Parrot Expowhat

Like Parrot Exposition, but the expositor can't even finish the word. Even if it is easy to remember. Also used when someone says a big word, like Palaeo-whatsit. Sometimes used out of spite, and sometimes used out of disbelief. Often used in Advertising. Sister Trope to Gesundheit, where the speaker finds the word so unpronounceable he thinks it must have been a sneeze.

Advertising
"Lindsay: Milk-a-whaaat?!"
 * Snuggimals!
 * Snuggi-what?
 * Snuggimals!
 * Benda-what? Benda-who?
 * Bendaroos!
 * A certain E*Trade commercial that a certain actress claims is violating her rights.


 * Used in a commercial for Maximum Testosterol, apparently by picking which syllable to 'miss' out of a hat. A character asks incredulously, when first told the name, "Maximum whatstosterol?"

Fan Works

 * When Dan receives his Shikigami in Thawing Permafrost, he can't get the name right. Upon first hearing it, his reaction is "Shiki-whatnow?".

Film
"King Julien: Welcome to Madagascar!
 * In the live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas movie: "Holiday Whobeewhatee?"
 * In Nine, when told by 1 to "subjugate [9 and 5]", 8 responds with "subje - what?"
 * Madagascar:

Gloria: Mada-who-ha?

King Julien: No, not who-ha. As-car."

"Skipper: We're fleeing this place for Antarctica!
 * Counts as a Brick Joke thanks to the first exchange between Marty and the penguins:

Marty: Aunt-who-tica?"

"Mouse Doctor: Bring me the Epidermal Tissue Disruptor!
 * The Rescuers Down Under:

Wilbur: The epidermal what?!"

"Princess: That was the dart of the Wachutu shaman!
 * Ace Ventura From the sequel:

Ace: The what-nee what-en?"

"Cliff: Jenny, prepare yourself for a shock. I'm the Rocketeer.
 * In The Rocketeer, when Cliff reveals his secret identity to his girlfriend Jenny:

Jenny: (confused) The Rocket-who?"

"Radar technician: I'm having trouble with the radar, sir.
 * Spaceballs:

Dark Helmet: What's wrong with it?

Radar technician: I lost the bleeps, I lost the sweeps, and I lost the creeps.

Dark Helmet: The what?

Colonel Sandurz: The what?

Dark Helmet: And the what?"

"Fergus, the ostler: "Im Fergus, the ostler!"
 * This bit in The Court Jester

Hawkins: Wh-Whogus the whatsler?""

"Jane: Mary Poppins taught us the most wonderful word!
 * This bit in Mary Poppins:

Michael: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Mr. Banks: What on earth are you talking about, supercal-- super-- or whatever the infernal thing is?

Jane: It's something to say when you don't know what to say.

Mr. Banks: Yes, well, I always know what to say."

Live Action TV
"Anya: Buffy's got some kind of job there helping junior deviants, Spike's insane in the basement, Xander's there doing construction on the new gym-—
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer:

Willow: Wait, Spike's what in the what-ment?

Anya: Insane, base."

"Ford: [walks up behind Buffy, who has just slain a vamp] What's going on?
 * When Buffy's friends confront her about her having sex with Spike, she responds, "The who whatting how with huh?"
 * Buffy does this a lot. From "Lie To Me":

Buffy: Um, uh... there was a-a cat. A cat here. And um, uh, then there was a-another cat. And they fought. The cats. And... then they left.

Ford: Oh. I thought you were just slaying a vampire.

Buffy: What? What-ing a what?"

"Extrapo-what-ilated?"
 * It's not for nothing that this show is the Trope Namer for Buffy-Speak.
 * Red Dwarf:

""Any of these gentlemen can lend you use of a sword."
 * This is infixation.
 * Infixa-what?
 * Firefly, "Shindig":

"Use of a swwhat?""

"Observer: Don't touch that, that's a wormhole!
 * From the MST3K Episode "Prince of Space."

Pearl: A worm-what?

Observer: A wormhole.

Pearl: A what-hole?

Observer: A wormhole. Wormhole!"

Video Games
"Strong Bad: Please tell me you've got my Snake Boxer 5 manual...
 * In episode one of Strong Bads Cool Game for Attractive People, Strong Bad's attempt to find one of the pages for the Snake Boxer 5 manual takes him through a chain of people that leads to Bubs.

Bubs: Snake what now?

Strong Bad: Auuuugh! Aaaagh!

Bubs: Oh, Snake Boxer 5! Here ya go."

"King Bee: I didn't even get to tell you about the big-breasted babe...
 * Conkers Bad Fur Day:

Conker: The-- the big what?"

Web Original
"Yusei: I synchro-summon Junk Gardna, in defense mode.
 * In Dragon Ball Abridged, anytime Goku calls out that he's using the Kaio-Ken technique, it's invariably followed by the receiving party uttering "Kaio-what?"
 * In the Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series version of Bonds Beyond Time, Yami has this response when Yusei synchro summons a monster. Of course, Yami's doing it on purpose because he's a Jerkass.

Yami: Synchro what?

Yusei: Synchro summon.

Yami: What summon?

Yusei: Synchro summon.

Yami: What what?

Yusei: Synchro. Summon.

Yami: Oh. What's that?

Yusei: It's when you summon a monster by--

Yami: Oh wait, I seem to have stopped caring."

"Strong Bad: A what-mail on the Inter-what?"
 * Homestar Runner, "Hremail 7" is a faux-flashback episode which features Homestar trying to introduce Strong Bad to the concept of e-mails and the Internet:

Western Animation
"Burns: Listen here...I want to join your team.
 * The Simpsons:
 * "Team Homer":

Homer: You want to join my what?

Smithers: You want to what his team?"

"Jasper: You shot who in the what now?"
 * And from "Who Shot Mr Burns, Part 2"

"Wink: Now, our game shows a little different from yours. You reward knowledge. We punish ignorance.
 * From "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo", on the Japanese game show:

Homer: Ignor-what? (fire shoots out of Homer's microphone)"

"Fry: Where's your bathroom?
 * Spoofed on Futurama, in the episode "I, Roommate":

Bender: Bath-what?

Fry: Bathroom!

Bender: What-room?

Fry: Bathroom!

Bender: What-what?

Fry: Eh, never mind."

"Gigglepies: Yugo-po-what-i-whats?"
 * The Fairly Odd Parents:

"Jack: It's the Ecto-Exodus Alarm!
 * Danny Phantom:

Danny, Sam and Jazz: The Ecto-whaty-what?"

"Stu:: Presenting the Bonkomatic Baby Bumper!
 * Rugrats

Didi: The Bonka-whosit Baby-what?"

"Fluttershy: There's a cockatrice on the loose!
 * My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic, "Stare Master":

Apple Bloom: A cocka-what-now?"

"Student: We're learning about transubstantiation.
 * In "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", Pinkie Pie's reaction to the Flim-Flam brothers introducing themselves as "traveling sales-ponies nonpareil" is "Nonpa-what?"
 * In one episode of Sheep in The Big City, a plot twist (both Sheep and General Specific lose the mayoral election to ) leads to a long chain of characters going "Hubba-whah?"
 * King of the Hill:

Peggy: What?

Student: Transubstantiation.

Peggy: Trans what now?"