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* The ''Film/MissionImpossible'' movie. Tom Cruise's character knows that [[spoiler:Jon Voight]]'s character is a traitor, and pretends to believe [[spoiler:his]] story, but is imagining the way it really happened.

* ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' does this, but it isn't the narrator's fault. When [[spoiler:Ennis finds out Jack died]], he calls his widow to know what happened. She tells him [[spoiler:Jack]] was fixing a flat tire when the hubcap blew off in his face and he choked to death on his own blood, but while she's talking, we see soundless clips of [[spoiler:Jack beaten to death with a crowbar by a man the couple met at a party, whom Jack presumably came onto later]]. [[HumansAreBastards What really makes it enraging is how any blind cop could have seen through the hubcap story, unless the police deliberately looked the other way.]]

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': Played for laughs when Lina cheerfully [[PreviouslyOn recaps previous episodes]] -- glossing over awkward moments that the video recap ''does'' show. The second episode got one where she's being MetaphoricallyTrue:

* This is one of the major tricks of the anime version of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', where Kyon's on-screen actions often contradict his narration. So, for example, in the first chronological episode, Kyon tells us he's not interested in Haruhi, after having just spent several scenes very obviously checking her out.

* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'': In the Tourist arc, Svana [[https://latchkeykingdom.com/comics/comic/tourist-25 explains]] to Bridget how she "chanced" upon her, but the images reveal she was actually stalking her and she actively sought the item as soon as she learned it was dropped.

* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'': In the Tourist arc, Svana [[https://latchkeykingdom.com/comics/comic/tourist-25/ explains]] to Bridget how she "chanced" upon her ██████████, but the images reveal she was actually stalking her and she actively sought the item as soon as she learned it was dropped.

* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': When Kazai tells Kieri about how he was [[ForcedTransformation cursed]] by Broxis[[note]] One of twelve demigods who protect Medius and one of the four who took a side in the [[DivineConflict great war]][[/note]], he tells her that after he [[BullyingADragon punched]] Broxis for being a "[[FantasticRacism demon sympathizer]]" the guardian was impressed with his conviction and challenged him to a duel and only won the epic, hours long battle by landing a lucky hit. However [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/908 the flashback]] shows us the that Broxis was furious and it was Kazai who challenged him to which Broxis begrudgingly accepted and he [[SingleStrokeBattle immediately]] won the fight with a single swipe of his tail. Kieri seems sceptical so it's likely Kazai has a tendency to exaggerate or fabricate.

* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': When Kazai tells Kieri about how he was [[BalefulPolymorph cursed]] by Broxis[[note]] One of twelve demigods who protect Medius and one of the four who took a side in the [[DivineConflict great war]][[/note]], he tells her that after he [[BullyingADragon punched]] Broxis for being a "[[FantasticRacism demon sympathizer]]" the guardian was impressed with his conviction and challenged him to a duel and only won the epic, hours long battle by landing a lucky hit. However [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/908 the flashback]] shows us the that Broxis was furious and it was Kazai who challenged him to which Broxis begrudgingly accepted and he [[SingleStrokeBattle immediately]] won the fight with a single swipe of his tail. Kieri seems sceptical so it's likely Kazai has a tendency to exaggerate or fabricate.

* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'': In the Tourist arc, Svana [[http://latchkeykingdom.smackjeeves.com/comics/2181964/tourist-25/ explains]] to Bridget how she "chanced" upon her ██████████, but the images reveal she was actually stalking her and she actively sought the item as soon as she learned it was dropped.

->'''Student 1:''' Hey Goob, what's up? Cool binder.\\
'''Student 2:''' Hey Goob, want to come over to my house today?\\
'''Michael "Goob" Yagoobian:''' ''(narrating)'' They all hated me.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons''

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* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' when Lina cheerfully [[PreviouslyOn recaps previous episodes]] -- glossing over awkward moments that the video recap ''does'' show. The second episode got one where she's being MetaphoricallyTrue:

* Anytime Genma talks about the past in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''.

* In a {{Creator/Marvel}} UK ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformers Transformers Generation 1]]'' story, Octane tells Ratbat about how he bravely stood up to the vast Autobot onslaught only to be pushed back by overwhelming numbers. The images show him running like a coward from just two Autobots.

Michael "Goob" Yagoobian : ''(narrating)'' They all hated me.

->''"I am ''so'' glad I was unconscious for all of this.."''
-->-- '''Kuzco''', "narrating" ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''

* There's something of an example of this (and a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}) in one of the late first season episodes of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. Mao (a BodySnatcher Contractor in a cat's body) is trapped with several series antagonists and is narrating the beginning of the episode. While he narrates in a calm voice, talking about being a Contractor and thus rational enough to overcome fear, you see the cat shaking in terror, and when Mao talks about making a clever, rational choice, he... [[spoiler:meows. Apparently his brilliant idea was to pretend to be a normal cat and hope Amber had grabbed him out of CutenessProximity, and hadn't heard him [[TalkingAnimal talk]].]]

* A really horrific example is in the first issue of Vertigo's ''ComicBook/HouseOfMystery'' series. The narration is a rather uneventful story about a girl who moves back to her hometown after her parents died, becomes a wife and mother, but doesn't love her children. None of this is actually untrue, but the art fills in minor gaps like the fact that [[spoiler:the other residents of the city are all BigCreepyCrawlies, and her children were loads of maggots that left a huge hole in her back that she still has]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "P.O.V." plays out this way. One of the best episodes of the series, it starts with Officers Willkes and Renee Montoya driving to meet Detective Harvey Bullock for a planned sting against a local crime lord. When they arrive at the location, however, Bullock is unconscious outside and the building is on fire. With most members of the gang escaping, along with the two million dollars that the police department had planted as part of the sting, InternalAffairs believes that the three cops were either grossly incompetent or [[DirtyCop in cahoots with the criminals]]. The three officers then each explain what they did during the lead-up to and aftermath of the botched sting. Officer Willkes is honest, but because he did not get a very good look at the action and never had seen Batman before due to [[NaiveNewcomer being new to the force]], he ended up misunderstanding many of the feats he saw Batman perform, ascribing him superhuman powers. Detective Bullock is perfectly aware of what happened, but [[CowboyCop deliberately alters his rendition and blames Batman to cover up his own mistakes]]. Of the three, only Renee Montoya [[ByTheBookCop gives an honest retelling of the night]] as to the best of her ability (with a few mistakes, such as thinking that Batman had been trapped under falling debris). During each of their stories, {{flashback}}s show what ''really'' happened, along with where the narration differs from the actual events.

* PlayedForHorror in ''FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation''. There are many beats where you ostensibly need to rely on on [[ComputerVoice the automated HandUnit guide]] to give you instructions on how to deal with [[HostileAnimatronics the animatronics]], but you'll quickly realize that it's not good at its job or keeping track of the things that are ''supposed'' to be in its system. One example is where it'll ask you to shine a light on Circus Baby's stage, but it will "helpfully" announce that she's still there [[NothingIsScarier even though she very clearly isn't anymore.]]

* As indicated by the page quote, Kuzco in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' tends to wander obnoxiously off the rails while narrating, to the point that the sadder-but-wiser Kuzco-on-screen finally tells Kuzco-as-narrator to shut up.

* {{Inverted}} and PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode ''[[Recap/FuturamaS6E18TheTipOfTheZoidberg The Tip of the Zoidberg]]''. Professor Farnsworth has a flashback to an adventure he had with Zoidberg decades earlier. Zoidberg is shown [[HairTodayGoneTomorrow with a full head of hair]] when he first appears, to the surprise of the listeners -- until the Professor replies "I never said he had hair! You are the ones who decided to imagine him that way!"

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' when Lina cheerfully [[PreviouslyOn recaps previous episodes]] -- glossing over awkward moments that the video recap ''does'' show. The second episode got:

'''Lina''': Yeah, I know. But it's [[HalfTruth not a total lie]], okay?

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' uses this in "Jack and the Gangsters"; in this episode, Jack briefly joins forces with the titular gangsters, who decide to test him by having him deliver a bomb to an animal-loving old man who hasn't been paying his protection money. Afterwards, Jack describes (with some careful word choice to ensure that his story is true FromACertainPointOfView) how he set up the hit and blew up the old man's house, while the visuals show him actually warning the old man and helping him and his animals evacuate before the house blows up.