History Main / DidYouActuallyBelieve

** Mirabel and Isabela spend their respective songs [[CallinTheOldManOut calling out Alma]] and the rest of their family, asking if they seriously thought they could just ''force'' each of them to quietly endure a lifetime of abuse at their hands. Dolores, meanwhile, extends this question to the whole village.

-->What an idiot! You actually believed my sob story about wanting to save everyone?! What part of 'I'm a liar' do none of you get?!

'''Hans:''' A true love's kiss. Oh, Anna... [[spoiler: [[WhamLine If only there was someone out there who loved you]].]]\\
'''Anna:''' (shocked) W-w-what? ...Y-y-you said you did!\\

'''Hans:''' As heir, Elsa was preferable, of course, but no one was getting anywhere with her. But ''you...''\\

-->'''Scheck:''' Looking for something? (''Arnold and Gerald gasp and see Scheck leaning against the door'') Well, here you are, back again. After I patiently explained that your mission is completely hopeless. It still is, though I'm less inclined to entertain you after you broke into my building for the second time. Did you think could get away with this? There are cameras everywhere. I record everything that goes on, day and night. Did you think I'd let you win, let you save your little neighborhood? Don't you realize who I am? I am Alphonse Perrier Du Von Scheck. ''(Scheck turns on the light revealing historical art)'' I can trace my ancestry back to the founding fathers. ''(Scheck angrily turns to a framed painting)'' Do you know when we lost control of this city? When that ridiculous Tomato Incident took place in your pathetic little neighborhood. ''(Scheck takes the painting from the wall, breaks it in half, and flings to the floor)'' Tearing it down and putting my name upon its place will be revenge of the sweetest kind. (''grins evilly'')\\

** [[spoiler: [[OfficialCouple They get better]].]]

-->'''Randall:''' ''[chuckles evilly]'' [[WhamLine You still think this is about that stupid scare record?]]\\

'''Peach:''' ''[pulls out an Ice Flower]'' I'd ''never'' marry a monster.

* In ''Fanfic/TheCriesOfHaruhiSuzumiya'', [[spoiler:Takano says this to Haruhi about the Hammer of Oyashiro-sama]]. What's worse, [[spoiler:this is after Haruhi's bought into this completely, and with Haruhi being [[RealityWarper Haruhi]]...]]
* Played with in ''Fanfic/FieldOfInnocence.'' After a seemingly well-meaning [[EvilUncle Ozai]] bids them both farewell and good luck on their mission, Lu Ten asks Iroh if he honestly believed all of that. Iroh knows that, even though he wishes it were true, [[{{Jerkass}} Ozai]] would never act like that and something is up. They're both right - [[spoiler:Ozai was just trying to divert suspicion from himself as he plots their deaths.]]

'''Bowser:''' Kinda.\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'':

* ''VisualNovel/SoulOfSovereignty'': [[spoiler: [[MonsterClown: Ysmé]]]] flaunts her true colors when [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Loïc]] proves [[HiddenHeartOfGold he still thinks she has good intentions at the core]] even while she's coercing him at gunpoint to open up a path to the fabled Sovereignty.

-->'''Ysmé''': Save...?
-->'''Ysmé''': Oh my ''god'', you actually believed [[DecoyBackstory that stupid shit]]!

* In Season 3 of ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMasiel'', Rose is astounded that at no point in all their years living in a posh Upper West Side Manhattan apartment big enough for them, their daughter and their grandchildren with a maid, has husband Abe considered just maybe it's not being paid by his salary as a Columbia mathematics professor but rather Rose dipping into her substantial trust fund.

-->''Jennifer''': You thought she drove a ''Passatt?''

* On ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'' Dennis is suing Runa, an Asgardian elf who tricked him out of $300,000 by making him belive she was Music/MeganTheeStallion. She uses the defense Dennis had to know it was a role play as [[WhoCouldBeDumbEnough no one could believe she was the real singer]]. But Pug wins the case by getting Jennifer to testify to the court that yes, Dennis is in fact egotistical enough to think he could be dating the real singer, missing tiny details like what kind of car she drove.

* Much like ''Hustle'', a key reason the gang on ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' get away with their scams is that the authorities never believe the mark's claims of falling for them. A good example is "The Very Big Bird Job" when corrupt CEO Roper calmly explains to the FBI how he had been tricked into thinking he was flying the Spruce Goose out of its museum to keep it safe from terrorists trying to steal 70-year old stealth technology created by Howard Hughes. The agents' dubious expressions say it all.

* When Randy Orton shook Sheamus' hand at the conclusion of their May 18th match on Smackdown, Sheamus reluctantly accepted. As soon as he turned away, Randy planted Sheamus with an RKO. Randy is actually well known for doing things like this, so why Sheamus accepted the handshake at all is anyone's guess. Maybe it's because GoodIsDumb.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': The Traitor [[spoiler:Goro Akechi]] pulls this on the protagonist by walking into the interrogation room with the air of saving him, only to reveal his true colors. [[spoiler:This gets turned on Akechi when it turns out that the heroes weren't fooled at all by his act, and successfully make him think he's won, unless the player somehow missed all the red flags and got the Bad Ending where Akechi actually does win.]]

* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', [[spoiler:Miguel]] plays on Alfyn's sympathies, claiming to have three children to feed so that Aflyn will treat [[spoiler:Miguel]]'s fatal injuries. After [[spoiler:Miguel]] takes advantage of Alfyn's kindness to kidnap a child, and admits that [[ILied he lied]] about having a family, he asks, "Ye actually believed I had a bloody ''family''?"

* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'', at the very end of the game, after [[BigBad the Vizier]] is defeated, the Dark Prince [[spoiler:takes control of the Prince one last time, forcing the Prince to navigate the Mental Realm in order to banish him for good]].

* The Brad Meltzer novel ''Zero Game'' revolves around the titular game where Congressional aides run bets on whether or not certain legislation would pass. One aide works with his "dungeon masters" on a bet but it gets out of hand, leading to murder. In the end, when the killer is caught, the aide talks about still figuring out the ins and outs of the Game and the man laughs on "when did you figure out[[spoiler: it wasn't real?" Covering his shock, the aide plays along and slowly comes to the realization the never ''was'' a "Zero Game" outside the three of them with the killer chuckling "like anyone would be naïve enough to buy hundreds of people pulling a game in a town that can never keep a secret."]]

* The 1992 Music/DollyParton movie ''Straight Talk'' has Shirlee, a newcomer to Chicago, accidentally becoming a radio talk show therapist. Her fame grows but Shirlee has the problem of trusting people to be frank on their problems. It's summed up when she's confronted by a woman irate Shirlee told her husband he was better off dumping his alcoholic wife. She points out she wasn't that bad a drinker and he took the kids and left. Her words make Shirlee wonder how much "help" her advice has been without knowing all the details.

Sometimes, it is used to awesomely demonstrate that GoodIsNotDumb with the hero responding [[NoYou "Did you actually believe I haven't thought about it?"]] or "I had hoped you would, [[CrazyPrepared but on the off chance I was wrong..."]] Either way, the hero then proceeds to [[BackstabBackfire utterly subvert the villain's betrayal.]]

Sometimes, it is used to awesomely demonstrate that GoodIsNotDumb with the hero responding [[NoYou "Did you honestly believe I haven't thought about it?"]] or "I had hoped you would, [[CrazyPrepared but on the off chance I was wrong..."]] Either way, the hero then proceeds to [[BackstabBackfire utterly subvert the villain's betrayal.]]

Sometimes, it is used to awesomely demonstrate that GoodIsNotDumb with the hero responding [[NoYou "Did you honestly believe I haven't thought about it?"]] or "I had hoped you would, [[CrazyPrepared but on the off chance I was wrong..." (proceeds to utterly subvert the villain's betrayal)]].

-->'''Lamington:''' "Did you think that I was oblivious to your actions, Vulcanus? I am well informed of all that has transpired."

'''Waller:''' "To tell the truth, well, yeah. But, on the off chance I might have been wrong..." ''(looks past Luthor, who turns to see [[BigDamnHeroes the big 7 standing behind him!]])''\\
'''Flash:''' "[[NarmCharm Ta-]][[DeadpanSnarker da]]."

* In ''Literature/TheMisfitOfDemonKingAcademy'' it's almost a {{catchphrase}} of the main character Anos. Anos intentionally allowed himself to be killed 2000 years prior to the main story, and when he resurrects he is by far the most powerful being, human, demon, or otherwise, around. Since virtually nothing can touch him he often replies to an attack with "Did you actually believe X could stop me?" [[spoiler:X can be anything from a weak magic attack, up to and including death]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', there is no reason to believe that Princess Peach would want to marry Bowser, which she calls him out on.