History Main / YouDONOTWantToKnow

** Said power was originally intended to be [[ElementalPowers terrakinesis]], on par with the BigBad of volume five, but was cut due to budget restraints at the time.

* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': By the end of the fic, the Hamato family ''still'' doesn't know what [[NoodleIncident Mikey did when he was alone on the Helicarrier]], and neither does the reader. However, based on Dr. Connors' reaction when it's brought up, that might be a good thing...

* In the second ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' movie, Mia and her would-be paramour end up in a water fountain as she's trying to fend off his advances. As luck would have it, this is in the middle of a formal event. As she approaches her grandmother:

''Max:'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Sybil's not that mysterious once you get to know her.]]\\
''Sam:'' I don't even want to know what you think I meant.

->'''Sam:''' What is with mysterious portals lately?\\

* ''VideoGame/SamAnMax'', In the prologue to ''Moai Better Blues'', Sam and Max find Sybil being chased by a giant triangle-shaped portal.

* Played seriously in ''VideoGame/Persona5''. While the group explores [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Kunikazu Okumura]]'s [[MentalWorld Palace]], Haru, who's Kunikazu's daughter, asks why they haven't run into a cognitive version of her (in other words, a representation of how her father sees her). Morgana says that he can think of a few possible reasons, but Haru wouldn't want to hear them. While this is not brought up to a conclusion in Vanilla, in ''Royal'', we got to see what happened and it's obvious that she ''wouldn't'' like it. Haru in Okumura's eyes is nothing more than another one of his robots that he can just deploy and self-destruct in front of the party when nobody is left to defend him and his corporate empire.

* ''Series/QuantumLeap2022'': After Ben tells Addison that he leaped [[spoiler:to save her]] but can't remember the details, the project team tracks down Janis to ask her instead, since she is the only person who knows the truth. Janis tells Addison that she ''can't'' tell her the specific "what" or "why," and justifies it by saying that you can't say certain things out loud in a world that has time travel.

-->The look on Molly's face made Remus think of one of their old DADA teachers, an older gentleman, the first time he'd overheard James' rather loud reference to 'Remus' furry little problem.' The man had stared at the four of them before saying half under his breath, "Part of me wants to ask, the other part of me says ''knowing'' will be more disturbing than anything I could ever imagine."

* ''Fanfic/ADarkerPath'': When Danny asks about the deaths of the Slaughterhouse Nine, Taylor advises him not to ask about Mannequin, because even by her standards, it was a nasty death.[[note]]She imitated his final phone call from his wife and children, as they were driven insane and killed by the Simurgh. And then she did it again, and again, until Mannequin completely broke down and [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]] rather than keep listening.[[/note]]

* Subverted in a chapter of ''Fanfic/XMenTheEarlyYears''. ComicBook/JeanGrey's teammates keep bringing up some kind of trouble they got into Hong Kong and making oblique references to drug lords, tigers and exploding warehouses. Jean ''knows'' she doesn't want know, but she eventually ends up asking anyway.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14166091/2/The-Stars-Our-Measure The Stars Our Measure]]'' Sirius finds Hermione reading in the Grimmauld Place library.\\
'''Sirius:''' Should I even ''ask'' what you're doing?\\

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': For SCP-231, the containment procedure 110-Montauk is designed to keep the pregnant girl (age unspecified) from giving birth to a creature that will cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. All but the vaguest details regarding 110-Montauk are expunged and redacted; the only details we get are that it's horrifically inhumane[[note]]The writer states it's [[RapeAsDrama not the obvious answer]], ''but worse than that''.[[/note]], that only non-violent D-class personnel are ever to be given authorization to carry out the procedure[[note]]to minimize unnecessary prolonging of the procedure[[/note]], that it's so agonizing to the one carrying out the procedure that those who do it are routinely given LaserGuidedAmnesia to prevent psychological damage[[note]]the suicide rate was disproportionately high for personnel who developed/performed 110-Montauk[[/note]], and that the subject has to be [[AndIMustScream awake, lucid, and aware of what's happening to her or it won't work]].[[note]]She also can't be killed, the fetus can't simply be aborted, and she has to be mind-wiped once a week so the trauma and anguish are fresh, since that makes it more effective.[[/note]] The O5 council, the leaders of the Foundation who already operate with dubious morals at the best of times, are disgusted with themselves that this is the best they can do in this case and avoid talking about it as much as possible; case in point, the photo that would normally accompany the article isn't only missing, it's pointedly removed by order of the O5. The article is screaming this trope with the amount of redaction alone.

* ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader''. Dr Aphra asks Darth Vader how he found her. Cut to a montage of Vader using the Force to toss around a lot of people, including what appears to be an IG-series droid off a rather tall building. Aphra then states she probably really does not want to know.
* In Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} storyline ''Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns'', Franchise/{{Superman}} has been exposed to pink Kryptonite, which turns him gay temporarily. When Comicbook/LoisLane asks why he is acting so strange, Supergirl tells her [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/superman/images/2/2c/Pink_kryptonite_supergirl_79.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130707015306 she does NOT want to know]].

* The ad campaign for ''Comicbook/YoungHeroesInLove'' played up the AllLoveIsUnrequited theme by showing a group shot with [[LoveChart arrowed captions]] showing which team-member each team member was in love with. Then at the end it concluded "And you don't wanna know what Off-Ramp loves!" (This became UnfortunateImplications when the series eventually revealed Off-Ramp was gay.)

* In one of the ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' compilation books, Scott Adams suggests that when calling in sick to work, the best thing to say is, "You don't want to know the details."

* In a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip, Garfield looks at the box of the cat food he's eating, and sees that it reads: "Ingredients: [[MysteryMeat You're better off not knowing]]". He keeps on eating, thinking: "What you don't know can't hurt you, right?"

* In the ''{{Manga/Saki}}'' doujin, ''[[http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/my_childhood_friend#5 My Childhood Friend]]'', Moko Tsuiki, one of Kei's friends and a practice partner for the Achiga team, reveals that she's not participating in the team tournament or the individuals because she's suspended from public games. When Shizuno asks her why, Moko tells her "It's better that you don't know."
* In ''Fanfic/ThePrayerWarriors'', Carter Kane decides to help William against Horus because Horus is ordering Carter to go to America against his wishes. Carter says bad things happened to him in America, but refuses to elaborate.

* In ''FanFic/TheRavensPlan'', this is Bran's reaction when asked what's happening in Dorne following the [[PeggySue Remembering]], feeding many commentators' opinion that, depending on whose minds got sent back in time, it's probably a dumpster fire of a situation. [[spoiler: [[CivilWar They're right, as it turns out.]]]]

* In ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'', our heroes contact Maz Kanata for help dealing with the First Order, only to see that she's in the middle of a gunfight.

** Sarah and Kyle have to hide in a motel, so Kyle pulls out a huge pile of cash and [[RaisedByWolves asks if it's enough to pay for a room]]. Sarah hastily assures him it's enough, adding, "I don't want to know where you got it."

** Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese have to hide in a motel, so Reese pulls out a huge pile of cash and [[RaisedByWolves asks if it's enough to pay for a room]]. Sarah hastily assures him it's enough, then does this trope to herself when she adds "I don't want to know where you got it."
** Sarah asks who the father of the future John Connor will be, "so I won't tell him to get lost when I meet him." All Kyle knows is that [[{{Foreshadowing}} he died before the war]], whereupon [[TooMuchInformation Sarah decides she doesn't want to know any further details]].

* In Film/Paddington2, while Paddington and prison cook Knuckles are making marmalade, Paddington asks where Knuckles learned to use a knife so well. This is Knuckles response.

** Sarah asks who the father of the future John Connor will be, "so I won't tell him to get lost when I meet him." All Kyle knows is that [[{{Foreshadowing}} he died before the war]], whereupon Sarah quickly decides she doesn't want to know anything else.

* ''Film/TheTerminator''. Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese have to hide in a motel, so Reese pulls out a huge pile of cash and [[RaisedByWolves asks if it's enough to pay for a room]]. Sarah hastily assures him it's enough, then does this trope to herself when she adds "I don't want to know where you got it."

* Used in the first-season ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Big Goodbye", where the fate the [[BigCreepyCrawlies insectoid]] Jarada [[DisproportionateRetribution visit upon]] people who [[BerserkButton pronounce their ceremonial greeting wrong]] is so horrible that the crew won't even let Data hint at it.

** [[TheComicallySerious Worf]] is asked at a party what [[ProudWarriorRace Klingons]] dream about.
-->'''Worf''' (in SincerityMode): "Things that would send cold chills down your spine, and wake you in the middle of the night. No, it is better that you do not know. Excuse me." ''*shambles away*''
** In "Sacrifice of Angels", O'Brien and Bashir have been quoting "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in the runup to a battle where they're seriously outnumbered. Garak, eventually, asks how it ends. O'Brien tells him he doesn't want to know...which answers the question.
* Speaking of [[BigCreepyCrawlies insectoids]], on an episode of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', Captain Archer is in VERY tense negotiations with the Xindi; his linguist Lt. Sato performs simultaneous translation -- except at one point, where the insectoid goes on a long chittering rant, and Sato simply says, "You don't want to know."