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2[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
3->''"The more that you know, the shorter your life will be."''
4-->-- '''Electra''', ''Anime/CowboyBebop: Knocking On Heaven's Door''
5
6->''"You really are a smart man, Lieutenant Colonel. Did you ever think that would be the cause of your death?"''
7-->--'''Envy''', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist: Brotherhood''
8
9-> Oh dear, seems like you have seen it.
10-->-- '''Yoshikage Kira''' to '''[[spoiler: Shigechi]]''' once the latter finds out [[spoiler: the former carries ''human hands'']], ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable''
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12
13[[folder:Comic Books]]
14->'''Lucille:''' ...so there's no need to kill him.\
15'''Death Squad Leader:''' Yes, there is, ma'am...once he's told us who else he's spoken to.\
16'''Lucille:''' What? ''[is machine-gunned by the Death Squad Leader]''
17-->--''ComicBook/SinCity''
18
19->"It stands to reason that she had him put out of the way so he wouldn't talk! He was the weak link in her gang!"
20-->--'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge''
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22
23[[folder:Fanfiction]]
24-><You think he suspects something,> Essa said.\
25''He doesn’t know anything,'' I said sharply.\
26“So what do you have against the Sharing? They might be able to help,” Mom pleaded.\
27“Trust me, they wouldn’t,” Jake said darkly.\
28If I’d been able to smile I would have. ''Well, he’s not wrong...''\
29<You do think he suspects something!> Essa said.\
30''What? No. Of course not,'' I thought frantically. ''Don’t be an idiot—''\
31<Tommy, Tommy, Tommy,> he cooed. <When are you ever going to learn that you can’t lie to me?>\
32''[[DramaticIrony He doesn’t know anything! What could he possibly suspect?]]''\
33It was too late. Essa was already scrolling through my memories, reading my past thoughts like a courtroom transcript. A jury of one, deciding whether to condemn my little brother to [[AndIMustScream a lifetime of imprisonment]]. I didn’t bother trying to distract the [[PuppeteerParasite yeerk]]; what was the point? And it was a feeling, nothing more. Just that Jake had noticed something different about me. That he’d almost certainly started acting differently around me not that long after I’d gotten infested. But it was probably just part of being a teenager.
34-->-- ''[[Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}} City of Lost Children]]''
35
36->'''Draco:''' W-was that a muggle?\
37'''Harry:''' Of course not! That was a witness.\
38'''Draco:''' To what?\
39'''Harry:''' That matters even less than if he was a muggle. He thought he saw something, that was enough. [[ImpliedDeathThreat You haven't seen anything today, have you, cousin]]?\
40'''Draco:''' No! Not a thing! I gotta go!
41-->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10191828/15/A-MODern-Man A MODern Man]]''
42
43->"Since you're so persistent with staying…now that you found the truth…I can't let you leave." [[VideoGame/{{Omori}} Basil]] approached the restrained [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Raz]], preparing for an attack.\
44"I'm sorry that you had to see this. But I gave you ample opportunities to leave. I know you aren't a figment of my imagination. Which is why…now that you know the truth, I can't let you leave. Everything will be okay…"
45-->--''Fanfic/PsychOmoriNautsOperationWeedOutToSunset''
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48[[folder:Films - Animated]]
49->''"Blood or mud, the boy is an intruder, and we have rules about intruders. He has found our secret lair. He has seen too much. He must DIE! [[LeaveNoWitnesses They must ALL die!]]"''
50-->-- '''Sa'luk''', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''
51
52->''"Gentlemen...cat's outta the bag! GET ME THAT MOUSE!"''
53-->-- '''Warren T. Rat''', ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''
54
55->'''[[spoiler:Waternoose]]:''' This has gone far enough, James!\
56'''Sulley:''' She's home now! Just leave her alone!\
57'''[[spoiler:Waternoose]]:''' I can't do that! She's seen too much! You ''both'' have!
58-->--''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''
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60
61[[folder:Films - Live Action]]
62->'''Ted:''' Sis? Janet? Is it you?\
63'''Janet:''' Yeah, Ted. What the hell's going on?\
64'''Ted:''' Playing Franchise/NancyDrew, are we, sis? You caught me at a rather awkward moment. I was just about to...restrain myself. But now that you're here, that might be somewhat pointless.\
65'''Janet:''' You're going to come clean with me right now!\
66'''Ted:''' Family love, Janet. I thought it could save me...but I was wrong. But, hey, we all make mistakes! You sent the dog to the pound, Janet. {{I warned you}}. I told you I shouldn't be here, but you wouldn't let me go. [[BigSisterInstinct You wanted to play big sister.]] You had to be right. You always have to be right, but this time you're wrong! You should have listened to the dog, Janet. He was trying to protect you. Handcuffs. I was going to use these on myself. Can you believe that?\
67'''Janet:''' What's happening?\
68'''Ted:''' They were supposed to keep people from finding out about my...[[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent private affair. My mistress.]]\
69'''Janet:''' Oh, my God.\
70'''Ted:''' But, you... You already know, don't you, sis? Yes, you know...the handcuffs won't keep my little secret a secret any longer.
71-->-- ''Film/BadMoon''
72
73->'''[[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle:]]''' OK, go ahead. Intimidate me. Bully me, if it'll make you feel big. I mean, it's not like you can just kill me.\
74'''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Max Shreck:]]''' Actually...it's a ''lot'' like that.
75-->--''Film/BatmanReturns''
76
77->''"As you and your fellows develop toward normal size, you will interfere with my work, and that is something I cannot permit."''
78-->--'''Dr. Alexander Thorkel''', ''Film/DrCyclops''
79
80->''"You know too much to live, Van Helsing!"''
81-->--'''Renfield''', ''Film/Dracula1931''
82
83->''"First rule of assassination: [[AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed Kill the assassins]]."''
84-->-- '''Captain Kirk''', ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''
85
86->''"She was going to go to the Dean. She would've ruined us. Did she think I was just gonna to sit there and watch it happen? You have no idea what it was like to hold her underwater, watch her life slip away. But she left me no choice...and neither have you."''
87-->-- [[spoiler:'''Norman Spencer''']], ''Film/WhatLiesBeneath''
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90[[folder:Literature]]
91->On the cover of the file was stenciled ''WILDFIRE'', and underneath, an ominous note:\
92''THIS FILE IS CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET.''\
93''Examination by unauthorized persons is a criminal offense punishable by fines and imprisonment up to 20 years and $20,000.''\
94When Leavitt gave him the file, Hall had read the note and whistled.\
95"Don't you believe it," Leavitt said.\
96"Just a scare?"\
97"Scare, hell," Leavitt said. "If the wrong man reads this file, he just disappears."
98-->-- ''Literature/TheAndromedaStrain''
99
100->''"There were few, even among the [[spoiler:Asuras]], who truly understood what had happened to the [[spoiler:Djinn]]. Most [[spoiler:Asuras]] never looked beyond [[spoiler:Epheotus]], and cared nothing for the lessers. Those who did were told a very convincing lie. Those who saw through the lie and cared were dealt with."''
101-->-- '''[[spoiler:Aldir]]''', ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd''
102
103->'''Tyekanik:''' [[BadassArmy Sardaukar]] do not reveal secrets.\
104'''Princesss Wensicia:''' Neither do dead men.
105-->-- ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune''
106
107->'''Dick:''' But...when we do lay 'em athwart, what are we to do with 'em, anyhow?\
108'''Long John Silver:''' There's the man for me! That's what I call business. Well, what would you think? Put 'em ashore like maroons? That would have been England's way. Or cut 'em down like that much pork? That would have been Flint's, or Billy Bones's.\
109'''Israel Hands:''' Billy was the man for that. 'Dead men don't bite,' says he. Well, he's dead now hisself; he knows the long and short on it now; and if ever a rough hand come to port, it was Billy.\
110'''Long John Silver:''' Right you are; rough and ready. But mark you here, I'm an easy man—I'm quite the gentleman, says you; but this time it's serious. Dooty is dooty, mates. I give my vote—death. When I'm in Parlyment and riding in my coach, I don't want none of these sea-lawyers in the cabin a-coming home, unlooked for, like the devil at prayers.
111-->-- ''Literature/TreasureIsland''
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114
115[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
116->''"..You're tying up loose ends, and I don't want to be one of them. Once I give you that list, I've served my purpose, and then maybe I'm just one more person who knows too much."''
117-->--'''Lydia''', ''Series/BreakingBad''
118
119->''"I guess now you know too much and that kinda naturally leads to killing."''
120-->-- '''Faith''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
121
122->''"He knew Johnny's name and\
123He spoke it out loud\
124Now Charlie the barman\
125Has [[KilledOffForReal got him a shroud]]."''
126-->--'''Narrator''', ''Series/DoctorWho'': "The Gunfighters"
127
128->Did you see a hit-and-run on Cromwell Road on Tuesday night? Please get in touch, because I'm keen to silence any witnesses.
129-->-- '''Creator/FrankieBoyle''', ''Series/MockTheWeek'', "Unlikely Small Ads"
130
131->"No wonder [[CrimeAfterCrime Perkins had to be killed]]. First he knew too little...and then he knew too much."
132-->-- '''George Smiley''', 1991 TV adaptation of ''Literature/AMurderOfQuality''
133
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135
136[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
137->Three months after the transcription staff arrived, Patrick convinced one of the aides assigned to the floor to steal one of the many notebooks they fill. A week after the aide succeeded, he was found raped and murdered in his bed. The notebook, which Patrick had hidden in a small safe in her home, was retrieved, and a note was left in its place with with just two words on it: "[[ImpliedDeathThreat No peeking]]."
138-->--''[[TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness Mysterious Places]]''
139
140->Most who seek [[KnightTemplar the Inquisition]]'s past go a lifetime without proof, and those that do uncover evidence have a tendency to disappear. Some attract an Inquisitor's attention, their skills deemed suitable for advancing the Inquisition's goals. Most simply perish, their lifeless bodies later discovered [[FrameUp in situations so damning as to call their character into question]].\
141The Inquisition watch over the Imperium – they do not care to be watched in return.
142-->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Codex - Inquisition''
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144
145[[folder:Theatre]]
146->''He's got your number now'' \
147''He knows just what you've done'' \
148''You got no place to hide'' \
149''You got nowhere to run'' \
150''He knows your life of crime'' \
151''[[ManEatingPlant I think it's suppertime!]]''
152-->-- '''Audrey II''', ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''
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154
155[[folder:Video Games]]
156->So... [[BigBad Lamb]] broke out, and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck she's coming back]]. Wow. Okay. Didn't see that coming, but... okay. That is gonna be... ''what am I gonna do!?'' And I... I've heard some of these - a lot of these people down here - talking. Some of them I know saw [[WouldHurtAChild the thing with Eleanor]], and ''who knows'' who knows what. You can't just stop, you know, a whole... ''cult''... from, from talking, can you? Maybe you can.\
157[''{{beat}}'']\
158Yeah... [[MoralEventHorizon Maybe you]] ''[[MoralEventHorizon can]].''
159-->--'''Stanley Poole,''' ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''
160
161->'''Lyn:''' How can this be? How can they allow him to get away with this? The villagers know he's the one poisoning my grandfather, and yet no one raises a hand against him? Why?\
162'''Kent:''' They are afraid, and they lack proof. The whisperings of the common people means nothing.\
163'''Matthew:''' That's the truth of it. And of the marquess's loyal retainers who might have lent credence to these rumors, there is no sign.\
164'''Lyn:''' Are you saying they've been silenced?\
165'''Matthew:''' It's a fair assumption.
166-->-- ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''
167
168->'''Starlight Base:''' Bodega Bay, one more thing; Operation Talon Hunter is classified "deep ultra". Once you have finished the mission you must implement measures to eliminate any security risks.\
169'''Bodega Bay:''' Please clarify, Starlight Base....\
170'''Starlight Base:''' Bodega Bay, make sure [[PlayerCharacter Prisoner 849]] doesn't come back. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Terminate the prisoner once the job is done]].
171-->-- ''VideoGame/UnrealI''
172
173->"Congratulations! You went somewhere you weren't supposed to go, saw something you weren't supposed to see, and prevented a tidy resolution to a messy problem. Needless to say, you're fired. But before you go, take this Certificate of Insanity. We're giving it to you to ensure that no one believes you, and to ensure that we can promptly replace you without incident. There is a truck waiting for you outside. Take care."
174-->--'''Tutorial Unit''', ''VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator's'' "[[BadEnding Insanity Ending]]"
175
176->"And you just HAD to go and find me out, didn't you? But now you know something you weren't supposed to know... And I'm going to have to make sure no one else ever learns my secret!"
177-->-- '''Sumia''' to '''Miriel''' once the latter finds out [[spoiler: (or rather hallucinates) the former is ObfuscatingStupidity]], ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''
178
179->'''Bedman:''' Hmm... Now you've put me in a tough spot, I'm here because you need to be, ah, taken care of.\
180'''Ramlethal:''' Is that [[BigBad Mother's]] desire?\
181'''Bedman:''' [[BluntYes It is.]] You know what the Cradle is up to...and if that information falls into enemy hands, [[AllForNothing all my careful calculations will be worth approximately jack shit.]]
182-->-- ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearXrd''
183
184->''"You shouldn't have got mixed up in this. You discovered my little secret and it will die with you..."''
185-->-- '''The Origami Killer''', ''VideoGame/HeavyRain''
186
187->Inspector, you've obviously learned too much about me. I can't have that. Not even in my death.
188-->--'''Agent 47,''' ''VideoGame/HitmanContracts''
189
190->'''Akutsu''': [[spoiler:[[MoleInCharge Soma... An undercover Public Security agent]]]]? [[OhCrap Shit... We gotta move! Cut the fuckin' chit-chat]]!\
191'''Yagami''': Why not?\
192'''Akutsu''': He's gotta be fucking listening in on us right now! If he's [[spoiler:Public Security]] and heard all that...\
193'''Higashi''': Keep it together, Akutsu! What does it matter?\
194'''Akutsu''': Don't you get it? There's no way he'd want anyone else to fuckin' know!
195-->--''VideoGame/LostJudgment''
196
197->''"All this, because your wife stuck her nose into things that were none of her business."''
198-->--'''Nicole Horne''', ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''
199
200->'''Raiden:''' [[WarForFunAndProfit So grease the gears with some innocent blood, is that it?]]\
201'''[[spoiler:Senator Steven Armstrong]]:''' Relax, Jack. It's a "war on terror." We're not out to kill civilians. Extremists. Lawless gangs. Madmen. [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Of course, that would have to include you. Wouldn't want any eyewitness reports complicating the message.]]
202-->-- ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''
203
204->''"So now ya know. But ya won't live to tell the tale..."''
205-->-- '''Stranger''', ''VideoGame/OddworldStrangersWrath''
206
207->''"Oh, [[BorrowedCatchphrase la-ti-da]] yourself, Raffina! I want to keep Popoi a secret from the kiddies, so forget what you saw today."''
208-->-- '''[[spoiler:Ms. Accord]]''', ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever''
209
210->There is a story, sweetling. You will hear it on the lips of a drunken sailor or fisherman or the disgraced captain of an oil tanker. This story will be hard to find, but can be heard in any port in the world. The details change, but always there will be a [[CityOnTheWater floating city]], [[HiddenElfVillage hidden by magic]], travelling the seas of the world as a leviathan ghost. Always, the intoxicated tongue will mutter, "[[ColorMotifs Purple]]." A day or a week later, the storyteller will go missing, [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade never to be seen again]].
211-->--'''The Buzzing,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''
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213
214[[folder:Web Animation]]
215->''"Well, Mr. Hartley, you've been quite the thorn in our side - the wrench, in our works - the leaves on our rails. Never one to shy away from the media, were you, Mr. Hartley? Always another revelation about your faithful employer. Never a care for the trouble you've caused, the innovations you've hampered, initiatives you've stalled, the jobs you've lost - the challenges to this island's human supremacy. Well, we've got a very special place for you here. Somewhere you can't open your big mouth, or interfere any more. And don't worry, Mr. Hartley - you're among friends here! This is where everyone ends up once they've become...troublesome."''
216-->--'''[[spoiler:Sir Topham Hatt]]''', ''[[WebAnimation/Shed17 Project G-1]]''
217
218-> ''"Ashley is still there, but she's not screaming anymore, she saw something she wasn't supposed to see, and now [[MadnessMantra she's beautiful, she's beautiful, she's beautiful, she's beau-]]"''
219-->-- ''WebAnimation/TheWaltenFiles''
220[[/folder]]
221
222[[folder:Webcomics]]
223->''"I'm sorry I can't raise you, my friend, but the exact details here need to remain between me and our god. I just thank the Dark One that I didn't need to execute you myself."''
224-->-- '''Redcloak''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0827.html #827]]
225
226->'''Haban:''' They're keeping us in isolation.\
227'''Breya:''' That's a good thing, right?\
228'''Haban:''' No. They're already planning to kill anybody who knows too much. They're trying to limit the damage by isolating me from anybody I might talk to.\
229'''Breya:''' Umm... Honey, have you told me enough that I know too much?\
230'''Haban:''' I don't think they care. Besides, you know I know too much, and that may be too much in and of itself.
231-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-01-13 January 13th 2008]]
232[[/folder]]
233
234[[folder:Web Original]]
235-> Ask yourself if you want to know. \
236\
237If the answer is no, then you need to stop reading now. If you go and report this unauthorized file to your superiors, act contrite, and claim that you only read to this paragraph, you might get away with a Class A [[LaserGuidedKarma Amnestic]]. [[GoodIsNotNice If you’re lucky]]. And if the [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness O5s]] aren’t particularly paranoid at the moment.
238-->-- ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scpwiki.com/sandrewswann-s-proposal "SCP-001: S Andrew Swann's Proposal"]]
239
240->''BETA TESTER #1''\
241''STATUS: [[red:DEAD]]''\
242''BROKE RULE #3"''
243-->--''WebVideo/{{TMK}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq_O70ChsQ0 Kirby Super Star Beta Tester 1// Final Moments]]
244[[/folder]]
245
246[[folder:Western Animation]]
247
248
249->Saxon, information is a valuable commodity. See to it that [[spoiler:the Prime Minister]] does not become an asset to our enemy.
250-->-- '''Darth Maul''', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E10ThePhantomApprentice The Phantom Apprentice]]"
251
252->'''Blurr''': While stationed on Earth, I intercepted a transmission between Megatron and his double agent on Cybertron who I can now ''positively'' identify is the Decepticon Shockwave. Further analysis revealed that Shockwave's voice did not match up with that of the suspected traitor Wasp. ''However'', a detailed cross-reference with the Cybertron intel database should determine the identity of the real traitor!\
253'''Longarm Prime''': [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse Have you shared this information with anyone else]]?\
254'''Blurr''': I have not, as per your orders!\
255'''Longarm Prime/[[TheMole Shockwave]]''': "[[PreMortemOneLiner Good]]..."
256-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', "[=TransWarped=]"
257[[/folder]]
258
259[[folder:Other]]
260->''"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."''
261-->-- '''Creator/BenjaminFranklin'''
262
263->'''Narrator:''' They knew too much.\
264'''Creator/KeanuReeves:''' We know too much!\
265'''Narrator:''' They went too far.\
266'''Keanu Reeves:''' We went too far!\
267'''Narrator:''' ...Those are my lines.\
268'''Keanu Reeves:''' Those are his lines!
269-->--'''Pablo Francisco''', from his stand-up comedy
270[[/folder]]

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