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Obi-Wan: Patience, Luke...

Luke: And sacrifice Han and Leia?

Yoda: If you honor what they fight for? Yes.

-- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Gambol: You think you can just steal from us and walk away?\\

The Joker: Yeah.

-- The Dark Knight

To whoever is asking the question, a more appropriate answer would probably be either a no, or maybe a maybe, or in some cases no answer at all. Instead, however, it's answered with a Blunt Yes, or whatever else would be equivalent to "yes" in its own context.

Maybe this reflects on differences between the asker and the answerer in terms of views toward the subject they are discussing. Maybe it implies that the answerer has a very blunt personality, such as that of a Deadpan Snarker, for instance. It can mean both, even, and by its very nature often does.

Compare with Insult Backfire, since it is often caused by similar things. Often associated with Brutal Honesty. See also Flat What and Little No. Compare Mathematicians Answer.

Truth In Television, of course, especially in online discussions, given the sheer diversity of opinions, and in turn, higher rate at which what one would consider an inappropriate response, another considers quite fitting.

Examples

Anime & Manga

• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji reacts to Misato's questions like this after being returned to NERV Headquarters in Episode four.

Fan Works

• In Turnabout Storm, Phoenix Wright, already sick of getting trash-talked by the prosecution, pulls out a nice one.

  Trixie: What do you take me for, a fool!?\\

  Phoenix: Why, in fact I do.

  Trixie: ...!

Film

• V For Vendetta: Eve observes on TV that her boss, a high-ranking party member, was murdered:

  Eve: I found my [ID Security] card was missing last night. V, have you something to do with it?

  V: Yes. I killed him.

• The page quotation, from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is above all else an example of this reflecting on differences in attitudes; Luke is loyal to his friends even at the expense of duty, and Yoda is inclined to condemn this.
• The Joker does this in The Dark Knight this when a mobster confronts him about his prior theft from Gotham's organized crime community. (Context viewable here.) This would reflect both on the differences in attitude (the mob is... relatively less chaotic than Joker) and bluntness. (Joker's Deadpan Snarker personality comes into play in that scene as a whole.)

  Gambol: You think you can steal from us and just walk away?

  [[The Joker: Yeah.

• In the Street Fighter movie:

  Bison: You dare to interfere?

  Template:Beat

  Ryu: ... yeah.

• In the Lilo And Stitch movie:

  Jumba: After all you put me through, you expect me to help you, just like that?! Just like that?!

  Stitch: Ih.

  [[[:Template:Beat]]]

  Jumba: Fine!

  Pleakley: "Fine?" You're doing what he says?!

  Jumba: He is very persuasive.

  • Later in the same scene is when the audience learns that "Ih" translates to simply "Yes".
• In The Lord Of The Rings:

  Faramir: You wish now that our places had been exchanged. That I had died and Boromir had lived.\\

  Denethor: Yes. I wish that.

• In The Mummy:

  Dr. Bey: We are part of an ancient secret society. For over three thousand years we have guarded the City of the Dead. We are sworn at manhood to do any and all in our power to stop the High Priest Imhotep from being reborn into this world.

  Ardeth Bay: Now, because of you, we have failed.

  Evelyn: And you think this justifies the killing of innocent people?

  Dr. Bey: To stop this creature? Let me think...

  Ardeth and Dr. Bey: YES!

• Used in this trailer for a movie called The Guardian, during a conversation at a dinner table about a girl.

  Jake Fischer: You gotta make a move!

  Billy Hodge: I can't. I get nervous.

  Jake Fischer: You're tellin' me you can jump outta helicopters but you're afraid to go talk to a girl?

  Billy Hodge: Uh, pretty much, yeah.

• In Template:Serenity, as Mal and Jayne have yet another argument:

  Mal: You wanna run this ship?!

  Jayne: Yes.

  Mal: Well... you can't!

• In The Incredibles, when spoiler:Dash, Violet, and Elastigirl are in the ocean after Syndrome shot down their plane, and Elastigirl suggests swimming toward the trail the missiles left.

  Dash: You wanna go toward the people that tried to kill us?

  Elastigirl: If it means land? Yes.

• In the 2000 remake of Bedazzled, the Devil brings Elliot into Alison's bedroom with both of them are invisible, intangible, and Alison can't hear them. The Devil tells Elliot that Alison is in the bathroom. Naked.

  Elliot: You must think that I'm really perverted, don't you? That's what you think. You think I'm some sad, desperate, twisted, pathetic loser.

  The Devil: Yes.

  Elliot: Well, in that case, maybe I'll just take a quick look.

• In How To Train Your Dragon, Hiccup does this to Astrid.

  Astrid: Hiccup, we just discovered spoiler:the dragon's nest! The thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here! And you want to keep it a secret? To protect your pet dragon? Are you serious?

  Hiccup: Yes.

  [Template:Beat]

  Astrid: Ok. Then, what do we do?

• In The Lion King:

  Banzai: What are we supposed to do, kill Mufasa?

  Scar: Precisely.

• Happens in Tropic Thunder:

  Rick Peck: Let me get this straight. You want me to let my client of 15 years, one of my best friends, die in the jungle alone, for some money and a G5?

  Les Grossman: Yes.

  [Template:Beat]

  Rick Peck: A G5 airplane?

  Les Grossman: [whispering] Yes... and lots of money... playaaaa!

• From Citizen Kane:

  Leland: Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? Am I a horse-faced hypocrite? Am I a New England school marm?

  Bernstein: Yes. If you thought I'd answer you any differently than what Mr. Kane tells you...

• This gem from the Oceans Eleven remake:

  Saul: I have a question: Say we get into the cage, and through the security doors there and down the elevator we can't move, and past the guards with the guns, and into the vault we can't open...

  Rusty: Without being seen by the cameras.

  Danny: Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention that.

  Saul: Yeah well, say we do all that... uh... we're just supposed to walk out of there with a hundred and fifty million dollars in cash on us, without getting stopped?

  *everyone looks at Danny*

  Danny: Yeah.

  Saul: Oh. Okay.

• Inverted in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels:

  Jamieson: Do you ever have a single thought that originates from above the waist?

  Benson: No!

• In Bedknobs And Broomsticks:

  Charlie: (seeing a bottle marked "Poisoned Dragon's Liver") Poisoned Dragon's Liver?

  Miss Price: (matter-of-factly tone) Poisoned Dragon's Liver.

  Paul: You mean you poison the dragon or just the liver?

Live Action TV

• Template:Cheers. In "Diane Meets Mom" Diane is shocked after Frasier's mom (played by Nancy Marchand) threatens to murder her if she doesn't break it off with Frasier. She goes to Sam for advice.

  Diane: Sam, I have to ask you a question. Promise me you won't make a joke out of it.

  Sam: Yeah, I promise. what's up?

  Diane: Do you think I'm crazy?

  Sam: Yes.

  Diane: Ha! ha! Now that we've gotten the joke over, will you please help me? This is a strange question, but it's important. Do you think I'm crazy?

  Sam: Yes.

• On Community, when Britta asks Jeff if her name was recently made into a verb with negative connotations:

  Jeff: ...Yes.

  • May not be a straight example, as she asks if her name is being used to mean "make a tiny mistake". Jeff's hesitation seems to imply that tiny would not be his choice of words.
• Real Time With Bill Maher involved Bill mimicking sarcastic anti-government questions before answering them with a BluntYes.

  Bill: I mean, how stupid is it when people say "oh that's what we need, the federal government telling Detroit how to make cars, or Wells Fargo how to run a bank, you want them to look like the post office?"

  [beat]

  Bill: Yeah. I mean, a place that take a little note from my hand from LA on Monday, to give it to my sister in New Jersey on Wednesday, for 42 cents? Well let me be the first to say that I would be THRILLED if America's healthcare system was anywhere near as functional as the post office.

• From Buffy The Vampire Slayer, when Cordelia and Buffy are competing for the title of homecoming queen:

  Buffy: You're *paying* people for votes?

  Cordelia: Is that any more tacky than your oh-I'm-so-soulful-and-vulnerable headshots?

  Buffy: ...Yes.

  • When Willow casts a Be Careful What You Wish For spell on herself and has Buffy and Spike in love with each other, and the spell is broken:

  Buffy: You're a pig, Spike.

  Spike: Yeah.

  • And later, when she has to explain to Riley why she said she's engaged, the lie is arguably... more contrived and stupid than telling him she was drunk or something, leading to this:

  Riley: So you're insane.

  Buffy: Uhuh.

  Riley: But you're still single.

  Buffy: Yes.

• From Fringe Agent Jessup asks about Dr. Bishop.

  Jessup: Is he insane?

  Peter Bishop: Oh, yeah.

• The Doctor does this twice to The Editor in The Long Game.

  Rose: So all the people on Earth are like slaves?

  Editor: Well, now, there's an interesting point. Is a slave a slave if he doesn't know he's enslaved?

  Doctor: Yes.

  Editor: Oh! I was hoping for a philosophical debate. Is that all I'm going to get? "Yes"?

  Doctor: Yes.

Video Games

• In a City Of Heroes vigilante-to-villain tip mission, you try to convince Flambeaux that her boyfriend's not who she thinks he is...

  Flambeaux: What do you think I am, stupid?

  You: Yes. Quite.

Web Original

• Used twice in a row in this Youtube video, which may qualify as a real-life example, but the uncertainty as to whether it is real or staged puts it in web original for now.

  Mother: All of a sudden, you can just quit believing in god?

  Son: Yeah.

  Mother: All of a sudden, "there is no god?"

  Son: Yeah.

• Apparently referenced in [this] YTP-related video.

  [[Space Channe l5|Announcer: You think a reporter without soul can outdance Ulala?

  Robotnik: ... yes.

Western Animation

• In Phineas And Ferb, Phineas often uses this in response to people asking if he is too young for something.

  Random Adult: Aren't you a little young to be [insert dangerous activity here]?

  Phineas: Yes. Yes, we are.

• In FamilyGuy:

  Peter: Hang on a second, did you just say I was fat?\\

  Doctor: Well, yeah, you are pretty fat.

  • Also, in Dial Meg For Murder:

  Lois: Oh my god! Are you using my shirts as toilet paper?\\

  Meg: Yeah, and I think I might need some right now.

• TheBully Nelson from TheSimpsons uses this twice in a row during "22 Short Films About Springfield," when confronted by someone he pointed and laughed at.

  Very Tall Man: Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile?\\

  Nelson: ... yeah.\\

  Very Tall Man: Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto that I could afford. Am I therefore to be made the subject of fun?\\

  Nelson: ... I guess so.

• In an early episode of TheSimpsons, Homer is suing Mr. Burns for hitting Bart with his car, and Burns invites him for a private chat:

  Homer: Mr. Burns, are you trying to get me drunk?

  Burns: Yes.

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folder:Real Life

• Oh, Joe Biden. You are a [classy, classy man.]

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