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"Does a bear shit in the woods?"

A rhetorical question used in place of "yes" when "yes" is the obvious answer to a given question. The standard form is "Is the sky blue?" with common variants including "Is the Pope Catholic?" or "Does a bear shit in the woods?". Bonus points if someone then points out a relevant exception to the obvious statement. A deviant form is to mix two such questions while pretending the answer is still "yes", like "Are bears Catholic?" or "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"

Closely related to Ask a Stupid Question.... The inversion is also common, with a question like "Are pigs capable of flying?" (The answer to such questions is no. Both of these versions may be followed by a surprising exception or counterexample, but they don't have to be.)


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    Comic Books 
  • In one Archie Comics story, Jughead asks Reggie if he likes money. Reggie replies, "Is there snow at the North Pole?"
  • In the first Spider-ManSuperman Intercontinuity Crossover, when Superman leaves the fight against Doctor Octopus to stop a tsunami, he asks Spider-Man if he can handle things there. Spidey, snarky as ever, replies "Do Warner Brothers make films?" (which in a huge in-joke, had been a sister company of DC Comics for four years)
  • All-Star Squadron: In Issue #16, Wonder Woman asks the All-Star Squadron if they know Nuclear and a squadron member asks "Does Max Schmeling know Joe Louis?".
  • The Superman Adventures:
    • In the Superman vs. Lobo special, an alien pleads for Lobo to spare his life by promising to tell the Main Man where he'll find something valuable. The alien asks if Lobo wants a fortune and Lobo replies with "Does a black hole suck?"
    • In Issue #53, the preview for the next issue ends with two questions: Think he's [Luthor's] got another plan? Think water is wet?

    Comic Strips 
  • In the comic strip Nancy And Sluggo, Nancy is inquiring whether Hugo finds her pretty. He responds with, "Does a leopard have spots?" She takes it as a yes; turns out he was doing biology homework.
  • Garfield:
    • In an early strip, Jon asks Garfield, "Did you ever think you could win a cat show?" Garfield responds, "Does a baby go goo?"
    • This strip had Arlene ask Garfield if he thinks she's getting fat, to which Garfield responds "Do you think I'm getting stupid?" Lampshaded afterwards, when Arlene tells Garfield, "You answer me first", with Garfield telling her, "I did".
    • In this strip, Garfield has a "Christmas nightmare" where Santa's "naughty list" visits him. He asks if he's on it, and it says, "Does an elf eat candy canes for breakfast?"
    • Jon gets these responses from Bertha and Garfield.
      Jon: Ready for dinner, Bertha?
      Bertha: Is the sky blue?
      Garfield: Do cats hate dogs?
    • This strip.
      Jon: Hungry, Garfield?
      Garfield: Is Odie stupid?
    • Garfield's response when Jon asks if they should get a new refrigerator is "Do you think air will catch on as a breathing medium?".
  • The Far Side had a cartoon in which one bear asks another: "Is the Pope catholic? Does a bear... well I know you do, Angelo."
  • A Peanuts strip has the "no" variant: When Franklin first arrives in Charlie Brown's neighbourhood, he mistakes Lucy's psychiatric booth for the lemonade stand it's a parody of. When she explains, he asks if she's a real doctor, and she replies "Was the lemonade ever any good?"

    Fan Works 
  • In Sometimes Bad is Good Harry has a vision of Tonks and Remus' future.
    Tonks: Tell me something, Harry. Will Teddy and my baby girl like each other?
    Harry: Is Snape a git?
  • In The Angel, My Consort Tom and Lucius discuss Tom's meeting with and attraction to Harry.
    Lucius: Hmmm... Is he beautiful?
    Tom: Are my eyes red?
  • A Murderer's Daughter:
    Draco: Are you training tonight?
    Buffy: Is Quidditch the best game in the world?
    Draco: Yeah.
    Buffy: That's your answer.
  • Is Your Great-Aunt an AI?:
    Dumbledore: So, are you willing to come to Hogwarts, Harry?
    Harry: Does Merlin have a big staff?
  • In This Gonna Be Good Harriet plans to visit Neville's home in time to catch the anticipated altercation between his mother and grandmother.
    Fred: Which you surely won't egg on.
    Harriet: Would I do that?
    George: Is a Malfoy's hair blond?
  • The Stark Truth:
    Harry: How about I go make us some lunch? Do you like turkey sandwiches?
    Tony: Is mother's favorite color green?
  • Changing Times:
    Tech: Oh, love, are you challenging me?
    Faith: Would I do that?
    Tech: Does a vampire dust in the sun?
  • Soul Scars:
    Amelia: About your living conditions... I don't want to pry if you don't want to talk about it. I have to conduct an investigation since it was brought to my office's attention but I can't force you to cooperate if you really don't want to. But I do have one question. Do you want to continue living there?
    Harry: Is the Sahara desert actually a rain forest?
  • Return to Prince Manor:
    Phil: My nose is a bit sharper than yours, Smidgen. I can smell fear and a desire for revenge coming from this student—students, actually for there was more than one.
    Smidgen: Can you hunt him down?
    Phil: Does a bear love honey?
  • Harry Potter and the Alternative Tournament:
    Harry: And how is dear old Ronnikins? Still being a prat?
    Neville: Is water still wet?
    Harry: Hmm. Hermione?
    Neville: Sky still blue?
  • Lost Christmas:
    Voldemort: Yes, I will bond with you. Now, I need a shower, are you joining me?
    Harry: Does Nagini torment Navira?
  • Not Your Average Discussion:
    Harry: Can you brew it?
    Snape: Does a phoenix sing?
  • Who Is Harry Potter?:
    Ron: I bet Snape is dark.
    Seamus: Duh, does the sun rise in the east?
  • A Tale of a Tail:
    Dominic: So, to sum it up: conservative, but not stuffy. Athletic wear included. Magical and muggle wardrobe for all seasons from the tips of your toes to the crown of your head. N'est ce pas?
    Harry: Sure. Say, do your clothes come with magic?
    Dominic: Do our clothes come with magic, he asks. Do ducks quack? Do chaps chafe? Of Course they come with magic! I would suggest growth charms, comfort charms, durability charms, and anti-theft enchantments. Those are the usual.
  • Twilight Gets A Puppy, 6, accidentally walked into:
    “Alright lets see. So .. I try to use my drudic powers to see if there are any fish in the sea.” Starlight offered.
    There was a moment of silence as every one stared at her.
    “What?” Starlight blinked. “ I can't use that to see if this is a good fishing spot?”

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  • Treasure Planet:
    Mr. Arrow: We're about to get under way. Would you like to observe the launch, Doctor?
    Doctor Doppler: Would I? Does an active galactic nucleus have superluminal jets?
    [Beat]
    Doctor Doppler: [sheepishly] I'll follow you.
  • In Cars 2, when Finn asks if Hugos and Trunkovs are considered lemons, Mater replies "Is the Popemobile Catholic?" (We later see said Popemobile).
  • Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars: At the Death Star, one worker asks if the other wants donuts and the other asks if Darth Vader wears a funny hat.
    "Dude!"
  • Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: When Superman asks Toyman if the Humongous Mecha he built is up to the job of stopping an incoming asteroid, Toyman responds, "Does Power Girl have big--" before Batman cuts him off.

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    Literature 
  • Discworld:
  • Gregory Benford's Foundation's Fear: In "The Eternal Equations", when Marq asks if Seldon and Amaryl really have the money that he's demanding, Yugo responds with the self-evident question, "Is the Emperor fat?" (which is true for this novel).
  • The Fourth Bear has "Do I shit in the woods?" (said by a bear, naturally).
  • Doctor Who Expanded Universe:
  • In The Savannah Reid Mysteries:
    • Savannah asks her friend Dirk if he wants some ice cream. He begins with "Do bears sh-" and Savannah cuts him off, explaining that there's a minor in the house.
    • When asked if she wants to join Dirk in questioning people in the interrogation room, Savannah's response is, "Does Victoria's Secret have fancy bloomers?"
  • Redwall
    • In Martin the Warrior, Brome asks Felldoh if he'd like some cordial. Felldoh replies, "Does a fish like water?"
    • In another, someone questions whether a Salamandastron hare is still hungry. His badger friend asks if night follows day.
  • Marco from Animorphs has his own, whenever he's asked if he can do something: "Can King Kong climb?" He turns into a gorilla.
  • In the first Artemis Fowl book, when watching a tape, Root asks Foaly whether he can zoom in on Artemis' face. Foaly responds, "Can a dwarf steal the web from under a spider?" Root replies yes, and Foaly tells him that it was a rhetorical question.
    • A Running Gag throughout the series is characters using the question, "Can a dwarf blow a hole in his pants?" for this trope.
  • In This Boys Life, Tobias Wolff uses the variants "Is a bear Catholic?" and "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"
  • Sam the Cat: Detective: When Sam asks if a fence named Cheater is still in business, his friend Tom replies “Is water still wet?”
  • In Lily and Dunkin, Lily asks Dre if she's going trick or treating this year. Dare says, "Does a dog sniff another dog's butt to say hello?"

    Live-Action TV 
  • Friends:
    • In one episode, one of Ross' girlfriends (Cheryl) asks him whether he'd like to come in, and he replies, "Did Homo erectus hunt with wooden tools?"
    • In another episode, Chandler is asked by a collegue whether he wants a cigarette. He responds: "Would Joey like two pizzas?" She doesn't get it, since she never met Joey.
    • And in another episode Phoebe is asked if her two boyfriends know about each other.
      Phoebe: Does a dog's lips move when he reads?
    • In the DVD version of "The One With the Cheap Wedding Dress", Ross and Joey scare off the woman they're competing over by revealing each other's embarrassing secrets. Not wanting to waste the restaurant table, Ross asks Joey if he's hungry and Joey replies with "does a bear shit in the woods?"
  • In Scrubs, J.D. answers a question with this:
    J.D.: Do chickens wish they could fly?
    Kevin Casey: I don't know.
    J.D.: Oh, I like to think that they do.
  • Kelly in Married... with Children mixes up the two most frequent examples, saying: "Is a bear Catholic?"
  • Red Dwarf
    • At the disco in the episode "Parallel Universe":
      Dog: You want to dance? Boy, I tell you, when I hit the dance floor, I am one mean turkey! Do you dance?
      Cat: Do I dance? Does Carmen Miranda wear fruit?
    • In the episode "Emohawk", when Starbug is on fire and Lister spots a planet with an ocean:
      Lister: Can you get us there?
      Cat: Does mouse shit roll?
  • Veep: In the first episode of Season 4, Mike asks Sue if the President is free for a meeting with him. Sue's response is less than cordial.
    "Can mice levitate, Mike? Can mice levitate and fire lasers out of their mouse eyes? Well then we've just asked each other equally ridiculous questions."
  • In Will & Grace: "Does a gay bear have anonymous sex in the woods?"
  • In Trailer Park Boys, when Randy asks whether Bubbles' model rocket will really launch, Bubbles responds, "Does the tin man have a sheet metal cock?"
  • In According to Jim, Jim uses "is the Pope Catholic" when his daughters ask if he can do a headstand. He has to explain that the Pope is Catholic, so that means yes.
  • In The Middleman, comic geek Wendy Watson responds "Does Usagi Yojimbo kick ass?"
  • In The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, in one episode, a teacher asks Cody if he's a bird watcher too. Cody responds with something like, "Do hummingbirds consume their own body weight in nectar every x number of hours?"
  • The Vicar of Dibley has a scene where Jim reveals that he's written to the Pope and asked him to make Geraldine a saint.
    Geraldine: The only problem is the Catholic issue.
    Jim: Is the Pope Catholic?
    Geraldine: ...Yes, that's the problem. And I'm not.
    Jim: You're not?
    Geraldine: No, Jim, none of us are!
    Hugo: We're Church of England, Jim.
    Jim: Since when?
    Geraldine: Since 1534.
    Jim: Well, you learn something new every day.
  • Played with in The Young Ones in a cutaway featuring two dim-witted policemen:
    Policeman 1: We had a row, and I said something about the Pope.
    Policeman 2: That's a bit stupid, you know she's Catholic.
    Policeman 1: Yeah, I know she's Catholic; I didn't know the Pope was.
  • In an episode of British cop show spoof Lazarus and Dingwall, when the titular officers (played by the same actors as in the Young Ones example above) attempt to question an unco-operative film director:
    Director: Does a bear shit in the woods?
    Lazarus: [clearly uncomfortable with this question] Well... If he can get to them in time he does. But if those woods are more than a fifty-yard bus ride away, forget it! He'd do it right where he was standing!
  • From the premiere of Moonlighting, Addison once says "Do fish swim? Do birds fly? Do ducks duck?"
  • In the Atlantis episode "Song of the Sirens".
    Pythagoras: Are you sure this is a good idea?
    Jason: Are the gods Greek?
    Pythagoras: Well, they have a variety of complex roots...
  • Supernatural: Played with. Frank has some interesting notions on what is or isn't obviously true.
    Dean: Think you can crack it?
    Frank: Can a dog play poker?
    Dean: ...I don't—
    Frank: [exasperated] The answer is "yes."
  • The Daily Show played on the familiarity of two such questions with, "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"
  • Mork & Mindy had two variants, probably ad-libbed by Robin Williams:
    Is the Pope Polish? (At the time, the Pope was St. John Paul II.)
    Does a bear take a Readers' Digest into the woods?
  • In The Librarians 2014 "...And the Trial of the Triangle", Ezekiel attempts one of these. Unfortunately, he is very Australian, and nobody else is:
    Eve: Ezekiel, can you jam the x-ray long enough to get the duffel through the conveyer undetected?
    Ezekiel: Does a wombat's crumby come out cubed?
    Eve: I have no idea.
    Ezekiel: It does.
  • On iZombie, Liv annoys the resident computer expert when he just wants to take a nap.
    Liv: Stevedore, can you hack a dead teenager's social media account?
    Steve: Can a thing that's known for doing a thing do that very thing?
  • Beetleborgs: Early in episode 2 ("Metallix Rising") of the Metallix season, Bunny Bodel has hurt her leg after she tried to stop and interview a herd of prisoners as they were escaping Charterville Prison, who ignored her request and ran over her on their way out. Bodel is initially unwilling to leave and get medical treatment, resulting in this exchange:
    Bunny: Somebody's got to get this story out.
    Nano Wiliams: Well "somebody" is my middle name.
    Bunny: This is the story of the century. Do you think you think you can handle it?
    Nano Williams: Does a bear have hair on his backside? Give me that microphone.
    A resigned Bunny lets her have it and then limps off with Abby's help.

    Music 
  • On Frank Zappa's ThingFish during the track "The Massive Improve'lence" Thing-Fish mixes two well known questions like this into this funny line:
    Whoa, do the Pope shit in the woods?
  • Carter USM, "Is Wrestling Fixed?"
    Am I un-H-A-P-P-Y? Does a newborn baby cry?
    Did Elvis really die? Did Little Red Riding wear a hood? Did the Three Bears shit in the wood?
    Is Humpty Dumpty fat? Does the Pope wear funny hats?
    Is wrestling fixed?
  • A classic subversion: Thomas Dolby's song "Airhead" from the album Aliens Ate My Buick has this lyric:
    "You ask me if I love you/Does the pope live in the woods?"
  • The Cole Porter song "Do I Love You?"
  • Insane Clown Posse has this verse from "Boogie Woogie Wu":
    "Does the boogeyman really exist?"
    Weeeeell, is your mother a bald-headed freak bitch?
    Yes! You fall asleep and wake up dead
    With a broken broom stickin' out ya forehead!
  • The Rowan Atkinson - Kate Bush song "Do Bears...?" has a chorus that is made up entirely of these, although as the song progresses it starts to include questions like "Is the Bible fiction? Is 'true love' a contradiction?"

    Radio 
  • Lux Radio Theatre: In a 1937 show, host Cecil B. DeMille interviews Walt Disney on the eve of the premiere of his first feature-length film, and Walt gives such a response to a question about resting on his laurels.
    DeMille: And I suppose, after Snow White is successfully launched, you'll sit back and take it easy for a while.
    Disney: Are you going to stop work after The Buccaneer?
    DeMille: Hah, I haven't begun to work yet.
    Disney: Well, we won't stop either. It's just the beginning for us. We're going to make more feature-length animated productions, and try to make use of all that we've learned in the three years required to produce Snow White.

    Tabletop Games 
  • In BattleTech, Clan colloquialisms include "quiaff" and "quineg", put at the end of rhetorical questions with obvious answers that are yes or no, respectively.

    Theatre 
  • From one of Rick Mayall and Adrian Edmonson's Bottom stage shows:
    Richie: Oh, Eddie. Does my breath smell? [breathes in Eddie's face]
    Eddie: ...Does the Pope shit in the woods?
    Richie: I don't know, why?
    Eddie: Because it smells like he's shat in your mouth.
  • From Nunsense 2. Sisters Regina and Hubert accidentally drink some sake and start getting tipsy.
    Hubert: I'm starting to feel a little dizzy. How about you?
    Regina: I feel divine. [takes a swig]
    Hubert: Are you sure?
    Regina: Am I sure? Is the bear Catholic? Does the pope poop in the woods?
  • Critic's Choice by Ira Levin ends a long argument between Parker and his mother-in-law with this:
    Parker: I do not believe that Angie slept with Dion, and I do not believe that she'll run off with him if I review her play truthfully.
    Charlotte: (A long sigh) All right, we'll change the subject. Let's talk about—geography. Tell me, Parker, how do you know the world is flat?

    Video Games 
  • In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, CJ has a tendancy to reply to Cesar Vialpando with, "Does the Pope shit in the woods?" whenever Cesar asks him if he was interested in making money by car racing. Confusion ensues.
    Cesar: Why you keep asking me that, homes? I told you, I dunno. Where his Holiness does his business, is his business.
  • The answer to "Is the Pope Catholic?" occasionally gets subverted in Europa Universalis' After Action Reports. Hilarity Ensues.
  • From Tales of Monkey Island, when Guybrush Threepwood asks Moose about his ichor drinking habit.
    Guybrush: You actually like this stuff?
    Moose: Do walrus whiskers tickle you when they kiss ya?
    Guybrush: Boy, do they.
  • In The Elder Scrolls Online, when you ask Faraniel if her clan will kill anyone who "trespasses":
    Faraniel: Does a fuzzy newt-goat have seven toes? Don't look at me like that! It's a perfectly appropriate analogy.
  • In Mass Effect: Andromeda, when you ask if Nakmor Drack has any combat advice or stories to tell:
    Drack: Does a pyjak scratch its butt?
  • In Farmington Tales 2: Winter Crop Kaylee asks Harry if he knows anything about farming.
    Harry: Is the sky blue? Is a red-eyed tree frog hard to catch?

    Web Animation 
  • Homestar Runner: In a rare negative example comes this exchange from the Strong Bad Email "part-time job":
    Strong Bad: Uhh... say, Bubs. I'm gonna need now off. Is that cool?
    Bubs: Is Strong Sad cool?
  • Yahtzee has a little fun with this sometimes.
    E.T. review: Well, you tell me: Do modern game companies ever overspend on overhyped games that disappoint the buying public? And how's the bear-shitting-in-the-woods index these days?note 
    BioShock Infinite review: Comparisons to BioShock are as inevitable as a bear shitting on a Catholic, or however that phrase goes...

    Webcomics 
  • Discussed in this Exterminatus Now strip.
  • Leo in Shortpacked! had a thing of mixing sincere reasonableness with occasional reminders that "Oh, yeah, the guy's also a Protestant Fundamentalist, it's easy to forget when he's not actually talking about that." On one occasion the reminder was that his version of this was "Is the Pope the Antichrist?"

    Western Animation 
  • The Simpsons:
    • A newly smart Homer uses "Is the capital of North Dakota, Bismarck?" in the "HOMR" episode and the entire family turned blankly to Lisa, who told them yes, it was.
    • In the episode "Husbands and Knives", in which Bart is so impressed that Springfield's new comic book store owner (voiced by Jack Black) actually cared about his opinion that he asked if the guy was serious; he answers, "Does Galactus eat planets?"
  • In Futurama, the favored variant is, "Is the Space-Pope reptilian?"note 
  • Class of 3000 had an episode that used this as a running gag. One memorable instance involves Madison asking Sunny a question, only to have Sunny respond with "Is my shoe closet visible from space?" (Which it is.)
  • On Angela Anaconda, Angela asks Nicky if he's serious about them being cast in the Abatti's Pizza commercial. He replies, "Hey, is the Pope Italian?" Gina, of course, corrects him (then-Pope John Paul II was Polishnote ).
  • In South Park:
    • Stan's grandpa uses the "Does the pope crap in the woods?" variant.
    • And Cartman's version: "Is the Pope Catholic? And making the world safe for pedophiles?"
  • In Phineas and Ferb:
    Candace: Rubber ducks? Are you serious?
    Captain Kidd: Does a penguin fly?
    Candace: No.
    [Beat]
    Captain Kidd: I'm tired of this conversation.
    • In "Happy New Year" Linda answers Lawrence's question with, "Do one legged ducks swim in circles?"
    • The song at the end of "Wizard Of Odd" ends with a bear behind a tree saying, "Yes, yes I do".
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM): One episode has a Running Gag where Sonic answers questions with "Is grass green? Is water wet? Do bears hibernate?". In one instance, Sonic was cut off just before the word "hibernate", implying he was going to say "do bears shit in the woods" instead.
  • In Sealab 2021, two executives from Grizzlebees combine the two most common variants in a very uncommon way
    Dan: Can you drive this thing?
    Don: Does a bear shit in the Pope's hat?
    [Beat]
    Dan: Umm, yes?
  • From the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero episode "The Synthoid Conspiracy (Part 1)"
    Scarlet: Shipwreck, those Cobra Morays are too close to our ships. Can you sink one for me?
    Shipwreck: Does Popeye like spinach?
  • In The Looney Tunes Show, after Lola skims a driving test guidebook, Bugs asks if she's really ready for the test. She answers, "Does a red light mean 'go'?"
  • In Batman Beyond:
    Max: Do you think there's a connection?
    Terry: Is Jar-Jar lame?
  • In Chowder:
    Chowder: You know a lot about women, right?
    Mung Daal: Is a frozen forbinplam purple?
    Chowder: ...
    Mung Daal: Yes. Yes, I do.
  • In the Jimmy Two-Shoes episode "Power Squid and Spaghetti Beezy", Jimmy attempts to use "Do penguins love meatballs?" as this several times, but every time the person he's talking to has no idea what he means. It turns out they do, by the way.
  • In X-Men: The Animated Series, when asked if she's ready to fight alongside the X-Men, Jubilee answered, "Does a mall gal love chili fries?"
  • In an episode of The Loud House when Lincoln tries to act like an adult, Clyde teaches him the dinner table joke "Does Napoleon have a Napoleon complex?". Neither of them get it.
  • Shimmer and Shine: In one episode, Shimmer responds to a question by asking if a dragon can dance the hula. By her own admission, even she doesn't know.
  • In Phantom 2040, when they have to fly a scramjet to Antarctica, Professor Archer asks Sparks if he's ever flown one before; Sparks answers "Does a neutrino have mass?" (At the time the episode was made, it was believed that neutrinos were massless).
  • This exchange happens in the Rick and Morty episode "Get Schwifty". As it turns out, the president can fly a Blackhawk, but poorly.
    Morty: Can you fly a Blackhawk?
    President: Can the pope's dick fit through a doughnut?
    Morty: I'm, uh... not sure?
    President: Precisely!
  • Popeye and Son: When Junior asks if Poopdeck Pappy would like to tell his classmates about past Popeyes, Pappy asks if an octopus has eight legs.
  • The Legend of Korra gives us "Does a platypus-bear poop in the—" from Prince Wu, before he gets cut off.
  • Sofia the First: In "The Great Pretender", Sofia asks Clover to be her animal helper and learns, to her surprise, that her other animal friends also want the position.
    Robin: Does a bee make honey?
    Mia: Does a duck quack?
  • Zig-zag: Quick Draw McGraw is asked if he can take on an assignment, to which he replies (in typical Quick Draw syntax) "Does a swim fish?"
  • Glitch Techs: Miko asks Five "Do salamanders love seaweed?" His confused reaction only serves to make her feel more isolated. When she meets fellow weirdo Ripley and asks the same question, she gets the response "Only when it's raining!" which seems to be the answer she wanted. Later, Five tells her he did some research and salamanders are herbivores, so they actually don't like seaweed.
  • Johnny Bravo: "A Johnny Bravo Christmas" has Johnny ask a man if he can fly him and Suzy to the North Pole. The man replies "Do birds go poo on cars?"
  • He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021): When Duncan asks if Teela's had any luck with her tracking spell to locate the villains, she asks back, "Do tigers lay eggs?" Duncan then ponders on the question, since he didn't know tigers could talk before meeting Cringer, but Teela curtly tells him, "Tigers don't lay eggs."
  • Seven Little Monsters: In the episode "The Nose Knows", Three tries to help Two hide his nose when Two starts feeling bad about how huge and long his nose is. After the first attempt at covering up Two's nose by camouflaging it to look like a tree branch, Two asks his brother if he's sure this will work and Three answers "Do crocodiles have teeth?"

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