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* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''

->'''Mr. Tweedy:''' Oooh, that's champion, that is...what is it?\\

'''Mrs. Tweedy:''' [[SarcasmMode Apple]].\\
'''Mr. Tweedy:''' ''[excitedly]'' [[SarcasmBlind My favourite]]!\\

'''Mrs. Tweedy:''' Apple.\\
'''Mr. Tweedy:''' ''[excitedly]'' My favourite!\\

* ''Film/TheSantaClause1'': Scott does this twice in a row when Neal asks the following:
-->'''Neal''': What exactly did you and Charlie do on Christmas Eve?
-->'''Scott''': Had a bowl of sugar, two shots of black liquor, played with my shotgun, field-dressed a cat, looked for women...
-->''(Beat)''
-->'''Scott''': I read him a book!

-->'''Scott''': ''[[Creator/JackieCollins Hollywood Wives]]''.

* Creator/EddieIzzard, in response to someone asking why he always wore women's clothes, answered, "They're not women's clothes, I bought them, they're mine!"[[labelnote:*]] HilariousInHindsight now that ''she'' has come out as a trans woman.[[/labelnote]]

** In Chapter 80, when [[spoiler:CP9, now Jormungandr,]] shows up to help Luffy:

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9750991/14/Angry-Harry-and-the-Seven chapter 14]] of ''Fanfic/AngryHarryAndTheSeven'', after Sirius Black is brought out of Azkaban for a trial and exonerated, a reporter asks him "Are you happy to be free, Lord Black?" Sirius responds "Don't you think that's quite the idiotic question?"

* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Eric is teaching Kasile magecraft and asks if she is comfortable learning the {{fireball}} spell. He does this when they are in her room which is festooned with fire imagery that references her fire goddess heritage. Kasile just stares at him, prompting him to reference the trope, "Right... Stupid question."

Keep in mind, not ''every'' case of this trope is one where the asker is being stupid. In fact, many of these “stupid questions” are more of a case of verification rather than idiocy. Think of it like this: Say you’re supposed to meet up with someone named Bob (you’ve never met him before and don’t really know what he looks like) and then once you meet him you ask him if he’s Bob, even if he fits every description you do know about him. Really, no one’s gonna fault you for asking since you just wanted to be sure, and it would be awkward/embarrassing if you start talking to someone and it turns out he ''isn’t'' Bob. If Bob gives a sarcastic or snarky response like “No. I’m [[{{WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse}} Mickey Mouse!]]”, it really makes ''him'' look bad and potentially paints him as a JerkAss. For this reason, it's [[{{SincerityMode}} generally not a good idea to give a "Stupid Answer" to what you think is a "Stupid Question"]] in Real Life, since it's seen as incredibly rude rather than funny. [[note]]Unless you do it with friends, but even then it's only if they accept it.[[/note]] And it might just get you into trouble, especially if done to an authority figure like a police officer or a teacher.

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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': In the unaired version of the pilot, we get this exchange between Kermit and Fozzie.
-->'''Kermit:''' ''(into the intercom)'' Muppet Players on stage, please! Muppet Players on stage!\\
'''Fozzie:''' Oh! Oh, oh, oh! Am I... Am I a Muppet Player?\\
'''Kermit:''' Uh, no, you're a Radio City Rockette.\\
'''Fozzie:''' Oh...\\
'''Kermit:''' OF COURSE YOU'RE A MUPPET PLAYER!

* In ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' episode "What Sexual Harris Meant", Earl comes home early because someone died at work.
-->'''Fran:''' Oh my goodness, what happened??\\
'''Earl:''' Fran, we push down trees for a living. You figure it out!
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* In one ''Astronut'' cartoon, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Telestar" Astronut accidentally brings down a satellite. Two crooks get it and decide to hold the satellite for ransom. Astronut solves the problem by using his ship's tractor beam to pull the satellite back into orbit... ''while the crooks are holding it.'' The short ends with the crooks sitting on the satellite as it floats through space, whereupon one crook asks the other, "I know this is a stupid question, Clyde, but, how are we gonna explain this to our parole officer?"

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny:
** In "Hare Way To The Stars," after he finds he's been shot into outer space as a meteor streaks by him:
--->'''Bugs:''' What was dat? ''[gets hit by a satellite]'' Well, ask a silly question...
** In "French Rarebit", when Francois, a French chef, prepares to cook Bugs for dinner, Bugs uses this trope to save his skin:
--->'''Bugs:''' Of course, if you want something really good, you can't beat a good ol' Louisiana Back Bay Bayou Bunny Bordelaise. A la Antoine.\\
'''François:''' A la Antoine? You mean ''ze'' Antoine of New Orleans?\\
'''Bugs:''' I don't mean Antoine of Flatbush!
** A pumpkin gets sprung from its catapult and lands square on WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn's head:
--->'''Foghorn Leghorn:''' Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer.

* The exact statement is quoted by Rhesus 2 in Malcolm Mcdowell's iconic tone in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys''

* ''Literature/FromABuick8'': the following conversation between Tony Schoondist and George, when the former orders the latter to get a pair of gerbils plus a cage so they can test if being inside the eponymous Buick is dangerous:
-->'''George:''' Should I get them some food, too?\\
'''Tony:''' Absolutely not. We're going to buy a couple of gerbils and then let them starve to death out in the shed.\\
'''George:''' [[SarcasmBlind Really?]] That seems sort of mean to--\\
'''Tony:''' Get them food George, yes.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Eric is teaching Kasile magecraft and asks if she is comfortable learning the {{fireball}} spell. He does this when they are in her room which is festooned with fire imagery that references her fire goddess heritage. Kasile just stares at him, prompting him to reference the trope, "Right... Stupid question."
* In ''[[Literature/{{Dragaera}} Hawk]]'', Vlad asks "Is that it?" when Daymar delivers the promised thorn-hawk egg. Daymar snarks back that, no, the small brown egg is a life-sized wooden carving of a dragon. Vlad is floored by the realization that LiteralMinded Daymar has told a joke, even if it's a bad one.
* ''Literature/ScavengerAlliance'': After first arriving among the Alliance, Tad has many questions, including about the presence of many young children, as they weren't mentioned in files on the Alliance. Donnell smirks and points out that where you get men and women together for extended periods, you tend to get children.

* ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
** In ''A Forest Divided'', Thunder spots Milkweed in the undergrowth and asks her if she's hunting. She snarks that no, she felt like going for a stroll.
** In a story in ''Battles of the Clans'', Morningstar asks his warrior if a mangled, frozen bird is all the prey he could find. The warrior says "No, actually. There are squirrels and mice all over the place out there, but I thought you'd prefer this." Morningstar apologizes.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': In ''Literature/AStormOfSwords'', Maege Mormont makes the mistake of asking this question of Catelyn Stark, for whom [[FromBadToWorse things only get worse]].
-->'''Maege''': My lady, you seem so somber. Is aught amiss?\\
'''Catelyn''': ''(thinking)'' My lord husband is dead, as is my father. Two of my sons have been murdered[[note]]They're alive, but Catelyn doesn't know that[[/note]], my daughter has been given to a faithless dwarf to bear his vile children, my other daughter is vanished and likely dead, and my last son and my only brother are both angry with me. [[SarcasmMode What could possibly be amiss]]?
* ''Literature/TheseBrokenStars'': The ObstructiveBureaucrat Tarver is being interviewed by has a habit of asking questions that amount to, "So what were your priorities during this desperate survival situation?"
-->'''Tarver:''' [[SarcasmMode Well, Miss [=LaRoux=] had a party she didn't want to miss...]]

* "Stupid Questions" by Music/NewModelArmy is a variant, with the singer frustrated at the subject of the song who's refusing to grow up and keeps asking the 'stupid questions' of the title.

* Used in ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'', when Gonzo sits upright in bed quickly, accidentally launching Rizzo the Rat out the window.
-->'''Gonzo:''' ''[hearing Rizzo climbing back in]'' Is that you, Rizzo?\\
'''Rizzo:''' No, it's Santa. I forgot my reindeer.

* ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'':
-->'''Kleiver:''' Those were some sweet moves in the Arena, boy. But a little more choke, an' you would've popped, eh?\\
'''Jak:''' You talkin' to me?\\
'''Daxter:''' Yeah, you talkin' to... him?\\
'''Kleiver:''' No, [[SarcasmMode I'm conversin' with me sweet departed mum]]. Of course you, ya bore head!

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', when Mario and his new friend Mallow are chasing down a thief who robbed the latter:
-->'''Mallow:''' He's the one who took my coin! Why didn't you stop him?\\
'''Toad:''' Because I forgot my bazooka at home! Sheesh... Give me a break, here.
* This exchange between Eggman and Orbot in ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' when Eggman complains that they don't have enough Wisps.
-->'''Orbot:''' Do you want us to catch more?\\
'''Eggman:''' [[SarcasmMode No, I want you to get me a cheeseburger with a shake!]]
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', if you haven't assembled the Wand of Nagamar when you go to fight the [[FinalBoss Naughty Sorceress]], she'll OneHitKill you when she takes on her "''[[ParodiedTrope actual]]'' [[OneWingedAngel true form]]" -- a ''floating sausage''. Afterward, you'll receive a PlayerNudge encounter, starting with your ExpositionFairy asking if any of that ''seemed weird to you''.
-->"You're asking me," you reply, "if I noticed anything weird while I was getting my ass handed to me by a magical floating sausage that used to be a woman and then was briefly a big tentacle monster? Because no. That's pretty much a normal day for me. Why -- did you notice anything weird?"
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'''s Pinnacle Station DLC, Shepard can get briefed on the eponymous Station's virtual combat simulator from Tech Officer Ochren, the salarian in charge of its operation. This dialogue can ensue during the briefing complete with a snippy retort from Ochren.
-->'''Ochren:''' It's a combination of holographic images and kinetic barriers. Holographic images help you see the objects, and the kinetic barriers keep you from walking through them.\\
'''Shepard:''' I assume the enemies are also holographic?\\
'''Ochren:''' [[SarcasmMode No. Our operatives train in a simulator by killing real, actual people.]]
** From ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', when Tali meets Javik for the first time. (If you're wearing Collector Armor, this becomes a million times funnier).
-->'''Tali:''' So, you're a real living prothean?
-->'''Javik:''' As opposed to a fake dead one?
* ''The Grumpy Knight'':
-->'''Alec:''' Are you going out to fight the monsters, then?\\
'''Elsa:''' No, I'm going over to give them flowers and chocolate and ask them out on a date! What do you think?
* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'':
** It gives us two examples:
--->'''Geralt:''' Why do they call you "Mad Man" Lugos?\\
'''"Mad Man" Lugos:''' YEEEEEEEAAAARRRRGGGH! That's why.
** And:
--->'''Geralt:''' Are you the silent druid?\\
'''Druid:''' ....\\
'''Geralt:''' Oh yeah, stupid question.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has this party banter from Wynn and Shale:
-->'''Wynn:''' Shale, why must you refer to me as "the elder mage"?\\
'''Shale:''' Clearly because it is purple. And a hyena.

* In ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', Todd explains that he's been cursed into his current form by the [[ClingyMacguffin pair of scissors]] he carries. Miriam [[CondescendingCompassion helpfully]] suggests that he [[HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster drop the scissors]], prompting Todd to yell that that was the first thing he tried.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': In "Meet The Demoman", Demo is asked what makes him a good demoman. Demo responds thusly.
-->'''Demo:''' If I were a ''bad'' demoman, I WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE DISCUSSIN' IT WIT' YA, NOW WOULD I?!

* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'': Adam Jensen meets a criminal contact in the [[AbsurdlySpaciousSewer Hengsha sewers]] asking;
-->'''Adam:''' You one of Tong's boys?\\
'''Harvester:''' No. I just like hanging out in the sewers because they smell better than what I eat for breakfast. Any other stupid questions?\\
'''Adam:''' Not yet. But if I come up with one, I'll be sure to ask.
* At the beginning of the ''Desperate Measures'' scenario in ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'', Chang asks Jensen "You remember that bombing you were in?" As the bombing was literally a few days ago and is currently the focus of [[InterpolSpecialAgent TF29's]] most pressing investigation, Jensen just gives Chang a FascinatingEyebrow and asks if he's trying to make a joke.

* ''WebAnimation/TheGastonTrilogy'' has this exchange from "Gaston Plays Lefou's Quest IV":
-->'''Gaston:''' I'm dissed.\\
'''Lefou:''' Who, you?\\
'''Gaston:''' No! The one-armed man!
* Pops up in ''WebAnimation/LlamasWithHats''.
** Such as in the very first episode, after Carl has made it quite clear that he's stabbed a man 37 times in the chest followed by cutting off the man's hands and eating them:
--->'''Paul:''' What is ''wrong'' with you, Carl?!\\
'''Carl:''' Well, I-- I kill people and I eat hands, that's-- that's two things.
** And in episode 4, after Carl has set off a nuke within the bounds of the city as a way to throw a surprise party for Paul (it's not even his birthday) and his "birthday decorations," [[NauseaFuel faces tied to baloons,]] start drifting in. Carl laments that this wasn't a good idea after all; [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Paul doesn't like faces, the nuke didn't properly cook the faces, and raw face is just gross,]] prompting Paul to ask:
--->'''Paul:''' Why would you think ''any'' of this was a good idea?\\
'''Carl:''' Probably because I'm a dangerous sociopath with a long history of violence.\\
'''Paul:''' ...Oh.\\
'''Carl:''' [[LampshadeHanging I don't understand how you keep forgetting that.]]

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Elan asks ''a lot'' of stupid questions to which Roy gives snarky answers.
** In the prequel book ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickStartOfDarkness Start of Darkness]]'', when Redcloak and the Monster in the Darkness meet for the first time:
--->'''Redcloak:''' They call me "Redcloak".\\
'''[=MitD=]:''' Really? Why?\\
'''Redcloak:''' ... Because I wear black armor.

* Used often in the old SpriteComic ''[[Website/Fireball20XL That's My Sonic!]]'' Though frequently, the answer was actually quite straightforward.
--> '''Shadow:''' A hat? Your entire head is covered in fur! What would you do with a hat?\\
'''Tails:''' Wear it, duh.\\
'''Shadow:''' Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.
* In ''Webcomic/SexyLosers'', Mark and (chronic masturbator) Mike have this early exchange:
-->'''Mark:''' What are you doing...jerking off to your smut rags?\\
'''Mike:''' No, I'm jerking off to the idea of sucking your fat cock.\\
''BeatPanel''\\
'''Mike:''' Of course it's a smut rag, you witless fuck.

* In [[http://www.molebashed.com/post/126480343354/as-i-stated-before-my-view-of-hospitals-and-their this episode of]] ''Webcomic/{{MOLEBASHED}}'', Wes asks a doctor, "So at what point do the machines start beeping and the doctors start yelling and stuff?"

* ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'': Secret doesn't word her [[https://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0334.html question]] about Misho's PastLifeMemories very well:
-->'''Secret:''' What's the last thing you remember in the [[GoldenAge First Age]]?\\
'''Misho:''' ...Dying.\\
''[BeatPanel]''\\
''[BeatPanel]''
* In one ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' strip, Agent Wolf asks Mr Verres if he remembers "[[NoodleIncident the trans-dimensional walrus]]". Verres replies "No, Agent Wolf, I have somehow ''forgotten'' that there was a ''dimension-hopping walrus''." So Wolf starts [[SarcasmBlind explaining about the walrus]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', when Florence discovers a robot on a space station that isn't supposed to have any robot labour, and it explains that the humans don't know it's there, she asks if there are any other robots hiding on the station. The robot replies that it doesn't know, because that's how hiding works. [[spoiler:For the record, it turns out that, yes, there are other robots hiding on the station.]]

* And [[http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=3992818#3992818 this one]] from the [[VideoGame/{{X}} Egosoft]] forum. Ego's latest game, ''VideoGame/XRebirth'' has had a release date of RealSoonNow since roughly March 2011, and that thread is basically endless "When's it coming out?" A page later, the one Egosoft employee who interacts with the forum on a regular basis rounds up a dozen or so of his coworkers to come onto the forum and say, [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} "I'm still alive."]]

* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' has two examples: during the review of ''Clones of Bruce Lee'', a character mentions Creator/BruceLee and another character asks "The actor?" Spoony sarcastically responds, "No, the golfer." Later, during Spoony's review of ''Ripper'', a character mentions that technology similar to what the Ripper (a serial killer) is using was recently stolen from her. The main character asks, "And you think the Ripper did it?"
-->'''Spoony/Dr. Burton:''' [[SarcasmMode No, I think Ryan Seacrest did it]] YES I THINK THE RIPPER DID IT!

* Occurs twice in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', both times with the title character talking to Benny the Cab: "Benny, is that you?" "No, it's UsefulNotes/EleanorRoosevelt!", and later "No, it's Creator/ShirleyTemple!"

* In the comedy film ''Film/MeanGirls'' 2...
-->'''Mandi:''' Yes, Chastity, Film/DirtyDancing. No, down and dirty!
* In the Flemish movie ''Film/MoscowBelgium'', Matty is calling to her daughter from the bathroom.
-->'''Vera:''' Mom, are you taking a bath?\\
'''Matty:''' No, I'm getting a massage from a big black guy.
* ''Film/{{Robin and the Seven Hoods}}'':
-->'''Robbo:''' What's your racket?\\
'''Pool Hustler:''' Brain surgeon.



* ''Film/HisGirlFriday'':
-->'''Reporter:''' What, Hildy, you still here?\\
'''Hildy:''' No, I'm in Niagara Falls.

* In ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'':
-->'''Fake Santa:''' That'll be 300. \\
'''Howard:''' ...Dollars? \\
'''Fake Santa:''' No, chocolate kisses. Yes, dollars!
* In ''Film/{{Splash}}'', Freddie informs Allen that they would be attending a dinner with the President.
-->'''Allen Bauer:''' The president of what?\\
'''Freddie Bauer:''' The president of the Three Stooges fan club. The President of the United States!
* ''Franchise/DieHard'':
** In ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'', [=McClane=] stops a truck.
--->'''[=McClane:=]''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext You're a truck driver?]]\\
'''Jerry Parks:''' No, I'm a beautician. Of course I'm a truck driver!
** In ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'', John [=McClane=] pulls off a particularly badass stunt to throw off his pursuers while protecting [[TheCracker Matt Farrell]]
--->'''Farrell:''' Did you ''see that!?''\\
'''[=McClane:=]''' Yeah, I saw it; I ''did'' it!
* The Dude of ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' is a master of this.
-->'''Treehorn's Thug:''' ''[holding a bowling ball]'' What the fuck is this?\\
'''The Dude:''' Obviously, you're not a golfer.

* In ''Film/SupermanII'', Lex Luthor gets one after offering General Zod the means to locate the son of Jor-El:
-->'''Zod:''' Jor-El? Our Jailer?\\
'''Luthor:''' No, ''[in a silly accent]'' Jor-El, the baseball player... ''[going back to normal voice when he realizes the evil Kryptonians have no sense of humor]'' Yes, Jor-El, your jailer.
* In ''Film/{{Alien}}'', Kane wakes up after he has just spent the last several hours in a coma with an alien creature on his face.
-->'''Parker:''' How are you doing?\\
'''Kane:''' Terrific. Next silly question.
* ''Film/{{Tremors}}'':
** Part of the delight of the film is the witty banter.
--->'''Earl:''' You ever seen anything like this before? [[note]]"This" being a twenty-foot-long man-eating underground worm-monster.[[/note]]\\
'''Val:''' Oh, sure Earl, everybody knows about 'em, we just didn't tell ''you!''
** And when Earl asks Bert what he uses cannon fuse for...
--->'''Bert:''' ''[in CaptainObvious tone]'' My cannon.
* ''Film/{{Quartet}}'':
-->'''Jean:''' This is the first time we've seen each other in God knows how many years.\\
'''Reg:''' Ninety-seven.\\
'''Cissy:''' ''[gasps]'' Is it really that long? God, how time flies. ''[realization]'' You're joking.
* In ''Film/VForVendetta'', When Evey first meets V she asks him who he is, to which he comments:
--> '''V:''' "Who" is but the form, following the function of "what", and what I am is a man in a mask.\\
'''Evey:''' Well, I can see that.\\
'''V:''' Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation. I am merely commenting on the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
* ''Film/TheFullMonty'': Gaz asks his friend Dave to "[[GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt borrow]]" a jacket for a funeral from the store where he works:
-->'''Dave:''' What colour?\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Gaz:''' Orange.\\
'''Dave:''' Orange?\\
'''Gaz:''' Black! For ''fuck's'' sake.
* In ''Film/EveOfDestruction'', a counter-terrorist expert Jim [=McQuade=] is recruited by a scientist to hunt down a nuclear-armed android. At one point the scientist asks [=McQuade=] what his speciality is. Before telling his military credentials, [=McQuade=] [[DeadpanSnarker snarks]], "My speciality is a spinach lasagna in a tomato-basil sauce."
* ''Film/UnderSiege2DarkTerritory'': When Travis Dane and his mercenaries interrupt the two lovebird officials they need to interrogate to activate the KillSat, Dane mocks them for their office romance, leading to this:
-->'''David Trilling:''' Is that what this is about?\\
'''Travis Dane:''' Ugh, yeah, right! I, uh... ''faked'' my own death and ''hijacked a passenger train'' because I care about ''who you're fucking''! No, I was just wondering what other rules you might be willing to break.
* There's one in the opening minutes of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', though the tone is more resigned dread than sarcastic.
-->'''HYDRA Mook:''' It's the Avengers!\\
'''Baron Strucker:''' Can we hold them?\\
'''HYDRA Mook:''' Sir... [[CurbStompBattle it's the Avengers.]]
* ''Film/RockyIII'' (1982) had a scene where sports commentator Stu Nahan asks former Heavyweight Champion and guest commentator [[TheRival Apollo Creed]] for his prediction in the Rocky/Clubber Lang bout. When Creed (who famously lost the title to Balboa) picks Rocky, we have this exchange:
-->'''Creed:''' "I predict the champ's gonna take it."\\
'''Nahan:''' "Do you really think [Balboa] can hit that hard?"\\
'''Creed:''' "Why do you think I'm out here with ''you''?"
* In ''Film/FreddyVsJason'', as the main characters run screaming from the house after Jason's first attack, Deputy Stubbs pulls up:
-->'''Stubbs:''' You kids need some assistance?\\
'''Gibb:''' ''[thrusting her blood-soaked hands in his face]'' WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK!?
* In ''Film/GungHo'': "Want some ice cream? Haagen-Dazs!" "Eat shit and die." ({{Beat}}) "Are you having your period?" "STOP THE CAR!"

* In ''Film/ExMachina'', Nathan and Caleb discuss Ava's programming as a female android;
-->'''Nathan:''' Caleb, what's your type?\\
'''Caleb:''' Of girl?\\
'''Nathan:''' No, salad dressing!
* In ''Film/ShortCircuit'', Stephanie does this when she tries to convince Newton that Number 5 nearly drove her food truck off a cliff.
-->'''Newton:''' Are you sure you didn't do any steering or anything?\\
'''Stephanie:''' Yeah, I like to drive off cliffs.
* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'': When Mr. White badgers "Nice Guy" Eddie to get some medical help for Mr. Orange.
-->'''Eddie:''' I will call someone.\\
'''White:''' Who are you gonna call?\\
'''Eddie:''' A fucking snake charmer! Who do you think? I'll call a ''doctor''.

* In ''Film/CockneysVsZombies'', Katy looks over a garden fence and spots yet ''another'' zombie herd in the group's path:
-->'''Katy:''' Fuck.\\
'''One of the brothers:''' What? What is it?\\
'''Katy:''' Leprechauns, what'd you think?
* ''Film/WhaleRider'': Variant. Pai's grandfather refuses to let her take part in the trials to become the next chief because she's a girl. The last trial is to retrieve a whale-tooth necklace that he threw into the deepest part of the bay, and none of the boys can do it. Pai does so but doesn't tell anyone, and instead saves the beached whales (mimicking the actions of her legendary ancestor) but lapses into a coma due to the effort. Her grandmother finds the necklace on her, and gives it to her husband.
-->'''Grandfather:''' Which one?\\
'''Grandmother:''' What do you mean, ''which one!?''
* ''Film/{{Snatch}}'': Bullet-Tooth Tony gets a few of these during the film.
-->'''Tony:''' Boris the Blade? As in, 'Boris the Bullet-Dodger'?\\
'''Avi:''' ...Why do they call him the 'Bullet-Dodger'?\\
''*{{beat}}*''\\
'''Tony:''' ...Because he dodges bullets, Avi.
* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': When Everett Ross wakes up in Shuri's lab when recovering from being shot:
-->'''Ross''': Is this Wakanda?\\
'''Shuri''': No, it's [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Kansas]].
* ''Film/MeanGuns'': After Vincent Moon explains the rules of the Game to the condemned, he opens the floor for questions. Two people who ask dumb questions are immediately killed.
-->'''Criminal:''' What if we don't wanna play?\\
'''Vincent:''' [shoots him] Then '''don't'''!
* In ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', after [[EarthShatteringKaboom the destruction of Praxis]] and being told [[BlatantLies that there was an incident and the Klingons don't need help]]:
-->'''Sulu:''' (''incredulously'') An ''"incident"...''\\
'''Rand:''' Do we report this, sir?\\
'''Sulu:''' (''turning to Rand'') Are you kidding?
* In the film adaptation of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Cedric walks up to Harry and greets him with "How are you doing?", right after witnessing other students bullying Harry. Harry's response is a heavily sarcastic "Spectacular."
* ''Film/WinterKills'': When Nick asks Cerruti who kidnapped Yvette, Cerruti responds, "By whom? By the kidnappers."
* An interviewer in ''Film/FirstMan'' asks Neil if he'll be "affected" by the recent death of his daughter during the training program. An annoyed Neil responds by saying it'd be unreasonable to assume it ''wouldn't'' have an affect on him.

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy''
** Zaphod is asked if he's THE Zaphod Beeblebrox. "No, just a Zaphod Beeblebrox. Haven't you heard, we come in six packs?".
** Zaphod does this a lot.
--->'''Receptionist:''' But sir, I umm, it was on the sub-ether radio this morning, er... it... er... said you were dead.\\
'''Zaphod:''' Yeah, that's right, I just haven't stopped moving yet.
** He's on the receiving end at one point:
--->'''Marvin:''' I'm in the car park.\\
'''Zaphod:''' The car park? What are you doing there?\\
'''Marvin:''' Parking cars, what else does one do in a car park?
** And one from the [[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981 TV series]]:
--->'''Ford:''' I don't believe you.\\
'''Zaphod:''' Why not?\\
'''Ford:''' You tend to lie a lot.

* In ''Magic Strikes'', Literature/KateDaniels is in a strange kitchen trying to make coffee, only someone has rearranged all the labels on the containers so she can't find anything.
-->"Looking for something?" Dali came up from the hallway.\\
"No, I'm dancing the can-can." Ask a dumb question...\\
Dali blinked at me. "Would you mind making coffee while you're dancing? I smell it on the bottom shelf, either first or second jar on the left."
* Literature/SherlockHolmes's ''War of the Worlds'': Sherlock Holmes tells Dr. Watson how one of the invading machines was going after him. Watson exclaims "And you escaped!", to which Holmes replies "No, Watson. I was caught and killed by the machines."
* ''Literature/WelkinWeasels: Heastward Ho!''
-->"Catching up on our reading, are we?"\\
"No, I'm trying to burn a hole through paper with my retina."
* In the Creator/AgathaChristie novel ''Literature/WhyDidntTheyAskEvans'', a boy comes across a scene with a wrecked car whose front-end is smashed into a stone wall with an injured woman hanging halfway out of the car. The boy asks, "Has there been an accident?" prompting another character to say, "No, the lady ran her car into the wall on purpose." [[spoiler:Though as a matter of fact, [[SarcasticConfession the lady did run her car into the wall on purpose.]] ]]

* In ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'', Antonio the carpenter (AKA Maestro Cherry) has just fallen to the floor in shock after hearing a piece of wood talk when Gepetto comes in.
-->"Good day, Maestro Antonio," said Geppetto. "What are you doing on the floor?"\\
"I am teaching the ants their A B C's."\\
"Good luck to you!"\\
"What brought you here, friend Geppetto?"\\
"My legs!"

* Creator/EddieIzzard, in response to someone asking why he always wore women's clothes, answered, "They're not women's clothes, I bought them, they're mine!"[[labelnote:*]] HilariousInHindsight now that ''she'' has come out as a trans woman.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA Classified]] [[Creator/GrantMorrison #2]]:

* Shows up in a few ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' stories, usually involving [[AbsentMindedProfessor Professor Calculus]], who is not only deaf but apparently SarcasmBlind as well.
-->'''Calculus:''' Tell me, Captain, was that a fish jumping out of the water just now?\\
'''Captain Haddock:''' No, it was a grand piano!\\
'''Calculus:''' Ah, I didn't think it could have been a fish...

* An ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' one-shot featured [[DumbMuscle Moose]] asking these sorts of questions. It was titled, "D-uh! Really Dumb Questions!" It even featured the classic "What's the number for 911?" line.
-->'''Random guy:''' Actually, I'm not an only child! I have an identical twin brother!\\
'''Moose:''' Really? What does he look like?
* ''ComicBook/BuckDanny'': On seeing Sonny emerge on deck with a hat festooned with hooks and lures, five fishing rods, and a huge basket...
--> '''Buck:''' Is he going fishing, do you think?\\
'''Tucker:''' No, he's going fishing!\\
'''Buck:''' Really! I could have sworn he was going fishing.
* The French comic ''Agent 212'' has the titular beat cop on the scene of a grisly murder. The commissioner tells him to draw a ChalkOutline around the body. The squeamish 212 asks "Who? Me?", the commissioner replies "Yes, you. I'd have asked His Holiness the Pope, but he was busy this morning."
* ''ComicBook/WelcomeToHoxford'' has this doozy asked of the criminally-insane Ray Delgado.
-->'''Pack Alpha:''' Are you insane? Oh, right.

* One ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' story sees Dredd trying to figure out where Walter, his house robot, is getting the money for various gifts from. It turns out he's moonlighting as a cabby. At the end of the story, Dredd is curious why anyone would hire Walter... only to find the dispatcher has the same speech impediment Walter does. Dredd then quotes the trope title verbatim.
* In one [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]] story, a Beagle Boy attempts to rob Scrooge's house and runs afoul of [=McDuck's=] BattleButler;
-->'''Beagle Boy:''' Are you okay?\\
'''Beagle Boy:''' ''(Beaten up and thrown into the air)'' No, I'm flying to break the monotony!

* Most likely the earliest example: [[http://www.toonopedia.com/foolishq.htm Rube Goldberg's "Foolish Questions."]]

* ''Fanfic/NeverHadAFriendLikeMe'': In Chapter 4, when Norm appears in Amanda's room with an extra large box of pizza:
-->'''Amanda''': Hi, Norm. Did you bring pizza?\\
'''Norm''': ''(dryly)'' No, I ordered a bucket of fried chicken. Extra flat. Of course it's pizza.

* ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'':
** John deliberately invokes this trope at the beginning, when the NighInvulnerable Paul has just dropped several hundred feet and crashed through the ground into an underground chamber:
--->'''John:''' I know this is a silly question, but are you okay, Macca?\\
'''Paul:''' Don't be daft, of ''course'' I'm okay.
** None of them suffer fools gladly, as Spectrem found out when he asked a stupid question of George.
* In the ''Series/Lucifer2016'' fic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26665561/chapters/65034238 City of Sin]]", other characters treat Dan as this when he's investigating the disappearance of Malcolm Graham and asks for Chloe's whereabouts when she's just confirmed that she last saw Malcolm shortly before she was shot in her apartment;
--->'''Lucifer:''' Chloe undoubtedly has an alibi for any point in… 'whoever you said went missing's' disappearance. Unless you think she kidnapped him after being shot multiple times?
* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorldFernWithy'': In ''The Golden Mean'', when Thresh's sister sneaks into District 12 with a rebellion message and reports that District 8 (which she stopped at on the way) just "Blew its stack."
--> '''Ed Mellark''': Are you saying they're rebelling? Already?
--> '''Winnow''': No. They're having fireworks. And picnics. And hardware sales. What game did you think you were playing.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2559155/3/The-Twists-and-Turns-of-Love "The Twists and Turns of Love,"]] when Kim and Ron are giving a press conference after the Diablos incident, after they confirm they're now dating Kim informs the attending press agents that she and Ron are off to prepare for a date so any further questions will be directed to Rufus. Naturally virtually nobody has any idea what to say to a naked mole rat at first, although someone eventually asks "What does synthodrone taste like?", to which Rufus just answers "Blech!"

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12219898/6/Family Family]]'':
-->'''Harry:''' Sue? You come to watch the game?\\
'''Susan:''' No, Potter, Hermione and I are here to help the elves clean the castle.

* While the exact answer isn't given, when John in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10271976/10/A-DIC-less-SI A DIC-less SI]]'' asks his magic map (which provides directions to answers for any questions you ask it) how to get [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei]] pregnant, it apparently tells him to have sex with her. When he clarifies he wants to know how to help Shinji get Rei pregnant, the map tells him to jiggle Shinji's balls while he has sex with Rei.
* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', after Perfect Cell kicks [[ButtMonkey Krillin]] through a plateau.
-->'''Trunks:''' Krillin, are you all right?!\\
'''Krillin:''' ''[pained whimper]''\\
'''Trunks:''' Do you need a Senzu Bean?\\
'''Krillin:''' ''[pained whimper]''\\
'''Trunks:''' You're right, that is a stupid question.
* Near the end of ''WebVideo/ResidentEvilAbridged'', Rebecca avoids being shot by Wesker by falling down and pretending to be dead. So when Chris finds out she survived and asks why she didn't help him fight the Tyrant, she plainly replies:
-->'''Rebecca:''' Playing O-possum means feigning death [[LittleMissSnarker 'til ALL the danger's passed]], Chris.
* In ''Fanfic/TheWebOfTheSpiderMan'', Peter has this conversation with a guard who is PinnedToTheWall by the Vulture's FlechetteStorm.
-->'''Guard:''' ''[sees Peter trying to pull out the Vulture's feather]'' What the Hell do you think you're doing you lunatic?\\
'''Peter:''' I'm using the Power of Archimedes!\\
'''Guard:''' Fucking... what?\\
'''Peter:''' ''[adjusts his glasses]'' You know... Archimedes? Great Classical Mathematician and Engineer? Torque? H-He said that if he could stand in the right place with a long enough lever he could... ''[gets a blank stare]'' This... probably isn't the time or place for this, is it?\\
'''Guard:''' Gee, ya think?!
* ''Fanfic/TheseAreTheNames'' (link [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10256002/1/These-Are-The-Names here]]) [[PlayingWith has some fun with this]] when the peacekeepers come to investigate some of the Mentors they (correctly) suspect of rebel activity, and find them gone. Brutus (who has no clue about the Rebellion) invokes this when they ask where Haymitch took Johanna.
--> "Oh come on. He's got a little girl who follows him around like a little puppy. What do you think he's showing her, the art museum? Oh, I know, the ''library''." He makes an unpleasant face. [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk I doubt he's covering for Haymitch]]. [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter I'm pretty sure Brutus actually believes that Haymitch is off seducing a sixteen year-old girl.]] But whatever he's doing [[AccidentalHero he's keeping the peacekeepers occupied]].
* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9750991/14/Angry-Harry-and-the-Seven chapter 14]] of ''Fanfic/AngryHarryAndTheSeven'', after Sirius Black is brought out of Azkaban for a trial and exonerated, a reporter asks him "Are you happy to be free, Lord Black?" Sirius responds "Don't you think that's quite the idiotic question?"
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13273771/8/Power-plays Power plays]]'':
-->'''Lilith:''' Then where did you go?\\
'''Harry:''' The restricted section of the library.\\
'''Tracy:''' What were you doing there?\\
'''Daphne:''' Looking for Dumbledore's chocolate frog card collection. What do you think we were doing?
* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11898648/39/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rune-Stone-Path chapter 38]] of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheRuneStonePath'', in the immediate aftermath of Harry Potter violently preventing an attempted gang rape on Daphne Greengrass, Professor [=McGonagall=] asks her "Are you alright?" While wrapped in a conjured sheet to salvage her modesty, bleeding from her forehead and earlobes, and barely able to stand, Daphne snaps back "Do I look alright?"
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3712396/9/Raising-Harry-La-Vida-Muggle Raising Harry: La Vida Muggle]]'':
-->'''A.J.:''' Goin' ridin'?\\
'''Harry:''' Nope, just thought I'd see if I could saddle all the horses just to see how long it took.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3415504/7/Prodigy Prodigy]]'' James is asleep in his truck after a long day at work.
-->'''Catherine:''' Tired, James?\\
'''James:''' No, I was doing a rather unknown form of yoga...

* In ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'':
-->'''Oscar''': ''(inside Lenny's mouth)'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't. Swallow.]]\\
'''Lenny''': Oscar?\\
'''Oscar:''' No, it's Pinocchio... [[SuddenlyShouting OF COURSE IT'S ME]]...
* In ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'', the titular character asks quite the stupid question upon being told that he will be the official playmate to Princess Camille:
-->'''Nemo:''' Wait a minute. This princess is a girl?
* Occurs twice in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', both times with the title character talking to Benny the Cab: "Benny, is that you?" "No, it's UsefulNotes/EleanorRoosevelt!", and later "No, it's Creator/ShirleyTemple!"

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Hercules}}'' gives us this awkward exchange upon meeting Megara for the first time (who is currently being ''held up by a centaur''):
-->'''Hercules:''' Aren't you... a DamselInDistress?\\
'''Meg:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I'm a damsel... I'm in distress]]. [[SarcasmMode I can handle this. Have a nice day]].

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree Mickey and the Beanstalk]]'', Mickey tries to calm down Donald when the latter is furious that he traded their cow for "magic" beans.
-->'''Mickey:''' If you plant these beans in the light of a full moon, you know what'll happen?\\
'''Donald:''' Yes! ''We get more beans!''

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToasterGoesToMars'', Toaster and the other appliances encounter a famous satellite after arriving on the titular planet:
-->'''Toaster:''' It's Viking One!\\
'''Kirby:''' The satellite?\\
'''Viking One:''' No, Viking One the bagel. Of course the satellite!
* ''WesternAnimation/CaspersFirstChristmas'': Early in the film, the Ghostly Trio pick on Snivel, stealing his whistle and blowing on it, only to learn too late that blowing it summons [[TheDreaded Kibosh]].
-->'''Fatso:''' Kibosh, the evil, vicious, cruel, mean-spirited king of all ghosts?!
-->'''Stretch:''' No – Kibosh, the country-and-western singer!

* ''Robin and the Seven Hoods'':
-->'''Robbo:''' What's your racket?\\
'''Pool Hustler:''' Brain surgeon.
* ''Film/InBruges'', Ray invokes this trope in order to pick a fight with an American [[spoiler:who's actually Canadian]].
-->'''American:''' ''[eating]'' It's fucking unbelievable.\\
'''Ray:''' ''[[[{{Beat}} very long beat]]]'' What's fucking unbelievable?\\
'''American:''' [[YouTalkinToMe Are you talking to me?]]\\
'''Ray:''' [[ThirdPersonPerson He pauses, even though he should just hit the cunt, and he repeats:]] ''Yes!'' I am talking to you! What's fucking unbelievable?!
* In the comedy film ''Film/MeanGirls'' 2...
-->'''Mandi:''' Yes, Chastity, Film/DirtyDancing. No, down and dirty!
* In the Flemish movie ''Moscow, Belgium'', Matty is calling to her daughter from the bathroom.
-->'''Vera:''' Mom, are you taking a bath?\\
'''Matty:''' No, I'm getting a massage from a big black guy.
* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', when [[GrumpyOldMan Old Biff's]] grandson Griff walks in and demands Old Biff, who he calls "Gramps", to finish waxing his car:
-->'''Marty:''' Are you two related?\\
'''Old Biff:''' ''[taps Marty on the head with his cane]'' Hello?! ''Hello?!'' Anybody home?? What, you think Griff just called me Grandpa for his health?!

** ''17776'': In Chapter 11, Nine asks why technology supposedly hasn't advanced. Ten pointedly reminds them of the {{nanomachines}}.

* ''WebOriginal/TwentyThousandTwenty'':
** In Chapter 5, Nine asks Ten if she has a minute. She responds by checking her "upcoming events calendar", which is quite predictably rather empty.
** In Chapter 12, Manny gets snarky about taking a bathroom break.
--->'''Manny:''' Hold up, I gotta piss.\\

* In an early issue of ''Franchise/SpiderMan''. Betty Brant, the Daily Bugle secretary, asks Peter Parker how he got his arm sprained (she knows it couldn't have been volleyball, which was the explanation he gave Aunt May). He says it happened "while I was fighting the Vulture for dear life".

* [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic's]] "Albuquerque" has this example: