History Main / LetUsNeverSpeakOFThisAgain

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': After the death of a colleague, Stella and Adam have a [[SexForSolace one-night stand.]] Later at work as things are a bit awkward, they hastily agree that it must never, ever happen again.

* In [[https://www.wattpad.com/49797714-a-turn-of-events-brittany-and-mackenzie-fanfiction this]] ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' HurtComfortFic, after Brittnay and Mackenzie open up to each other during the former's illness-induced emotional breakdown, then agree it never happened.

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': In chapter 8 Misato brings up several old incidents where a severely intoxicated Ritsuko kissed her and flirted with her when they were college students. Ritsuko cuts her off, reminding her they were not supposed to speak of it again.
-->'''Misato:''' Take her out for drinks next time instead of me and Kaji? [...] It's not like you've never kissed a girl before. Or done even m-\\
'''Ritsuko:''' And you promised that we'd never speak of it again, and that it was only because we were both hammered out of our minds and hadn't had a guy in months.

* In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fic ''[[Fanfic/BecauseIKnewYou Multiverse of Madness: The Clea Cut]]'', when America Chavez sends Peter Parker, Wanda Maximoff and Doctor Strange through various alternate realities, they each end up witnessing embarrassing worlds for all three; a world where Wanda and Stephen are married and doing a stage magic show, a world where Wanda is basically a cartoonish villain, and a world where [[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark Spider-Man is a Broadway show known for the dancers having accidents]]. All three agree to the others' request that everyone act as though they never saw that.
* ''Fanfic/HigherLearning'': After their accidental kiss, [[spoiler:Asuka and Kaoru]] apologize to each other and agree that it never happened and they will not speak about it ever again.
* ''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Movie]]'' gives us this exchange, acknowledging the movie as a cheap cash-in and agreeing to pretend it never happened:
-->'''Yugi:''' Well, it's the end of the movie. All in all, it was kinda disappointing.\\
'''Téa:''' I can't help but feel it was all [[MerchandiseDriven just a cheap cash-in made to promote a bunch of cards.]]\\
'''Grampa Moto:''' It's almost like this whole story was thrown together at the last minute.\\
'''Pegasus:''' I agree. So, from now on, [[NonSerialMovie let's pretend it never happened.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanworks:
** ''WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTheMentallyAdvancedSeries'': After the Mane Six realize [[spoiler:Prince Blueblood hired Pinkie to set fire to the castle to commit InsuranceFraud and blamed it on Applejack's completely separate grease fire, and there's no point in trying to get him arrested for it because the only pony with the authority to do so, Celestia, might have been in on it]] Twilight declares they will never speak of it again.
** ''[[Fanfic/TheNuptialverse Post Nuptials]]'': When Fluttershy and Iron Will are walking through the Canterlot hedge maze during the wedding reception, they stumble across Octavia and Vinyl Scratch making out and quickly walk away.
--->'''Iron Will:''' Did you see...\\
'''Fluttershy:''' No.\\
'''Iron Will:''' Me neither.
** In ''Fanfic/{{Magnetism}}'', after [[CrazyJealousGuy Angel]] launches Rainbow Dash (and, [[ChainedHeat by accidental extension]], Fluttershy) into the Everfree Forest, and the two pegasi work their way out, the two hug, and:
--->''Their glares communicated much to the other and while the majority of their exchange consisted of varied insults and death threats, the one message they both shared for the other was, "Let us never speak of this again."''
** ''Fanfic/{{Hard Reset|Eakin}}'': Twilight and Spike have this as a standing arrangement regarding her time as an EmoTeen.
** Happens in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/94339/6/eakins-rapid-fire-pony-fics/the-legend-of-the-enchanted-spatula The Legend of the Enchanted Spatula]]'' in regards to a past NoodleIncident.
--->'''Luna:''' You can't blame me for what happened. I don't even know where the cultists found that much jam living inside a volcano, much less how they kept it from going bad.\\
'''Celestia:''' You could have warned me about the ferrets, at the very least. And then to top it all off this "epic artifact of immense power" turns out to be--\\
'''Luna:''' The book didn't mention that! I don't know what the Order was thinking! I don't even know how you'd do that to a spatula! Those poor, poor quiches. Their sacrifice shall never be forgotten.\\
'''Celestia:''' Oh, yes it will. Because we are never going to speak of this again. Ever. Especially not to Twilight. Do you understand?
** ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'':
*** In "Purple Party Pooper", Twilight and Rarity accidentally mention humans. Humans are apparently the ElephantInTheLivingRoom, with some dire but unstated consequences for acknowledging them. Twilight and Rarity both panic briefly, then agree to just pretend that the entire conversation never happened.
*** In "The Cheesen One", Scootaloo has to fill the vacated [[TheScapegoat village idiot]] position while Rainbow Dash is on vacation. Afterwards she does not want it mentioned. Ever:
---->'''Rainbow Dash:''' Thanks for covering for me while I was gone, Scootaloo.\\
'''Scootaloo:''' Don't ever mention it. Ever.
** ''Fanfic/ShadowsOfGiants'': Rainbow Dash bursts into tears when she is turned into a human since she doesn't have wings. When she calms down, she tells her friends not to tell anyone that she cried.
** ''Fanfic/TheMaretian'': On Sol 234, Starlight doing a test with the magic batteries to create a temporary magic field results in a spontaneous song for the Equestrian castaways, and Mark Watney gets caught into it. After the song ends, the human is rather amazed, but Starlight and Fireball inform him that they don't talk about it -- ever. And that means, stop talking about it.
** ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse:'' The events of the story "Foalish Misadventures", according to the non-cannon story "Nighmares Yet to Come", were under a sort of blanket ban in Ponyville due to embarrassment (due to every adult in town getting drunk due to cursed booze and wrecking the town) until they realised that having to explain the situation to the repairponies required talking about it a little. Henceforth, they refer to it generally as "the Incident".
%%** ''FanFic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'': Trixie feels this way about her confrontation with Fluttershy's "[[ItMakesSenseInContext ninja chicken]]". (Potential ZCE: Unless the "ninja chicken" is a Noodle Incident, like Enchanted Spatula, more info on it is needed)

** In "The Vacation Goo", the Smiths go on a cruise that turns disastrous, with them [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame getting hunted like animals]] and [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty having to eat a dead cruise director]] in order to survive. Afterwards Francine remarks that there's nothing like sharing a DarkSecret to strengthen a family's bonds, and they all agree to forget it ever happened.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In the episode "Cracking Mrs. Croaker", Mrs. Croaker tells Anne, Spring, and Polly not to go talking about her fight with Jonah.

* ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'': In ''Wicked Game'', Dodie and Macie conspire with Miranda and Mipsy to break up the new relationship between Ginger and Darren--the former because they feel left out by Ginger's preoccupation with Darren and the latter because they're petty, jealous, often reprehensible people. Ginger eventually finds out about it, stops talking to Dodie and Macie, and the episode ends on a rather sour note, but afterwards the three of them act as if it never happened. It's implied that they decided to deal with it by just never talking about it.

** In "Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained", after Dipper and Mabel discover the bizarre truth about "Lefty" (that he's [[spoiler: a MobileSuitHuman piloted by little aliens who [[CyanidePill all committed suicide after being found out]]]]), Dipper tells Mabel "I think we might want to burn this tape."
** In "Northwest Mansion Mystery", after Pacifica [[AccidentalHug hugs Dipper from getting caught up in the moment]], she then proceeds to pay him to forget it ever happened.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': At the end of the episode "My Fair Mandy," Mandy, Billy, and Grim are [[spoiler:turned into Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls]], sort of.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "This Little Piggy", we get to see how far Batman will go to save Wonder Woman [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoRundeX6O0&feature=related here]].

** In "The Return of Harmony, Part 2": Rarity says this word-for-word to her friends about the fact that she was brainwashed into thinking a large boulder was a giant diamond. Of course, [[BrutalHonesty Applejack]] brings it up very shortly afterwards, when they try to de-brainwash Rainbow Dash.

** In "Rock-Solid Friendship", when Pinkie Pie learns her sister Maud [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom told Starlight Glimmer where to find a stone with the ability to contain cutie-mark magic]], this is her reaction.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Once Upon a Swap", after escaping their respective pursuers, Eda remarks that they should never speak of the [[FreakyFridayFlip body-swapping]] incident again.

** According to "Bee Story", the Fireside Girls' first try at their "Beekeeping Patch" was such a disaster they've agreed to never even mention it again.
** Done by Candace and Stacy in "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum" after they miss a high five.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' had the episode "ShotgunWedding", in which the Professor tries to learn more about Fuzzy Lumpkins [[ForScience for the purpose of science]], and after getting covered in mud, flowers, and a curtain is [[AttractiveBentGender mistaken for a woman by Fuzzy]] and nearly forced to marry him. After the Professor is saved by the Powerpuff Girls, he writes on his notepad "Lumpkins are, above all, stupid" and as a sidenote "never speak of this again"... and then eats it. He gets really mad when the Girls mention it about 10 seconds later.

** From "There's No Disgrace Like Home", Homer forces Dr. Marvin Monroe to honor his "double your money back" advertising claim since the family is still fighting. After Dr. Monroe refunds him double, he says "Just go, and never tell anyone you were here!"
** The Itchy and Scratchy Land episode, after Homer takes a disastrous shortcut:

** This also happened in "The Principal and the Pauper", where Principal Skinner was revealed to be really an impostor named Armin Tamzarian. They cleared up the problem by deciding they [[WeWantOurJerkBack were happier with the fake Skinner]], and the real one was run out of town. The local judge issues a decree that no-one will ever mention it again, under penalty of ''torture''. [[MoodWhiplash Everybody cheers in agreement]].

* Crane says this to Po in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' after Crane helps him out of an uncomfortable position.

* A key component to the treaty, that ended the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar, was the agreement for neither side to ever blame the other for starting it (so that it does not break out again over the debate), which effectively silenced the topic alltogether in interconfessional meetings. The Westphalian mindset, that wars can break out with nobody at fault, remained dominant in Europe until the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Treaty of Versailles]].

* ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'': After the CREATIVITY EXPLOSION from the first episode, the puppets are sitting around, confused as to what the hell just happened. Sketchbook says they should all agree to never be creative again.

* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': In "Envied", when Misty's Mom asks if she's "trying out for cheerleading again", Misty reminds her they "agreed to never speak of that again".

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Part of the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Aiel honor code]] is that, once a debt of honor has been settled, it's dishonorable to remind the person of their past transgression. As such, there's a scene where Egwene confesses a lie to her Aiel mentors, submits to a painful and humiliating punishment, and everyone moves right on afterwards.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'', Mary Jane drops in on a couple of kids in the middle of bullying while in costume. She lets them off with a warning, but the bullies get one last shot by calling her "Spider-Mom". In true Parker Luck fashion, MJ slinks off in embarrassment, her mental thoughts proclaiming this trope.

* In ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'', this is Sky's reaction to the events of Tan Line Island, where the girls got mistaken for a princess and put in some...''[[GoGoEnslavement interesting]]'' outfits.

%%'''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]:''' ...as long as we '''never''' speak of it again!

* ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'': In Season 7, after managing to rebuild the entire universe, Franchise/{{Sonic}} is surprised at how it was able to be finished [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall in a week]], with Tails stating that he's glad they both agreed to never speak of the logistics of how it was done, giving an AsideGlance.

* ''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Movie]]'' gives us this exchange, acknwoledging the movie as a cheap cash-in and agreeing to pretend it never happened:

'''Pegasus:''' I agree. So, from now on, let's pretend it never happened.

* In ''ComicBook/ChaosWar'' #3, while under the influence of Venus's magic song, Amadeus admits to Thor that he loves him. Thor says he loves him too, and then says not to speak of it ever again.
* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'':
** A panel featuring these exact words appears in volume 4, after Scott discovers [[spoiler:a drunken Knives and Kim making out.]]
** Volume 6 had Scott and Knives making out, [[spoiler:after coming to terms with the end of their relationship.]] It was horrible. For everyone. '''[[NoFourthWall And that includes]] [[FanDisservice you!]]'''
%%* The [[ComicBook/RedHulk Red]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Green Hulks]] agree on this following the [[FusionDance Compound Hulk]] incident in ''ComicBook/{{Hulk|2008}}'' #30. (ZCE: What about this makes them not want to speak of it again?)
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Transformers Animated: The Arrival #2]]'', after Professor Princess blackmails Starscream into not attacking her (by threatening to broadcast an [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto image of him]] [[http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/39/StarscreamProfessorArrivalIssue2.jpg in a wig and makeup]] around the galaxy), a rather perturbed Starscream says this [[VillainExitStageLeft and flies off]].

* In ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', PrinceCharming and [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty]] are working in an office during a heatwave. Nearly delirious, they briefly make out. They awkwardly agree never to bring it up again, especially not in the presence of her husband, Beast.
* Subverted in the new ''[[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]]''. Wolverine would very much like to not talk about the heroine [[spoiler:carrying him on her back when he was wounded]], but the girl unfortunately already uploaded the story on the internet.
* ''Infamous Iron Man'' opens with SHIELD agent and ActionGirl Maria Hill being kidnapped and interrogated by El Diablo (a D-List villain), only to be promptly rescued by, of all people, a reformed ComicBook/DoctorDoom. Upon saving her, Doom immediately promises to never tell anyone about this incident to preserve her reputation.

* In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'', Mary Jane drops in on a couple of kids in the middle of bullying while in costume. She lets them off with a warning, but the bullies get one one last shot by calling her "Spider-Mom". In true Parker Luck fashion, MJ slinks off in embarrassment, her mental thoughts proclaiming this trope.

* One of the short stories in ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' had the time-traveling criminal the Raider take his son Trip and [[ItMakesSenseInContext go back in time to keep George Washington from chopping down the cherry tree and avoid him being forgiven for telling the truth being used against him while he's trying to educate Trip]], only to accidentally destroy the tree himself and Washington claiming he chopped it down because his father would have never believed the truth. Once they're home, the Raider lifts the punishment for Trip dismantling his robot maid as long as nobody ever hears of it.

* In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fic ''Fanfic/BecauseIKnewYou Multiverse of Madness: The Clea Cut]]'', when America Chavez sends Peter Parker, Wanda Maximoff and Doctor Strange through various alternate realities, they each end up witnessing embarrassing worlds for all three; a world where Wanda and Stephen are married and doing a stage magic show, a world where Wanda is basically a cartoonish villain, and a world where [[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark Spider-Man is a Broadway show known for the dancers having accidents]]. All three agree to the others' request that everyone act as though they never saw that.

%%** Most of the various victors (particularly the Rebel ones) do their best not to bring up what they did in the Games in front of each other. (ZCE: What about this makes them not want to speak of it again?)

* ''Webcomic/{{Evon}}'' [[http://evoncomics.com/?p=1660 Invoked by Evon]] in the wake of meeting her half-brother.[[note]][[AccidentalIncest Who was her first lover]], before she found out who he really was. For the record, he didn't know either at that moment.[[/note]]