Quotes / Beat Without a "But"

Holt: I know everyone is upset about having to give up their weekend.
Jake: But?
Holt: No "but," I was simply demonstrating for Peralta what a fact is.

—Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 48 Hours

2003 Robin: When I first met you, I thought you were weird and annoying...
2013 Robin: ... And?
2003 Robin: And you are.

—Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans

Some say that a career as a scream can designer is boring, unchallenging, a waste of a monster's potential... open your textbooks to Chapter 3.

—Professor Brandywine, Monsters University

Todd: Hey Ballister, listen man. I just wanted to say, I know I’ve always been tough on you, and I never thought you belonged here...
Ballister: ...And?
Todd: And what? Did you think I was gonna keep going, or did you think I was gonna apologize for how I treated you? Oh, my God! That’s hilarious. You're so stupid, I love it.

—NIMONA (2023)

The Batman. He may not be that tough, or that smart, or that careful with his secret identity, but... Wait, there is no "but"? That's a shame, he was the best part of the last one.

—Narrator, Honest Trailers - Justice League (2017)

I worked with Zed for over forty years, and in all that time he never invited me to dinner. He never asked me to his house, or watch a game. He never shared a single detail of his personal life. ... Thank you.

—Kay, Men in Black 3

Merritt: Well when I first met you, I thought you were kind of a... dick.
Daniel: Huh! Oh.
Henley: And?
Merritt: No no, that's it.

—Now You See Me

At the end of the day [The Michael Bay Transformers films] may not be the most intelligently written movies, they may not be the cleverest movies, they may not be the most fun movies... anyway that is the end of that sentence.

—Nick Mason, Caravan of Garbage on Transformers: The Last Knight