# What is this Trope called? The No-Look Look.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 13, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-trope-called-the-no-look-look/788818 "2017-06-13T00:02:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-trope-called-the-no-look-look/788818/1 "2017-06-13T00:02:17Z")

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Half-in-the-bag, a very fun movie review show commented on this trope, calling it, “The No-look look”. It’s where someone interrupts someone and they shut them down by answering without looking. Honestly, they filmed their own version and it makes it clear.

[Watch from 8 minutes in to about 8:25 to get what he means.](https://youtu.be/rgRaI8UPovU?t=478)

8:16 is their actual reenactment.

This has to have been documented already, but what is it called on the TVtropes web site?

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-trope-called-the-no-look-look/788818/2 "2017-06-13T01:10:14Z")

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It’s the defining characteristic of the [Contemplative Boss](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContemplativeBoss).