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* ''WesternAnimation/GodRocks'': In a ''[=RocKidsTV=]'' "Parable Playhouse" segment, after the God Rocks group sings a jaunty sea shanty, Gem tells everyone that the kingdom of Heaven is like the fish they catch - like how the fishers keep the fish, God will keep anyone who follows the statutes of Christianity forever. When Chip asks what happens to everybody else, Gem's only response is "You don't wanna know." and to keep him from guessing.
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-->'''Worf''' 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)''

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-->'''Worf''' -->'''Worf:''' 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)''
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* ''Series/Halo2022''. In the Season One finale, Cortana tells Vannack that he has to pilot the exact path she's calculated through the gravitational forces or be [[FoldSpindleMutilation "spaghettified"]]. When Vannak wants to know why she didn't mention this before, Cortana cheerfully says their odds of success were already so low she didn't want to worry them.
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* ‘’WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel:’’ In the episode Masquerade after Angel Dust shows a porno he was in to the other hotel patrons for “Show and tell day” Husk says it’s fake which annoys Angel. Husk then says everyone tells their woes to the bartender listing off the baggage of Sir Pentious, Charlie, and Vaggie, but not Nifty, instead saying “And, Nifty? (Scoffs) You don’t even wanna know what her deal is.”

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* ‘’WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel:’’ ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel:'' In the episode Masquerade after Angel Dust shows a porno he was in to the other hotel patrons for “Show and tell day” Husk says it’s fake which annoys Angel. Husk then says everyone tells their woes to the bartender listing off the baggage of Sir Pentious, Charlie, and Vaggie, but not Nifty, [[CuteAndPsycho Nifty]], instead saying “And, Nifty? (Scoffs) You don’t even wanna know what her deal is.”
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* A more heartwarming version of this trope appears in ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''. When Andy defiantly plays a soulful Italian opera piece over the prison intercom (Sall'aria, from Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro''), Red muses that he doesn't want to know what the ladies in the song were singing about, preferring to think it was something too beautiful to be put into words.
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* ‘’WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel:’’ In the episode Masquerade after Angel Dust shows a porno he was in to the other hotel patrons for “Show and tell day” Husk says it’s fake which annoys Angel. Husk then says everyone tells their woes to the bartender and ends by saying “And, Nifty? (Scoffs) You don’t even wanna know what her deal is.”

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* ‘’WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel:’’ In the episode Masquerade after Angel Dust shows a porno he was in to the other hotel patrons for “Show and tell day” Husk says it’s fake which annoys Angel. Husk then says everyone tells their woes to the bartender listing off the baggage of Sir Pentious, Charlie, and ends by Vaggie, but not Nifty, instead saying “And, Nifty? (Scoffs) You don’t even wanna know what her deal is.”

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* ‘’WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel:’’ In the episode Masquerade after Angel Dust shows a porno he was in to the other hotel patrons for “Show and tell day” Husk says it’s fake which annoys Angel. Husk then says everyone tells their woes to the bartender and ends by saying “And, Nifty? (Scoffs) You don’t even wanna know what her deal is.”
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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In one chapter, only Spider-Ninja and Michelangelo are available for a mission. When Hill asks where the other Turtles are, she's told that [[FurryReminder they're shedding]]. Spider-Ninja says this trope word for word, and adds that she and Mikey don't want to be in the lair until they're done. Hill decides (wisely) to not ask further.
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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In one chapter, only Spider-Ninja and Michelangelo are available for a mission. When Hill asks where the other Turtles are, she's told that [[FurryReminder they're shedding]]. Spider-Ninja says this trope word for word, and adds that she and Mikey don't want to be in the lair until they're done.

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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In one chapter, only Spider-Ninja and Michelangelo are available for a mission. When Hill asks where the other Turtles are, she's told that [[FurryReminder they're shedding]]. Spider-Ninja says this trope word for word, and adds that she and Mikey don't want to be in the lair until they're done. Hill decides (wisely) to not ask further.
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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': In one chapter, only Spider-Ninja and Michelangelo are available for a mission. When Hill asks where the other Turtles are, she's told that [[FurryReminder they're shedding]]. Spider-Ninja says this trope word for word, and adds that she and Mikey don't want to be in the lair until they're done.
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* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaParadiseLost'': Monokuma discourages the surviving students in Chapter 5's Class Trial from further probing into [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls Haiji Towa's]] [[HistoricalRapSheet participation in Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking ring]]]] thus:

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* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaParadiseLost'': Monokuma discourages the surviving students in Chapter 5's Class Trial from further probing into [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls Haiji Towa's]] [[HistoricalRapSheet participation in Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking ring]]]] thus:
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* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaParadiseLost'': Monokuma discourages the surviving students in Chapter 5's Class Trial from further probing into [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls Haiji Towa's]] [[HistoricalRapSheet participation in Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking ring]]]] thus:
-->'''Monokuma:''' You do not want to know what he did in the U.S. Virgin Islands.\\
'''Daisuke:''' What are you-\\
'''Monokuma:''' Trust me: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU. DO. NOT.]]

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* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''. Before they're allowed to enter the Array, an ObstructiveBureaucrat asks whether the crew of ''Voyager'' have encountered various {{Negative Space Wedgie}}s, been exposed to the Phage, or [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers had sex with a Bolian]].

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* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''. Before they're allowed to enter the Array, an ObstructiveBureaucrat asks whether the crew of ''Voyager'' have encountered various {{Negative Space Wedgie}}s, been exposed to the Phage, or [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers had sex with a Bolian]].Bolian.
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* The final cutscene of ''VideoGame/{{Dreamkiller}}'', after you destroy the Dream Devourer and regains consciousness in the real world. A medic attending to you asks if you're alright and what just happened, and you reply to him in-verbatim. "You don't really want to know, trust me..."

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* The final cutscene of ''VideoGame/{{Dreamkiller}}'', after you destroy the Dream Devourer and regains consciousness in the real world. A medic attending to you asks if you're alright and if you remember what just happened, and happened; you reply to him in-verbatim. "You don't really want to know, trust me..."

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--->'''John Sheridan''': What the…?\\

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* The final cutscene of ''VideoGame/{{Dreamkiller}}'', after you destroy the Dream Devourer and regains consciousness in the real world. A medic attending to you asks if you're alright and what just happened, and you reply to him in-verbatim. "You don't really want to know, trust me..."
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesofFelixTheCat'': In "Step Right Up", Felix visits a carnival sideshow and sees an ordinary-looking woman sitting. A nearby boy asks the lady what is so special about her, and the woman says this verbatim in [[LarnyxDissonance in a deep masculine-sounding voice]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesofFelixTheCat'': In "Step Right Up", Felix visits a carnival sideshow and sees an ordinary-looking woman sitting. A nearby boy asks the lady what is so special about her, and the woman says this verbatim in [[LarnyxDissonance [[LarynxDissonance in a deep masculine-sounding voice]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TwistedTalesofFelixTheCat'': In "Step Right Up", Felix visits a carnival sideshow and sees an ordinary-looking woman sitting. A nearby boy asks the lady what is so special about her, and the woman says this verbatim in [[LarnyxDissonance in a deep masculine-sounding voice]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TwistedTalesofFelixTheCat'': ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesofFelixTheCat'': In "Step Right Up", Felix visits a carnival sideshow and sees an ordinary-looking woman sitting. A nearby boy asks the lady what is so special about her, and the woman says this verbatim in [[LarnyxDissonance in a deep masculine-sounding voice]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TwistedTalesofFelixTheCat'': In "Step Right Up", Felix visits a carnival sideshow and sees an ordinary-looking woman sitting. A nearby boy asks the lady what is so special about her, and the woman says this verbatim in [[LarnyxDissonance in a deep masculine-sounding voice]].
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* In Rob O'Hara's ''Literature/TheHumanLibrary'', Marvin's friend Gracie, owner of the local diner, comes out to the house she rented him to bring Marvin and his co-worker some food, only Marvin isn't there with Katie. He's there with [[spoiler:his grandpa]], whom the last time Gracie saw him was five years ago [[spoiler: when he was buried]]. Marvin realizes Gracie would never believe him if he were to try to explain that the man is [[spoiler: a clone of his late grandfather]] in an experiment by the government GoneHorriblyRight. Worse, if he discovers he was [[spoiler: a clone or had died,]] he could become psychotic. Marvin gets her attention and explains that the man's mental state is very fragile. \\
“Well, he’s [[spoiler: not dead]], obviously. But he doesn’t remember [[spoiler:he died]]. And if he finds out, bad things could happen.” \\

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* In Rob O'Hara's ''Literature/TheHumanLibrary'', Marvin's friend Gracie, owner of the local diner, comes out to the house she rented him to bring Marvin and his co-worker some food, only Marvin isn't there with Katie. He's there with [[spoiler:his grandpa]], whom the last time Gracie saw him was five years ago [[spoiler: when he was buried]]. Marvin realizes Gracie would never believe him if he were to try to explain that the man is [[spoiler: a clone of his late grandfather]] in an experiment by the government GoneHorriblyRight. Worse, if he discovers he was [[spoiler: a clone or had died,]] he could become psychotic. Marvin gets her attention and explains that the man's mental state is very fragile. \\
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he’s [[spoiler: not dead]], obviously. But he doesn’t remember [[spoiler:he died]]. And if he finds out, bad things could happen.” \\
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* In ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} storyline ''ComicBook/ManyHappyReturns'', ComicBook/{{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]].

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* In ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} storyline ''ComicBook/ManyHappyReturns'', ComicBook/{{Superman}} has been exposed to pink Kryptonite, which turns him gay CampGay 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]].
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* ''Fanfic/ANewLeafMiraculousLadybug'': When Kim tastes a croissant and says it "tastes like an old sock", Ivan asks how Kim knows what old socks taste like and is told he doesn't want to know.
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* In Chapter 3 of ''Fanfic/TheSeasonsMyReason'', as part of his checkup, [[Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure Chiyu]] asks [[Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure Rosemary]] has been experiencing vomiting or diarrhoea. Rosemary asks what those two things are, but Yui interjects that he hasn't had those symptoms, and assures him he doesn't want to know.

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* In Chapter 3 of ''Fanfic/TheSeasonsMyReason'', as part of his checkup, [[Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure Chiyu]] asks if [[Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure Rosemary]] has been experiencing vomiting or diarrhoea. Rosemary asks what those two things are, but Yui interjects that he hasn't had those symptoms, and assures him he doesn't want to know.
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* In [[https://www.caltrops.com/pointy.php?action=viewPost&pid=204891 this cartoon]], one stick figure apologizes to another for bumping into them, then asks a question, that leads to a second that maybe they shouldn't have asked.

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* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles Mini-sodes'': Naruto asks Sasuke if the latter's Sharingan can copy anything and not just ninjutsu. The Uchiha replies he never used it outside of battle, but he could try as it could bring up some advantages. However, Kakashi arrives and warns him about it. Pointing at his own Sharingan eye, he has a disturbed look while saying "What you see... you cannot unsee... even by accident. I know details of things that would chill your bones to ice and haunt your dreams!" Sasuke then has a rather nervous look upon hearing that.



-->'''Henson:''' Forgive us!
-->'''Kermit:''' You will bow down before me, son of God!

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'''Kermit:'''
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The second episode of season 1 of ''Series/TheBasilBrushShow'' has the cast trying to come up with ways to catch a mouse. Steven is eager to use his first plan. But it's so wacky, non-sensical and not related to the mouse, that when he asks for everyone's opinion, they just look at each other and Basil says: "You really don't want to know" Before moving to Dave.

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* The second episode of season 1 of ''Series/TheBasilBrushShow'' has the cast trying to come up with ways to catch a mouse. Steven is eager to use his first plan. But it's so wacky, non-sensical and not related to the mouse, that when he asks for everyone's opinion, they just look at each other and Basil says: "You really don't want to know" Before moving to Dave.

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* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'': The Council of two Elders and two powerful demons who control the Cleaners. When asked what happens if it becomes a tie, the Sisters are told this trope.

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The Council of two Elders and two powerful demons who control the Cleaners. When asked what happens if it becomes a tie, the Sisters are told this trope.trope.
** Daryl tends to use this trope on himself. Whenver he walks in on some bizarre situation, his usual response is, "I don't wanna know."
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* ''ComicBook/Zatanna2010'': Zatanna regrets bringing up ComicBook/TheSpectre to Cole.
-->'''Zatanna:''' ''[Observing the results of Brother Night's massacre]'' It's like The Spectre went on a bender.\\
'''Detective Dale Colton:''' The Spectre?\\
'''Zatanna:''' Better you don't know.
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The second episode of season 1 of ''Series/TheBasilBrushShow'' has the cast trying to come up with ways to catch a mouse. Steven is eager to use his first plan. But it's so wacky, non-sensical and not related to the mouse, that when he asks for everyone's opinion, they just look at each other and Basil says: "You really don't want to know" Before moving to Dave.
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* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' season three demonstrates how not to do this: a character whose power is treated as a "you don't wanna know" situation turns out to be [[StockSuperpowersIndex something pretty basic]]: your typical [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic scream]] thing, and not even (that we saw) to Black Bolt-esque mega-destructive levels.

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* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' season three demonstrates how not to do this: a character whose power is treated as a "you don't wanna know" situation turns out to be [[StockSuperpowersIndex something pretty basic]]: your typical [[MakeMeWannaShout [[SuperScream sonic scream]] thing, and not even (that we saw) to Black Bolt-esque mega-destructive levels.

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