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Somewhere between the Big "NO!" and Little "No", is the Blunt "No". This is used to immediately shut down any type of request or argument, no matter how impassioned it is. The effect of this is to make it known that the person on using the Blunt "No" is deadset on ignoring The Hero's impassioned speech, the Villain's Motive Rant, the Dogged Nice Guy's romantic advances, or what have you, making it clear where they stand. They will NOT change their mind. Don't even try.
Whereas the Little "No" is a bit more versatile on what it can cover, the Blunt "No" is usually delivered in a sharp manner, whether it's loud and bold or delivered in a deadpan manner.
A sub-trope of Dramatic Deadpan, though it can be used to comedic effect, sometimes in the HA HA HA—No or No Just No fashion. A form of Shut Up, Hannibal! and Shut Up, Kirk!. It's not always the exact word "No", though that's the most common variant. Another variant, usually delivered deadpan but played for comedy, is of the general format "If I may?" "You may not."
See also Blunt "Yes". Compare HA HA HA—No.
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Were You Raised by Wolves?: One writer for a Questions from the Wilderness segment describes this long scenario where her daughter-in-law visits without a bra on and, though she says she doesn't mind at first, she explains her husband is made very uncomfortable by this. She asks whether there's a polite way to ask someone to put on a bra. Nick and Leah give a Beat and then bluntly respond "No." And that's their entire answer. Compared to the other segments from the other 100+ episodes, where they at least give some explanation for their answers, this is both jarring and telling.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: At the country club, Will sees a beautiful girl who happens to be the daughter of Dr. Mumford. Mumford has the reputation of giving out plenty of Blunt Nos, which earned him the moniker Dr. No, to anyone he's not interested in meeting and declines guys who try to ask out his daughter. Feeling his street-wise personality won't go over with him, Will takes lessons from Carlton on how to act more preppy to impress him.
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Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon": In "Ren Seeks Help", a younger Ren has been sadistically torturing a frog. Just when he's about to dish out the final blow...
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Doom Eternal The Ancient Gods Part II ends with the Doomguy saying this to the supposed God of the universe that is the Final Boss after weakening him in a climactic fight seeing that the God is behind all the demons.
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The Simpsons:
In episode "22 Short Films About Springfield", Skinner pretends the fire in his kitchen is the aurora borealis. Chalmers asks to see it and Skinner replies with a laconic "No".
"Cape Feare":
When the Simpsons go to a movie, Marge tells Sideshow Bob to stay away from Bart, so Bob leaves in a threatening manner. When he didn't like how that sounded, he asks Marge to say "Stay away from my son," only for Marge to respond "no."
Homer and Marge go to a P.I. to help them with Bob:
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Hyrule Warriors: Cia tries to recruit the less-than interested Volga who answers her offer with "No. Leave."
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In Chapter 3 of Asteroid in Love, the Earth Sciences Club brainstorms for activities for the coming year, as well as the title of the proposed newsletter. Throughout the chapter, Mikage frequently cries out "REJECTED!" to Mira's suggestions, for one reason or the other.
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Just Jordan: Jordan stars acting like a thug in order to attract girls and he starts seeing a girl named Tamika. In typical sitcom fashion, he's eventually busted. Tamika tells him that she just likes bad boys, and that Jordan should just be himself. To which Jordan asks if Tamika wants to date and she shuts him down with a "No." But she tells him some other girl would. Even in The Stinger of the episode, when she disavows bad boys, she gives another Blunt No when he asks her out again.
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Evershade: When trying to pick a name for post-Gender Bender:
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Temps de chien: While working as Antoine's secretary, Kim uses a paper cutter and is so impressed by how effective it is that she asks him if she could use it to cut raw vegetables. Antoine sharply replies with "No."
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Dungeon Keeper Ami: From "Getting More Nurses":
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Used several times in Pokémon Strangled Red:
When the narrator tries to open the save file of the previous week player, he's just met with the word "No." Upon playing the game, he discovers why.
Steven gives these to people who try to give him items in consolation for Miki's death.
Lastly, when the narrator selects "M@#$" and selects the "Close" option, he's also met with this.
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genocide: When Ritsuko angrily asks Gendo if he even cares about her betrayal, he just says, "No."
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Hazbin Hotel: For the sake of his own twisted amusement, Alastor decides to 'help' Charlie with her project to rehabilitate demons. When he checks the place out, he asks Angel Dust what he can do, and the other demon replies he can give him a blowjob. Alastor says no.
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Liar! Uncover the Truth: If you get an event question wrong, the asker will typically respond with at least a multi-word sentence. However, getting a certain question from Sotaro wrong just gets a smile and a "No."
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grown•ish: After Zoey gets financially cut off due to cheating on an exam and being placed under academic probation, she gets her car repossessed by her father, Andre. Zoey initiates a Pop-Up Texting conservation, trying to make nice. She's met with "NOPE" with every question, even when she asks if he still loved her. She then texts her mom, Rainbow if she can talk to Andre for her. She's met with another "NOPE", and to a request to stop texting her dad, as it's hard enough for him to put his foot down.
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Intimate: Though it's a show where the default response to get out of uncomfortable situations is Blatant Lies, there are instances where the boys are Not Even Bothering with an Excuse. Leo does it when he's about to get caught cheating, and Oskar reacts this way when approached by his landlord's nerdy son.
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In Turning Red, Ming shuts down Mei's request to go to the 4*Town concert.
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In The Summer You Were There, Shizuku suffers from the guilt of bullying her elementary school classmate Ruri, so five years later, their mutual friend Kaori suggests that she apologize to Ruri. Shizuku tries to apologize to Ruri, but finds that Ruri still suffers from the trauma of the bullying. Shizuku asks if there is anything to do to make it up to Ruri, but Ruri says "No," before adding that she hopes never to see Shizuku again.
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System Shock 2: What the Soldier says to Shodan upon her We Can Rule Together speech.
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The Handmaid's Tale: In Episode 5.11 "Morning" June goes to former fellow Handmaid Emily's home. Sylvia (Emily's wife) tell's June that Emily called to say goodbye and has gone back to Gilead to find Aunt Lydia. It is not likely she will return. June asks if Sylvia will tell June if she hears from Emily. Sylvia's response is this trope.
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Dragon Age: Origins: Unlike every other companion you recruit, Sten will immediately and unconditionally shut down any inquiries into his culture of origin, the Qunari. This is both due to his taciturn personality that cannot stand irrelevant small talk, and reflects his own role in said culture, that of a soldier, not a diplomat or a communicator.
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Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen: The protagonists responding "Hard pass" to other characters' demands becomes a bit of a Running Gag by book five.
This is Kaito's initial response to Elisabeth's command to serve her. Twice. Kaito responds the same to her uncle Vlad's request for him to switch sides to Vlad.
Kaito and Elisabeth respond this way in unison to Jeanne de Rais's demand to become her subordinates.
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Chowder has the titular character try and make a recipe on his own for the first time. Mung is very understandably hesitant to let him for obvious reasons. However he acquiesces because he doesn't want to hurt Chowder's feelings. Chowder makes the recipe but due to his lethal stupidity ends up putting poison in the bowl. This results in Mung dressing up as differing people and buying each one, which leaves him penniless. He tells Chowder that he'll be strapped for cash for the next few months and subtly asks whether he can have any of the proceeds from the sales. Chowder simply says "No."
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: In the episode "The Waterbending Master," when Katara learned that Master Pakku will not teach her in his class because she's a girl, she angrily tells him that she didn't traveled from the South to the North just for him to tell her "no." He does just that.
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Dresden Codak, in Dark Science, when Kim attempts to argue with the alleged scientists of the Department of Inquisition. "If I may?""You may not."
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In Batman: Arkham City, the titular hero saves Jack Ryder, one of the most famous journalists in Gotham City. When Batman recognizes him, Ryder asks if he's a fan of his work, to which the Dark Knight simply replies, "No."
Another crops up in Dr. Strange's audio interviews with Mr. Freeze: when Freeze asks Strange if he had ever really, truly loved someone, Strange's 'No.' is the auditory equivalent of a casual shrug.
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What If? has several examples of Randall responding to queries with a blunt "No."
"Train Loop" gives us one to the initial query, then subverts it by Moving the Goalposts until the answer is less definite.
"Stirring Tea" has another.
And again in "Pyramid Energy":
In the book, one of the "Weird (and Worrying) Questions" sections has someone ask if it's possible to create a tornado by spinning a hammer, like Thor does in the movie. Randall doesn't even bother elaborating on the "NO". Even better, Cueball is just standing there facepalming while a woman stands nearby spinning a hammer like an idiot.
He has a similar answer to the question of whether you could stop a volcanic eruption by dropping a really big bomb in it as it happens. An erupting volcano is depicted spewing ash into the sky to form the word "NO" — with more ash than usual because someone dropped a bomb in it.
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Zootopia:
During A Minor Kidroduction, Stu asks younger Judy if she's ever wondered how he and Bonnie became happy with their lives. She simply says in a happy tone, "Nope!".
When Chief Bogo angrily tells Judy to give up her badge, Nick shuts him down:
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Ennui GO!: This was Tanya's reaction to Izzy's interest in buying the "Corn-Dogger".
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In the Facility level of GoldenEye (2010), Bond needs a scientist to override a lockdown. Once he's done...
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Transformers: Prime: In "One Shall Fall", Raf replaces the image of Bumblebee on the Internet with a dancing cat, something that made even Ratchet laugh. Jack then attempts to show it to Optimus Prime, only to get bluntly turned down.
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In The Comedy of Errors, Antipholus of Ephesus answers Lucianus' request to be with "his" wife with a rare one-word Shakespeare line: no. It also acts as a delayed rhyme to Lucianus' last full sentence, emphasizing it even further.
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The Loud House: In "Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru", Lincoln admits to his sisters that he has given boys bad advice on how to impress girls. They laugh hysterically for a good few seconds and Lincoln asks them if they're done yet. Lori says, "Uh...no." and they continue laughing.
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Doctor Strange: Doctor Strange is highly skeptical when he meets the Ancient One for the first time and believes her talks about the spirit being able to heal the body to be nonsense. She then sends him on a roller coaster ride through multiple dimensions to show him that there is more than the material universe.
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In the Dinosaurs episode "Nature Calls", Earl is trying to toilet-train Baby, leading to this exchange:
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My Hero Academia: when Ms. Joke meets Aizawa again:
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 Blunt "No" / int_98c961e2
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_98c961e2
comment
Helluva Boss: In "C.H.E.R.U.B.", the titular team suggests that Lyle Lipton could donate and share his money to help the world. His only response is "No."
 Blunt "No" / int_98c961e2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_98c961e2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Helluva Boss (Web Animation)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_98c961e2
 Blunt "No" / int_99041728
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_99041728
comment
During one of the Decepticon missions in Transformers: War for Cybertron, Breakdown asks Soundwave if he wants to race through the Cybertronian subways, who replies in Machine Monotone, "Negative."
 Blunt "No" / int_99041728
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_99041728
featureConfidence
1.0
 Transformers: War for Cybertron (Video Game)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_99041728
 Blunt "No" / int_9a0cb5f4
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_9a0cb5f4
comment
Bob's Burgers: One episode has the Belcher kids find a hi-tech toilet that fell off a truck in the woods. The toilet comes with the ability to speak, with the kids making it say ridiculous things, though it draws the line at Tina's second request:
 Blunt "No" / int_9a0cb5f4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_9a0cb5f4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Bob's Burgers
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_9a0cb5f4
 Blunt "No" / int_9c628c0a
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_9c628c0a
comment
Meghan Trainor's song "No", is this trope in song form, directed to men who don't take "no" for an answer to their advances.
 Blunt "No" / int_9c628c0a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_9c628c0a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Meghan Trainor (Music)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_9c628c0a
 Blunt "No" / int_9d491098
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_9d491098
comment
Witches Wizards Shadows and Souls: After Yami Yugi describes to Ryou and Malik the Purposefully Overpowered effects of the Seal of Orichalcos, Malik incredulously asks if its users believe in playing fair. Yami, Joey and Kaiba all simultaneously reply with a flat "no".
 Blunt "No" / int_9d491098
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_9d491098
featureConfidence
1.0
 Witches Wizards Shadows and Souls (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_9d491098
 Blunt "No" / int_a5549ed0
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_a5549ed0
comment
The Bible: In Genesis, God reveals to Abraham and his wife Sarah, who were both old, that they will have a son. Sarah, who is long past menopause, laughs at this, and God calls her out for doubting his power. Sarah fearfully denies that she laughed, and God just blandly answers "No, but you did laugh."
 Blunt "No" / int_a5549ed0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_a5549ed0
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Bible
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_a5549ed0
 Blunt "No" / int_a65b3e0f
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_a65b3e0f
comment
Mimpi Metropolitan: When Bambang is angry that Alan tricked him into paying more money for their rent than his actual share, Alan tries to remind Bambang that he agreed to do that. Bambang bluntly says no, as he was sleeping back then.
 Blunt "No" / int_a65b3e0f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_a65b3e0f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Mimpi Metropolitan
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_a65b3e0f
 Blunt "No" / int_ab42a99
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_ab42a99
comment
In What's Up, Tiger Lily? (a Japanese spy thriller dubbed with new dialogue by Woody Allen), in the middle, the film cuts away from the spy movie. We see a man say that the movie is complicated and ask Woody if he'd summarize what's happened so far. Woody: "No." Back to the spy thriller.
 Blunt "No" / int_ab42a99
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_ab42a99
featureConfidence
1.0
 What's Up, Tiger Lily?
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_ab42a99
 Blunt "No" / int_aeeee67a
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_aeeee67a
comment
In the film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Harry has a conversation with Tom Riddle through the latter's diary, the former asks if he could tell him anything about the chamber of secrets. Tom answers "No", with Harry sighing in defeat for a moment, only for Tom to write that he can show him.
 Blunt "No" / int_aeeee67a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_aeeee67a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_aeeee67a
 Blunt "No" / int_b1590709
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_b1590709
comment
Tappy Toes: After their egg has been stolen, Gertie asks Ozzy if the egg could have survived somehow. He bluntly says, "No, Gertie. No, I don't."
 Blunt "No" / int_b1590709
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_b1590709
featureConfidence
1.0
 Tappy Toes
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_b1590709
 Blunt "No" / int_b2a5352b
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_b2a5352b
comment
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022): Dale has a booth at a convention center and is chit-chatting with his neighbor boot-haver Tigra.
 Blunt "No" / int_b2a5352b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_b2a5352b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_b2a5352b
 Blunt "No" / int_b370ddd1
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_b370ddd1
comment
In the book, one of the "Weird (and Worrying) Questions" sections has someone ask if it's possible to create a tornado by spinning a hammer, like Thor does in the movie. Randall doesn't even bother elaborating on the "NO". Even better, Cueball is just standing there facepalming while a woman stands nearby spinning a hammer like an idiot.
 Blunt "No" / int_b370ddd1
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1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_b370ddd1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Thor
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_b370ddd1
 Blunt "No" / int_b8e5dfd9
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_b8e5dfd9
comment
During the climatic confrontation with the rogue mercenaries in Disco Elysium, if the Detective has been talking to his garish necktie, this exchange can happen:
 Blunt "No" / int_b8e5dfd9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_b8e5dfd9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Disco Elysium (Video Game)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_b8e5dfd9
 Blunt "No" / int_bc848d30
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_bc848d30
comment
SpongeBob SquarePants
At the beginning of “Pickles,� a customer asks Squidward if he can have some extra salt, which leads to this exchange:
Played with in "Bubble Buddy." SpongeBob approaches Squidward's door asking if he wants to play, but Squidward already has a note on his door just reading, "No" (complete with his blunt voiceover). SpongeBob asks, "Are you sure?" and removes the note to find a note saying "Yes."
In "Club SpongeBob", every time Squidward tries to ask the Magic Conch if he can eat anything, the Magic Conch flatly turns this down.
 Blunt "No" / int_bc848d30
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_bc848d30
featureConfidence
1.0
 SpongeBob SquarePants
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_bc848d30
 Blunt "No" / int_bd296f8e
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_bd296f8e
comment
So uh, a spaceship crashed in my yard.: When trying to apply Pants to ARIA's spaceship, the dialogue is:
 Blunt "No" / int_bd296f8e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_bd296f8e
featureConfidence
1.0
 So uh, a spaceship crashed in my yard. (Video Game)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_bd296f8e
 Blunt "No" / int_c0da5437
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_c0da5437
comment
The Punisher: Frank catches up with and kills three vigilantes (Payback, Elite, and The Holy) who'd sought him out because they thought he'd approve of their actions and be their leader. What they didn't know is that Frank pretty much hates all other vigilantes for being unprofessional, not planning carefully, and harming innocent bystanders. They basically shit themselves when he rejects their pleas to lead them, breaks out his Uzi, and chambers a round.
 Blunt "No" / int_c0da5437
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_c0da5437
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Punisher (Comic Book)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_c0da5437
 Blunt "No" / int_c3aeab6a
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_c3aeab6a
comment
In the Mystery Skulls Animated/Courage the Cowardly Dog crossover fanfic Forever, Arthur suggests Courage, who has nowhere to go, stay with him and his uncle, saying it'd be easy to convince him. Cut to Kingsmen Mechanics, where Lance's first line in the story is him plainly telling the two "no". Courage then wonders why he got his hopes up.
 Blunt "No" / int_c3aeab6a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_c3aeab6a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Mystery Skulls Animated (Web Animation)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_c3aeab6a
 Blunt "No" / int_c406853c
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_c406853c
comment
In The Black Sheep, a Discworld fic by A.A. Pessimal, a confidence trickster who has been captured by an Assassin makes her a request, and gloomily reflects that nobody on the Discworld can articulate the word "No", or in this case ''non!", like a Quirmian.
 Blunt "No" / int_c406853c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_c406853c
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Black Sheep (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_c406853c
 Blunt "No" / int_c4282b71
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_c4282b71
comment
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
In "Spike At Your Service", Pinkie Pie suggests that Spike can get out of his debt to Applejack by firing Applejack into a bee nest and catching her with a butterfly net. Applejack says, "No" in a deadpan voice in response to this.
Big Macintosh, being a stallion of few words, often bluntly responds with a simple "Nope".
In "Ponyville Confidential", Applejack is unusually laconic when the Cutie Mark Crusaders attempt to talk to her after they've released embarrassing articles:
 Blunt "No" / int_c4282b71
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_c4282b71
featureConfidence
1.0
 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_c4282b71
 Blunt "No" / int_c593876f
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_c593876f
comment
First season character Senorita Rodriguez of That's So Raven said "no" frequently, and this was always used for comedic effect against her students' questions, like Raven campaigning to play Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz in the school play:
 Blunt "No" / int_c593876f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_c593876f
featureConfidence
1.0
 That's So Raven
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_c593876f
 Blunt "No" / int_cf6ccaa7
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_cf6ccaa7
comment
Animal Crossing: New Horizons: In one possible conversation between a Smug and Snooty villagers, The Smug villager wants to put on a play and was thinking to put the other in the role as the princess, then asks the player what role he should play. If the player choses "The prince!", The Smug villager has a gender-inverted idea of Sleeping Beauty where the princess (Snooty) has to wake up the prince (him; Smug) "with a kiss. *beat* On the lips." The Snooty Villager's only reaction to that idea is simply a blunt no. The short statement in the otherwise very wordy dialogue boxes along with the series' No Hugging, No Kissing rule just makes it all the more funny.
 Blunt "No" / int_cf6ccaa7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_cf6ccaa7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Video Game)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_cf6ccaa7
 Blunt "No" / int_d95ad529
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_d95ad529
comment
In Darth Vader and Son, Vader flatly states "No" before the 501st can ask him if they can take Luke trick-or-treating.
 Blunt "No" / int_d95ad529
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_d95ad529
featureConfidence
1.0
 Darth Vader and Son (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_d95ad529
 Blunt "No" / int_de276825
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_de276825
comment
A funny example was in the manual for Quake in the "Commonly Asked Questions" section (you get the feeling it's something the guys at id Software had been asked many times since they released Doom):
 Blunt "No" / int_de276825
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_de276825
featureConfidence
1.0
 Quake (Video Game)
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_de276825
 Blunt "No" / int_e7e37776
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_e7e37776
comment
Firefly: In "Heart of Gold", brothel workers Lisa and Emma first approach Shepherd Book, who simply tells them "No, thank you," before they can offer (he's established in another episode to be celibate). Though it turns out that they were actually hoping he would hold a worship service.
 Blunt "No" / int_e7e37776
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_e7e37776
featureConfidence
1.0
 Firefly
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_e7e37776
 Blunt "No" / int_ea4f62db
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_ea4f62db
comment
Family Guy:
The end of the episode "E. Peterbus Unum" has Peter negotiate to end the existence of Petoria, his own country that resulted from a surveying error that said the house wasn't on American soil, and being formally annexed into the U.S. After returning Joe's pool, which he annexed as way to expand his national border, Peter tries to secure rights to use it on weekends to which Joe says "no." When he tries to secure the rights of his house as an independent nation, Mayor West tells him "absolutely not." When Peter tries to get the "cheap little pen" used to sign the treaty, West says "no." Disappointed that he's not getting anything, Lois tries to console Peter by scratching his back with a matchbook, and when he asks her to call him "Big Rudy" while she does, Lois answers "no."
At the end of "He's Too Sexy For His Fat", Peter expresses his feelings on the episode's Aesop:
 Blunt "No" / int_ea4f62db
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_ea4f62db
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1.0
 Family Guy
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_ea4f62db
 Blunt "No" / int_fd68258b
type
Blunt "No"
 Blunt "No" / int_fd68258b
comment
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey has an example in Ms. Johnston, a kind postal woman who knows the content of letters and messages without ever needing to read them. When the banker stops by Jangles N Things to speak with Jeronicus, she hands him a letter and informs him that his cousin is visiting for the holidays. He remarks that he hopes she's referring to his favorite cousin. She cheerfully responds "Nope."
 Blunt "No" / int_fd68258b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Blunt "No" / int_fd68258b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
hasFeature
Blunt "No" / int_fd68258b

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Blunt "No"
processingCategory2
Truth and Lies
 Great Pretender / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 What If? (Blog) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Alt★Hero (Comic Book) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Once & Future (Comic Book) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Good Asian (Comic Book) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Danny Phantom Vs The Paranormal (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Destiny's Divide (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Harry Is a Dragon, and That's OK (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Harry Is A Dragon, And That's Okay (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genocide (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 One Small Change (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Pokémon Strangled Red (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Senran Persona: Ninjas of Hearts (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Light of Abyss (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Many Dates of Danny Fenton (Fanfic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 A New Hope / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Doctor Strange (2016) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Love Actually / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Poison for the Fairies / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Rocketman (2019) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 So I Married an Axe Murderer / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Adam Project / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Menu / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 X2: X-Men United / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 A Feast for Crows / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Translation State / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Upon This Pale Hill / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 What If? 2 / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Manga) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 I Can't Believe I Slept with You (Manga) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Meghan Trainor (Music) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Cerebro (Podcast) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Qwerpline (Podcast) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Penny Dreadfuls Present (Radio) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 After Midnight / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Chucky / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Intimate / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Inventing Anna / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Just Jordan / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Philomena Cunk / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 That's So Raven / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Dropout / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Time (2021) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Comedy of Errors (Theatre) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Video Game) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Dead Space 2 (Video Game) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 God of War Ragnarök (Video Game) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Lonely Wolf Treat (Video Game) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 SIGNALIS (Video Game) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Jackbox Party Pack (Video Game) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Ballads at Midnight (Visual Novel) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Class of '09 (Visual Novel) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Liar! Uncover the Truth (Visual Novel) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Slow Damage (Visual Novel) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Disventure Camp (Web Animation) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Gamer Poop (Web Animation) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 History Matters (Web Animation) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The Gentleman Pirate (Web Animation) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Clint's Reptiles (Web Video) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Conlang Critic (Web Video) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 DougDoug A.I. Invasion (Web Video) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Quinton Reviews (Web Video) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Sonic The Abridgehog (Web Video) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Ennui GO! (Webcomic) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Take Two with Phineas and Ferb / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 The LEGO Movie: 4D — A New Adventure / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Turning Red / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"
 Samoa Joe (Wrestling) / int_507ac08d
type
Blunt "No"