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The Double Don't Know is closely related to [[One Liner Name One Liner]] - simple, repetitive phrases used to provide closure to a scene or plot, including but not limited to: "I do, Billy. I really do," or, "It sure is, Billy. It sure is." etc. This variation is mostly a [[Dead Horse Trope]], though the namesake phrase(s) linger on.

The Double Don't Know is closely related to [[One-Liner, Name. One-Liner.]] - simple, repetitive phrases used to provide closure to a scene or plot, including but not limited to: "I do, Billy. I really do," or, "It sure is, Billy. It sure is." etc. This variation is mostly a [[Dead Horse Trope]], though the namesake phrase(s) linger on.

The [[Double Don't Know]] is a ''stock phrase'' trope. It has nothing to do with "what now?" cliffhangers that don't feature repetitive statements akin to those described above. It's also unrelated to Donald Rumsfeld's [[Memetic Mutation|famous]] [[Didn't See That Coming|Unknown Unknowns]] - "the things we don't know we don't know".

== Literature ==

* Happened by accident in ''[[The Stand]]''. Near the end, one character is asked the reason for all of what happened. He says, "I don't know," then pauses. [[Stephen King]] spent a good month trying to come up with an answer, couldn't, and had him repeat himself.