History Main / FlatWhat

--> Internet:''"[[http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS389US389&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=define%3AKaster Definitions of Kaster on the Web: Kaster is a village in Belgium, part of the municipality of Anzegem. Recently, the town made headlines when a serial rapist dressed as a Blastoise Pokemon raped and killed 65 men.]]"''

--> Reader: "What."

** The hive mind seems to have determined it actually came as a response to someone discussing the Inferi from ''HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''... to the tune of "The Happy Wanderer" (the "Valderie, Valdera" song). "In-fer-iiiii... in-fer-aaaaaaa..." The first post after that was a prematurely-launched post consisting entirely of "man what"

''"[[http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS389US389&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=define%3AKaster Definitions of Kaster on the Web: Kaster is a village in Belgium, part of the municipality of Anzegem. Recently, the town made headlines when a serial rapist dressed as a Blastoise Pokemon raped and killed 65 men.]]"''

''"What."''

*** Linkara's "Wait, what?" seems more like a genuine statement of confusion, in this tropers opinion. A more standard FlatWhat occured in his review of AmazonsAttack:
---> '''President:''' I'm implementing the [[ColdWar McCarran Act!]]
---> '''Linkara:''' ''(in utter disgust and disbelief)'' ''What?''

** TheCinemaSnob got one in ''{{Kickassia}}'' when NostalgiaCritic revealed that yes, he really did order twenty tons of dynamite.

* In one strip, Miko has a fairly lengthy rant about how the gods have punished the Order for [[ItMakesSenseInContext staying at a nice hotel.]] Haley has a FlatWhat moment, although it's kinda hard to tell, since this was near the start of her aphasia. So it comes out as, "Xdfw."

* Attributed to {{Richard Nixon}} as the epigram to the fourth part of ''GravitysRainbow''.

And that's exactly how it's written, too: "what" with a period at the end. Some people cut this down even farther, going with "wha,"wat," "wut?" or the popular BritishAccents "wot?" Sometimes appears on boards as "what is this i don't even" (no punctuation whatsoever and the i not capitalized) -- more complex, but still indicating that the speaker is too gobsmacked to be capable of a coherent sentence.

And that's exactly how it's written, too: "what" with a period at the end. Some people cut this down even farther, going with "wha,"wat," "wut?" or the popular BritishAccents "wot?" Sometimes appears on boards as "what is this i don't even" (no punctuation whatsoever and the i not capitalized).

** In the ongoing Army of One storyline, [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p66 Doc's reaction]] to Franz Rainer defending himself against the [=McNinja=] clone horde, likely taking full advantage of the InverseNinjaLaw.

* [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses The Nostalgia Critic's]] review of Film/AloneInTheDark:

** [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses The Nostalgia Chick]] made good use of this too when she reviewed Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, letting out three in quick succession:

** The people of the RPGnet forums prefer to phrase it as "man what".

* In [[DGrayManAbridged D. Gray Man The Abridged Series]], there is a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6AhIT6JKnk short]] starring Kanda and Allen:
-->Kanda:"Hey Allen. You're a bean sprout."
-->Allen:"Your mom's a bean sprout."
-->Kanda:"Your beansprout's a mom!"
-->Allen:"...What."

And that's exactly how it's written, too: "what" with a period at the end. Some people cut this down even farther, going with "wha,"wat," "wut?" or the popular BritishAccents "wot?" Sometimes appears on boards as "what is this I don't even" (no punctuation whatsoever).

* A short inserted after a ZeroPunctuation featuring a machinima made with Paikiller, about halfway through.

** Link, anyone?

*** And what they said when Pikachu beat Brock's Onyx by having a ''sprinkler douse it in water''. Which somehow magically makes rock conduct electricity as well. [[FlatWhat What]] indeed.