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[[Hilarity Ensues]] because a character must perform an act that is either against their nature or which they have vehemently and constantly protested against doing. Said action can also be just plain humiliating or all of the above--to all parties, perhaps. When this act is aided or witnessed, a character insists that either they must all never speak of this again, ''ever''; or that a specific person who is guaranteed to ride them never hears of it. A common reply to comply with the sentiment is say something to the effect of "Speak about what again?".

== Anime & Manga ==

** Asuna says this to everybody after an unfortunate incident involving [[The World Tree]] that turns Negi into "[[Determinator|the kissing Terminator]]" who [[Kissing Under the Influence|forces her into a french kiss]]... for so long that she nearly suffocates. Negi is still totally unaware that this happened.

** It happens again later under very similar circumstances, only this time the kisser was a Negi duplicate gone out of control, and the victim (and person saying it) was Akira.

** Whenever {{spoiler|Yumichika has to use his true shikai}}, which is a secret because he's afraid his macho buddies will disown him, since anyone in that squad whose sword isn't a direct combat type is considered a coward.

** Also when {{spoiler|Ikkaku uses his Bankai}} because he's afraid of getting promoted.

* The [[Red Hulk|Red]] and [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Green Hulks]] agree on this following the [[Biological Mashup|Compound Hulk]] incident in ''Hulk'' #30.

* In ''[[Transformers Animated|Transformers Animated: The Arrival #2]]'', after Professor Princess blackmails Starscream into not attacking her (by threatening to broadcast an [[Embarrassing Old Photo|image of him]] [http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/39/StarscreamProfessorArrivalIssue2.jpg in a wig and makeup] around the galaxy), a rather perturbed Starscream says this [[Villain Exit Stage Left|and flies off]].

'''Matsushita-sensei:''' And they never did. }}

** Thereafter, every filler or otherwise irrelevant chapter was ended by the narrator saying "...And they never did."

{{quote| '''Yugi:''' Well, it's the end of the movie. All in all, it was kinda disappointing.<br />

'''Téa:''' I can't help but feel it was all [[Merchandise-Driven|just a cheap cash-in made to promote a bunch of cards.]]<br />

== Films -- Animation ==

* A variation in ''[[Ice Age|Ice Age 2]]'': After Diego and Sid are easily beaten up by two possums:

{{quote| '''Diego:''' If anybody ever asks, there were fifty of them. And they were... rattlesnakes."}}

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* ''[[Harold and Kumar]]'', the Freakshow incident.

* ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''. After Admiral Greer fakes the torpedoing and destruction of the ''Red October'', he tells the torpedo control officer of the frigate he's on:

{{quote| '''Admiral Greer:''' Now, Commander... that torpedo did NOT self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull, and I... [[I Was Never Here|was never here]].}}

* Burt Gummer says this after surviving being swallowed by a Grabiod in the third ''[[Tremors]]'' movie.

{{quote| '''Burt:''' I would prefer... we keep this... to ourselves.}}

* A non-funny example occurs at the end of ''4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days''.

* A even less funny example from ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''. After Butch saves him from Zed's... attentions, Marsellus Wallace demands two things, of which the first is... "Don't tell nobody about this. This shit is between me, you, and [[Rape and Revenge|Mr. Soon-to-Be-Living-the-Rest-of-His-Short-Ass-Life-in-Agonizing-Pain Rapist here]]. It ain't nobody else's business."

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Pride and Prejudice And Zombies]]'' the Bennet girls come across a zombie mother and infant and find themselves unable to kill them. Afterward they swear never to mention it again.

== Live-Action TV ==

{{quote| '''Matt Parkman:''' ''(after riding Nathan Petrelli to Texas)'' We never talk about that again.}}

** Ross and Richard are having a sleepover at Rachel and Monica's. At one point they bump into each other in the living room, wearing their girlfriends' bathrobes. After a few awkward seconds they attempt small talk, but then Richard cuts to the chase and says "Let's never speak of this again." Ross says "You got it." and they move on.

** Also in "The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance", Joey thanked Chandler for helping him take a shower when he had a hernia, and Chandler freaked out and said, "Now, is ''that'' never talking about it again?!"

** And there's the time that Monica is stung by a jellyfish. A friend who will pee on you is a friend indeed.

** In "Skin of Evil", Tasha's funeral speech was supposed to include an apologetic "Data, it ''did'' happen." It's clear to see where it was supposed to be, as they left in Geordi's reaction shot.

** Subverted in that it actually is brought up again. During Data's trial [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|to determine whether he is a full-fledged person with rights]], Picard persuades him to reveal it.

** And it's also alluded to in ''First Contact''. Thus, there are some instances where it's treated as if the above scene wasn't cut.

** The plot of "[[Recap/Star Trek The Next Generation S 4 E 14 Clues|Clues]]" hinges on an instance of this trope. The Enterprise encounters a xenophobic race, the Paxans, who do not tolerate other species' knowledge of them. They incapacitate the crews of ships who come to their home planet, erasing their short-term memories and transporting the ship some distance away, leaving the crew to believe that they have encountered an unstable wormhole. Data, however, cannot be affected, and the Paxans would have destroyed the Enterprise except that Picard ordered him never to reveal what actually happened.

** From the episode "Real Me":

{{quote| '''Buffy:''' How bored ''were'' you last year?<br />

'''Andrew:''' Right. }}

** A vampirized Harmony meets Xander and decides to feed. They apparently regress to their grade school enemy stage (since both of them ''can'' fight better), and they're so ineffectual that they eventually just give up. They agree it never happened, and both leave.

{{quote| '''CEO lady''' ''(spit)'' We will speak of it no more!}}

* In an episode of ''[[Would I Lie to You]]'', Neil Morrisey, voice of [[Bob the Builder]], had as one of his "facts" that he once had a builder working at his house who was in fact named Bob. David Mitchell said that if that was true, it was completely unremarkable, and the conversation probably went, "Do you know, I'm actually a builder called Bob." "Right. I do the voice of Bob the Builder." "Right." [short laugh all around] "Let us never speak of this."

* ''[[The West Wing]]'' [[Lampshaded]] its frequent use of of the [[Walk and Talk]] by having Sam and Josh walking through the crowded hallways having a conversation as usual. At the end, they both came to a stop and asked each other where they were going. Turns out they were both following each other. Josh: "Let's not tell anyone about this."

* ''[[Doctor Who]]''

** The Doctor also had one of his own when the head of Torchwood found out that the woman he'd claimed was Rose Tyler was actually Rose's mother.

{{quote| '''The Doctor:''' Please, when Torchwood comes to write my complete history, don't tell people I traveled through time and space with her mother.}}

* In ''[[Babylon 5]]'', after learning the secret of the 'tentacles' Londo were using to cheat at cards, Lennier decides to swear an oath of silence on the matter.

** Between the Shay siblings, notably, Carly's [[No Periods, Period]] in "iDate a Bad Boy" and Spencer's attempt at giving Carly [[The Talk]] in "iSpeed Date".

** Sam and Freddie's agreement about their First Kiss. When Sam's drugged slip-of-tongue reveals it to Carly, [[Hilarity Ensues]].

'''Vorenus:''' I don't want to hear about it. If you're wise, you'll never speak of this again.<br />

'''Pullo:''' Why? [[Just Following Orders|I was only obeying orders]]. Bloody good orders, too. }}

* One happens offscreen in ''[[Black Books]]'', we only see Bernard's reaction when Manny breaks silence.

{{quote| '''Manny:''' Yes, it'll be quite some time before I want to sacrifice another monkey.<br />

== Video Games ==

** There's a Mental [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]] in Sasha's mind, and a horrible mutated monster comes up and proceeds to pound the living daylights out of Sasha in a highly embarrassing fashion. Raz saves Sasha's life, for which Sasha grants him his merit badge. This conversation then occurs:

{{quote| '''Raz:''' So, is this the part where I get a speech and learn another lesson...?<br />

** The [[Love Hotels]] Incident.

** The aftermath of Mitsuru's "[[Maximum Fun Chamber|Execution]]" during the Kyoto class trip. Akihiko is ''[[Heroic BSOD|very insistent]]'' about this point.

{{quote| '''Zevran:''' I don't mind never speaking of it again, as long as we could do it again.}}

* ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police|Abe Lincoln must die!]]'' has Sam and Max take a date test to find the perfect match for each other. The result gives... Sam to Max and Max to Sam. Both agree never to speak about it again.

* One of the categories for the third annual Neopies on ''[[Neopets]]'' is named after this trope.

* ''[[Dawn of War]] II'' agrees with fans' opinion of the previous ''Soulstorm'':

{{quote| '''Cyrus:''' What happened on Kaurava was a mistake... [[Canon Dis Continuity|I will not speak of it again.]]}}

{{quote| '''Trucy:''' I can still remember that moment... You brandished those bloomers on high, and shouted... "Objection!"<br />

'''Apollo:''' ...Here's what I want you to do, Trucy. Take that memory, gently lock it away deep in your heart, and never speak of it. }}

{{quote| You may say, "But I don't HAVE any enemies!" Well, do you have FRIENDS? Are they on FIRE? Right NOW? Jarate them to a non-on fire state INSTANTLY! Being on fire is horrible! They'll never want to talk about your Jarate rescue ever again, but you'll have their secret undying gratitude!}}

== Web Comics ==

** While being interviewed for the [[Lawful Good]] afterlife, hero Roy Greenhilt stops the deva interviewing him before she can mention a [[Gender Bender]] incident within earshot of his father, who is standing not ten feet away.

** During that very incident, Roy also insisted Belkar not know. Subverted in that Belkar knew it was Roy all along and was comfortable enough with his masculinity to hit on Roy purely to mess with him.

'''V:''' Maybe we shall never mention it again.<br />

'''Belkar:''' Yeah, probably that. }}

** [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-06-15 This] comic]] provides an example. Not that it stopped them from [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-10-05 speaking of it again].

** [http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-11-19 Grace's suggestion that Elliot turn into her to be sexy in front of a mirror] seems doomed to a similar fate.

{{quote| '''Crystal:''' My head is killing me. Does anyone remember what happened after the tequilla shots?<br />

'''Riff:''' Let's see. We're charred, we have twigs in our hair and we're covered in ducks.<br />

'''Bun-bun:''' I vote we all go home and never speak of this again. }}

* Used by the characters after a revelation from his creator [[One Over Zero|1/0]].

* In ''Northern Edge'' (a spin-off of Fred Perry's ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]''), Sheila just want to forget all about she and two companions [[Spank the Cutie|being spanked]] by [[Naughty Tentacles]]. Fat chance of this, though, since there was [http://ne.tsunami-art.com/view.aspx?Rec=24 a rune artist present on the scene to immortilize it].

{{quote| '''DuPree:''' I heard there was a ''hat!''<br />

'''Gil:''' You're ''delusional''. }}

* ''[[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]'': Lives up to the trope by only telling us what can't be talked about, but [[Noodle Incident|no real details]].

{{quote| 1708. No bringing up the time we were nearly TPK'd by a jerboa.}}

* A double [[GIRL]] on [http://www.bash.org/?768122 bash.org] provokes this reaction from the participants. Subverted. [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Since it's on bash.org and all]].

== Western Animation ==

** The Itchy and Scratchy Land episode, after Homer takes a disastrous shortcut:

{{quote| '''Homer:''' All right, we're here. Let us never speak of the shortcut again.}}

{{quote| '''Bart & Lisa:''' You never told us you had a brother, grandpa.<br />

'''Grandpa:''' Yes, and I'll never speak of him again. }}

{{quote| '''Grim:''' We keep flying, we never head back, and we never talk about this again.}}

* The 2008 [[Transformers|BotCon]] script reading, "'Bee in the City", ends with all parties involved agreeing to never speak of the incident again.

{{quote| '''Helga:''' This whole thing? It never happened.<br />

'''Phoebe:''' Forgetting! }}

* In ''[[Recess]]'' all the group agreed this when they see Spinelli having fun dancing Hula Hula with Finster, who was babysitting her in that episode.

* In the ''[[Justice League]]'' episode "This Little Piggy" we get to see how far Batman will go to save Wonder Woman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoRundeX6O0&feature=related here].

** Meg gives her brother Chris advice on how to cajole their father Peter... that might work for a well-loved daughter:

{{quote| '''Meg:''' Okay, look. Dad is really easy. All you have to do is sit on his lap, give him a big kiss on the cheek, look him right in the eye, and he's butter.}}

** At the end of the episode where [[It Makes Sense in Context|Peter is temporarily turned gay]]:

{{quote| '''Meg:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|So, this is one of those things we just never talk about again?]]}}

* In ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'', ("Jiggles" episode), after Kowalski's [[Blob Monster]] spat both Kowalski and Julien out, the two were covered in green goo and draped across each other. Julien's response to the situation is, "I will not talk of this if you don't."

{{quote| '''Buford:''' We must never speak of this again.<br />

'''Baljeet:''' Agreed. }}

{{quote| '''[[The Dragon|Ikazuki]]:''' Well? What are you waiting for?!<br />

'''Ratso:''' Uh, well, this is kinda awkward.<br />

'''Finn:''' What he said.<br />

'''Ratso:''' Okay! But we are ''never'' gonna bring this up again.<br />

''(Danny pops out of her, and overshadows Sam's father)''<br />

'''Sam's Father:''' And I agree with you! Let's never speak of this again. }}

* In the [[All Just a Dream]] episode of ''[[Kim Possible]]'', Kim saves villains Drakken and Shego from an exploding device. After Shego realizes how awkward it is, Drakken declares this trope, to which Kim replies "Fair enough".

{{quote| '''Rarity:''' How in Equestria could [Rainbow Dash] think that tiny patch of cloud is Cloudsdale? <br />

'''Applejack:''' The same way [Discord] got you to think that cheap rock was a bonafide diamond? <br />

'''Rarity''': ...I thought we agreed never to speak of that again. }}

* ''[[King of the Hill]]'': Years ago, Hank, Dale and Bill "borrowed" Boomhauer's car for a joyride and droven it into a flooded quarry. The three then agreed never to mention it again. Hank had no choice but to break the agreement when the quarry was about to be drained, since they left clues linking them to the case.

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