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** The second emperor of Qin had something of a TreacherousAdvisor who wanted to amass power for himself. So he had a deer brought before the emperor and claimed it a horse. Anyone who dared tell the truth was soon vacated from his post. From them on "Pointing at a Deer and Calling it a Horse" became the Chinese equivalent of BlatantLies. (Ancient China, troping for Over [[OlderThanDirt Five Thousand Years]].)

* Polonius does this all the time in ''{{Hamlet}}'', especially while attempting to humor the prince, who is pretending to be insane, with the page quote being a standard example. Hamlet shamelessly encourages him.

* In ''TheSimpsons'' episode "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]"
-->'''Milhouse''': Uh... That's a nice dress.
-->'''Samantha''': My Dad makes me wear it. I hate it.
-->'''Milhouse''': Uh, I hate it, too!
** Milhouse is actually this all the time, especially when trying to flirt. He told Lisa that going back to school sucked, then Lisa replied that she liked school, only to Milhose to say that he liked school too.

* Petulia from TerryPratchett's ''HatFullOfSky'' starts out like this. Paraphrased:

'''Lindsey:''' ''I got a job offer for a a big law firm, and I think I'm gonna take it.''
'''Jerry:''' ''Good, get out of that public defender's office! What do you want with all the crackheads?''
'''Lindsey:''' ''...It's in Seattle.''
'''Jerry:''' ''So you're just gonna turn your back on your clients?''

** The second emperor of Qin had something of a TreacherousAdvisor who wanted to amass power for himself. So he had a deer brought before the emperor and claimed it a horse. Anyone who dared tell the truth was soon vacated from his post. From them on "Pointing at a Deer and Calling it a Horse" became the Chinese equivalent of BlatantLies. (Ancient China, troping for Over [[strike:Nine]] Five Thousand Years.)

** The second emperor of Qin had something of a TreacherousAdvisor who wanted to amass power for himself. So he had a deer brought before the emperor and claimed it a horse. Anyone who dared tell the truth was soon vacated from his post. From them on "Pointing at a Deer and Calling it a Horse" became the Chinese equivalent of BlatantLies. (Ancient China, troping for Over [[strike: Nine]] Five Thousand Years.)

-->'''Bush''': ''“That’s right Vladimir, he’s a filthy Vlasovite bastard, but he’s our filthy Vlasovite bastard.”''

--->'''Character A:''' Okay, I don't really like X.
--->'''Character B:''' Why would you say that you like X if you don't?
--->'''Character A:''' ''(abashed)'' I guess I just wanted you to like me.
--->'''Character B:''' You don't have to impress me, I already like you.
--->'''Character A:''' Really?
--->'''Character B:''' Of course! Just BeYourself.

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* ''[[WaynesWorld Wayne's World]]'' manages to combine CrossDresser, FurryFandom, HoYay, and PerverseSexualLust into one sentence:

* Petulia from TerryPratchett's ''Hat Full of Sky'' starts out like this. Paraphrased:

* ''[=~Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog~=]''. Billy starts complaining about how boring laundry is; Penny talks about how much she likes it; he claims he was kidding. He proceeds in similar vein during the rest of the conversation, even going to so far as to buy her frozen yogurt but [[ContrivedCoincidence pretend it was an accident]] to avoid revealing that he's been stalking her.

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* {{xkcd}} describes this as "[[http://xkcd.com/185/ WikiFriends]]".
* In Machall, Ian's line:

->'''Hamlet''': Methinks it is like a weasel.

* Polonius does this all the time in ''{{Hamlet}}'', with the page quote being a standard example. Hamlet shamelessly encourage him.

* ''[=~Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog~=]''. Billy starts complaining about how boring laundry is; Penny talks about how much she likes it; he claims he was kidding.

** He's not playing games, he's just crazy.

->'''Hamlet''': Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?

* MontyPythonsFlyingCircus employed this trope hilariously in episode six. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdNCEL5JKF8 Twentieth-Century Vole.]] It gets [[CrowningMomentOfFunny even funnier]] when the CEO begins playing games with the gathering of yes-men around the table, leading to exchanges like:

* FamilyGuy parodies this expertly.

-->'''Yes-Man''': But... not you the... president, the you who said you hated you, you who love hate Yankees, clouds...*The Yes-man explodes*