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* 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.▼
== Live Action Television ==▼
* A sample exchange from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' ("The Battle"): ▼
{{quote|'''Beverly:''' You had no choice.▼
'''Picard:''' Didn't I? I don't know anymore... I just don't know. }}▼
* Spoofed in the "Killer Sheep" sketch on ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' by having a scientist ramble "I just don't know. I really just don't know. I'm afraid I really just don't know," and so on. ▼
* In the comedy TV show ''Corner Gas'', the theme song goes, in part: "I don't know, the same things you don't know. I don't know, I just don't know."▼
== Western Animation ==▼
* From the ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' episode "The Robot Spy": ▼
{{quote|'''Jonny:''' What is it, Dad?▼
'''Dr. Quest:''' I don't know, Jonny, I really don't know! }}▼
* Played straight - as so many things were - in ''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]''.
* ''[[Top Gun]]'', as the classic '80s cliche storm, features it, though in a slightly different way than might be expected.
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{{quote|'''Bobby''': Did Wanda deliver the [Ransom Note] tape to the cops?
'''Lalo''': I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. I wasn't with her. }}
== [[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.
▲* A sample exchange from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' ("The Battle"):
▲{{quote|'''Beverly:''' You had no choice.
▲'''Picard:''' Didn't I? I don't know anymore... I just don't know. }}
▲* Spoofed in the "Killer Sheep" sketch on ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' by having a scientist ramble "I just don't know. I really just don't know. I'm afraid I really just don't know," and so on.
▲* In the comedy TV show ''Corner Gas'', the theme song goes, in part: "I don't know, the same things you don't know. I don't know, I just don't know."
▲== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* From the ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' episode "The Robot Spy":
▲{{quote|'''Jonny:''' What is it, Dad?
▲'''Dr. Quest:''' I don't know, Jonny, I really don't know! }}
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{{quote|'''[[The Muppet Show|Statler]]''': Can you think of anything that would make that last show something other than completely worthless?
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[[Category:Stock Phrases]]
▲[[Category:Double "Don't Know"]]
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