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* ''{{Recess}}''

* TheNostalgiaCritic, at the end of his review of [[spoiler:''Casper'']]

* In ''[[{{Holes}} Stanley Yelnats's Guide to Surviving Camp Green Lake]]'', the default answer to how one got an injury, if ever asked, is: "I slammed the tent door on it." No other answers.

* ''As Good As It Gets''

* The Nostalgia Critic, at the end of his review of [[spoiler:''Casper'']]

** Madame Pomfrey seems to know not to ask. In all her hears at Hogwarts she probably has seen a fair share of students with injuries the result of thing s students shouldn't be doing Just looks at Ron's Dragon bite there's no way that she bought Ron's story that a dog bit him also. Given her status as a healer it's very likely she knew Hermione had a mishap with Pollyjuice Potion. could also be a case of [[YouDontWantToKnow I Dont Want To Know.]]

** Madame Pomfrey seems to know not to ask. In all her hears at Hogwarts she probably has seen a fair share of students with injuries the result of thing s students shouldn't be doing Just looks at Ron's Dragon bite there's no way that she bought Ron's story that a dog bit him also. Given her status as a healer it's very likely she knew Hermione had a mishap with Pollyjuice Potion. could also be a case of IDontWantToKnow.

-->'''Keith:''' What's your mate on about?

* In TheGooides, Graeme has fallen into a hole where he decides to do some archaeology. He deduces that when he calls up to the surface to Bill and Tim there is a seven second delay, causing this exchange:

* In the DangerMouse episode "Turn Of The Tide," D.M. and Penfold are on the moon trying to find the cause of eartyh's oceans flooding land masses. They meet Keith, an alien who manages a junk shop there and they find the crater of Copernicus is jammed with wrecked space vehicles:

-->'''Melman''': Ha, [[GullibleLemmings someone's]] [[DeadpanSnarker been]] [[AWorldwidePunomenon knotty]].

* Said by Susan to Jerry in ElGoonishShive after a somewhat lengthy ContinuityNot, [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-07-21 here.]]

-->Yasmin Azir: This is like a recurring dream I used to have.
-->David Pollock: How did it end?
-->Yasmin Azir: Don't ask!

-->Carol Connelly: How are you?
-->Simon Bishop: Don't ask.

-->Nate: What happened out there?
-->Neil [=McCauley=]: Don't ask.
* ''[[{{Film/Outlander}} Outlander]]''
-->Wulfric: This is where your ship went down?
-->Kainan: That's right.
-->Wulfric: In a lake?
-->Kainan: Don't ask.

-->Indiana Jones: What happened? How did you get away from those Arabs?
-->Maya: Don't ask.

-->Bartlett: Where in God's name did you get these?
-->Griffith: Hendley.
-->Bartlett: Well, where did he get them?
-->Griffith: Well, I asked him that.
-->Bartlett: What did he say?
-->Griffith: "Don't ask."

-->Teresa: What are you doing here?
-->Jeremy: Good question, but don't ask.

-->Mr. T: What's happenin', Willy?
-->Willy: Don't ask. Also don't have daughters who marry schmuck husbands.

-->Milo Perrier: [Bursts into the room wearing the dead butler's clothing]
-->Milo Perrier: Don't ask me!
-->Dick Charleston: What ''are'' you doing in the butler's uniform?
-->Milo Perrier: I said don't ask me! I don't know. It all happened too quickly!
* From ''[[LegallyBlonde Legally Blonde]]'':
-->(Emmett staring at Elle as she stands in line to buy a computer, wearing a Playboy bunny outfit)
-->Elle: Don't ask.
-->Emmett: Wasn't gonna.

-->(After Dylan arrives in a small motorcycle and clothes obviously too small for her)
-->Dylan: (to Natalie and Alex) Don't ask.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Wrecked"
-->Willow: Magic wasn't all great. I won't miss the nosebleeds and the headaches and stuff.
-->Buffy: There you go.
-->Willow: Or keeping stinky yak cheese in my bra. Don't ask.
* ''{{Castle}}'' episode "Home Is Where the Heart Stops"
-->Kate Beckett: [shows her badge while wearing a slinky dress at the fancy charity ball]
-->Richard Castle: Where was the badge?
-->Kate Beckett: [[VictoriasSecretCompartment Don't ask.]]

-->Rygel: There's a wrinkled old woman floating outside the forward portal.
-->John Crichton: Whoa. Gigantic oops. [to D'Argo] Can you do me a favor? Pop outside the tier three treblin side hatch and haul Granny in.
-->D'Argo: Noranti is outside?
-->John Crichton: Yeah. Don't ask.

-->Elliot [=DiMauro=]: Nina, I told you I'd never work with Nikki Ellston.
-->Nina Van Horn: I thought you said Mickey Rooney.
-->Elliot [=DiMauro=]: Why would I say Mickey Rooney?
-->Nina Van Horn: Oh, that's right. ''I'' won't work with Mickey Rooney. Don't ask.
* ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Taken"
-->Detective Tutuola: He lives at 1634 Broadway.
-->Detective Munch: Not unless he's one of the nuts lobbying for yet another extension of "Cats". That's the Winter Garden Theatre. [Fin gives Munch a look] Don't ask.
* ''MalcolmInTheMiddle''
-->Doctor: [after Dewey's stomach is pumped] We didn't find any candles, but we did find some marbles. And the waistband to a pair of underpants.
-->Dewey: Don't ask.
* ''{{Monk}}'' episode "Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas"
-->Capt. Stottlemeyer: [singing "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone]
-->Natalie: [comes in and sees Stottlemeyer at the mic]
-->Adrian Monk: Don't ask.

->Chris Miles: Last night, man. Cool. Total blast. Everything you could ever want from an evening. Songs, choir girls, colourful costumes, fellatio, rabbits...
-->Maxxie: Rabbits?
-->Chris Miles: Don't ask, man.
* ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "In the Cards"
-->Giger: Where's the hydrosaline solution?
-->Jake Sisko: We should have it soon. Nog just got the bear...Don't ask.

-->Indiana Jones: Where have you been?
-->Rashid: Don't ask. Next time, you play the dead man!

-->Crypto: This gas is noxious. Smells like Pox's underwear. Don't ask me how I know that.

-->[Snip description of bizarre events involving time travel and a rocket launcher]
-->Church: [to yellow Church] Well, what did you do?
-->Church: Dude, don't ask. Trust me, it - it didn't work.

-->Rolly: What things could a chicken possibly want?
-->Lucky: Don't ask.
* TransformersAnimated
-->[[TheStarscream Starscream]]: So, which [[LiteralSplitPersonality part of me]] did ''you'' come from?
-->[[OppositeSexClone Slipstream]]: [[YouDoNotWantToKnow Don't ask.]]

-->Elephant(with trunk tied in a knot): Don't ask
-->Melman: Ha, [[GullibleLemmings someone's]] [[DeadpanSnarker been]] [[AWorldwidePunomenon knotty]].

-->'''T.J.:''' My older brother used to play on Old Rusty.
-->'''Spinelli:''' My mom used to play on Old Rusty!
-->'''Mikey:''' Heck, my Uncle Mary used to play on Old Rusty!
-->'''Vince:''' Your Uncle ''Mary''?
-->'''Gretchen:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Don't ask.]]

* ''The Adventures of Young IndianaJones: Daredevils of the Desert''

* ''The Young IndianaJones Chronicles'' episode "Palestine, October 1917"

-->''She took me back to the Hyatt House''
-->a pause, then the next line is spoken:
-->''I don't wanna talk about it...''

* "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" by WarrenZevon, last verse:

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->Yasmin Azir: This is like a recurring dream I used to have.
->David Pollock: How did it end?
->Yasmin Azir: Don't ask!

->Carol Connelly: How are you?
->Simon Bishop: Don't ask.

->Nate: What happened out there?
->Neil [=McCauley=]: Don't ask.

->Wulfric: This is where your ship went down?
->Kainan: That's right.
->Wulfric: In a lake?
->Kainan: Don't ask.

->Indiana Jones: What happened? How did you get away from those Arabs?
->Maya: Don't ask.

->[Materials being used for escape clothes]
->Bartlett: Where in God's name did you get these?
->Griffith: Hendley.
->Bartlett: Well, where did he get them?
->Griffith: Well, I asked him that.
->Bartlett: What did he say?
->Griffith: "Don't ask."

->Teresa: What are you doing here?
->Jeremy: Good question, but don't ask.

->Mr. T: What's happenin', Willy?
->Willy: Don't ask. Also don't have daughters who marry schmuck husbands.

->Milo Perrier: [Bursts into the room wearing the dead butler's clothing]
->Milo Perrier: Don't ask me!
->Dick Charleston: What ''are'' you doing in the butler's uniform?
->Milo Perrier: I said don't ask me! I don't know. It all happened too quickly!

->(Emmett staring at Elle as she stands in line to buy a computer, wearing a Playboy bunny outfit)
->Elle: Don't ask.
->Emmett: Wasn't gonna.

->(After Dylan arrives in a small motorcycle and clothes obviously too small for her)
->Dylan: (to Natalie and Alex) Don't ask.

->'''Luna''': (''regarding her father'') He's always saying he'd believe anything of Fudge; I mean, the number of goblins Fudge has had assassinated! And of course he uses the Department of Mysteries to develop terrible poisons, which he secretly feeds to anybody who disagrees with him. And then there's his Umgubular Slashkilter —
->'''Harry''': (''to Cho Chang'') Don't ask.

->Willow: Magic wasn't all great. I won't miss the nosebleeds and the headaches and stuff.
->Buffy: There you go.
->Willow: Or keeping stinky yak cheese in my bra. Don't ask.

->Kate Beckett: [shows her badge while wearing a slinky dress at the fancy charity ball]
->Richard Castle: Where was the badge?
->Kate Beckett: [[VictoriasSecretCompartment Don't ask.]]

->Rygel: There's a wrinkled old woman floating outside the forward portal.
->John Crichton: Whoa. Gigantic oops. [to D'Argo] Can you do me a favor? Pop outside the tier three treblin side hatch and haul Granny in.
->D'Argo: Noranti is outside?
->John Crichton: Yeah. Don't ask.

->Elliot [=DiMauro=]: Nina, I told you I'd never work with Nikki Ellston.
->Nina Van Horn: I thought you said Mickey Rooney.
->Elliot [=DiMauro=]: Why would I say Mickey Rooney?
->Nina Van Horn: Oh, that's right. ''I'' won't work with Mickey Rooney. Don't ask.

->Detective Tutuola: He lives at 1634 Broadway.
->Detective Munch: Not unless he's one of the nuts lobbying for yet another extension of "Cats". That's the Winter Garden Theatre. [Fin gives Munch a look] Don't ask.

->Doctor: [after Dewey's stomach is pumped] We didn't find any candles, but we did find some marbles. And the waistband to a pair of underpants.
->Dewey: Don't ask.

->Capt. Stottlemeyer: [singing "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone]
->Natalie: [comes in and sees Stottlemeyer at the mic]
->Adrian Monk: Don't ask.

->Maxxie: Rabbits?
->Chris Miles: Don't ask, man.

->Giger: Where's the hydrosaline solution?
->Jake Sisko: We should have it soon. Nog just got the bear...Don't ask.

->Indiana Jones: Where have you been?
->Rashid: Don't ask. Next time, you play the dead man!

->Crypto: This gas is noxious. Smells like Pox's underwear. Don't ask me how I know that.

->[Snip description of bizarre events involving time travel and a rocket launcher]
->Church: [to yellow Church] Well, what did you do?
->Church: Dude, don't ask. Trust me, it - it didn't work.

->[[TheStarscream Starscream]]: So, which [[LiteralSplitPersonality part of me]] did ''you'' come from?
->[[OppositeSexClone Slipstream]]: [[YouDoNotWantToKnow Don't ask.]]

->Elephant(with trunk tied in a knot): Don't ask
->Melman: Ha, [[GullibleLemmings someone's]] [[DeadpanSnarker been]] [[AWorldwidePunomenon knotty]].

* From {{Charlie's Angels}}

* ''JustShootMe!'' episode "La Cage"

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A StockPhrase usually spoken in answer to someone asking, "How was your day?" or other such query. It usually implies that the person saying it had a very bad day indeed. Sometimes the statement is made preemptively, before the other person can even ask a question.

See also YouDoNotWantToKnow.

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!!Examples:

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''Arabesque''
->Yasmin Azir: This is like a recurring dream I used to have.
->David Pollock: How did it end?
->Yasmin Azir: Don't ask!
* ''As Good As It Gets''
->Carol Connelly: How are you?
->Simon Bishop: Don't ask.
* ''{{Heat}}''
->Nate: What happened out there?
->Neil [=McCauley=]: Don't ask.
* ''[[{{Film/Outlander}} Outlander]]''
->Wulfric: This is where your ship went down?
->Kainan: That's right.
->Wulfric: In a lake?
->Kainan: Don't ask.
* ''The Adventures of Young IndianaJones: Daredevils of the Desert''
->Indiana Jones: What happened? How did you get away from those Arabs?
->Maya: Don't ask.
* ''TheGreatEscape''
->[Materials being used for escape clothes]
->Bartlett: Where in God's name did you get these?
->Griffith: Hendley.
->Bartlett: Well, where did he get them?
->Griffith: Well, I asked him that.
->Bartlett: What did he say?
->Griffith: "Don't ask."
* ''TheSecretOfNIMH''
->Teresa: What are you doing here?
->Jeremy: Good question, but don't ask.
* ''Trouble Man''
->Mr. T: What's happenin', Willy?
->Willy: Don't ask. Also don't have daughters who marry schmuck husbands.
* ''MurderByDeath''
->Milo Perrier: [Bursts into the room wearing the dead butler's clothing]
->Milo Perrier: Don't ask me!
->Dick Charleston: What ''are'' you doing in the butler's uniform?
->Milo Perrier: I said don't ask me! I don't know. It all happened too quickly!
* From ''[[LegallyBlonde Legally Blonde]]'':
->(Emmett staring at Elle as she stands in line to buy a computer, wearing a Playboy bunny outfit)
->Elle: Don't ask.
->Emmett: Wasn't gonna.
* TheNostalgiaCritic does this at the end of his Casper review.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Wrecked"
->Willow: Magic wasn't all great. I won't miss the nosebleeds and the headaches and stuff.
->Buffy: There you go.
->Willow: Or keeping stinky yak cheese in my bra. Don't ask.
* ''{{Castle}}'' episode "Home Is Where the Heart Stops"
->Kate Beckett: [shows her badge while wearing a slinky dress at the fancy charity ball]
->Richard Castle: Where was the badge?
->Kate Beckett: [[VictoriasSecretCompartment Don't ask.]]
* ''{{Farscape}}'' episode "I Shrink Therefore I Am"
->Rygel: There's a wrinkled old woman floating outside the forward portal.
->John Crichton: Whoa. Gigantic oops. [to D'Argo] Can you do me a favor? Pop outside the tier three treblin side hatch and haul Granny in.
->D'Argo: Noranti is outside?
->John Crichton: Yeah. Don't ask.
* ''JustShootMe!'' episode "La Cage"
->Elliot [=DiMauro=]: Nina, I told you I'd never work with Nikki Ellston.
->Nina Van Horn: I thought you said Mickey Rooney.
->Elliot [=DiMauro=]: Why would I say Mickey Rooney?
->Nina Van Horn: Oh, that's right. ''I'' won't work with Mickey Rooney. Don't ask.
* ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Taken"
->Detective Tutuola: He lives at 1634 Broadway.
->Detective Munch: Not unless he's one of the nuts lobbying for yet another extension of "Cats". That's the Winter Garden Theatre. [Fin gives Munch a look] Don't ask.
* ''MalcolmInTheMiddle''
->Doctor: [after Dewey's stomach is pumped] We didn't find any candles, but we did find some marbles. And the waistband to a pair of underpants.
->Dewey: Don't ask.
* ''{{Monk}}'' episode "Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas"
->Capt. Stottlemeyer: [singing "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone]
->Natalie: [comes in and sees Stottlemeyer at the mic]
->Adrian Monk: Don't ask.
* ''{{Skins}}'' episode "Sid"
->Chris Miles: Last night, man. Cool. Total blast. Everything you could ever want from an evening. Songs, choir girls, colourful costumes, fellatio, rabbits...
->Maxxie: Rabbits?
->Chris Miles: Don't ask, man.
* ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "In the Cards"
->Giger: Where's the hydrosaline solution?
->Jake Sisko: We should have it soon. Nog just got the bear...Don't ask.
* ''The Young IndianaJones Chronicles'' episode "Palestine, October 1917"
->Indiana Jones: Where have you been?
->Rashid: Don't ask. Next time, you play the dead man!

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''DestroyAllHumans! 2''
->Crypto: This gas is noxious. Smells like Pox's underwear. Don't ask me how I know that.

[[AC:WebAnimation]]
* ''RedVsBlue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles'' episode "Have We Met?"
->[Snip description of bizarre events involving time travel and a rocket launcher]
->Church: [to yellow Church] Well, what did you do?
->Church: Dude, don't ask. Trust me, it - it didn't work.

[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* The Nostalgia Critic, at the end of his review of [[spoiler:''Casper'']]
** It's exactly at the end of the video. [[spoiler:As he is exiting from the GMX expo. In a Ghostbuster suit. And he is completely soaked. Don't Ask.]]

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''[[OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians: The Series]]"
->Rolly: What things could a chicken possibly want?
->Lucky: Don't ask.
* TransformersAnimated
->[[TheStarscream Starscream]]: So, which [[LiteralSplitPersonality part of me]] did ''you'' come from?
->[[OppositeSexClone Slipstream]]: [[YouDoNotWantToKnow Don't ask.]]

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->[[OppositeSexClone Slipstream]]]: [[YouDoNotWantToKnow Don't ask.]]