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Non-Answer

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105 feature instances
111 referencing feature instances

Non-Answer	type	FeatureClass
Non-Answer	label	Non-Answer
Non-Answer	page	NonAnswer
Non-Answer	comment	The Non-Answer is a response to a question that is so generic or vague that it's not really an answer at all. Usually, not only is the answer very vague, it is very obvious as well. This may be because there is no better answer, or the askee simply doesn't want to answer the question. Other times, the askee is bluntly trying to redirect the questioner's attention to what they consider to be the more important consideration. For instance, "Because I Said So" may not be considered an answer by a junior officer, yet the senior officer may be trying to reinforce the importance of following orders. Some seemingly Non-Answers can actually be quite profound in their simplicity, succinctly stripping away extraneous considerations. Often this overlaps with Double Meaning, where many people dismiss the apparent Non-Answer but miss the meaning hidden within. A favored technique for the Sleazy Politician or Obstructive Bureaucrat. Could lead to a "Yes"/"No" Answer Interpretation situation. Compare Mathematician's Answer and Cryptically Unhelpful Answer. For when it's the creator of a work that gives an answer like this, see Shrug of God. Examples
Non-Answer	fetched	2023-11-16T18:46:21Z
Non-Answer	parsed	2023-11-16T18:46:21Z
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to ArmorPiercingQuestion: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to BerserkButton: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to BiggerOnTheInside: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to CorruptCorporateExecutive: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to ImmunityDisability: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to JustAMachine: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to MouthOfSauron: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to OVA: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to PlayedForLaughs: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to Rule34: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to TakeThat: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to TheFellowshipOfTheRing: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to TheTalk: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to UrbanLegend: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
Non-Answer	processingComment	Dropped link to lampshadehanging: Not an Item - FEATURE
Non-Answer	processingUnknown	TheFellowshipOfTheRing
Non-Answer	processingUnknown	Rule34
Non-Answer	processingUnknown	UrbanLegend
Non-Answer	processingUnknown	TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas
Non-Answer	isPartOf	DBTropes
Non-Answer / int_1099a6ac	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_1099a6ac	comment	In Fight Club, after the chemical burn scene, Marla asks what happened to the narrator's hand. Tyler has asked the narrator not to talk to Marla about him.
Non-Answer / int_1099a6ac	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_1099a6ac	featureConfidence	1.0
Fight Club	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_1099a6ac
Non-Answer / int_114a5d0	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_114a5d0	comment	One scene in Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia sees Selphie succeed in her quest to turn "booyaka" into a catchphrase among the group. This confuses Lightning, who thinks it's some kind of code she wasn't told about and treats it as a security matter. When she finally gets a chance to ask Selphie what the heck it means, Selphie just says "use it as much as you want!" and runs off.
Non-Answer / int_114a5d0	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_114a5d0	featureConfidence	1.0
Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_114a5d0
Non-Answer / int_11b7db91	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_11b7db91	comment	In Adventure Time we have Magic Man who gives us this gem.
Non-Answer / int_11b7db91	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_11b7db91	featureConfidence	1.0
Adventure Time	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_11b7db91
Non-Answer / int_13c53b46	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_13c53b46	comment	In A Little Lily Princess, when Sara asks Lavinia what the difference between "old-fashioned" and "traditional" is, Lavinia says, "One is better than the other."
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Non-Answer / int_13c53b46	featureConfidence	1.0
A Little Lily Princess (Visual Novel)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_13c53b46
Non-Answer / int_1cc09117	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_1cc09117	comment	In Bleach: The following exchange is lampshaded by Souken when Uryuu asks if what Ryuuken said is true. Souken explains it's Metaphorically True but Uryuu's too young to understand that Ryuuken's only given an obvious and practical answer that completely side-steps the question of "hate" entirely.
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Non-Answer / int_1cc09117	featureConfidence	1.0
Bleach (Manga)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_1cc09117
Non-Answer / int_1cf9029e	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_1cf9029e	comment	DEATH BATTLE!: In "Saitama VS. Popeye", Saitama asks the rather apposite question "Who the hell are you?" and gets the answer "I am what I am, and that's all what I am."
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Non-Answer / int_1cf9029e	featureConfidence	1.0
DEATH BATTLE! (Web Animation)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_1cf9029e
Non-Answer / int_1d0febfd	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_1d0febfd	comment	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1: During the Death Eater meeting where Voldemort and his followers are discussing where and how to dispose of Harry Potter, the Dark Lord asks Pius Thicknesse, a member of the Ministry of Magic who is collaborating with them, his opinion. Voldemort even lampshades it.
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Non-Answer / int_1d0febfd	featureConfidence	1.0
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_1d0febfd
Non-Answer / int_1d43953c	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_1d43953c	comment	Usagi Yojimbo: In Grasscutter, Usagi is carrying the titular swordnote "Grasscutter" is a direct translation of "Kusanagi", which is a symbol of Imperial power and a magical artifact of major importance to hide it from the Big Bad. He ends up in a monastery and asks the abbot for spiritual guidance on what he should do: should he give the sword to the rightful but weak Emperor, or set himself up as a kingmaker and give it to someone he thinks would make a better ruler? The abbot answers that he should start building barricades and filling buckets, because the Big Bad's mooks are on the way, and they need to do all the prepwork they can to keep the sword from falling into the hands of the Big Bad.
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Non-Answer / int_1d43953c	featureConfidence	1.0
Usagi Yojimbo (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_1d43953c
Non-Answer / int_1ed66ab2	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_1ed66ab2	comment	The people of Taveye in DO NOT TAKE THE SHELLS give these to Harris.
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Non-Answer / int_1ed66ab2	featureConfidence	1.0
DO NOT TAKE THE SHELLS	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_1ed66ab2
Non-Answer / int_21ec74db	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_21ec74db	comment	From Better Off Ted:
Non-Answer / int_21ec74db	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_21ec74db	featureConfidence	1.0
Better Off Ted	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_21ec74db
Non-Answer / int_2212773a	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_2212773a	comment	Angel, "Power Play":
Non-Answer / int_2212773a	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_2212773a	featureConfidence	1.0
Angel	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_2212773a
Non-Answer / int_2268b84d	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_2268b84d	comment	In Shrek the Third, the evil Prince Charming interrogates Pinocchio, trying to find out where Shrek is, only for Pinocchio to confuse Prince Charming with Confusing Multiple Negatives and ambiguous answers:
Non-Answer / int_2268b84d	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_2268b84d	featureConfidence	1.0
Shrek the Third	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_2268b84d
Non-Answer / int_26012a0a	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_26012a0a	comment	Karlsson on the Roof, who's like some kind of a modern, urban fairy looking like a smallish man with a propeller on his back, but acting childishly, will only answer to questions about his age by saying he's "at his prime".
Non-Answer / int_26012a0a	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_26012a0a	featureConfidence	1.0
Karlsson on the Roof	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_26012a0a
Non-Answer / int_261c8d3f	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_261c8d3f	comment	The Simpsons: In "Homer vs. the 18th Amendment", Homer is using hollow bowling balls to smuggle illicit beer. When Marge asks why he has so many bowling balls, he admits that he can't lie to her — and then simply leaves without answering at all.
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Non-Answer / int_261c8d3f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Simpsons	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_261c8d3f
Non-Answer / int_27286fb2	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_27286fb2	comment	In Spider-Man: No Way Home Peter has hired Matt Murdock as his lawyer; at one point a vandal throws a brick through Peter's window, and Matt (who the audience should be reminded is blind and has successfully kept his identity secret) catches it by reflex. Upon being asked how he could have possibly done that, Matt's explanation is, "I'm a really good lawyer."
Non-Answer / int_27286fb2	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_27286fb2	featureConfidence	1.0
Spider-Man: No Way Home	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_27286fb2
Non-Answer / int_2a77a546	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_2a77a546	comment	In an Inside Out bonus scene, Joy tries to get Riley out of being called on by the teacher by having her mumble an incomprehensible answer. When that fails, she tries the "answer a question with a question" trick, which stalls the teacher long enough for the bell to ring. Then, Joy uses the same trick on the other emotions.
Non-Answer / int_2a77a546	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_2a77a546	featureConfidence	1.0
Inside Out	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_2a77a546
Non-Answer / int_2bb7d2f3	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_2bb7d2f3	comment	In Nichijou: When Sasahara is asked what the frilly thing is that he is wearing, he laughs and responds by saying how extraordinary life is.
Non-Answer / int_2bb7d2f3	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_2bb7d2f3	featureConfidence	1.0
Nichijou (Manga)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_2bb7d2f3
Non-Answer / int_2fc1b0a1	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_2fc1b0a1	comment	Tumblr: In the 2016 April Fools' Day site event, when Deborah is asked about her species, she dodges the question.
Non-Answer / int_2fc1b0a1	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_2fc1b0a1	featureConfidence	1.0
Tumblr	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_2fc1b0a1
Non-Answer / int_30a5ebfd	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_30a5ebfd	comment	In Naruto:
Non-Answer / int_30a5ebfd	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_30a5ebfd	featureConfidence	1.0
Naruto (Manga)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_30a5ebfd
Non-Answer / int_334120fc	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_334120fc	comment	8-Bit Theater: When Ranger dual wields his dual wield to wield four bows at once, Sarda asks the obvious question of how he's holding them in only two hands. Ranger's response?
Non-Answer / int_334120fc	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_334120fc	featureConfidence	1.0
8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_334120fc
Non-Answer / int_3558eaa2	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_3558eaa2	comment	Community: In "Introduction to Teaching", Jeff asks his "Fundamentals of Law" class if they have any questions.
Non-Answer / int_3558eaa2	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_3558eaa2	featureConfidence	1.0
Community	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_3558eaa2
Non-Answer / int_35bceb50	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_35bceb50	comment	In Hamlet, Polonius asks Hamlet what he is reading. Hamlet's response: "Words, words, words."
Non-Answer / int_35bceb50	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_35bceb50	featureConfidence	1.0
Hamlet (Theatre)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_35bceb50
Non-Answer / int_3af4bf61	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_3af4bf61	comment	Return of the Secaucus Seven: Lampshaded by Chip and Irene when they're talking about the the senator they work for. Chip pretends to be the senator, and Irene pretends to interview him and asks him about the tomato, to which Chip gives long-winded answers that try to avoid taking a position on it, and even bringing up his apparent friendship with John F. Kennedy. Chip and Irene then tell Irene's friends how they went through several drafts of a speech about marijuana legalization, and the senator only approved a speech where he was shown to take no position whatsoever.
Non-Answer / int_3af4bf61	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_3af4bf61	featureConfidence	1.0
Return of the Secaucus Seven	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_3af4bf61
Non-Answer / int_419dc4fe	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_419dc4fe	comment	Grange Hill: When Tucker and his mates sneak into the rival school Brookdale, and pretend to be pupils there, Tucker deflects the question asked by a teacher who confronts them.
Non-Answer / int_419dc4fe	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_419dc4fe	featureConfidence	1.0
Grange Hill	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_419dc4fe
Non-Answer / int_43576f5	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_43576f5	comment	In the Supernatural episode "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21), the Yellow-Eyed Demon is very good at deflecting Sam's questions or only answering with an answer that he wants Sam to have.
Non-Answer / int_43576f5	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_43576f5	featureConfidence	1.0
Supernatural	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_43576f5
Non-Answer / int_435ad625	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_435ad625	comment	In the penultimate episode of Runaways (2017) season one, the members of PRIDE try to press Jonah for some details about the "energy source" he's supposedly drilling for.
Non-Answer / int_435ad625	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_435ad625	featureConfidence	1.0
Runaways (2017)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_435ad625
Non-Answer / int_45a5beb2	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_45a5beb2	comment	In the WordGirl episode "Mr. Big", WordGirl demands an explanation for what Mr. Big's product "The Thing", a plain white cube, does. Mr. Big keeps giving non-answers in an effort to not have to explain that the Thing doesn't do anything.
Non-Answer / int_45a5beb2	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_45a5beb2	featureConfidence	1.0
WordGirl	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_45a5beb2
Non-Answer / int_478a2580	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_478a2580	comment	Screen Rant Pitch Meetings: Whenever the Producer asks why something happens in the story, the Screenwriter usually just says "Because!" with no further elaboration.
Non-Answer / int_478a2580	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_478a2580	featureConfidence	1.0
Screen Rant Pitch Meetings (Web Video)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_478a2580
Non-Answer / int_4ce56986	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_4ce56986	comment	Kitboga is a scambaiter popular on Twitch and YouTube. In "Scammers Expected $5,000 But Grandma Buys a Scooter," the scammer tells Kitboga's Granny Edna character that she is "with the Amazon server." Granny Edna tells him that he she has a question: "What is a server?" He tells her that this is the secure server by which she is getting the application form that is not available to anyone apart from her. "But what is a server?" she asks him. "The server is an Amazon server, ma'am. Amazon server," he tells her. She asks if he's talking about the people who give you food at restaurants. She says that she doesn't know what he means by "server," that he just keeps saying "server." She tells him that she's asking him for the fifth time, for $500, "What is a server?"note There are multiple factors at play here. The first is that the scammers themselves are often largely computer illiterate - as Kit has demonstrated in other videos, they often only know what is in their scripts. The second is that even if the scammer does know how to explain it, he wouldn't want to because it would give away too much about the scam. Finally, he doesn't want to spend time explaining stuff when he could be scamming.
Non-Answer / int_4ce56986	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_4ce56986	featureConfidence	1.0
Kitboga (Web Video)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_4ce56986
Non-Answer / int_4e45b093	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_4e45b093	comment	The Big Bang Theory: Leonard Hofstadter's mother:
Non-Answer / int_4e45b093	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_4e45b093	featureConfidence	1.0
The Big Bang Theory	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_4e45b093
Non-Answer / int_4f115950	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_4f115950	comment	Robin: Despite his reputation as a great liar, Tim's really better at giving answers that are metaphorically true or just straight up not actually answering the questions posed to him when he doesn't want to give away the truth. For a blunt example:
Non-Answer / int_4f115950	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_4f115950	featureConfidence	1.0
Robin (1993) (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_4f115950
Non-Answer / int_52dd4a4c	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_52dd4a4c	comment	Ultimate Marvel: Ultimate X-Men: How can Wolverine, with an adamantium skeleton, pass in the airport without turning on all the metal detectors? "Three words, bub: I'm a professional". Spider-Men II: Miles Morales saved Barbara using his powers. She asked if he's a mutant, an inhuman, something else, all of the above... and he replied that needs time to figure out how to answer.
Non-Answer / int_52dd4a4c	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_52dd4a4c	featureConfidence	1.0
Ultimate Marvel (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_52dd4a4c
Non-Answer / int_54a7dc07	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_54a7dc07	comment	Space: 1999. At the end of "Mission of the Darians", Carter asks Commander Koenig if he'd make the same amoral decisions that the Darians (living on a Generation Ship that suffered a catastrophe) did to ensure their race survived. Koenig can only say, "Remind me to tell you sometime."
Non-Answer / int_54a7dc07	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_54a7dc07	featureConfidence	1.0
Space: 1999	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_54a7dc07
Non-Answer / int_57a3683f	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_57a3683f	comment	Not Always Right is full of these.
Non-Answer / int_57a3683f	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_57a3683f	featureConfidence	1.0
Not Always Right (Website)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_57a3683f
Non-Answer / int_5967c843	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_5967c843	comment	The War Game:
Non-Answer / int_5967c843	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_5967c843	featureConfidence	1.0
The War Game	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_5967c843
Non-Answer / int_5c07d6ab	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_5c07d6ab	comment	Saints Row: The Third: STAG commander Cyrus Temple is absolutely terrible when it comes to public speaking or handling the media, being incapable of answering even the most basic questions without trying to dodge around the semantics of the question or reeling off some unrelated slogan or rhetoric. When pressed for a straight answer, Cyrus breaks down at the podium and flies into a hot-blooded rant before abruptly concluding the press conference.
Non-Answer / int_5c07d6ab	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_5c07d6ab	featureConfidence	1.0
Saints Row: The Third (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_5c07d6ab
Non-Answer / int_6059ad6b	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_6059ad6b	comment	xkcd hid a joke about this in the gigantic scrolling strip with a character saying that the phrase sounds better than "because I'm rich enough for my goals to be arbitrary".
Non-Answer / int_6059ad6b	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_6059ad6b	featureConfidence	1.0
xkcd (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_6059ad6b
Non-Answer / int_6108ba8d	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_6108ba8d	comment	In The Last Jedi, Vice Admiral Holdo is asked if the Resistance fleet has a plan to escape their pursuers. Rather than explaining the plan or even just saying there is one, Holdo gives what sounds like a canned speech about the power of hope. Poe interprets this as her deflecting the question to hide that there is no plan and responds as such.
Non-Answer / int_6108ba8d	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_6108ba8d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Last Jedi	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_6108ba8d
Non-Answer / int_64561e80	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_64561e80	comment	In Poker Night 2, Ash may sometimes ask Sam why he doesn't wear shoes, and Sam deflects from this with a response that doesn't really address matters. Max gives the game away after the fact anyway, though.
Non-Answer / int_64561e80	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_64561e80	featureConfidence	1.0
Poker Night 2 (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_64561e80
Non-Answer / int_691366af	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_691366af	comment	In Lest Darkness Fall, Padway dodges inquiries about his religion (a touchy subject in sixth-century Ostrogothic Italy) by saying that he's a "Congregationalist", which he describes as "the closest thing to (name of questioner's religion) in my country".
Non-Answer / int_691366af	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_691366af	featureConfidence	1.0
Lest Darkness Fall	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_691366af
Non-Answer / int_6d0da707	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_6d0da707	comment	The Shivah enables you to respond to almost every question with a "Rabbinic Answer", which is essentially just answering the question with another question. To be fair, the point of these questions seems to be to make your interrogator realize the answer on his/her own... It only works sometimes though, as most of the time people react with impatience when you try it.
Non-Answer / int_6d0da707	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_6d0da707	featureConfidence	1.0
The Shivah (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_6d0da707
Non-Answer / int_6d331108	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_6d331108	comment	In She's My Knight, when Miyoshi asks Ichinose if he's ever had a girlfriend:
Non-Answer / int_6d331108	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_6d331108	featureConfidence	1.0
She's My Knight (Manga)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_6d331108
Non-Answer / int_70814599	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_70814599	comment	Teal'c was a master of the non-answer in Stargate SG-1. For example:
Non-Answer / int_70814599	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_70814599	featureConfidence	1.0
Stargate SG-1	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_70814599
Non-Answer / int_7668653b	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_7668653b	comment	Mass Effect 3: Used for comedy if you have both Padok Wiks and Eve on the ship. If you decide to boot Diana Allers off of the Normandy, Shepard doesn't even bother to give her a reason when asked; s/he merely replies, "What do you think?" Legion gives a few of these, indicating that he is not Just a Machine. When asked why he wears part of Shepard's armor, he'll "think" about it for a few seconds (keep in mind, this is a machine and his thought processes are much faster) before answering "No data available". In the third game, Shepard can view records of the original Geth-Quarian War and witnesses the first time a geth (a "simple farming Geth") picked up a weapon and used it on attacking quarians. Shepard will note it picked up a Widow rifle, the same gun Legion uses. Legion will evade, "... It's an efficient weapon." Then, when Shepard asks if Legion thinks there's any chance the quarians and geth can stop trying to kill each other, Legion merely responds "hope sustains organics. We admire the concept."
Non-Answer / int_7668653b	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_7668653b	featureConfidence	1.0
Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_7668653b
Non-Answer / int_791e7b7f	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_791e7b7f	comment	Zootopia: Judy is nervous about having to speak at a press conference, so Nick tells her that instead of answering the questions, she should respond by stating a different question and then answering that one.
Non-Answer / int_791e7b7f	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_791e7b7f	featureConfidence	1.0
Zootopia	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_791e7b7f
Non-Answer / int_7a7102f5	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_7a7102f5	comment	One panelist on a segment of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's VCPR is Florida's current state congressman and whenever he is fielded a serious question he, like any good caricature of a slimy 80's politician, refocuses the topic until it helps his reply, along with reassuring platitudes and campaign slogans, some Insane Troll Logic and a liberal dose of Ad Hominem against host Maurice Chavez's career. He even outright says that he's going to do this when Chavez brings up a strong point against him near the end:
Non-Answer / int_7a7102f5	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_7a7102f5	featureConfidence	1.0
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_7a7102f5
Non-Answer / int_7c038c18	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_7c038c18	comment	Not in-universe, but if you browse through the Phineas and Ferb wiki you can find the following 'information' about Ferb: How Phineas tells Candace that the Nose Lake Monster is real... she figures it out pretty quickly.
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Non-Answer / int_7c038c18	featureConfidence	1.0
Phineas and Ferb	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_7c038c18
Non-Answer / int_7c48915b	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_7c48915b	comment	Gunnerkrigg Court: Tom Siddell does this when he doesn't want to answer a fan's question.
Non-Answer / int_7c48915b	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_7c48915b	featureConfidence	1.0
Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_7c48915b
Non-Answer / int_7d0cd638	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_7d0cd638	comment	The Ricky Gervais Show: When Karl is explaining his first film pitch.
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Non-Answer / int_7d0cd638	featureConfidence	1.0
The Ricky Gervais Show (Radio)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_7d0cd638
Non-Answer / int_7ff3216c	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_7ff3216c	comment	Garfield and Friends: In one episode of the U.S. Acres segment, Roy tries to be elected farm leader. Bo asks about his position about the building of a new barn and Roy gives a long rant about how important the matter is, without actually answering the question. Bo sees this as what makes Roy a great politician.
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Non-Answer / int_7ff3216c	featureConfidence	1.0
Garfield and Friends	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_7ff3216c
Non-Answer / int_81692f99	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_81692f99	comment	In a Meta example, Star Trek technical adviser Michael Okuda was asked how the Heisenberg Compensator note a critical piece of the transporter system, and probably the biggest challenge as far as creating a real-life transporter works. He replied, "It works very well, thank you."
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Non-Answer / int_81692f99	featureConfidence	1.0
Star Trek (Franchise)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_81692f99
Non-Answer / int_85a246b3	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_85a246b3	comment	Titans (2018). A social worker who's a friend of Jason Todd but doesn't know he's Robin, points out a minion of the Joker and is puzzled when Jason is able to instantly identify him.
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Non-Answer / int_85a246b3	featureConfidence	1.0
Titans (2018)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_85a246b3
Non-Answer / int_863b7825	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_863b7825	comment	Sir Humphrey in Yes, Minister is not fond of giving straight answers. When pressed for one, he exaggerates this trope instead, talking for thirty seconds without saying anything at all.
Non-Answer / int_863b7825	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_863b7825	featureConfidence	1.0
Yes, Minister	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_863b7825
Non-Answer / int_8b1aecd4	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_8b1aecd4	comment	The Trenches:
Non-Answer / int_8b1aecd4	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_8b1aecd4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Trenches (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_8b1aecd4
Non-Answer / int_8d0c222c	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_8d0c222c	comment	Harry Is a Dragon, and That's OK: As Harry is unable to Portkey to the Quidditch World Cup due to his draconic magic resistance, he has to fly there himself, but has trouble navigating. Unfortunately for Sirius, who is trying to help him via mirror, the officials don't exactly know where they are either. The time-telling charm Tempus can give this, since telling time is a human invention and is very dependent on the caster's interpretation, location and language. If you don't cast it right, it might give answers like "Now, in this galaxy".
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Non-Answer / int_8d0c222c	featureConfidence	1.0
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Non-Answer / int_8d10c4a8	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_8d10c4a8	comment	Pasila has an example of a ridiculously loaded question being deflated with a simple answer that's... well...
Non-Answer / int_8d10c4a8	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_8d10c4a8	featureConfidence	1.0
Pasila	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_8d10c4a8
Non-Answer / int_8d814070	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_8d814070	comment	In an early-season episode of MAS*H, Hawkeye and Trapper are trying to get an incubator for the hospital lab. After several failed attempts, they end up posing as journalists at a press conference, and we are treated to the following: After Hawkeye presses (and is rebuffed), Trapper is recognized: In a later episode, a patient refers to Hawkeye and BJ's "wait and see" responses regarding his friend's condition as "no-answer answers". For their part, the doctors admit this, however, the doctors are not intentionally being vague or obfuscating; as they themselves admit, in these kinds of situations the vague answer is the only answer, as the situation is just too unpredictable for them to be able to make a more definitive statement with any certainty.
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Non-Answer / int_8d814070	featureConfidence	1.0
MAS*H	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_8d814070
Non-Answer / int_8d817ccb	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_8d817ccb	comment	On Lost, when Locke asks Ben how deep the Orchid station is, he simply says that it's "Deep."
Non-Answer / int_8d817ccb	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_8d817ccb	featureConfidence	1.0
Lost	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_8d817ccb
Non-Answer / int_8fd3db0b	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_8fd3db0b	comment	Star Trek: Lower Decks: In "No Small Parts", with the holodeck safeties on, Badgey is as cheerful as a clown, but Rutherford isn't sure if he remembers the murderous rampage he went on the last time he was turned on — and, when he asks if he's going to kill him when the safeties go off, Badgey just replies "Ha ha, I'm Badgey!". It's possible that the safety protocols prevent Badgey from lying, which might explain why his reply is suspiciously tautological and in no way answers the question.
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Non-Answer / int_8fd3db0b	featureConfidence	1.0
Star Trek: Lower Decks	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_8fd3db0b
Non-Answer / int_9068877a	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_9068877a	comment	Red vs. Blue, when Lopez's disembodied head is somehow operating a mounted machine gun.
Non-Answer / int_9068877a	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_9068877a	featureConfidence	1.0
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Non-Answer / int_90b916ba	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_90b916ba	comment	Batman: The Animated Series used it in "Night of the Ninja." When Batman tells Robin that Kyodai is "good" at the martial arts, Robin asks how good he is. Batman reiterates, "Good." What Batman means by this is "Possibly better than me", since a young Bruce Wayne and Kyodai trained at the same school and Kyodai used to regularly kick Bruce's butt.
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Non-Answer / int_90b916ba	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Animated Series	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_90b916ba
Non-Answer / int_994af351	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_994af351	comment	In Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All when Phoenix asks an assassin to explain his meeting with his client in detail, he divulges into a speech about the reasons for meeting and the importance of trust, and Phoenix must point out that he hasn't truly answered the question.
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Non-Answer / int_994af351	featureConfidence	1.0
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Non-Answer / int_9a410dfa	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_9a410dfa	comment	Tattered Capes Under a Shattered Moon: After Lillie asks him if his weapon teleporting was his semblance at work, Colin replies "Not really. It's just a little technique I picked up along the way."
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Non-Answer / int_9a410dfa	featureConfidence	1.0
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Non-Answer / int_a0545fde	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_a0545fde	comment	Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman once interviewed Home Secretary Michael Howard and when faced with an evasive answer, proceeded to repeat the same question 12 times. The government had carried out an inquiry into a series of prison escapes, and in advance of publication Howard had been very critical of the prison service and blamed it for the escapes (rather than, say, admit that the prison service was underfunded.) The result was the political interview as Overly-Long Gag. See the Quotes page for a transcript.
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Non-Answer / int_a0545fde	featureConfidence	1.0
Newsnight	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_a0545fde
Non-Answer / int_a183d57f	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_a183d57f	comment	In Futurama, Bender and Zoidberg try to get Calculon as a backer for their film. Another episode had Planet Express taken over by a nameless Corrupt Corporate Executive who made Fry his partner. One scene has him teaching Fry "execu-speak."
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Non-Answer / int_a183d57f	featureConfidence	1.0
Futurama	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_a183d57f
Non-Answer / int_a1b53bd6	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_a1b53bd6	comment	The fic summary of Beyond the Borders asks how one stays grounded in the Kudzu Plot that is Kingdom Hearts, to which protagonist Rachel's answer is apparently "With great difficulty."
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Non-Answer / int_a1b53bd6	featureConfidence	1.0
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Non-Answer / int_a3ef164b	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_a3ef164b	comment	Ultimate X-Men: How can Wolverine, with an adamantium skeleton, pass in the airport without turning on all the metal detectors? "Three words, bub: I'm a professional".
Non-Answer / int_a3ef164b	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_a3ef164b	featureConfidence	1.0
Ultimate X-Men (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_a3ef164b
Non-Answer / int_a4420d22	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_a4420d22	comment	The Venture Bros.: Used every time someone asks why the Monarch hates Dr. Venture so much.
Non-Answer / int_a4420d22	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_a4420d22	featureConfidence	1.0
The Venture Bros.	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_a4420d22
Non-Answer / int_a5549ed0	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_a5549ed0	comment	The Bible: Karen Armstrong claims that the Biblical "I Am That I Am" is a Non-Answer. However, monotheists understand this as an expression of the idea that God exists by Himself for Himself, and is the uncreated Creator who is independent of any concept, force, or entity. Similarly, some view "Thou sayest it," the answer Jesus gives to Pilate's question "Art thou king of the Jews?", as a Non-Answer. Does Jesus mean "Yep, you said it; you got that right," or "That's what you say; I never made that claim"? (Jesus Christ Superstar understands it in the latter sense.). However, this does have to be weighed against his other statements (that he existed before Abraham, that seeing him is the same as seeing God, that he could forgive sins, that he is the judge, that he can grant eternal life etc.). "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's" (as an answer to whether the Jewish people should pay taxes to the Romans) is considered by some as a Non-Answer. The questioners were trying to trap Jesus into making a statement either way, at which point they would either declare him to be a Roman sympathizer to the Jews, or declare him to be a Judean revolutionary to the Romans. A more detailed examination reveals a deeper meaning (especially noting his question regarding whose image is on the coin that's used to pay the tax). Thus: It is fine to pay taxes (i.e. render the coin unto Caesar, since it has his image on it), but we should devote our whole lives to God (since we are made in God's image). Even Jesus' enemies were impressed at how he avoided that rhetorical trap. And in yet another layer of meaning, can anything, even coins with Caesar's face on them, be said not to belong ultimately to God?
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Non-Answer / int_a5549ed0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Bible	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_a5549ed0
Non-Answer / int_b0af5a0e	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_b0af5a0e	comment	Prince Nikolai from The Grisha Trilogy is notorious for this. It is quite useful in dealing with court politics. He even gives a non-answer when someone asks him about giving non-answers.
Non-Answer / int_b0af5a0e	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_b0af5a0e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Grisha Trilogy	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_b0af5a0e
Non-Answer / int_b3266179	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_b3266179	comment	In Dorm Life, Josh asks Danny B about his documentary:
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Non-Answer / int_b3266179	featureConfidence	1.0
Dorm Life (Web Video)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_b3266179
Non-Answer / int_b3454ebd	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_b3454ebd	comment	In the Starsky & Hutch episode "Deckwatch," Hutch's ex-girlfriend Laura tells a man who is holding her and her grandmother hostage that Hutch is her brother. When the man asks what his eye color is, Laura answers, "Blue. With a greenish tint. Brown, sometimes. They get darker."
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Non-Answer / int_b3454ebd	featureConfidence	1.0
Starsky & Hutch	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_b3454ebd
Non-Answer / int_b3693333	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_b3693333	comment	This conversation between Colonel Mustard and Wadsworth in Clue:
Non-Answer / int_b3693333	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_b3693333	featureConfidence	1.0
Clue	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_b3693333
Non-Answer / int_b4fe32c9	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_b4fe32c9	comment	In the Invader Zim episode "Germs", Zim becomes a germaphobe and begins carrying around a can of aerosol spray. GIR ends up taking it and running into a fast food joint. When Zim catches up with him and asks him where it is, GIR says "Where I left it. Want a bite?"
Non-Answer / int_b4fe32c9	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_b4fe32c9	featureConfidence	1.0
Invader Zim	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_b4fe32c9
Non-Answer / int_b8b584cf	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_b8b584cf	comment	Zits: When Connie asks Jeremy whether he was at Pierce's house instead of going to a movie like he claimed, Jeremy says that he's not going to lie to her. When Connie says that's not an answer, Jeremy replies that it's also not a lie and she can't punish him. He's wrong on that last point.
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Non-Answer / int_b8b584cf	featureConfidence	1.0
Zits (Comic Strip)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_b8b584cf
Non-Answer / int_b8e5dfd9	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_b8e5dfd9	comment	Disco Elysium: Outside of talking about the lynching (where his testimony is limited by his perspective and somewhat verbose, but still direct and to the point), The Sunday Friend speaks entirely in non-committal technobabble and getting straight answers out of him about himself, the nature of EPIS, and the Mortalintern is impossible.
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Non-Answer / int_b8e5dfd9	featureConfidence	1.0
Disco Elysium (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_b8e5dfd9
Non-Answer / int_beac6ffb	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_beac6ffb	comment	In The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, this is how the postman responds to Anju's questions if you listen to their conversation about Kafei's letter (though if you listen to them again, the postman says it's a secret):
Non-Answer / int_beac6ffb	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_beac6ffb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_beac6ffb
Non-Answer / int_bf1e7c24	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_bf1e7c24	comment	In First Blood, when Rambo is asked what he hunts with his huge knife, he responds simply, "Game."
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Non-Answer / int_bf1e7c24	featureConfidence	1.0
First Blood	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_bf1e7c24
Non-Answer / int_c0eadab8	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_c0eadab8	comment	In Sonic X, Eggman once sent his robots to pick up an impossible amount of supplies from the hardware store.
Non-Answer / int_c0eadab8	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_c0eadab8	featureConfidence	1.0
Sonic X	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_c0eadab8
Non-Answer / int_c13792a1	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_c13792a1	comment	In God of War III, Kratos seeks the Flame of Olympus, a power that will allow him to kill the gods. When he asks Hephaestus where it is Hephaestus asks him what purpose he seeks it for. Kratos responds with "For the purpose I have chosen."
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Non-Answer / int_c13792a1	featureConfidence	1.0
God of War III (Video Game)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_c13792a1
Non-Answer / int_c43df4d8	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_c43df4d8	comment	Doctor Who The Doctor often "explains" how the TARDIS can be Bigger on the Inside by saying it is "dimensionally transcendental". If asked what that means, he says it means "bigger on the inside". River Song's response to whether the Doctor can be trusted? "I absolutely trust him." Her answer to the follow-up question of whether he's a madman who's going to get them all killed? "I absolutely trust him!" When Bill Potts asks why, if he's an alien, the TARDIS acronym derives from English words (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), the Doctor just says that people don't usually bring that up and doesn't answer.
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Non-Answer / int_c43df4d8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctor Who	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_c43df4d8
Non-Answer / int_c487221e	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_c487221e	comment	Men in Black: During the recruitment, J asks why they were there, and one of the military-trained recruits responds that Zed is looking the "the best of the best of the best, sir." J deduces, correctly, that none of the others knows why they're there either, and are following a "do what you're told" mentality. Given the results of the test, it's entirely possible that the recruitment process was just a going-through-the-motions act put on for the benefit of J and/or Zed.
Non-Answer / int_c487221e	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_c487221e	featureConfidence	1.0
Men in Black	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_c487221e
Non-Answer / int_c7fbcf5f	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_c7fbcf5f	comment	In the second Horatio Hornblower telefilm, Captain Pellew (A Father to His Men) and Captain Foster (a Fearless Fool) have a terse exchange over Foster's battle of the popgun supply ship vs. Spanish frigate. After Pellew declines to answer Foster's inappropriate and offensive inquiry of whether Pellew would have surrendered, Foster tosses the question to Hornblower. Though Hornblower is in awe of Foster, he has great respect for his captain and tries "I am pleased the Spanish have been deprived of our supplies." It doesn't work—Foster takes it as vindication and Pellew quits the room.
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Non-Answer / int_c7fbcf5f	featureConfidence	1.0
Horatio Hornblower	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_c7fbcf5f
Non-Answer / int_cc645644	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_cc645644	comment	In the first episode of Bar Karma, when Dayna asks James where he thinks Doug is, James answers "Somewhere between the beginning and the end."
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Non-Answer / int_cc645644	featureConfidence	1.0
Bar Karma	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_cc645644
Non-Answer / int_d050b6dc	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_d050b6dc	comment	In Shadow of the Templar Jeremy is a master of this, as is Ethan.
Non-Answer / int_d050b6dc	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_d050b6dc	featureConfidence	1.0
Shadow of the Templar	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_d050b6dc
Non-Answer / int_d1ad2f1d	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_d1ad2f1d	comment	Doki Doki Literature Club!: Monika's second poem, "Save Me", is pretty much impossible to understand when first encountering it. When the Player Character implicitly asks what it's about, she just ends up explaining how not every poem is "about" something. It's possible to figure out what it was about with knowledge gained later on in the game — and the answer is a really weird one and explains why Monika didn't want to explain it.
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Non-Answer / int_d1ad2f1d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doki Doki Literature Club! (Visual Novel)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_d1ad2f1d
Non-Answer / int_d2ef54a3	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_d2ef54a3	comment	Dumbing of Age: In two separate instances, Joyce asks a member of family whether they think her mother is truly a good person. In both cases, the person being asked gives a long, uncomfortable pause before avoiding the question or giving a vague statement. Significantly, the people being asked are Joyce's father and one of her older siblings, so the fact even they couldn't immediately say Joyce's mom is good with a straight face spoke volumes already.
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Non-Answer / int_d2ef54a3	featureConfidence	1.0
Dumbing of Age (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_d2ef54a3
Non-Answer / int_d4fe015f	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_d4fe015f	comment	QI has an example given by host Stephen Fry that is immediately called out by a panellist, who asks how big a stalactite they're talking about is:
Non-Answer / int_d4fe015f	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_d4fe015f	featureConfidence	1.0
QI	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_d4fe015f
Non-Answer / int_d6be3a14	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_d6be3a14	comment	In the movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the Governor's song, "Dance a Little Sidestep" spoofs politicians' tendency to give these.
Non-Answer / int_d6be3a14	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_d6be3a14	featureConfidence	1.0
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_d6be3a14
Non-Answer / int_d88eb5	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_d88eb5	comment	LadyBugOut: When asked directly whether or not Ladybug and Chat Noir were affected by Oblivio's memory-wiping powers when they kissed, Alya replies that "I just left it up for people to decide on the post." Her efforts backfire, as her classmates quickly realize that her attempts to dodge around giving a straight answer effectively confirm what she's trying to hide: that they didn't have their memories, she knows they didn't, and is trying to conceal that information for the sake of pushing forward her own spin on the narrative.
Non-Answer / int_d88eb5	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_d88eb5	featureConfidence	1.0
LadyBugOut (Fanfic)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_d88eb5
Non-Answer / int_e2716b52	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_e2716b52	comment	In A Chorus Line, the director asks the cast what they will do when they can no longer dance. Will they have anything at all to fall back on? They respond with "What I Did For Love," a song about having no regrets living a dancer's life, which in no way answers the question (except perhaps to reveal that they don't know and they're trying not to think about it).
Non-Answer / int_e2716b52	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_e2716b52	featureConfidence	1.0
A Chorus Line (Theatre)	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_e2716b52
Non-Answer / int_e293455a	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_e293455a	comment	Buffy the Vampire Slayer From "Killed By Death": And in "Him":
Non-Answer / int_e293455a	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_e293455a	featureConfidence	1.0
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_e293455a
Non-Answer / int_e597b936	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_e597b936	comment	In the Principia Discordia:
Non-Answer / int_e597b936	featureApplicability	1.0
Non-Answer / int_e597b936	featureConfidence	1.0
Principia Discordia	hasFeature	Non-Answer / int_e597b936
Non-Answer / int_e5d5d23c	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_e5d5d23c	comment	Doom Protip: To kill the cyberdemon shoot at it until it dies.
Non-Answer / int_e5d5d23c	featureApplicability	1.0
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Non-Answer / int_ea4f62db	comment	Family Guy: Meg comes downstairs with a dress on, in preparation for a prom. She asks Brian, "How do I look Brian?" Brian says, not wanting to either lie to her or insult her, "Ahhhhh... You sure do, Meg." The episode "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One" has Lois get into a mayoral debate with Adam West. When Lois attempts to give an actual detailed answer explaining her plans to deal with sex offenders, she gets interrupted for time and receives a negative response from the audience, while Adam West, upon being asked about garbage disposal, gives an incredibly long-winded answer about the very nature of questions and answers themselves, which leaves the people stoked. Lois, in response, starts dumbing down her answers, until they consist of nothing but "9/11 was bad!", which gets increasingly huge cheers.
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Non-Answer / int_ec28245c	comment	In Dragon Ball Z:
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Non-Answer / int_ef076a36	comment	Star Trek: Voyager:
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Non-Answer / int_f0c816fb	comment	Breaking Bad: After Skyler reluctantly agrees to help Walt launder his drug money, she makes him promise complete honesty to her involving his criminal activities, leading to Walt giving a lot of interpretive and technically correct answers to avoid giving straight answers that he knows she wouldn't like. For example, at the end of the episode "Face Off", when Gus is killed in a cartel suicide bombing after he threatened the lives of Walt's family, Skyler asks if Walt had anything to do with it.
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Non-Answer / int_f3c939f5	comment	Spider-Men II: Miles Morales saved Barbara using his powers. She asked if he's a mutant, an inhuman, something else, all of the above... and he replied that needs time to figure out how to answer.
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Non-Answer / int_f724b70d	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_f724b70d	comment	Jeremie Belpois of Code Lyoko answered with a noise when Odd asked him if losing power is supposed to happen.
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Non-Answer / int_f74b5f80	type	Non-Answer
Non-Answer / int_f74b5f80	comment	As Babylon 5 prominently featured interstellar politics and intrigue, not to mention multiple cryptic alien races, mystics, prophets, and various magnificent and manipulative bastards with competing agendas and gambits, this was often played straight, and frequently lampshaded. A few examples: G'Kar tells Ta'lon that he has had a mind opening revelation. Ta'lon asks him what sort of revelation. The following conversation occurs: Kosh in particular did it so much that Sheridan sniped at him about it more than once. Perhaps the greatest non-answer on the show happened when Sheridan met the man who was, essentially, the highest ranking Mouth of Sauron for the Shadows. Sheridan tries to ask a simple question, and gets a mind bending reply that actually succeeds in throwing Sheridan off and making him forget the question he originally asked.
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Non-Answer / int_f99c3ee	comment	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared: In "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2": In the fourth installment, the computer comes to life because the puppets want to figure out the answer to the question "What is the biggest thing in the world?". He never actually answers the question.
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Non-Answer / int_fb1f271c	comment	In Lilo & Stitch, Lilo is rather suspicious of Cobra Bubbles — ostensibly a social worker, but looks far more intimidating than he should. Her immediate questioning doesn't exactly bolster confidence.
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