History Main / FigureItOutyourself

* This is a major theme in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', and shows up twice. The first is when [[BigFun Po]], a geeky kung fu fan, is chosen as the new [[TheChosenOne Dragon Warrior]], rather than one of the extremely skilled and disciplined Furious Five. When [[TheMentor Master Shifu]] complains about this choice to [[OldMaster Grand Master Oogway]], Oogway merely smiles and tells Shifu that he'll have to figure out why Po was selected for himself (it doesn't help that Oogway is [[spoiler: literally on his deathbed for this conversation, so there's no chance of extracting further information]]). The second is the climax of the film: the whole purpose of choosing the Dragon Warrior is to give that individual the mysterious Dragon Scroll, which contains the ultimate secret of being a kung fu master. When Po finally opens the scroll, it reveals...[[spoiler: a blank, reflective surface. Though he, Shifu, and the Furious Five initially believe this to be a trick, Po eventually deduces that the ''entire point'' of the Dragon Scroll is that kung fu mastery [[BeYourself comes from within]]--the scroll's surface is meant to show the face of the Warrior and encourage them to turn to self-reflection for strength. Po uses this newfound knowledge to defeat BigBad Tai Lung with the legendary Wuxi Finger Hold; Po brags that he didn't need to be taught the Hold, as he figured out how to do it in his own way.]]

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[ArcherArchetype Soken Ishida]] refuses to explain his son [[HeroicNeutral Ryuken's]] RefusalOfTheCall to his grandson Uryu. Instead, he tells Uryu that he has to learn for himself the secret of what Ryuken wants to protect. Sadly, this approach didn't work out for the Ishidas, since [[spoiler: Uryu has now joined up with the very people Ryuken was hoping to protect him from.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10SecretOfTheOmnitrix'', this is implied uttered by the creator of the Omnitrix at the very end of the MadeForTVMovie. Due to the very little learning experience Ben expresses, it's pretty much used to maintain the [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo]]. Of course, Azmuth doesn't tell him anything, anyway.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Angelica could be found repeatedly [[ParentalBonus reciting the Louis Armstrong quote]] to the babies. [[HilariousInHindsight That just made the time they camped out a lot funnier.]] Angelica said, "We couldn't sleep 'cause of the [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Sachmo]]."

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has Auron say pretty much exactly this. Auron was the guardian of Braska, the current High Summoner, and knows that the CorruptChurch of Yevon is pulling a few strings to give people a false hope. Namely, that [[spoiler:summoners do temporarily stop Sin, but they can never ''permanently'' stop Sin, because the High Summoner dies in the attempt and the Final Aeon just becomes the next Sin. This is what happened with Tidus's father Jecht, the current incarnation of Sin, and Auron's longtime friend]]. The reason Auron doesn't tell anybody about any of this in Yuna's party is because Auron doesn't want any of them to get second thoughts, and to see if Yuna is the kind of person who would TakeAThirdOption and find a way to give the people a real hope instead of a false hope. Lucky for everyone that Yuna is just that kind of summoner, but others in Yuna's party frequently call out Auron for trying to play the StealthMentor when he could just spell it out for everyone instead.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has Auron say pretty much exactly this. Auron was the guardian of Braska, the current High Summoner, and knows that the CorruptChurch of Yevon is pulling a few strings to give people a false hope. Namely, that [[spoiler:summoners do temporarily stop Sin, but they can never ''permanently'' stop Sin, because the High Summoner dies in the attempt and the Final Aeon just becomes the next Sin. This is what happened with Tidus's father Jecht, the current incarnation of Sin, and Jecht's longtime friend]]. The reason Auron doesn't tell anybody this in Yuna's party is because he doesn't want any of them to get second thoughts, and to see if Yuna is the kind of person who would TakeAThirdOption and find a way to give the people a real hope instead of a false hope. Lucky for everyone that Yuna is just that kind of summoner, but others in Yuna's party frequently call out Auron for trying to play the StealthMentor.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has Auron say pretty much exactly this. Auron is the guardian of Braska, the current High Summor, and knows that the CorruptChurch of Yevon is pulling a few strings to give people a false hope. Namely, that [[spoiler:summoners do temporarily stop Sin, but they can never ''permanently'' stop Sin, because the High Summoner dies in the attempt and the Final Aeon just becomes the next Sin. This is what happened with Tidus's father Jecht, the current incarnation of Sin, and Jecht's longtime friend]]. The reason Auron doesn't tell anybody this in Yuna's party is because he doesn't want any of them to get second thoughts, and to see if Yuna is the kind of person who would TakeAThirdOption and find a way to give the people a real hope instead of a false hope. Lucky for everyone that Yuna is just that kind of summoner, but others in Yuna's party frequently call out Auron for trying to play the StealthMentor.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has Auron say pretty much exactly this.

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* Shouted word for word by the Narrator from Season 2 of ''Series/Schmigadoon''.

* Shouted word for word by the Narrator from Season 2 of ''Series/Schmigadoon'.

* The Narrator from Season 2 of ''Series/Schmigadoon'': "You have to... FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF!"

* In ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', both Asahina Mikuru and Nagato Yuki give Kyon very incomplete information about [[spoiler:how to... save the world from Haruhi.]] Kyon puts both clues together at nearly the last minute to do just so. {{Justified|Trope}} to some extent because both Asahina and Nagato are constrained by rules.

* ''Manga/RealMoTamaniWaUsoWoTsuku'': In Chapter 134, Nanami's mother Shouko has revealed that she knows that Nanami's friend Kaori is actually Kaoru. This is at least partially because Kaoru (in disguise as Kaori) and Nanami were meeting at their house to discuss ways of approaching [[OverprotectiveDad Nanami's father Toshio]] in order to get him to accept they're now a couple. In Chapter 135, Nanami realises that now that Shouko knows, [[StatingTheSimpleSolution she can explain things to Toshio instead of Nanami and Kaoru having to wrack their brains]]. Shouko notes that she ''could'', but she feels it's more important that Nanami and Kaoru solve the problem themselves.

* Occurs in ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' when one of the heroes tries to save two friends of his, but seeing as its done by trying to convince 2 mooks who were helping the Seatopians (the bad guys), it's more of a case of ScrewThisImOuttaHere