1 | '''Basic Trope''': Character who knows important information and[=/=]or holds a PlotCoupon doesn't reveal because they weren't asked for[=/=]about it. |
2 | * '''Straight''': [[TheHero Hiro]] is collecting the [[MineralMacGuffin Seven Orbs of Wonder]], but can't find a key to the shrine where the Orb of Crimson Flame is held. Turns out his companion Ichigo's [[AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome pendant]] opens the shrine. When he asks why she didn't tell him, she replies "YouDidntAsk." |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Ichigo's pendant ''is'' the Orb of Crimson Flame. |
5 | ** They [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have avoided this]] if Ichigo had only given Hiro the pendant at the beginning. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Ichigo had the pendant the whole time, but [[ItSeemedTrivial didn't know that it was so important]], though everyone else would have if they knew she had it. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Ichigo herself didn't realize her pendant's importance until they visited the shrine to search for clues. |
9 | ** Ichigo was told not to reveal her pendant's secret to anyone, and didn't fully trust Hiro and the others until just now. |
10 | ** Whether she is under a {{Geas}} or some similar kind of spell, Ichigo is TongueTied in a way that prevents her from divulging any information her about pendant by her own volition. She ''has'' to be asked a direct question about it by someone else before she is allowed to talk about it. |
11 | ** Hiro and Ichigo are on the receiving end of a SternChase. There wasn't time to ask! |
12 | ** Volunteering the fact would have ruined Hiro's PlausibleDeniability. |
13 | * '''Inverted''': |
14 | ** A lot of attention is put on Ichigo's pendant, but it actually doesn't have any special effects. |
15 | ** Hiro ''does'' ask about Ichigo's pendant and why she's so protective of it. She honestly answers him to the best of her knowledge. |
16 | * '''Subverted''': When they first meet, Hiro asks Ichigo about her pendant and all about the Orbs of Wonder. |
17 | * '''Double Subverted''': However, he didn't [[ExactWords specifically ask]] whether or not her pendant ''was'' the Crimson Orb of Flame... |
18 | * '''Parodied''': |
19 | ** On a NewGamePlus, Hiro tries to [[SequenceBreaking claim the Orb of Crimson Flame]] immediately, but Ichigo [[YouShouldntKnowThisAlready doesn't understand why he wants her pendant so badly]]. |
20 | ** "I ''did'' ask you! I asked you several times if you had any clue how to open the Crimson Shrine, and you just shrugged!" "Oh. You didn't ask loud enough, then." |
21 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
22 | * '''Averted''': |
23 | ** The pendant is not the key and is never thought to be. |
24 | ** No pendant exists and the key needs to be found. |
25 | * '''Enforced''': If Hiro learned about the Orb too early, it would just fall into the hands of [[TheEmperor Emperor Evulz]] after he [[MacGuffinDeliveryService has his spy]] [[TheMole Morty]] [[MacGuffinDeliveryService steal all of the Orbs they'd collected]]. |
26 | * '''Lampshaded''': "You wanted this pendant? You never asked for it." |
27 | * '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz realises the heroes are about to find out the location of the last Orb, so he ensures only Ichigo finds out, [[BatmanGambit knowing that she will not tell Hiro unless asked]]. |
28 | * '''Exploited''': Ichigo is TheMole and doesn't want Hiro to find the Orb. When the pendant's importance is revealed anyway she uses this trope to deflect blame and keep her cover. |
29 | * '''Defied''': |
30 | ** Ichigo tells Hiro about the pendant's effects immediately, and constantly reminds him so he won't forget. |
31 | ** "I don't care if the solution to this problem is you telling me [[TooMuchInformation how you prefer to get fucked]], you are going to tell me everything, [[NotHyperbole literally]] ''everything'' you know that has the smallest connection to this damned mess, or else [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I'm walking]]." "And you would let me di..?" "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. AM. WALKING!!]]" |
32 | * '''Discussed''': "Take this pendant! You're going to ask for it anyway." |
33 | * '''Conversed''': "Ichigo is such a bully! She should have asked Hiro if he was looking for her pendant." |
34 | * '''Deconstructed''': Hiro is ''furious'' about the omission and stops trusting Ichigo, grilling her relentlessly and refusing to believe that she's not concealing anything ''else'' important. |
35 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Ichigo is ''clearly'' just as taken aback at her pendant's importance as everyone else, and tries to cover up her shock with an obvious lie. |
36 | * '''Played For Drama''': Hiro and Ichigo get into a huge fight about her not telling him just because 'he didn't ask'. |
37 | * '''Untwisted''': Ichigo tells Hiro about her pendant, but he forgets. |
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39 | Of course I have the back button! Wait, you want to go back? YouDidntAsk! |
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41 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
42 | %% |
43 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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