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** In [[Recap/RevolutionS1E17TheLongestDay episode 17]], Captain Jeremy Baker engaged in this with General Monroe [[spoiler: before got executed out of paranoia]].

* In ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', Lone Starr pulls this repeatedly when he's sneaking aboard Spaceball One to destroy it. He grabs one guard by the neck and when the guard asks him what he's doing, he replies, "The Vulcan neck pinch." The guard then tells him the proper way to do it. Lone Starr only gets away with it because the average Spaceball is TooDumbToLive (said Spaceball ''complimented'' on him doing it right before collapsing). Next he grabs a can of shaving cream from another guard and when he asks what Lone Starr's doing with it, Lone Starr replies, "This!", sprays the shaving cream in the guard's mouth and eyes before giving him the pinch.

*** Fridge Brilliance: Not saying anything, or even leaving out details even to be tactful, is called a "lie of omission". They're so incapable of lying they can't even do that.

** In the "Canterlot Wedding" two-parter, [[spoiler: when Twilight, at her big brother's wedding, in front of her mentor and friends and said brother, calls the bride evil. Everypony else is shown to be remarkably angry at her for this, but Twilight turns out to be right about this, and if she held back, no one would have found out until it was too late.]]

* In ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', Lone Starr pulls this repeatedly when he's sneaking aboard Spaceball One to destroy it. He grabs one guard by the neck and when the guard asks him what he's doing, he replies, "The Vulcan neck pinch." The guard then shows him the proper way to do it. Next he grabs a can of shaving cream from another guard and when he asks what Lone Starr's doing with it, Lone Starr replies, "This!", sprays the shaving cream in the guard's mouth and eyes, possibly drowning him.

* ''Series/{{Babylon5}}'': In one episode, Londo is given permission to divorce two of his three equally unpleasant wives. He ultimately chooses to keep the one who is brutally honest because of all of them she's the only one whose unpleasantness will never lead her to murder him without warning.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUTWz7nu_wk Big Bill Hell's]], originally produced for a faux award show called ''The Ad Follies'', runs on this trope.

** Vala too. Well, when she's not lying.

* ''QuestionableContent'': Marten is offended when Steve tells Dora and him to pick up the other end of a couch. "What, you think I'm too wimpy?" Steve simply says, "Yes." Marten opens his mouth to object, but [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1589 shuts up when he realises it's true]].

* Many members of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses won't pull any punches when it comes to their verdict on topics.

* Sheldon Cooper from ''TheBigBangTheory'' almost always honestly reacts to every question even if it hurts the person's feelings, one such example is when Penny tells him and Leonard that in spite of the way her old boyfriend treated her part of her still loves him and asks them if she's crazy, Sheldon bluntly replies "Yes!".
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

* Abed on ''Series/{{Community}}'' has been called out on this behavior by his classmates on more than one occasion.
* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. Larry David does this constantly, especially when he's trying to get an answer from someone he thinks is lying. Of course, he is a massive liar himself.

* Drake from ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' does this to Josh when he bursts into their room yelling at Drake asking if he took the $2,400 they were going to use to buy a car (Drake bought the dealership's mascot, an orangutan named Bobo, instead). Josh continues to ask and paces back and forth even after Drake openly admits to taking the cash.
* In ''{{Entourage}}'', Turtle tries to track down a girl named Kelsie to whom he spoke with on the phone but hasn't yet met. Thinking he's found her, he asked a girl if her name was Kelsie and she replied, "Even if it was, I wouldn't admit it." Turtle walked away, cursing brutal honesty.
* In the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One with the Butt", everyone says non-committal positive-ish things about Joey's terrible play, except Chandler, who says "Awful play man, woah!". He's too excited about the beautiful girl who just agreed to go out with him to care about lying.
* Alex from ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' is a big fan of this trope.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''

* Carly Shay on ''Series/ICarly'' does this to Sam and Freddie after reaching her breaking point when they drag her into yet another fight (the last of several) during the episode ''iDate Sam & Freddie''. She points out that both their behaviour (Sam being a complete pig when they are on a date, and Freddie being a 'whiny nub' for pointing it out) and finally ends it by telling the two of them that they shouldn't be dating at all.
* King Léodagan in ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' practices brutal honesty. All the time. Emphasis on the "brutal". To the point the very rare times he tries deceit, he's a BadLiar.
* Kyle from ''KyleXY'' is a variation of this. He's never really ''rude'', he just tends to immediately say what he thinks, until he wises up as the series progresses.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'''s Parker does this a lot, but she can't help it since she's a very [[NoSocialSkills socially]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} awkward]] [[BunnyEarsLawyer person]] and doesn't know when she's said too much. WordOfGod says she has Asperger's Syndrome, a type of high-functioning autism, and this a very realistic portrayal, especially when it comes to moments of unintentional brutal honesty.

* In ''MadAboutYou'' Paul is defending his decision to invest a large sum of money in a virtual reality device. He's trying to tell Jamie how amazing the device is, she asks him what he used it for, and since the audience saw him use it to be very intimate with a virtual Christie Brinkley, we see how this is an awkward question...but then he immediately says, "I gave Christie Brinkley a massage," and goes on to describe in detail how much he enjoyed it.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''

* Teal'c of ''Series/StargateSG1'' epitomizes this trope. Up to and including describing just exactly how he got that emblem on his head to a bunch of inner city punks.

* In the ''Series/That70sShow'' episode "Eric's Burger Job", when the guys apply for a job at a local fast food restaurant:

* A RunningGag in ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', especially in the earlier seasons. One of the examples in which it usually just ended up getting the Solomons seen as either hilarious or insightful.
* Hiromu Sakurada, the RookieRedRanger of ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'', tends to be blunt to the point of rudeness primarily because he trained alone; closer to earth RobotBuddy Nick does his best to get Hiromu to curb this habit.
* In the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' pilot, the team (sans Gwen) is testing the Resurrection Glove (AKA Risen Mitten) on a murder victim (they're only interested in the glove, not the murder). This time, they choose to go with this approach when the man asks what's going on. After he dies again (permanently, this time), they mention that last time they tried to tell the guy he was injured, only for him to keep screaming for an ambulance. They actually get some results via BrutalHonesty.
* Video game review show ''{{X-Play}}'' bills itself as giving brutally honest reviews.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': Charlie engages in this from time to time. Some would find that very annoying, but that comes with her being a young adult and teenager who hasn't grown up enough.
* ''Film/TheCrossing'': This is the trademark of Colonel Glover from Massachusetts, who is both honest with his opinion about the army's difficulties (which is good for [[GeorgeWashington Washington]] and his poor opinion of fripperies like powdered wigs (which is awkward when at the table of a man wearing a powdered wig).
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Babylon5}}, Londo is given permission to divorce two of his three equally unpleasant wives. He ultimately chooses to keep the one who is brutally honest because of all of them she's the only one whose unpleasantness will never lead her to murder him without warning.

* Jean from ''ShingekiNoKyojin'' always speaks what's on his mind, appropriate or not.

* In "[[Animaniacs|Bumbie's Mom"]], Slappy used the "Have I ever lied to you?" line on her nephew Skippy. The boy proceeds to give a laundry list of his aunt's past fibs, such as keno being legal in Burbank.

* ''FanFic/TurnaboutStorm'':

* The merchants of ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''(except the Once Royal Mistress) are upfront about looting their wares from the dead and the cursed.