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* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} does this in ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials A Garfield Christmas]]'', a monologue variation. "...Why can't they come here where my nice warm bed is? And why...am I whispering?"

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has this exchange between Church and Tucker, when peeking out from behind a rock to see if the Reds and their Warthog-mounted chaingun were still around:

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* Corky St. Clair in ''Film/WaitingForGuffman''.

* In ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'', TARS asks Cooper why he's whispering, as the rest of the crew has been placed in suspended animation and can't overhear their conversation.

* ''Film/AnyQuestionsForBen'':
-->'''Ben''': [''whispering''] We didn't want to wake you.\\
'''Andy''': [''whispering''] Oh. Thanks.
* ''Film/TheMutilator'': "Why am I whispering? There's absolutely no one on this island but us."
* In ''Film/Siren2010'', Ken, Rachel and Marco have a whispered conversation about Ken's plan to bury the dead sailor on the island and pretend they were never there. Marco asks why they are whispering, as it is only them and the dead sailor on the boat.

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' pilot, between Pete Ross and Chloe Sullivan (Chloe doesn't know why they're whispering and doesn't whisper herself).
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' Season 2 Episode 21, between JD and Janitor
* ''Series/WillAndGrace'' Season 3 Episode 3, between Will and Jack
* ''Series/StargateAtlantis''
-->'''Dr. [=McKay=]:''' [''whispering''] They're scanning for us.
-->'''Dr. Weir:''' [''whispering''] Why are you whispering?
-->'''Dr. [=McKay=]:''' [''whispering''] I don't know, it just seemed like the right thing to do.

* Happens in the Disney educational film ''Timon & Pumbaa: Safety Smart Online'' after Timon & Pumbaa visit a library and then are still whispering after they leave the library.
* Occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' when the leader space bandits discusses one of his plans by whispering into their ears. When Travolton asks why he's doing this, Zix responds, "Because it's more dramatic."

* In "Daniel Learns About Lizards" from ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'', Mom Tiger finds Daniel Tiger and Prince Wednesday observing a lizard and whispering and asks this. They explain that it's because they don't want to scare the lizard.
* In "Basketberry Blues" from ''WesternAnimation/MissSpidersSunnyPatchFriends'', Dragon and Squirt pull a trick to make Spinner think that he's good at basketberry by tying low-visibility spider silk around the basketberry and having Spinner take off his glasses so that he can't see that it's rigged so that it always goes in the basket. He thinks he's so good that he'll try out for the basketberry team. That evening, the rest of the kids discuss that they can't let him do this in hushed voices. Bounce, however, isn't in on the trick and asks why Spinner shouldn't try out when he's really good, then asks "Why are we whispering?" Dragon explains in a normal voice, unfortunately, right as he's in the process of doing so, Spinner shows up.

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---> '''Galen''': (''like an awkward schoolboy'') Who is ''that''?

* In "Basketberry Blues" from ''WesternAnimation/MissSpidersSunnyPatchFriends', Dragon and Squirt pull a trick to make Spinner think that he's good at basketberry by tying low-visibility spider silk around the basketberry and having Spinner take off his glasses so that he can't see that it's rigged so that it always goes in the basket. He thinks he's so good that he'll try out for the basketberry team. That evening, the rest of the kids discuss that they can't let him do this in hushed voices. Bounce, however, isn't in on the trick and asks why Spinner shouldn't try out when he's really good, then asks "Why are we whispering?" Dragon explains in a normal voice, unfortunately, right as he's in the process of doing so, Spinner shows up.

* Occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'' when the leader space bandits discusses one of his plans by whispering into their ears. When Travolton asks why he's doing this, Zix responds, "Because it's more dramatic."

-->'''Soldier 1:''' ''(whispering)''

* ''VideoGame/{{WatchDogs2}}'': Josh did this in a urinal when talking to Marcus. at the fort where the voting Machines needs to destroy.

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* In ''Film/Siren2010'', Ken, Rachel and Marco have a whispered conversation about Ken's plan to bury the dead island and pretend they were never there. Marco asks why they are whispering, as it is only them and the dead sailor on the boat.

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' pilot, between Pete Ross and Chloe Sullivan (Chloe sullivan doesn't know why they're whispering and doesn't whisper herself

* ''Series/{{Roswell}}'' Season 1 Episode 2, has a rather large whispering exchange between three characters. Max and Liz are spying on someone, when Kyle, Liz's boyfriend, thinks they are actually making out. He approaches them:

* ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'': Ends with you accidently blowing up a building, natch.

* A variation is used in ''Franchise/{{Bionicle}}''. [[{{Invisibility}} Jerbraz]] and [[BadassNormal Mazeka]] have entered a village of De-Matoran. Jerbraz mentions that the locals can probably hear them whispering due to their acute hearing. Mazeka asks why they even bother whispering. Jerbraz replies, "Out of respect"— it turns out that their hearing is so strong that [[BlessedWithSuck normal noise levels are painful to them]].

-->'''Scarecrow:''' (''whispering'') You see... (''looks round for eavesdroppers'') I haven't got a brain.\\
'''Dorothy:''' (''whispering'') What?\\
'''Scarecrow:''' (''whispering, but louder'') Brain!\\

'''Scarecrow:''' (''whispering'') Uh, I can't really answer that, because ... (''looks round for eavesdroppers'') I haven't got a brain.

* Occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'' when the leader space bandits discusses one of his plans by whispering into their ears. When Travolton ask why he's doing this, Zix responds, "Because it's more dramatic."