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{{quote|''"What I'm about to tell you, you might not want to know. Even so, you absolutely must hear it. [...] Given who you are and how you've lived, what I have to say may tear at your hearts..."''|'''{{spoiler|Leder}}''', ''[[Mother 3]]''}}
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[[You Don't Want to Know]] what the '''Awful Truth''' is. Now, I know you [[Rage Against the Mentor|really, ''really'' want an answer]], but trust me, it'd be really, really bad if you knew [[Tomato in the Mirror|who you really are]], [[Treacherous Advisor|who I really am]], [[I Am Who?|what hidden or forgotten powers you have]], [[Broken Masquerade|what the world is really like]], and ''especially'' [[Luke, I Am Your Father|who your real father is]]. At best, you'd completely [[Freak-Out]]. At worst, you'd [[Go Mad from the Revelation]]! Just trust me, young one: ignorance is bliss.
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== Anime &and Manga ==▼
 
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Magical Girl|Himeno Awayuki]] of ''[[Prétear]]'' was told that she "doesn't need to know" the [[Backstory]], but forced the Leafe Knights to reveal it anyway—specifically, that their enemy is the previous Pretear, who turned evil because of her unrequited love for Hayate, and that she herself may end up turning evil as well. Cue [[Heroic BSOD]]. In the anime version, the consequences were [[Brought Down to Normal|even worse]].
** In the manga, her stepmother unleashes another one on Himeno: Himeno's late mother died because her frail body couldn't handle the strain of pregnancy and childbirth. In other words, Himeno killed her own mother.
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== Live Action TV ==
* The 80's80s revival of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' did an episode titled "The Need To Know," in which this trope is deployed quite literally; a man returns to his small town bearing the Truth of Existence, a short phrase which [[Go Mad from the Revelation|drives anyone who hears it instantly insane]].
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' plays this straight when Kara attempts to figure out {{spoiler|how she came back from the dead}} and when, in the Season 3 finale, Colonel Tigh keeps trying to figure out what the [[Terrible Ticking]] is all about. Turns out, [[You Do NOT Want to Know|they did not want to know]]. They got better. Averted when Kara finally discovers the meaning of the prophecy that she will "lead them all to their end."
* ''[[Dexter]]'' is essentially a Thirty Awful Truth Pileup, both for the eponymous character and those close to him. In Seasonseason 1one he discovers that the reason he is being singled out by the Icetruck Killer is that [[Luke, I Am Your Father|the two are brothers]]. Which wouldn't be terrible in and of itself, but it comes with the realization that Harry Morgan didn't quite tell [[Oblivious Adoption|the whole truth and nothing but the truth]]: Dexter watched his mother [[Dark and Troubled Past|die]]. Also, Harry's a liar. {{spoiler|The [[Big Bad]]s of Seasonsseasons 2two and 3three get awful truth reveals, usually coinciding with their crossing of the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. In Seasonseason 4four, Debra finally finds out the truth about Harry}}.
* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'': The big reveal(s) at the end of the programme could qualify as The Awful Truth to the character(s) it applies to.
* King Uther's refusal to tell Arthur the truth about his magical birth and the death of his mother(s) in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''. Arthur seemed to find out in the episode "Sins of the Father", but came to believe Merlin's statement that Morgause lied to him completely instead of only partially.
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