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1	"I Never..." or "Never Have I Ever..." is a DrinkingGame played frequently by high school and college students.
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3	The premise is simple: Everyone has a drink. Going around in a circle, players begin, "I never..." and finish the statement with an action or behavior. Everyone who ''has'' done so must drink.
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5	In RealLife, this is a way for friends to get to know each other better, although it has a tendency to turn nasty, becoming spiteful and a way to embarrass "friends." It is also probable that someone will be playing only to learn new gossip about the other players. They will probably react badly if called on this.
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7	It is also sometimes known as "ten fingers," because it can be played by putting down a finger instead of taking a drink, if you're in a setting where alcohol is unavailable. It gets raunchy.
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9	In fiction, it's just mild teasing, and it's great for character exposition.
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11	!!Examples:
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13	[[AC: Fanfic]]
14	* [[http://kotorfanmedia.net/node/3158 This]] ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' fanfic.
15	* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5029771/15/A_Cluster_of_Stars This]] ''Manga/LuckyStar'' fanfic, using candy instead of alcohol.
16	* [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Hetalia]] fanfic ''Fanfic/ItsASmallWorldAfterAll'''s sequel, It's Raining Women, has one [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6955412/9/Its_Raining_Women here.]]
17	* A ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5432365/1/Never-Ever fic]] featuring the gang playing this.
18	* Shows up frequently in [[Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops the MLP:FiM loops]], mostly to allude to or reference {{NoodleIncident}}s involving loops we don't see. One memorable occasion involves [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Discord]] getting out of a turn by using a paradox:
19	-->'''Discord:''' ''Never have I ever caused someone to drink in 'Never Have I Ever'.''
20	-->''Everyone reaches for their drinks before working it out.''
21	-->'''Applejack:''' ''So, if'n we drink...That mean he's lyin', an' we don't drink?''
22	-->'''Twilight:''' ''New rule: paradoxical statements are not valid turns.''
23	* Played in the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fic ''Porte-Boner'' during the party at Adrien's house, spanning multiple chapters. Probably the funniest part of the game is when Marinette unexpectedly gets the entire room to admit to having had at least one sexual fantasy involving an Akuma, much to her shock.
24	* Taken to hilarious extremes in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2615234/1/I-Never I Never]]'' where, no matter what activity is named, at least one person has performed it.
25	* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/9501449/chapters/21582914 Lockdown]]'' a group of Gryffindors and Slytherins plays it.
26	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10509651/1/Us-Against-The-World Us Against the World]]'' most of the Gryffindor eighth-years play it.
27	* ''Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile'': In chapter 24, after the twins and Neo take Jaune and Pyrrha to the club's private room, they engage in a few rounds of this. We learn in short order that Jaune's been caught masturbating (he has seven sisters, he has no privacy), Miltia has publicly exposed herself (she got woken up for an emergency and stumbled out without putting her clothes on properly), Jaune has never made out with a girl (Miltia happily corrects that one), and Pyrrha has never made out with a boy (Pyrrha happily corrects that one using Jaune).
28	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12089693/32/The-Last-Straw The Last Straw]]'' Tim nearly passes out while playing it on his bachelor night because being bisexual means there isn't much that he hasn't done.
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30	[[AC: Film]]
31	* Appears (unsurprisingly) in ''Film/{{Beerfest}}'', where we find out that tough-guy Landfill [[spoiler:made out with a (presumably male) coach at the local high school]].
32	* Appears in ''[[Film/AmericanPie American Reunion]]'', where Oz's girlfriend Mia admits to having had an orgy and sex in public, much to the dismay of Oz's ex Heather, who is also playing.
33	* In ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked'', the lesbian cook of the ship (the only woman on board) says, "I've never had sex with a man." One crew member sheepishly swigs.
34	* Features in ''Film/LovingAnnabelle''. Annabelle uses it to come out.
35	* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'': Sir Robin's minstrel sings a ditty about the Knight's gallant cowardice. Each line is countered with Robin protesting "I never...ooh, lies!"
36	* ''Film/SaferAtHome'': Mia suggests the "Never Have I Ever" variety to the group, which ends up revealing her [[TheFriendNobodyLikes status as having been begrudgingly accepted]] into the group and also ends up causing Evan and Jen's later argument.
37	* At one point in ''Film/{{Unfriended}}'', the protagonists play this, but as Laura points out, [[PlayedForHorror "the loser doesn't drink,]] [[DeadlyGame the loser dies".]]
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39	[[AC: Live Action Television]]
40	* Sawyer and Kate play "I Never..." on ''Series/{{Lost}}''. The scene establishes that each has killed a man, that Kate has been married, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking neither of them have been to Disneyland]].
41	-->'''Kate:''' I never wore pink.\
42	'''Sawyer:''' ''(takes a drink)'' It was the '80s!
43	* On ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', the girls try to play it at Amy's bachelorette party, but Amy ends up not drinking throughout the entire game.
44	* "I Never..." was played on an episode of ''Series/{{Medium}}'' where it became a clue that a man was possessed by his murderer ancestor. He was playing with his girlfriend and she asked whether he had dreamt of menstrual blood running down a virgin's leg and then slitting her throat. He had to take a drink.
45	* There was one episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' wherein the characters played a version called "I'm the Dullest Person" during a blackout, using pennies.
46	-->'''Roz:''' Well at least pick a game someone else has has a chance of winning.
47	** We then find out that Roz has had sex [[ReallyGetsAround in a phone booth, in an elevator, on a plane, and on a merry go round.]]
48	--->'''Roz:''' I was in College, I was trying to find myself.\
49	'''Niles:''' Well maybe you should have checked underneath the nearest man.
50	* An episode in the first season of ''Series/VeronicaMars'' had {{flashback}}s featuring the main character and her former friends ditching going to homecoming and drinking champagne in a limo while playing "I Never."
51	* Mentioned on an episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Lily thinks the worst thing about having only had one sexual partner is not being able to play this game (not that she's inexperienced, she just doesn't want people to know all the weird stuff she lets Marshall do to her).
52	* Played in a bar on ''Series/{{Fastlane}}'' between Van Ray, Deaqon Hayes and Simone.
53	* Used in ''Series/TheLWord'' episode "Lifecycle." The question of whether anyone playing has ever cheated on anyone ends up causing a serious mess.
54	* In the series finale of ''Series/{{ER}}'' a girl shows up in an alcohol-induced coma after "winning" a game that was actually supervised by another girl's parents.
55	* Done by the ''Series/{{Greek}}'' ZBZ's (without drinking), and ends up with a fight between Casey and Frannie.
56	* Discussed on ''Series/TopGear'' during a news segment, in which Clarkson notes that an easy turn for a guy is to say "I've never used a tampon". Hammond notes this for future reference, but [[NeatFreak May]] says he ''has'' used one (for "you know, spillage") then goes on with an innuendo-laden discussion of two legitimate uses a man might find for a tampon. Given that all three hosts ''did'' use tampons in the Bolivia special (to help seal their cars for a river crossing), this becomes HilariousInHindsight.
57	* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Tyrion, Bronn, and Shae play a similar game where they ask each other questions about their pasts. Despite his confidence that he will win, Tyrion ends up revealing more than his companions.
58	* The staff of Cloud Nine in ''Series/{{Superstore}}'' play this game with each other after they get LockedInARoom.
59	* On ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Big Bear Percipitaiton", Leonard, Sheldon, Amy and Penny play "Never have I ever..." to pass the time at a cabin while it's raining outside. It leads to a spat between Leonard and Penny when it's revealed that Leonard keeps a secret money account. We also learned that Sheldon was arrested for jaywalking (or rather, for harassing an officer for not arresting him for jaywalking) and that Amy [[PokeThePoodle once pushed all the buttons on an elevator]]. ("Everyone has a past.")
60	* In the ''Series/YediYuz'' episode "Büyük Günahlar", a game of "never have I ever" at a New Year's Eve party provides the frame through which Mete relates his story.
61	* ''Series/HappyDays'': Fonzie is invited to a socialite's dinner party but only for the purpose of making fun of him. When Fonzie catches on, he leaves but not before he dresses down his hostess. She huffs "Well, I never!" To which the Fonz replies, "Yeah, maybe that's your problem!"
62	* Used once as a question on ''Series/FamilyFeud''. However, the combination of the question's open-endedness, the lack of alcohol, and being on [[MediaWatchdog broadcast TV]] made the responses more awkward than funny.
63	* ''Series/NeverHaveIEver'' fittingly has its cast play the titular party game during the wedding in the final episode. They go around saying "never have I ever..." and drink to events they have experienced.
64	[[AC: Video Games]]
65	* In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'', Geralt, Eskel, and Lambert can engage in a round of "I Never" during their drunken night in. The "I Never"s are predictably saucy, including sleeping with a succubus and taking fisstech as one of Geralt's possible choices, to both of which [[NiceGuy Eskel]] drinks, prompting [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lambert]] to quip that [[HiddenDepths still waters run deep]]. If Geralt chooses the other possible dialogue option in the game, Lambert reveals himself as having slept with his best friend's wife.
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67	[[AC: Visual Novels]]
68	* The protagonist of ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' goes with Amanda and Kathy to the new bar that crops up where Heidi’s used to be. They play “Never Have I Ever” over a pitcher of sangria.
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70	[[AC: Webcomics]]
71	* The webcomic ''Bohemials'' (the sequel to ''Albion Fuzz'') featured dialogue clearly from a game of INever in the background of [[http://www.hirezfox.com/jimrob/afbh/bohemials/bh01.html an early strip]].
72	* The AltText from [[http://xkcd.com/565/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' comic.
73	* In an ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' storyline in which Ellen and Nanase are among the few guests at a college party not drinking, there's [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1637 a montage of scenes]] that drive them upstairs to play video games. One of them is some of the college kids playing I Never and lamenting that not enough of them have actually ''done'' things.
74	* ''Webcomic/ThisPlaceWasHome'': Fennec explains this game to Boba ("So one of us says something we ''haven't'' done, and if the other one ''has'', they have to drink") and they play a couple rounds.
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76	[[AC: Web Original]]
77	* Another non-alcoholic version of "I Never..." occurs in the ''WebVideo/{{lonelygirl15}}'' episode "Backyard Bikini Patrol". The point was obviously not to get drunk (they were playing with [=M&M's=]), but to learn "something juicy" about the participants. Served as a means of delivering exposition because we found out how different the lives of trait positives were from those of normal girls.
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79	[[AC: Western Animation]]
80	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': The episode “Perfect Castaway” had Peter and his friends play "I Never" while on a boating trip, exclusively naming off sexual acts. Naturally, [[ReallyGetsAround Quagmire]] ends up taking a drink for every single round, despite the others actively trying to come up with the most ludicrous, unlikely situations they can imagine ([[RuleOfFunny for some reason]], it never occurs to them to say something non-sexual, nor is it ever shown to be [[ButtMonkey Quagmire's]] turn to say "I never"). Eventually he just passes out.
81	-->'''Peter''': God, let's see... What else is there, Um... I never gave a reach-around to a spider monkey while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.\
82	'''Quagmire''': Oh, God. (''takes a drink.'')\
83	'''Joe''': I, uh... I never picked up an illegal alien at Home Depot to take home and choke me while I touch myself.\
84	'''Quagmire''': Oh, come on! ''(takes another drink)''\
85	'''Peter''': Um... I never did the same thing, but with someone from [=JoAnn=] Fabrics.\
86	'''Quagmire''': Oh, God! This is ridiculous! ''(takes a drink and passes out)''\
87	'''Peter''': Oh, wow, he's out cold. Hey, let's write on him! ''(Peter, Joe, and Cleveland giggle.)''

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