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And sometimes, it's just [[Too Much Information]].
Other stock phrases include "I don't want to know, but at the same time, I ''really'' want to know...", "That means you do ''not'' want to know, trust me.", and "[[Don't Ask
If said by [[Mentors|a mentor]], it is likely to be an [[Awful Truth]]. If they experience enough such events, leads to a character who has [[Seen It All]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[One Piece]]''. the closest the Straw Hats came to learning what Gol D. Roger's eponymous treasure was or where it is came during the Sabaody Archipelago Arc when Usopp tried to ask Silvers Rayleigh about it. Luffy angrily interrupted, indicating that he ''did not'' under ''any'' circumstances want to simply be told about it, stating that such knowledge would defeat their purpose. It seems likely that someone will ''eventually'' find out what One Piece is, but it won't be that easy.
== Comic Books ==
* Duncan, the protagonist of ''[[Fire Breather]]'', is [[Improbable Species Compatibility| the son of a human woman and the king of the Kaiju]]. Yep. [[How Is That Even Possible?]] Duncan doesn't know, Duncan does not ''want'' to know.
== Fan Works ==
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{{quote|"I could say twelve words, and when I was done, the least you'd do is turn away and leave me alone forever."
He could tell that she was speaking the truth, and the fact that she had the power to do this, to send him away, dismayed him. "Then don't say them." }}
{{quote|'''Myn Donos''': "I want to make you smile with something [[Deadpan Snarker|other than a wisecrack]]. I want to know who you really are."
Her laugh, sudden and hard, startled him. "Oh, no, you don't." }}
{{quote|'''Wedge''': "Any of you understand that? Her mood swing?"
'''Tycho''': "I think I'd shoot myself before getting involved in this conversation."
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* ''The Outcast of [[Redwall]]'' features a hare nicknamed Jodd. His [[Overly Long Name|full name]] results in this trope, and in the end we only hear ''part'' of it. {{spoiler|According to the official website's "Ask Brian" feature, it's ""Wilthurio Longbarrow Sackfirth Toxophola Fedlric Fritillary Wilfrand Hurdleframe Longarrow Leawelt Pugnacio Cinnabar Hillwether Jodrellio".}}
* ''The Golden Globe'' by [[John Varley]] averts [[Forbidden Fruit]] in this regard: to show that you don't want to know how Charonians have sex, you're given a description of their coming-of-age ceremony. For context, Charonians [[Good Thing You Can Heal|regenerate quickly]] and worship pain, and the ceremony itself is either [[Narm]] or [[Nausea Fuel]].
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Used in ''[[
** In ''[[
{{quote|'''Anghammarad''': "Neither Deluge Nor Ice Storm Nor The Black Silence Of The Netherhells Shall Stay These Messengers About Their Sacred Business. Do Not Ask Us About Sabre-Tooth Tigers, Tar Pits, Big Green Things With Teeth Or The Goddess Czol." [...]
'''Moist''': "The goddess Czol?"
'''Anghammarad''': "Do Not Ask." }}
* Subverted and inverted early on in [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]], when Arthur takes the precaution of asking Ford, "if I were to ask you where the hell we were, would I regret it?" Ford cuts to the chase and tells him where they are. Arthur was probably happier when he didn't know.
* Used in a decidedly non-comedic fashion in ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'', when [[Shell Shocked Senior]] Camaris refuses to tell the protagonists about his mysterious past that led to a [[Heroic BSOD]], on the grounds that it's too shameful. He does confess it twice, once to a priest and once to [[The Wise Prince|Prince Josua]], and both emerge from the experience wishing they hadn't been told. At the end, it's revealed that he's {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|Josua's father]]}}, and lived his life afterwards in misery over his weakness and the subsequent [[Death by Childbirth]] of the woman in question.
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* In ''[[Saints Row the Third]]'', the player character asks Shaundi what a "Feel Boss" is. She simply responds with: "You DON'T wanna know."
* In ''[[Fallen London]]'', you ''seriously'' don't want to be Seeking Mr. Eaton's Name, or for that matter, you don't want to know ''anything'' about him. Period. Take the eponymous quest and the game will frequently tell you it's a bad idea that will doom your character, up to the part where it's not possible to turn back.
== Web Animation ==
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'''El Disgusto''': Don't! Just don't.
}}
* From ''[[SCP Foundation]]''; you seriously don't want to know how [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1903 SCP-1903] was turned into a monsterous version of a [[Playboy Bunny]], because as even she will warn you, finding out how it happened will turn you into a creature like her. Unfortunately, [[Curiosity Killed the Cast| a lot of Researchers just won't listen...]]
== Webcomics ==
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* ''[[Nodwick]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20100814074224/http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2006-10-18 theology] has this effect:
{{quote|'''Artax''': The ''more'' i learn about gods, the ''less'' i want to know.}}
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' has [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0170.html this]:
{{quote|'''Roy''': Part of me wants to know a story behind that, while the other, smarter part of me knows it's better off in ignorance.}}
* [[Faux Pas]]
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* ''[[Vexxarr]]'', on [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=051013 subject] of the protagonist personally starting a war:
{{quote|'''Scavenger Captainbot''': There is now literally no question I could imagine asking you that I am not in mortal terror of finding the answer to.}}
* ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'' with [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/01/26/episode-1214-the-shark-of-the-sea/ one of
{{quote|'''Black Mage''': ''Don't'' ask him. He'll ''tell'' us.}}
== Western Animation ==
* Seen in ''[[Futurama]]'', "The Sting".
{{quote|'''Farnsworth''': This is no ordinary honey. It's produced by vicious space bees. A single sting of their hideous neuro-toxin can cause instant death!▼
▲'''Farnsworth''': This is no ordinary honey. It's produced by vicious space bees. A single sting of their hideous neuro-toxin can cause instant death!
'''Hermes''' (happily): And that's if you're not allergic! You don't wanna know what happens then. Oh no, no. God no!
'''Farnsworth''': Your insides will boil out of your eye sockets like a science fair volcano!
'''Hermes''' (sobbing): I didn't want to know!}}
▲** And you really don't want to know whose behind {{spoiler|Slurm}} comes out of. Same episode, the same is said of where toothpaste comes from.
* In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' when {{spoiler|Starscream finds out that [[Me's a Crowd|each of his clones represent a different part of his personality]] and he asks which part an ''[[Opposite Gender Clone]]'' represents}}, her response is "Don't ask!"
** Funnily enough, [[Word of God]] [[Shrug of God|states]] [http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html pretty much the same thing]. The smell of [[Unfortunate Implications]] is really strong here.
** In an earlier episode, [[Ninja|Prowl]], [[Kid Appeal Character|Bumblebee]] and [[Tagalong Kid|Sari]] go on a camping trip, and the latter two bring all manner of gadgets. Prowl, unimpressed, asks Bee where he found room for all of it in his vehicle mode. "[[Shy Finger-Twiddling|I'd...rather not say]]".
* In an episode of ''[[Justice League]]'', having just captured
** Also, in the [[Forced Prize Fight]] episode "Grudge Match", Hawkgirl's reaction after being snapped out of mind control
{{quote|"I don't think I want to know."
"We're all in a cage match fighting to the death."
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* In ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', the episode 'Knock, Knock' has Egon look into the room that holds the door to Doomsday. When asks what he sees, he replies 'you don't want to know' in his usual calm, dull tone of voice.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'', in a scene involving a "gravy ghost" spelling words in the high-school cafeteria gravy;
{{quote|'''Wade:''' I don't know what to tell you Kim. After watching the cafeteria security tape, I can't explain what happened either.▼
▲'''Wade:''' I don't know what to tell you Kim. After watching the cafeteria security tape, I can't explain what happened either.
'''Kim:''' Did you analyze the gravy sample?
'''Wade:''' Yup.
'''Monique:''' And?
'''Wade:''' You don't want to know. ''([[Beat]]'') Not till after graduation. ''([[Beat]]'') From college.
'''Monique:''' I say we trust him on the gravy.}}
▲** Another example, when "Miss Go" (Shego [[Mirror Morality Machine|temporarily turned good]]) arrives to teach one of Kim's classes:
{{quote|
'''Mr. Barkin:''' And don't let them tell you that they're supposed to have class outside! We put a stop to that after the jellyfish episode.
'''Miss Go:''' Oh, that's so sweet! You took the class to the beach!
'''Mr. Barkin:''' No beach. Just jellyfish... ''[shudders]'' Don't ask.}}
* In the ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]] Berryfest Princess Movie'', Blueberry Muffin walks in on Strawberry Shortcake [[It Makes Sense in Context|doing a bunnyhop and sorting mixed nuts]] with Plum Pudding at Orange Blossom's general store and comments, "Do I wanna know?" A little while later, after reading a map has been added to Strawberry's tasks, Orange returns, also commenting, "Do I wanna know?" "That's what I said," Blueberry tells her.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', it turns out that the [[Kaiju|three story tall]] [[Everything's Worse with Bears|celestial bear]] that attacked Ponyville was an Ursa Minor—a baby. When asked what an Ursa Major is like, Twilight gives this response.
** Also Rainbow Dash says it after Twilight wonders what Dash meant by "At least I haven't been replaced by turnips"
*
** In the episode "I Love Lisa," Ralph Wiggum has tickets to Krusty's anniversary show, and he invites Lisa. Bart really wants to go, and he suggests disguising himself as Lisa.
{{quote|
'''Lisa:''' But what if he wants to hold hands?
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'''Bart:''' I'm prepared to make that sacrifice.
'''Lisa:''' What if he wants to-
'''Bart:''' You don't want to know how far I'll go.}}
▲** A ''Simpsons'' TV Episode guide also used this phrase on the subject of how Kang and Kodos could tell each other's genders.
:* Overlapping with [[Too Much Information]] in "A Fish Called Selma":
▲** Another episode had Bart rubbing his ear industriously and acting sick so that when Marge took his temperature (through his ear) it would come out to 103 F and he could stay home. She says the only way to be sure was to use the rectal thermometer. It still came out to 103. When Lisa asked, Bart says she doesn't want to know.
{{quote|'''Legs:''' I thought you said Troy McClure was dead?
* In the ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' episode "The Origin of The Sorceress", Teela-na, the future Sorceress, gets this line from a young town who had been watching the villain of the day and a alien race argue over things.▼
'''Fat Tony:''' No, what I said was he ''sleeps with the fishes''. You see...
'''Legs:''' Uh, [[Brain Bleach|Tony, please, no]]. I just [[Lost My Appetite| ate a whole plate of dingamagoo]]...}}
* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''
▲** In the
** The 2002 version does this twice, both times with Buzz-Off:
*** During season one, where Man-At-Arms is swallowed by Merman's giant shark-monster. (For the second time.) He-Man tries to rescue him by diving down the beast's throat, leading to this exchange:
{{quote|'''Ram-Man:''' Okay! So they're in! So, uh... How are they gettin' out?
'''Buzz-Off:'''' I don't even wanna know...}}
::* The second time was in season 2, after he and Stratos found that Webstor had gorged himself on ambrosia, turning himself into a monstrous, demonic spider. It got even worse when they found his lair and the captive Adreenans [[All Webbed Up]]... And eggshells lying on the ground, indicating that the villain had spawned a brood of young. (Webstor had been assumed to be male up to now.) When Stratos asked how this was possible, Buzz-Off again said, "I don't even wanna know."
* In an episode of the ongoing ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' series, the water of the Spring of Canathus turns Hercules, Icarus, Pegasus, Adonis, and Hades' minion Pain into infants, which results in Cassandra and Hades other minion Panic becoming [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]s for the rest of the episode. When the curse is finally undone, Hades shows up, and at first, he asks why everyone is wearing diapers, but then he changes his mind and says he doesn't ''want'' to know, and leaves with his two servants. However, Hercules and his friends ''do'' want to know what happened, and after Cassandra tells them, they all beg and plead with her not to tell anyone.
* In an episode of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* In the [[Tex Avery MGM Cartoon| Droopy cartoon]] "The Three Little Pups", Droopy is watching television with his two brothers in one scene; Wolfie tries to suck them up with a giant straw, only to grab the television instead (and end up with it lodged in his stomach). Two scenes later, Droopy and his brothers are watching television again, and Droopy [[Breaking the Fourth Wall| looks at the camera and says]], "Now don't ask us how we got the television set back..."
* In one [[Crossover]] episode of ''[[Static Shock]]'', a time-share Batman take-off villain accidentally sends Static into a future time, where he meets both Terry McGinnis (aka [[Batman Beyond]]) and the aged Bruce Wayne, along with his future self. At the end of the episode, he returns to his own time and is about to reveal to Batman what ''his'' future is like, but Batman interrupts him, saying that he'd "rather not know".
* Regarding [[Cute Is Evil| Niffty]]'s backstory in ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' (which unlike every other character, has not been touched upon even once), Husk advises against asking, claiming, "You don't wanna ''know'' what ''her'' deal is."
== Real Life ==
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