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If it gets cut off, it's more likely to be a [[Flat What]] for some reason. ([[Self-Demonstrating Article|WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!]])
 
A [[Sub -Trope]] of [[Big Word Shout]].
 
Compare [[Flat What]], [[Defensive What]], [[Big No]].
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== Live Action TV ==
* In the famous [[Monty Python]] sketch about a [[Blind Idiot Translation|horribly translated and sexually-charged English-to-Hungarian book]], the responding constable to the Hungarian's "you have beautiful thighs" is to look at his own thighs and scream '''WHAT?'''
* An episode of ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'' had this when Londo and Lennier are involved in a brawl in the Zocalo. Sheridan hears about the fight and goes to his office. As the door closes, he hears who took ultimate responsibility for the fight (Lennier, to help Londo save face). Considering that Lennier is a [[Warrior Poet]], his reaction is understandable.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica]]'''s Cavil says this, once he realizes that his disagreement with the Sixes has escalated into a full-blown [[Enemy Civil War]]. "Say WHAT?"
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': The Tenth Doctor has several times used the phrase "What. What? WHAT?!" -- starting from a [[Flat What]] and working his way up to a Big What.
** And the other way around. See ''Voyage of the Damned.''
** From ''The Five Doctors'':
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