History Main / FlatWhat

* In the Creator/CBoyardee animation ''Dilbert 3'', Alice delivers one in response to a murderous Dilbert's "ranch or cool ranch" Doritos trick questions before she is promptly shot after answering "ranch".

* In ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin VideoGame/VsAGOTI'', this is A.G.O.T.I.'s reaction upon learning that the main antagonist duo, the Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest, sent ''their own daughter'' to imprisonment in the Void.

* A now [[MemeticMutation infamous]] recent example stems from a RAW where Wrestling/MichaelCole, after Wrestling/JerryLawler was driven through a table by a rampaging Wrestling/MarkHenry, announcing that Lawler had several injuries and, "with all due respect... anal bleeding." Wrestling/BookerT 's expression for a split-second is priceless. It's one part "[[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon they]] actually cleared that line?" Another part, "[[Wrestling/MichaelCole he]] actually ''said'' that?" and another part "WhoWritesThisCrap?" Booker's thrown off so badly in he beginning that he could only utter one word. "What."

* ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'': While Haida and Fenneko are out drinking, Haida gets a text from Retsuko asking if he can teach her how to play guitar. Haida, who had just before announced his intention to give up pursuing Retsuko romantically, is ordered by Fenneko to say "no" to Retsuko. Haida gets fired up and... immediately text Retsuko that he'd loved to help her. The two can only stare at the phone for a moment before Haida gives a short "wat", Fenneko following up with a DopeSlap.

* Elizabeth in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', when Jack uses his vote to make her the Pirate King.

* In one particular {{filler}}[=/=]{{flashback}} episode, ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' (or, more accurately, one of his shadow clones) has this reaction to Tenten summoning what appears to be [[ItMakesSenseInContext thousands of syringes to rain down on him]].

* A crossover between ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' and ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' has Hordak explaining to Skeletor that the latter was involved in in incident involving the kidnapping a baby (which he does not recall), that the baby is a traitor, and that the baby was a princess, all without much in the way of preamble or context. Skeletor's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBjhAqXg8MY baffled reaction]] is understandable, perhaps due to the worrying emphasis on 'baby' from Hordak. And yes, for someone as [[LargeHam prone to overacting]] as Skeletor, that ''is'' a flat response.

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* ''LightNovel/SeitokaiNoIchizon'' has a knocked-out Sugisaki Ken trying to cross the river of Hell to reach his "harem". [[Anime/HellGirl Ai Enma]], who happens to be passing by on her ferry, responds to this bizarre scene with a flat "Oi..." after he passes her.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Arya reacts this way after the Waif plays 'the game of faces' with her.

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--->'''KARKAT:''' WHAT HAPPENED TO VRISKA? WHY IS SHE PASSED OUT ON THE FUCKING FLOOR?!
--->'''JOHN:''' because i punched her in the face.
--->'''KARKAT:''' WHAT

--->'''JADE:''' oh yeah by the way dave...
--->'''JADE:''' youre a pretty good kisser!
--->'''JADE:''' even when youve got cat lips ;)
--->'''DAVE:''' WHAT

--->'''SISERA:''' So, Uriel, what brings you here to this lovely little offworld paradise?
--->'''URIEL:''' oh y'know just wanted to check out the sites, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext lick an alien or two]], get my mack on.
--->'''SISERA:''' what

--->'''ADAM:''' this was totally worth getting my favorite shirt eaten by a giant bug.
--->'''URIEL:''' what

* One of the best parts of the dubbed ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "Electric Shock Showdown!" was Lt. Surge's Flat What after [[spoiler:Pikachu nullifies his Raichu's Thunderbolt by grounding its tail]]. [[NewRulesAsThePlotDemands This is also a remarkably accurate representation of what every fan of the Pokémon games said at that exact moment.]]

* This is Doctor Nemesis's reaction to an unexpected teleport in the Comicbook/XMen one-shot Blind Science.
* A particularly amusing example from ''Comicbook/TheInvisibles''. A Mexican god of death tells to a very young Lord Fanny that she has to give her body/soul to a passage to the next level of her ritual to become a witch. She doesn't want to... so she offers the god a joke. A god of death answering with a flat what its just priceless (mostly because a lot of readers were asking themselves the same).
* The Devil's response when [[Comicbook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] nonchalantly comments that the candles made booze out of holy water. The booze the Devil just drank, and the candles that Constantine promptly kicks over.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'', Alice pulls one after being defeated by Remilia in the latter's story.

** And in a CallBack, this is Rami's reaction to seeing [[spoiler:the same creature]] in ''Videogame/IMissTheSunrise''.

* ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'' uses this a lot, mostly by [[GlassCannon Black Mage]] and [[TheOmnipotent Sarda]] (the latter involving an incident that almost completely broke his brain).

* ''Webcomic/{{Explorers of Souls}}'':

* ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Part of a RunningGag is that whenever something on TV mentions him in some fashion (the infamous "[=McNinja=] Burgers" from UsefulNotes/McDonalds, mayor Goodrich fingering him as the partner in the town's zombie defense system), the titular doctor will spend [[BeatPanel one brief panel]] staring at the TV in surprise and saying "What." in the next.

* Diane from ''Webcomic/{{Iron Crown}}'' gets [[http://ironcrowncomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-8 a nice one]] when she hears about traitors being the cause of the current mess she's in for the first time. One can only imagine she shares the same attitude her father (a dictator) has towards them.

-->'''Liquid:''' Say, huh... Why don't you levitate yourself up here? You can do that.\\

* Mike Warner of ''WebComic/{{Shortpacked}}!'' had this reaction upon learning that [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-10/04-hamalanche/what-2/ Amber had adopted a pair of hamsters.]]

-->'''KARKAT:''' WHAT HAPPENED TO VRISKA? WHY IS SHE PASSED OUT ON THE FUCKING FLOOR?!
-->'''JOHN:''' because i punched her in the face.
-->'''KARKAT:''' WHAT

-->'''JADE:''' oh yeah by the way dave...
-->'''JADE:''' youre a pretty good kisser!
-->'''JADE:''' even when youve got cat lips ;)
-->'''DAVE:''' WHAT

* The [[http://fancyadventures.com/2008/08/08/page-9/ revelation of the premise]] of Webcomic/TheFancyAdventuresOfJackCannon.

* Schtein's reaction in ''Webcomic/StringTheory'' when he's been told that he's been assigned to the garbage duty at the prison.

* ''WebComic/FirstContact'' does it on occasion:

* A now [[MemeticMutation infamous]] recent example stems from a RAW where Wrestling/MichaelCole, after Wrestling/JerryLawler was driven through a table by a rampaging Wrestling/MarkHenry, announcing that Lawler had several injuries and, "with all due respect... anal bleeding." Wrestling/BookerT 's expression for a split-second is priceless. It's one part "[[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon they]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar actually cleared that line?]]" Another part, "[[Wrestling/MichaelCole he]] actually ''said'' that?" and another part "WhoWritesThisCrap?" Booker's thrown off so badly in he beginning that he could only utter one word. "What."

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In "It Came From the Nightosphere", Marceline drops this after Finn says a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar suggestive line]] about confronting her demonic father.