History Main / IWasNeverHere

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-->"Nobody shot me." (There were fourteen bullet holes in him at the time.)

-->“I will put it this way. The reason we [did] not [keep records of intrusions into civilian privacy] is that they [did] not exist. The document[s] in question, as far as we [were] concerned, up to the seventh of December, did not exist.”

* Practically Archie's CatchPhrase in ''Radio/AbsolutePower''. He has never met the partners of Prentiss [=McCabe=] Media Relations, they don't have a lucrative government contract, and there isn't a large check in this unmarked envelope.

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle You did not read this entry.]] It was never written. You never got here, [[AllJustADream you dreamed it]] or were too tired/high/medicated and started to hallucinate.

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E3Frontios Frontios]]", the Doctor and his companions visit a human colony that's so far in the future that the Time Lords (the Doctor's race) would disapprove. At the end, the colony thanks him for saving them, and he tells them, "[[ThinkNothingOfIt Don't mention it]]." His companion Turlough clarifies, "He means it. Literally." ''I.e.'' the Doctor doesn't want the colonists to let the Time Lords find out about it.

''Donovan:''' No, I mean we are really not having it. You're asking me to violate attorney-client privilege.

* In Creator/RaymondChandler's Literature/PhilipMarlowe novel ''Literature/TheLittleSister'', a telephone conversation ends with this trope.
-->'''Gonzalez:''' One moment, you have not told me what happened.\\

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy The murder of Ken McElroy]]. A repeat criminal who, over the years, was accused of offenses ranging from livestock theft to rape (including having a harem of child brides whom he repeatedly raped and beat mercilessly) to attempted murder, everyone in the town of Skidmore, MO was afraid to testify against him. He was indicted numerous times, but the fear of the townspeople was so great that no charges would stick. After he attempted to murder the town grocer, the townspeople finally had enough. On July 10, 1981, [=McElroy=] was gunned down in broad daylight with over 30 witnesses...none of whom saw a thing. To this day no one has been charged in his murder.

* ''Film/Conspiracy2001''. Throughout the movie Eichmann is shown taking extensive steps to ensure there is no evidence of the Wansee Conference (fortunately for history, one of the attendees failed to destroy his copy of the minutes).

* In the third chapter of ''[[FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse The Glass Kingdom]]'', the Zaldian StateSec march into a crowded restaurant and arrest Trixie and Lyra (who are both protected by DiplomaticImmunity). The next paragraph explains why they were willing to do that in full view of everypony.

* In ''Fanfic/CommonSense'', [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} James]] is [[EveryManHasHisPrice paid extra]] by [[OriginalCharacter Mitchell]], a bookmaker that owes him money, in exchange for pretending they never met. After he's accepted the money, James has this to say as he leaves:

* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''[[Literature/DarkHeresy Innocence Proves Nothing]]'', Inquisition agent Danuld Drake says this to a starship security detachment he has instructed to dispose of two dead rogue psykers.

* ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'':

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''.

** In the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E16InterArmaEnimSilentLeges}} Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges]]":

** In "[[{{Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E19InThePaleMoonlight}} In the Pale Moonlight]]", the entire episode is framed in flashback, as Sisko's private confession into his personal log. At the very end of the episode, following Sisko's chilling admission that he can live with everything he felt he had to do, he deletes the entire log so that the truth will never be revealed.

-->'''Alien''':...but you see, I'm not really here. ''(Vanishes without a trace)''

* In ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Conviction'', at the end of [[spoiler:the White House level, and thus the game]], when Army troops see [[spoiler:Sam in the Oval Office preparing to deal with Reed]], President Caldwell tells the Captain present that she was the only one he saw there. The soldier gets the hint.

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy The murder of Ken McElroy]]. A repeat criminal who, over the years, was accused of offenses ranging from livestock theft to rape to attempted murder, everyone in the town of Skidmore, MO was afraid to testify against him. He was indicted numerous times, but the fear of the townspeople was so great that no charges would stick. After he attempted to murder the town grocer, the townspeople finally had enough. On July 10, 1981, [=McElroy=] was gunned down in broad daylight with over 30 witnesses...none of whom saw a thing. To this day no one has been charged in his murder.

* An inversion of sorts in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium''. Near the end of the story, when [[PlayerCharacter the Detective]] and [[TheLancer Kim]] confronts the culprit behind the murder they are investigating, said culprit is ready and calmly waiting for them. If the Detective asks the culprit how they knew the two detective were coming for them and the player previously chose to play Sad FM on the Detective's portable boomblaster on the way to their hideout, the culprit says that the sound of the approaching music was how they knew. This exchange then happens:

* An inversion of sorts in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium''. Near the end of the story, when [[PlayerCharacter the Detective]] and [[TheLancer Kim]] confronts the culprit behind the murder they are investigating, said culprit is ready and calmly waiting for them. If the Detective asks the culprit how they knew the two detective were coming for them and the player previously chose to play Sad FM on the Detective's portable boomblaster on the way to their hideout, the culprit says that the sound of the music how they knew. This exchange then happens:

* An inversion of sorts in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium''. Near the end of the story, when [[PlayerCharacter the Detective]] and [[TheLancer Kim]] confronts the culprit behind the murder they are investigating, said culprit is ready and calmly waiting for them. If the Detective asks the culprit how they knew the two of you were coming for them and the player chose to play Sad FM on the Detective's portable boomblaster on the way to their hideout, the culprit says that was how they knew. This exchange then happens:

* An inversion of sorts in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium''. Near the end of the story, when [[PlayerCharacter the Detective]] and [[TheLancer Kim]] confronts the culprit behind the murder they are investigating, said culprit is ready and calmly waiting for them. If the Detective asks the culprit how they knew the two of you were coming for them and the player chose to play Sad FM on the Detective's portable boomblaster on the way to their hideout, the culprit says that was how they knew:

* An inversion of sorts in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium''. Near the end of the story, when [[PlayerCharacter the Detective]] and [[TheLancer Kim]] confronts the culprit behind the murder they are investigating, said culprit is ready and calmly waiting for them. If the Detective asks the culprit how they knew the two of you were coming for them and the player chose to play Sad FM on your boomblaster on the way to their hideout, the culprit says that was how they knew:

-->'''Luthor:''' Speaking of which... You did see to it that little mess was cleaned up?
-->'''Graves:''' Lexcorp was never there.
-->''Luthor draws a gun and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness shoots her dead]].''
-->'''Luthor:''' And neither were you.

-->'''Zed''': You're a rumor, recognizable only as deja vu and dismissed just as quickly. You don't exist; you were never even born.

-->'''Hoffman:''' Has your guy talked?
-->'''Donovan:''' Excuse me?
-->'''Hoffman:''' You met him. Has he talked? Has he said anything yet?
-->'''Donovan:''' We're not having this conversation.
-->'''Hoffman:''' Of course not.
-->'''Donovan:''' No, I mean we are really not having it. You're asking me to violate attorney-client privilege.

-->'''Ford:''' You were never here.
-->'''Daniels:''' No, I was here. I've been here from the beginning. I followed the bug here.

--> '''Col. Potter:''' I didn't see any of it, but I loved it!

-->'''Gilgamesh:''' [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090826 And of course]], my father always says it's best if we're the ''only'' ones to find out.
-->'''Moloch:''' Aaah-- Find out ''what?!''
-->'''Gilgamesh:''' Good man.

You did not read this entry. It was never written. You never got here, [[AllJustADream you dreamed it]] or were too tired/high/medicated and started to hallucinate.

* The 1998 ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}''.

* The Guild Navigator from the ''Film/{{Dune}}'' movie, after telling the Emperor to kill Paul Atreides. "I did not say this, I am not here."

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday''. After Lexcorp engineers DugTooDeep and released Doomsday who then goes on the kill Superman, Lex Luthor tells his loyal underling Mercy Graves to make sure no-one can put the blame on him.
-->''Luthor is grouchy because he wanted to kill Superman himself.''
-->'''Graves:''' It ''was'' your scientists who dug him up.
-->'''Luthor:''' Speaking of which, you did make sure that mess was cleaned up?

-->''Luthor draws a gun and shoots her dead.''
-->'''Luthor:''' [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness And now neither were you.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' movie: "Lexcorp was never there." [[spoiler:"[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness And now neither were you.]]"]]

* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''[[TabletopGame/DarkHeresy Innocence Proves Nothing]]'', Inquisition agent Danuld Drake says this to a starship security detachment he has instructed to dispose of two dead rogue psykers.