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* Done ''twice'' by playwright Leo Davis in the Creator/MarxBrothers comedy ''Film/RoomService1938''. The first time, he pretends to have the measles so his hotel room is quarantined and he and his friends aren't evicted. Later, he pretends to be dying from poisoning himself to stop the hotel director from calling the police and shutting down the premiere of his play.
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* There's a modern trick called the [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/26/faking-illness-online-munchausen Munchausen by Internet syndrome]], where people lie about their own health, pretending to be seriously/deathly ill to garner sympathy. A list of some infamous cases are [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120121042216/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Pseuicide here]]
* Trying the light bulb thing is an easy way to generate a real-life subversion; choose the light unwisely and the mercury in the thermometer can expand so forcefully it breaks the thermometer.
* Trying the light bulb thing is an easy way to generate a real-life subversion; choose the light unwisely and the mercury in the thermometer can expand so forcefully it breaks the thermometer.
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* There's a reason why women often (seem to) feign headaches in order not to have sex: [[https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-pain-kills-sexual-desire-20140422-story.html pain]] ''[[https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-pain-kills-sexual-desire-20140422-story.html does]]'' [[https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-pain-kills-sexual-desire-20140422-story.html diminish sexual excitment for women, but not so much for men]]. Also, [[https://balance.media/sex-headaches/ sometimes people can genuinely gain headaches from foreplay or before orgasm]]. Ironically, however, [[https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/27/forget-the-headache-excuse-sex-can-actually-help-a-headache-14157310/ orgasms can help diminish headache symptoms just as much as drugs]].
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* ''Literature/BootCamp'': When Garrett was eight, he forged a letter from his mom saying he had asthma so he could get out of gym class. He even bought an inhaler to use as a prop. He got away with it for six months, until his teacher mentioned his asthma at a parent-teacher conference.
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* ''Literature/BootCamp'': ''Literature/BootCamp2007'': When Garrett was eight, he forged a letter from his mom saying he had asthma so he could get out of gym class. He even bought an inhaler to use as a prop. He got away with it for six months, until his teacher mentioned his asthma at a parent-teacher conference.
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** This has become prevalent enough that "sick time" has become an artifact name at some companies, and it is expected to be used for circumstances like psychological or physical burnout, emergencies like a injury (short term or chronic) or vehicle failure, and of course catching a pathogen.
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** This has become prevalent enough that "sick time" has become an artifact name at some companies, and it is expected to be used for circumstances like psychological or physical burnout, emergencies like a injury (short term or chronic) or vehicle failure, and of course catching a pathogen. Of course, it gets used as a defacto "vacation" as well, but some companies will reward employees who save up enough "sick time" by allowing conversion to vacation time.
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** This has become prevalent enough that "sick time" has become an artifact name at some companies, and it is expected to be used for circumstances like psychological or physical burnout, emergencies like a injury (short term or chronic) or vehicle failure, and of course catching a pathogen.
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* ''Fanfic/TheRigelBlackChronicles'': George offers to get Rigel out of the Triwizard Tournament by painting fake spattergroit pox all over her and having her sent home from school. She replies that she could probably do better with the right potion to mimic the swelling, and reversing healing techniques to give herself pustules. She's not going to do it, though; there's too much at stake.
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* Most ''Website/GoAnimate'' [[YouAreGrounded Grounded]] videos involve a grounded character faking an illness, most likely in order to [[SkippingSchool skip school]] whenever they have to take a big test.
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* Most ''Website/GoAnimate'' ''Platform/GoAnimate'' [[YouAreGrounded Grounded]] videos involve a grounded character faking an illness, most likely in order to [[SkippingSchool skip school]] whenever they have to take a big test.
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* ''Literature/DolphinSong'': One day the AlphaBitch Priscilla is especially nasty to Melody and hints that Melody's best friend Kim has ditched her to join Priscilla's GirlPosse. Melody feels emotionally exhausted and struggles to hold back tears. She tells Mrs Jennings she's sick, and Mrs Jennings gives her permission to go home early.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fic ''Fanfic/ThePandaChronicles'', Aaron Z. opens a window to make it seem like Tae Young had caught a cold from leaving the window open overnight in January. The Aarons also make up his face to look tired, [[{{Bedheaditis}} mess up his hair]], bundle him up in robes and [[IllnessBlanket blankets]], and have him act weak and pathetic.
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* ''WebAnimation/MangaSoprano''
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** [[https://youtu.be/8y5iWCOYkjs "My sister robbed my parents and my lover"]]: Natsu faked illness so that her parents would spoil her and drive them away from her sister Haru. Moreover, she also did this to steal Narita from her.
** [[https://youtu.be/8a5XNxur6jY "A girl fakes her illness trying to win a boy's heart...but what happens when she goes too far"]] [sic]: Momoko faked anemia to have Narita tend to her because she fell in love with him. However, when Haru interrupts the last time she does this, Narita reveals he already knew she was faking.
** [[https://youtu.be/Z2fB1u8b9Ak "Mom Friend Makes Me Pay For Her Restaurant Bill → But When I Said I Canceled My Reservation…"]]: Sakura faked sickness as part of her plan to punish Kechimi for bullying and taking advantage of Haru.
** [[https://youtu.be/8jl109FZsGw "New employee fakes she's ill...what happens when a psychopath comes to check on her from work"]]: Maho Tanaka pretended to be mentally ill to slack off at work while slandering her superior, Kanade, by claiming she abused her authority. However, Maho escalated her lie until she ''posted a video threatening to hang herself'' in social media, over which Casino came to her house with a knife to kill her until she admitted it was all a ruse. Since then, she has worked more diligently, although out of fear Casino will kill her if she doesn't.
* ''WebAnimation/TroubleBusters'': Lina from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wios6ROJuM "My parents favored my sister over me and she turned out to be a devil"]] faked illness to get attention from her parents and get her older sister, Helen, in trouble. However, Helen is the only one who sees right through her and can't do anything until she met Alan, who faked getting married to Lina in order to expose her true colors to the guests.
** [[https://youtu.be/8y5iWCOYkjs "My sister robbed my parents and my lover"]]: Natsu faked illness so that her parents would spoil her and drive them away from her sister Haru. Moreover, she also did this to steal Narita from her.
** [[https://youtu.be/8a5XNxur6jY "A girl fakes her illness trying to win a boy's heart...but what happens when she goes too far"]] [sic]: Momoko faked anemia to have Narita tend to her because she fell in love with him. However, when Haru interrupts the last time she does this, Narita reveals he already knew she was faking.
** [[https://youtu.be/Z2fB1u8b9Ak "Mom Friend Makes Me Pay For Her Restaurant Bill → But When I Said I Canceled My Reservation…"]]: Sakura faked sickness as part of her plan to punish Kechimi for bullying and taking advantage of Haru.
** [[https://youtu.be/8jl109FZsGw "New employee fakes she's ill...what happens when a psychopath comes to check on her from work"]]: Maho Tanaka pretended to be mentally ill to slack off at work while slandering her superior, Kanade, by claiming she abused her authority. However, Maho escalated her lie until she ''posted a video threatening to hang herself'' in social media, over which Casino came to her house with a knife to kill her until she admitted it was all a ruse. Since then, she has worked more diligently, although out of fear Casino will kill her if she doesn't.
* ''WebAnimation/TroubleBusters'': Lina from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wios6ROJuM "My parents favored my sister over me and she turned out to be a devil"]] faked illness to get attention from her parents and get her older sister, Helen, in trouble. However, Helen is the only one who sees right through her and can't do anything until she met Alan, who faked getting married to Lina in order to expose her true colors to the guests.
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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': One way to enter the [[AbandonedHospital House of Healing]] is to convince the undead receptionist that a party member is ill, to which they will swoon dramatically. Or if you have [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Astarion]] speak to her, there is an option to point out how [[UndeathlyPallor pale and sickly he looks]], to which she will agree with no roll required.
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* ''Fanfic/LucysSecret'':
** Discussed -- Lucy, having wet the bed in the night, is sleep deprived and thus considers playing sick so she can stay home from school. She decides not to, however, lest she spark paranoia, as often happens when a Loud actually gets sick.
** Discussed again when Lucy is about to go to a sleepover, and considers pretending she's sick to her stomach, but changes her mind.
** Discussed -- Lucy, having wet the bed in the night, is sleep deprived and thus considers playing sick so she can stay home from school. She decides not to, however, lest she spark paranoia, as often happens when a Loud actually gets sick.
** Discussed again when Lucy is about to go to a sleepover, and considers pretending she's sick to her stomach, but changes her mind.
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** Creator/MF217 recalls an experience at one point he did this in Middle School, but he actually did turn out to be sick when taken to the hospital because he learned he had [[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pneumonia/symptoms-causes/syc-20354204 pneumonia]] during this same visit, making this a case where he turned out to be RightForTheWrongReasons.
