"Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, for me to reveal a secret that had eluded you, something that would change your perspective of events, shatter you to your core. There is no great revelation, no great secret. There is only you."
— Kreia lecturing you in Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
"This game's ending does something I have never seen before in a murder mystery game. You know what this game does? At the end of the game, you catch up with the killer, you stop him... and that's it. You don't get to find out who the killer is. The game even teases you by having a long credits. Then you get a kicker at the end where Victoria is going to travel to LA to get more clues on the previous killings. When I first saw this, I was stunned. How many murder mysteries do that?! Where at the end of the story, you still don't know who the killer is?! That takes guts."
Ardent: Okay, but... where do they come from? Are they alive, or did someone make them, or...
Laridia: That knowledge is irrelevant and has been discarded.
Laridia: That knowledge is irrelevant and has been discarded.
Othello: Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body?
Iago: Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I will never speak word.
Iago: Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I will never speak word.
— Othello
Antimony: What are you?
[Twenty pages of exposition later]
Jones: And to answer your previous question... I do not know what I am.
[Twenty pages of exposition later]
Jones: And to answer your previous question... I do not know what I am.
— Gunnerkrigg Court, p.1093
"SPEAKING OF [Communion], KRIS, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE KNIGHT...[while dropping his usual Electronic Speech Impediment] No, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-TOO MANY EXCESS VACATION DAYS? TAKE A GOD DAMN VACATION STRAIGHT TO HELL"
— Spamton if talked to in his shop about the Knight, Deltarune Chapter 2
"Who the hell even was I? Would it have killed someone to give me one sentence of backstory?"
— Snoke right after being fatally sliced in half with many questions about him left unanswered, The Nostalgia Critic’s review of The Last Jedi
Adam: Who are you? What are you doing here?
Claude Florentine: My name... would mean nothing to you. The rest of the story is, likewise, none of your concern. You are not here to question me.
Xehanort: Who are you really? Some kind of fortune teller?
The Master of Masters: Well, I could lie and tell you that's what I am, when I'm actually a brilliant artist, or even a scholar. I could tell you that I dream of world peace, when I'm actually planning for its destruction. The truth is what you see with your eyes, not what you hear.
Xehanort: [Beat] So, your name?
The Master: [almost trips on his feet] What did I just– Never mind, I guess there's no harm. My name is–
The Master of Masters: Well, I could lie and tell you that's what I am, when I'm actually a brilliant artist, or even a scholar. I could tell you that I dream of world peace, when I'm actually planning for its destruction. The truth is what you see with your eyes, not what you hear.
Xehanort: [Beat] So, your name?
The Master: [almost trips on his feet] What did I just– Never mind, I guess there's no harm. My name is–
"ll ends without us learning who the phantom really is, so I think many of the players will feel frustrated, wanting to punch the final boss in his face, but not being able to."
—Takuro Fuse on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies
Sam: What do you need [rat tails] for?
Rat Hole: Oh, right, it IS a little odd, isn't it? Well, I was bitten by that prowling thing in the hallway. And, well, things changed quite drastically for me after that. Things weren't too bad at first. I was turning into some kind of rat-man thing. Not great, but at least I was stable. But then I got bitten again, and again, and then things escalated very quickly. I will spare you the worst details, but [CENSORED] blood [CENSORED] tongue [CENSORED] skin [CENSORED] screaming [CENSORED] intestine [CENSORED] heart [CENSORED] still alive [CENSORED] rat viscera [CENSORED] [CENSORED] infinite length [CENSORED] shapeless [CENSORED] no eyes [CENSORED] immortal [CENSORED] devouring myself [CENSORED] draining fluids [CENSORED] genitalia [CENSORED] inside-out [CENSORED] rat. And THEN things got REALLY bad when [CENSORED] crotch [CENSORED] centipedes [CENSORED] [CENSORED] slimy [CENSORED] turgid [CENSORED] diseased. ...So I know it's a little strange, but I can't really help it, that's how my body works now! So anyway, collecting rat tails makes complete sense now that you have a little bit of context, right?
Sam: I don't think I processed any of that.
Rat Hole: You did look like you were zoning out while I was talking. Well, don't worry about it. Just know that I need rat tails for, uh, complicated health reasons.
Rat Hole: Oh, right, it IS a little odd, isn't it? Well, I was bitten by that prowling thing in the hallway. And, well, things changed quite drastically for me after that. Things weren't too bad at first. I was turning into some kind of rat-man thing. Not great, but at least I was stable. But then I got bitten again, and again, and then things escalated very quickly. I will spare you the worst details, but [CENSORED] blood [CENSORED] tongue [CENSORED] skin [CENSORED] screaming [CENSORED] intestine [CENSORED] heart [CENSORED] still alive [CENSORED] rat viscera [CENSORED] [CENSORED] infinite length [CENSORED] shapeless [CENSORED] no eyes [CENSORED] immortal [CENSORED] devouring myself [CENSORED] draining fluids [CENSORED] genitalia [CENSORED] inside-out [CENSORED] rat. And THEN things got REALLY bad when [CENSORED] crotch [CENSORED] centipedes [CENSORED] [CENSORED] slimy [CENSORED] turgid [CENSORED] diseased. ...So I know it's a little strange, but I can't really help it, that's how my body works now! So anyway, collecting rat tails makes complete sense now that you have a little bit of context, right?
Sam: I don't think I processed any of that.
Rat Hole: You did look like you were zoning out while I was talking. Well, don't worry about it. Just know that I need rat tails for, uh, complicated health reasons.
