History Main / IWasNeverHere

P.S. [=~That Didn't Happen~=].

* repeatedly spoofed in ''{{Discworld}}'':

* On Season 3 of ''[[TwentyFour 24]]''...

* The VCR game of ''Clue''- "I was never in Sumatra".
* One of the random messages from the [[SpacePirate pirates]] in ''[[WingCommander Privateer]]'', when pirates are friendly to you (as in the Tayla mission series): "I didn't see you, and you're blind."

* Sgt. Schultz does this to ''himself'' often in ''HogansHeroes''.
--> I know ''nothing!'' I see ''nothing!''

* The 1998 ''{{Film/Godzilla}}'', although for some [[{{FanonDiscontinuity}} the movie never happened either]].

* ''No Country for Old Men'': Anton: "You didn't see me. I was already gone."

** In Series 4, Episode 2, "Pompeii", when Metella asks the Doctor who he is, with his way with words, and his "temple containing such size within", he answers, "Oh, I was never here. Don't tell anyone."

* The 1998 ''{{Film/Godzilla}}'', although [[{{Discontinuity}} the movie never happened either]].

* ''{{Superman}} vs. Doomsday'' movie: "Lexcorp was never there." [[spoiler:"[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness And now neither were you.]]"]]

* ''ArtemisFowl''

--> -- '''Artemis Fowl''', ''Literature/The Eternity Code''

--> -- '''Artemis Fowl''', ''Literature/ The Eternity Code''

--> -- '''Artemis Fowl''', ''Literature/ArtemisFowl: The Eternity Code''

"Incorrect. I was never here. The tapes will prove it."

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You did not read this entry. It was never written.

!!Examples

* Real Life: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, with Frank Gusenberg.
* RealLife : The ''damnatio memoriae'' or "damnation of memory." In Rome, if TheEmperor is mad enough at you, [[{{Unperson}} you will cease to exist]].

* The 1998 ''{{Godzilla}}'', although [[{{Discontinuity}} the movie never happened either]].

* ''TheMatrix'' (When Neo sells his friend the bootleg disc.)
* ''MissionImpossible''

** Bonus points for the line being spoken by the [[JamesEarlJones same man]] who gave us the [[TropeNamer trope naming]] line.
* ''Hitman'': "We aren't here, which means when we open up on you and shred your bodies with automatic fire then this will never have happened. "

[[AC: Literature]]
* repeatedly spoofed in ''{{Discworld}}'' :
** In ''{{Discworld/Interesting Times}}'', Mustrum Ridcully has trouble wrapping his mind around the idea that he is ''not'' talking to Vetinari and they are ''not'' looking at a mysterious albatross, who has ''not'' come with an important message.

* In ''NineteenEightyFour'', O'Brien shows Winston the picture of the old Party leaders (who are now {{unperson}}s), then throws it into a memory hole and says that it never existed and he does not remember its existence. The clear implication is that the Party can do this with any inconvenient object or person.

* In ''[[DarkHeresy Innocence Proves Nothing]],'' an Inquisition operative says this to a squad of starship security troops when he orders them to cover up the deaths of two rogue psykers.

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* On Season 3 of [[TwentyFour 24]]...

[[AC: Radio]]
* Practically Archie's CatchPhrase in ''AbsolutePower''. He has never met the partners of Prentice [=McCabe=] Media Relations, they don't have a lucrative government contract, and there isn't a large cheque in this unmarked envelope.

* In ''SplinterCell Conviction'', at the end of [[spoiler: the White House level, and thus the game]], when Army troops see [[spoiler: Sam in the Oval Office preparing to deal with Reed]], President Caldwell tells the Captain present that she was the only one he saw there. The soldier gets the hint.

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[[AC: Western Animation]]

* Of course, ''TheSimpsons'' spoofed it. In one episode, Lisa somehow ends up right outside Area 51[[spoiler:a]]. A map next to an information kiosk has a dot on it labelled "You are here. We are not."
** In another episode, Lisa has to babysit Bart, who makes her life a living hell by calling up random services. Lisa opens the door to find a military man who asks to see Lisa Simpson, who was reported to have seen a [=UFO=]. Lisa screams that she didn't see a [=UFO=]. The military man leans in threateningly and says, "That's right, you didn't." He then wave off a doctor with a syringe and leaves.

* The possum from "Podunk Possum", from the ''WhatACartoon'' series, absolutely did not see any mysterious [=UFOs=] this evening, especially after being confronted with the [=MIBs'=] very shiny badge.

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** Bonus points for the line being spoken by the [[JamesEarlJones same man]] who gave us the [TropeNamer trope naming]] line.

* The Guild Navigator from the ''{{Dune}}'' movie, after telling the Emperor to kill Paul Attredies. "I did not say this, I am not here."