History Main / LittleNo

* Misty in the first Pokémon movie, upon seeing[[spoiler: Ash turning to stone]] whispers, " No, please no."

* Misty in the first Pokemon movie, upon seeing[[spoiler: Ash's death]] whispers, " No, please no."

* As shown at the top of this page, the cave cutscene from ''HotelMario'':

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* At the start of the ''{{DiscWorld}}'' novel ''{{Discwolrd/Sourcery}}'', Death interupts a ranting wizard with a "No." The impact of the Little No is clear with the reader as well, since it's not all caps as per Death's usual speach pattern.

** We get another one in ''Discworld/AndIShallWearMidnight'': After being accused of all sorts of evil acts, Tiffany (the local witch) sarcastically asks her main accuser (Roland's [[ObnoxiousInLaws future mother-in-law]]) if she was going to "start going on about spinning wheels next." The Dutchess takes this at face value and orders all the spinning wheels in the castle destroyed. Roland mentions one of his late mother's favorite things was a ornate spinning wheel. When The Dutchess doesn't and reiterates her order of ''all'' the spinning wheels, Roland shuts her and her personal guard down with a firm "no." It's the first time we see Roland stand up to The Dutchess and a sign he's starting to lose his grip on the IdiotBall he'd been carrying for most of the book.

** We get another one in ''AndIShallWearMidnigh'': After being accused of all sorts of evil acts, Tiffany (the local witch) sarcastically asks her main accuser (Roland's [[ObnoxiousInLaws future mother-in-law]]) if she was going to "start going on about spinning wheels." The Dutchess takes this at face value and orders all the spinning wheels in the castle destroyed. Roland mentions one of his late mother's favorite things was a ornate spinning wheel. When The Dutchess doesn't and reiterates her order of ''all'' the spinning wheels, Roland shuts her and her personal guard down with a firm "no." It's the first time we see Roland stand up to The Dutchess and a sign he's starting to lose his grip on the IdiotBall he'd been carrying for most of the book.

Third use, and the little brother of the BigNo. A tiny, pathetic "No", almost if begging for the reality in front of the speaker's eyes to not be real. Disbelief and denial, with a blank or horrified look on his/her face. When being hammed up, this little "No" will often be followed by the usual hysterics and a resounding BigNo. Done effectively, conveys utter and complete vulnerability from characters too BadAss to break down weeping and screaming. TheStoic will be the one to use this "No", in a moment of NotSoStoic.

Compare StageWhisper.

* ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'': Tsuna gives one in the future arc after Byakuran asks him if he curses his fate of being forced into the mafia world.

* Misty in the first Pokemon movie, upon seeing[[spoiler: Ash's death]] whispers, " No,please no."

** In ''BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker]]'', also in the DCAU, Batman gives a [[NightmareFuel particularly chilling one]] in the flashback when he sees [[spoiler:what the Joker's brainwashing sessions have done to Robin.]]

** In ''[[Batman Beyond Return of the Joker]]'', also in the DCAU, Batman gives a [[NightmareFuel particularly chilling one]] in the flashback when he sees [[spoiler:what the Joker's brainwashing sessions have done to Robin.]]

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* While not really a "no" so much as "[[spoiler: You are the dead.]]" from Act I of ''TheProtomen'', but it carries the same weight.
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* The hyper-{{narm}}y BigNo in ''{{Tombstone}}'' by Kurt Russell's Wyatt Earp comes strewn with a cluster of LittleNo's.

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-->-Rorschach's Journal, October 12, 1985, ''{{Watchmen}}''

!!Examples

* [[{{Bleach}} Orihime]] gives one of these when she discovers the Espada Grimmjow only wanted Ichigo healed so he could fight him.
* Asuka in ''EndOfEvangelion'' after Shinji desperately tries to connect to her during Instrumentality. It is the last push that causes him to finally break completely down, and he ultimately responds by strangling her.

* Rorschach of ''{{Watchmen}}'' is extremely well known for this line, though he utters in only in the hypothetical tense. He does this as he imagines a world so torn apart in chaos that it begs him, at last to help -- and he doesn't want to anymore.
* At the end of some serious psychological torture complete with a life changing letter from a woman who's already dead, this is [[VForVendetta Evey Hammond's]] only response to being asked to submit herself as having been coerced into her actions by V.
* [[ExMachina Mitchell Hundred's]] response to [[spoiler: Suzanne when she tries to convince him to [[WeCanRuleTogether help her conquer the Earth.]]]]
* In ''{{Elfquest}}'', a LittleNo of horrified denial is Treestump's immediate reaction to seeing his daughter Dewshine lying unconscious in Leetah's arms.

[[folder:Films]]

* [[{{Equilibrium}} "No. Not without incident."]] And then, ''awesome'' happens.
* In ''{{Film/Batman}}'', after Vicki Vale asks Batman that people will die because the entire shipments have poisoned, and Batman replies to her with a LittleNo, because the chemicals have to be mixed.
* At the very end of ''TheGodfather'', Kay asks Michael if he is responsible for orchestrating the deaths of the heads of the five families and his brother-in-law Carlo. Michael looks her straight in the eye and quietly says [[BlatantLies "No."]] Kay actually seems to accept this, at least until the other goons kiss his hand and address him as "Don Corleone".
* This happens when Isildur refuses to destroy the Ring in the prologue to ''TheLordOfTheRings'' movie. Elrond is urging him to cast it into the fire, but Isildur whispers "no" and turns away.
* ''StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' famously features the [[BigNo Big KHAAAAANN]], but Kirk also mutters out a simple "No..." as he watches Spock die after his HeroicSacrifice.
*''{{Run Lola Run}}'': At the end of her first run, Lola is shot in the chest by a nervous police officer and lies in the street dying. After a flashback to a bedtime conversation between her and her boyfriend, she quietly says "stop", which restarts her GroundhogDayLoop.
*''WallE'': When EVE thinks that Wall-E is KilledOffForReal, she whispers 'no.' twice. It's extremely epic.

* At the start of the DiscWorld novel Sourcery, Death interupts a ranting wizard with a 'No.' The impact of the LittleNo is clear with the reader as well, since it's not all caps as per Death's usual speach pattern.
* at the climax of " Farworld: Land Keep" Marcus is about to 'save' Farworld, but will really end up destroying it. unable to see past his own glory, he prepares to use the whole world's magic- and Kyja whispers ' no' before passing out from blood loss.

* Sheridan in the ''BabylonFive'' episode "Intersections in Real Time":

--> '''The Doctor:''' It means no.\\

*Common response to a referee by a professional wrestler getting choked or stretched. Most are too manly to verbally submit.
*Less {{Badass}} and more creeped-out, but [[TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]] does this before suggesting getting a restraining order for CNN [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-8-2009/-i--on-news here]].

*While not really a "no" so much as "[[spoiler: You are the dead.]]" from Act I of ''TheProtomen'', but it carries the same weight.

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Used pretty straight in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0627.html this comic]] of ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'' comic, echoing [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0182.html an earlier one]] [[spoiler:(hinting that both dragon [mother and son] have similar speech pattern when making a will save)]].
** Also, Hinjo in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0409.html this one]].
** Xykon pulls out a rather definitive one [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0662.html there]].
* Ardsley Wooster in ''GirlGenius'' [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070101 here]].
** An earlier use by a minor character against Von Pinn [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040830 here.]]
* EightBitTheater: Fighter: "Gravity was all "This time I've got you," and I was all, like, "No.""
* Used by [[spoiler:Magus]] in [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2009-11-11 this]] ''ElGoonishShive'' (contains spoilers).

*In {{Kingdom Hearts}}, Namine says this to Marluxia when [[spoiler: he asks her to break Sora's heart, thus removing all his memories.]]
*As shown at the top of this page, the cave cutscene from ''HotelMario'':
-->'''Mario''': Gee, it's kinda dark.
-->'''Luigi''': Didja bring a light?
-->'''Mario''': (''turns to look at Luigi'') No...

[[folder:WebAnimation]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ZYF-Zmo2E The Lazer Collection]]: Randall after finding out [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather he's Dr. Octogonapus's son]]]].

[[folder:WesternAnimation]]

* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Katara gives a LittleNo at the last second before Jet blows up a village dam.

-->'''Stormy''': You mean there's a...Black Stormy?
-->'''Doctor Quinn''': ''(after lengthy pause)''No.
* [[TheSecretSaturdays Zak]] whispers 'No...' when his family is about to be crushed by an army of monsters just because he refuses to help overthrow the human race.
* Batman says this a lot in both JusticeLeague and JusticeLeagueUnlimited.
** In ''BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', also in the DCAU, Batman gives a [[NightmareFuel particularly chilling one]] in the flashback when he sees [[spoiler:what the Joker's brainwashing sessions have done to Robin.]]

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