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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': When Duane realizes his soul is tethered to his rotting, bug infested body, trapping him in a hellish existence he angrily shouts why, to his god Ssael, furious with disbelief that there could be any meaning or reason for it.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': When Duane realizes his soul is tethered to his rotting, bug infested body, trapping him in a hellish existence he angrily shouts why, to asks his god Ssael, why, furious with disbelief that there could be any meaning or reason for it.and shocked.
-->'''Duane:''' [[https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch10/ch10_91.html Ssael-! Where is the MEANING?]]
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': When Duane realizes his soul is tethered to his rotting, bug infested body, trapping him in a hellish existence he angrily shouts why, to his god Ssael, furious with disbelief that there could be any meaning or reason for it.

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* The Music/BeastieBoys "Sabotage" song contains an epic one from the King Ad Rock.
* The appropriately titled ''Music/AnnieLennox'' song "Why?"

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* The Music/BeastieBoys song "Sabotage" song contains an epic MetalScream one from the King Ad Rock.
* The appropriately titled ''Music/AnnieLennox'' Music/AnnieLennox song "Why?""Why?"
* Music/LimpBizkit's "Boiler" ends with one.



* Used in [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/egg-roll this]] WebComic/AwkwardZombie strip.

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* Used in [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/egg-roll this]] WebComic/AwkwardZombie strip.''WebComic/AwkwardZombie'' strip.
* Used by [[https://www.nuklearpower.com/wp-content/themes/comicpress-np/cal01.png a falling and injured Black Mage]] in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{Alphabet}}'', Y ([[{{Pun}} of course]]) does this upon finding [[spoiler:X's dead body]].
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* In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2 [[UpdatedRerelease Record Breaker]]'', should the player opt for the Human Adminstrator Ending in the ''Triangulum Arc'', the penultimate scene has the party collapse from exhaustion after defeating the BigBad. [[TheLancer Daichi]] wakes up and sees Yamato, Al Saiduq, and the Protagonist missing and realizes that [[spoiler:the Protagonist is planning on becoming a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Human Adminstator]]]]. He rushes to those three and begs the Protagonist to reconsider and, when they proceed to go through with their plan, just screams, "WHY?!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': "What Have You Done?" ends with Finn [[BadBadActing "dying"]], causing Ice King to scream "WHY?!" at the top of his lungs, and his anguished howls reach all the way to the Candy Kingdom, curing the Candy People of their Freezer Burn Flu. After Finn feels hurt by how Ice King just dropped him after crying out in pain, Jake says he'd hold onto Finn for an eternity if he ever died, and carries Finn back home in his arms while [[ParodiedTrope yelling "WHY?!" and laughing]].
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Not to be confused with the regional[[note]]Mainly Massachusetts, and Connecticut.[[/note]] supermarket chain "Big Y". Or [[WesternAnimation/SuperWhy Super Why]].

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Not to be confused with the regional[[note]]Mainly Massachusetts, and Connecticut.[[/note]] supermarket chain "Big Y". Or [[WesternAnimation/SuperWhy Super Why]].
''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy''.
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->''"Why, Lisa? WHY? WHY?"''

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->''"Why, Lisa? WHY? WHY?"''Lisa?! WHY?! WHY?!"''
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[[caption-width-right:305: Because they hate you, I thought you understood this already.]]

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* After [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9 Gary Plauché]] shot his son's kidnapper and rapist in the head as he was being escorted through Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in 1984, the officers who immediately restrained Plauché began crying out "Why? WHY, GARY? WHY?!" [[PapaWolf Presumably they were asking rhetorically.]]

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* After [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9 Gary Plauché]] shot his son's kidnapper and rapist in the head as he was being escorted through Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in 1984, the officers who immediately restrained Plauché began crying out "Why? WHY, GARY? WHY?!" [[PapaWolf Presumably One could presume they were asking rhetorically.]]
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* After [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9 Gary Plauché]] shot his son's kidnapper and rapist in the head as he was being escorted through Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in 1984, the officers who immediately restrained Plauché began crying out "Why? WHY, GARY? WHY?!" [[PapaWolf Presumably they were rhetorical.]]

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* After [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9 Gary Plauché]] shot his son's kidnapper and rapist in the head as he was being escorted through Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in 1984, the officers who immediately restrained Plauché began crying out "Why? WHY, GARY? WHY?!" [[PapaWolf Presumably they were rhetorical.asking rhetorically.]]

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* Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's reaction on Jan 6, 1994 when an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding struck her above her right knee with a retractable baton.

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* Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's reaction on Jan 6, 1994 when an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding struck her above her right knee with a retractable baton. This was subject to plenty of jokes at the time (as were most aspects of the case), although Kerrigan's emotional reaction was pretty understandable and more than a little tragic in hindsight.
* After [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9 Gary Plauché]] shot his son's kidnapper and rapist in the head as he was being escorted through Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in 1984, the officers who immediately restrained Plauché began crying out "Why? WHY, GARY? WHY?!" [[PapaWolf Presumably they were rhetorical.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Ripped Pants" when [=SpongeBob=] appears to have drowned [[spoiler:but is just setting up another ripped pants joke]], the lifeguard does a particularly hilarious one.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
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"Ripped Pants" when [=SpongeBob=] appears to have drowned [[spoiler:but is just setting up another ripped pants joke]], the lifeguard does a particularly hilarious one.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E14BrotherFromTheSamePlanet "Brother From The Same Planet]]" Homer yells this as he dreams Bart having turned into a skeleton. He then yells "Why?.... Who?....When?.... How?..."

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E14BrotherFromTheSamePlanet "Brother From The Same Planet]]" Homer yells this as he dreams that Bart having has turned into a skeleton. He then yells "Why?.... Who?....When?.... How?...""WHY...? HOW...? WHEN...? WHICH...?"
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* In episode 51 of ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'', Alexi screams "Why?!" twice after being rejected by another director.
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* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': Ryuji lets one out in Chapter 68, when [[spoiler:Ayumi leaves]], accompanied by ManlyTears.

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* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'': Ryuji lets one out in Chapter 68, when [[spoiler:Ayumi leaves]], accompanied by ManlyTears.
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* In ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'' in "How to Dump Your Girlfriend!", Anthony's girlfriend lets one out when she gets fooled by Anthony faking his death. Anthony then answers her, [[WhatAnIdiot even though he was supposed to pretend to be dead]].

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* In ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'' in "How to Dump Your Girlfriend!", Anthony's girlfriend lets one out when she gets fooled by Anthony faking his death. Anthony then answers her, [[WhatAnIdiot even though he was supposed to pretend to be dead]].dead.
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** In "Missing Identity", [=SpongeBob=] mourns the loss of his nametag this way. Or rather, he does it by shouting out "'''''[[GratuitousFrench PORQUOI?!]]'''''"
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* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Wendy Koopa says "WHYY!?!?" in a overly-dramatic hilarious tone in ''VideoGame/MarioKart8''.
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** [[Played for laughs]] when Wendy Koopa says "WHYY!?!?" in a overly-dramatic hilarious tone in ''VideoGame/MarioKart8''.

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** [[Played for laughs]] when Wendy Koopa says "WHYY!?!?" in a overly-dramatic hilarious tone in ''VideoGame/MarioKart8''.
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** [[Played for laughs]] when Wendy Koopa says "WHYY!?!?" in a overly-dramatic hilarious tone in ''VideoGame/MarioKart8''.
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[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Why, TV Tropes?!]] '''''[[SelfDemonstratingArticle WWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!]]'''''

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[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Why, TV Tropes?!]] '''''[[SelfDemonstratingArticle WWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!]]'''''
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** In "The Origins", Nicole does this in response to her alarm clock going off, which turns out to be Gumball imitating it, alongside Richard's yelling.
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* In certain ''[[VideoGame/TheKingofFighters King of Fighters]]'' games, Sie Kensou's KO scream has him yell "NANDE YA!?"

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* In certain ''[[VideoGame/TheKingofFighters ''[[Franchise/TheKingofFighters King of Fighters]]'' games, Sie Kensou's KO scream has him yell "NANDE YA!?"

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* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode "Spaceman Sonic" gives us this [[MemeticMutation infamous]] quote from [[EvilIsHammy Dr. Robotnik]] as he yells at his minions. "WHY is my precious rocket-ship drifting off into deep space?! WHY am I reaching you at the coordinates of the abandoned space station?! WHY?! WHY?! WHY?!"

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* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode "Spaceman Sonic" gives us this [[MemeticMutation infamous]] quote from [[EvilIsHammy Dr. Robotnik]] as he yells at his minions. "WHY is my precious rocket-ship rocket ship drifting off into deep space?! WHY am I reaching you at the coordinates of the abandoned space station?! WHY?! WHY?! WHY?!"


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** In "The Ex", Tobias lets one out when he triggers a bomb that Gumball mistakenly planted in his house and gets sent flying.
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* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': Ryuji lets one out in Chapter 68, when [[spoiler:Ayumi leaves]], accompanied by ManlyTears.
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* In ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'' this appears to be Lucy’s reaction when [[spoiler: she learns her father and brother have been repeating the day’s events over and over to conceal her brain damage]].

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* In ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'' this appears to be Lucy’s Lucy's reaction when [[spoiler: she learns her father and brother have been repeating the day’s day's events over and over to conceal her brain damage]].



* ''Film/MommieDearest'' has Joan Crawford screaming "Why" after she found a second wire hanger in Christina's closet.

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* ''Film/MommieDearest'' has Joan Crawford Creator/JoanCrawford screaming "Why" after she found a second wire hanger in Christina's closet.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E3Volcano Volcano]]", when Stan shoots Scuzzlebutt, Patrick Duffy lets out a BigNo and exclaims, "Why, God, why?!"

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E3Volcano Volcano]]", when Stan shoots Scuzzlebutt, Patrick Duffy Creator/PatrickDuffy lets out a BigNo and exclaims, "Why, God, why?!"



* When Professor Farnsworth discovers that his experimental monkey Gunther has escaped in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Mars University", he shouts "Why? WHY? Why didn't I break his legs?!"

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* When Professor Farnsworth discovers that his experimental monkey Gunther has escaped in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Mars University", "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E11MarsUniversity Mars University]]", he shouts "Why? WHY? Why didn't I break his legs?!"

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