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* ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'': When Shantae finds the Mayor of Arena Town at bridge of the Siren Airship, he says "No time to explain" how he got there, because he needs help.

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* ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'': When Shantae finds the Mayor of Arena Town at the bridge of the Siren Airship, he says "No time to explain" how he got there, because he needs help.help. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it happens to be a trap set by Risky Boots, who disguised herself as the Mayor]].
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%%** Ron gets increasingly more annoyed each time Hermione does this.

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* ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'': When Shantae finds the Mayor of Arena Town at bridge of the Siren Airship, he says "No time to explain" how he got there, because he needs help.



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* Parodied in the Season 7 finale of ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'', Franchise/{{Sonic}} and Tails get the clue "When at the start the code is the key". Sonic figures it out but repeatedly refuses to tell Tails what the answer is, saying "There's no time!". It's even further parodied as there is a part where the two are riding an extremely slow platform and Tails points out there's plenty of time to explain, Sonic just jumps to the next platform shouting "No time!".

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* Parodied in the Season 7 finale of ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'', Franchise/{{Sonic}} Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} and Tails get the clue "When at the start the code is the key". Sonic figures it out but repeatedly refuses to tell Tails what the answer is, saying "There's no time!". It's even further parodied as there is a part where the two are riding an extremely slow platform and Tails points out there's plenty of time to explain, Sonic just jumps to the next platform shouting "No time!".
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* "No time to explain, Fred!" was Super Chicken's CatchPhrase (well, one of them) in ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle''.

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* "No time to explain, Fred!" was Super Chicken's CatchPhrase catchphrase (well, one of them) in ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle''.
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* Played for drama in Season 2 of ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. Fearing a DeathOfPersonality, [[BenevolentAI Poe]] refuses to [[HaveYouTriedRebooting reboot]] to solve his increasing memory glitches. After one of these glitches, Takeshi Kovacs shouts at Poe that he doesn't have time to keep explaining what's just happened and storms out.
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* ''VideoGame/GeneTroopers'' have your first meeting with your ally, the alien AL. When you try asking questions, AL responds with a "No time for introductions".
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* In ''Webcomic/CityOfSomnus'', as Sakhalin (who is, at least outwardly, one of the bad guys) is helping the good guys escape, she's barraged with questions and answers:

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* In ''Webcomic/CityOfSomnus'', as Sakhalin (who is, at least outwardly, one of the bad guys) is helping the good guys escape, she's barraged with questions and answers:responds:
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* In ''Webcomic/CityOfSomnus'', as Sakhalin (who is, at least outwardly, one of the bad guys) is helping the good guys escape, she's barraged with questions and answers:
-->'''Gozazi''': Who are you people?\\
'''Tusura''': Why are you helping us?\\
'''Vamuro''': ARE you helping us? How can we trust you?\\
'''Sakhalin''': All valid questions that we do not have time to answer.
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* In ''Anime/TheTwelveKingdoms'', Youko Nakajima was an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent until a mysterious blond man appeared in her classroom, swore allegiance to her, and urged her to escape as quickly as possible with not time for explanations. Shortly after, the school was attacked by monsters, giving some weight to his argument. TrappedInAnotherWorld ChangelingFantasy drama ensued, and it was a ''long'' time before Youko got an explanation. If he had taken the time to say ''one more sentence'' about what was going on, the entire plot would have been very different.

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* In ''Anime/TheTwelveKingdoms'', ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'', Youko Nakajima was an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent until a mysterious blond man appeared in her classroom, swore allegiance to her, and urged her to escape as quickly as possible with not time for explanations. Shortly after, the school was attacked by monsters, giving some weight to his argument. TrappedInAnotherWorld ChangelingFantasy drama ensued, and it was a ''long'' time before Youko got an explanation. If he had taken the time to say ''one more sentence'' about what was going on, the entire plot would have been very different.
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The only real justification is that it almost always takes longer to describe a given action than to just perform it — in the words of Grace Hopper, "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission." Explaining the action may waste valuable time that should be spent performing the action — [[ExplainExplainOhCrap meaning there is no time to perform the action at all]]. Of course, there's always the possibility that the person asking forgiveness ''really'' should have gotten permission — NiceJobBreakingItHero

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The only real justification is that it almost always takes longer to describe a given action than to just perform it — in the words of Grace Hopper, "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission." Explaining the action may waste valuable time that should be spent performing the action — [[ExplainExplainOhCrap meaning there is no time to perform the action at all]]. Of course, there's always the possibility that the person asking forgiveness ''really'' should have gotten permission — NiceJobBreakingItHero
NiceJobBreakingItHero.

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