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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2919503/10/Luna-s-Hubby Luna's Hubby]]'' Luna's mother asked Algernon Croaker about one of Voldemort's horcruxes, commenting "I've never seen anything like that, and I thought I'd seen just about every genre of magic there is."

* In the original ''Film/DoctorDolittle'' Richard Attenborough, playing a circus owner, did a song called "I've Never Seen Anything Like It" in which he enthused over the rarity of Rex Harrison's Pushmi-Pullyu.

* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] quotes this trope in "The Shakespeare Code" while examining a man who apparently drowned on dry land. An odd example, since he actually ''has'' seen an identical death in the Third Doctor story "The Mind of Evil".

* Quoted in ''{{Persona 3}}'' by Mitsuru, the team's leader and current MissionControl, who gives a subdued "I have never seen anything like this" as they start their battle with the Priestess, one of the Arcana Shadows. This is used to reveal to both the newer members of SEES and to the player that, although the group's been fighting [[TheHeartless the Shadows]] for ten years, this is something entirely new to them.
* In ''SwordOfTheStars'', when you encounter a Silicoid Queen in combat, your ship personnel may say something to this effect. It gets silly when they say it again in subsequent encounters.
* Variants of this are used at least twice in ''HalfLife''. The first time is early in the game:

* If forced to think about it Wrestling/{{Tazz}} can probably think of something similar to whatever he may have to commentate on, even if it's dates back to some [[SmallReferencePools old irrelevant minor league wrassla]](as in [[HeWhoShallNotBeNamed everyone who didn't work for]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} such as Wrestling/ExoticAdrianStreet). When he saw Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} though, he had nothing.[[/folder]]

* If forced to think about it Wrestling/{{Tazz}} can probably think of something similar to whatever he may have to commentate on, even if it's dates back to some [[SmallReferencePools old irrelevant minor league wrassla]](as in [[HeWhoShallNotBeNamed everyone who didn't work for]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} such as Wrestling/AdrianStreet). When he saw Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} though, he had nothing.[[/folder]]

** Played Serious in ''[[Film/XMen1 X-Men]]''. When they are examining Wolverine's x-rays and Jean is telling everyone about his adamantium covered skeleton, Xavier ominously says, "Experimentation on mutants isn't unheard of, but I've never seen anything like this before..."

* Used half-seriously in ''TransformersTheMovie'', where the [[BadassGrandpa old]] [[CoolOldGuy Autobot warrior Kup]] had continuously been playing TheMunchausen, comparing current situations to things that happened in his old war days. But when he sees Unicron attacking Cybertron, he's left speechless:

* Inverted in the movie ''{{Tremors}}'', in regards to a giant burrowing worm-monster:

* In the original ''Doctor Dolittle'' Richard Attenborough, playing a circus owner, did a song called "I've Never Seen Anything Like It" in which he enthused over the rarity of Rex Harrison's Pushmi-Pullyu.

* Used in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' when Aang has his fortune read by [[FaintingSeer Aunt Wu]]. Dumbfounded, she says, "I've never seen anything like this before! Your destiny--this is incredible--you will be involved in an epic battle that will determine the fate of the entire world!" Aang, not impressed, says, "Yeah, yeah; I know that already. But does it say anything about a girl?"

If one of the people questioned during the investigation of a MonsterOfTheWeek is a policeman or a marine or a scientist or some other person who was on the job when they saw the thing or event, there's a good bet they'll say some variation on this StockPhrase: "I've been a biologist for thirty-four years, and I've never seen anything like this before", "You see some strange things on this job, but I've never seen anything like this before", etc; much of the time the line is spoken in such a way as to suggest that the speaker will be haunted and traumatized by what they saw to the end of their days. The message is clear: if it's got the professionals spooked, you must be onto something.

** Likewise played serious in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Especially horrifying is that it's coming from ''Wolverine,'' whose BadFuture self would be 178 years old and and has seen more fucked up shit in his life than most normal people could possibly imagine.

--> '''Wolverine:''' I've been in a lot of wars....''but I've never seen'' anything ''like this''...

* Played Serious in ''[[Film/XMen1 X-Men]]''. When they are examining Wolverine's x-rays and Jean is telling everyone about his adamantium covered skeleton, Xavier ominously says, "Experimentation on mutants isn't unheard of, but I've never seen anything like this before..."
** Likewise played serious in ''[[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Days of Future Past]]''. Especially horrifying is that it's coming from ''Wolverine,'' whose BadFuture self would be 178 years old and and has seen more fucked up shit in his life than most normal people could possibly imagine.

** Likewise played serious in ''[[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Days of Future Past]]''. Especially horrifying is that it's coming from ''Wolverine,'' whose BadFuture self would be 178 years and and has seen more fucked up shit in his life than most normal people could possibly imagine.

* Played Serious in the first ''[[Film/XMen1 X-Men]]'' film. When they are examining Wolverine's x-rays and Jean is telling everyone about his adamantium covered skeleton, Xavier ominously says, "Experimentation on mutants isn't unheard of, but I've never seen anything like this before..."

* ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' - Any time that a fighter- hero or villain- attains a new level of strength. "I've never felt a power anything '''like''' this!!"

* In ''DragonBallAbridged'', Freeza keeps track of every BadassBoast and tallies every line of HeroicSpeech he hears. He's heard ''everything'', and we do mean everything, at least ten times, until he meets [[IdiotHero Goku]], who finally manages to surprise him.

If one of the people questioned during the investigation of a MonsterOfTheWeek is a policeman or a marine or a scientist or some other person who was on the job when they saw the thing or event, there's a good bet they'll say some variation on this line: "I've been a biologist for thirty-four years, and I've never seen anything like this before", "You see some strange things on this job, but I've never seen anything like this before", etc; much of the time the line is spoken in such a way as to suggest that the speaker will be haunted and traumatized by what they saw to the end of their days. The message is clear: if it's got the professionals spooked, you must be onto something.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' has a version of this, after the meeting with Coyote and Ysengrin, about the latter's new GreenThumb (and arm, and bipedalism, and who knows what else):

-->'''Goku''': I'm gonna deck you in the schnozz!

* Given the premise of the show, this line comes up at least once an episode in {{The X-Files}}.

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** This gag was also used frequently in the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' games. The most famous is probably "That's the second biggest monkey head I've ever seen!" ''EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' had the line "That's the second biggest... no, wait, that ''is'' the biggest conch shell I've ever seen!"

* [[NoNameGiven The Jeweler]] in ''{{Help}}!'' says the trope name exact after breaking all his tools trying to [[ClingyMacGuffin Ringo's ring]].