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{{quote|''"Trust me on this: you don't wanna know. Audrey? Don't tell him. You shouldn't've told ''me,'' but you did, and now I'm telling you, ''you don't wanna know!''"''|'''Joshua Sweet''' on Mole's past in ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''}}
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== Film ==
* Used for an extended gag in ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', when Milo asks Audrey about the backstory of Gaetan 'Mole' Moliere, after having heard the backgrounds of the rest of the cast. She's just opened her mouth when Dr. Sweet delivers the page quote. Seeing as Moliere is a short, creepy French dude obsessed with soil and rock, not to mention an intense aversion to bathtime,<ref>which Sweet conveniently often uses on Mole during their first meeting when Mole went ballistic on Milo for unknowingly ruining his soil collection by lying on the bunk</ref>
** In the sequel, Milo say that he thinks Moliere was raised by naked mole rats. Of course, given that it went [[Direct to Video]]...
*** In an issue of Disney Adventures, it was stated that he spent most of his childhood exploring in the sewers of Paris.
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{{quote|'''Worf''' (in [[Sincerity Mode]]): "Things that would send cold chills down your spine, and wake you in the middle of the night. No, it is better that you do not know. Excuse me." ''*shambles away*''}}
** In "Sacrifice of Angels", O'Brien and Bashir have been quoting [[Kill'Em All|"The Charge of the Light Brigade"]] in the runup to a battle where they're seriously outnumbered. Garak, eventually, asks how it ends. O'Brien tells him he doesn't want to know...which pretty much answers the question.
* Speaking of [[Big Creepy-Crawlies|insectoids]], on an episode of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', Captain Archer is in VERY tense negotiations with the Xindi; his linguist Lt. Sato performs simultaneous
** This is the second time she uses the line. In the pilot episode, a Klingon says ''something'' to Captain Archer, who takes it as a thank you. When Sato comments that she doesn't think they have a word for thank you, and Archer asks her what the Klingon ''did'' say, she responds with the line verbatim.
* Used for comic effect in ''[[Black Books]]''. Manny says that something bad happens to him at 88 degrees, and Bernard wants to know what, but Manny keeps repeating, "You don't want to know." Bernard at first tells Manny to stop saying that, because he wants to know even more if he's told he doesn't. Then he switches tactics, saying that Manny doesn't know WHY Bernard wants to know. To which Manny replies, "Oh, why's that?" And Bernard has made his point.
* When a couple came into ''[[Night Court]]'' who were well known for their outlandish bad luck (the squad car they were arrested in got hit by a bolt of lightning) mention that their granny died, Harry, Dan, and Christine give each other looks before Christine bursts out "Oh what the Hell ''someone'' has to ask! How did she die?" They reply that she died peacefully while sleeping... on the railroad tracks.
* In one episode of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', after Leonard's mother and got drunk with Penny and kissed Sheldon, she apologises to Sheldon "about her behaviour" while Leonard is present. Leonard enquires about details, but his mother, Penny and Sheldon all answer that he doesn't want to know.
* ''[[Northern Exposure]]''
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' season three demonstrates how not to do this: a character whose power is treated as a "you don't wanna know" situation turns out to be [[Stock Super Powers|something pretty basic]]: your typical [[Make Me Wanna Shout|sonic scream]] thing, and not even (that we saw) to Black Bolt-esque mega-destructive levels.
** Said power was originally intended to be [[Elemental Powers|terrakinesis]], on par with the [[Big Bad]] of volume five, but was cut due to budget restraints at the time.
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'''Judge Grindstump:''' ''[interrupts]'' After the [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|summary executions by keelhauling, hanging, boiling, and, eh, em... scaphism]]. ''[the crowd laughs]''
'''Guybrush:''' ''[confused]'' [[Squick|Scaphism?]]
'''Stan:''' Trust me, kid, you don't want to know.<ref>
'''Guybrush:''' Okay, then...
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* In the ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]] Berryfest Princess Movie'', Blueberry Muffin walks in on Strawberry Shortcake [[It Makes Sense in Context|doing a bunnyhop and sorting mixed nuts]] with Plum Pudding at Orange Blossom's general store and comments, "Do I wanna know?" A little while later, after reading a map has been added to Strawberry's tasks, Orange returns, also commenting, "Do I wanna know?" "That's what I said," Blueberry tells her.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', it turns out that the [[Kaiju|three story tall]] [[Everything's Worse with Bears|celestial bear]] that attacked Ponyville was an Ursa
** Also Rainbow Dash says it after Twilight wonders what Dash meant by "At least I haven't been replaced by turnips"
* In ''The Simpsons'' episode "I Love Lisa," Ralph Wiggum has tickets to Krusty's anniversary show, and he invites Lisa. Bart really wants to go, and he suggests disguising himself as Lisa.
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== Real Life ==
* These words are often the verbal equivalent of [[Schmuck Bait]]. Unless someone has been taught --''repeatedly''
** Does anyone know this joke?
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