"Please Stand By" moments

There are times when someone goes so far that the scene will briefly switch to a "**Please Stand By**" screen. Tropewise, this scene is called "We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties." This page lists all of the times that this occurred.

## In the main series (Guardians of Harmony)

### Season 1

* A few 4th-wall-breaking examples occur:
	+ After Victoria says "Good thing the battle's over, or else I'd... I'D BECOME A WITCH!", Kiara says "Ooh, that's sp-" only to be hushed by Victoria, who shouts "NO SPOILERS!" (Peaceful Ellis and Cheerful Joy!)
	+ Kyubey flat-out says that she doesn't make witches, causing Joy to say "You're unlike Puella Ma-" only to get slapped by Victoria. (The Princess and the Kanto Warrior)
	+ Princess Emilia briefly switches to the "Please Stand By" screen when she transforms and realizes her powers are the ability to shoot rubber bouncy balls and jump very high instead of man-eating plants. She complains "I had man-eating plant powers last episode! Where did those go?!" (Twinkling Sparkles Make You Shine!)
* When the first witch introduced in the series starts to form, Victoria goes into a state of panic. She cries out "WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING THIS TIME?! SOMEONE SAVE HER!" (The Council and the Starscout-er)
	+ Notably, the screen has the letters written in Archaic runes.

### Season 3

* After fleeing from the paparazzi, Allison says "If you three are dead, then why-" only to get slapped by Mami, who angrily tells her "ELLA, KYOKO AND I ARE FROM THE PAST OKAY?!" (The Starry Quintet Rises!)

### Season 4

* Madoka and Thunders gush over and try to pet the newborn baby, only for Mami to switch to the "Please Stand By" screen and whack both of them in the face with the butt of her gun, causing them to comically fall down each with a giant red bump on their heads. (A New Baby Pokémon is Born!)
* After Chloe and Elizabeth confront the villains but the latter realizes she has no way to help, the scene then cuts to the "Please Stand By" screen and then shows a floating-in-transformation-space scene resembling Homura sobbing to herself in episode 12 of *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*. (Chloe Is a School Girl?!)
* Julia and Evolite start to sing the song (not in an annoying way) "We Like Milk," but Elaine breaks the 4th wall by cutting them off with a clapperboard and saying "CUT! This is NOT Team Umizoomi!" (The Milk-Out)

### Season 5

* Balez and Edna both get angry at Lily for accidentally turning Nanette into Vahirom and break the fourth wall. (Hocus Pokémon)

### Season 8

* Aurea panics over Nanette being blind before quickly stopping herself knowing better. (In the Shadow of Zekrom!)
* When Rosa interrupts the introduction scene, Hilda yells "ROSA MARI! DO THAT AGAIN AND I'LL-" (Childhood Friends Reunited!)
* A simeltaneous villainous *and* Pokémon example: When Fennel crumples the machine, Meowth switches to the "Please Stand By" screen and says "HOLD THE PHONE! A Unovian Professor who researches Pokémon dreams for a living *doesn't* like our new-and-improved super dream energy machine?! Who's piloting her brain in there?!" (Dreams by the Yard Full!)
* Hilda's flaming hair accidentally gives Elizabeth a burned face. Aurea shouts "HILDA FREAKING MARI! CUT IT OU-" (Crisis at Chargestone Cave!)
* In both parts of "The Power of Fire!"...
	+ Hilda goes berserk when she and her friends meet Tep's former Trainer, Shamus. (Part 1)
	+ During the fight against Heartbroken, Hilda starts aiming her attacks at her *and* the Guardian's friends, making Rosa pissed up to the point where *she* gets sent flying. (Part 2)

### Season 10

* Mallow cuts off the detective monologue with a director's clapboard while shouting "CUT!" The clapboard has the number 29 on it, referencing the episode's number. Mami then states that *she* should do it due to being more experienced, only for Nanette to cut them off when the two girls fight, saying "CUT! Let's get back to the show now!" As a bonus, the 4th wall is also broken in the process. (Lulled to La-La Land!)
* Elio and Elizabeth are assigned to swap their partner Pokémon (Litten and Dragonet) for the weekend as part of the students' class assignment. The latter is understandably upset about this, throws a temper tantrum, and impulsively kicks him in the face. Elio then switches to the "Please Stand By" screen and angrily complains about his giant black eye. (The Old Raise and Switch)
* While Nanette tries to stop the shipping madness (with even the *Element Spirits* joining) and Jim stands confused, Dragonet facefins and is the only one besides said Guardians who doesn't ship Victoria and Arcturus, causing her to say "Ugh. This game of shipping madness is for babies... and overgrown babies." (Memories in the Mist!)
* When she finds out the Guardians in charge of the VIPs' dessert (namely cheesecake) forgot to put sugar in it, Dragonet switches to the "Please Stand By" screen and furiously yells at Ash, Elizabeth, Lydia, Nagisa, and Brianna (Asuka) for forgetting such a vital ingredient, with her head comically growing enormous as she yells at them. As an unlucky bonus, Nagisa witches out yet again moments later, enraging Mami since this scene set up the conflict. (Heck's Kitchen)

### Season 11

* Throughout each episode where the Gyms are challenged, a different baby of Dragonet's will always try and fail to exactly imitate Ash. This always annoys him, and as a bonus, is usually also a 4th-wall-breaking scene.
* Right after Leon thanks the heroes for saving Galar and Nanette says she looks like a royal princess, Marina looks at the audience and says "Please stand by. We forgot something!", breaking the 4th wall. The camera then shows the human girl's perspective (as the scene had cut away from her after she transformed) of her looking at her new human hands and then the camera shows her new appearance (from the shoulders up due to nudity) before she apologizes to the heroes for everything. (Sword and Shield: Part 4 - A New Life Begins!)

### Season 12

* A villainous example occurs when the trio confronts the heroes and Demencia summons an Allfornothing from a nearby Sun Element Spirit, only for them to notice the green-haired girl with glasses and realize that Necrosis never came back to the Nightmare Castle after her mission because she became said human girl. Demencia is horrified and exclaims "WHAT HAVE THOSE IDIOTS DONE WITH NECROSIS-SAN?!", only for Event Horizon to switch to the "Please Stand By" screen and say "Those idiots have TAMPERED WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY IN AN UNAUTHORIZED MANNER! They're definitely also going to pay a *hefty* fine for grand theft, that's for sure." As a bonus, this is right before when Event Horizon breaks the 4th wall. (The Royal Guardians (Part 2))
* When Eileen naively asks Nanette if she's a new Trainer, Bianca angrily yells "JUST BECAUSE ONE IS GETTING A POKÉMON, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT THEY'RE A NEWBIE!" (Starting Fresh Once More!)

### Season 13

* Nanette yells at Julia this in one scene: "JULIA, CLOSE YOUR EYES!" (A Midnight Summer's Cure (Part 1))
* When Serena T. soothes Cresslia and sings a lullaby to her, Melody switches to the "Please Stand By" screen and throws a tantrum complaining about how she wanted to be the one to calm down Cresselia and sing to her, but Fireshine quickly calms her down. (A Midnight Summer's Cure (Part 2))
* Guardians of Harmony: The Multiversal Crisis!
	+ In Part 1...
		- Whitely asks Blake if his inventions exploded again and caused them to time-travel.
		- Chrysa mentions that there have been numerous disappearances in the Multiverse recently, and Nanette thinks "Like Katrina years ago?!"
		- Kyoko mentions that a green-haired version of her from a portal took Mami away.
		- The Guardians have a conversation with Alternative Kyoko.
		- The Guardians who didn't go through the portal being shocked over the others going to another world.
		- The Guardians looking for clues about Dialga and Palkia at the Mio Library.
		- Cynthia asking about why the Guardians are even at the library.
	+ In Part 2...
		- Marina being confused over her alternate self being shy.
		- Karen remarking that Cherry forgot everything relating to magic.
		- The Guardians arrive at the Spear Pillar.
		- The Guardians being shocked and asking the "little girl with red hair" who she is and realizing what she is.
		- Melody telling her brothers not to fight again.

### Season 15

* When Stargazer loses her cool over Jim starting a riot in the afterlife, Melody looks at the screen and says "Kids, don't try this at home. We'll be right back!" The scene then cuts to a five-second "Please Stand By" screen, and then cuts to a severely wounded Izzy being treated by Sunny. (Stargazer's Chaotic Day)
* After Jim nearly destroyed the Porter Palace and steals an sport car then speeding away, (Unknown episode)

### Season 16

* When Jim calls Katy "Nanette Daisy II," Katy's hair gets worn down, and she embarrassingly replies "Wha-huh?!" As (possible) payback, Sky says "Holy Shinx!"...and Evelyn faints right on the spot. Cynthia, as a result, breaks the 4th wall by getting a clapperboard and shouting "CUT! That's one way to embarrass your descendant!" (Jim Porter Returns?!)

## In Harmony Heroes

### Puella Magi Harmonia Magica

* A frame appears in episode 3 of season 8, but with Charlotte's first form. This might have been a production error.

## In the (MLP) FiM sidestory

* When Starlight Glimmer manages to dethrone Queen Chrysalis and allow the benevolent Thorax to take her place as ruler of the newly-reformed Changelings who reformed on their own will, she (who gained her Guardian form) holds out her hoof (setting the audience up) and Chrysalis who refused to share love appears to reach for it. However, while initially seeming as if she was moved by the Unicorn's speech, she slaps her hoof away and rejects her offer. A horrified Starry Night switches to the "Please Stand By" screen and says "Some creatures just aren't going to give up their evil ways no matter how nice you are to them. Obviously, Chrysalis is one of them." (To Where and Back Again)
	+ As a notable error, the screen has the letters written in Archaic runes.

## Trivia

* Sometimes, the "Please Stand By" screen is different and lasts 5 seconds.

## Gallery

The usual screenThe screen with Archaic runesThe screen with Modern runes