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There are multiple situations in which this trope can be played.
* There was a point in time where the answer was yes, but the situation is rapidly coming to the point of being no.
* [[Off Onon a Technicality|Technically yes, but no.]]
* The situation is not nearly simple enough to be explained in yes or no format.
 
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Flash Gordon (Filmfilm)|Flash Gordon]]''. Emperor Ming offers to give Earth to Flash to rule.
{{quote| '''Flash:''' You'd call off the attack? [snip] Everyone would be saved?<br />
'''Ming:''' Yes, and no. After the earthquakes and tidal waves, they won't be the same human beings. They'll be more tractable. Easier for you to rule, in the name of Ming. }}
* From ''[[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Iron Man]]'':
{{quote| '''Soldier:''' Is it true that you went [[The Casanova|twelve-for-twelve with last year's Maxim cover models?]]<br />
'''Tony Stark:''' That is an excellent question. [[Off Onon a Technicality|Yes and no.]] March and I had a scheduling conflict but fortunately the Christmas cover was [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|twins.]] }}
* From both the book and film version of ''[[Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone]]'' about the Mirror of Erised.
{{quote| '''Harry:''' It shows us what we want... whatever we want.<br />
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Toph tries to explain how her feet got burned: she surprised and startled Zuko in the middle of the night and he reflexively flung fire at her before he realized it was one of the Gaang. He was immediately contrite and apologetic, but Toph, in pain, bailed. She doesn't say "yes and no" precisely.
{{quote| '''Toph:''' Well, he ''did'' and he ''didn't.''.}}
* ''[[Kick Buttowski]]'' has "Kickin' Genes" in which Honey Buttowski is asked by her son if the daredevil jumpsuit he found belongs to her. She says "No. Yes! No!" before finally admitting she used to be speedboating daredevil Honey Splash, but hadn't done a stunt since an injury years ago.
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (Animation)|Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness]]'': "Ghost of Oogway" - Shifu stumbles into a Yes/No answer when Po asks whether Shifu wonders that Oogway would speak to someone like Po. Clearly Shifu still harbors a bit of his dubiosity about Po from the original film, despite his master's choice to name Po Dragon Warrior.
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'', "Hurricane Neddy". When Ned Flanders asks Reverend Lovejoy if God is testing him, Lovejoy answers, "Short answer, yes with an if; long answer, no with a but."
* ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|Thundercats 2011]]'': "Into The Astral Plane", the answer to the location of the [[MacGuffin]] generates one:
{{quote| '''Panthro:''' Is it in the village or not?<br />
'''Tygra:''' It is and it isn't. }}
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-07-10 This] strip of ''[[Schlock Mercenary]].''
* In ''[[Sequential Art (Webcomicwebcomic)|Sequential Art]]'', a [[AI Is a Crapshoot|psychotic AI]] gasses all personnel in a government facility. As Art, Pip, and Scarlet are sneaking in, [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=478 Pip uses a small mirror to see around a corner.]
{{quote| '''Art:''' Well? Any security guards?<br />
'''Pip:''' Uh, [[Everybody's Dead, Dave|yes and no.]] }}
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