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The inevitable question asked when another character's rash plan or reckless behavior results in disaster or near-disaster. Asked upon discovery of the mayhem caused by said recklessness, or after picking up the pieces, and is usually asked by their superior, a concerned parent, or simply a friend or ally.
Popular answers include "[[Idiot Ball|I wasn't]]!", "I don't know!", "[[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time]]!", and "[[I Did What I Had to Do]]." If someone answers "[[For Science!]]!" it's a good bet that he's a lost cause.
Can follow a [[My God, What Have I Done?]] for a [[Kick the Dog]] moment. A [[Deal With the Devil]] is almost always followed by this, [[Viewer Stock Phrases|if only from the audience]]. Not to be confused with [[What the Hell, Hero?]], which has less to do with recklessness and more to do with [[Kick the Dog|kicking]] or [[Shoot the Dog|shooting the dog]], though it can overlap.
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Compare [[What an Idiot!]] and [[What the Hell, Hero?]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Saiyuki]]'''s "Kami-sama" arc, Sanzo attempts to break a barrier that he thought was created by will power by shooting at it, on the "rationale" that the bullets are infused with ''his'' will power, and thus the two will cancel out...yeah, no. Instead, the bullets ricochet back and everyone dives for cover, with Hakkai yelling, "What are you DOING, Sanzo??"
* These exact words are used in ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' 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.
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{{quote| '''Gloria''': "Mumble, what could you possibly be thinking?"<br />
'''Mumble''': "I...I don't know what else to do!" }}
* In the feature film adaptation of Shane Acker's ''[[
* In ''[[Oh God|Oh God! You Devil]]'', when Bobby literally finds God near the end of the film, the Almighty agrees to help him out of the predicament he's in, but not without giving Bobby a (for God) gentle rebuke.
{{quote| '''God:''' "You made a [[Deal With the Devil|deal with the Devil]]. How dumb could you be?"}}
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* ''[[Doctor Phil]]'', anyone?
* Used in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', see the page quote.
* Used verbatim in ''[[Flash Forward 2009|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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'''Briss''' Right, Eunice! An unexpected pleasure! Sam, would you like to get Eunice a drink?... Maurice,…do you have a moment?<br />
Briss leads him to one side<br />
'''Briss''' Are you out of your [[Precision F
* Pops up in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' on occasion, such as Joel to Crow for letting [[Evil Twin|Timmy]] on board, or (much later) Crow to Mike after he's [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|just blown us his third planet]].
* Jay Leno famously asked Hugh Grant after the latter's [[No Such Thing As Bad Publicity|sex scandal]]: "What the ''hell'' were you thinking?"
** [[Denis Leary]] said the same thing about Marv Albert's scandal in his stand-up special, ''Lock and Load.''
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* [[Kane (Wrestling)|Kane]] buried [[The Undertaker]]...[[Death Is Cheap|again]]. He decided to hold a funeral in respect of him...and then [[Alberto Del Rio]] interrupted. Now, given that Alberto has only been on Smackdown for a few months, and Kane is a veteran who ''just took out [[The Undertaker]]'', and that Alberto interrupted his "funeral" just to challenge Kane, the audience, Kane, and pretty much anyone else who may have been watching all exclaimed...
{{quote| --"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?"}}
** ...the funny thing is, Alberto then proceeded to [[Oh Crap|slap Undertaker's urn]] from [[Paul Bearer]]'s hand, dodge Kane's punch and ''[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|kick him across the face.]]''
* Some fans exclaim this when a promotion has a good angle or rivalry going and then proceeds to screw it up somewhere along the line. WWE tends to get this ''a lot''. For example, dropping the US Title rematch of [[Daniel Bryan]] vs [[Sheamus]] from Wrestlemania 27, considering that they're two of WWE's most consistent workers and could have put on an awesome match.
== Music ==
* Folk singer Christine Lavin's song "What Was I Thinking", originally written in the late 1990s, features such examples as a poor choice of formal dress, hair style, and [[Ripped
== Newspaper Comics ==
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'''Cinema Snob:''' Doesn't look to terribly b-<br />
''He reaches out and touches the plugged in iron''<br />
'''Cinema Snob:''' OW! [[Atomic F
'''Phelous:''' ...did you think would happen? }}
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[[TV Tropes Ruined Your Life|You Let TV Tropes Ruin Your Life]]? '''''[[Self
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