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* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'''s [[CompleteImmortality Luck Gandor]] takes this approach in ''Drugs & the Dominoes'' after a bookstore owner witnesses him get right back up after a hitman slit his throat. It's a bit easier to pull off when you're part of TheMafia.

* When YouTuber [[https://www.youtube.com/c/NerdyCraftsies NerdECrafter]] makes a mistake or a fumble, she will often insist, "You saw NOTHING!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'', after accidentally tunnelling into Marty's enclosure, the penguins tell him about their plans to escape into the wild before retreating back into the hole. Their leader Skipper is the last one to leave:

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'', after accidentally tunnelling into Marty's enclosure, the penguins tell him about their plans to escape into the wild before retreating back into the hole. Their leader Skipper is the last one to leave:
-->'''Skipper''': [''slowly retreating''] You didn't see anything... [''abruptly pops back up''] Right?
-->'''Marty''': Yes, sir-- I-I mean, no, sir.
-->[''Skipper, satisfied, disappears into the hole'']
** This becomes a RunningGag in the spin-off series ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', a very dark example happens when some Marines intercept communications between Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army, and his subordinate [[spoiler:Sabo]]. After [[spoiler:Sabo]], who's in the kingdom of Lulusia, reveals that [[spoiler:he saw someone sitting on the empty throne, and has learned of the existence of Imu, the secret ruler of the World Government]], someone tells the Marines that they did not intercept any communications and that [[UnPerson Lulusia never existed]], just as Lulusia is literally and figuratively wiped off the map.

* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Late in Part 4, Rozemyne accidentally finds out that [[spoiler:she has access to instructions on how to become Zent, which is required of the country's ruler but not fulfilled by the current king, who came to power after a civil war]]. Since she's not interested in actually using of that information for its most obvious possible purpose, she's told by someone who knows said information to act as if she never discovered it.

Sometimes, authors will have [[CanonDiscontinuity this reaction]] about an OldShame, and then there are those things we all [[FanonDiscontinuity have never seen]]. This trope is not limited to sight, but can also be invoked for the other senses. Though sight and hearing are the most common examples, for [[{{Squick}} obvious reasons]]. There are also many non-romantic or embarrassing examples.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'': When Elder Kettle and the boys accidentally uncover an old billboard with an EmbarrassingOldPhoto of Elder Kettle as "Diaper Baby", he [[KillItWithFire burns it down with a flamethrower]], warning the boys that "You never saw this."

-->'''Bart / Milhouse:''' ''FLANDERS?!''\\
'''Ned:''' That's odd. I could have sworn I just heard someone shriek my name.
-->'''Bart:''' Uh... you heard nothing!
-->'''Ned:''' Oh, that's better.

-->[''Skipper, satisfied

-->'''Ange:''' You didn't see anyting, touch anything or [[ItMakesSenseInContext suck anything]], do you understand?

* A particularly scary variant in ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen''; [[ImplacableMan Anton]] has just killed someone in front of a witness. The terrified witness asks if Anton is going to kill him too. Anton replies "That depends. Do you see me?" then the scene changes. We never find out how the witness answered that question, nor whether it was the right answer. Considering Anton's [[BlueAndOrangeMorality incomprehensible code]] yet apparent lack of concern for how much attention he draws to himself, it really is anybody's guess what Anton wanted to hear, or whether he would actually let the witness go upon hearing it, or whether it was simply rhetorical.
* Towards the end of the film ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_(film) Detroit]]'' (based on the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers_Motel_incident Algier Motel Incident]] during the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot Detroit riots of 1967]], a police officer demands that a man tell him that he doesn't see the two dead men lying on the floor of a room. When the man refuses to deny their presence, he becomes victim #3.

-->'''Bart:''' Uh...you heard nothing!

* The penguins in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''. As they disappear down a hole, the rear one says to the sole witness, "You didn't see anything." Turns into a RunningGag in the spin-off series ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'', after Phil Ken Sebben gets a rather bad haircut, he encounters Harvey in the bathroom and starts sobbing into the sink. "Tell me I'm pretty...I'm a pretty little girl - you didn't hear that."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode ''Enemy Yours'', Dodgers tries to impress the Martian Commander and his "Arch Nemesis" with an army of.... five adorable kittens. After Dodgers' embarrassing retreat, The Eager Space Cadet remarks "L-l-let's pretend this never happened."

* In ''[[Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide Ned's Declassified]]'', Vice Principal Crubbs often says this when he's caught lazing around in his office when he's suppposed to be doing something productive.

* Combines with LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain in ''Tak and the Great Juju Challenge''. Lok's bad luck with animals (Being hated by fish and lusted for by apes) culminates in him being sat on by a mammoth. When Tak finally gets Lok free, the older warrior rather testily declares, ''"This didn't happen... '''DO YOU HEAR ME?!'''"''

* Combines with LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain in ''Tak and the Great Juju Challenge''. Lok's bad luck with animals (Being hated by fish and lusted for by apes) culminates in him being sat on by a mammoth. When Tak finally gets Lok free, the older warrior rather testily declares, ''"That... did not happen... '''DO YOU HEAR ME?!'''"''

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' episode "Love Bug Bungle" had the zookeepers Peevly and Botch committed to a hospital padded room after Botch tells two police officers that they were chasing three bears on an invisible motorcycle. The keepers break out and pursue the bears. The two officers see them.

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-->'''Luck:''' My, my, that was dangerous. If not for the timely rescue by this book, I’d probably have just died.

-->'''Store Owner:''' N-, no! I can’t take your money...

* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': In chapter 3 of the sequel while the pilots are changing Rei mentions Asuka has gotten fatter and her breasts bigger. Shinji tells the new kid he did not hear that, and Takuma answers “Hear what?”

-->'''Marinette''': I don’t suppose there’s any way you didn’t just see that?\\

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See also ImplausibleDeniability. Compare IWasNeverHere, when Alice specifically [[strike:seeks out]] does not seek out Bob and IllPretendIDidntHearThat. Also compare HoldingItForAFriend, for another way to excuse something Alice would rather Bob not have seen.

See also ImplausibleDeniability. Compare IWasNeverHere, when Alice specifically [[strike:seeks out]] does not seek out Bob and IllPretendIDidntHearThat.

May be connected to YouCanSeeThatRight

* Percy in [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2009-11-06 this]] ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}''.

* One ''Comics/TheBoondocks'' strip has Huey daydreaming and humming a song, then snap out of it and [[BreakingTheFourthwall tell the viewer]], "No offense to (name of band), but... you didn't hear that."

* Sgt. Schultz does this to ''himself'' often in ''Series/HogansHeroes''.

-->'''Marinette''': I don’t suppose there’s any way you didn’t just see that?
-->'''Juleka''': See what?
-->'''Marinette''': (''perking up a little'') Wait, really?
-->'''Juleka''': No. (''snorts as Marinette deflates again'') We can talk about this later.

* In ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''. Colonel Sandurz barges in while Dark Helmet is playing with his action figures.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' You didn't see anything, did you?\\

* In ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', the undead warlock Richard loses his hood. After Cale gives him back his hood, Richard tells him "You didn't see anything." Judging from [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/422 Cale's reaction]], it was either a very horrendous or a very surprising sight.