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-->[=McGonagall=]:''' Miss Dagworth-Granger, I apologize for not intervening faster. Mr. Finnigan was given detention and lost 50 points. However, I had to take points from Harry and Draco as well. I am sorry, boys, but I need to be as objective as possible.\\

* When Dan receives his [[CoolPet Shikigami]] in ''[[Fanfic/ThawingPermafrost Thawing Permafrost]]'', he can't get the name right. Upon first hearing it, his reaction is "Shiki-whatnow?".

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12903175/7/Jinxing-the-Unforgivables Jinxing the Unforgivables]]'' a fourth-year Ravenclaw explains that Beauxbatons' flying carriage is made more comfortable during transport by magical means.

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'''Bender:''' What-what?\\

'''Phoenix''': I got what of whom from what?

-->'''Sonic''': Who's Discord? That snake-looking thing up there?\\
'''Twilight''': That's right, Sonic. Discord is a draconequus.\\
'''Sonic''': A what?

-->'''Twilight''': In theory, this potion is supposed to be a talent enhancer.\\
'''Rainbow Dash''': A talent what?

-->'''Apple Bloom''': My name is Apple Bloom, and I'm a ''Cutie Mark Crusader!''\\
'''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney The Judge]]''': A... cutie mark... what?

-->'''Twilight''': [''To Phoenix''] [[AsYouKnow As you know]], your [[LieDetector Magatama's]] power [[PowerCopying somehow got transfered into me]].\\
'''Rainbow''': Magma... what-a?

-->'''Bobbie''': Oh, we know exactly what you mean.\\
'''Shaw''': You do?\\
'''Bobbie''': We're scientists. Well, of sorts. And we're trying to secure photographic documentation of a real live ''Homo Sasquatchus''.\\
'''Shaw''': Homo-say-what-us?\\
'''Bobbie''': We're looking for Bigfoot.\\
'''Shaw''': Huh? Bigfoot? (''[[Main/{{Facepalm}} face palms]]'') [[HypocriticalHumor I didn't realize I was talking to a couple of whack-jobs!]] (''picks up a roasted marshmallow on a stick by the campfire and points it at their dog Mr. Weenie'') Don't trust him. Pets are double agents. The moment you turn your back, he'll shiv ya! (''eats the marshmallow, then tosses the stick to the ground as he leaves'')\\
'''Bobbie''': Oh, no, he can't! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint We had him fixed.]]\\
(''Mr. Weenie whimpers'')

-->'''Deadshot''': How do you defuse this bomb, exactly?\\
'''Riddler''': It's the electroshock.\\
'''Captain Boomerang''': It's the ''what'' now?

-->'''Fergus, the ostler''': "Im Fergus, the ostler!"\\
'''Hawkins''': Wh-Whogus the whatsler?"

'''Jenny:''' (''confused'') The Rocket-who?

-->'''Radar technician''': I'm having trouble with the radar, sir.\\
'''Dark Helmet''': What's wrong with it?\\
'''Radar technician''': I lost the bleeps, I lost the sweeps, and I lost the creeps.\\
'''Dark Helmet''': The what?\\
'''Colonel Sandurz''': The what?\\
'''Dark Helmet''': And the what?

--->'''Ford''': [walks up behind Buffy, who has just slain a vamp] What's going on?\\
'''Buffy''': Um, uh... there was a-a cat. A cat here. And um, uh, then there was a-another cat. And they fought. The cats. And... then they left.\\
'''Ford''': Oh. I thought you were just slaying a vampire.\\
'''Buffy''': What? What-ing a what?

-->'''Observer''': (''to Bobo'') Wait, wait, don't go in there! Don't, don't, I wouldn't do that, that's a... (''Bobo gets sucked in'') ...wormhole.\\
'''Pearl''': A worm-what?\\
'''Observer''': A wormhole.\\
'''Pearl''': A what-hole?\\
'''Observer''': A worm''hole''. ''Worm''hole!

-->'''Person''': It was its exoskeleton.\\
'''Chapulín''': Its exoskele-what?\\
'''Person''': -ton.\\
'''Chapulín''': [[UnusualEuphemism Chanfle]].

-->'''Mackenzie''': Alo-''what''?\\
'''Doctor''': Alopecia.\\
'''Mackenzie''': What the fuck is that?

--->'''Lisa''': You could turn this into an epic poem! Like Creator/TSEliot's ''Literature/TheWasteLand''!\\
'''Moe''': T.S. what-iot's the who-now?

--->'''Twilight Sparkle''': She's a zebra.\\

--->'''Fluttershy''': There's no time! There's a cockatrice on the loose!\\
'''Apple Bloom''': A cocka-what-now?

--->'''Twilight Sparkle''': You...''are'' Ms. Harshwhinny, the Equestria Games inspector, aren't you?\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Tourist''': Inspector what-now?

-->'''Student ''(at a Catholic school)'':''' We're learning about transubstantiation.\\
'''Peggy ''(a Protestant)'':''' What?\\

'''Paul''': You know. An Egyptian tomb.\\

-->'''Jonathan:''' We don't know anything about a growth serum or chicken formula. Look, buddy...I'm Jonathan Winters, the famous comedian.\\

'''Jonathan:''' (''running out of steam'') Jonathan Winters, the not-so-famous comedian.

** And brought full circle, appearing in WebAnimation/DeathBattle with Goku vs. {{Superman}}. With Goku voiced by [=MasakoX=] of course.

--> '''Dagger:''' Oh my God, then your friends are innocent too?
--> '''Cloak:''' And they're t-trapped in the Darkforce Dimension!
--> '''Gertrude:''' The what now?

--> '''Mom:''' Calvin, we're going out to the grocery store real quick, and we need you to watch Tug.\\

-->'''1:''' Subjugate them!
-->'''8:''' Sub-what?
-->'''1:''' You illiterate cretin -- take their belongings!

-->'''Kate:''' Idaho?
-->'''Humphrey:''' Ida-who?

-->'''King Julien:''' Welcome to Madagascar!
-->'''Marty:''' Mada-who-ha?
-->'''Gloria:''' What?
-->'''King Julien:''' No, not who-ha. As-car.

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-->'''Princess:''' That was the dart of the Wachutu shaman!
-->'''Ace:''' The what-nee what-en?

--> '''Giles:''' Broken ''what''?\\

--> '''Chef!Cat:''' Well, forget everything you know about making cupcakes ... and say hello ... to the amazing Kupkake-inator.
--> '''Host!Cat:''' Cupcake-a-what?
--> '''Chef!Cat and audience:''' Kupkake-inator!

-->'''Fergus, the ostler''': "Im Fergus, the ostler!"
-->'''Hawkins''': Wh-Whogus the whatsler?"

-->'''Jane:''' Mary Poppins taught us the most wonderful word!
-->'''Michael:''' Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
-->'''Mr. Banks:''' What on earth are you talking about, supercal-- super-- or whatever the infernal thing is?
-->'''Jane:''' It's something to say when you don't know what to say.
-->'''Mr. Banks:''' Yes, well, I always know what to say.

-->'''Cliff:''' Jenny, prepare yourself for a shock. I'm [[TitleDrop the Rocketeer]].
-->'''Jenny:''' (''confused'') The Rocket-who?
* Film/{{Spaceballs}}:
-->'''Radar technician''': I'm having trouble with the radar, sir.
-->'''Dark Helmet''': What's wrong with it?
-->'''Radar technician''': I lost the bleeps, I lost the sweeps, and I lost the creeps.
-->'''Dark Helmet''': The what?
-->'''Colonel Sandurz''': The what?
-->'''Dark Helmet''': And the what?

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-->'''Anya:''' Buffy's got some kind of job there helping junior deviants, Spike's insane in the basement, Xander's there doing construction on the new gym--
-->'''Willow:''' Wait, Spike's ''what'' in the ''what''-ment?
-->'''Anya:''' Insane, base.

-->"Any of these gentlemen can lend you use of a sword."
-->"Use of a sw''what''?"

--> '''Person''': It was its exoskeleton.
--> '''Chapulín''': Its exoskele-what?
--> '''Person''': -ton.
--> '''Chapulín''': [[UnusualEuphemism Chanfle]].

--> '''Danny Bonaduce:''' Give your ''what'' a proper ''what''?

-->'''Strong Bad:''' ''Please'' tell me you've got my Snake Boxer 5 manual...
-->'''Bubs:''' Snake what now?
-->'''Strong Bad:''' [[{{Angrish}} Auuuugh! Aaaagh!]]
-->'''Bubs:''' Oh, Snake Boxer 5! Here ya go.

-->'''King Bee:''' I didn't even get to tell you about the big-breasted babe...
-->'''Conker:''' The-- the big what?

-->'''Ayane:''' How could karate stand against the Hajin-mon sect of Mugen Tenshin?
-->'''Hitomi:''' Hajin-in the what now?

--> '''Sir C:''' Oh no! That's the Fridigitator!\\

--> '''Doktor:''' But first, you need to take a DOOMP.
--> '''Raiden:''' I... wait, what?
--> '''Doktor:''' A DOOMP? A digital-optical output mounted proxy. ...

-->'''Yusei:''' I Synchro Summon Junk Gardna, in Defense Mode.
-->'''Yami:''' Synchro what?
-->'''Yusei:''' Synchro Summon.
-->'''Yami:''' What Summon?
-->'''Yusei:''' Synchro Summon.
-->'''Yami:''' What what?
-->'''Yusei:''' Synchro. Summon.
-->'''Yami:''' Oh. What's that?
-->'''Yusei:''' It's where you play a monst-
-->'''Yami:''' Wait. I seem to have stopped caring.

-->'''Mackenzie''': Alo-''what''?
-->'''Doctor''': Alopecia.
-->'''Mackenzie''': What the fuck is that?

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Fairly OddParents}}'':

--> '''C.G.:''' Apparently, the impact of the Avian creature must have deactivated the mocular re-organizer.\\

--> '''C.G.:''' Apparently, the impact of the Avian creature must of deactivated the mocular re-organizer.\\

** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E18Intervention Intervention]]", when Buffy's friends confront her about her having sex with Spike ([[spoiler:the one they saw was actually a robot]]), she responds, "The who whatting how with ''huh''?"
** Buffy does this a lot. From "[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E7LieToMe Lie To Me]]":

--->'''Goku:''' Kaio-Ken!
--->'''Superman:''' Kaio-wha-- '''*POW!*'''

* In ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'', the eponymous hero would listen to some complex world, make the entire routine and then ad an astonished expression. As added fun, instead of repeating the whole word, the person just repeat the last sylables that Chapulín missed.
--> '''Person''': It was it's exoesqueleton
--> '''Chapulín''': It's exoesquele-what?

* A certain E*Trade commercial that [[Creator/LindsayLohan a certain actress]] claims is [[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/lindsay-lohan-suing-e-trade-for-milkaholic-parody/37130?nc violating her rights]].

** When Buffy's friends confront her about her having sex with Spike ([[spoiler:the one they saw was actually a robot]]), she responds, "The who whatting how with ''huh''?"
** Buffy does this a lot. From "Lie To Me":

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' also counting as GettingCrapPastTheRadar:

* From the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] Episode "Prince of Space."
-->'''Observer''': Don't touch that, that's a wormhole!\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', when told by 1 to "subjugate [9 and 5]", [[DumbMuscle 8]] responds with "subje - what?"

Like ParrotExposition, but the expositor can't even finish the word. Even if it is easy to remember. Also used when someone says a big word, like [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology Palaeo-whatisit]]. Sometimes used out of spite, and sometimes used out of disbelief. A common form of verbal OhCrap. Often used in {{Advertising}}. SisterTrope to {{Gesundheit}}, where the speaker finds the word so unpronounceable he thinks it must have been a sneeze. A common silly subtrope involves the expositor successfully repeating each ''part'' of a word, but still somehow unable to say the whole thing together: