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* 1.# As a response to "How was your day?". Used this way, it implies that it's been a very bad day indeed.

* 2.# As a response to "How did ''that'' happen?". Used this way, it implies [[ItsIt's a Long Story]].

* 3.# As a response to "How do ''you'' know that?". used this way, it implies a more detailed answer would provide [[Too Much Information]].

* 4.# Before anybody could even ask when they see the character in something awkward.

{{quote| '''Yasmin Azir''': This is like a recurring dream I used to have.<br />

'''David Pollock''': How did it end?<br />

{{quote| '''Carol Connelly''': How are you?<br />

{{quote| '''Nate''': What happened out there?<br />

* ''[[Outlander (Filmfilm)|Outlander]]''

{{quote| '''Wulfric''': This is where your ship went down?<br />

'''Kainan''': That's right.<br />

'''Wulfric''': In a lake?<br />

{{quote| '''Indiana Jones''': What happened? How did you get away from those Arabs?<br />

{{quote| [Materials being used for escape clothes]<br />

'''Bartlett''': Where in God's name did you get these?<br />

'''Griffith''': Hendley.<br />

'''Bartlett''': Well, where did he get them?<br />

'''Griffith''': Well, I asked him that.<br />

'''Bartlett''': What did he say?<br />

{{quote| '''Teresa''': What are you doing here?<br />

{{quote| '''Mr. T''': What's happenin', Willy?<br />

{{quote| '''Milo Perrier''': ''(Bursts into the room wearing the dead butler's clothing)'' Don't ask me!<br />

'''Dick Charleston''': What ''are'' you doing in the butler's uniform?<br />

{{quote| ''(Emmett staring at Elle as she stands in line to buy a computer, wearing a Playboy bunny outfit)''<br />

'''Elle''': Don't ask.<br />

* From [[Charlies Angels|Charlie's Angels]]

{{quote| ''(After Dylan arrives in a small motorcycle and clothes obviously too small for her)''<br />

* ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Order of Thethe Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''

{{quote| '''Luna''': (''regarding her father'') He's always saying he'd believe anything of Fudge; I mean, the number of goblins Fudge has had assassinated! And of course he uses the Department of Mysteries to develop terrible poisons, which he secretly feeds to anybody who disagrees with him. And then there's his Umgubular Slashkilter —<br />

* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'' the Post Office has a long list of things not to ask about, [[Apron Matron|Mrs Cake]] is featured three times. Later when a Golem that used to work in a messenger service for an ancient empire is hired it turns out that the ancients also had a very similar list. The Goddess C'zol appears multiple times. Naturally [[Embarrassing First Name|Moist]] finds himself asking, only to be told "Do Not Ask!".

== [[Live -Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Wrecked"

{{quote| '''Willow''': Magic wasn't all great. I won't miss the nosebleeds and the headaches and stuff.<br />

'''Buffy''': There you go.<br />

* ''[[Castle (TV)|Castle]]'' episode "Home Is Where the Heart Stops"

{{quote| '''Kate Beckett''': ''[shows her badge while wearing a slinky dress at the fancy charity ball]''<br />

'''Richard Castle''': Where was the badge?<br />

* ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' episode "I Shrink Therefore I Am"

{{quote| '''Rygel''': There's a wrinkled old woman floating outside the forward portal.<br />

'''John Crichton''': Whoa. Gigantic oops. [to D'Argo] Can you do me a favor? Pop outside the tier three treblin side hatch and haul Granny in.<br />

'''D'Argo''': Noranti is outside?<br />

{{quote| '''Elliot DiMauro''': Nina, I told you I'd never work with Nikki Ellston.<br />

'''Nina Van Horn''': I thought you said Mickey Rooney.<br />

'''Elliot DiMauro''': Why would I say Mickey Rooney?<br />

* ''[[Law and& Order: Special Victims Unit (TV)|Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' episode "Taken"

{{quote| '''Detective Tutuola''': He lives at 1634 Broadway.<br />

* ''[[Malcolm in The Middle (TV)|Malcolm in Thethe Middle]]''

{{quote| '''Doctor''': ''[after Dewey's stomach is pumped]'' We didn't find any candles, but we did find some marbles. And the waistband to a pair of underpants.<br />

* ''[[Monk (TV)|Monk]]'' episode "Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas"

{{quote| '''Capt. Stottlemeyer''': [singing "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone]<br />

'''Natalie''': [comes in and sees Stottlemeyer at the mic]<br />

* ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]'' episode "Silver War"

{{quote| ''([[Perky Goth|Abby]] hugs Bert, the stuffed hippo that farts)''<br />

{{quote| '''Chris Miles''': Last night, man. Cool. Total blast. Everything you could ever want from an evening. Songs, choir girls, colourful costumes, fellatio, rabbits...<br />

'''Maxxie''': Rabbits?<br />

* ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "In the Cards"

{{quote| '''Giger''': Where's the hydrosaline solution?<br />

{{quote| '''Indiana Jones''': Where have you been?<br />

{{quote| ''I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar''<br />

''She asked me if I'd beat her''<br />

''She took me back to the Hyatt House....''<br />

* ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]! 2''

{{quote| '''Crypto''': This gas is noxious. Smells like Pox's underwear. Don't ask me how I know that.}}

{{quote| ''[Snip description of bizarre events involving time travel and a rocket launcher]''<br />

'''Church''': ''[to yellow Church]'' Well, what did you do?<br />

* ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Disney)|One Hundred and One101 Dalmatians]]: The Series''

{{quote| '''Rolly''': What things could a chicken possibly want?<br />

{{quote| '''[[The Starscream|Starscream]]''': So, which [[Literal Split Personality|part of me]] did ''you'' come from?<br />

'''[[Opposite SexGender Clone|Slipstream]]''': [[You Do NOT Want to Know|Don't ask.]] }}

{{quote| '''Elephant(with trunk tied in a knot)''': Don't ask.<br />

{{quote| '''T.J.''': My older brother used to play on Old Rusty.<br />

'''Spinelli''': My mom used to play on Old Rusty!<br />

'''Mikey''': Heck, my Uncle Mary used to play on Old Rusty!<br />

'''Vince''': Your Uncle ''Mary''?<br />