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'''Ax''': What do you mean, how do I eat? I have hooves, don't I''?|''[[Animorphs]]''}}
 
Whenever the heroes, and by extension the audience, have a question, it's generally good form for it to be answered at some point, lest the audience get pissed and demand their money back. These questions can vary in importance, but when it comes to the [['''Cryptically Unhelpful Answer]]''', they sometimes have one thing in common: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The answers are cryptic. As well as unhelpful.]]
 
Sometimes "answers" don't really answer your question. Sometimes they leave the heroes and the audience even more confused than they were before. It's intentional on the part of the author, but not intentional on the part of whoever's doing the answering.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Animorphs]]'', Tobias asks Ax how he eats, as he doesn't have a mouth. Ax replies, "What do you mean, how do I eat? I have hooves, don't I?" Thanks for clearing that up for us, Ax. <ref>It's later explained that Andalites actually absorb nutrients through their hooves, mostly from crushed up grass and the like.</ref>
* In the ''[[Belgariad]]/[[Malloreon]]'' these are abundant, leading to various characters (mostly Beldin and Belgarath) remarking how they hate riddles. When asked of one character why this is the only answer she gives, she tells them that it makes people think more about her words. Plus she knows it irritates people.
 
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