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* "What?!" Sharper inflection indicating a level of surprise ([[EmergencyBroadcast disturbing news]], or [[BreakingBadNewsGently something you may need to sit down for]], etc.)

* "What?!" Sharper inflection indicating a level of surprise ([[EmergencyBroadcast disturbing news]], [[BreakingBadNewsGently something you may need to sit down for]], etc.)

* Kyon pulls one after Haruhi announces the SOS brigade will be hosting a movie screening at the culture fest in episode 20 of ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''.

* ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' 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.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', Ami, Kitamura, and Minorin do a flat what after Ryuuji tells them that he and Taiga [[spoiler:are going to run away and get married.]]

* In the last episode of ''LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers'', after Sernia and Tomomi hfe had one of their biggest battles ever over a ticket to the amusement park Try Aqualand for a date with Akiharu (won by Sernia), the guy is so ObliviousToLove that he completely misunderstands their enthusiasm, and gives the other ticket to Tomomi as a "sort of consolation prize". Cue absolutely deadpan Flat What from Tomomi, followed by some verbal abuse from most of the named cast, and topped with an earth-shaking double slap from BOTH Tomomi and Sernia.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Corsair}}'', in the midst of discussing Aura's wish to marry Canale, Ayace decides to bluntly let everyone know that Canale is his lover. While the others' reactions vary from awkwardness to surprise, Aura simply says "...what."

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11376451/8/Celestia-takes-a-vacation Celestia takes a Vacation]]'': Celestia tends to induce these whenever she decides to [[TheGadfly screw with people for her own amusement]], such as reacting to [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Princess Henrietta]] entering the room by loudly declaring her plot foiled and teleporting away with Siesta, with whom she'd been having tea.

---> [[spoiler:'''Melos:''']] ...what.\\

* "[[BigWhat WHAT?!" "WHAAAAAT?!?!?!]]" et al; New levels of absurdity have been hit (Variations on the length of the word and (ab)use of ? and ! as needed; this is the one most often used for comic effect.

* In ''WebVideo/TurntRed'', a WebAnimation/YouTubePoop based on ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', this is Mei's reaction to a random shot of [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz and Woody]] dancing.

** In chapter 4 Asuka uttered one after finding out that Shinji had accidentally touched Rei's breasts once.

* ''Fanfic/{{Adjacency}}'': From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/144314/5/adjacency/chapter-5-scattered "Scattered"]]:
--> Her eyes traced over every new, magically-enhanced feature of Trixie's mirror, staring at disbelief at what she beheld. From the brightly shining doorway, to the now ethereal constellations in the place of paint, to the almost holographic ring of magic sparkling around the rightmost star of Orion's Belt. All of the imperfections in the wooden frame had vanished. Even the glue seams which used to conjoin the fancier pieces of trim had melded together into solid wood. None of it made any sense to the logical portion of her mind.\\

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Izuku gives this response when the man he'd electrocuted by accident introduces himself as [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], who is [[ComicBooksAreReal supposed to be fictional]].

* Given the frequency of positively bizarre crap that happens in the Pokémon fic ''Fanfic/BraveNewWorld'', one can hardly blame [[OnlySaneMan Pikachu]] for reacting this way often. You know it's approaching critical mass when [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Leo]] does it though.

* Celestia tends to induce these in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11376451/8/Celestia-takes-a-vacation Celestia takes a Vacation]]'' whenever she decides to [[TheGadfly screw with people for her own amusement]], such as reacting to [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Princess Henrietta]] entering the room by loudly declaring her plot foiled and teleporting away with Siesta, with whom she'd been having tea.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13135713/45/Certain-Dark-Things Certain Dark Things]]'' Snape says it when he learns that Harriet hasn't been seen in Little Whinging since the previous August.

--> Nightmare Moon opened her mouth, paused for a second, then said a word in the flattest tone Applejack had ever heard, even flatter than when she had said this word earlier tonight.\\
“What.”

* In the song "WOFF" by Swedish music group ''Baby Alice'', the wolf says this in the chorus when he realizes Little Red Riding Hood wants to be the one to eat him.

'''Freeza:''' What? ''(gets his hand crushed)'' AUGH!\\

** This was Naruto's first reaction to Jiraiya's death.

* Shinji gives a very amusing one in chapter 612 of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' when [[spoiler: Soifon gives Yoruichi's little brother, Yushiro, pocket money]].

* In chapter 120 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', this is [[ServileSnarker Hayasaka's]] reaction [[spoiler:after Kaguya ''finally'' admits that she's in love with Shirogane.]]

** This was also Shenron's reaction in the ''Christmas Tree of Might'' Christmas Special when the group summons him and go on about the forest being devastated by fire. Naturally Shenron thinks they want him to restore life to the forest, but Krillin's response that nah, Krillin just wants a great Christmas tree first makes Shenron do a Flat What, then marks his breaking point from being a BenevolentGenie into a JackassGenie.

** Another one in Episode 16:
--->'''Yamcha:''' What the hell? I waxed off everything! I waxed off your car, I waxed off your house, [[ItMakesSenseInContext I even waxed off your monkey]]!\\
'''Piccolo:''' Okay, I just started paying attention - what.
** Aaaand Episode 15:

* Continuing the tendency marked by [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya his canon counterpart]], Kyon in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' gives a Flat What when Haruhi announces that, due to Kyon inadvertently making her believe he was upset with her, [[InsaneTrollLogic she can no longer trust him to put his costume on by himself]] and asks Yuki to hold him down.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': This is Ronan's reaction when Quill interrupts his epic final speech by [[spoiler: singing and dancing to "Ooh Child" and then challenging Ronan to a dance-off]].

* In the season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', Magica [=DeSpell=] has weaseled her way into Scrooge's grounds in the guise of her nephew, and spends most of the walk up to Scrooge's front door loudly boasting of the awesome final conflict brewing between herself, unfathomably powerful sorceress of the shadows, and Scrooge [=McDuck=], world's greatest adventurer, arch-nemesis and heroic figure of legend. Unfortunately, Magica is not aware that owing to a separate familial argument in the previous episode, Scrooge has been abandoned by his family, and subsequently is not in the best frame of mind for a battle:

'''Lanel:''' I've always wanted to make love with an alien.

* In the last episode of ''LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers'', after Sernia and Tomomi hfe had one of their biggest battles ever over a ticket to the amusement park Try Aqualand for a date with Akiharu (won by Sernia), the guy is so ObliviousToLove that he completely misunderstands their enthusiasm, and gives the other ticket to Tomomi as a "sort of consolation prize". Cue absolutely deadpan Flat What from Tomomi, followed by some verbal abuse from most of the named cast, and topped with an earth-shaking double ArmorPiercingSlap from BOTH Tomomi and Sernia.

* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'': Kuroyukihime has this reaction when Haruyuki tells her that he went through with her suggestion to cable link with his childhood Chiyuri.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''