History RhetoricalQuestionBlunder / LiveActionTV

* * ''Series/HeidiBienvenidaACasa''

'''Gerardo''': Yes

'''Cromwell''': That would be ideal, for fiscal purposes. A strong man acts within that which constrains him.

* I''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'': In "The Ones You Love", Artie is looking at the Warehouse's electrical schematic and muttering to himself.

'''Boyle''': [[TheSadist Sadism]]!

* A RuleOfThree gag in ''Series/TheThinBlueLine, When DI Grim gets fed up with Inspector Fowler's attempt to lecture them on politcal correctness:

* One Mark Wary sketch on ''The Wedge'' features his manager asking "How could Mark possibly have impregnated three women at the same time?" Mark, sitting next to him, unhelpfully answers "Daylight Savings".

* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': While Wendy is stitching up Kilgrave's stab wound, they vent about their [[YourCheatingHeart relationship]] [[VillainousCrush problems]].
-->'''Wendy Ross-Hogarth:''' Oh, sure. But how do you avenge {{death by a thousand cuts}}? ''[finishes the stitches, starts taking off the surgical gloves]'' All the little slices over the years, then the final stab, [[YourCheatingHeart the secretary]].\\

--->'''Morden''': So what are you going to do, Mollari? Blow up the island?\\

'''Londo''': Actually... now that you mention it... (pulls out a remote detonator)

'''Chidi''': ''Plato''.

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Spock sometimes answers rhetorical questions. For example, this exchange from "[[/Recap/StarTrekS2E5TheApple The Apple]]", after Spock has risked his life to save Kirk:

** Angel asks Doyle why the attractive DamselInDistress would want to talk to him. Doyle replies, "Have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately?" then realises he's talking to a vampire who doesn't have a reflection.
** When Cordelia is chastising Angel for letting a demon get away:

'''Cordelia''': Actually, [[ContinuityNod I do.]] Benefits of a Sunnydale education. [[note]]She actually knows ''double.'' Not only did it happen to the character, but ''the actress'' [[RealitySubtext had the same thing happen as well]].[[/note]]
** In the season 5 episode "You're Welcome", Cordelia reunites with Team Angel after coming out of her coma and sees that Gunn has let his hair grow out slightly, leading to this:

** After Wesley's Face Heel Turn:
--->'''Gunn''': What happened to you, man?
--->'''Wesley''': [matter-of-factly] I had my throat cut and all my friends abandoned me.

** Choosing between sending a signal about the presence of a Shadow fleet and risking detection, or laying low until they can get the engines back on line:
--->'''Ivanova:''' Who wants to live forever?\\

** Played for drama in "Revelations". [[TheCorrupter Mr. Morden]] is rattling off potential locations for strikes against the Narn.
--->'''Londo:''' ''(jokingly)'' Why don't you eliminate the entire Narn homeworld while you're at it?\\
'''Morden:''' ''(grimly)'' One thing at a time, Ambassador.\\
''([[MyGodYouAreSerious Londo's smile slowly fades]])''

** When Raj, Howard, and Sheldon go look up an entomologist to settle a bet:

** Sheldon often answers rhetorical questions, because he too needs help detecting sarcasm.
--->'''Penny:''' "And what kind of doctor [[AssShove removes feet from asses]]?" \\
'''Sheldon:''' "Depending on the depth, that would be either a proctologist or a general surgeon....(Cue Leonard holding up a "Sarcasm" sign) [[LateToThePunchline Oh.]]"

'''Stephen''': ''(to Hugh)'' ... What?\\

** In "Bad Eggs:"

''Xander raises his hand.''\\

** And in "Bargaining, Part I":
--->'''Xander:''' ''(to Willow)'' Excuse me? Who made you the boss of the group?\\

** In "Seeing Red", Buffy is up against a vampire who's putting up a good fight.

''(Vampire kicks Buffy into a tombstone just as she dusts him)''\\
'''Buffy:''' ''(groaning in pain)'' That was rhetorical.
** And in "The Dark Age":

** Played with in "Crush":

** In "The Harvest", Angel tries to talk Buffy out of going into the sewers.
--->'''Buffy:''' I've got a friend down there. Or at least a potential friend. You ''do'' you know what it's like to have a friend? ''(Angel looks away)'' ...That wasn't supposed to be a stumper.
** In "Grave", Buffy cries TearsOfJoy that the world wasn't destroyed. Dawn mistakenly believes that Buffy ''wanted'' the world to end, leading to this:

'''Dawn''': (uncertain) I don't know. ''Didn't'' you?
** Cordy bitching at Xander for dragging her out of bed for a ride. "What am I, mass transportation?" ("What's My Line, Pt.1")

* ''Series/{{Community}}'' -- in "Competitive Wine-Tasting" Professor Sheffield, who teaches a class [[SeriousBusiness critically analysing]] ''Series/WhosTheBoss'', opens his first class with the question: "Who ''was'' the Boss?" He intends it as a rhetorical question -- unfortunately, as Abed ends up conclusively and empirically demonstrating, this particular question has a quite clear and definite answer.
** So the professor moves on to "What ''was'' happening?" (a course critically analyzing ''Series/WhatsHappening'')

* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "The Message":

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has a bit where the newly introduced Khal Moro (a barbarian warlord) rhetorically asks if there is anything better than seeing a beautiful woman naked for the first time. His lieutenants then launch into a pythonesque series of examples, ending with a frustrated Moro amending it to "seeing a beautiful woman naked for the first time is ''among the top five'' best things in life".
** After saving Qyburn he and Jamie discuss the ethics of his research, with the MadScientist asking the Kingslayer how many he had killed and proposed countless, Jamie liking the idea. Qyburn then asks how many were saved.
-->"Half a million." Qyburn looks in surprise, knowing the story of how Jamie killed The Mad King but not realizing that it was due to trying to blow up the capital. "The population of Kings Landing."

* In one ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' episode, Emily and Richard are having a fight while they, and Rory and Lorelei, are staying at a hotel. Emily asks to spend the night in Lorelei and Rory's room, but then goes to the lobby and meets Richard, and they make up. The next morning:

** Also Barney once, when he was angsting to Honey (played by Katy Perry) about finding his father.
--->'''Barney''' ''(to Honey as he's about to climb in bed with her)'' Who's your daddy?\\
'''Honey:''' ''(flirtatiously)'' I don't know... who's ''your'' daddy?\\
'''Barney:''' ''(bursts into tears) '''I don't know!'''''

-->'''Wendy Ross-Hogarth:''' Oh, sure. But how do you avenge {{death by a thousand cuts}}? [finishes the stitches, starts taking off the surgical gloves] All the little slices over the years, then the final stab, [[YourCheatingHeart the secretary]].\\

** When Samantha Carter is introduced in the pilot, the men in the briefing room are somewhat annoyed that "another scientist"[[note]]O'Neill's words[[/note]] (and a female one, no less) is being foisted on them for the recon mission to Abydos. Maj. Kawalsky condescendingly asks her if she has ever pulled out of a simulated bombing run in an F-16 at eight-plus g's. Carter's response is a BluntYes, and Kawalsky has to stop and process that before [[LameComeback mumbling that traveling through the Stargate is worse]].
** From "Wheel of Opportunity":

** After Daniel has been kidnapped by the BigBad (Adria) and may have undergone a FaceHeelTurn, he tries to convince his teammates that he's really himself and hasn't been brainwashed so they will let him undertake a mission that might make the situation far worse.

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Spock sometimes answers rhetorical questions. For example, this exchange from "The Apple," after Spock has risked his life to save Kirk:

''Kirk cuts him off''\\

** The shameless CardCarryingVillain Bela Talbot has zero qualms about getting rich on stolen artifacts, no matter how many people she has to ruin to get them, so when Sam asks her how she can sleep at night...
--->''"On silk sheets, rolling naked in money."''
** Dean catches himself in one in the episode "Bedtime Stories" with "[Sam], could you be more gay? ''({{Beat}})'' ...Don't answer that."

* In ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'', Artie is looking at the Warehouse's electrical schematic and muttering to himself.

* One Mark Wary sketch on ''The Wedge'' features his manager asking "How could Mark possibly have impregnated three women at the same time?" Mark, sitting next to him, unhelpfully answers "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Daylight Savings]]."

* One Mark Wary sketch on ''The Wedge'' features his manager asking "How could Mark possibly have impregnated three women at the same time?" Mark, sitting next to him, unhelpfully answers "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Daylight Savings]]."

-->"Five hundred thousand." Qyburn looks in surprise, knowing the story of how Jamie killed The Mad King but not realizing that it was due to trying to blow up the capital. "The population of Kings Landing."

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has a bit where the newly introduced Khal Moro (a barbarian warlord) rhetorically asks if there is anything better than seeing a beautiful woman naked for the first time. His lieutenants then launch into a pythonesque series of examples, ending with a frustrated Moro amending it to "seeing a beautiful woman naked for the first time is ''among the top five'' best things in life".