situations. At one point, she's pinning another Terminator in place that's trying to crush her and kill everyone else, asks for a knife and then pliers to extract its chip in the same tone one would order coffee. Later on, after punching another rampaging Terminator through a wall and blowing it apart, she glances to Derek and remarks "Sometimes they go bad." as if she'd just stepped on an insect.
* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "Space Seed," Khan wakes up and holds a scalpel to Doctor [[The McCoy|McCoy]]'s neck, who had been treating him. [[The McCoy|McCoy]] calmly informs Khan of the most efficient way to kill him, and that if he doesn't intend to actually do it, he should put the blade down and let him finish his work. It was incredibly awesome.
* [[The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries]] was ''filled'' with this:
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'''Joe:''' Me? You're the oldest.
'''Frank:''' Yeah, but you're more agile than me, and stronger.
'''Joe:''' Since ''when?''
'''Frank:''' Since right now. }}
* [[Person of Interest]] is a serious drama, but will use this trope for subtle humor in nearly every episode.
* ''[[Breakout Kings]]'' gives us a particularly weird example when some kidnappers make their terrified victim call home:
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* In the season 2 finale of ''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]'', Alex and Sean spend the whole episode trying to stop the bad guy from melting down a nuclear reactor in the US. Sean also spends the whole episode trying to get Alex to agree to go on a date with him:
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'''Alex:''' Are you kidding me? }}
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* Though it may be an artifact of the nature of the song, C.W.McCall's ''Wolf Creek Pass'' has this bit in a near deadpan:
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** In the Overlord DLC opening mission, Shepard and his squad look up to see the giant satellite dish they just disabled starting to collapse on them. Shepard's reaction is a simple "You have ''got'' to be kidding me."
** Shepard and Tali engage in some of this in [[Mass Effect 3]] on the Geth Dreadnought if they are in a romance together, including some pretty suggestive flirting. If you bring Ashley, she has this to say:
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* Balthier, from ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', deserves an honorable mention, for his behavior in the first level of the DS sequel, if nothing else.
** Also, in FFXII, if Balthier is killed, one of the quotes he may utter ''as he dies'' is a calm "Is that your best?"
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* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'', during one event where the characters are being chased, there is a series of skits in which Tenebrae suggests a "Speaking Ban" because he feels the dialogue in the skits themselves is interfering with escape (ironically, it also prevents him from gloating over its success)
** For a JRPG, this happens quite a few times in the [[Tales of Symphonia|original game]], usually when [[Butt Monkey|Zelos is involved]].
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Lloyd (to Zelos): "...He just called you a fool."
[[Emotionless Girl|Presea]]: "Zelos is...clumsy."<br />
Zelos: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"Oh man, I am so sad right now."]] }}
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** Snake and Venus did it first, in [[Metal Gear Acid|Metal Gear Ac!d]]<sup>2</sup>; while the game's villain monologues about his motives, the two of them calmly chat about how to destroy the Metal Gear he's piloting and ask him to shut up when they get bored.
* In ''[[Alan Wake]]'', while Alan and Barry are holding off waves of Taken from [[It Makes Sense in Context|a concert stage]], Barry talks about things like the large amount of ammo around, the pyrotechnics, and how bad this 1970's-era wiring is. But this takes the cake:
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'''Alan:''' They are trying to kill us! ''That's'' the high point of my life? Really?<br />
'''Barry:''' [[Crowning Music of Awesome|"Children of the Elder God"!]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}7M1k1tgq87g Enjoy it], dammit! }}
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*** But considering the most useful way of finding spies, it might just be commonplace to him by now.
** Also, the Sniper in Meet the Sniper.
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* ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]'' is full of this. Fighting an army of ninjas is apparently good fuel for the wit.
* In ''[[Portal 2]]'', the main protagonist falls down a seemingly bottomless shaft, with GLaDOS {{spoiler|1=falling down with her after having her AI transferred to a potato battery by the [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|now-mad-with-power]] Wheatley, and}} commenting on the situation.
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* Dante from ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' lives this trope, especially in 3 and 4.
* ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'' has [[Dialog During Gameplay]] that the player can engage in - in which York talks to his imaginary friend Zach - while driving around town, which is normally a safe activity. However, after midnight, zombies infest the town and giant zombie dogs are in the streets. The [[Dialog During Gameplay]] doesn't stop despite this, and the result is that you can drive around and talk to your imaginary friend, holding conversations about movies and previously worked-on cases, while seeming to be totally oblivious to the numerous zombies and demon dogs trying to kill you.
* Quake4: In an overheard radio message a Marine relatively calmly informs command ''he has a hole in his chest'' (paraphrased):
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'''Radio operator:''' Who is this? I can't get a read on your med chip.
'''Marine:''' My med chip was damaged.
'''Radio operator:''' What? That chip is installed near your heart!
'''Marine:''' I know, I can see it. }}
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** Well, this is Elan's designated role as the party's bard. But just about everyone does this anyway, since most are [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarkers]] and [[Talking Is a Free Action]]. No mere action sequence is going to slow down the puns. Belkar is especially prone to it.
** It seems to run in the family - Nale is quite capable of nonchalantly disregarding the most fearsome of his opponents.
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* On [http://deadwinter.cc/page/269.htm this page] of ''[[Dead Winter]]'', Liz and Alice have a discussion about pacifism, as they nonchalantly smash in the brains of a zombie who tried to sneak up on them.
* No surprise with the [[Superhero]] [[Web Comic]] ''[[Acrobat]]''. He even does this once {{spoiler|when Magnum was being [[People Puppets|remote controlled by their common enemy.]]}}
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* Rob from the web fiction serial ''[[Dimension Heroes]]'' is notorious for cracking stupid jokes before, during, or after most battles, usually leading to him being smacked upside the head by Wyn.
* [[Mary Sue|Chaka]] is definitely the guiltiest party of the members of Team Kimba, in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]''. When super-powered ninjas attacked on Parents' Day, she stopped to hassle the ninja leader about his technique, then collected the throwing stars being hurled at her and handed them out to her little brother and Tennyo's younger brother.
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** Basically, ''all'' of Team Kimba, except Lancer, who is stuck playing team leader. Their instructors in Team Tactics have been getting on their case about it. When attacked by a stream of lethal robots in a simulation of Crucible's supervillain lair, they pretty much have a contest to see who can come up with the best robot joke.
* In the ''[[Hardly Working]]'' episode ''Emergency Flirt'' Pat start flirtingvwith the animal control operator, and forgets about the tiger trying to eat them all.
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* In ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' episode "Escape to the House of Mummies, Part II", spiked walls are closing in on Doc, Brock, and the boys. They're unbelievably calm about it (it's hinted that they've encountered this situation dozens of times before, but still...), except for Doc, who is only slightly more aggravated than usual. At one point, Hank sits atop a spike and "rides" the wall.
** Another good example from the same episode:
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'''Dr. Venture:''' Give me head!
'''Villain:''' You didn't just say that.
'''Dr. Venture:''' I absolutely did. What are you gonna do about it?
'''Villain:''' I'm...about to kill your sons...
'''Dr Venture:''' Join the club! }}
* [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] and other ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' characters are fond of throwing little asides at the audience during tense moments. One notable example: in ''Hair-Raising Hare'', Bugs is barricading a door with a monster on the other side and shouts frantically "Is there a doctor in the house?" When [[Born in the Theatre|one stands up]], Bugs merely give him his [[Catch Phrase]] "Eh, what's up, Doc?" The [[Catch Phrase]] is also delivered with total cool when Elmer is pointing a gun at him. When they were first created, ''Bugs Bunny'' cartoons were funny because of all the responses the audience expected from a rabbit facing a hunter, casual flippancy wasn't even on the list.
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** Being a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], ''Deadpool'''s rambling is even more distracting than Spider-Man's. Even [[Disability Superpower|Daredevil]] is fooled.
* In one particularly memorable scene of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', Superman and Batman are fighting a group of anonymous masked criminals while casually talking about Captain Marvel, a new member of the League. About halfway through the scene, one of the heroes suddenly realizes something:
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'''Superman:''' To take over the world... Or rob banks. I forget. ''(beat up bad guys)'' But, back to Captain Marvel... }}
** Another [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|example]] from ''Justice League Unlimited'': Batman has been forced to eject from his jet, and the enemy has destroyed the ejector seat (which presumably contained his parachute). As he is ''plummeting to his death,'' he says in a completely calm, deadpan voice:
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''(falling)''
'''Batman:''' Since I can't fly.
''(still falling)''
'''Batman:''' At all.
''(seconds from hitting the ground)''
'''Batman:''' Now would be good.
''([[Not the Fall That Kills You|Superman swoops in to catch him just before impact]])'' }}
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' -- [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] #243: Zhao and Iroh are discussing invasion plans when Hahn [[With Catlike Tread|unmasks himself and charges them with a spear]]. Zhao throws him off the ship without missing a beat and calmly continues talking.
** Iroh gets one too when a bunch of Dai-Li agents attack him out of nowhere and he simply takes a sip of tea then asks them if they know why he is called the "Dragon of the West".
* Episode "You Only Move Twice" from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has Homer and Scorpio having a conversation about Homer's family being unhappy in their new town while the army is invading Scorpio's headquarters.
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''(dons a flame thrower and goes back into the fray)'' }}
** From the ''[[The Shining]]'' parody in "Treehouse of Horror V":
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'''Marge:''' I guess we're just gonna have to wait and see. }}
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' and [[Sidekick]]/boyfriend Ron are so used to the danger around them that they carry on casual conversations while sneaking into [[Supervillain Lair|Supervillain Lairs]], fighting the bad guys, or even discuss their relationship ''while the [[Super Villain|villain]] aims a [[Death Ray]] at their heads''. Often Kim has to tell her sidekick to focus on the [[Evil Plan|matter at hand]].
** In one instance, Ron was fighting Kim (his body controlled by a bad guy) when they argue about a misunderstanding. The dialog includes the lines "Oh, this is our first fight." and "I never meant to hurt you." as Ron throws Kim over a table.
** From the same show, Ninja/[[Yamato Nadeshiko]] Yori is like this by nature, most likely as a product of her training. From the episode "Big Bother":
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'''Yori:''' Hmm. This is a mild setback.
'''Kim:''' Calm in the face of danger much? }}
** The time the Go siblings walk into Electronique's trap, it comes across more as simple obliviousness:
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** Kim and Shego also often have a little chit-chat while fighting, often about fashion, or complimenting Drakken on actually being competent for once.
* Multiple people on ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' do this -- a notorious example being singing while plummeting towards Earth at insane speeds -- but [[Deadpan Snarker|Noah]] and [[Delinquent|Duncan]] do it an awful lot.
* ''[[Family Guy]]''. Stewie Griffin, being a [[Deadpan Snarker]], and also insane, does this a lot. A classic example:
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'''Brian:''' What?
'''Stewie:''' I said the mountains are the same color as the--WHOA!
'''Brian:''' What was that?
'''Stewie:''' I'm practicing my comedy crash! }}
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Marsala]] is generally prone to this in ''[[Exo Squad]]'', e.g. this gem:
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'''J.T. Marsh:''' Can you fly?
'''Marsala:''' I presume you mean "in an [[Humongous Mecha|E-frame]]"?<br />
'''J.T. Marsh:''' Great. Of all times, you pick ''now'' to find a sense of humor? }}
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* In 1908-09, Douglas Mawson and Professor Edgeworth David were part of an Antarctic expedition. Mawson was working in the tent one day when the Professor asked if he was busy. Mawson said yes. A few minutes later, Professor David asked again, explaining apologetically, as Mawson quotes him, "I am so sorry to disturb you, Mawson, but I am down a crevasse and I really don't think I can hold on much longer."
* From the Battle of Waterloo:
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'''The Duke of Wellington:''' [[Captain Obvious|By God, sir, so you have.]] }}
* [[Theodore Roosevelt]] was campaigning in Wisconsin in 1912 when he was shot right before giving a speech. [[Pocket Protector|The speech, folded up in his pocket, slowed the bullet and sapped its lethality]]. Not fazed by a mere bullet, and being familiar with human anatomy, Roosevelt deduced the bullet had not done severe damage and [[Made of Iron|finished his speech, standing up, for 90 minutes before seeking medical attention]]. In the end the bullet was left in because removing it would have been too dangerous. This might more properly be a case of [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Casual Danger Monologue]], however.
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* A real-life example of this may have cost some lives in the Korean War: an American commander, upon being told by the British 29th Infantry Brigade that things were "[[Stiff Upper Lip|a bit sticky]]," ordered the unit to remain in place and continue to defend the river, not knowing that "a bit sticky" meant "outnumbered 70,000 to 4,000, situation critical."
** In fairness the British commander ''did'' ask for backup or permission to withdraw as well.
** Andrew Marr, ''A History of Modern Britain'':
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* According to mountain climber David Brashears, he has ''never'' heard another climber scream as he/she fell. If they say anything at all it's a brief, warning to those below, like "Falling!"
** Well if you're doing it right, the ropes will arrest your fall and prevent any injury. There probably is more danger from falling into somebody else than from the fall itself.
* In 1982, British Airways Flight 9 encountered a cloud of volcanic ash which sand-blasted the aircraft's windows and choked all four of its engines with rock fragments causing them all to flame out. The aircraft was reduced to gliding over the ocean, miles away from the nearest airport (or indeed land), with little hope of relighting the apparently dead engines, and the point rapidly approaching where the only option left was ditching (a maneuver never attempted in a 747, and one that has far more often than not gone horribly wrong on other models of airliner). Amid their frantic attempts to restart the engines the crew did manage to find the time to make the following announcement (called "a masterpiece of [[Understatement]]") to the passengers:
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** Though by this point the danger was long gone, it is still amusing that the people on that plane called themselves the "Galunggung Gliding Club" (the ash came from Mount Galunggung and they had glided out of the cloud).
** In fact, all airline pilots are told to sound as calm and casual as possible when announcing during an emergency, and indeed, only to use the intercom if it is absolutely necessary.
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