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* [=GLaDOS=] from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' tries this a lot. Unfortunately she doesn't know much about the human psyche, and her intentions are very, very transparent.

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* ''VideoGame/TheCorridor'': At one point, the narrator tries telling you that he ''wants'' you to push the button, actually. [[LampshadeHanging After you inevitably do it anyway, he gripes that reverse psychology never really works.]]
* [=GLaDOS=] from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' tries this to use reverse psychology a lot. Unfortunately she doesn't know much about the human psyche, and her intentions are very, very transparent.
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* ''Manga/CrossplayLoveOtakuXPunk'': Mei tries to stamp out Kanoko's interest in her by dressing girlishly and behaving the opposite of how she normally does. Unfortunately, he's still attracted to her as a person.
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-->'''Lucy''': Did it work?
-->'''Ethel''': Well, sort of. I said, "Little Ricky, you don't want to play those nasty old drums, do you?" and he said, "No."

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'''Ethel''':
Well, sort of. I said, "Little Ricky, you don't want to play those nasty old drums, do you?" and he said, "No."



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* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': Goku asks Frieza to join his team for the [[DeadlyGame Tournament of Power]]. The haughty Frieza immediately declines after figuring Goku would be hurt if he said "no". What he ''didn't'' figure was that Goku would walk away without a word. Instantly regretting it, [[NotSoAboveItAll Frieza sheepishly backtracks]].

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* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': Goku asks Frieza to join his team for the [[DeadlyGame Tournament of Power]]. The haughty Frieza immediately declines after figuring Goku would be hurt in trouble if he said "no". What he ''didn't'' figure was that Goku would walk away without a word. Instantly regretting it, [[NotSoAboveItAll Frieza sheepishly backtracks]].
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* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': Goku asks Frieza to join his team for the [[DeadlyGame Tournament of Power]]. The haughty Frieza immediately declines after figuring Goku would be hurt if he said "no". What he ''didn't'' figure was that Goku would walk away without a word. Instantly regretting it, [[NotSoAboveItAll Frieza sheepishly backtracks]].
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