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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
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."
Chiyu: Okay, and have you been experiencing vomiting or diarrhoea?
Rosemary: What are those?
Yui (interrupting): No, he hasn't! (to Rosemary) Trust me, you don't want to know.
Rosemary: What are those?
Yui (interrupting): No, he hasn't! (to Rosemary) Trust me, you don't want to know.
Kensuke: "Class Rep. It's not like that. He's repeating song lyrics, watch. Hey Touji, how are you?"
Toji: (muttering) "Cinderella…..."
Kensuke: "Yeah, he's not all back yet. We had an extended run-in with the Wild Wyvern of Tatsumi and the Inugami of Inaba."
Hikari: "What? Who? Aida, what are you-"
Kensuke: "Class Rep, it's best if you don't ask questions. Any answer I have would make little sense without explaining a lot of backstory. And neither of us has time for that."
Hikari: (scowling) "Fine."
Toji: (muttering) "Cinderella…..."
Kensuke: "Yeah, he's not all back yet. We had an extended run-in with the Wild Wyvern of Tatsumi and the Inugami of Inaba."
Hikari: "What? Who? Aida, what are you-"
Kensuke: "Class Rep, it's best if you don't ask questions. Any answer I have would make little sense without explaining a lot of backstory. And neither of us has time for that."
Hikari: (scowling) "Fine."
Film-Live Action
"Ignorance is bliss, my friend. Don't burden yourself with the secrets of scary people."
— Falcone, Batman Begins
Literature
"Don't ask me what you don't want me to answer, granddad."
— Alba Trueba, The House of the Spirits
Angelica: What will happen to the girls who... who betrayed us?
Gilbert: (smirking) You really want to know?
Angelica: No. It was a foolish question.
Gilbert: (smirking) You really want to know?
Angelica: No. It was a foolish question.
You don't want to know what happens to people who enter the freezing vacuum of space without a space suit on. No, you don't. It's really, really gross. Put it this way, the phrase that astronauts use for it is "Explosive Decompression". See what I mean? Not nice at all. Just accept that it's GAME OVER for Sonic and Tails and close the book.
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
Elton: What about Bliss, where is she?note
[A muffled response from Bliss.]
Elton: What?
[The Abzorbaloff tilts to one side, lifting up his right arsecheek. In doing so, he lets off a rather loud fart, forcing Bliss to shout.]
Bliss: I said you really don't want to know!
[Cut to Bliss' face, frozen in horror on the Abzorbaloff's bum. She squeals as he sits back down.]
[A muffled response from Bliss.]
Elton: What?
[The Abzorbaloff tilts to one side, lifting up his right arsecheek. In doing so, he lets off a rather loud fart, forcing Bliss to shout.]
Bliss: I said you really don't want to know!
[Cut to Bliss' face, frozen in horror on the Abzorbaloff's bum. She squeals as he sits back down.]
— Doctor Who, Love & Monsters
Sgt. Mahoney: What the hell is between you people?
Special Agent Madani: You don't want to know. And if you try and find out, they'll have you running traffic duty in Rockland for the rest of your career.
— The Punisher (2017), "My Brother's Keeper"
Video Games
Medic: She's awake!... You've given us a fright, Miss. We thought you'd never come around. Are you alright?
Alice: I have some strange dreams, but I'm fine now.
Medic: What were you dreaming about?
Alice: [remembers the last stage, and the horrifying Dream Devourer] You don't really want to know, trust me...
Alice: I have some strange dreams, but I'm fine now.
Medic: What were you dreaming about?
Alice: [remembers the last stage, and the horrifying Dream Devourer] You don't really want to know, trust me...
— Alice, "Dreamkiller"
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"
"WELL FOR GOD'S SAKE WHAT'S A NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN," I hear some of you cry, and I envy your innocence. Treasure it.
—Improbable Island Message of the Day for July 14, 2021
Don't ask what unnatural creature's bones were used to build this weapon. You don't want to know.
— Description for the skull scythe, Minecraft Dungeons
Sam: What is with mysterious portals lately?
Max: Sybil's not that mysterious once you get to know her.
Sam: I don't even want to know what you think I meant.
Max: Sybil's not that mysterious once you get to know her.
Sam: I don't even want to know what you think I meant.
—Sam & Max, Moai Better Blues
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.
I know exactly why you want these and I want you to never tell me.
—Red Whip item log, Risk of Rain
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"
SO! How goes operation last chance? Any results and why is everyone wearing diapers? EESH! Uh...never mind. This one? I don't wanna know.
— Hercules, "Hercules and the Spring of Canathus"
Danny: What happened to my human half?
Vlad: <Winces> Some things, my boy, are better left unsaid.
— Danny Phantom, "The Ultimate Enemy"
"And Nifty? (Scoffs) You don’t even wanna know what her deal is."
— Husk, Hazbin Hotel, "Masquerade", when going over the baggage of each patron of the Hazbin Hotel.
