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->''"What?''
->''What?''
->''WHAT?''
->''It's a living."''
-->-- '''Mad Dummy''', after taking a job as a training dummy in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''

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* In ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' Girodelle is discussing with Oscar about his proposal to her when he notices how Oscar is venting her nervousness:

* Darcy Lewis does this after zapping Film/{{Thor}} with her tazer -- with Jane Foster and Erik Selvig staring at her in horror:
-->'''Darcy:''' What?! He was freaking me out!

* In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Bruce Banner experiments time travel with Ant Man as the guinea pig. After a series of hilarious mishaps which make it clear that the experiment was a failure, Bruce elatedly declares out loud "Time travel!", to which Captain America simply shakes his head and leaves.
-->'''Bruce:''' ...What? I-I see this as an absolute win.

''[=[everyone stares]=]''\\

* In Supernatural season 12, Crowley gets one when he offers the Winchesters assistance: 'What? I help.'

-->'''Peridot:''' What did I say? I'm just stating a fact. The Rebellion didn't really ''save'' Earth, it just delayed the inevitable.
-->'''Steven:''' ''(sigh)'' That's not the way ''they'' see it. They've spent thousand of years trying to protect the Earth. I thought maybe, you finally understood why.

** A frequent response by panelists when the audience judges a joke is TooSoon.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', evil senator Tal Merrick openly declares he's going to blow up a station, killing countless people, knowing that [[ActualPacifist Satine]] and [[MartialPacifist Kenobi]] cannot kill him due to their "pathetic ideals." [[DynamicEntry Cue]] a lightsaber [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice exiting his chest]] courtesy of Anakin, who doesn't [[PragmaticHero share their reservations]]. Obi-Wan shoots him an [[WhatTheHellHero accusatory look]] for this, only for Skywalker to point out he just [[IDidWhatIHadToDo saved everyone on-board]].

* In ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'', Jackrum gets defensive after laying out the bouncer in the camp [[TheOldestProfession seamstresses']] tent.

* In Film/AvengersEndgame, Bruce Banner experiments time travel with Ant Man as the guinea pig. After a series of hilarious mishaps which make it clear that the experiment was a failure, Bruce elatedly declares out loud "Time travel!", to which Captain America simply shakes his head and leaves.

-->'''Final Boss:''' What? You think I'm just gonna stand there and take it?

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Robot buddy Bender compliments Fry on his metaphorically robotic heart, and then compares it to his own ''physical'' human heart, to the dismay of the rest of the crew. He has to ask the question twice.

* The first ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' has Troy lighting his signature cigarette using a recently [[KillItWithFire killed-with]][[BuffySpeak -fire]] enemy's corpse to light a cigarette. Made hilarious by the horrified reaction of his teammate.

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-->'''Ivanova:''' No boom ''today''. Boom tomorrow. [[GenreSavvy There's always a Boom tomorrow.]]\\

->''[[RuleOfThree WHAT?]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree'': After Pinkie Pie tosses a box of nails and everybody else panic, she lets out a defensive "What?" before realizing that they've expected it to explode [[HavingABlast because of her newfound superpower]].

* In one story of ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', when Danny gets an idea on how to [[spoiler:[[ItsALongStory rescue Danielle from the Guys In White]], he stares at Jack, who lets out one of these. Turns out, Danny meant to use Jack's earlier failed experiments to StormTheCastle.

* In one story of ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', when Danny gets an idea on how to [[spoiler:[[ItsALongStory rescue Danielle from the Guys In White]], he stares at Jack, who lets out one of these. Turns out, Danny meant to use Jack's earlier failed experiments to pull a StormmingTheCastle.