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** Danny is infamous for lying about his house being robbed several times. After his house gets robbed for real, it turns out [[CassandraTruth he was telling the truth every single time]] and the robbers just left before his neighbors could see it.



* '''Exploited''': The robbers target Danny ''because'' nobody will believe him.

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* '''Exploited''': The robbers target targeted Danny ''because'' they knew he lied in the past and nobody will believe him.him now.



* '''Implied''': Danny lied about his house being robbed several times. He's later seen significantly poorer and more honest, implying he may have learned this lesson offscreen.



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On second thought, not sure if that really is "reconstructed." Up for grabs if anyone wants to recategorize it.


** After actually getting robbed, Danny gives as many details about the robbery that he can (which he of course didn't have when he was making them up), causing people to realize [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he's actually telling the truth this time.]]
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** A group of thieves hear about Danny's dishonest reputation and decide [[SelfFulfillingProphecy he'd be a perfect target.]]


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** After actually getting robbed, Danny gives as many details about the robbery that he can (which he of course didn't have when he was making them up), causing people to realize [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he's actually telling the truth this time.]]
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** Truthful Tom tells an obvious lie and gets away with it because he has never been known to say anything untrue.

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** Truthful Tom tells an obvious lie a {{blatant lie|s}} and gets away with it because he has never been known to say anything untrue.

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* '''Subverted''': Danny calls and worries no one will come, but then some of his neighbors decide to help.

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Danny calls and worries no one will come, but then some of his neighbors decide to help.help.
** Danny only calls when the thieves really ''are'' coming. Since he never pranked anyone in the first place, they have no reason to disbelieve him and they all come running.
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** Danny may lie about things like where he got the five dollars to buy that cream pie, but saying he saw a murder does seem ''too'' awful to be a lie.
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** Danny has told the occasional lie here and there, but he makes a point of always being truthful when it comes to things like whether or not his flock is being attacked by wolves.
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** It doesn't matters how many times Danny lies about having an emergency, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his mother]] is always going to come running the moment he hollers, [[AlmightyMom probably dragging everybody else behind]].

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** Deceitful Danny kept bragging that his house is completely burglar-proof, so when he's robbed, everyone thinks it's a case of insurance fraud.



** The townspeople recognise that statements can be true even if liars are saying them, but they give up on Danny as hopelessly untruthful just as he's starting to mend his ways.

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** The townspeople recognise recognize that statements can be true even if liars are saying them, but they give up on Danny as hopelessly untruthful just as he's starting to mend his ways.

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