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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Homer Badman", Homer delivers this line:
-->'''Homer''': Like one time, they were having this race with the stupid old tiny bicycle with the big wheel in front, so I figure, "We'll see about that!" So I get this big chunk of cinderblock, and -- (cut short)
* Said by Rainbow Dash in "A Dog and Pony Show" on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Discord uses it on her in "The Return of Harmony, Part 1" after she declares that she'll always be loyal to Princess Celestia.
* Happens in the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' in "Franklin and the Trading Cards" when Fox says that Franklin is his friend and will give him the extra card.
-->'''Beaver''': We'll just see about that!\\
'''Fox''': Yeah, I guess we will!
* Anakin Skywalker to a slaver in "Kidnapped" from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' after he says that his queen will bring back the slave trade.
* On ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'', Mrs. Botsford says this to Dr. Two-Brains when he says that he and his henchmen will win the soccer game in "Bend it Like Becky."
** Chuck also uses it on [=WordGirl=] in "Chuck With a Side of Brent" when she tells him "It's over!"
** And T.J. uses it in "Dinner or Consequences" when Becky wants to use a family trial to prove her innocence and get out of being "[[YouAreGrounded mega-grounded]]."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Pranks a Lot" [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have made themselves invisible and are terrorizing Bikini Bottom pretending to be ghosts. When reading a newspaper on their success, this is [=SpongeBob=]'s response to Patrick reading that Mr. Krabs isn't afraid of ghosts.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', where the ring is done up to resemble a court, referee Mills Lane scolds Series/JudgeJudy for killing her opponent [[spoiler: Susan Lucci]] before he can officially start the fight.
-->'''Mills''': This is my court, and I'll start the proceedings here!\\
'''Judy''': I'll be the judge of that, AND of this courtroom!

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': In the Culling Of Stratholme there is a part of the dungeon where a Boss from the Infinite Dragonflight emerges to say he's there to stop Arthas from purging Stratholme. Arthas replies that nothing can stop him, in response the boss utters this phrase.

* This is Zidane's response in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' when the Earth Guardian tells him that it's futile for the split group to try conquering all four of the elemental shrines at once.

'''Sophia Leigh''': Ha...in your next life!
-->'''Lara''': ''(draws pistols)'' We'll see about that.
* Played straight in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'': in the finale of Act 1, at the fall of Haven, Corypheus concludes his Evil Overlord monologue
-->'''Corypheus''': And you. I will not brook even an unwitting rival. You must die.\\
'''Herald''': You expect me to fight, but that's not why I kept you talking. Enjoy your victory; here's your prize!\\
''(releases trebuchet which strikes the snowy mountainside, triggering an avalanche which buries the village and forces Corypheus and his dragon to beat a hasty retreat).''
* In ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'', Ratchet says a shortened variation in the cutscene proceeding the game's first non-tutorial mission:
-->'''[[CombatCommentator Dallas]]:''' Well don't bother getting up for drinks, folks. This guy won't last two rounds!\\
'''Ratchet:''' ''We'll see.''
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'': These are [[spoiler: Al Mualim]]'s last words to Altair before dying. Altair said that he would destroy the Piece of Eden that [[spoiler: Al Mualim]] had used. [[spoiler: Al Mualim]] laughed and responded with this trope before dying. [[spoiler: He was right. Altair couldn't bring himself to try.]]

* This is the response of an F.B.I. agent in the fifth season premiere of ''Series/TheMentalist'', "The Crimson Ticket" when Patrick Jane insists that Lorelei is the C.B.I.'s suspect.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Sisko and [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineGulDukat Dukat]] have a video call shortly after the allied fleet narrowly avoids the Bajoran sun being supernova'd right in front of them. Dukat taunts that they might have survived today, but tomorrow...
-->'''Sisko''': We'll see about tomorrow.

* Invoked in ''Film/CharlieWilsonsWar'' as [[TheAce Gust Avrotakos]] attempts to impart upon Rep. Wilson the principle of OntologicalInertia using an old Zen story centered on this phrase, in this case as a metaphorical forewarning for what the consequences of Wilson's dealings in Afghanistan [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror may turn out to be]]:
-->'''Gust:''' There's a little boy and on his 14th birthday he gets a horse, and everybody in the village says, "How wonderful. The boy got a horse" And the Zen master says, "We'll see." Two years later, the boy falls off the horse, breaks his leg, and everyone in the village says, "How terrible." And the Zen master says, "We'll see." Then, a war breaks out and all the young men have to go off and fight, except the boy can't 'cause his leg's all messed up. and everybody in the village says, "How wonderful."
-->'''Wilson:''' Now the Zen master says, "We'll see..."
* John Dillinger says this in ''Film/PublicEnemies'', after being taunted that he'll never leave his jail cell until being removed for his execution.
* ''Film/{{The Secret Garden|1987}}'': Mary's reply in the 1987 movie when Martha says that Colin is going to "scream and scream until he brings the house down" is... [[ForegoneConclusion you guessed it...]] "We'll see about that."

* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', upon meeting for the first time in decades, [[BigBad Lord Shen]] and [[{{Seers}} the Soothsayer]] exchange this line with each other.
-->'''Shen:''' Ah, there you are, Soothsayer. It seems your fortune-telling skills are ''not'' as good as you thought.\\
'''The Soothsayer:''' We shall see, Shen.\\
'''Shen:''' [[NoYou No, you shall see]], old goat...

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' episode 157. While Chad is fighting Arrancar #107, the Arrancar tells him that if he continues fighting he'll die. Chad says "We'll see about that".

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Sisko and Dukat have a video call shortly after the allied fleet narrowly avoids the Bajoran sun being supernova'd right in front of them. Dukat taunts that they might have survived today, but tomorrow...

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-->'''Gust:''' There's a little boy and on his 14th birthday he gets a horse... and everybody in the village says, "How wonderful. The boy got a horse" And the Zen master says, "We'll see." Two years later, the boy falls off the horse, breaks his leg, and everyone in the village says, "How terrible." And the Zen master says, "We'll see." Then, a war breaks out and all the young men have to go off and fight, except the boy can't 'cause his leg's all messed up. and everybody in the village says, "How wonderful."

-->'''Gust:''': There's a little boy and on his 14th birthday he gets a horse... and everybody in the village says, "How wonderful. The boy got a horse" And the Zen master says, "We'll see." Two years later, the boy falls off the horse, breaks his leg, and everyone in the village says, "How terrible." And the Zen master says, "We'll see." Then, a war breaks out and all the young men have to go off and fight, except the boy can't 'cause his leg's all messed up. and everybody in the village says, "How wonderful."
-->'''Charlie Wilson:''' Now the Zen master says, "We'll see..."

** In "Q, Who?", Picard tells Q that his help is not required. Q declares that "We'll just have to see how ready you are," snaps his fingers, and sends the ''Enterprise'' to its encounter with the Borg.

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'': These are [[spoiler: Al Mualim's]] last words to Altair before dying. Altair said that he would destroy the Piece of Eden that [[spoiler: Al Mualim]] had used. [[spoiler: Al Mualim]] laughed and responded with this trope before dying. [[spoiler: He was right. Altair couldn't bring himself to try.]]

* Anakin Skywalker to a slaver in "Kidnapped" from ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' after he says that his queen will bring back the slave trade.

* In ''Franchise/StarWars Millennium Falcon'' after a droid comes aboard to aid in the hijacking of the ''Falcon'', C-3PO asks what it's doing and the droid says that it's "borrowing" it. C-3PO's response? "Borrowing it? We'll just see about that."

-->"Anakin knew exactly what the Jedi master was thinking, the same thing he was always thinking: 'He still has much to learn.' Anakin's smile thinned to a grim, straight line as enemy starfighters swarmed around him and he thought the same thing he always thought: 'We'll see about that.' He gave himself to the battle and the starfighter whirled and his cannons hammered and droids on all sides began to burst into clouds of debris and superheated gas. This was how ''he'' relaxed."

-->'''Duras:''' Then you must be ready to fight -- something Starfleet does not teach you.\\

* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', upon meeting for the first time in decades, [[BigBad Lord Shen]] and [[{{Seer}} the Soothsayer]] exchange this line with each other.

'''Sisko''': We'll see about tomorrow.

* After Jafar usurps power, Disney/{{Aladdin}} says this and whips out the lamp... [[OhCrap or not]].