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* ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'': Who is Shonen Bat/Li'l Slugger?
* ''[[Code Geass]]'': In the first season, who killed Lelouch's mother and why? In [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|R2]], it's what exactly ''is'' C.C.'s wish and, ultimately, where does Geass itself come from?
* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'': What is Culumon's purpose?
** ''[[Digimon Savers]]'': What
* ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'': What is this girl we keep on seeing, and what is her purpose? What are these Light Orbs we also see? And how are they connected?
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'': Why is Hinamizawa stuck in a [[Groundhog Day Loop]]? Why do the main characters keep on going batshit crazy and murderous? Who is behind the town's annual deaths?
* ''[[Naruto]]'': {{spoiler|Who the hell is Tobi?!}}
* ''[[Arisa]]'': Who is the [[Big Bad|King]]?
* ''[[Black Butler]]'': Who is the proper target of Ciel's revenge?
* ''[[One Piece]]'': What ''is'' Gol D. Roger's eponymous treasure? What happened in the Void Century, and why is the World Government so intent on keeping it hidden?
== [[Film]] ==
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** There also used to be "Why is the Dark Tower and the rest of reality decaying?" but we eventually learn that {{spoiler|it's all the intentional fault of [[Big Bad|the Crimson King]].}}
* ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'': Who is John Galt?
* The
* ''[[Book of Amber|The Chronicles of Amber]]'' (Series One): Who shot Corwin's tires? Who is behind the Dark Road?
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* ''[[Under the Dome]]'' by [[Stephen King]]: where did the dome come from, and why is it there?
* [[Stephen Fry
* ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'' starts with, "What is sinking ships?" and gets narrowed down to, "Where did Nemo come from and why is he attacking ships?"
* ''[[The Mysterious Island]]'': Who or what keeps helping the survivors?
* ''[[A Void]]'': Is Anton missing or did he kill himself?
** The novel also asks whether or not it was a suicidal act and [[Black Humour|then repeatedly asks if he killed himself in various ways]].
* ''[[Futuretrack Five]]'': The question starts out as ''"who is Scott-Astbury?"'' Since apparently he's some kind of [[Manipulative Bastard]] [[Chessmaster]] and the only person on record of that name is a publicly-known [[Obfuscating Stupidity|utter tit]]. It then becomes ''"What did Scott-Astbury'' do?"
* The second half (''Power of Three'' and ''Omen of the Stars'') of ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' has many questions. "Where did the three come from?" "What is their purpose?" "Who is {{spoiler|the fourth?}}"
== [[Live
* ''[[Dexter]]'':
** Season 1. Who is the Ice Truck Killer?
** Season 3. What's the deal with Miguel/Who is the 'Skinner'?
* ''[[Lost]]'' thrives on this. The [[Myth Arc]] is about the protagonists getting dropped in the middle of these strange, inexplicable and in some cases scientifically impossible
** Season 6, however, cuts to the heart of it and makes it clear that the show's Driving Question is actually "Why are these people on the Island?" The answer has many facets that touch on both the A-story of the show and the thematic drive of the show.
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]'': Who killed Laura Palmer?
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* Rather a driving sentence than a question in [[Homeland]] - "An American prisoner of war has been turned." The question is, is it true?
* ''[[Castle]]'': Who ordered the hit on Beckett's mother, and why?
*
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'': Who is the "armoured figure"? Why is he trying to kill the [[Player Character]]? What do all these dreams and portents mean? And what is the Iron Throne trying to do and what does that have to do with any of the other questions?
** In the sequel it's "Who is Jon Irenicus and what does he want from you?"
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' mod The Bastard of Kosigan: Who is killing off the Kosigan family? And what can I do about it?
** ''[[A Dance With Rogues]]'' chapter 2: Where is Master Nathan, and how can I rescue him?
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'': What and where is the Star Forge?
** ''[[Knights of the Old Republic|Knights Of The Old Republic 2]]'': Where are the lost Jedi Masters? Who is [[Evil Mentor|Kreia]]? [[Mind Screw|And what the hell is going on?]]
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** ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'': How do you get through the Omega 4 Relay? More importantly: How do you accomplish your mission to destroy the Collectors and get back in one piece?
** ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'': How are we going to stop the [[Nigh Invulnerability|Reapers]] from tearing Earth (and the galaxy as a whole) a [[Team Fortress 2|structurally superfluous new behind?]]
* ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'': Where is the Archdemon and how do we kill it?
** ''[[Expansion Pack|Awakening]]'': Why are Darkspawn still attacking even after the Blight ended?
** ''[[Downloadable Content|Witch Hunt]]'': What happened to Morrigan?
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** ''[[Downloadable Content|Legacy]]'': Who or what is Corypheus and what is its connection to the Hawke family?
** ''[[Downloadable Content|Mark of the Assassin]]'': What did Hawke do to sour Kirkwall's relations with Orlais?
* ''[[Silent Hill]]'': Several of the games run on one over-riding question.
** ''[[Silent Hill 1]]'': "Have you seen a little girl? She just turned seven last month. Short, black hair . . ."
** ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'': Where is Mary, and what does she want?
** ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'': Averted for the most part. The protagonist Heather wants nothing to do with anyone—at least until {{spoiler|Claudia kills her dad.}}
** ''[[Silent Hill 4]]'': What does the room want from Henry?
** ''[[Silent Hill Origins]]'': Why can't Travis leave Silent Hill?
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** ''[[Silent Hill: Shattered Memories]]'': Same as ''Silent Hill 1'', although the answer is extremely different.
* ''[[Metal Gear]]'' has several, the most prominent being "Who are the Patriots?" and perhaps "Who is Ocelot really working for?"
* ''[[Baroque]]'': "Who is the protagonist, and what was his sin?"
* ''[[Chrono Cross]]'': Specific to players who already played [[Chrono Trigger|the first game]] - "What's going on and how does it relate to ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''?"
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** Armored Core 3: What's going on in Layered? Is the Controller really malfunctioning?
** Armored Core Silent Line: What's beyond the Silent Line?
* ''[[STALKER|S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl]]'': Who or what is The Strelok? And why should you kill him?
* ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R.]]'': Who is Alma and what relation does she have with you?
* ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]'': What happened to the crew members?
** ''[[Dead Space 2]]'': What did Isaac Clark inadvertently do?
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** ''Episode One'': What did Alyx steal from the Combine?
** ''Episode Two'', second half: What does the G-Man's message to Eli mean?
* ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'': For the first part of the game, what is Protocol 10?
* ''[[Psychonauts]]'' (only the [[Milkman Conspiracy]] level): Who is the Milkman?
* ''[[Dark Souls]]'': How can I save the flames that sustain life as we know it? Another question presents itself later: {{spoiler|Is saving the flames truly the right thing to do?}}
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* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'': Why are the French Immortals amnesic? Who summoned the flame summon and why? The last question drives the New And Old Flames storylines. Other big questions exist but have been resolved, their solutions are not being actively pursued in universe or are not pondered by the characters themselves.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Zeta Project]]'': What makes Zeta more than a machine? Ro has her own driving question: "Where is my brother?" which actually gets resolved halfway through season two.
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