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Alice really wants a date/permission to go to a concert/something else from Bob, but is convinced that he won't agree, and has prepared for this. She asks, then gets her response in without really listening to what Bob has to say. After all, he obviously said no, didn't he... wait a minute, did Bob just ''agree''? Alice has to do a sort of verbal [[Double Take]], before responding to what Bob actually said.
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== Anime
* In chapter twelve of the ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* This exchange between Laurie and Jon in ''[[Watchmen (
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'''Jon:''' I don't think your life's meaningless.
'''Laurie:''' Oh no, well, obviously that's what you're going to say because anything I'm stupid enough to believe is true, you just disagree with it and... uh... you don't? }}
== Comic Strips ==
* In ''[[
== Fan Works ==
* In [[
* In [[
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* In ''[[Tommy Boy]]'', Tommy does an unbelievable sell... then the guy he's selling to says he'll buy from Tommy, and Tommy starts to act like he says no, then both he and business partner Richard do a [[Double Take]] and yell "What?"
* In ''[[Quiz Show (
* A variant in ''[[Iron Man (
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== Literature ==
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (
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"Hagrid, I-"
"Yeh've got the wrong boy, sir, I know Harry never-"
"Hagrid! I do ''not'' think Harry attacked those people."
"Oh. Right. I'll wait outside then, Headmaster." }}
* A non-comedic version of this is what basically sets the plot of ''[[
* In Aldous Huxley's ''Island,'' the protagonist, a world-weary journalist, refers to himself as "the man who won't take yes for an answer." Not an example of this trope, since he's joking about his
* In [[Diana Wynne Jones]]'s ''[[House of Many Ways]]'', Charmain Baker initially writes to the royal library volunteering as an assistant to sort out its contents. She never expect the library to accept her, and repeatedly tell herself that what she is doing is a ridiculous idea and will not work. They accepted. Cue mental panic as she rushes to ask Peter — a boy residing with her — what day it is, and speed walks out the house the next day.
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'' exchange between Kramer and Elaine on the episode titled "The Millenneum":
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'''Elaine:''' ''(neutral)'' Okay.
'''Kramer:''' ''(frantic)'' No! No! No! You gotta spend New Year's 1999 with me and Jerry!
'''Elaine:''' ''(neutral)'' Fine.
'''Kramer:''' ''(frustrated shout)'' Oh COME ON!! }}
* ''[[Full House]]'' when D.J. is petitioning for her own room.
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'''D.J.:''' Dad, that's so unfair!
'''Danny:''' You haven't even heard what it is yet.
'''D.J.:''' Sorry, just a habit. }}
* Variation: An episode of ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'' has Greg running for office. Dharma readily agrees, but he seems reluctant, after a while, Dharma says "Wait... you had a big convince Dharma speech planned didn't you?"
* Played a good deal more seriously in a later episode of ''[[Frasier]]''. Niles has a minor tooth ache which he mentions in jest has a ''very'' small chance of being caused by a severe heart condition. When a series of increasingly improbable occurrences keep happening around him, he becomes paranoid that he may in fact have a problem, though this fear is initially played for laughs. When he goes to get a check up, he seems afraid right up until the doctor gives him his results, when he immediately seems to relax and mention how relieved he is... {{spoiler|until he realises that the doctor has just told him that he ''does'' have a heart condition, and will require serious surgery}}.
* In ''[[The West Wing]]'', [[Blonde Republican Sex Kitten]] Ainsley Hayes has been invited to the White House to meet with Chief of Staff Leo McGarry. Expecting she's going to be chewed out for having beaten Sam on a talking-heads TV show, she begins defending herself, not stopping to notice that Leo has just offered Ainsley a job. When she does figure that out ([[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] with Leo's "here it comes..."), she starts objecting to the offer. Despite wanting it pretty much more than anything else in life:
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'''Ainsley:''' Oh, only since I was two. It has to be ''this'' White House? }}
* Used in the first episode of ''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'', newly elected Jim Hacker speaking with his Chief of Defense:
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'''Chief:''' Good idea.
'''Hacker:''' Now, hold on! It's no good trying to talk me out of it, because once I've made up my mind, I... what did you say? }}
* In a ''[[News Radio]]'' episode, Matthew asks Dave if he's being fired, and after Dave says no, Matthew doesn't hear it that way. As he begins to leave, he realizes his mistake and asks, "Were you just going to let me leave?" Dave nods mischievously, having fully expected him to not listen (he is the Spaz, after all).
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
** In the episode "The Broca Divide", Daniel is trying to argue to General Hammond that they should spend more time on their latest contacted planet, even though there's nothing to be gained militarily. Having clearly lost several rounds of this argument already, he's so determined to make his case that it takes him a minute to realize that this time the General is saying yes.
** This happens to Daniel a few times when he underestimates the General's [[Genre Savvy]]-ness. In another episode, he's ready to go in with rhetorical guns ablazin' to convince Hammond to act on a tip he got from a [[Prophetic Dreams]], when the General agrees instantly on the basis that that's hardly the weirdest thing he's heard while in command of the SGC.
* The trope was said verbatim in an early episode of ''[[Saved
* One episode of ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' features Odo telling Quark that he has no choice but to do something. Quark protests "That's not fair." Odo points out that he hasn't said what it is yet, and then makes Quark a temporary deputy. Quark again starts to say "That's not fair!" but only gets halfway through before reacting.
* ''[[
** One episode has Radar reacting this way when he asks a new nurse to go out with him, and she agrees to.
** An earlier episode has half the camp coming down with the flu, including Colonel Blake and Major Burns. At one point Major Houlihan tells Hawkeye that, as ranking officer among the well, she should be in charge rather than him. Hawkeye agrees, but she keeps stating her case, leading him to invoke the trope name.
* In the final moments of ''[[Popular]]'', we see Brooke storming out of a restaurant with Sam, saying "This isn't what I wanted", concerning an unseen-by-viewers decision by Harrison over who he's going to take to the prom. This prompted viewers to assume that he had picked Sam. Even the [[Television Without Pity]] [http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/popular/promblems.php?page=12 recap]{{Dead link}} said as much, although it also said that others argue that it could have been the other way. Ryan Murphy [[Word of God|later revealed]] that this was (would have been?) the case.
* In the second season finale of ''[[
* Variation: In an episode of ''[[Studio 60
* ''[[Fringe]]'': Broyles calls Olivia on this at one point:
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== Puppet Shows ==
* Emily Crachit (Miss Piggy) does this to Scrooge (Michael Caine) when he's talking to Bob (Kermit the Frog) in ''[[A Muppet Christmas Carol]]''.
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'''Emily:''' And therefore, I'm gonna raise you RIGHT off the pavement and... what? }}
== Video Games ==
* ''[[
* Given that Shion blew off Allen's requests for a date in the first two chapters of ''[[
== Visual Novels ==
* It's a bit different from most examples, but happens once in ''[[
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* In [[Katawa Shoujo]], Misha and Shizune often try to get Hisao to do work for them on the Student Council in the routes besides Shizune's, in which Hisao joins as a member. In Lilly's route, the following exchange happens.
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'''Hisao''': Sure, I can help.
'''Misha''': But Hicchan, we're really nee- What?
"I think I broke Misha." }}
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[
** Our heroes are [[
** Also happens in the prequel book ''On the Origin of PCs'', when Roy is trying to hire party members [[You All Meet in An Inn|in a tavern]]. After receiving a "No" from at least thirty adventurers, comes Haley Starshine. Roy begins thanking her for listening and saying he understands, before realizing she actually said "Yeah, OK."
* From ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'', [http://project-apollo.net/mos/mos145.html the scene where] [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Haas is explaining his plan to conquer the solar system with robots and institute a technocratic rule. This conversation is particularly apt because Dr. Juruna is ''trying'' to have a romantic dinner with Dr. Haas.
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'''Dr. Juruna:''' That sounds wonderful, Virgil.
'''Dr. Haas:''' YOU JUST ''THINK'' ITS STUPID BECAUSE ''YOU'' HAVEN'T... did you just say it's a good idea? }}
* From ''Roxxor University'', [http://roxxoru.comicgenesis.com/d/20080707.html here].
* In ''[[Tweep]]'', [http://www.tweep.com/comic/?date=07-30-08 Milton is a spoilsport].
* Happens in ''[[Something
* In ''Absurd Notions'', Biff's telemarketing job [http://www.absurdnotions.org/page13.html makes him prone to this].
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
* A variation happened in one episode of ''[[The Simpsons (
* ''[[
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', when Tucker asks a girl out:
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'''Tucker:''' All right, but I'll have you know, I'm persistent... wait, did you say "okay"? }}
* An episode of ''[[Clerks the Animated Series]]'' has villain Leonardo Leonardo attempting to bribe Dante into keeping quiet about a drunken liaison that occurred between them. He first offers Dante the chance to coach a little league team. Dante is enthusiastic about the idea, but thinking he has rejected the offer, Leonardo begins to offer him a million dollars. He stops short once he realizes that Dante has accepted his first bribe.
* In the ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' episode "The Green Loontern", [[
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'''Dodgers:''' Okay.
'''Sinestro:''' Don't be such a sanctimonious fool! You don't realize the-- did you say "''okay''"? }}
* In ''[[The Fairly
* Used in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* In the episode "Dogs On A Wire" of the 2010 version of ''[[Pound Puppies]]'', [[The Smart Girl|Strudel]] snaps after her pleas to go out on a mission are ignored. Team leader Lucky then gives her the opportunity to accompany a show dog back to the circus, after which she complains ''about being chosen'' for a few seconds before she realizes that's exactly what she wanted.
== Real Life ==
* [[Truth in Television]], as anyone who has ever worked with the general public can attest. You tell a customer that yes, they can have whatever freebie they've asked for, and they'll still spend 20 minutes ranting about how they deserve it before they click that you've said yes. Browsing [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]] will reveal more than a few of these.
** Or when two people are arguing, and ''neither'' of them realizes that the other is actually taking the same side as them. Sometimes pointed out as "I think you two are in violent agreement".
** Another variant happens when a person gets "yes" when asking for a permission but is so afraid of being scolded for it by ''someone else'' that they will keep asking multiple times until the person gets annoyed - possibly to the point of threatening to say "no" if they ask even one more time.
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