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== [[Film]] (Animated) ==

* ''[[Rugrats|Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'':

{{quote| '''Lil De Ville''': You want the button, Phillip? You can't handle the button!}}

{{quote|'''Lil De Ville''': You want the button, Phillip? You can't handle the button!}}

== [[Film]] (Live Action) ==

* ''[[The Big Hit]]'':

{{quote| '''Melvin''': The truth?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Melvin''': The truth?

'''Cisco''': Yeah, I want the truth.~~ ~~

'''Cisco''': Yeah, I want the truth.

'''Crunch''': You can't handle the truth! }}

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'':

{{quote| '''Dick Solomon''': You want the truth? You want the truth!? Well, I can't handle the truth!}}

{{quote|'''Dick Solomon''': You want the truth? You want the truth!? Well, I can't handle the truth!}}

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Smith and Jones":

{{quote| '''Francine Jones''': ''(yelling at Annalise as she storms out of the pub)'' You can't handle Quizmania!}}

{{quote|'''Francine Jones''': ''(yelling at Annalise as she storms out of the pub)'' You can't handle Quizmania!}}

* ''[[Psych]]'' episode "Dis-Lodged":

{{quote| '''Shawn Spencer''': I want the truth. What really happened to my cat Chairman Meow?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Shawn Spencer''': I want the truth. What really happened to my cat Chairman Meow?

'''Henry Spencer''': You want answers?~~ ~~

'''Henry Spencer''': You want answers?

'''Shawn Spencer''': I want the truth!~~ ~~

'''Shawn Spencer''': I want the truth!

'''Henry Spencer''': You can't handle the truth! }}

** The recent episode "You Can't Handle This Episode" may qualify.

* ''[[The Colbert Report]]'':

{{quote| '''[[Stephen Colbert]]''': You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! But I've got oven mitts.}}

{{quote|'''[[Stephen Colbert]]''': You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! But I've got oven mitts.}}

* The [[MTV]] Movie Awards one year had a sketch with the cast of [[The Brady Bunch]] in a Brady-themed version of the scene (with Florence Henderson-as-[[Jack Nicholson]]-as-Carol Brady on the stand)

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. In the ''[[Red Zone Cuba]]'' episode, at one point a general is shown perusing a paper and then setting it down. This prompted Mike to chime in: "''I'' can't handle the truth!"

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* Parodied in one of the ads for ''[[Wrestlemania|WrestleMania 21]]'' with [[John Cena]] and [[JBL]] as Kaffee and Jessep, respectively.

* Imitated in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' when Ted found out that Lily had sabotaged six of his relationships. Interestingly, the scene uses several other lines from Jessup's [[Motive Rant]] but not "You can't handle the truth!"

{{quote| '''Ted''': "Did you break up me and Robin?"~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Ted''': "Did you break up me and Robin?"

'''Lily''': "''You're damn right I did!''" }}

* ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]'':

{{quote| '''Martha Stewart''': You want answers?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Martha Stewart''': You want answers?

'''Judge''': I think I'm entitled to them.~~ ~~

'''Judge''': I think I'm entitled to them.

'''Martha Stewart''': You want answers?!~~ ~~

'''Martha Stewart''': You want answers?!

'''Judge''': I want the truth!~~ ~~

'''Judge''': I want the truth!

'''Martha Stewart''': You can't ''handle'' the truth! Because deep down in places you don't talk about, before the dinner party begins, you use words like centrepiece, garnish, decanting. I use these words as the backbone of a life spent turning me into a billionaire! }}

* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'':

{{quote| '''Liz Lemon''': You want the truth?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Liz Lemon''': You want the truth?

'''Kenneth''': I can't handle the truth. }}

* ''Farscape,'' in episode "Thanks for Sharing," while being questioned, Crichton responds to "I want the truth" with "You can't handle..." but doesn't finish.

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Guild Wars]]'':

{{quote| '''Zinn''': You imbeciles are [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|deficient in the cognitive faculties requisite to fully comprehend the truth]]!}}

{{quote|'''Zinn''': You imbeciles are [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|deficient in the cognitive faculties requisite to fully comprehend the truth]]!}}

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* Ethan from ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'' tells Zeke "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!". Zeke immediately replies "This conversation is over until you decide to stop imitating Jack Nicholson on me."

* ''[[Darths and Droids]]'':

{{quote| '''Poggle the Lesser''': Does that conclude your statement?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Poggle the Lesser''': Does that conclude your statement?

'''Padmé''': You want my statement? ''You can't handle my statement!'' }}

* Parodied in ''[[Freefall]]'':

{{quote| '''Florence''': Do you want the truth? [about a hurricane about to destroy the building she's in]~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Florence''': Do you want the truth? [about a hurricane about to destroy the building she's in]

'''[[Kicked Upstairs|Mr. Kornada]]''': I CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! }}

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Return to Wannaweep"

{{quote| '''Ron Stoppable''': You want proof? ''You can't handle the proof!''}}

{{quote|'''Ron Stoppable''': You want proof? ''You can't handle the proof!''}}

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'':

** Episode "Secrets of a Successful Marriage"

{{quote| '''Homer''': Look Marge, you don't know what it's like -- I'm the one out there every day putting his ass on the line. And I'm not out of order! You're out of order! The whole freaking system is out of order! You want the truth? You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! [[Patton|'Cause when you reach over and put your hand into a pile of goo that was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do]]! Forget it Marge, it's [[Chinatown]]!!!}}

{{quote|'''Homer''': Look Marge, you don't know what it's like -- I'm the one out there every day putting his ass on the line. And I'm not out of order! You're out of order! The whole freaking system is out of order! You want the truth? You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! [[Patton|'Cause when you reach over and put your hand into a pile of goo that was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do]]! Forget it Marge, it's [[Chinatown]]!!!}}

** From the episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts":

{{quote| '''Sideshow Bob''': You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! No, truth-handler, you! I deride your truth-handling abilities!}}

{{quote|'''Sideshow Bob''': You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! No, truth-handler, you! I deride your truth-handling abilities!}}

** From the episode "Mommie Beerest":

* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|Kronk's New Groove]]'':

{{quote| '''Waitress''': You just gotta tell him the truth.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Waitress''': You just gotta tell him the truth.

'''Kronk''': I can't ''handle'' the truth! }}

* There was that one episode of ''[[The Critic]]'', concerning a remake of ''A Few Good Men'', starring Jack Nicholson, Christian Slater, and William Devane. One shared voice, naturally. [[Don't Explain the Joke|That's the joke]].

* ''[[Re Boot]]'' had an episode where the main characters were in a game that required beating the user to a tooth (the goal of the game). The user breaks in at the 11th hour to announce that he he wants the tooth. One of the temporary characters responds with [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"You can't handle the tooth!"]]

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Avatar]] Deleted Scenes 3 ([[YouTube]] video):

{{quote| '''Katara''': Tell me the truth, how's my hair? ~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Katara''': Tell me the truth, how's my hair?

'''Aang''': You can't handle the truth! }}