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* ''Series/ControlZ'': In 1.04, Rosita assured Natalia that she would tell everyone to stop ignoring her. However, Natalia reaches her breaking point after it is revealed that Rosita had ''actually'' done the opposite through a dare (FreezeNatalia) in which anyone seen talking to her would be banned from attending the NONA party.
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** In the very first episode, Dr. Kelso informs Turk about how patients lie to their doctors ''all'' the time, even when lying to their doctor may actually be dangerous for them to do. Cut to a montage of patients lying to Turk, including a "virgin" being pregnant... [[OhNoNotAgain again]], a big, fat guy claiming to have eaten nothing but salads since his bypass, and a guy getting his penis caught in his flashlight on accident.
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** After David accidentally smashes a lamp in his sister's basement, Amy takes away the sharp gardening tools to remove the risk of him potentially hurting himself, but the fake reason she gives for doing this is, "Ben, he's gotta get to the garden tomorrow morning, you know?"

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** After David accidentally smashes a lamp in his sister's basement, basement in "Chapter 1", Amy takes away the sharp gardening tools to remove the risk of him potentially hurting himself, but the fake reason she gives for doing this is, "Ben, he's gotta get to the garden tomorrow morning, you know?"
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* ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'':
** The GovernmentConspiracy interrogating David over what happened at Clockworks in the pilot initially dismiss Sydney as part of his delusion. They're ''very'' much aware that she's real, and are attempting to use David to find her.
** After David accidentally smashes a lamp in his sister's basement, Amy takes away the sharp gardening tools to remove the risk of him potentially hurting himself, but the fake reason she gives for doing this is, "Ben, he's gotta get to the garden tomorrow morning, you know?"
** In the series premiere, when David searches for Syd, he tells the person on the other end of the phone, "I'm her father, Max."
** In "Chapter 26", when Farouk inquires about the stranger that Charles has brought to the palace, Charles introduces his time-travelling son David as an old army buddy from World War II. (This is impossible because David was born in the 1950s.)
--->'''Charles''': This is David. An old friend. He was stationed here in Morocco during the war and well, he decided to stick around.\\
'''Farouk''': So, David, where were you stationed?\\
'''David''': Mohammedia. Just outside Rabat. Came in with Operation Torch, like the rest of the meddling Americans.
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* ''Series/JandaKembang'':
** In episode 27, when hiding their secret relationship from Sri who saw them romantically holding hands on the table, [[spoiler:Neneng and Rais]] claim that they were arm-wrestling.
** In the same episode, Seli tries to distract Jufri by claiming a goat is flying. Despite stating how obvious Seli's lie is, Jufri looks up anyway.
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** When the gang are in London, Joey buys a ridiculous Union Jack hat from a salesman who assures him everybody in London wears them. When Chandler points out that ''literally nobody'' walking past is wearing them, the salesman replies "They're all tourists!"
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* LiveActionTV/ComedyCentralRoastOfPamelaAnderson: Courtney Love insist throughout the Roast that she is sober, when it's clear to everyone in attendance that she's anything but. The other roasters repeatedly make jokes about it throughout the show.

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* LiveActionTV/ComedyCentralRoastOfPamelaAnderson: ''Series/ComedyCentralRoastOfPamelaAnderson'': Courtney Love insist throughout the Roast that she is sober, when it's clear to everyone in attendance that she's anything but. The other roasters repeatedly make jokes about it throughout the show.
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** Buffy seems to subliminally ''want'' to be caught out in her Slayer duties, but the adults around her are too wrapped up in denial. In ''Buffy'' Season 4/''Angel'' Season 1, when she chases Faith to L.A. and is arguing with Angel after Faith turns herself in, Buffy insists to Angel that she came because he was in danger (Faith was previously trying to kill him under Wolfram & Hart's employ), but Angel doesn't buy it for a second and accuses her of only coming for vengeance; Buffy doesn't even try to deny that.
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** In episode 61, Bambang's attemped excuse for why Slamet can't talk with Melani right now is because Melani is playing with sand.
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* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': AvertedTrope. In the first episode, Jayne, the ship's resident [[TokenEvilTeammate amoral mercenary]], mouths off and is told to leave the room. He claims that "[He] isn't paid to talk pretty", but leaves. Simon asks what Jayne does, and [[TheCaptain Capt. Reynolds]] responds: "Public Relations." Given the kind of public the crew is used to dealing with, Jayne [[MoreDakka deals with them]] [[ICallItVera pretty well]]. Especially if the public involves whores.

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* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': AvertedTrope. In the first episode, Jayne, the ship's resident [[TokenEvilTeammate amoral mercenary]], mouths off and is told to leave the room. He claims that "[He] isn't paid to talk pretty", but leaves. Simon asks what Jayne does, and [[TheCaptain Capt. Reynolds]] responds: "Public Relations." Given the kind of public the crew is used to dealing with, Jayne [[MoreDakka deals with them]] [[ICallItVera pretty well]]. Especially if the public involves includes whores.
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* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'':
** In episode 18, Bambang denies to Anto that he is sulking while sitting alone in the car wash and frowning. Becomes more blatant after Bambang rants about Prima within Anto's earshot, yet he still denies it.
** In episode 22, Alan has been scared of the ghost that Pipin mentioned and even more so after he hearts the ghost's voice. Right after running away from Mami Bibir's house while screaming, Alan insists that he was not scared and was just trying to come up with a new strategy to deal with the ghost.
** In episode 47, Melani looks through the house's window to see Bambang quietly. When Mami Bibir catches her, Melani unconvincingly claims she was just checking whether the glass pane is on the window or not.
** Also in episode 47, Melani insists to Pipin that she isn't acting cold towards Pipin, while putting a fake smile and speaking with her teeth clenched.
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* ''Series/TheDevilJudge'': Ga-on tells Soo-hyun he was safe and far away from the terror attack on the Supreme Court. Actually he was there when it happened and he jumped in front of the bus to protect a child.
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** Used for dramatic effect in [[Recap/TheWireS05E10Thiry the series finale]]. Dukie hits up Prez for some money, saying he's going to take a GED. Prez points out that he's too young to take that test but acquiesces anyway, and they part on the unspoken agreement that Dukie is about to spend his life as a homeless drug addict and they will never see each other again.

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** Used for dramatic effect in [[Recap/TheWireS05E10Thiry [[Recap/TheWireS05E10Thirty the series finale]]. Dukie hits up Prez for some money, saying he's going to take a GED. Prez points out that he's too young to take that test but acquiesces anyway, and they part on the unspoken agreement that Dukie is about to spend his life as a homeless drug addict and they will never see each other again.
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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': [[ConsummateLiar Garak]] is always very adamant that he didn't have anything to do with all those murders at the Romulan embassy. He was really just a gardener who just worked there purely by coincidence. He also makes it clear with his first introduction that he's just "plain, simple Garak", a tailor on Deep Space Nine, and definitely not a spy. Oh, and he was definitely exiled for tax evasion and, no, he'd never lie about that because it's something he's not at all proud of. It becomes rapidly apparent that ''most'' of what he says is a lie of some sort. In fact, his lies are so blatant, he doesn't simply cross the line into SelfProclaimedLiar, he sets up house and home there and has even planted a flag.

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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': [[ConsummateLiar Garak]] is always very adamant that he didn't have anything to do with all those murders at the Romulan embassy. He was really just a gardener who just worked there purely by coincidence. He also makes it clear with his first introduction that he's just "plain, simple Garak", a tailor on Deep Space Nine, and definitely not a spy. Oh, and he was definitely exiled for tax evasion and, no, he'd never lie about that because it's something he's not at all proud of. It becomes rapidly apparent that ''most'' of what he says is a lie of some sort. In fact, his lies are so blatant, he doesn't simply cross the line into SelfProclaimedLiar, he sets he's set up house and home there and has even planted a flag.
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** In the episode "[=QPid=]", Worf finally can't stand any more of Geordi's lute-playing, grabs the instrument, smashes it against a tree and then hands back the remnents.

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** In the episode "[=QPid=]", Worf finally can't stand any more of Geordi's lute-playing, grabs the instrument, smashes it against a tree and then hands back the remnents.remnants.
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** In one episode it's revealed that Bishop Brennan has a fear of rabbits. So naturally HilarityEnsues which culminates in the Bishop waking up in the middle of the night surrounded by rabbits and Ted and Dougle stood in the room holding rabbits in a way that makes it look like they put them there. To which Ted says "It's just a bad dream your grace." The bishop believes it for a moment before screaming.

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** In one episode it's revealed that Bishop Brennan has a fear of rabbits. So naturally HilarityEnsues which culminates in the Bishop waking up in the middle of the night surrounded by rabbits and Ted and Dougle Dougal stood in the room holding rabbits in a way that makes it look like they put them there. To which Ted says "It's just a bad dream your grace." The bishop believes it for a moment before screaming.



'''Ted:''' ''[voice creaking]'' I've never heard of him."

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'''Ted:''' ''[voice creaking]'' I've never heard of him."

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* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': In the episode "Sanctuary", following on from the ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' episode "Who Are You", Buffy has chased Faith all the way to Los Angeles on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, since Faith had used a device left behind by Mayor Wilkins to pull a GrandTheftMe on her and [[PowerPerversionPotential used the situation to sleep with Buffy's new boyfriend Riley]]. When the crisis is resolved after Faith turns herself in, Buffy insists to Angel that she came because he was in danger (Faith ''had'' initially been hired by [[AmoralAttorney Wolfram & Hart]] to assassinate Angel), but Angel doesn't by it for a second, knowing that Buffy just used it as an excuse to come to L.A. for revenge; Buffy doesn't deny it.

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In the episode "Sanctuary", following on from the ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' episode "Who Are You", Buffy has chased Faith all the way to Los Angeles on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, since Faith had used a device left behind by Mayor Wilkins to pull a GrandTheftMe on her and [[PowerPerversionPotential used the situation to sleep with Buffy's new boyfriend Riley]]. When the crisis is resolved after Faith turns herself in, Buffy insists to Angel that she came because he was in danger (Faith ''had'' initially been hired by [[AmoralAttorney Wolfram & Hart]] to assassinate Angel), but Angel doesn't by it for a second, knowing that Buffy just used it as an excuse to come to L.A. for revenge; Buffy doesn't deny it.it.
** In the episode "Sense & Sensitivity", Kate is interrogating a stereotypical mobster.
--->'''Kate''': Your boss is wanted for the murder of a city supervisor.\\
'''Criminal''': I heard it was a suicide.\\
'''Kate''': Supervisor Caffrey shot himself?\\
'''Criminal''': It happens.\\
'''Kate''': Six times in the back of the head.\\
'''Criminal''': He'd been depressed.
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* LiveActionTV/TheComedyCentralRoastOfPamelaAnderson: Courtney Love insist throughout the Roast that she is sober, when it's clear to everyone in attendance that she's anything but. The other roasters repeatedly make jokes about it throughout the show.

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* LiveActionTV/TheComedyCentralRoastOfPamelaAnderson: LiveActionTV/ComedyCentralRoastOfPamelaAnderson: Courtney Love insist throughout the Roast that she is sober, when it's clear to everyone in attendance that she's anything but. The other roasters repeatedly make jokes about it throughout the show.
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* LiveActionTV/TheComedyCentralRoastOfPamelaAnderson: Courtney Love insist throughout the Roast that she is sober, when it's clear to everyone in attendance that she's anything but. The other roasters repeatedly make jokes about it throughout the show.
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* In ''Series/JupitersLegacy'', Hutch proclaims he's not afraid of the Utopian to Chloe, but then we get a GilliganCut to an armored and locked door.
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* ''Series/TheKingsWoman'': Queen Dowager Zhao claims Lao Ai was only there to give her a massage, right after Ying Zheng walked in on her making out with Lao Ai.
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* In ''Series/JupitersLegacy'', Hutch proclaims he's not afraid of the Utopian to Chloe, but then we get a GilliganCut to an armored and locked door.
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* ''Series/{{Himmelsdalen}}'': Siri tells Helena a bunch of lies in the pilot. First she claims to have found love with another woman (surprising Helena since she had expressed homophobia) who was abused by her husband (she's actually a fellow patient Siri beat) and wants to leave so she can be with her (as a ploy for escaping the sanitorium where she's being held).

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''Series/That70sShow'': When Jackie redecorates Hyde's room he hates it and tells her to put it back the way it was, then he grows to like it just in time for her to actually listen to him and put it back the way it was.

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* ''Series/That70sShow'': When Jackie redecorates Hyde's room he hates it and tells her to put it back the way it was, then he grows to like it just in time for her to actually listen to him and put it back the way it was.


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* ''Series/{{Titus}}'': When a social worker was inspecting Titus's home and Ken fires a gun thinking his violently unstable ex-wife is there.
-->'''Dave''': It was a car backfiring.\\
'''Social Worker''': Four times?\\
'''Dave''': Four cars.\\
'''Social Worker''': He had a gun, and now I smell gunpowder.\\
'''Dave''': Five cars.
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** In the series finale "The Final Problem", Sherlock is given the SadisticChoice of having to kill either John or Mycroft, Mycroft tells him [[spoiler:that there's really no choice other than to kill John, as he is an idiot compared to them and his life matters less. He's actually trying to sacrifice himself by goading Sherlock into killing him]], but Sherlock doesn't buy it for a second.
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''Series/That70sShow'': When Jackie redecorates Hyde's room he hates it and tells her to put it back the way it was, then he grows to like it just in time for her to actually listen to him and put it back the way it was.
-->'''Fez''': [After hearing Hyde scream] Hyde's in trouble. [Gang runs into Hyde's room]\\
'''Hyde''': She took it all down.\\
'''Eric''': Did you just scream like a girl?\\
'''Hyde''': No. [Looks down] Aw man. What happened to my lavender scented candle?\\
'''Eric''': Did you just say "What happened to my lavender scented candle?"\\
'''Hyde''': No.
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** Buffy seems to subliminally ''want'' to be caught out in her Slayer duties, but the adults around her are too wrapped up in denial. In ''Buffy'' season 4/''Angel'' season 1, when she chases Faith to L.A. and is arguing with Angel after Faith turns herself in, Buffy insists to Angel that she came because he was in danger (Faith was previously trying to kill him under Wolfram & Hart's employ), but Angel doesn't buy it for a second and accuses her of only coming for vengeance; Buffy doesn't even try to deny that.

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** Buffy seems to subliminally ''want'' to be caught out in her Slayer duties, but the adults around her are too wrapped up in denial. In ''Buffy'' season Season 4/''Angel'' season Season 1, when she chases Faith to L.A. and is arguing with Angel after Faith turns herself in, Buffy insists to Angel that she came because he was in danger (Faith was previously trying to kill him under Wolfram & Hart's employ), but Angel doesn't buy it for a second and accuses her of only coming for vengeance; Buffy doesn't even try to deny that.



** Kurt claiming to be [[CampGay straight]] for the first few episodes of season one. No one [[TransparentCloset believed him]].

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** Kurt claiming to be [[CampGay straight]] for the first few episodes of season one.Season 1. No one [[TransparentCloset believed him]].



** Season 2, episode 6 Brad needs Max to come help him when he's supposedly in Michigan.

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** Season 2, episode Episode 6 Brad needs Max to come help him when he's supposedly in Michigan.



* In the season 6 finale of ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'', Creator/JohnOliver took a victory lap over a defamation lawsuit that had been aimed at him by a coal magnet named Bob Murray getting tossed out by a judge. He did a musical number full of these about things Murray "did" because as he pointed out, statements that are clearly jokes are protected speech. The lies about him are included but not limited to : "murdered Arch Duke Ferdinand and started UsefulNotes/WorldWarI" , "masturbates to ''Film/SchindlersList'', "break into people's houses to ejaculate in their Wheaties", "is the Zodiac Killer", "doesn't like Creator/TomHanks", "cut off Van Gogh's ear", and "fucks squirrels".

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* In the season Season 6 finale of ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'', Creator/JohnOliver took a victory lap over a defamation lawsuit that had been aimed at him by a coal magnet named Bob Murray getting tossed out by a judge. He did a musical number full of these about things Murray "did" because as he pointed out, statements that are clearly jokes are protected speech. The lies about him are included but not limited to : "murdered Arch Duke Ferdinand and started UsefulNotes/WorldWarI" , "masturbates to ''Film/SchindlersList'', "break into people's houses to ejaculate in their Wheaties", "is the Zodiac Killer", "doesn't like Creator/TomHanks", "cut off Van Gogh's ear", and "fucks squirrels".



** In the season 1 episode "The Benders", Dean pretends to be a police officer to enlist the help of a real cop in finding Sam, who's been kidnapped. Unknown to him the cop ran the number on the badge Dean gave her and this happened:

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** In the season Season 1 episode "The Benders", Dean pretends to be a police officer to enlist the help of a real cop in finding Sam, who's been kidnapped. Unknown to him the cop ran the number on the badge Dean gave her and this happened:
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** The John Belushi sketch "Don't Look Back In Anger" is a big lie that shows him as the only surviving member.
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* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': In "Dramma Giocoso", Logan and Barek discover that a woman at the center of their case ended up in an emergency room, but the ER doctor can't talk to them about a patient, so Logan suggests they hypothetically discuss a scenario where his "poor, sweet mother" came in with the same symptoms. This description is so far from [[AbusiveParents the reality of what Logan's mother was]] that Barek visibly reacts while repeating the adjectives as part of a follow-up question.
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* In the season 6 finale of ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'', Creator/JohnOliver took a victory lap over a defamation lawsuit that had been aimed at him by a coal magnet named Bob Murray getting tossed out by a judge. He did a musical number full of these about things Murray "did" because as he pointed out, statements that are clearly jokes are protected speech. The lies about him are included but not limited to : "murdered Arch Duke Ferdinand and started UsefulNotes/WorldWarI" , "masturbates to ''Film/SchindlersList'', "doesn't like Creator/TomHanks", "cut off Van Gogh's ear", and "fucks squirrels".

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* In the season 6 finale of ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'', Creator/JohnOliver took a victory lap over a defamation lawsuit that had been aimed at him by a coal magnet named Bob Murray getting tossed out by a judge. He did a musical number full of these about things Murray "did" because as he pointed out, statements that are clearly jokes are protected speech. The lies about him are included but not limited to : "murdered Arch Duke Ferdinand and started UsefulNotes/WorldWarI" , "masturbates to ''Film/SchindlersList'', "break into people's houses to ejaculate in their Wheaties", "is the Zodiac Killer", "doesn't like Creator/TomHanks", "cut off Van Gogh's ear", and "fucks squirrels".

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