Line #60 Main/ParrotExpowhat


1	Like ParrotExposition, but the expositor can't even finish the word. Even if it is easy to remember. Also used when someone says a big word, like [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology Palaeo-whatisit]]. Sometimes used out of spite, and sometimes used out of disbelief. A common form of verbal OhCrap. Often used in {{Advertising}}. SisterTrope to {{Gesundheit}}, where the speaker finds the word so unpronounceable he thinks it must have been a sneeze. Compare PorkyPigPronunciation, where a character is also unable to pronounce words that they want to say, and is forced to substitute them. A common silly subtrope involves the expositor successfully repeating each ''part'' of a word, but still somehow unable to say the whole thing together:
2
3	-> "He went to Liechtenstein."\
4	"Liechten-where?"\
5	"Liechten-''stein''."\
6	"''What''-enstein?"
7
8	----
9	!!Examples:
10
11	[[foldercontrol]]
12
13	[[folder:Advertising]]
14	* Snuggimals!
15	** Snuggi-''what?''
16	*** Snuggimals!
17	* Benda-''what?'' Benda-''who?''
18	** Bendaroos!
19	* A certain E*Trade commercial that [[Creator/LindsayLohan a certain actress]] claims is [[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/lindsay-lohan-suing-e-trade-for-milkaholic-parody/37130?nc violating her rights.]]
20	-->'''Lindsay:''' Milk-a-''whaaat''?!
21	* Used in a commercial for Maximum Testosterol, apparently by picking which syllable to 'miss' out of a hat. A character asks incredulously, when first told the name, "Maximum ''what''stosterol?"
22	[[/folder]]
23
24	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
25	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has this exchange:
26	-->'''Ritsuko:''' Homeostasis and transistasis.\
27	'''Misato:''' Homeo-what?\
28	'''Ritsuko:''' One is a force to maintain the present status and the other is a force for constant change. Anything that lives is composed of these two conflicting forces.
29	[[/folder]]
30
31	[[folder:Comic Books]]
32	* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', when Cloak and Dagger make their first appearance, Cloak sucks Alex, Chase, Nico, and Karolina into his cape before Molly rips it off of him. After Gertrude convinces them that they aren't murderers or kidnappers (as their parents, the real criminals, spread around), the following exchange occurs:
33	-->'''Dagger:''' Oh my God, then your friends are innocent too?\
34	'''Cloak:''' And they're t-trapped in the Darkforce Dimension!\
35	'''Gertrude:''' The what now?
36	[[/folder]]
37
38	[[folder:Fan Works]]
39	* Bubbles' reaction to the doctor saying she needs a tonsillectomy in ''Fanfic/ALumpInMyThroat''.
40	--> '''Bubbles:''' A tonsa-what?
41	* When Dan receives his Shikigami in ''[[Fanfic/ThawingPermafrost Thawing Permafrost]]'', he can't get the name right. Upon first hearing it, his reaction is "Shiki-whatnow?".
42	* From ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'':
43	-->'''Mom:''' Calvin, we're going out to the grocery store real quick, and we need you to watch Tug.\
44	'''Calvin:''' You need me to what?!
45	* From ''FanFic/ACompleteTurnabout'':
46	-->'''Edgeworth''': You... You got the limited edition Mayoi and Chinami cards from the 'Moonlight Showdown' series!\
47	'''Phoenix:''' I got what of whom from what?
48	* From ''[[FanFic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless Sonic Generations: Friendship is Timeless]]'':
49	-->'''Sonic:''' Who's Discord? That snake-looking thing up there?\
50	'''Twilight:''' That's right, Sonic. Discord is a draconequus.\
51	'''Sonic:''' A what?
52	* From ''WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom'':
53	-->'''Twilight:''' In theory, this potion is supposed to be a talent enhancer.\
54	'''Rainbow Dash:''' A talent what?
55	* From ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'':
56	** In ''Part 2'':
57	-->'''Apple Bloom:''' My name is Apple Bloom, and I'm a ''Cutie Mark Crusader!''\
58	'''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney The Judge]]:''' A... cutie mark... what?
59	** In ''Part 4'':
60	-->'''Twilight:''' [''to Phoenix''] [[AsYouKnow As you know]], your [[LieDetector Magatama's]] power [[PowerCopying somehow got transfered into me]].\
61	'''Rainbow:''' Magma... what-a?
62	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12903175/7/Jinxing-the-Unforgivables Jinxing the Unforgivables]]'' Michael explains that Beauxbatons' flying carriage is made more comfortable during transport by magical means.
63	-->'''Hermione:''' Oh, like a magical shock-absorbers.\
64	'''Michael:''' Shock-a-what?
65	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13900622/7/Dragon-Fire Dragon Fire]]'':
66	-->'''Harry:''' Then [Voldemort]'s going to keep coming after me until either he kills me, or I kill him. If that's the case, then it only makes sense that one of us will end up killing the other.\
67	'''Dumbledore:''' Very wise of you Harry. Hence my reasoning for bringing young Tonks here today. She is a fully qualified auror as I mentioned, and therefore I believe she is well positioned to help you with your skills. She also has a rather unique ability as she is a metamorphmagus.\
68	'''Harry:''' A meta-what?
69	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14080858/2/Not-With-Haste Not With Haste]]'':
70	-->'''Uncle Vernon:''' Well what happened boy?\
71	'''Harry:''' Dementors.\
72	'''Uncle Vernon:''' Demen-what?
73	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13367218/31/A-Solid-Foundation A Solid Foundation]]'':
74	-->'''Daniel:''' We need to ''prioritize'' when we are in combat. I am all for feminism and girl power and all of that, but biology is biology. I would never want my wife or my daughter or any other woman, for that matter, to have to stand their ground alone against a man in a physical confrontation. Emma is a warrior. She can kick ass. She knows martial arts better than I do, and her technique is ''much'' better, but her frame is smaller than a man's, and she doesn't weigh that much. That is why her favorite martial art is aikido; it's the one that made her fall in love with martial arts.\
75	'''Remus:''' Aiki ''what''?
76	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13686679/22/Tones-of-Gray Tones of Gray]]'':
77	-->'''[=McGonagall=]:''' Miss Dagworth-Granger, I apologize for not intervening faster. Mr. Finnigan was given detention and lost 50 points. However, I had to take points from Harry and Draco as well. I am sorry, boys, but I need to be as objective as possible.\
78	'''Draco:''' We understand, but again, Headmistress, if Finnigan or anyone else messes with one of us, we are not going to take that sitting down.\
79	'''[=McGonagall=]:''' Quite. However, I would rather you stick to surreptitious methods like that of Miss Dagworth Granger.\
80	'''Harry:''' Surre- what now?
81	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13391314/7/What-s-in-a-Name-Or-a-Face What's in a Name? Or a Face?]]'':
82	-->'''Draco:''' Out of the way Weasley. I'm here to speak to Dorothea.\
83	'''Ron:''' Doro-what what?
84	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13933738/1/Harry-Potter-and-the-Goblet-of-Liars Harry Potter and the Goblet of Liars]]'':
85	-->'''Hermione:''' I will hex that mutt into the Mariana Trench if Harry gets hurt.\
86	'''Ginny:''' The what trench?
87	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11790749/8/Transfiguration-Trouble Transfiguration Trouble]]'' Harry makes several unsuccessful attempts at getting his relatives to enter the Leaky Cauldron.
88	-->'''Guinevere:''' Perhaps Anti-Muggle charms?\
89	'''Harry:''' Anti-what now?
90	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14174734/7/My-Old-Kentucky-Home My Old Kentucky Home]]'':
91	-->'''Denver:''' Maybe we can help.\
92	'''Hermione:''' How? You're muggles?\
93	'''Rodney:''' Muwhat?\
94	'''Hermione:''' Muggles. Mundanes. No Magic.
95	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8034380/12/Harry-Potter-and-the-Garden-of-Intrigue Harry Potter and the Garden of Intrigue]]'':
96	-->'''Dumbledore:''' Ah, young master Weasley, it seems your mind is geared towards brilliance. And apparently you're rooting out what I'm planning before I'm sure of it myself ... I don't suppose your family has a secret history of Leglimency that Arthur keeps forgetting to mention?\
97	'''Ron:''' Legli-what?
98	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10399961/6/Time-Turned-Back Time Turned Back]]'':
99	-->'''Gabriel:''' Know what ventriloquism is?\
100	'''Regulus:''' Ventril-what?\
101	'''Gabriel:''' Ventriloquism. The art of throwing your voice. Ever seen people with dummies on their lap making it look like the puppets are the ones talking?
102	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10259815/1/Trouble-Brewing Trouble Brewing]]'' Harry and Draco swap "[[YourMom Yo Mamma]]" quips.
103	-->'''Harry:''' Oh, yeah? Well, your mother is so stupid she thinks Sirius is a hip-hop station on satellite radio?\
104	'''Draco:''' On what-a radio?\
105	'''Harry:''' Exactly.
106	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10278256/22/Undoing-the-Past Undoing the Past]]'':
107	-->'''Syra:''' Ismerelda is your mother. The mitochondrial DNA proves it.\
108	'''Tobias:''' The mit-a-what-a?
109	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11420434/26/Moments-in-Love Moments in Love]]'':
110	-->'''Harry:''' Brilliant! Thanks, Hermione. I'll start researching that then. What've you found there?\
111	'''Hermione:''' Oh... erm, just some books on human anatomy and ichthyology.\
112	'''Harry:''' Ickthy-what?\
113	'''Hermione:''' Ichthyology.... the study of fish. I thought it would help to look up gill cell-structures and compare them with the cell structures of human lungs...
114	* ''[[https://www.potionsandsnitches.org/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=3789&textsize=0&chapter=10 Bluebirds and Birthday Candles]]'':
115	-->'''Harry:''' What's Georgia [Russia] like?\
116	'''Emmeline:''' It's very temperate and mild. There were quite a few muggle luxury resorts in the area we stayed in. Not that we stayed at any mind you. We were living out of a local wizard's garden shed. I will say, the most interesting place I ever stayed for work was Mahoutokoro.\
117	'''Harry:''' Mah-who where now?\
118	'''Emmeline:''' Mahoutokoro. It's the wizarding academy of Japan.
119	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6782408/27/Digging-for-the-Bones Digging for the Bones]]'':
120	-->'''Vernon:''' You can't threaten me. I won't be intimidated.\
121	'''Snape:''' Threat? No, this is friendly advice. One of the most dangerous dark wizards from the last war has escaped Azkaban and is searching for Mr. Potter.\
122	'''Vernon:''' Azka- what? Nonsense!
123	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13294547/21/The-Best-Laid-Plans The Best Laid Plans]]'':
124	-->'''Harry:''' God, I don't remember there being this many stairs this time last week.\
125	'''Hermione:''' We spent a week in bed Harry, so of course our muscles atrophied. Trust me, my legs are feeling it as much as yours.\
126	'''Harry:''' Atro-''what''!?\
127	'''Hermione:''' Atro-''phied'' means that your muscles get weaker from lack of use.\
128	'''Harry:''' Oh...I didn't know there was a word for that.
129	[[/folder]]
130
131	[[folder:Film — Animation]]
132	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', from 8, the DumbMuscle of the group:
133	-->'''1:''' Subjugate them!\
134	'''8:''' Sub-what?\
135	'''1:''' You illiterate cretin -- take their belongings!
136	* ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega'':
137	-->'''Kate:''' Idaho?\
138	'''Humphrey:''' Ida-who?
139	* ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'':
140	-->'''King Julien:''' Welcome to Madagascar!\
141	'''Marty:''' Mada-who-ha?\
142	'''Gloria:''' What?\
143	'''King Julien:''' No, not who-ha. As-car.
144	** Counts as a BrickJoke thanks to the first exchange between Marty and the penguins:
145	-->'''Private:''' We're going to Antarctica!\
146	'''Marty:''' Aunt-who-tica?
147	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'':
148	-->'''Mouse Doctor:''' Bring me the [[ChainsawGood Epidermal Tissue Disruptor!]]\
149	'''Wilbur:''' THE EPIDERMAL ''[[BigWhat WHAT?!]]''
150	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', this exchange regarding Simba and Nala's arranged marriage comes up:
151	-->'''Zazu:''' Your parents will be ''thrilled...'' what with your being ''betrothed'' and all.\
152	'''Simba:''' Be-what?
153	* A teaser trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'' features this discussion with Timon and Pumbaa on whether or not the movie counts as a sequel.
154	-->'''Pumbaa:''' It's more of a "behind the scene-quel."
155	-->'''Timon:''' A what-a who-quel?
156	-->'''Pumbaa:''' You know; an in-between quel.
157	* ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'': The paranoid Shaw comes across the couple Bob and Bobbie camping out and tells them he sees the future of animals planning a rebellion to overthrow the human race and become the dominating species on Earth. The couple's response his insane claim?
158	-->'''Bobbie:''' Oh, we know exactly what you mean.\
159	'''Shaw:''' You do?\
160	'''Bobbie:''' We're scientists. Well, of sorts. And we're trying to secure photographic documentation of a real live ''Homo Sasquatchus''.\
161	'''Shaw:''' Homo-say-what-us?\
162	'''Bobbie:''' We're looking for Bigfoot.\
163	'''Shaw:''' Huh? Bigfoot? ''[[[Main/{{Facepalm}} face palms]]]'' [[HypocriticalHumor I didn't realize I was talking to a couple of wack-jobs!]]\
164	''[Shaw picks up a roasted marshmallow on a stick by the campfire and points it at their dog Mr. Weenie]''\
165	'''Shaw:''' Don't trust him. Pets are double agents. The moment you turn your back, he'll shiv ya!\
166	''[He eats the marshmallow, then tosses the stick to the ground as he leaves.]''\
167	'''Bobbie:''' Oh, no, he can't! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint We had him fixed.]]\
168	''[Mr. Weenie whimpers]''
169	** Becomes a BrickJoke in the mid-credit {{stinger}} where [[spoiler:Shaw, tarred and feathered in leaves, gets strapped to the roof of Bob and Bobbie's van, both of whom mistake him for Bigfoot]].
170	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': The Riddler explains how to defuse the ExplosiveLeash implanted in the each member of the Suicide Squad:
171	-->'''Deadshot:''' How do you defuse this bomb, exactly?\
172	'''Riddler:''' It's the electroshock.\
173	'''Captain Boomerang:''' It's the ''what'' now?
174	[[/folder]]
175
176	[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
177	* ''Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls'':
178	-->'''Princess:''' That was the dart of the Wachutu shaman!\
179	'''Ace:''' The what-nee what-en?
180	* From ''Film/BrokenArrow1996'':
181	-->'''Giles:''' Broken ''what''?\
182	'''Baird:''' Broken Arrow. It's a class five strategic theater emergency.
183	* ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' has this during the Kupkake-Inator scene:
184	-->'''Chef!Cat:''' Well, forget everything you know about making cupcakes ... and say hello ... to the amazing Kupkake-inator.\
185	'''Host!Cat:''' Cupcake-a-what?\
186	'''Chef!Cat and audience:''' Kupkake-inator!
187	* This bit in ''Film/TheCourtJester''
188	-->'''Fergus, the ostler:''' "Im Fergus, the ostler!"\
189	'''Hawkins:''' Wh-Whogus the whatsler?"
190	* In the live-action ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' movie: "Holiday Whobeewhatee?"
191	* This bit in ''Film/MaryPoppins'':
192	-->'''Jane:''' Mary Poppins taught us the most wonderful word!\
193	'''Michael:''' Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!\
194	'''Mr. Banks:''' What on earth are you talking about, supercal-- super-- or whatever the infernal thing is?\
195	'''Jane:''' It's something to say when you don't know what to say.\
196	'''Mr. Banks:''' Yes, well, I always know what to say.
197	* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'':
198	-->'''Arthur:''' How do you do, good lady? I am Arthur, King of the Britons.\
199	'''Dennis' Mother:''' King of the ''who''?
200	* In ''Film/TheRocketeer'', when Cliff reveals his secret identity to his girlfriend Jenny:
201	-->'''Cliff:''' Jenny, prepare yourself for a shock. I'm [[TitleDrop the Rocketeer]].\
202	'''Jenny:''' ''[confused]'' The Rocket-who?
203	* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'':
204	-->'''Radar Technician:''' I'm having trouble with the radar, sir.\
205	'''Dark Helmet:''' What's wrong with it?\
206	'''Radar Technician:''' I lost the bleeps, I lost the sweeps, and I lost the creeps.\
207	'''Dark Helmet:''' The what?\
208	'''Colonel Sandurz:''' The what?\
209	'''Dark Helmet:''' And the what?
210	[[/folder]]
211
212	[[folder:Literature]]
213	* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': ''Boyfriends and Other Minor Annoyances'': Bianca mentioning the latest danger to her life, and lampshaded on how simple the concept she's talking about is:
214	--> '''Bianca:''' There's a [[spoiler:witch-hunter]] on my tail!\
215	She was met with two blank stares. "A what?" Gwen asked.\
216	"Just what I said! Are your ears stopped up? [[spoiler:Witch]]. [[spoiler:Hunter]]. [[spoiler:Hunts witches]]. It can't be that difficult."
217	[[/folder]]
218
219	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
220	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
221	** From "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E3SameTimeSamePlace Same Time, Same Place]]":
222	-->'''Anya:''' Buffy's got some kind of job there helping junior deviants, Spike's insane in the basement, Xander's there doing construction on the new gym--\
223	'''Willow:''' Wait, Spike's ''what'' in the ''what''-ment?\
224	'''Anya:''' Insane, base.
225	** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E18Intervention Intervention]]", when Buffy's friends confront her about her having sex with Spike ([[spoiler:the Buffy they saw was actually a robot]]), she responds, "The who whatting how with ''huh''?"
226	** Buffy does this a lot. From "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E7LieToMe Lie To Me]]":
227	--->''[Ford walks up behind Buffy, who has just slain a vamp]''\
228	'''Ford:''' What's going on?\
229	'''Buffy:''' Um, uh... there was a-a cat. A cat here. And um, uh, then there was a-another cat. And they fought. The cats. And... then they left.\
230	'''Ford:''' Oh. I thought you were just slaying a vampire.\
231	'''Buffy:''' What? What-ing a what?
232	** It's not for nothing that this show is the TropeNamer for BuffySpeak.
233	* ''Series/RedDwarf'':
234	-->Extrapo-''what''-ilated?
235	** This is infixation.
236	*** Infixa-what?
237	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', "Shindig":
238	-->"Any of these gentlemen can lend you use of a sword."\
239	"Use of a sw''what''?"
240	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': In "Prince of Space", Bobo is "doing his business" in space and gets too close to a space-time anomaly.
241	-->'''Observer:''' ''[to Bobo]'' Wait, wait, don't go in there! Don't, don't, I wouldn't do that, that's a...\
242	''[Bobo gets sucked in]''\
243	'''Observer:''' ...wormhole.\
244	'''Pearl:''' A worm-what?\
245	'''Observer:''' A wormhole.\
246	'''Pearl:''' A what-hole?\
247	'''Observer:''' A worm''hole''. ''Worm''hole!
248	* In ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'', the eponymous hero would listen to some complex word, make the entire routine and then add an astonished expression. As added fun, instead of repeating the whole word, the person just repeats the last syllables that Chapulín missed.
249	-->'''Person:''' It was its exoskeleton.\
250	'''Chapulín:''' Its exoskele-what?\
251	'''Person:''' -ton.\
252	'''Chapulín:''' [[UnusualEuphemism Chanfle]].
253	* On ''Series/WorldsDumbest'', this is the reaction to a video of a woman who teaches you [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext how to give your possum a proper pedicure]].
254	-->'''Danny Bonaduce:''' Give your ''what'' a proper ''what''?
255	[[/folder]]
256
257	[[folder:Video Games]]
258	* In episode one of ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'', Strong Bad's attempt to find one of the pages for the Snake Boxer 5 manual takes him through a chain of people that leads to Bubs.
259	-->'''Strong Bad:''' ''Please'' tell me you've got my Snake Boxer 5 manual...\
260	'''Bubs:''' Snake what now?\
261	'''Strong Bad:''' [[{{Angrish}} Auuuugh! Aaaagh!]]\
262	'''Bubs:''' Oh, Snake Boxer 5! Here ya go.
263	* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'':
264	-->'''King Bee:''' I didn't even get to tell you about the big-breasted babe...\
265	'''Conker:''' The-- the big what?
266	* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Dimensions'':
267	-->'''Ayane:''' How could karate stand against the Hajin-mon sect of Mugen Tenshin?\
268	'''Hitomi:''' Hajin-in the what now?
269	* In ''[[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron IV]]'', there is a world news event for when the Soviet Union annexes the tiny, geopolitically irrelevant Central Asian puppet state of Tannu Tuva. The only option text reads "Tannu What?"
270	* From the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures'':
271	-->'''Sir C:''' Oh no! That's the Fridigitator!\
272	'''Pac:''' Fridigiwhatsit?
273	* In Chapter 2 of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', when Raiden infiltrates a Desperado facility, Doktor tells him to find a terminal where he can access the lab's main server.
274	-->'''Doktor:''' But first, you need to take a DOOMP.\
275	'''Raiden:''' I... wait, what?\
276	'''Doktor:''' A DOOMP? A digital-optical output mounted proxy. ...
277	* In ''Homescapes'' Austin hires Jeb to dismantle the old pier.
278	-->'''Jeb:''' Good timing, sir! Your pier was a Kon-Tiki expedition waiting to happen.\
279	'''Austin:''' Kon-what?\
280	'''Jeb:''' Kon-Tiki, that's the name of Thor Heyerdahl's raft that he used to sail across the Pacific. Your pier would have sunk immediately though...
281	[[/folder]]
282
283	[[folder:Webcomics]]
284	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2016-06-13 NP: Video Gaaaaaames]] starts with Grace responding to the narration:
285	--> '''Narrator:''' Are you tired of constantly playing as men in ''Team Fortress Two?!''\
286	'''Grace:''' Team '''''Whatress''''' Two?
287	* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', an old man explains to his granddaughter how he used to run with the jaegermonsters:
288	-->'''Old Man Death:''' ... Then one day while sacking a castle, I was ravished by a wild princess.\
289	'''Zeuxippe:''' You the who ''what'' now?
290	[[/folder]]
291
292	[[folder:Web Original]]
293	* In WebVideo/DragonBallAbridged, anytime Goku calls out that he's using the Kaio-Ken technique, it's [[PhraseCatcher invariably followed]] by the receiving party uttering "Kaio-''what''?" before he wallops them.
294	** And in one case, it's done by Bardock, Goku's dad, seeing Goku using the technique via his ability to see the future.
295	** And brought full circle, appearing in WebAnimation/DeathBattle with Goku vs. Franchise/{{Superman}}. With Goku voiced by [=MasakoX=] of course.
296	--->'''Goku:''' Kaio-Ken!\
297	'''Superman:''' Kaio-wha-- '''POW!'''
298	** It gets [[RunningGagged gagged]] during the fight with Freeza when he [[NoSell No-Sells]] the technique.
299	--->'''Freeza:''' …No, seriously. Kaio-what?\
300	'''Goku:''' [[OhCrap Kaio-crap]].\
301	'''Freeza:''' I thought so. ''(blasts Goku)''
302	* In the ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' version of Bonds Beyond Time, Yami has this response when Yusei Synchro Summons a monster. Of course, Yami's doing it on purpose because he's a {{Jerkass}}.
303	-->'''Yusei:''' I Synchro Summon Junk Gardna, in Defense Mode.\
304	'''Yami:''' Synchro what?\
305	'''Yusei:''' Synchro Summon.\
306	'''Yami:''' What Summon?\
307	'''Yusei:''' Synchro Summon.\
308	'''Yami:''' What what?\
309	'''Yusei:''' Synchro. Summon.\
310	'''Yami:''' Oh. What's that?\
311	'''Yusei:''' It's where you play a monst-\
312	'''Yami:''' Wait. I seem to have stopped caring.
313	** The "Synchro what?" line was also used in the actual English dub of the movie. And later, in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phTcXmOqJy8 scripted duel]] during the 2014 World Championships of the [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh card game]], he said "Xyz what?" in response to an Xyz Summon.
314	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
315	** In the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "part-time job", Bubs mocks Strong Bad for [[ItWillNeverCatchOn "wastin' time on that e-mail show of yours"]].
316	--->'''Strong Bad:''' I'm gonna be big one day! I'm gonna be a famous email checker!\
317	'''Bubs:''' [[AndImTheQueenOfSheba And I'm gonna be two times two]]. Now put on your uniform and get to work!\
318	'''Strong Bad:''' You're gonna be ''what?''
319	** "Hremail 7" is a faux-flashback episode which features Homestar trying to introduce Strong Bad to the concept of e-mails and the Internet:
320	--->'''Strong Bad:''' A what-mail on the Inter-what?
321	* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'', Episode 18:
322	-->'''Mackenzie:''' Alo-''what''?\
323	'''Doctor:''' Alopecia.\
324	'''Mackenzie:''' What the fuck is that?
325	[[/folder]]
326
327	[[folder:Western Animation]]
328	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
329	** "Team Homer":
330	--->'''Burns:''' Listen here...I want to join your team.\
331	'''Homer:''' You want to join my what?\
332	'''Smithers:''' You want to what his team?
333	** And from "Who Shot Mr Burns, Part 2"
334	--->'''Jasper:''' You shot who in the what now?
335	** From "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo", on the Japanese game show:
336	--->'''Wink:''' Now, our game shows are a little different from yours. Yours reward knowledge. We punish ignorance.\
337	'''Homer:''' Ignor-what? (''fire shoots out of Homer's microphone'')
338	** From "Moe'N'a Lisa":
339	--->'''Lisa:''' You could turn this into an epic poem! Like Creator/TSEliot's ''Literature/TheWasteLand''!\
340	'''Moe:''' T.S. what-iot's the who-now?
341	* Spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', in the episode "I, Roommate":
342	-->'''Fry:''' Where's your bathroom?\
343	'''Bender:''' Bath-what? \
344	'''Fry:''' Bathroom!\
345	'''Bender:''' What-room?\
346	'''Fry:''' Bathroom!\
347	'''Bender:''' [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs What-what?]]\
348	'''Fry:''' Eh, never mind.
349	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'':
350	-->'''Gigglepies''': Yugo-po-what-i-whats?
351	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
352	-->'''Jack:''' It's the Ecto-Exodus Alarm!\
353	'''Danny, Sam and Jazz:''' The Ecto-whaty-what?
354	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
355	-->'''Stu:''' Presenting the Bonkomatic Baby Bumper!\
356	'''Didi:''' The Bonka-whosit Baby-what?
357	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
358	** In "Bridle Gossip", when Twilight Sparkle tries to assuage her friends' fear of [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold Zecora]]
359	--->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' She's a zebra.\
360	'''Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, & Spike:''' A ''what?''
361	** In "Stare Master", Fluttershy tries to warn the Cutie Mark Crusaders that they're in danger:
362	--->'''Fluttershy:''' There's no time! There's a cockatrice on the loose!\
363	'''Apple Bloom:''' A cocka-what-now?
364	** In "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", Pinkie Pie's reaction to the Flim-Flam brothers introducing themselves as "traveling sales-ponies nonpareil" is "Nonpa-what?"
365	** In "Games Ponies Play", when it dawns on the Mane Six that they have mistaken a random tourist for the Equestria Games inspector, Twilight decides to ask:
366	--->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' You...''are'' Ms. Harshwhinny, the Equestria Games inspector, aren't you?\
367	''[{{beat}}]''\
368	'''Tourist:''' Inspector what-now?
369	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', a plot twist (both Sheep and General Specific lose the mayoral election to [[spoiler: a talking ham sandwich]]) leads to [[OverlyLongGag a long chain of characters]] going "Hubba-''whah''?"
370	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
371	-->'''Student:''' ''[at a Catholic school]'' We're learning about transubstantiation.\
372	'''Peggy:''' ''[a Protestant]'' What?\
373	'''Student:''' Transubstantiation.\
374	'''Peggy:''' Trans what now?
375	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'':
376	-->'''Mayor/Tour Guide:''' It's a Megawatt.\
377	'''Ben:''' Mega-''what?''\
378	'''Mayor/Tour Guide:''' Exactly.
379	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
380	-->'''[[SplitPersonality Dock/Xu/Bushi]]:''' ''[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePaintedLady The Painted Lady]]''\
381	'''Katara:''' The painted who-now?\
382	'''Dock/Xu/Bushi:''' The Painted Lady.
383	* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Brian unsuccessfully tries to correct Stewie's proununciation of "whip" (Stewie also aspirates the "h").
384	* In a episode of The Future is Wild animated series:
385	-->'''C.G.:''' Apparently, the impact of the Avian creature must have deactivated the mocular re-organizer.\
386	'''Ethan:''' The Whatta-who-nizer?\
387	'''C.G.:''' I don't know! Expands the moculars or something. You call ask my father after he yells at me for breaking it.
388	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'' episode "Baby's In Black," where the boys are in a Transylvanian castle, and Paul comes across a tomb.
389	-->'''Paul:''' Hey, a sarcophagus!\
390	'''George:''' A what?\
391	'''Paul:''' You know. An Egyptian tomb.\
392	'''Ringo:''' An Egyptian tomb? Can't say as how I do, but perhaps if you whistle a few bars.
393	* "The Frickert Fracas" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' has [[InkSuitActor Jonathan Winters]] and the gang visiting the farm of Maude Frickert. The farmhand Vernon confronts them and tells them not to bother looking for a "chicken formula." Jonathan counters they're only there to visit Maude.
394	-->'''Jonathan:''' We don't know anything about a growth serum or chicken formula. Look, buddy... I'm Jonathan Winters, the famous comedian.\
395	'''Vernon:''' Jonathan who? The what?\
396	'''Jonathan:''' ''[running out of steam]'' Jonathan Winters, the not-so-famous comedian.
397	* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS2E17TheDeputation The Deputation]]" has this exchange:
398	--> '''Percy:''' Edward says we need a... a depot station!\
399	'''Gordon:''' Of course! The question is...\
400	'''Henry:''' What is a desperation?\
401	'''Percy:''' ''[smugly]'' It's when engines tell the Fat Controller something's wrong.
402	* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' episode "No Pain, No Game," Chris' final torture for Leshawna exacts this response from her:
403	--> '''Chris:''' The Grizzly Bear Log Roll!
404	-->'''Leshawna:''' The Grizzly Bear Say What Now?!
405	[[/folder]]

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