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* In Paul Zenon's show ''Monkey Business'' about the history of, and his own history with, {{Mail Order Novelt|y}}ies, he says that they're basically the kind of scam that hinges on it either not being worth taking it to the authorities, or it just being too embarassing to do so. As another example of the latter, he mentions a friend of his who ordered some pornographic videos from a mail order company, and got a letter saying they'd sold out, but they would of course give him a full refund. Enclosed was a cheque with a logo on it that clearly indicated the nature of the business. So all Paul ... sorry, Paul's friend ... had to do was take that to the bank...
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* In Paul Zenon's show ''Monkey Business'' about the history of, and his own history with, {{Mail Order Novelt|y}}ies, he says that they're basically the kind of scam that hinges on it either not being worth taking it to the authorities, or it just being too embarassing to do so. As another example of the latter, he mentions a friend of his who ordered some pornographic videos from a mail order company, and got a letter saying they'd sold out, but they would of course give him a full refund. Enclosed was a cheque with a logo on it that clearly indicated the nature of the business. So all Paul ... sorry, Paul's friend ... had to do was take that to the bank...
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* A variation in the ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'' book "Caught In The Middle", when a white girl concealing her relationship with a Hispanic boy from her bigoted parents tentatively asks her mother how they would feel if she were to date such a boy. The woman's horrified reaction reaffirms the girl's decision to continue lying to them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfics love this trope.
** In ''Fanfic/TheBalladOfTwilightSparkle'', Twilight tries this on a librarian at the Manehattan Public Library when asking for advice on romance regarding the Great and Powerful Trixie, or as Twilight puts it "this annoying and adamantly arrogant magical mare that somepony I know may or may not have more-than-friendly feelings for." The librarian sees right through this, much to Twilight's frustration.
** The I-really-am-asking-for-a-friend variant happens ''twice'' over the course of ''[[Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse To Cherilee with Love]]''. In the first case, Sweetie Bell has a crush on Cherilee. After she asks Dinky Doo for help, Dinky asks her mom for help in turn. Unfortunately, Ditzy Doo doesn't realize that Dinky really is asking on behalf of a friend, and thinks that Dinky's confessing to a crush on her teacher. And while she knows that Cherilee would never encourage such a crush, Trixie has been teaching Dinky magic, and Trixie is known to love people's attention and adoration. So she flies out to confront Trixie. The ensuing argument ends with Dinky convinced that Trixie wasn't encouraging Dinky to have a crush on her, but it also ends with Trixie convinced that Dinky ''has'' a crush on her. And that's where round two comes in. Trixie goes to ask Lyra for help, but fails to specify exactly who she's talking about, only mentioning that "a unicorn" has a crush on "her teacher". Naturally, Lyra assumes that Trixie's confessing to a crush on the one who taught ''her''--Princess Luna. To make matters worse, Lyra shares this conclusion with the Princess. HilarityEnsues.
** ''Fanfic/IHaveThisFriend'' calls out this trope by name in its title. Twilight asks Celestia for some romantic advice -- specifically, about her friend's romantic feelings for another mare. A regal, elegant mare who is well respected in Canterlot society. Twilight's friend doesn't want to cause her any trouble, you see. It doesn't take long for Celestia to cotton on to what's going on, and she encourages Twilight to come clean about her feelings. [[spoiler:{{Inverted|Trope}} at the end; Twilight really was asking for a friend, specifically whether or not Applejack should ask out Rarity. Not that she ever tells Celestia, who is left wondering just what romantic move Twilight is going to make.]]
** In ''Fanfic/TheBalladOfTwilightSparkle'', Twilight tries this on a librarian at the Manehattan Public Library when asking for advice on romance regarding the Great and Powerful Trixie, or as Twilight puts it "this annoying and adamantly arrogant magical mare that somepony I know may or may not have more-than-friendly feelings for." The librarian sees right through this, much to Twilight's frustration.
** The I-really-am-asking-for-a-friend variant happens ''twice'' over the course of ''[[Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse To Cherilee with Love]]''. In the first case, Sweetie Bell has a crush on Cherilee. After she asks Dinky Doo for help, Dinky asks her mom for help in turn. Unfortunately, Ditzy Doo doesn't realize that Dinky really is asking on behalf of a friend, and thinks that Dinky's confessing to a crush on her teacher. And while she knows that Cherilee would never encourage such a crush, Trixie has been teaching Dinky magic, and Trixie is known to love people's attention and adoration. So she flies out to confront Trixie. The ensuing argument ends with Dinky convinced that Trixie wasn't encouraging Dinky to have a crush on her, but it also ends with Trixie convinced that Dinky ''has'' a crush on her. And that's where round two comes in. Trixie goes to ask Lyra for help, but fails to specify exactly who she's talking about, only mentioning that "a unicorn" has a crush on "her teacher". Naturally, Lyra assumes that Trixie's confessing to a crush on the one who taught ''her''--Princess Luna. To make matters worse, Lyra shares this conclusion with the Princess. HilarityEnsues.
** ''Fanfic/IHaveThisFriend'' calls out this trope by name in its title. Twilight asks Celestia for some romantic advice -- specifically, about her friend's romantic feelings for another mare. A regal, elegant mare who is well respected in Canterlot society. Twilight's friend doesn't want to cause her any trouble, you see. It doesn't take long for Celestia to cotton on to what's going on, and she encourages Twilight to come clean about her feelings. [[spoiler:{{Inverted|Trope}} at the end; Twilight really was asking for a friend, specifically whether or not Applejack should ask out Rarity. Not that she ever tells Celestia, who is left wondering just what romantic move Twilight is going to make.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfics love this trope.
** In ''Fanfic/TheBalladOfTwilightSparkle'', Twilight tries this on a librarian at the Manehattan Public Library when asking for advice on romance regarding the Great and Powerful Trixie, or as Twilight puts it "this annoying and adamantly arrogant magical mare that somepony I know may or may not have more-than-friendly feelings for." The librarian sees right through this, much to Twilight's frustration.
** The I-really-am-asking-for-a-friend variant happens ''twice'' over the course of ''[[Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse To Cherilee with Love]]''. In the first case, Sweetie Bell has a crush on Cherilee. After she asks Dinky Doo for help, Dinky asks her mom for help in turn. Unfortunately, Ditzy Doo doesn't realize that Dinky really is asking on behalf of a friend, and thinks that Dinky's confessing to a crush on her teacher. And while she knows that Cherilee would never encourage such a crush, Trixie has been teaching Dinky magic, and Trixie is known to love people's attention and adoration. So she flies out to confront Trixie. The ensuing argument ends with Dinky convinced that Trixie wasn't encouraging Dinky to have a crush on her, but it also ends with Trixie convinced that Dinky ''has'' a crush on her. And that's where round two comes in. Trixie goes to ask Lyra for help, but fails to specify exactly who she's talking about, only mentioning that "a unicorn" has a crush on "her teacher". Naturally, Lyra assumes that Trixie's confessing to a crush on the one who taught ''her''--Princess Luna. To make matters worse, Lyra shares this conclusion with the Princess. HilarityEnsues.
** ''Fanfic/IHaveThisFriend'' calls out this trope by name in its title. Twilight asks Celestia for some romantic advice -- specifically, about her friend's romantic feelings for another mare. A regal, elegant mare who is well respected in Canterlot society. Twilight's friend doesn't want to cause her any trouble, you see. It doesn't take long for Celestia to cotton on to what's going on, and she encourages Twilight to come clean about her feelings. [[spoiler:{{Inverted|Trope}} at the end; Twilight really was asking for a friend, specifically whether or not Applejack should ask out Rarity. Not that she ever tells Celestia, who is left wondering just what romantic move Twilight is going to make.]]
** In ''Fanfic/TheBalladOfTwilightSparkle'', Twilight tries this on a librarian at the Manehattan Public Library when asking for advice on romance regarding the Great and Powerful Trixie, or as Twilight puts it "this annoying and adamantly arrogant magical mare that somepony I know may or may not have more-than-friendly feelings for." The librarian sees right through this, much to Twilight's frustration.
** The I-really-am-asking-for-a-friend variant happens ''twice'' over the course of ''[[Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse To Cherilee with Love]]''. In the first case, Sweetie Bell has a crush on Cherilee. After she asks Dinky Doo for help, Dinky asks her mom for help in turn. Unfortunately, Ditzy Doo doesn't realize that Dinky really is asking on behalf of a friend, and thinks that Dinky's confessing to a crush on her teacher. And while she knows that Cherilee would never encourage such a crush, Trixie has been teaching Dinky magic, and Trixie is known to love people's attention and adoration. So she flies out to confront Trixie. The ensuing argument ends with Dinky convinced that Trixie wasn't encouraging Dinky to have a crush on her, but it also ends with Trixie convinced that Dinky ''has'' a crush on her. And that's where round two comes in. Trixie goes to ask Lyra for help, but fails to specify exactly who she's talking about, only mentioning that "a unicorn" has a crush on "her teacher". Naturally, Lyra assumes that Trixie's confessing to a crush on the one who taught ''her''--Princess Luna. To make matters worse, Lyra shares this conclusion with the Princess. HilarityEnsues.
** ''Fanfic/IHaveThisFriend'' calls out this trope by name in its title. Twilight asks Celestia for some romantic advice -- specifically, about her friend's romantic feelings for another mare. A regal, elegant mare who is well respected in Canterlot society. Twilight's friend doesn't want to cause her any trouble, you see. It doesn't take long for Celestia to cotton on to what's going on, and she encourages Twilight to come clean about her feelings. [[spoiler:{{Inverted|Trope}} at the end; Twilight really was asking for a friend, specifically whether or not Applejack should ask out Rarity. Not that she ever tells Celestia, who is left wondering just what romantic move Twilight is going to make.]]
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5259351/3/Masculine Masculine]]'':
-->''Dear Snuffles,\\
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I hope you're doing better than me. These last couples of days have been terrible.\\
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I need your advice. How do you turn down a girl who you might've led on and now thinks the two of you are in love? And also, I have a friend who thinks he needs to prove his masculinity after a few unfortunate mishaps. How might you go about doing that?\\
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Please write back quickly if you can. It's urgent.\\
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Best Wishes,\\
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Harry''
-->''Dear Snuffles,\\
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I hope you're doing better than me. These last couples of days have been terrible.\\
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I need your advice. How do you turn down a girl who you might've led on and now thinks the two of you are in love? And also, I have a friend who thinks he needs to prove his masculinity after a few unfortunate mishaps. How might you go about doing that?\\
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Please write back quickly if you can. It's urgent.\\
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Best Wishes,\\
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Harry''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcgee'': Lampshaded in "[[Recap/TheGhostAndMollyMcGeeS2E11TheAfterLifeOfTheParty The (After)Life of the Party]]", Scratch tries to explain [[TwoTimerDate his dilemma]] to Molly by saying he has a friend who wants to go to a cool party but doesn't want to ditch his friend. Molly discovers the truth and gets mad at Scratch, who defends himself by saying "There's ''never'' a friend!"
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* ''Series/ResidentAlien'': Kate tries to ask Liv in Season 3 about some signs of having been abducted by aliens, talking about it "theoretically". Liv sees through this instantly though, and realizes Kate's worried she's been abducted.
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* {{Subverted}} in ''Literature/TheTalmud'' (Bava Metzia 33a). Rav Ḥisda asked Rav Huna about a hypothetical situation when one's mentor-colleague needs him. Since these two had that sort of relationship, Rav Huna incorrectly assumed that this trope was in play and retorted that Rav Ḥisda needed ''him,'' not the other way around. This led to a fight, and each felt so guilty about it that they underwent forty fasts to atone for insulting the other.
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* In ''Theatre/MeasureForMeasure'', Angelo tries this on Isabel, suggesting that someone who might be able to reverse her brother's death sentence if she gave up her virtue to ... this someone.
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* In ''Theatre/MeasureForMeasure'', Angelo tries this on Isabel, suggesting that someone who might be able to reverse her brother's death sentence if she gave up her virtue to ... to...this someone.
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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': How Yajima talks to Maria about Kowase blackmailing her. Maria is tactful enough to play along while subtly letting Yajima know that she can read between the lines, and retorts by encouraging Yajima to not give in and to come to her if it becomes unbearable, [[DeclarationOfProtection promising to keep her safe at all costs]].
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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': How Yajima Yashima talks to Maria about Kowase blackmailing her. Maria is tactful enough to play along while subtly letting Yajima Yashima know that she can read between the lines, and retorts by encouraging Yajima Yashima to not give in and to come to her if it becomes unbearable, [[DeclarationOfProtection promising to keep her safe at all costs]].
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* A variation occurs on the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP''. While visiting Las Nevadas once, Tommy attempts to do this as "Trousers"[[note]]he was using an invisibility potion while wearing a pair of netherite leggings--for the record, in Minecraft, "invis pots" don't make the armour a player is wearing invisible[[/note]], to talk about his trauma and various issues using epithets, e.g. referring to himself as "the protagonist". Quackity sees through it, but plays along and tries to help him anyway.
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* A variation occurs on the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP''. While visiting Las Nevadas once, Tommy attempts to do this as "Trousers"[[note]]he was using an invisibility potion while wearing a pair of netherite leggings--for leggings -- for the record, in Minecraft, "invis pots" don't make the armour a player is wearing invisible[[/note]], to talk about his trauma and various issues using epithets, e.g. referring to himself as "the protagonist". Quackity sees through it, but plays along and tries to help him anyway.
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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': How Yajima talks to Maria about Kowase blackmailing her. Maria is tactful enough to play along while subtly letting Yajima know that she can read between the lines, and retorts by encouraging Yajima to not give in and to come to her if it becomes unbearable, [[DeclarationOfProtection promising to keep her safe at all costs]].
-->'''Maria:''' ...Is what I would like her to know. Can you pass on the message?\\
'''Yajima:''' [[BrokenTears ...Yes.]]
-->'''Maria:''' ...Is what I would like her to know. Can you pass on the message?\\
'''Yajima:''' [[BrokenTears ...Yes.]]
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* A variation occurs on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP''. While visiting Las Nevadas once, Tommy attempts to do this as "Trousers"[[note]]he was using an invisibility potion while wearing a pair of netherite leggings--for the record, in Minecraft, "invis pots" don't make the armour a player is wearing invisible[[/note]], to talk about his trauma and various issues using epithets, e.g. referring to himself as "the protagonist". Quackity sees through it, but plays along and tries to help him anyway.
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* A variation occurs on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP''.''WebVideo/DreamSMP''. While visiting Las Nevadas once, Tommy attempts to do this as "Trousers"[[note]]he was using an invisibility potion while wearing a pair of netherite leggings--for the record, in Minecraft, "invis pots" don't make the armour a player is wearing invisible[[/note]], to talk about his trauma and various issues using epithets, e.g. referring to himself as "the protagonist". Quackity sees through it, but plays along and tries to help him anyway.
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* ''Film/DearZindagi'': During her first session Kaira pretends that she's in Goa to help out a friend struggling with guy problems and her job. Once she starts all the details come rushing out. Jug immediately clocks that Kaira's friend is made up and these are actually her problems but humors her for a bit.
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* ''Film/DearZindagi'': During her first session therapy session, Kaira pretends that she's in Goa to help out a friend struggling with guy problems and her job. Once she starts starts, all the details come rushing out. Jug immediately clocks that Kaira's friend is made up and these are actually her problems problems, but humors her for a bit.
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* This pops up in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' fic ''Fanfic/FallenAngel''. While talking about romance with Amy, Sarah tries to pass it off as her talking about her old friend "Robyn". Amy doesn't buy it.
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* This pops up in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' fic ''Fanfic/FallenAngel''.''Fanfic/{{Fallen Angel|TylecAsroc}}''. While talking about romance with Amy, Sarah tries to pass it off as her talking about her old friend "Robyn". Amy doesn't buy it.
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* ''Series/RadioEnfer'':
** Jocelyne asks Maria and Camille some advice to meet a man for a 'friend' of hers that the teens apparently never met. Both Maria and Camille could tell right away that she was talking about herself.
** One season later, she does the same thing by telling Camille and Dominique about a 'friend' of hers who has a problem. Immediately, Dominique bluntly tells her that she has no friends and is obviously talking about herself.
** Jocelyne asks Maria and Camille some advice to meet a man for a 'friend' of hers that the teens apparently never met. Both Maria and Camille could tell right away that she was talking about herself.
** One season later, she does the same thing by telling Camille and Dominique about a 'friend' of hers who has a problem. Immediately, Dominique bluntly tells her that she has no friends and is obviously talking about herself.
