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The question mark is a common, handy visual representation of confusion, surprise, or just being plain weirded out. It can manifest as several question marks floating around the nonplussed character's head, a single such symbol hovering over the character, or pop up as the contents of a thought bubble (or a regular [[Speech Bubble]], in which case it seems to represent the "huh?" sound. Compare [[Visible Silence]].)
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' episode where Joey is [[Wager Slave|forced to wear a dog suit]], he actually [[Talking
* ''[[
** Episode 9. Konoe Tsurugi refuses to have her picture taken because she doesn't want the camera to steal her soul. When she hears this, Mariel has three question marks appear next to her head, one at a time.
** Episode 11. When Ryuuka asks Taro if he's interested in someone else, he looks at Mariel. Mariel then has question marks to each side of her head. Later, when Ryuuka appears before Taro in his bath a question mark appears over his head.
** Episode 12. Ryuuka has just given Taro a giant cake shaped like her for his birthday. When she sees him staring at it, a question mark appears over her head.
** Episode 15. Taro has a question mark appear above his head several times when he's puzzled.
* ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Commonly used in French comics like ''[[Asterix]]'' and ''[[Lucky Luke]]''.
* Very common in ''[[Tintin
== [[Film]] - Animated ==
* In ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', the Genie's ponytail forms a question mark as he wonders what riding animal to turn Abu into.
* In ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'' one of the cat-like Butterfly Stompers has a tail that momentaily goes question mark.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Done in ''[[Discworld
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Not sure if the scene from ''[[
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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* Many [[Role Playing Games]] indicate Confusion status with question marks.
** In the ''[[Pokémon Stadium]]'' games, question marks appeared above a confused Pokemon's head. In other games, it is usually portrayed by birds flying around its head.
** In ''[[
** Also, question marks appear above a [[
** The protagonists of ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[Disgaea]]'' has no confusion status effect, so it uses question marks to represent amnesia (the "silence" [[Standard Status Effect]]) instead.
* Nospikes from ''[[
* In ''[[
* If the Elite bosses from ''[[Hero Core]]'' try to use an ability [[Cast From Hit Points]] with only one point left, a question mark will appear above their heads.
* When a soldier in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' sees something unusual a question mark appears above their head (followed by an exclamation mark if they see you).
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Stealth Bastard]]'', question mark appears over to robots and cameras if they detect the presence of player but haven't gotten fully alert yet.
* In [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Fighters]], right after Dr. Eggman zaps your character with a cloning ray (which produces a grayscale doppelganger).
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== Webcomics ==
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=1&p=000060 This] ''[[
* In ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[
* A question mark appears above DM's head at least once in ''[[
* [[Felix the Cat]] would often pick up the question marks that formed over his head and use them as tools. In at least one cartoon, his tail turned into a question mark.
* In the [[Classic Disney Short]] ''A Gentleman's Gentleman'', as [[Pluto the Pup]] wonders how to get a gumball from a gumball machine, one of his ears forms a question mark.
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