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* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': When UN Inspector Kurumi walks into Misato’s office to accuse her of breach of trust, theft and fraud and Kaji’s murder and vow making her to pay for her alleged crimes, Misato’s reply stops her tirade abruptly.
-->'''Kurumi''':''"You'll pay for your crimes. I'll see to it."''\\
'''Misato''':''"I have no doubt in your abilities, Cpt Kagero. But understand that if you persist in your crusade, it will be Shinji and his family who will pay the price for your foolishness."''\\
'''Kurumi''':''"What!? What does Shinji-kun have to do with all this?"''\\
'''Misato''':''"Everything, Kurumi. Everything."''\\
'''Kurumi''':''"How?"''\\
'''Misato''':''"He is the Alpha and the Omega. The Beginning and the End."''\\
'''Kurumi''':''"I don't understand."''
* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': When UN Inspector Kurumi walks into Misato’s office to accuse her of breach of trust, theft and fraud and Kaji’s murder and vow making her to pay for her alleged crimes, Misato’s reply stops her tirade abruptly.
-->'''Kurumi''':''"You'll pay for your crimes. I'll see to it."''\\
'''Misato''':''"I have no doubt in your abilities, Cpt Kagero. But understand that if you persist in your crusade, it will be Shinji and his family who will pay the price for your foolishness."''\\
'''Kurumi''':''"What!? What does Shinji-kun have to do with all this?"''\\
'''Misato''':''"Everything, Kurumi. Everything."''\\
'''Kurumi''':''"How?"''\\
'''Misato''':''"He is the Alpha and the Omega. The Beginning and the End."''\\
'''Kurumi''':''"I don't understand."''
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'''Hoynes:''' Yes.\\
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-->'''Hoynes:''' What did I ever do to you? What did I ever do to you except deliver the South?\\
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-->'''Hoynes:''' What did I ever do to you? Where, in our past, what did I do to make you treat me this way? What did I ever do to you except deliver the South?\\South?\\
'''Bartlet:''' Really?\\
'''Hoynes:''' Yes.
'''Bartlet:''' Really?\\
'''Hoynes:''' Yes.
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* In ''Series/TheWestWing'', a tense meeting between President Bartlet and Vice-President Hoynes prompts one of these when Hoynes erupts and demands to know why Bartlet always treats him poorly. He's not prepared for Bartlet to bluntly reveal the answer:
-->'''Hoynes:''' What did I ever do to you? What did I ever do to you except deliver the South?\\
'''Bartlet:''' You shouldn't have made me beg, John. I was asking you to be Vice President.\\
'''Hoynes:''' ''[Slightly taken aback]'' Due respect Mr. President, you had just kicked my ass in the primary. I'm fifteen years younger than you. I have my career to think of.\\
'''Bartlet:''' Then don't stand there and ask the question, John. It weakened me right out of the gate. You shouldn't have made me beg.
-->'''Hoynes:''' What did I ever do to you? What did I ever do to you except deliver the South?\\
'''Bartlet:''' You shouldn't have made me beg, John. I was asking you to be Vice President.\\
'''Hoynes:''' ''[Slightly taken aback]'' Due respect Mr. President, you had just kicked my ass in the primary. I'm fifteen years younger than you. I have my career to think of.\\
'''Bartlet:''' Then don't stand there and ask the question, John. It weakened me right out of the gate. You shouldn't have made me beg.
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* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/interlude-27b/ Interlude 27b]]
* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/interlude-27b/ Interlude 27b]]
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* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', when Jimmy asks Chuck why he's sabotaging his lawyer career, Chuck responses is a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to him which results in Jimmy to leave Chuck saying he no longer wants anything to do with him.
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* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', when Jimmy asks Chuck why he's sabotaging his lawyer career, Chuck responses is a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to him which results in Jimmy to leave abandoning Chuck saying he no longer wants anything to do with him.
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* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', when Jimmy asks Chuck why he's sabotaging his lawyer career, Chuck responses is a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to him which results in Jimmy to leave Chuck saying he no longer wants anything to do with him.
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-->'''Gelbin''': Because you were my friend."
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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', when Batman confronts Amanda Waller about Project Cadmus, she breaks it down to him just how exactly do the world governments feel about an army of metahumans and their downward-pointing KillSat. Batman is so staggered by this answer, he even forgets to do his usual StealthHiBye schtick.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', when Batman confronts Amanda Waller about Project Cadmus, she breaks it down to him just how exactly do the world governments feel about an army of metahumans and their downward-pointing KillSat. Batman is so staggered by this answer, he even forgets to do his usual StealthHiBye schtick.
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* Season Two of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' has this exchange of armor-piercers between [[AntiNihilist Mr. Peanutbutter]] and [[JerkassWoobie Bojack]].
-->'''PB''': All I ever wanted was to be your friend. And you treat me like a big joke. You think I don't notice? Why don't you like me?\\
'''Bojack''': Mr. Peanutbutter-\\
'''PB''': No, tell me.\\
'''Bojack''': Because... I'm jealous.\\
'''PB''': Of what? Diane?\\
'''Bojack''': No. Of everything. Everything comes so easy for you.\\
'''PB''': ''(Incredulously)'' Oh, and it doesn't for you? You're a millionaire movie star with a girlfriend who loves you, acting in your ''dream movie''. What more do you ''want''? What else could the universe possibly ''owe'' you?\\
'''Bojack''': I... ''want'' to feel good about myself. The way you do. And I don't know how. I don't know if I can. I'm sorry, Mr. Peanutbutter. I can't tell you how sorry I am.
-->'''PB''': All I ever wanted was to be your friend. And you treat me like a big joke. You think I don't notice? Why don't you like me?\\
'''Bojack''': Mr. Peanutbutter-\\
'''PB''': No, tell me.\\
'''Bojack''': Because... I'm jealous.\\
'''PB''': Of what? Diane?\\
'''Bojack''': No. Of everything. Everything comes so easy for you.\\
'''PB''': ''(Incredulously)'' Oh, and it doesn't for you? You're a millionaire movie star with a girlfriend who loves you, acting in your ''dream movie''. What more do you ''want''? What else could the universe possibly ''owe'' you?\\
'''Bojack''': I... ''want'' to feel good about myself. The way you do. And I don't know how. I don't know if I can. I'm sorry, Mr. Peanutbutter. I can't tell you how sorry I am.
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* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': In the short story "Cut Short", when Gelbin Mekkatorque tells his EvilFormerFriend Sicco Thermaplugg that his designs had severe flaws that Gelbin worked out, while allowing Sicco to take the credit, prompting Sicco to ask Gelbin why he would do so. Gelbin's answer gives Sicco pause for a moment, before he [[IgnoredEpiphany declares that the gnomes should be using their superior weapons to conquer the world]].
-->'''Sicco''': What? Lies! If my work was so shoddy, then why let me take credit for the guns?
-->'''Gelbin''': Because you were my friend."
-->'''Sicco''': What? Lies! If my work was so shoddy, then why let me take credit for the guns?
-->'''Gelbin''': Because you were my friend."
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* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': Rin answers a question from Hisao, leading him to realise something worrying about himself:
-->'''Hisao:''' Remember that sketch you made of me? How you said I looked grim and gloomy or something? I'd like to know what you meant by that.
-->'''Rin:''' Well, you see... We've known each other for two weeks and I've haven't seen you smile even once.
-->'''Hisao:''' Remember that sketch you made of me? How you said I looked grim and gloomy or something? I'd like to know what you meant by that.
-->'''Rin:''' Well, you see... We've known each other for two weeks and I've haven't seen you smile even once.
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** Similar to the ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' example, when Dan and Rorschach are reminiscing about their time as crime-fighting partners:
--->'''Dan:''' Those were great times, Rorschach. Great times. Whatever happened to them?\\
'''Rorschach:''' You quit.
--->'''Dan:''' Those were great times, Rorschach. Great times. Whatever happened to them?\\
'''Rorschach:''' You quit.
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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}'''s fourth case, Togami is visibly shaken by his own being wrong about the culprit, and he demands to know how Naegi was able to solve the case when he couldn't. Kirigiri steps in to answer.
-->"You still haven't realized? We don't all act according to calculations and cost-benefit diagrams. That's what makes us so complicated. That's what you don't understand, and that's why you couldn't solve this case. ''(Byakuya is speechless)'' See? Didn't I tell you? When you dismiss other people's feelings, it'll always come back to bite you in the end."
-->"You still haven't realized? We don't all act according to calculations and cost-benefit diagrams. That's what makes us so complicated. That's what you don't understand, and that's why you couldn't solve this case. ''(Byakuya is speechless)'' See? Didn't I tell you? When you dismiss other people's feelings, it'll always come back to bite you in the end."
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* At the climax of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}},'' Nite-Owl and Rorschach confront Ozymandias and ask him when he was planning on implementing his plan to blow a hole in New York City. Ozymandias calmly tells them that he already did it while they were on their way to confront him.
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* At the climax of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}},'' Nite-Owl and Rorschach confront Ozymandias [[WellIntentionedExtremist Ozymandias]] and ask him when he was planning on implementing his deranged plan to blow a hole kill millions in New York City. Ozymandias calmly tells them that he already did it while they were on their way to confront him.when he saw them approaching his base.
--->'''Adrian Veidt:''' [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy I'm not a Republic serial villain]]. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.
--->'''Adrian Veidt:''' [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy I'm not a Republic serial villain]]. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.
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'''Cadance: It's not your day!'''
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Future Vision", after Garnet explains the eponymous power, Steven becomes terrified of what the future has in store for him. Garnet assures him that while she can't be around to protect him all the time, he's still in control, [[TemptingFate and that he shouldn't go onto the roof, no matter what]]. He defies her advice, goes up to the roof (in the middle of a thunderstorm), and resigns himself to whatever comes next. When Garnet tries to convince him to come down, he refuses:
-->'''Steven:''' [[LifeWillKillYou Everything I do shoves me finally towards the end!]] The more I know, the more I know that I ''don't'' know! I can't ''live'' like this! Why did you tell me about future vision? ''What's going to happen to me on the roof?''\\
'''Garnet:''' [[SelfFulfillingProphecy This.]]\\
'''Steven:''' Wh... what?\\
'''Garnet:''' I knew you might do this if I told you about my power. I saw this, and I told you anyway.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': This exchange that exposes the villains EvilPlan in "A Canterlot Wedding":
--->'''Impostor!Cadance/Chrysalis:''' Why does she have to ruin my special day?\\
'''Cadance: It's not your day!'''
--->'''Impostor!Cadance/Chrysalis:''' Why does she have to ruin my special day?\\
'''Cadance: It's not your day!'''
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': In the episode "Comes the Inquisitor", the inquisitor Sebastian asks Delenn whether she'd ever considered she might be wrong about her role in the great cause she's taken on. With virtually no hesitation, she replies "[[BluntYes yes]]", which actually shakes him up slightly.
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': In the episode "Comes the Inquisitor", the inquisitor Sebastian asks Delenn whether she'd ever considered she might be wrong about her role in the great cause she's taken on. With virtually no hesitation, she replies "[[BluntYes yes]]", which actually shakes him up slightly.
slightly. Later, she finally ticks him off by responding to his tortures by basically calling him out as TheBully, lashing out at her because he was himself deemed unfit. Sebastian's response was not too pleasant.
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': In the episode "Comes the Inquisitor", the inquisitor Sebastian asks Delenn whether she'd ever considered she might be wrong about her role in the great cause she's taken on. With virtually no hesitation, she replies "[[BluntYes yes]]", which actually shakes him up slightly.
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* At the climax of ''ComicBook/{{Joker}}'', [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker the titular character]] is engaged in the usual brawl with Batman. During this, he asks why Batman leaves his chin uncovered, allowing a glimpse at the man beneath the suit. Batman responds, [[spoiler:"To mock you."]] Joker immediately flips out.
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* At the climax of ''ComicBook/{{Joker}}'', [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker the titular character]] is engaged in the usual brawl with Batman. During this, he engages in a TheReasonYouSuck speech where he attempts to deconstruct Batman dressing up like a monster and inspire fear. After going on about that, Joker asks why Batman leaves his chin uncovered, allowing a glimpse at the man beneath the suit.suit and thus showing that despite the appearance Batman isn't a monster. Batman responds, [[spoiler:"To mock you."]] Joker immediately flips out.
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-->'''Naruto''': "Was a prisoner."\\
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-->'''Naruto''': "She was sealed away for almost a hundred years and when she finally got free, one of the first things she saw was you and dad trying to imprison her all over again."
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-->'''Naruto''': "She was sealed away for almost a hundred years and when she finally got free, one of the first things she saw was you and dad trying to imprison her all over again."
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-->'''Naruto''': "Was a prisoner."\\
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-->'''Naruto''':" [Stunned silence] "She was sealed away for almost a hundred years and when she finally got free, one of the first things she saw was you and dad trying to imprison her all over again."
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** Then Felix realizes the nature of the game. He's always the hero who saves the day and gets all the praise. It just never occurred to him that Ralph is literally a PunchClockVillain. It's his ''job'' to be the bad guy. He apologizes for being so inconsiderate and they grow closer as friends as a result.
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* Mostly PlayedForLaughs but [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-07-01 this happens]] in this Webcomic/{{SchlockMercenary}} comic :
--> ''The Captain is grilling his ship's AI for disobeying a direct order and taking actions on his own "[[AIIsACrapshoot because it was the right thing to do]]"''\\
'''Captain Tagon''': The right thing to do at the time? You're acting like I'm paying you to think!\\
'''Ennesby''': Technically, you don't pay me. And technically, most of what I do is "think".\\
'''Tagon''': I...rrr... umm.\\
'''Ennesby''': And when you get down to it, I'm better at it than you are.
* Mostly PlayedForLaughs but [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-07-01 this happens]] in this Webcomic/{{SchlockMercenary}} comic :
--> ''The Captain is grilling his ship's AI for disobeying a direct order and taking actions on his own "[[AIIsACrapshoot because it was the right thing to do]]"''\\
'''Captain Tagon''': The right thing to do at the time? You're acting like I'm paying you to think!\\
'''Ennesby''': Technically, you don't pay me. And technically, most of what I do is "think".\\
'''Tagon''': I...rrr... umm.\\
'''Ennesby''': And when you get down to it, I'm better at it than you are.
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* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' gives us this exchange between Mileena and Johnny Cage.
---> '''Mileena''': Repulsive human.\\
'''Johnny Cage''': Sleeping with Baraka's repulsive.\\
'''Mileena''': '''''WHO TOLD YOU THIS?!'''''
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' gives us this exchange between Mileena and Johnny Cage.
---> '''Mileena''': Repulsive human.\\
'''Johnny Cage''': Sleeping with Baraka's repulsive.\\
'''Mileena''': '''''WHO TOLD YOU THIS?!'''''
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* [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Kushina]] attempts to give an ArmorPiercingQuestion to Naruto in ''[[http://ficwad.com/story/213011 Eroninja]]'' about how he can possibly love the Kyuubi after what she did, only for Naruto to calmly turn it back on her.
-->'''Naruto''': "Can't you see how she felt?"
-->'''Kushina''': "How she felt?! After what she did?! She-"
-->'''Naruto''': "Was a prisoner."\\
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-->'''Naruto''': "She was sealed away for almost a hundred years and when she finally got free, one of the first things she saw was you and dad trying to imprison her all over again."
-->'''Naruto''': "Can't you see how she felt?"
-->'''Kushina''': "How she felt?! After what she did?! She-"
-->'''Naruto''': "Was a prisoner."\\
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-->'''Naruto''': "She was sealed away for almost a hundred years and when she finally got free, one of the first things she saw was you and dad trying to imprison her all over again."
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* In Turner Features' ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'', after the fiasco on the set of "Li'l Ark Angel," Sawyer pointedly asks Danny, "Why do insist on making a fool of yourself?" This is followed by a look expectant of an answer. Danny gives one: "I just want to do the thing I love. Doesn't everyone?" This response takes the wind out of Sawyer's scolding, reminding her of why she herself came to Hollywood.
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* In Turner Features' ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'', after the fiasco on the set of "Li'l Ark Angel," Sawyer pointedly asks Danny, "Why do insist on making a fool of yourself?" This is followed by a look expectant of an answer. Danny gives one: "I just want to do the thing I love. Doesn't everyone?" This response takes the wind out of Sawyer's scolding, reminding her of why she herself came to Hollywood.Hollywood.
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* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', the main character, Ralph, comes from a video game where he plays the role of the villain. Despite being actually a pretty decent person, the other inhabitants of the game are scared of Ralph and don't let him go inside the apartment - the only exception is Fix-It Felix, who seems unaware of Ralph's plight. This situation ultimately results in Ralph being so fed up with it all that he goes on a quest to find a proof that he can be a hero too. When Fix-It Felix decides to try to find him, the resulting chain of events ends up [[ItMakesSenseInContext getting his affections rejected by a woman he falls in love with and being thrown in jail]]. When Ralph finally arrives to rescue him, the resulting conversation leads to the following exchange:
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* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', the main character, Ralph, comes from a video game where he plays the role of the villain. Despite being actually a pretty decent person, the other inhabitants of the game are scared of Ralph and don't let him go inside the apartment - the only exception is Fix-It Felix, [[InnocentlyInsensitive who seems unaware of Ralph's plight. plight.]] This situation ultimately results in Ralph being so fed up with it all that he goes on a quest to find a proof that he can be a hero too. When Fix-It Felix decides to try to find him, the resulting chain of events ends up [[ItMakesSenseInContext getting his affections rejected by a woman he falls in love with and being thrown in jail]]. When Ralph finally arrives to rescue him, the resulting conversation leads to the following exchange:
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** Then Felix realizes the nature of the game. He's always the hero who saves the day and gets all the praise. It just never occurred to him that Ralph is literally a PunchClockVillain. It's his ''job'' to be the bad guy. He apologizes for being so inconsiderate, inconsiderate and they glow grow closer as friends as a result.
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Tends to also be a WhamLine. In some cases the question ''and'' answer are brought up by the same person, as a one-two punch. Can be used alongside BluntYes, RhetoricalQuestionBlunder, BrutalHonesty, LittleNo, ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow and YouAreNotReady.
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Tends to also be a WhamLine. In some cases the question ''and'' answer are brought up by the same person, as a one-two punch. May sometimes lead to an EurekaMoment. Can be used alongside BluntYes, RhetoricalQuestionBlunder, BrutalHonesty, LittleNo, ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow and YouAreNotReady.
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Someone is frustrated and makes a hard statement, or asks a question that, if not rhetorical, is not ''meant'' to have an obvious answer to it. It might even be intended as an ArmorPiercingQuestion. But somehow, the other person responds with an answer that is poignant and, usually, succinct.
The response causes the questioner to drop their guard, not ready to face the reality of what was said. When there are other characters in the scene, expect them to be surprised as well.
Tends to also be a WhamLine. In some cases the question ''and'' answer are brought up by the same person, as a one-two punch. Can be used alongside BluntYes, RhetoricalQuestionBlunder, BrutalHonesty, LittleNo, ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow and YouAreNotReady.
Compare WisdomFromTheGutter for when it's the ''responder'' who is shocking (because they aren't considered a wise figure) rather than the response.
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* An old U.S. anti-drug PSA has a boy who is confronted by his father after his mother finds drug paraphernalia in his closet. His father asks him "Who taught you how to do this stuff?" and the kid replies "You, all right! I learned it by watching you!" The father is stunned by this knowledge. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo here]].
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* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' in the Fishman Island Arc, when Fukaboshi ask why Hody Jones hate humans so much that he is willingly to destroy Fishman Island and kill thousands of fishmen, Hody's answer made Fukaboshi realize that the negative environment that he grew up in taught him to hate the humans, who didn't even do anything to him personally.
-->'''Fukaboshi''': What have you experienced in your past?! Just what have humans done to you?!
-->'''Hody Jones''': Nothing. We have to bestow judgement upon humans. We've been chosen by the heavens... and granted power!!
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* In ''ComicBook/KingdomCome,'' Superman desperately tries to comprehend what happened to the world and to people's attitudes during his temporary retirement, until Batman breaks it down to him in the most blunt, Batman-like manner: "[[TheHeart You quit]]." Superman is visibly shocked and disoriented by this answer for a while.
* At the climax of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}},'' Nite-Owl and Rorschach confront Ozymandias and ask him when he was planning on implementing his plan to blow a hole in New York City. Ozymandias calmly tells them that he already did it while they were on their way to confront him.
** Later, Ozymandias gets this from Dr. Manhattan; when he asks the doc if he did the right thing and all worked out in the end, Manhattan's answer leaves him visibly shaken.
--->'''Doctor Manhattan:''' "In the end"? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ''ever'' ends.
* At the climax of ''ComicBook/{{Joker}}'', [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker the titular character]] is engaged in the usual brawl with Batman. During this, he asks why Batman leaves his chin uncovered, allowing a glimpse at the man beneath the suit. Batman responds, [[spoiler:"To mock you."]] Joker immediately flips out.
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* In the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' FanFic ''The Lives Worth Saving'', [[HotBlooded Might Guy]] expounds on the virtues of springtime, but [[TimeTravel a disguised older Naruto]] says he prefers autumn.
-->'''Guy:''' How could you? Spring is the stage of life where every ninja starts to grow their roots! We can show our springtime of youth to the world as we begin to flourish!\\
'''[[ShellShockedVeteran "Haruki"]]:''' Yeah, but once we reach autumn, we've led a successful enough life that we've managed to see half of it.
::Everyone is struck by this insightful and somber response, and even Hot-Blooded Guy is quietly contemplative.
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* In ''Disney/{{Frozen}},'' Elsa's refusal to bless Anna and Hans' marriage leads to this exchange:
-->'''Elsa:''' Anna, what do you know about true love?\\
'''Anna:''' More than you! All you know is how to shut people out!\\
''[Elsa is visibly shocked]''
* In the ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' film, Matt is talking to a priest at confessional after going VigilanteMan on a mob boss who was accused of rape, and whom Matt feels got {{Off on a Technicality}} (he was the lawyer for the prosecution on that case). At one point, Matt asks the priest a theoretically rhetorical question, and the priest's answer is enough to lead Matt to take an entirely different outlook on what he is doing:
-->'''Matt:''' Is justice a sin?\\
'''Priest:''' Vengeance is!
* In ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', near the end of the FinalBattle, Neo's answer to Smith's "[[WhyWontYouDie Why do you persist?]]" rant is simply "Because I choose to." Cue Smith's VillainousBreakdown.
* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', the main character, Ralph, comes from a video game where he plays the role of the villain. Despite being actually a pretty decent person, the other inhabitants of the game are scared of Ralph and don't let him go inside the apartment - the only exception is Fix-It Felix, who seems unaware of Ralph's plight. This situation ultimately results in Ralph being so fed up with it all that he goes on a quest to find a proof that he can be a hero too. When Fix-It Felix decides to try to find him, the resulting chain of events ends up [[ItMakesSenseInContext getting his affections rejected by a woman he falls in love with and being thrown in jail]]. When Ralph finally arrives to rescue him, the resulting conversation leads to the following exchange:
--> '''Fix-It Felix:''' You don't know what it's like to be rejected and treated like a criminal!
--> '''Wreck-It Ralph:''' Yes, I do. That's every day of my life.
** Then Felix realizes the nature of the game. He's always the hero who saves the day and gets all the praise. It just never occurred to him that Ralph is literally a PunchClockVillain. It's his ''job'' to be the bad guy. He apologizes for being so inconsiderate, and they glow closer as friends as a result.
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* ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'': From the very first line people are asking, "Who is John Galt?" as a memetic shorthand for a question or a problem that no one can answer, so why bother the effort of trying? The man is ShroudedInMyth with multiple fantastical possible answers to the question proposed, all of which are MetaphoricallyTrue. John Galt finally reveals himself to the world by hijacking a radio broadcast from the US President, delivering a speech over several hours detailing the moral failings of the predominant altruist philosophy and announcing that he has been responsible for the collapse of society by convincing the globe's prime movers to go on strike while proposing that if the people listening wished to survive, they would need to realize the philosophic principles necessary to do so, i.e UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}}.
-->''"Are you beginning to see who is John Galt? I am the man who has earned the thing you did not fight for, the thing you have renounced, betrayed, corrupted, yet were unable fully to destroy and are now hiding as your guilty secret, spending your life in apologies to every professional cannibal, lest it be discovered that somewhere within you, you still long to say what I am now saying to the hearing of the whole of mankind: I am proud of my own value and of the fact that I wish to live."''
[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Barney started up a relationship with Nora, who asked him to lay out all the lies he has ever told women to get them in bed, and once Barney agreed to her conditions he confessed everything. When he was done she mentioned being disgusted, and when Barney jovially asked for another date she said, "What makes you think you would have a chance with me after all that?" and Barney replied without hesitation, "'Cause you stuck around." She didn't have to spend what could have been ''six hours'' listening to him, but she did anyway because she found him interesting.
* The anti-drug PSA example in {{Advertisement}} above is parodied in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' when J.D. has an ImagineSpot regarding his [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee addiction]] about finding [[FelonyMisdemeanor a coffee machine in his son's room]].
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica'' has one that comes two seasons after the question. Adama and the Cylon defector Sharon are having a conversation where he asks her why the Cylons hate humanity so much. She brings up the question he asked in the pilot regarding their potentially genocidal war with the robotic Cylons, "Humanity should have asked itself if we deserve to survive," which he asked as a means of examining his and humanity's own sins. Sharon then has this rejoinder of an answer: "You said that humanity never asked itself why it deserved to survive. Maybe you don't."
* In ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', season 1, "Countrycide", after stopping a village of cannibals from eating them and other people, Gwen asked the patriarch why they cannibalized people. The patriarch's response? [[ForTheEvulz "Cause it made me happy"]]. It shell-shocked her which made her have a sexual relationship with Owen because she's unable to tell her husband, Rhys, the experiences she went through in her job so she finds solace with Owen.
* At the end of the first season of ''Series/TheWire'' D'Angelo Barksdale is convinced by his mother Brianna to be the FallGuy for his drug kingpin uncle Avon, because Avon's activities support their entire family. The result is D'Angelo getting sentenced to 20 years in prison and while he's in prison Avon's more ruthless partner decides that D'Angelo is [[HeKnowsTooMuch too much of a liability]], has him killed and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident has the killer make it look like a suicide]]. When Detective [=McNulty=] finds out about the death and quickly concludes [[NeverSuicide it was no suicide]], he goes to D'Angelo's girlfriend to tell her about his suspicions, and never visits Brianna. When Brianna finally hears about this and comes to [=McNulty=] for answers, including why he never approached her with his suspicions, [=McNulty's=] response leaves her ''devastated''.
-->'''Brianna:''' Why go to her first? Why not come to me?
-->'''[=McNulty=]:''' Honestly? I was looking for someone who cared about the kid. I mean, you ''did'' make him take the years, right?
[[AC: Radio]]
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Francise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' when the great computer Deep Thought, after 7.5 million years of intense computation, declares that the Answer to the Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is "42," making the questioners realize that they never bothered to properly formulate what the Question actually ''was''.
[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
* In ''Theatre/{{Hooters}},'' Ricky and Ronda are stuck outside on the beach after Ricky's attempts to seduce Ronda's friend Cheryl backfire and she ends up bedding his friend Clint instead. Irritated by the whole thing, Ricky takes out his frustrations on Ronda, and after finding out that she dropped out of college, decides to badger her to learn why, until she finally screams at him that her father had a stroke. That shuts him up for a few minutes.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', when Batman confronts Amanda Waller about Project Cadmus, she breaks it down to him just how exactly do the world governments feel about an army of metahumans and their downward-pointing KillSat. Batman is so staggered by this answer, he even forgets to do his usual StealthHiBye schtick.
* In Turner Features' ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'', after the fiasco on the set of "Li'l Ark Angel," Sawyer pointedly asks Danny, "Why do insist on making a fool of yourself?" This is followed by a look expectant of an answer. Danny gives one: "I just want to do the thing I love. Doesn't everyone?" This response takes the wind out of Sawyer's scolding, reminding her of why she herself came to Hollywood.
The response causes the questioner to drop their guard, not ready to face the reality of what was said. When there are other characters in the scene, expect them to be surprised as well.
Tends to also be a WhamLine. In some cases the question ''and'' answer are brought up by the same person, as a one-two punch. Can be used alongside BluntYes, RhetoricalQuestionBlunder, BrutalHonesty, LittleNo, ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow and YouAreNotReady.
Compare WisdomFromTheGutter for when it's the ''responder'' who is shocking (because they aren't considered a wise figure) rather than the response.
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[[AC:{{Advertisement}}]]
* An old U.S. anti-drug PSA has a boy who is confronted by his father after his mother finds drug paraphernalia in his closet. His father asks him "Who taught you how to do this stuff?" and the kid replies "You, all right! I learned it by watching you!" The father is stunned by this knowledge. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo here]].
[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' in the Fishman Island Arc, when Fukaboshi ask why Hody Jones hate humans so much that he is willingly to destroy Fishman Island and kill thousands of fishmen, Hody's answer made Fukaboshi realize that the negative environment that he grew up in taught him to hate the humans, who didn't even do anything to him personally.
-->'''Fukaboshi''': What have you experienced in your past?! Just what have humans done to you?!
-->'''Hody Jones''': Nothing. We have to bestow judgement upon humans. We've been chosen by the heavens... and granted power!!
[[AC: ComicBooks]]
* In ''ComicBook/KingdomCome,'' Superman desperately tries to comprehend what happened to the world and to people's attitudes during his temporary retirement, until Batman breaks it down to him in the most blunt, Batman-like manner: "[[TheHeart You quit]]." Superman is visibly shocked and disoriented by this answer for a while.
* At the climax of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}},'' Nite-Owl and Rorschach confront Ozymandias and ask him when he was planning on implementing his plan to blow a hole in New York City. Ozymandias calmly tells them that he already did it while they were on their way to confront him.
** Later, Ozymandias gets this from Dr. Manhattan; when he asks the doc if he did the right thing and all worked out in the end, Manhattan's answer leaves him visibly shaken.
--->'''Doctor Manhattan:''' "In the end"? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ''ever'' ends.
* At the climax of ''ComicBook/{{Joker}}'', [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker the titular character]] is engaged in the usual brawl with Batman. During this, he asks why Batman leaves his chin uncovered, allowing a glimpse at the man beneath the suit. Batman responds, [[spoiler:"To mock you."]] Joker immediately flips out.
[[AC: FanFic]]
* In the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' FanFic ''The Lives Worth Saving'', [[HotBlooded Might Guy]] expounds on the virtues of springtime, but [[TimeTravel a disguised older Naruto]] says he prefers autumn.
-->'''Guy:''' How could you? Spring is the stage of life where every ninja starts to grow their roots! We can show our springtime of youth to the world as we begin to flourish!\\
'''[[ShellShockedVeteran "Haruki"]]:''' Yeah, but once we reach autumn, we've led a successful enough life that we've managed to see half of it.
::Everyone is struck by this insightful and somber response, and even Hot-Blooded Guy is quietly contemplative.
[[AC: {{Film}}]]
* In ''Disney/{{Frozen}},'' Elsa's refusal to bless Anna and Hans' marriage leads to this exchange:
-->'''Elsa:''' Anna, what do you know about true love?\\
'''Anna:''' More than you! All you know is how to shut people out!\\
''[Elsa is visibly shocked]''
* In the ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' film, Matt is talking to a priest at confessional after going VigilanteMan on a mob boss who was accused of rape, and whom Matt feels got {{Off on a Technicality}} (he was the lawyer for the prosecution on that case). At one point, Matt asks the priest a theoretically rhetorical question, and the priest's answer is enough to lead Matt to take an entirely different outlook on what he is doing:
-->'''Matt:''' Is justice a sin?\\
'''Priest:''' Vengeance is!
* In ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', near the end of the FinalBattle, Neo's answer to Smith's "[[WhyWontYouDie Why do you persist?]]" rant is simply "Because I choose to." Cue Smith's VillainousBreakdown.
* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', the main character, Ralph, comes from a video game where he plays the role of the villain. Despite being actually a pretty decent person, the other inhabitants of the game are scared of Ralph and don't let him go inside the apartment - the only exception is Fix-It Felix, who seems unaware of Ralph's plight. This situation ultimately results in Ralph being so fed up with it all that he goes on a quest to find a proof that he can be a hero too. When Fix-It Felix decides to try to find him, the resulting chain of events ends up [[ItMakesSenseInContext getting his affections rejected by a woman he falls in love with and being thrown in jail]]. When Ralph finally arrives to rescue him, the resulting conversation leads to the following exchange:
--> '''Fix-It Felix:''' You don't know what it's like to be rejected and treated like a criminal!
--> '''Wreck-It Ralph:''' Yes, I do. That's every day of my life.
** Then Felix realizes the nature of the game. He's always the hero who saves the day and gets all the praise. It just never occurred to him that Ralph is literally a PunchClockVillain. It's his ''job'' to be the bad guy. He apologizes for being so inconsiderate, and they glow closer as friends as a result.
[[AC:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'': From the very first line people are asking, "Who is John Galt?" as a memetic shorthand for a question or a problem that no one can answer, so why bother the effort of trying? The man is ShroudedInMyth with multiple fantastical possible answers to the question proposed, all of which are MetaphoricallyTrue. John Galt finally reveals himself to the world by hijacking a radio broadcast from the US President, delivering a speech over several hours detailing the moral failings of the predominant altruist philosophy and announcing that he has been responsible for the collapse of society by convincing the globe's prime movers to go on strike while proposing that if the people listening wished to survive, they would need to realize the philosophic principles necessary to do so, i.e UsefulNotes/{{Objectivism}}.
-->''"Are you beginning to see who is John Galt? I am the man who has earned the thing you did not fight for, the thing you have renounced, betrayed, corrupted, yet were unable fully to destroy and are now hiding as your guilty secret, spending your life in apologies to every professional cannibal, lest it be discovered that somewhere within you, you still long to say what I am now saying to the hearing of the whole of mankind: I am proud of my own value and of the fact that I wish to live."''
[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Barney started up a relationship with Nora, who asked him to lay out all the lies he has ever told women to get them in bed, and once Barney agreed to her conditions he confessed everything. When he was done she mentioned being disgusted, and when Barney jovially asked for another date she said, "What makes you think you would have a chance with me after all that?" and Barney replied without hesitation, "'Cause you stuck around." She didn't have to spend what could have been ''six hours'' listening to him, but she did anyway because she found him interesting.
* The anti-drug PSA example in {{Advertisement}} above is parodied in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' when J.D. has an ImagineSpot regarding his [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee addiction]] about finding [[FelonyMisdemeanor a coffee machine in his son's room]].
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica'' has one that comes two seasons after the question. Adama and the Cylon defector Sharon are having a conversation where he asks her why the Cylons hate humanity so much. She brings up the question he asked in the pilot regarding their potentially genocidal war with the robotic Cylons, "Humanity should have asked itself if we deserve to survive," which he asked as a means of examining his and humanity's own sins. Sharon then has this rejoinder of an answer: "You said that humanity never asked itself why it deserved to survive. Maybe you don't."
* In ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', season 1, "Countrycide", after stopping a village of cannibals from eating them and other people, Gwen asked the patriarch why they cannibalized people. The patriarch's response? [[ForTheEvulz "Cause it made me happy"]]. It shell-shocked her which made her have a sexual relationship with Owen because she's unable to tell her husband, Rhys, the experiences she went through in her job so she finds solace with Owen.
* At the end of the first season of ''Series/TheWire'' D'Angelo Barksdale is convinced by his mother Brianna to be the FallGuy for his drug kingpin uncle Avon, because Avon's activities support their entire family. The result is D'Angelo getting sentenced to 20 years in prison and while he's in prison Avon's more ruthless partner decides that D'Angelo is [[HeKnowsTooMuch too much of a liability]], has him killed and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident has the killer make it look like a suicide]]. When Detective [=McNulty=] finds out about the death and quickly concludes [[NeverSuicide it was no suicide]], he goes to D'Angelo's girlfriend to tell her about his suspicions, and never visits Brianna. When Brianna finally hears about this and comes to [=McNulty=] for answers, including why he never approached her with his suspicions, [=McNulty's=] response leaves her ''devastated''.
-->'''Brianna:''' Why go to her first? Why not come to me?
-->'''[=McNulty=]:''' Honestly? I was looking for someone who cared about the kid. I mean, you ''did'' make him take the years, right?
[[AC: Radio]]
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Francise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' when the great computer Deep Thought, after 7.5 million years of intense computation, declares that the Answer to the Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is "42," making the questioners realize that they never bothered to properly formulate what the Question actually ''was''.
[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
* In ''Theatre/{{Hooters}},'' Ricky and Ronda are stuck outside on the beach after Ricky's attempts to seduce Ronda's friend Cheryl backfire and she ends up bedding his friend Clint instead. Irritated by the whole thing, Ricky takes out his frustrations on Ronda, and after finding out that she dropped out of college, decides to badger her to learn why, until she finally screams at him that her father had a stroke. That shuts him up for a few minutes.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', when Batman confronts Amanda Waller about Project Cadmus, she breaks it down to him just how exactly do the world governments feel about an army of metahumans and their downward-pointing KillSat. Batman is so staggered by this answer, he even forgets to do his usual StealthHiBye schtick.
* In Turner Features' ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'', after the fiasco on the set of "Li'l Ark Angel," Sawyer pointedly asks Danny, "Why do insist on making a fool of yourself?" This is followed by a look expectant of an answer. Danny gives one: "I just want to do the thing I love. Doesn't everyone?" This response takes the wind out of Sawyer's scolding, reminding her of why she herself came to Hollywood.
