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Comic Books
Superman: Did I ever tell you how smashing you look in bowties, Jimmy? By the way, that's a fabulous window treatment you've put together.
Jimmy Olsen: Gee... Thanks, I guess.
Lois Lane: You know, Superman's been acting awfully strange since being exposed to pink Kryptonite. What do you think's wrong with him?
Supergirl: Lois, you so don't want to know.
Jimmy Olsen: Gee... Thanks, I guess.
Lois Lane: You know, Superman's been acting awfully strange since being exposed to pink Kryptonite. What do you think's wrong with him?
Supergirl: Lois, you so don't want to know.
Fan Works
"That bastard at the register won't sell us anything because we're faunus!" Rhea exclaimed angrily
Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he looked through the shop's windows to see the clerk with his arms crossed, glaring at Rhea and Ivy
Akio looked over to Sasuke who was staring at the cashier before walking through the door. The three teammates looked through the shop's window as they watched as Sasuke began talking with the shop owner
"Damn" Ivy muttered as she was the only one who could currently hear what Sasuke was saying
"What? What are they saying?" Rhea asked curiously
"Trust me when I say, you don't want know" Ivy saidnote
Verfico: “Mmm, a decade or two, if you’re in a very active unit, or if you’re a hot-shot hero like you two were. I’ve seen your records, you two would have made rank quickly given what your war was like.”
Shinji: “A decade or two? But… that’s… How old are you?”
Asuka: “Don’t ask, Third. You don’t want to know.”
Shinji: “A decade or two? But… that’s… How old are you?”
Asuka: “Don’t ask, Third. You don’t want to know.”
"Asuka, have you taken up Zersetzung
as a hobby or are you genuinely planning to-?"
"Don't ask the question unless you're sure you want to know the answer."
as a hobby or are you genuinely planning to-?" "Don't ask the question unless you're sure you want to know the answer."
Film-Live Action
"Ignorance is bliss, my friend. Don't burden yourself with the secrets of scary people."
— Falcone, Batman Begins
Live-Action TV
Eliot: You think you know what I've done? The worst thing I ever did in my entire life, I did for Damien Moreau. And I- I'll never be clean of that.
Parker: What did you do?
Eliot: Don't ask me that, Parker. Because if you ask me, I'm gonna tell you. So please, don't ask me.
Parker: What did you do?
Eliot: Don't ask me that, Parker. Because if you ask me, I'm gonna tell you. So please, don't ask me.
— Leverage
Fusco: Should I even ask?
Shaw: Really wanna know?
Fusco: Honestly? No.
Castiel: That's why we're here. Big things afoot.
Dean: Do I wanna know what kind of things?
Castiel: I sincerely doubt it, but...you need to know.
Captain Jack: Now, hold on, ladies! I don't want to have to shoot either one of you.
Trine-e: But you're unarmed!
Zu-zana: You're naked!
(Captain Jack produces a small hand weapon from literally out of nowhere)
Zu-zana: But... that's a Compact Laser Deluxe!
Trine-e: Where were you hiding that?!
Captain Jack: You really don't wanna know!
Trine-e: But you're unarmed!
Zu-zana: You're naked!
(Captain Jack produces a small hand weapon from literally out of nowhere)
Zu-zana: But... that's a Compact Laser Deluxe!
Trine-e: Where were you hiding that?!
Captain Jack: You really don't wanna know!
— Doctor Who, Bad Wolf
Literature
"Don't ask me what you don't want me to answer, granddad."
— Alba Trueba, The House of the Spirits
Video Games
Your unholiness, you don't need to hear how Burgess died. I know that you have seen much over the many, many years of your existence, but you truly don't want to know. I wish I could erase the memory of his agonies from my own mind.
— Anonymous, "A Game at Dinner"
Mrs. Puff: The robots have stolen priceless artwork from the museum. If you can return it all to me, I'll reward you with a golden spatula.
SpongeBob: Why do you want all that artwork?
Mrs. Puff: DON'T ASK QUESTIONS YOU AREN'T PREPARED TO HANDLE THE ANSWERS TO.
SpongeBob: Why do you want all that artwork?
Mrs. Puff: DON'T ASK QUESTIONS YOU AREN'T PREPARED TO HANDLE THE ANSWERS TO.
Web Video
"I think the less I know about this the better."
—The Nostalgia Critic, upon hearing Angry Joe's flashback on his childhood involving a lobster costume and nipple tasers.
Western Animation
Farnsworth: A single sting of their hideous neurotoxin can cause instant death.
Hermes: And that's if you're not allergic. You do not wanna know what happens then, oh no no, God no.
Farnsworth: Your insides will boil out of your eye sockets like a science fair volcano.
Hermes: (crying) I didn't want to know!
Hermes: And that's if you're not allergic. You do not wanna know what happens then, oh no no, God no.
Farnsworth: Your insides will boil out of your eye sockets like a science fair volcano.
Hermes: (crying) I didn't want to know!
—Futurama, "The Sting"
Beth: Dad, why does our house have blast shields?
Rick: Trust me, Beth, you don't wanna know how many answers there are to that question.
— Rick and Morty, "Total Rickall"
