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{{quote|'''Xander:''' [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|As long as nothing really bad happens between now and then]], [[Tempting Fate|you'll be fine]].<br />
'''Buffy:''' Are you crazy? [[You Just Had to Say It|What did you say that for?]] [[Genre Savvy|Now something bad is gonna happen.]]<br />
'''Xander:''' What do you mean? Nothing's gonna happen.<br />
'''Willow:''' [[Tempting Fate|Not until some dummy says, "As long as nothing bad happens."]]<br />
'''Buffy:''' It's the ultimate jinx!<br />
'''Willow:''' ''What were you thinking?!'' Or were you even thinking at all?<br />
'''Xander:''' You don't know... Maybe this time it'll be different...|''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', "School Hard" {{spoiler|It isn't.}}}}
 
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* These exact words are used in ''[[Ranma ½]]'' when the Tendos, particularly [[Beware the Nice Ones|Kasumi]], [[What the Hell, Hero?|call Genma out]] for taking his son to the cursed training ground of Jusenkyo. To the annoyance of some readers, though, this is only in the very first chapter of the manga, and nobody so much as raises an eyebrow when Genma later reveals he taught Ranma the [[Harmful to Minors|Nekoken]] because he was too lazy to read the next page, [[Now You Tell Me|which warned]] that the technique [[Sanity Has Advantages|invariably drove trainees insane]] and was [[Useless Useful Spell|too stupid to use, anyway]]. [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Although]], it's entirely possible that people stopped asking this of him because they realized [[What an Idiot!|it just wouldn't do any damned good.]]
* Yuna Roma Seiran gets this from the ORB military officers in ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'', for hiding war criminal Lord Djibril in ORB and denying it, then acting all surprised when ZAFT sees through his obvious lies and invades in full force. Apparently, he thought that since ORB had successfully hidden [[Cool Ship|the Archangel]] from them two years ago, but not even in anime do politics bend to the [[Rule of Cool]]...
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Kaname tends to yell this whenever Sousuke does something insane. More often than not, he proceeds to explain the ridiculously complicated terrorist plot that he foiled to justify his actions. Sometimes the plot is even real.
 
== Comic Books ==
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* ''[[Doctor Phil]]'', anyone?
* Used in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', see the page quote.
* Used verbatim in ''[[Flash Forward 2009FlashForward|Flashforward]]'', regarding Mark Benford's [[What an Idiot!|actions]] in the last episode.
* Used in an episode of [[Everybody Hates Chris]], in which Julius is laid off and has to take care of the house, cooking, and cleaning while Rochelle tries to find a job. After being insulted by Rochelle for most of the episode, Julius makes the mistake of saying that taking care of the house, which Rochelle usually does, isn't that hard. Cue Rochelle, who is known for cursing people out, launching a positively ''horrifying'' hour-long tirade that had Julius cowering in the corner, ending with Rochelle yelling "HAVE YOU ''LOST'' YOUR MIND!??!"
* Used in ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]'' when a [[Too Dumb to Live|minor member of a]] [[Cannibal Tribe|gentleman's club]] of... [[MacGuffin|purveyors of Special Stuff]] (which makes even [[I'm a Humanitarian|human flesh]] seem upstanding and moral) run by [[The Butcher|Hilary Briss]] decides to bring his wife to a secret meeting:
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== Webcomics ==
 
* [http://explosm.net/comics/1582/ This] ''[[Cyanide and& Happiness]]'' comic.
* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003978 Sollux: Fling stars specibus-ward.]
 
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* "What were they ''thinking''!?" is one of [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s many [[Catch Phrase|catchphrases]], used for an asinine flaw with a bad game.
* Mike Mozart of [[Jeepers Media]] uses this catchphrase when he comes across a toy with a... [[Freud Was Right|suggestive]] design flaw.
* There is actually an entire blog dedicated to asking this question about old comics. It's even titled [https://web.archive.org/web/20131013144311/http://luchins.com/wwtt/ What Were They Thinking?]
* Some editors in [[This Wiki]] tend to use this at times as a reaction... and [[Pothole]] it to this very page.
* During [[The Cinema Snob]]'s crossover with [[Phelous]]:<ref>Neither has brought anything to review, so Brad is looking at a clothes iron held by Phelan</ref>:
{{quote|'''Phelous:''' Um...clothes...wrinkly...
'''Cinema Snob:''' Doesn't look to terribly b-
''He reaches out and touches the plugged in iron''
'''Cinema Snob:''' OW! [[Atomic F-Bomb|FFFUCK!]]<br />
'''Phelous:''' ...did you think would happen? }}
 
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'''Homer:''' You've said that so often the words have lost all meaning. }}
** Apu gets an even more spectacular one:
{{quote|'''Skinner:''' Now I... I finally have time to do what I've always wanted: write the great American novel. Mine is about [[Jurassic Park|a futuristic amusement park where dinosaurs are brought to life through advanced cloning techniques.]] I call it "[[A Boy and His X|Billy and the Cloneasaurus]]."<br />
'''Apu:''' Oh, you have got to be kidding sir. First you think of an idea that has already been done. Then you give it [[Fail O'Suckyname|a title that nobody could possibly like]]. Didn't you think this through... (timeskip fade) ... it was on the bestseller list for eighteen months! Every magazine cover had... (timeskip fade) ... one of the most popular movies of all time, sir! ''What were you thinking?'' (pause) I mean, thank you, come again. }}
* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', "Mac Daddy": Bloo says this about Mac having apparently conjured up "Cheese". Mac's response: "Exactly, I wasn't thinking."
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