Offscreen Inertia is that, if there are no strong indications otherwise, viewers can never really be sure that a character ever stops doing the last thing they were seen doing. Ignorable, except when what the character was doing was memorable, noteworthy, or disturbing. This is Conservation of Momentum applied to narrative, and the only forces capable of change must appear onscreen. May be a Bolivian Army Cliffhanger (or, more optimistically, And the Adventure Continues...). See also Black Screen of Death. The Yeah! Shot is a much more optimistic variant. Examples of Offscreen Inertia include: