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* ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'': During Suzuno's introduction, Emi is left confused over her ignorance of modern technology and questions where she came from. Suzuno bluntly responds she's from Ente Isla, and is taken aback that Emi didn't figure it out herself.
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* ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'': During Suzuno's introduction, Emi is left confused over her ignorance of modern technology and questions where she came from. Suzuno bluntly responds she's from Ente Isla, and is taken aback that Emi didn't figure it out herself.already know.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "The Yoko Factor," Xander, assuming Buffy had already told him as such, casually tells Riley everything about her relationship with Angel, including his CurseEscapeClause and how sleeping with Buffy turned him evil; it's only after he finishes the story that Xander realizes Riley didn't know beforehand. Riley is sent into GreenEyedMonster mode, leading to a massive CockFight when Angel comes to town, and Buffy is understandably pissed at Xander for telling him everything in the first place.
-->'''Xander''': She... kind of left that part out, huh?\\
'''Riley''': Yeah, she did. That explains a lot of things that... I wish weren't explained.
-->'''Xander''': She... kind of left that part out, huh?\\
'''Riley''': Yeah, she did. That explains a lot of things that... I wish weren't explained.
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->'''Knuckles''': Why didn't you explain [that Eggman was deliberately controlling the Egg Moon to block out the sun] ''before'' you knocked down the towers?!\\
'''Sonic''': I thought it was obvious. I can't help it if [[IdiotBall you're slow]].
-->--''Anime/SonicX'', "[[Recap/SonicXS2E15EggmanForPresident Eggman for President]]"
'''Sonic''': I thought it was obvious. I can't help it if [[IdiotBall you're slow]].
-->--''Anime/SonicX'', "[[Recap/SonicXS2E15EggmanForPresident Eggman for President]]"
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-->'''Emi''': Okay... just to clarify, you're saying you're from Ente Isla?//
'''Suzuno''': Yes, of course I am. Did you not know?//
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'''Suzuno''': Yes, of course I am. Did you not know?//
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-->'''Emi''': Okay... just to clarify, you're saying you're from Ente Isla?//
'''Suzuno''':Isla?
-->'''Suzuno''': Yes, of course I am. Did you notknow?//
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-->'''Suzuno''': Yes, of course I am. Did you not
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* ''Anime/SonicX'': Sonic falls into this during the Egg Moon saga when he goes about destroying Eggman's Sunshine Balls, which he's using to provide the populace with artificial sunlight after his Egg Moon supposedly malfunctioned and created a permanent eclipse, and ends up making himself a HeroWithBadPublicity in the process. It isn't until Knuckles and GUN attack him to stop him from going so that he explains his reason for doing so. The Earth ''and'' Moon are constantly in orbit, and if it had malfunctioned and stopped it would not remain stationary to the planet's sunlight as a result; Eggman has been deliberately controlling the Egg Moon to keep blocking the sun in order to sell the Sunshine Balls as part of a get-rich-quick scheme and to make himself a VillainWithGoodPublicity. When Knuckles demands to know why he didn't just tell them all this ''before'' he started knocking the towers down, Sonic's response is that [[IdiotBall he thought it was obvious]]; in fairness, it ''was'' pretty simple physics, but it's also implied Sonic was [[ItAmusedMe enjoying toying with the military]].
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* ''Anime/SonicX'': Sonic falls into this during the Egg Moon saga when he goes about destroying Eggman's Sunshine Balls, which he's using to provide the populace with artificial sunlight after his Egg Moon supposedly malfunctioned and created a permanent eclipse, and ends up making himself a HeroWithBadPublicity in the process. It isn't until Knuckles and GUN attack him to stop him from going so that he explains his reason for doing so. The so: the Earth ''and'' Moon are constantly in orbit, and if it had malfunctioned and stopped it would not remain stationary to the planet's sunlight as a result; Eggman has been deliberately controlling the Egg Moon to keep blocking the sun in order to sell the Sunshine Balls as part of a get-rich-quick scheme and to make himself a VillainWithGoodPublicity. When Knuckles demands to know why he didn't just tell them all this ''before'' he started knocking the towers down, Sonic's response is that [[IdiotBall he thought it was obvious]]; in fairness, it ''was'' pretty simple physics, but it's also implied Sonic was [[ItAmusedMe enjoying toying with the military]].military]].
* ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'': During Suzuno's introduction, Emi is left confused over her ignorance of modern technology and questions where she came from. Suzuno bluntly responds she's from Ente Isla, and is taken aback that Emi didn't figure it out herself.
-->'''Emi''': Okay... just to clarify, you're saying you're from Ente Isla?//
'''Suzuno''': Yes, of course I am. Did you not know?//
[''cue both girls screaming in surprise'']
* ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'': During Suzuno's introduction, Emi is left confused over her ignorance of modern technology and questions where she came from. Suzuno bluntly responds she's from Ente Isla, and is taken aback that Emi didn't figure it out herself.
-->'''Emi''': Okay... just to clarify, you're saying you're from Ente Isla?//
'''Suzuno''': Yes, of course I am. Did you not know?//
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* ''Anime/SonicX'': Sonic falls into this during the Egg Moon saga when he goes about destroying Eggman's Sunshine Balls, which he's using to provide the populace with artificial sunlight after his Egg Moon supposedly malfunctioned and created a permanent eclipse, and ends up making himself a HeroWithBadPublicity in the process. It isn't until Knuckles and GUN attack him to stop him from going so that he explains his reason for doing so. The Earth ''and'' Moon are constantly in orbit, and if it had malfunctioned and stopped it would not remain stationary to the planet's sunlight as a result; Eggman has been deliberately controlling the Egg Moon to keep blocking the sun in order to sell the Sunshine Balls as part of a get-rich-quick scheme and to make himself a VillainWithGoodPublicity. When Knuckles demands to know why he didn't just tell them all this ''before'' he started knocking the towers down, Sonic's response is that [[IdiotBall he thought it was obvious]]; in fairness, it ''was'' pretty simple physics, but it's also implied Sonic was [[ItAmusedMe enjoying toying with the military]].
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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Multiple times. Done by and to Ami:
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': After making a new suit for Bob, Edna makes suits for the whole Parr family and shows them to Helen, inadvertently revealing to her that Bob has been doing superhero work behind her back. Edna says "I already thought you know. Why would he keep secrets from you?"
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': After making a new suit for Bob, Edna makes suits for the whole Parr family and shows them to Helen, inadvertently revealing to her that Bob has been doing superhero work behind her back. Edna says says, "I already thought assumed you know.knew, [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent dahling]]. Why would he keep secrets from you?"
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* In ''Film/Passengers2016'' Jim, Aurora, and Arthur were chatting when Jim states that there are no secrets between him and Aurora. Arthur unfortunately mistook this to mean that Aurora knew Jim woke her from cryosleep and talks to her about it, which is how she (ironically) finds out.
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* In ''Film/Passengers2016'' ''Film/Passengers2016'': Jim, Aurora, and Arthur were chatting when Jim states that there are no secrets between him and Aurora. Arthur unfortunately mistook this to mean that Aurora knew Jim woke her from cryosleep and talks to her about it, which is how she (ironically) finds out.
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* In ''Literature/AmericanGods'' as well as its adaptation, ''Series/AmericanGods2017'', Shadow finds Audrey's behaviour at Laura's funeral weird. When asked about it, Audrey says: "Well I thought that would be obvious. Wait... you didn't know? Your wife died with my husband's cock in her mouth." Doubles as EverybodyKnewAlready, as Shadow was in prison while the affair lasted and their common friends and acquaintances did know.
* In the {{Literature/Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MenAtArms'', we first see that (then) [[Characters/DiscworldCityWatch Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson]] uses version 2 to amazing effect. Despite being under direct orders to leave peacefully and without protest, should the Fools' Guildmaster (Dr. Whiteface) refuse to answer his questions, Carrot manages to convince Dr. Whiteface that, not only is it in the Guildmaster's interests to answer Carrot's questions, but that the watch already knows what the Fools' Guild is hiding. [[note]]As Sergeant Colon muses: "He'd seen people bluff on a bad hand, but he'd never seen anyone bluff with no cards." [[/note]] This turns out to be one of Carrot's favorite [[Main/ObfuscatingStupidity interrogation methods]]. Granted, Carrot had very good deductive suspicions, but no actual ''knowledge'' of what was being hidden.
* ''Literature/FiveFindOuters'': The fourth book "The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters" has the protagonists find their friend Gladys has gone, however their parents remained elusive as to the details. Fatty decides to visit Mr. Goon and via acting like he knew the whole thing already, got Goon to reveal that Gladys had received a letter about her DarkAndTroubledPast.
* In the {{Literature/Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MenAtArms'', we first see that (then) [[Characters/DiscworldCityWatch Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson]] uses version 2 to amazing effect. Despite being under direct orders to leave peacefully and without protest, should the Fools' Guildmaster (Dr. Whiteface) refuse to answer his questions, Carrot manages to convince Dr. Whiteface that, not only is it in the Guildmaster's interests to answer Carrot's questions, but that the watch already knows what the Fools' Guild is hiding. [[note]]As Sergeant Colon muses: "He'd seen people bluff on a bad hand, but he'd never seen anyone bluff with no cards." [[/note]] This turns out to be one of Carrot's favorite [[Main/ObfuscatingStupidity interrogation methods]]. Granted, Carrot had very good deductive suspicions, but no actual ''knowledge'' of what was being hidden.
* ''Literature/FiveFindOuters'': The fourth book "The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters" has the protagonists find their friend Gladys has gone, however their parents remained elusive as to the details. Fatty decides to visit Mr. Goon and via acting like he knew the whole thing already, got Goon to reveal that Gladys had received a letter about her DarkAndTroubledPast.
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* In ''Literature/AmericanGods'' ''Literature/AmericanGods'', as well as its adaptation, adaptation ''Series/AmericanGods2017'', Shadow finds Audrey's behaviour at Laura's funeral weird. When asked about it, Audrey says: "Well says, "Well, I thought that would be obvious. Wait... you didn't know? Your wife died with my husband's cock in her mouth." Doubles as EverybodyKnewAlready, as Shadow was in prison while the affair lasted and their common friends and acquaintances did know.
* In the {{Literature/Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MenAtArms'', we first seethat the (then) [[Characters/DiscworldCityWatch Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson]] uses version 2 to amazing effect. Despite being under direct orders to leave peacefully and without protest, should the Fools' Guildmaster (Dr. Whiteface) refuse to answer his questions, Carrot manages to convince Dr. Whiteface that, not only is it in the Guildmaster's interests to answer Carrot's questions, but that the watch already knows what the Fools' Guild is hiding. [[note]]As Sergeant Colon muses: "He'd seen people bluff on a bad hand, but he'd never seen anyone bluff with no cards." [[/note]] "[[/note]] This turns out to be one of Carrot's favorite [[Main/ObfuscatingStupidity interrogation methods]]. Granted, Carrot had very good deductive suspicions, but no actual ''knowledge'' of what was being hidden.
* ''Literature/FiveFindOuters'': The fourth book"The ''The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters" Letters'' has the protagonists find their friend Gladys has gone, however their parents remained elusive as to the details. Fatty decides to visit Mr. Goon and via acting like he knew the whole thing already, got Goon to reveal that Gladys had received a letter about her DarkAndTroubledPast.
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* On the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "[[Recap/FriendsS10E2TheOneWhereRossIsFine The One Where Ross Is Fine]]", Chandler and Monica are visiting a couple with an adopted child. Chandler mentions the adoption to the child, Owen, who didn't know he was adopted. Later, Chandler makes a joke to Phoebe about telling Frank Jr's triplets that Phoebe carried them - right in front of them. He then declares that he's going to tell his one year-old niece that she was an accident.
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* On the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "[[Recap/FriendsS10E2TheOneWhereRossIsFine The One Where Ross Is Fine]]", Chandler and Monica are visiting a couple with an adopted child. Chandler mentions the adoption to the child, Owen, who didn't know he was adopted. Later, Chandler makes a joke to Phoebe about telling Frank Jr's triplets that Phoebe carried them - right in front of them. them...and notices the triplets are sitting within earshot. He then declares that he's going there's nothing left to do but go tell his one year-old niece that [[SurprisePregnancy she was an accident.accident]].
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* In ''Webcomic/PoppyOPossum'' Magi Lila Moon accidentally let slip to Friedrich that there were still gods active on Flora because she forgot his [[https://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/friedrich-intermission-page-10 clearance level]]. Forcing her to erase his memory of the last minute.
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* In ''Webcomic/PoppyOPossum'' ''Webcomic/PoppyOPossum'', Magi Lila Moon accidentally let slip to Friedrich that there were still gods active on Flora because she forgot his [[https://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/friedrich-intermission-page-10 clearance level]]. Forcing her to erase his memory of the last minute.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Cosmo and Wanda have a baby in "Fairly [=OddBaby=]". Fairy babies are supremely powerful to the point where having new babies was banned (or at least it should -- unfortunately they forgot to actually write it down in the rulebook), so the fairies are understandably concerned when the baby goes missing. They barge into both the Anti-Fairy World and Pixie World accusing them of kidnapping the baby, however it turned out neither of their suspects even knew that the fairies had a new baby.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Cosmo and Wanda have a baby in "Fairly [=OddBaby=]". Fairy babies are supremely powerful to the point where having new babies was banned (or at least it should -- unfortunately they Jorgen forgot to actually write officially add it down in to the rulebook), so the fairies are understandably concerned when the baby goes missing. They barge into both the Anti-Fairy World and Pixie World accusing them of kidnapping the baby, however it turned out neither of their suspects even knew that the fairies had a new baby.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': It's an extremely obvious OpenSecret that [[YourCheatingHeart Nancy Gribble is cheating on her husband Dale with John Redcorn]], which led to the birth of [[ChocolateBaby Joseph]]. As it turns out, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll Peggy]] legitimately didn't know about this until over a decade after Joseph was born, and only after Hank all but flat-out told her when he realized her obliviousness to the fact. When Peggy demands to know why Hank never said anything about it before, he admits that he thought she knew already, since ''everyone'' who knows the Gribble family is aware of it (except, ironically, for Dale himself).
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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': It's an extremely obvious OpenSecret that [[YourCheatingHeart Nancy Gribble is cheating on her husband Dale with John Redcorn]], which led to the birth of [[ChocolateBaby Joseph]]. As it turns out, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll Peggy]] legitimately didn't know about this until over a decade after Joseph was born, and only after Hank all but flat-out told her when he realized her obliviousness to the fact. When Peggy demands to know why Hank never said anything about it before, he admits that he thought she knew already, since ''everyone'' who knows the Gribble family is aware of it (except, ironically, for Dale himself).and Joseph themselves).
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* When Tahani brings up she has never heard Jason talk about his father in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', Jason responds that he thought he did mention Donkey Doug a few times, which he did, but considering he calls him "Donkey Doug" it wasn't clear to everyone he was talking about his father.
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* When Tahani brings up she has never heard Jason talk about his father in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', Jason responds that he thought he did mention Donkey Doug a few times, which he did, but considering [[CallingParentsByTheirName he calls him "Donkey Doug" Doug"]] it wasn't clear to everyone he was talking about his father.
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* On the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "[[Recap/FriendsS10E2TheOneWhereRossIsFine The One Where Ross Is Fine]]", Chandler and Monica are visiting a couple with an adopted child. Chandler mentions the adoption to the child, Owen, who didn't know he was adopted. Later, Chandler makes a joke to Phoebe about telling Frank Jr's triplets that Phoebe carried them - right in front of them.
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* On the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "[[Recap/FriendsS10E2TheOneWhereRossIsFine The One Where Ross Is Fine]]", Chandler and Monica are visiting a couple with an adopted child. Chandler mentions the adoption to the child, Owen, who didn't know he was adopted. Later, Chandler makes a joke to Phoebe about telling Frank Jr's triplets that Phoebe carried them - right in front of them. He then declares that he's going to tell his one year-old niece that she was an accident.
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* In the {{Literature/Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MenAtArms'', we first see that (then) [[Characters/DiscworldCityWatch Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson]] uses version 2 to amazing effect. Despite being under direct orders to leave peacefully and without protest, should the Fools' Guildmaster (Dr. Whiteface) refuse to answer his questions, Carrot manages to convince Dr. Whiteface that, not only is it in the Guildmaster's interests to answer Carrot's questions, but that the watch already knows what the Fools' Guild is hiding. [[note]]As Sergeant Colon muses: "He'd seen people bluff on a bad hand, but he'd never seen anyone bluff with no cards." [[/note]] This turns out to be one of Carrot's favorite [[Main/ObfuscatingStupidity interrogation methods]]. Granted, Carrot had very good deductive suspicions, but no actual ''knowledge'' of what was being hidden.
* In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' of the old Franchise/StarWarsLegends continuity, this is PlayedForDrama. Mara Jade, a Force-using ex-Imperial with an imprinted command from the Emperor that "[[{{Revenge}} YOU WILL KILL LUKE SKYWALKER]]," has fallen in with a group of Noghri, assassin aliens who remain with the Empire due to their loyalty to Darth Vader, and who are now happy to be serving the "Son of Vader." Mara has no idea, until one of them tells her, who that Son of Vader is... and when she finds out, it puts [[AndYourLittleDogToo an entirely different spin]] on the Emperor's last command.
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* In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' of the old Franchise/StarWarsLegends continuity, this is PlayedForDrama. Mara Jade, a Force-using ex-Imperial with an imprinted command from the Emperor that "[[{{Revenge}} YOU WILL KILL LUKE SKYWALKER]]," has fallen in with a group of Noghri, assassin aliens who remain with the Empire due to their loyalty to Darth Vader, and who are now happy to be serving the "Son of Vader." Mara has no idea, until one of them tells her, who that Son of Vader is... and when she finds out, it puts [[AndYourLittleDogToo an entirely different spin]] on the Emperor's last command.
* In the {{Literature/Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MenAtArms'', we first see that (then) [[Characters/DiscworldCityWatch Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson]] uses version 2 to amazing effect. Despite being under direct orders to leave peacefully and without protest, should the Fools' Guildmaster (Dr. Whiteface) refuse to answer his questions, Carrot manages to convince Dr. Whiteface that, not only is it in the Guildmaster's interests to answer Carrot's questions, but that the watch already knows what the Fools' Guild is hiding. [[note]]As Sergeant Colon muses: "He'd seen people bluff on a bad hand, but he'd never seen anyone bluff with no cards." [[/note]] This turns out to be one of Carrot's favorite [[Main/ObfuscatingStupidity interrogation methods]]. Granted, Carrot had very good deductive suspicions, but no actual ''knowledge'' of what was being hidden.
* In the {{Literature/Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MenAtArms'', we first see that (then) [[Characters/DiscworldCityWatch Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson]] uses version 2 to amazing effect. Despite being under direct orders to leave peacefully and without protest, should the Fools' Guildmaster (Dr. Whiteface) refuse to answer his questions, Carrot manages to convince Dr. Whiteface that, not only is it in the Guildmaster's interests to answer Carrot's questions, but that the watch already knows what the Fools' Guild is hiding. [[note]]As Sergeant Colon muses: "He'd seen people bluff on a bad hand, but he'd never seen anyone bluff with no cards." [[/note]] This turns out to be one of Carrot's favorite [[Main/ObfuscatingStupidity interrogation methods]]. Granted, Carrot had very good deductive suspicions, but no actual ''knowledge'' of what was being hidden.
* When Tahani brings up she has never heard Jason talk about his father in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', Jason responds that he thought he did mention Donkey Doug a few times, which he did, but considering he calls him "Donkey Doug" it wasn't clear to everyone he was talking about his father.
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* When Tahani brings up she has never heard Jason talk about his father in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', Jason responds that he thought he did mention Donkey Doug a few times, which he did, but considering he calls him "Donkey Doug" it wasn't clear to everyone he was talking about his father.
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* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': In the episode "Big Reveal", KO asks his mother who his [[DisappearedDad father]] is. She casually responds [[spoiler:"Laserblast"]]. Cue SpitTake.
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Subtrope of SayingTooMuch. Sister trope to YouKnowWhatYouDid, YouDidntAsk and YouJustToldMe. Often results in NiceJobBreakingItHero or NiceJobFixingItVillain. Compare and contrast IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou. See also EverybodyKnewAlready and PoorCommunicationKills.
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* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': In the episode "Big Reveal", KO asks his mother who his [[DisappearedDad father]] is. She casually responds [[spoiler:"Laserblast"]]. Cue SpitTake.
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* When Tahani brings up she has never heard Jason talk about his father in ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', Jason responds that he thought he did mention Donkey Doug a few times, which he did, but considering he calls him "Donkey Doug" it wasn't clear to everyone he was talking about his father.
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* In the {{Literature/Discworld}} novel ''Literature/MenAtArms'', we first see that (then) [[Characters/DiscworldCityWatch Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson]] uses version 2 to amazing effect. Despite being under direct orders to leave peacefully and without protest, should the Fools' Guildmaster (Dr. Whiteface) refuse to answer his questions, Carrot manages to convince Dr. Whiteface that, not only is it in the Guildmaster's interests to answer Carrot's questions, but that the watch already knows what the Fools' Guild is hiding. [[note]]As Sergeant Colon muses: "He'd seen people bluff on a bad hand, but he'd never seen anyone bluff with no cards." [[/note]] This turns out to be one of Carrot's favorite [[Main/ObfuscatingStupidity interrogation methods]]. Granted, Carrot had very good deductive suspicions, but no actual ''knowledge'' of what was being hidden.
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* In the ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Fallacy," Stabler says to the suspect's boyfriend it's okay what his sexuality is and he doesn't get what he's telling him until he gets the UnsettlingGenderReveal that his girlfriend is a transgender woman.
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* Fanfic.DungeonKeeperAmi: Multiple. Done by and to Ami:
** In ''Deadline'', [[spoiler:the Avatar]] reveals him being attacked through [[spoiler:his mantle]] this way:
---> "What is it Mercury? Have you come to gloat about finding a way to [[spoiler:attack me through the Mantle]]?
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---> '''Mercury:''' "I'm sorry. Please believe me, this is the first I learned of [[spoiler:your sickness]]. The [[spoiler:mantle]] was stolen from me, and I was going to ask for your help to get it back! I didn't even know it could be used to harm you," she blurted out.
** From ''Diplomacy and Gifts'':
---> "Disappeared?" Ami sat up in surprise. "Could you clarify, please?"
--->Durval tilted his head to the side in surprise. "The period during and after the battle in which you were hidden from scrying detection," he elaborated.
---> Up until this point, Ami hadn't even considered the possibility that getting possessed would interfere with scrying methods. She still existed, after all. She blinked twice while her mind raced, considered the implications. "This is news to me," she admitted.
* Fanfic.DungeonKeeperAmi: Multiple. Done by and to Ami:
** In ''Deadline'', [[spoiler:the Avatar]] reveals him being attacked through [[spoiler:his mantle]] this way:
---> "What is it Mercury? Have you come to gloat about finding a way to [[spoiler:attack me through the Mantle]]?
---> [...]
---> '''Mercury:''' "I'm sorry. Please believe me, this is the first I learned of [[spoiler:your sickness]]. The [[spoiler:mantle]] was stolen from me, and I was going to ask for your help to get it back! I didn't even know it could be used to harm you," she blurted out.
** From ''Diplomacy and Gifts'':
---> "Disappeared?" Ami sat up in surprise. "Could you clarify, please?"
--->Durval tilted his head to the side in surprise. "The period during and after the battle in which you were hidden from scrying detection," he elaborated.
---> Up until this point, Ami hadn't even considered the possibility that getting possessed would interfere with scrying methods. She still existed, after all. She blinked twice while her mind raced, considered the implications. "This is news to me," she admitted.
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---> '''Mercury:'''
"I'm sorry. Please believe me, this is the first I learned of [[spoiler:your sickness]]. The [[spoiler:mantle]] was stolen from me, and I was going to ask for your help to get it back! I didn't even know it could be used to harm you," she blurted out.
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--->"Disappeared?" Ami sat up in surprise. "Could you clarify,
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Durval tilted his head to the side in surprise. "The period during and after the battle in which you were hidden from scrying detection," he elaborated.
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* In ''Film/Passengers2016'' Jim, Aurora, and Arthur were chatting when Jim states that there are no secrets between him and Aurora. Arthur unfortunately mistook this to mean that Aurora knew Jim woke her from cryosleep and talks to her about it, which is how she (ironically) finds out.
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* In ''Film/Passengers2016'' Jim, Aurora, and Arthur were chatting when Jim states that there are no secrets between him and Aurora. Arthur unfortunately mistook this to mean that Aurora knew Jim woke her from cryosleep and talks to her about it, which is how she (ironically) finds out.
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* In ''Literature/AmericanGods'' as well as its adaptation, ''Series/AmericanGods2017'', Shadow finds Audrey's behaviour at Laura's funeral weird. When asked about it, Audrey says: "Well I thought that would be obvious. Wait... you didn't know? Your wife died with my husband's cock in her mouth." Doubles as EverybodyKnewAlready, as Shadow was in prison while the affair lasted and their common friends and aquaintances did know.
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* In ''Literature/AmericanGods'' as well as its adaptation, ''Series/AmericanGods2017'', Shadow finds Audrey's behaviour at Laura's funeral weird. When asked about it, Audrey says: "Well I thought that would be obvious. Wait... you didn't know? Your wife died with my husband's cock in her mouth." Doubles as EverybodyKnewAlready, as Shadow was in prison while the affair lasted and their common friends and aquaintances acquaintances did know.
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* In the ''Series/{{Bones}}'' episode ''The Death of the Queen Bee'', Hodgins is chatting to Wendell (who's seeing Angela) and happens to mention Angela's pregnancy scare (''The Proof in the Pudding'')... only to look at Wendell's face and realise this is news to him. Hodgins runs off and manages to find her in time for a hurried apology/ warning before Wendell catches up. Discussing the hypothetical baby and how things would have played out leads to Angela and Wendell becoming AmicableExes.
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* In the ''Series/{{Bones}}'' episode ''The "The Death of the Queen Bee'', Bee", Hodgins is chatting to Wendell (who's seeing Angela) and happens to mention Angela's pregnancy scare (''The ("The Proof in the Pudding'')... Pudding")... only to look at Wendell's face and realise realize this is news to him. Hodgins runs off and manages to find her in time for a hurried apology/ warning apology/warning before Wendell catches up. Discussing the hypothetical baby and how things would have played out leads to Angela and Wendell becoming AmicableExes.
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* On the ''{{Series/Friends}}'' episode "[[Recap/FriendsS10E2TheOneWhereRossIsFine The One Where Ross Is Fine]]", Chandler and Monica are visiting a couple with an adopted child. Chandler mentions the adoption to the child, Owen, who didn't know he was adopted. Later, Chandler makes a joke to Phoebe about telling Frank Jr's triplets that Phoebe carried them - right in front of them.
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* On the ''{{Series/Friends}}'' ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "[[Recap/FriendsS10E2TheOneWhereRossIsFine The One Where Ross Is Fine]]", Chandler and Monica are visiting a couple with an adopted child. Chandler mentions the adoption to the child, Owen, who didn't know he was adopted. Later, Chandler makes a joke to Phoebe about telling Frank Jr's triplets that Phoebe carried them - right in front of them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': Cosmo and Wanda have a baby in "Fairly OddBaby". Fairy babies are supremely powerful to the point where having new babies was banned (or at least it should - unfortunately they forgot to actually write it down in the rulebook), so the fairies are understandably concerned when the baby goes missing. They barge into both the Anti-Fairy World and Pixie World accusing them of kidnapping the baby, however it turned out neither of their suspects even knew that the fairies had a new baby.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Cosmo and Wanda have a baby in "Fairly OddBaby". [=OddBaby=]". Fairy babies are supremely powerful to the point where having new babies was banned (or at least it should - -- unfortunately they forgot to actually write it down in the rulebook), so the fairies are understandably concerned when the baby goes missing. They barge into both the Anti-Fairy World and Pixie World accusing them of kidnapping the baby, however it turned out neither of their suspects even knew that the fairies had a new baby.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': In the episode “Enemy In-Law”, Plankton falls in love with Mr. Krabs’s mother and plans to marry her. Mr. Krabs assumes it’s a scam to get the Krabby Patty formula out of his mother, who also knows it. Turns out Plankton was genuinely interested in her and didn’t know that Mrs. Krabs knew the secret formula... until Mr. Krabs told him. Then Plankton realized that now he could use his upcoming marriage to her to get her to give him the formula. However, she breaks off the engagement before it can happen.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In the episode “Enemy In-Law”, "Enemy In-Law", Plankton falls in love with Mr. Krabs’s Krabs's mother and plans to marry her. Mr. Krabs assumes it’s it's a scam to get the Krabby Patty formula out of his mother, who also knows it. Turns out Plankton was genuinely interested in her and didn’t didn't know that Mrs. Krabs knew the secret formula... until Mr. Krabs told him. Then Plankton realized that now he could use his upcoming marriage to her to get her to give him the formula. However, she breaks off the engagement before it can happen.
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* In ''Anime/InazumaElevenAres'', before Inakuni Raimon's match against Tonegawa Tousen, Anna tried to talk to Nishikage about Nosaka's brain tumour, assuming Nosaka already told his friend about his ilness. Nishikage became angry that he wasn't told.
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* In ''Anime/InazumaElevenAres'', before Inakuni Raimon's match against Tonegawa Tousen, Anna tried to talk to Nishikage about Nosaka's brain tumour, assuming Nosaka already told his friend about his ilness. Nishikage became angry that he wasn't told.
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* In ''Literature/AmericanGods'' as well as its adaptation, ''Series/AmericanGods2017'', Shadow finds Audrey's behaviour at Laura's funeral weird. When asked about it, Audrey says: "Well I thought that would be obvious. Wait... you didn't know? Your wife died with my husband's cock in her mouth." Doubles as EverybodyKnewAlready, as Shadow was in prison while the affair lasted and their common friends and aquaintances did know.
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* ''Series/BurnNotice'': As a former government spy, Michael is skilled at tricking people into revealing their secrets this way. One of his common tactics was to make vague statements about his target's businesses or illicit activities and then let their minds do the rest of the work, assuming that Michael must know more than he actually does. He can also do this in reverse, tricking two targets into betraying each other by telling them information he "Thought they already knew" (but is actually a complete lie) which makes Target A think they've been betrayed by Target B.
* In the first episode of ''Series/EverythingsGonnaBeOkay'', Matilda accidentally tells Genevieve's friends that Genevieve just had her first period, not realizing that Genevieve has been lying to her friends about having periods for the past two years.
* In the first episode of ''Series/EverythingsGonnaBeOkay'', Matilda accidentally tells Genevieve's friends that Genevieve just had her first period, not realizing that Genevieve has been lying to her friends about having periods for the past two years.
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# There's something that Bob doesn't know, or is not supposed to know, however Alice either doesn't realise it or thought that Bob had managed to find out and thus talks to Bob about it, with all the {{irony}} involved (eg. "You should get a pint of milk for that box of cookies Charlie gave you for your birthday." "Wait, Charlie's giving me a box of cookies?")
Sister trope to YouDidntAsk and YouJustToldMe. Often results in NiceJobBreakingItHero or NiceJobFixingItVillain. See also EverybodyKnewAlready and PoorCommunicationKills.
Sister trope to YouDidntAsk and YouJustToldMe. Often results in NiceJobBreakingItHero or NiceJobFixingItVillain. See also EverybodyKnewAlready and PoorCommunicationKills.
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# There's something that Bob [[LockedOutOfTheLoop doesn't know, or is not supposed to know, know]], however Alice either doesn't realise it or thought that Bob had managed to find out and thus talks to Bob about it, with all the {{irony}} involved (eg. "You should get a pint of milk for that box of cookies Charlie gave you for your birthday." "Wait, Charlie's giving me a box of cookies?")
cookies?") This may lead to an InternalReveal.
Sister trope to YouKnowWhatYouDid, YouDidntAsk and YouJustToldMe. Often results in NiceJobBreakingItHero or NiceJobFixingItVillain. See also EverybodyKnewAlready and PoorCommunicationKills.
Sister trope to YouKnowWhatYouDid, YouDidntAsk and YouJustToldMe. Often results in NiceJobBreakingItHero or NiceJobFixingItVillain. See also EverybodyKnewAlready and PoorCommunicationKills.
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* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': David invites Patrick's parents to a SurpriseParty for Patrick's birthday, assuming they know that Patrick is gay and that they are boyfriends as well as business partners. Johnny naturally assumes this as well so when he welcomes Patrick's parents to the motel, he refers to David and Patrick's romantic relationship, leading to a ForcedOutOfTheCloset moment for Patrick.
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* ''Videogame/AlphaProtocol:'' [[BewareTheSillyOnes Steven Heck]] somewhat offhandedly mentions he knew [[spoiler:Scarlet]] was the assassin at Taipei after [[spoiler:he blows her in half with a shotgun blast during the final mission]]; when Mike asks for clarification, Heck just mentions he thought Mike knew it all along and was just letting it slide for a chance to bed her.
-->'''Heck:''' "Pretty classy", I thought.
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* ''Videogame/AlphaProtocol:'' [[BewareTheSillyOnes Steven Heck]] somewhat offhandedly mentions he knew [[spoiler:Scarlet]] was the assassin at Taipei after [[spoiler:he blows her in half with a shotgun blast during the final mission]]; when Mike asks for clarification, Heck just mentions he thought Mike knew it all along and was just letting it slide for a chance to bed her.
-->'''Heck:''' "Pretty classy", I thought.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': It's an extremely obvious OpenSecret that [[YourCheatingHeart Nancy Gribble is cheating on her husband Dale with John Redcorn]], which led to the birth of [[ChocolateBaby Joseph]]. As it turns out, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll Peggy]] legitimately didn't know about this until over a decade after Joseph was born, and only after Hank all but flat-out told her when he realized her obliviousness to the fact. When Peggy demands to know why Hank never said anything about it before, he admits that he thought she knew already, since ''everyone'' who knows the Gribble family is aware of it (except, ironically, for Dale himself).
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* In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' of the old Franchise/StarWarsLegends continuity, this is PlayedForDrama. Mara Jade, a Force-using ex-Imperial with an imprinted command from the Emperor that "[[{{Revenge}} YOU WILL KILL LUKE SKYWALKER]]," has fallen in with a group of Noghri, assassin aliens who remain with the Empire due to their loyalty to Darth Vader, and who are now happy to be serving the "Son of Vader." Mara has no idea, until one of them tells her, who that Son of Vader is... and when she finds out, it puts [[AndYourLittleDogToo an entirely different spin]] on the Emperor's last command.
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* The ''Jigsaw Jones'' series featured a mystery where a character leaves behind vague messages that they "knew what they did" in {{CutAndPasteNote}}s. In the end it's revealed the perpetrator didn't know a thing and was conducting an experiment to find out if people would be nicer if they thought they were constantly being watched (the answer was yes).
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* The ''Jigsaw Jones'' series featured a mystery where a character leaves behind vague messages that they "knew what they did" in {{CutAndPasteNote}}s.{{Cut And Paste Note}}s. In the end it's revealed the perpetrator didn't know a thing and was conducting an experiment to find out if people would be nicer if they thought they were constantly being watched (the answer was yes).
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* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Who's for Dinner?", Heffer invites Rocko to have dinner with his family, who turn out to be [[RaisedByWolves wolves]]. While at the table, he mentions that Heffer never told him he was adopted, to which Heffer reacts with shock, as he didn't know either.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Who's for Dinner?", Heffer invites Rocko to have dinner with his family, who turn out to be [[RaisedByWolves wolves]]. While at the table, he mentions that Heffer never told him he was adopted, to which Heffer reacts with shock, [[ObliviousAdoption as he didn't know either.either]].
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* In the ''Series/{{Bones}}'' episode ''The Death of the Queen Bee'', Hodgins is chatting to Wendell (who's seeing Angela) and happens to mention Angela's pregnancy scare (''The Proof in the Pudding'')... only to look at Wendell's face and realise this is news to him. Hodgins runs off and manages to find her in time for a hurried apology/ warning before Wendell catches up. Discussing the hypothetical baby and how things would have played out leads to Angela and Wendell becoming AmicableExes.
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At its simplest, this trope is when a character accidentally tells another character something that they didn't know because the former was under the impression that the latter already knew.
This trope can occur in the following ways:
# Alice accuses Bob of something (eg. "You were trying to steal a cookie from the cookie jar because mom got a spa coupon and you knew she would be out!") and have it backfire on her because it turns out Bob had no idea up until that point (eg. "Wait, mom's not home? Well, perfect time for me to go raid the jar!")
# A similar version to the above is when Alice {{invoke|d trope}}s this trope and accuses Bob of something...literally, as in she's being vague and making it seem like she knew the whole story already (eg. "I know what you did!"), so Bob assumes she does and asks, usually something like "How did you know I stole a cookie from the cookie jar?"
# There's something that Bob doesn't know, or is not supposed to know, however Alice either doesn't realise it or thought that Bob had managed to find out and thus talks to Bob about it, with all the {{irony}} involved (eg. "You should get a pint of milk for that box of cookies Charlie gave you for your birthday." "Wait, Charlie's giving me a box of cookies?")
Sister trope to YouDidntAsk and YouJustToldMe. Often results in NiceJobBreakingItHero or NiceJobFixingItVillain. See also EverybodyKnewAlready and PoorCommunicationKills.
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*Fanfic.DungeonKeeperAmi: Multiple. Done by and to Ami:
** In ''Deadline'', [[spoiler:the Avatar]] reveals him being attacked through [[spoiler:his mantle]] this way:
---> "What is it Mercury? Have you come to gloat about finding a way to [[spoiler:attack me through the Mantle]]?
---> [...]
---> '''Mercury:''' "I'm sorry. Please believe me, this is the first I learned of [[spoiler:your sickness]]. The [[spoiler:mantle]] was stolen from me, and I was going to ask for your help to get it back! I didn't even know it could be used to harm you," she blurted out.
** From ''Diplomacy and Gifts'':
---> "Disappeared?" Ami sat up in surprise. "Could you clarify, please?"
--->Durval tilted his head to the side in surprise. "The period during and after the battle in which you were hidden from scrying detection," he elaborated.
---> Up until this point, Ami hadn't even considered the possibility that getting possessed would interfere with scrying methods. She still existed, after all. She blinked twice while her mind raced, considered the implications. "This is news to me," she admitted.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': After making a new suit for Bob, Edna makes suits for the whole Parr family and shows them to Helen, inadvertently revealing to her that Bob has been doing superhero work behind her back. Edna says "I already thought you know. Why would he keep secrets from you?"
* In ''Film/Passengers2016'' Jim, Aurora, and Arthur were chatting when Jim states that there are no secrets between him and Aurora. Arthur unfortunately mistook this to mean that Aurora knew Jim woke her from cryosleep and talks to her about it, which is how she (ironically) finds out.
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* ''Literature/FiveFindOuters'': The fourth book "The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters" has the protagonists find their friend Gladys has gone, however their parents remained elusive as to the details. Fatty decides to visit Mr. Goon and via acting like he knew the whole thing already, got Goon to reveal that Gladys had received a letter about her DarkAndTroubledPast.
* The ''Jigsaw Jones'' series featured a mystery where a character leaves behind vague messages that they "knew what they did" in {{CutAndPasteNote}}s. In the end it's revealed the perpetrator didn't know a thing and was conducting an experiment to find out if people would be nicer if they thought they were constantly being watched (the answer was yes).
* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' book ''Forest of Secrets'', Fireheart knows that his nephew Cloudkit is going to face prejudice due to having been born as a house cat, and begins to give him a lecture about this, only to realize that Cloudkit's foster mother hadn't yet told him about where he was born. Needless to say, it's a bit of a shock to the young kit.
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* The ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' ChristmasEpisode from Roz's pregnancy has the title character answer Roz's cell phone while she's in the toilet. It turns out to be Roz's mother and Frasier tells her a few things including that Roz is having some issues with her pregnancy. After Frasier hangs up, Roz returns and he tells her about the phone call. She tells him she hasn't told her mother about her pregnancy yet and can't wait to tell her.
* On the ''{{Series/Friends}}'' episode "[[Recap/FriendsS10E2TheOneWhereRossIsFine The One Where Ross Is Fine]]", Chandler and Monica are visiting a couple with an adopted child. Chandler mentions the adoption to the child, Owen, who didn't know he was adopted. Later, Chandler makes a joke to Phoebe about telling Frank Jr's triplets that Phoebe carried them - right in front of them.
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* ''Webcomic/KhaosKomix'': Unknown to her, Charlie is outed as {{Transgender}} to her boyfriend Jamie when her mother talks to him about her past TransTribulations. PlayedForDrama as he acts as SecretSecretKeeper for most of a chapter while Charlie struggles with how to come out to [[TroubledSympatheticBigot him]].
* In ''Webcomic/PoppyOPossum'' Magi Lila Moon accidentally let slip to Friedrich that there were still gods active on Flora because she forgot his [[https://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/friedrich-intermission-page-10 clearance level]]. Forcing her to erase his memory of the last minute.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': "Turkey in a Can" involves the Belchers trying to solve a mystery of who keeps shoving the turkey into the toilet. Louise accuses Gene and Tina of doing it to frame her in revenge for her siphoning from their allowance for the past 5 years, only for Gene and Tina to state that they had no idea she was stealing.
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': Cosmo and Wanda have a baby in "Fairly OddBaby". Fairy babies are supremely powerful to the point where having new babies was banned (or at least it should - unfortunately they forgot to actually write it down in the rulebook), so the fairies are understandably concerned when the baby goes missing. They barge into both the Anti-Fairy World and Pixie World accusing them of kidnapping the baby, however it turned out neither of their suspects even knew that the fairies had a new baby.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Who's for Dinner?", Heffer invites Rocko to have dinner with his family, who turn out to be [[RaisedByWolves wolves]]. While at the table, he mentions that Heffer never told him he was adopted, to which Heffer reacts with shock, as he didn't know either.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', the Oracle tells the Queen the prophecy of Robotnik's rise and eventual fall thanks to her and her children. He then proceeds to use this knowledge as UnsportsmanlikeGloating against Robotnik, thus alerting him the threat's existence in the first place and motivating him to actively seeking them out.
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This trope can occur in the following ways:
# Alice accuses Bob of something (eg. "You were trying to steal a cookie from the cookie jar because mom got a spa coupon and you knew she would be out!") and have it backfire on her because it turns out Bob had no idea up until that point (eg. "Wait, mom's not home? Well, perfect time for me to go raid the jar!")
# A similar version to the above is when Alice {{invoke|d trope}}s this trope and accuses Bob of something...literally, as in she's being vague and making it seem like she knew the whole story already (eg. "I know what you did!"), so Bob assumes she does and asks, usually something like "How did you know I stole a cookie from the cookie jar?"
# There's something that Bob doesn't know, or is not supposed to know, however Alice either doesn't realise it or thought that Bob had managed to find out and thus talks to Bob about it, with all the {{irony}} involved (eg. "You should get a pint of milk for that box of cookies Charlie gave you for your birthday." "Wait, Charlie's giving me a box of cookies?")
Sister trope to YouDidntAsk and YouJustToldMe. Often results in NiceJobBreakingItHero or NiceJobFixingItVillain. See also EverybodyKnewAlready and PoorCommunicationKills.
!Examples:
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[[folder:FanFics]]
*Fanfic.DungeonKeeperAmi: Multiple. Done by and to Ami:
** In ''Deadline'', [[spoiler:the Avatar]] reveals him being attacked through [[spoiler:his mantle]] this way:
---> "What is it Mercury? Have you come to gloat about finding a way to [[spoiler:attack me through the Mantle]]?
---> [...]
---> '''Mercury:''' "I'm sorry. Please believe me, this is the first I learned of [[spoiler:your sickness]]. The [[spoiler:mantle]] was stolen from me, and I was going to ask for your help to get it back! I didn't even know it could be used to harm you," she blurted out.
** From ''Diplomacy and Gifts'':
---> "Disappeared?" Ami sat up in surprise. "Could you clarify, please?"
--->Durval tilted his head to the side in surprise. "The period during and after the battle in which you were hidden from scrying detection," he elaborated.
---> Up until this point, Ami hadn't even considered the possibility that getting possessed would interfere with scrying methods. She still existed, after all. She blinked twice while her mind raced, considered the implications. "This is news to me," she admitted.
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': After making a new suit for Bob, Edna makes suits for the whole Parr family and shows them to Helen, inadvertently revealing to her that Bob has been doing superhero work behind her back. Edna says "I already thought you know. Why would he keep secrets from you?"
* In ''Film/Passengers2016'' Jim, Aurora, and Arthur were chatting when Jim states that there are no secrets between him and Aurora. Arthur unfortunately mistook this to mean that Aurora knew Jim woke her from cryosleep and talks to her about it, which is how she (ironically) finds out.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/FiveFindOuters'': The fourth book "The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters" has the protagonists find their friend Gladys has gone, however their parents remained elusive as to the details. Fatty decides to visit Mr. Goon and via acting like he knew the whole thing already, got Goon to reveal that Gladys had received a letter about her DarkAndTroubledPast.
* The ''Jigsaw Jones'' series featured a mystery where a character leaves behind vague messages that they "knew what they did" in {{CutAndPasteNote}}s. In the end it's revealed the perpetrator didn't know a thing and was conducting an experiment to find out if people would be nicer if they thought they were constantly being watched (the answer was yes).
* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' book ''Forest of Secrets'', Fireheart knows that his nephew Cloudkit is going to face prejudice due to having been born as a house cat, and begins to give him a lecture about this, only to realize that Cloudkit's foster mother hadn't yet told him about where he was born. Needless to say, it's a bit of a shock to the young kit.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* The ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' ChristmasEpisode from Roz's pregnancy has the title character answer Roz's cell phone while she's in the toilet. It turns out to be Roz's mother and Frasier tells her a few things including that Roz is having some issues with her pregnancy. After Frasier hangs up, Roz returns and he tells her about the phone call. She tells him she hasn't told her mother about her pregnancy yet and can't wait to tell her.
* On the ''{{Series/Friends}}'' episode "[[Recap/FriendsS10E2TheOneWhereRossIsFine The One Where Ross Is Fine]]", Chandler and Monica are visiting a couple with an adopted child. Chandler mentions the adoption to the child, Owen, who didn't know he was adopted. Later, Chandler makes a joke to Phoebe about telling Frank Jr's triplets that Phoebe carried them - right in front of them.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/KhaosKomix'': Unknown to her, Charlie is outed as {{Transgender}} to her boyfriend Jamie when her mother talks to him about her past TransTribulations. PlayedForDrama as he acts as SecretSecretKeeper for most of a chapter while Charlie struggles with how to come out to [[TroubledSympatheticBigot him]].
* In ''Webcomic/PoppyOPossum'' Magi Lila Moon accidentally let slip to Friedrich that there were still gods active on Flora because she forgot his [[https://www.poppy-opossum.com/comic/friedrich-intermission-page-10 clearance level]]. Forcing her to erase his memory of the last minute.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': "Turkey in a Can" involves the Belchers trying to solve a mystery of who keeps shoving the turkey into the toilet. Louise accuses Gene and Tina of doing it to frame her in revenge for her siphoning from their allowance for the past 5 years, only for Gene and Tina to state that they had no idea she was stealing.
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': Cosmo and Wanda have a baby in "Fairly OddBaby". Fairy babies are supremely powerful to the point where having new babies was banned (or at least it should - unfortunately they forgot to actually write it down in the rulebook), so the fairies are understandably concerned when the baby goes missing. They barge into both the Anti-Fairy World and Pixie World accusing them of kidnapping the baby, however it turned out neither of their suspects even knew that the fairies had a new baby.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Who's for Dinner?", Heffer invites Rocko to have dinner with his family, who turn out to be [[RaisedByWolves wolves]]. While at the table, he mentions that Heffer never told him he was adopted, to which Heffer reacts with shock, as he didn't know either.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', the Oracle tells the Queen the prophecy of Robotnik's rise and eventual fall thanks to her and her children. He then proceeds to use this knowledge as UnsportsmanlikeGloating against Robotnik, thus alerting him the threat's existence in the first place and motivating him to actively seeking them out.
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