'''Basic Trope''': Character who knows important information and[=/=]or holds a PlotCoupon doesn't reveal because they weren't asked for[=/=]about it.
* '''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."
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Ichigo's pendant ''is'' the Orb of Crimson Flame.
** They [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have avoided this]] if Ichigo had only given Hiro the pendant at the beginning.
* '''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.
* '''Justified''':
** Ichigo herself didn't realize her pendant's importance until they visited the shrine to search for clues.
** Ichigo was told not to reveal her pendant's secret to anyone, and didn't fully trust Hiro and the others until just now.
** 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.
** Hiro and Ichigo are on the receiving end of a SternChase. There wasn't time to ask!
** Volunteering the fact would have ruined Hiro's PlausibleDeniability.
* '''Inverted''':
** A lot of attention is put on Ichigo's pendant, but it actually doesn't have any special effects.
** 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.
* '''Subverted''': When they first meet, Hiro asks Ichigo about her pendant and all about the Orbs of Wonder.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, he didn't [[ExactWords specifically ask]] whether or not her pendant ''was'' the Crimson Orb of Flame...
* '''Parodied''':
** 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]].
** "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."
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** The pendant is not the key and is never thought to be.
** No pendant exists and the key needs to be found.
* '''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]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "You wanted this pendant? You never asked for it."
* '''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]].
* '''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.
* '''Defied''':
** Ichigo tells Hiro about the pendant's effects immediately, and constantly reminds him so he won't forget.
** "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!!]]"
* '''Discussed''': "Take this pendant! You're going to ask for it anyway."
* '''Conversed''': "Ichigo is such a bully! She should have asked Hiro if he was looking for her pendant."
* '''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.
* '''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.
* '''Played For Drama''': Hiro and Ichigo get into a huge fight about her not telling him just because 'he didn't ask'.
* '''Untwisted''': Ichigo tells Hiro about her pendant, but he forgets.
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Of course I have the back button! Wait, you want to go back? YouDidntAsk!
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
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