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* ''[[Titanic]]'': After Jack saves Rose, she meets him the next day for a formal thank-you. She blames it on the stress she felt over her upcoming wedding, when Jack stops her in her tracks by asking "Do you love him?" She finds five different ways to avoid the question.
* ''[[Constantine]]'' ("What did she do, Angela?") Constantine tries to get Angela Dodson to figure out where her twin sister left a message.
{{quote|''"What did she do, Angela? You know what she did. What did she do, Angela? You know what she did. What are you afraid of? What did she do?''; '''What did she do? ''
* In ''[[Grumpy Old Men]]'', John and Max have been feuding for years after falling out [[Love Triangle|over a woman]] when they were young, and a new love interest has only made things worse. However, when John has a heart attack and Max goes to see him in the hospital, the nurse asks him "Are you friend or family, sir?". A shaken Max pauses for a long time before concluding "...friend."
* In ''[[Dracula 2000]]'' Mary is losing the fight to Dracula, after discovering that he's actually {{spoiler|Judas}}. Halfway through the fight Dracula snarls at her as they stare at a cross: "He won't have me," (referring to his immortality) to which she replies: "did you ever ask?" The question clearly hasn't occurred to him before, and it's enough to give her the upper hand.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJtjqLUHYoY This "man on the street" interview video] clearly demonstrates an armor-piercing, mind-blowing line of questioning: 1. Do gay people choose to be gay? 2. When did you choose to be straight?
** Possible response: "Yes. [[Artistic License Biology|Straight is the default.]] Gay is an aberrant choice."
*** In reply: "What evidence do you have for that belief?"
* The Army-McCarthy hearings is popularly cited as the beginning of the end of Senator Joe McCarthy, who used the [[Red Scare]] to intimidate his way into political prominence during the 50's. As McCarthy attempted to accuse someone unrelated to the hearings of communist leanings, Army attorney Joe Welch lost his patience and let out a truly epic armor-piercing question.
{{quote|'''Welch:''' Until this moment, Senator, I think I never gauged your cruelty or recklessness. Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator.... You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?}}
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