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* One early episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' featured this as a gag: when Ash brags about his victories and badges he's won, his nose grows longer because he had barely won any battles and had only two badges at that point. However, it's not a reference to Pinocchio, but rather a yōkai called {{Tengu}}, whose long nose signifies arrogance rather than a lie ([[ExactWords as what Ash says is technically true]]).

* One early episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' featured this as a gag: when Ash brags about his victories and badges he's won, his nose grows longer because he had barely won any battles and had only two badges at that point.

[[caption-width-right:350:The nose knows you're lying.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:The nose knows you're lying.]]

!!Examples

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife", Homer's eye shifts back and forth whenever he lies. Later, [[LikeFatherLikeSon Bart does the same thing]]. This actually goes back further, in "The Sweetest Apu", when he sees [[spoiler: [[YourCheatingHeart Apu having an affair]]]], and tries to keep it a secret. [[GenreSavvy Marge is able to tell what he saw just by reading said twitching.]]

* TropeNamer Pinocchio uses this method to defeat vampires in ''ComicBook/PinocchioVampireSlayer''.

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* Senator Bedfellow's nose actually grows while he's being interviewed on television in one ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' strip. "Hold it."
* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible''; The horns on Hagar's helmet fall off if he tells a lie to his wife.
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--> '''Ragueneau:''' Have you been in some danger?
--> '''Cyrano:''' [[BlatantLies None in the world.]]
--> '''Lise''' ''(shaking her finger at him):'' Methinks you speak not the truth in saying that!
--> '''Cyrano:''' [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Did you see my nose quiver when I spoke?]] [[ShoutOut 'Faith, it must have been a]]
--> monstrous lie that should move it!

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Usopp lies many times throughout the series. Also, throughout the series, his nose gradually grows longer, but its normally ignored in the show.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode, "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS3E11PastureBedtimeShopGirl Pasture Bedtime]]", Clyde is revealed to get stomach cramps whenever he lies.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' episode, “Tell Tale Tummy”, whenever Share Bear tells a lie, her stomach makes a weird jingling sound.

* One early episode of {{Anime/{{Pokemon}} featured this as a gag, Ash brags about his victories and badges he won, his nose grows longer because at this point he had barely won any battles and had only two badges at that point.

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode, “Dee Dee Locks and the Ness Monster”, Dee Dee Locks makes her ears grow big when she tells a lie.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife", Homer's eye shifts back and forth whenever he lies. Later, [[LikeFatherLikeSon Bart does the same thing]].

* In the ''Care Bears: Adventures In Care-a-Lot'' episode, “Tell Tale Tummy”, whenever Share Bear tells a lie, her stomach makes a weird jingling sound.

* In the Rankin/Bass special, ''WesternAnimation/HereComesPeterCottontail'', whenever the titular character tells a fib, his left ear droops down.

* Fflewddur Fflam's harp from ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'', which always falls apart whenever he tells a lie.

* In Creator/TerryPratchett's novel, ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'':

* One early episode of {{Anime/{{Pokémon}} featured this as a gag, Ash brags about his victories and badges he won, his nose grows longer because at this point he had barely won any battles and had only two badges at that point.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4912291/18/The-Best-Revenge The Best Revenge]]'':

* The creators of ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' have confirmed that whenever Aladdin tells a lie, the feather on his Prince Ali hat falls in his face.

* Fflewddur Fflam's harp from ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron'', which always falls apart whenever he tells a lie.

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The TropeNamer, of course, is {{Disney/Pinocchio}}'s nose, which increased in size whenever he lied.

** Creator/{{Disney}}'s [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} adaptation of the]] TropeNamer appears in the first game as well, to absolutely hilarious effect. [[spoiler:Pinocchio, afraid he's going to die, tells Jiminy "I'm not gonna make it..." ''and his nose grows''. "Oh! I guess I'm okay!"]]