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-->'''Bartleby:''' It's never too late sir
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* In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', there's a sweet little exchange between Bruce Banner and Vision:
-->'''Bruce:''' If we're wrong about you... If you're the monster Ultron made you to be...\\
'''Vision:''' What will you ''do?'' ''[The team stands in silence for a while]''

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'':
** During the final confrontation with the BigBad:
---> '''[[spoiler:Ego]]:''' You are a god. If you kill me, you'll be just like everybody else!\\
'''Peter:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse What's so wrong with that?]]
** Kraglin's response to Taserface's plans for mutiny.
--->'''Kraglin:''' If [Yondu's] so soft, what are you whispering for?

* ''Film/IronMan3'': In the middle of a panic attack, Tony's kid sidekick says "if you're a mechanic, why don't you build something?" Tony ''instantly'' calms down. What's interesting is that we actually ''see'' him testing Tony's PTSD earlier, pushing the limits of acceptable behavior a lot like Tony does.

* ''Film/AFewGoodMen'': The JAG lawyer, Kaffee, asks Col. Jessup that "If you ordered that Santiago wasn't to be touched, and your orders are always followed, then why would Santiago be in danger? Why would it be necessary to transfer him off the base?" It's this question that instantly puts Jessup on the defensive, leading to a VillainousBreakdown where Jessup argues that [[ShootTheDog he did what]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo he had to do]] to "save lives."

* The film's climax is based around an armor-piecing question in ''Film/The39Steps.'' [[spoiler: Hannay asks Mr. Memory what the 39 Steps are and that reveals the big espionage secret that they are trying to kill him over.]]

-->'''Monica:''' Melville. Melville! ''(finally getting his attention)'' Even if you do get the bell the ring and somebody comes, what about about the damage?

* ''Series/{{Nuremberg}}'' has Robert Jackson considering quitting, and his assistant asking him ''"does Herman Göring actually believe in his ideals more than you believe in yours?"''

* ''Film/AfterTheDark'': At the end of the film, Petra and Zimit, her professor, have a conversation after all the other students have left the final class of the semester that reveals that [[spoiler: the two of them have been in [[TeacherStudentRomance a secret relationship]], both attracted to the other for their intelligence. Zimit tries to dissuade her from leaving Jakarta to attend college in America with her classmate and boyfriend James, whose entrance essays she wrote so they could go to the same prestigious school. When he's baffled that she would choose to be with someone who is intellectually inferior to her, she asks him this:]]

** In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', what kicks Jean’s already emerging SplitPersonality-induced SanitySlippage into high gear, to the point that just before the Phoenix takes over, she ''begs'' Logan to kill her, is him asking her one question;
--->'''Logan:''' Where’s [[spoiler:Scott]]?

* ''Film/AfterTheDark'': At the end of the film, Petra and Zimit, her professor, have a conversation after all the other students have left the final class of the semester that reveals that [[spoiler: the two of them have been in [[TeacherStudentRomance a secret relationship]], both attracted to their other for their intelligence. Zimit tries to dissuade her from leaving Jakarta to attend college in America with her classmate and boyfriend James, whose entrance essays she wrote so they could go to the same prestigious school. When he's baffled that she would choose to be with someone who is intellectually inferior to her, she asks him this:]]

* ''Film/Fences'': Cory asks his dad if he likes him, to which Troy gives the biggest soliloquy of the film about the difference between responsibility and like.

* In ''Film/SecretsAndLies'', Cynthia hits unwittingly hits a nerve when she casually quizzes Maurice about his plans for the future.

* Film/ManOfSteel: After teenage [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Clark]] has used his superhuman strength to save everyone on a school bus from drowning witnessed by at the very least two kids, Jonathan Kent scolds Clark for using his powers in public. Clark responds with "What was I supposed to do, just let them die?" Jonathan is clearly heartbroken that he doesn't have a simple answer for his son, practically croaking out "...Maybe." but then tries to impress on Clark the potentially disastrous worldwide consequences of revealing himself. [[spoiler:He also eventually lets a tornado take him rather than risk these consequences, even though Clark is by then older.]]

* ''Film/ThankYouForSmoking'': Senator Finisterre was certainly hoping to invoke this when he asked Nick during the hearing if, once Nick's son turns 18, Nick would let ''him'' smoke, clearly hoping to get Nick in a 'gotcha' moment that would discredit him. He's left speechless when Nick's answer is yes, he ''would'', if that's what Joey really wanted, once again emphasizing the moral of personal choice.

* ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'': During the Hunter Commission, where General Reginald Dyer was grilled over his actions in carrying out the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, he is asked what provisions he made for the wounded in the aftermath. Dyer claims that he "was ready to help any who applied." Dyer is then asked "how does a [[WouldHurtAChild child shot with a 303 Lee-Enfield]] 'apply' for help?" He doesn't even attempt to answer that one.