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Dated humor trope. Simply put, a rather innocent member of a usually monstrous species walks into the room. Everyone screams, points, and shouts "Monster!" Said character, not realizing that they ''are'' the monster, goes "Where?! Where?!" while looking around for it.

Related to [[Answers to The Name of God]], [[Tomato in ~~The~~ Mirror]], and [[Duck]].

Related to [[Answers to The Name of God]], [[Tomato in the Mirror]], and [[Duck]].

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* In ''[[An American Tail]]'' and its sequels, Tiger, the cat who doesn't eat red meat, often was surprised by mice's reaction to him. "Cat!" "Where!?....oh, right."

* Long before Roberto Benigni acted his way to an Oscar in ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]'', he was an unwitting rape suspect in ''Le Monstre'', and one scene featured him doing the [[Where Where]] as people were trying to run away from the rapist.

* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove ~~(Disney)~~|The Emperors New Groove]]'': Pacha, upon hearing the transformed Kuzco talk, screams "Demon llama!" Kuzco then goes, "Demon llama?!", turns to a real llama and screams. [[Reactive Continuous Scream|The real llama then screams back.]]

* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'': Pacha, upon hearing the transformed Kuzco talk, screams "Demon llama!" Kuzco then goes, "Demon llama?!", turns to a real llama and screams. [[Reactive Continuous Scream|The real llama then screams back.]]

* Played with from time to time in ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' shorts; whenever someone would refer to the three as 'gentlemen' all three of them would turn around and say "Who came in?"

== Literature ==

* The ''[[~~Sesame Street (TV)|~~Sesame Street]]'' book ''[[The Monster ~~At the End of This Book (Literature)|The Monster At~~ the End of This Book]]'' has this as its basic premise.

* The ''[[Sesame Street]]'' book ''[[The Monster at the End of This Book]]'' has this as its basic premise.

* Done even less humorously by ''[[HP Lovecraft|The Outsider]]'', as part of the [[Tomato in ~~The~~ Mirror]].

* Done even less humorously by ''[[H.P. Lovecraft|The Outsider]]'', as part of the [[Tomato in the Mirror]].

* It's said that the wizards of the ''[[Discworld]]'' series would do this if someone were to mention an orangutan in the library; they'd ask the Librarian (an orangutan) if he'd seen it.

* The main character of [[Never Never]], after walking into a restaurant and freaking out the patrons....starts sniffing his underarms, as if trying to figure out the problem. The tension eases considerably.

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{{quote| '''Des O'Connor:''' Gentlemen...<br />

'''Eric:''' Where? }}

* Sort of: in an episode of ''[[~~Alf~~]]'', Jake complains about Lynn's driving:

* Sort of: in an episode of ''[[ALF]]'', Jake complains about Lynn's driving:

{{quote| "'Jake:'" Eyes on the road! Eyes on the road!<br />

"'Alf'" *pops up from back seat* Where?! Where?! }}

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{{quote| '''Samurai Jack''': Talking Demon Dogs!<br />

'''Rothchild''': Good heavens where!? }}

* [[The Emperor's New Groove ~~(Disney)~~|The Emperors New Groove]]: Demon Llama! Where?

* [[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]: Demon Llama! Where?

* The classic ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 ~~(Animation)~~|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' episode "Cowabunga Shredhead" has Shredder, thinking he's Michelangelo, walk into the Turtles' lair, resulting in this exchange:

* The classic ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' episode "Cowabunga Shredhead" has Shredder, thinking he's Michelangelo, walk into the Turtles' lair, resulting in this exchange:

{{quote| '''Leonardo:''' It's Shredder!<br />

'''Shredder:''' Where!? Where!? }}