History Main / IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, as old and experienced as Godzilla is, he has this reaction to hearing the Many's {{Dracolich}} form's cry.

* In ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', Dr. Rick Stanton says as much about [[spoiler:Ghidorah's HealingFactor]], which is considered biologically impossible [[ArtisticLicenseBiology even]] InUniverse.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor quotes this trope in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode "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 [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil "The Mind of Evil"]].

* Averting this is a running gag in ''Webcomic/ThePigsEar'', with resident DeadpanSnarker Cyril T. Wizard having "this is the third strangest/worst/whatever X I've ever seen" as his CatchPhrase. The first time we hear him say this is when [[spoiler:an EldritchAbomination sticks a tentacle through a dimensional rift in the eponymous bar's men's room]], prompting Cyril to remark, "That is the third strangest thing I've ever seen in a pub toilet." It's probably best not to speculate upon what the first two might have been.

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* Invoked, then subverted, in ''Film/{{Quarantine}}''. Later played straight (or possibly double-subverted) when the virus turns out to be [[spoiler:a form of rabies that he's never seen before]].

** This was PlayedForLaughs in an early installment of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. When the crew encounters an unusual nebula, Harry Kim comments "I've never seen anything like it" and Tuvok comms him to say that statements like that make the junior officers nervous. Later, when Janeway asks Tuvok for his opinion regarding a barrier, Tuvok says that he's unable to identify it and Kim comms "Kim to Tuvok. In other words, you've never seen anything like it. Oh, I promise not to tell the junior officers."
** In "Spock's Brain", Scotty uses this trope in response to seeing an ion drive engine; unfortunately a case of TechnologyMarchesOn as they are currently being used in real life to drive spacecraft.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', when Izuku tells All Might about his dream, where he saw the memories of [[BigBad All For One]] and [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture the first holder of One For All]] arguing over what the former is doing, followed by the latter [[TheTelevisionTalksBack suddenly talking to Izuku]], All Might can only remark that his late mentor Nana Shimura never mentioned anything like it to him, and that he never experienced any such thing himself, but he does promise Izuku that the two of them will look into it together.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', when Izuku tells All Might about his dream, where he saw the memories of the Shigaraki Brothers arguing over what the older brother ([[BigBad All For One]]) is doing, followed by the younger brother (Yoichi Shigaraki, [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture the first to carry One For All]]) [[TheTelevisionTalksBack suddenly talking to Izuku]], All Might can only remark that his late mentor Nana Shimura never mentioned anything like it to him, and that he never experienced any such thing himself, but he does promise Izuku that the two of them will look into it together.

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

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11191235/37/Harry-Potter-and-the-Prince-of-Slytherin Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin]]'' it turns out that Harry's childhood abuse was due to an unknown ''something'' which provokes irrational hatred and fear in most if not all Muggles.

* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': In "[[Recap/FinalSpaceS3E10UntilTheSkyFalls Until the Sky Falls]]", Kevin van Newton comments that the worldwide earthquakes are unlike any geological activity he's ever seen and it's almost as if the planet itself is really pissed.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Parodied when a meteorologist tracking a hurricane informs Marge; "This is the worst storm I've ever seen. And I've seen ''three'' storms." Naturally, Marge is horrified.
** In another Simpsons episode, Moe walks in a restaurant full of mafia goons and kingpins who all immediately turn their weapons on him. He remarks that's the "second most guns ever pointed at [him]."
* 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, well aware that he's TheChosenOne, is not impressed and says, "Yeah, yeah; I know that already. But does it say anything about a girl?"
* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in an episode of the 2003 ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''; when Donatello delivers this line, movie-savvy Michaelangelo says it along with him.
* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Skips is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld incredibly old]] and has seen just about everything...but for some reason he can only hazard a guess at how to deal with a problem so mundane as getting rid of skunk stink(granted it was a wereskunk).

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'', this is Captain Barnacles's reaction to the jellyfish bloom in "Jellyfish Bloom."

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010708 I've never seen a universe so ... deliberate."]]

* A RunningGag in ''Script/AHDotComTheSeries'' is Doctor What, who's SeenItAll, instead commenting that something is (e.g.) "The 27th strangest thing I've ever seen", and then listing some of the others.

** Then later, when you encounter the Ithchyosaur:
--->'''Scientist:''' Did you see it? They say it was hauled from the Challenger Deep, but I'd swear that creature never swam in terrestrial waters until a week ago.

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, as old and experienced as [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures Godzilla]] is, he has this reaction to hearing the Many's {{Dracolich}} form's cry.

* In the ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' {{novelization}}, this is zoological expert [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Mark Russell]]'s reaction to hearing Mechagodzilla's mechanical roar.

* Creator/HarryHarrison's "Literature/TheFourthLawOfRobotics": Despite his decades of experience, Dr Donovan has never seen a robot commit a crime like bank-robbing before. He and Director Calvin want to do whatever they can to keep this information away from the authorities.

** Playedserious again in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' when Charles Xavier is being possessed by Apocalypse:
-->"''I've never felt power like this before...''"

* Twice in ''Series/Primeval'', and both times it's relayed by the same character:

* ''Film/TheBurning'': On Cropsy's burns, the nurse at the hospital explains to the new doctor that "I've been working here ten years, and I'm telling you, I ain't never seen anything like this."

See also ReadingsAreOffTheScale. Contrast SeenItAll.

* In ''[[Awesome Games Done Quick WebVideo/GamesDoneQuick]]'', it's somewhat of a RunningGag that a runner will come up against some brand new glitch or just problem and comment "that's never happened before..." Examples include the game crashing or softlocking, new glitches, or just the RandomNumberGod feeling particularly spiteful.

* In ''WebVideo/AwesomeGamesDoneQuick'', it's somewhat of a RunningGag that a runner will come up against some brand new glitch or just problem and comment "that's never happened before..." Examples include the game crashing or softlocking, new glitches, or just the RandomNumberGod feeling particularly spiteful.