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* '''Conversed''': ???
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* '''Conversed''': ???"That's not fair of Alice to immediately know that Bob's lying just because he hesitated. I mean, [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic the guy's probably not as perfect a speaker as Alice]]."
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* '''Exploited''': Charlie overhears the conversation, and plays on Alice's fears by hinting to her that the fact Bob paused before answering may mean he wasn't being entirely truthful...
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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
** Charlie overhears the conversation, and plays on Alice's fears by hinting to her that the fact Bob paused before answering may mean he wasn't being entirelytruthful...truthful...
** Bob is aware of Alice's beliefs, and plays up his pauses as part of a double-bluff.
** Charlie overhears the conversation, and plays on Alice's fears by hinting to her that the fact Bob paused before answering may mean he wasn't being entirely
** Bob is aware of Alice's beliefs, and plays up his pauses as part of a double-bluff.
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** Alice demands a simple yes or no answer to a complicated question that can be MetaphoricallyTrue ''or'' false (such as, "is this analogy for a scientific process accurate?"). Bob has to decide between the [[LiesToChildren intuitive but inaccurate]] answer or the confusing but accurate answer, and decides upon the former.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice automatically assumes that this is the case and accuses anyone who pauses before speaking of lying. This poisons her relationship with Bob, who is already somewhat introverted; every time he pauses to collect his thoughts, she gets upset and calls him a liar. To make matters worse, [[MaliciousSlander word gets around]], leading to poor Bob getting a terrible reputation.
* Subverted 1, except Alice is fired from her job for bullying a disabled person.
* Subverted 1, except Alice is fired from her job for bullying a disabled person.
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Alice automatically assumes that this is the case and accuses anyone who pauses before speaking of lying. This poisons her relationship with Bob, who is already somewhat introverted; every time he pauses to collect his thoughts, she gets upset and calls him a liar. To make matters worse, [[MaliciousSlander word gets around]], leading to poor Bob getting a terrible reputation.
* ** Subverted 1, except Alice is fired from her job for bullying a disabled person.
** Alice automatically assumes that this is the case and accuses anyone who pauses before speaking of lying. This poisons her relationship with Bob, who is already somewhat introverted; every time he pauses to collect his thoughts, she gets upset and calls him a liar. To make matters worse, [[MaliciousSlander word gets around]], leading to poor Bob getting a terrible reputation.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice takes Bob's pause to be this in an interrogation and badgers him on it. Bob is not only innocent but he has a neurological condition and Alice ends up losing her job for her insensitivity to the disabled.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice takes Bob's pause to be this in an interrogation and badgers him on it. Bob is not only innocent but he has a neurological condition and condition.
** Bob wasn't paying attention to what Aliceends up losing her job for her insensitivity said.
** Bob doesn't know the answer to thedisabled.question, so he wasn't lying on purpose.
** Bob didn't immediately know the answer to Alice's question and it took him a moment to remember.
** Bob prefers to think and process questions before he answers them.
** Bob wasn't paying attention to what Alice
** Bob doesn't know the answer to the
** Bob didn't immediately know the answer to Alice's question and it took him a moment to remember.
** Bob prefers to think and process questions before he answers them.
** He heard it anyway, and pretended not to in order to make it seem like he was distracted.
** Alice asks him another question that he ''does'' know, and the same thing occurs.
** Alice asks him another question that he ''does'' know, and the same thing occurs.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob hesitates over simple questions that he should have the answer to.
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* Subverted 1, except Alice is fired from her job for bullying a disabled person.
* '''Reconstructed''': The people who know Bobhesitates over simple questions well support him and make it known that he should have the answer to. is simply reserved and is often lost in thought. Later, Alice suffers LaserGuidedKarma for her smear campaign against Bob.
* '''Reconstructed''': The people who know Bob
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** Alice gets suspicious when Bob freezes up, but then he drops an emotional bombshell she is more understanding. Once more evidence piles up Alice realizes that Bob came up an emotional sounding lie to cover for his obvious hesitation.
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* '''Justified''': Bob needs some extra time to think up a lie and this is a tell.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Bob needs some extra time to think up a lie and this is atell.tell.
** Alice asks a question Bob would be able to answer immediately if he were telling the truth, e.g. "What's your name?" When Bob takes about five seconds to respond, Alice can tell he's lying.
** Bob needs some extra time to think up a lie and this is a
** Alice asks a question Bob would be able to answer immediately if he were telling the truth, e.g. "What's your name?" When Bob takes about five seconds to respond, Alice can tell he's lying.
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* '''Double Subverted''': While Bob may not have been behind it directly he pulled the strings.
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* '''Double Subverted''': While Bob may not have been behind it directly directly, he pulled the strings.
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** Hesitating for even the slightest ''fraction'' of a second is a sure sign that somebody is lying.
** He hesitates for a full minute, then [[BadLiar lies badly]].
** He hesitates for a full minute, then [[BadLiar lies badly]].
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** Hesitating for even the slightest ''fraction'' fraction of a second is a sure sign that somebody is lying.
** He hesitates for a full minute, with audible "ers" and "ums", and then [[BadLiar lies badly]].
** He hesitates for a full minute, with audible "ers" and "ums", and then [[BadLiar lies badly]].
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** Bob is a ConsummateLiar who ''never'' hesitates before telling another lie.
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** Bob is a ConsummateLiar who ''never'' never hesitates before telling another lie.
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** Alice thinks Bob is lying because he ''didn't'' pause - ergo, it sounded rehearsed.
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** Alice thinks Bob is lying because he ''didn't'' didn't pause - ergo, it sounded rehearsed.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': While Bob is capable of lying without so much as blinking, whenever he says something the audience already ''knows'' is a lie, he noticeably pauses.
* '''Averted''': Pausing before speaking is merely used when an emotional bombshell is dropped. It is a natural consequence of preparing oneself.
* '''Averted''': Pausing before speaking is merely used when an emotional bombshell is dropped. It is a natural consequence of preparing oneself.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Zagged''':
** While Bob is capable of lying without so much as blinking, whenever he says something the audience already''knows'' knows is a lie, he noticeably pauses.
** Bob had prepared for some questions that he believes that Alice might ask him, but is not prepared for others. The fact that he answers immediately for some questions and hesitates for others makes Alice suspicious.
*'''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Pausing before speaking is merely used when an emotional bombshell is dropped. It is a natural consequence of preparingoneself.oneself.
** RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic is averted, so hesitation abounds.
** While Bob is capable of lying without so much as blinking, whenever he says something the audience already
** Bob had prepared for some questions that he believes that Alice might ask him, but is not prepared for others. The fact that he answers immediately for some questions and hesitates for others makes Alice suspicious.
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** Pausing before speaking is merely used when an emotional bombshell is dropped. It is a natural consequence of preparing
** RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic is averted, so hesitation abounds.
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* '''Defied''': RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic is averted, so hesitation abounds.
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* '''Defied''': RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic Alice realizes Bob might not feel comfortable with what he is averted, so hesitation abounds.saying, and does not suspect him for lying just for hesitating.
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* '''Reconstructed''': When speaking about her stressful breakup with Bob, she hesitates before explaining how it wasn't really her fault, even though deep down, she knows it was.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob leaves spaces wide enough to drive a truck through while telling a {{blatant lie|s}}... which Alice immediately accepts.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob leaves spaces wide enough to drive a truck through while telling a {{blatant lie|s}}... which Alice immediately accepts.
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* '''Reconstructed''': When speaking about her stressful breakup with Bob, she Bob hesitates before explaining how it wasn't really her fault, even though deep down, she knows it was.
over simple questions that he should have the answer to.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob leaves spaces wide enough to drive a truck through while telling a {{blatantlie|s}}... lie|s}} which Alice immediately accepts.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob leaves spaces wide enough to drive a truck through while telling a {{blatant
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob hesitates before lying to Alice that he did not eat the missing cookie.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob hesitates before lying to Alice A brief hesitation reveals that he did not eat Bob made a slight adjustment to twist the missing cookie.truth to his favor.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Hesitating for even the slightest ''fraction'' of a second is a sure sign that somebody is lying.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Hesitating for even the slightest ''fraction'' of a second is a sure sign that somebody is lying.
** Hesitating for even the slightest ''fraction'' of a second is a sure sign that somebody is lying.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob hesitates before lying to Alice that he did not eat the missing cookie.
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* '''Enforced''': ???
[[ExecutiveMeddling Meddling executives]] think the crime drama fans need more clues that Bob is lying, and have the director insert pauses into any line where Bob will lie.
* '''Lampshaded''':???Alice teases Bob about hesitating, because it almost made him sound like a liar.
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* '''Defied''': ???RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic is averted, so hesitation abounds.
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** He hesitates for a full minute, then [[BadLier lies badly]].
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** He hesitates for a full minute, then [[BadLier [[BadLiar lies badly]].
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** He hesitates for a full minute, then [[BadLier lies badly]].
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** Alice thinks Bob is lying becuase he ''didn't'' pause - ergo, it sounded rehearsed.
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** Alice thinks Bob is lying becuase because he ''didn't'' pause - ergo, it sounded rehearsed.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice automatically assumes that this is the case and accuses anyone who pauses before speaking of lying. This poisons her relationship with Bob, who is already somewhat introverted; every time he pauses to collect his thoughts, she gets upset and calls him a liar. To make matters worse, [[MaliciousSlander word gets around]], leading to poor Bob getting a terrible reputation.
* '''Reconstructed''': When speaking about her stressful breakup with Bob, she hesitates before explaining how it wasn't really her fault, even though deep down, she knows it was.
* '''Reconstructed''': When speaking about her stressful breakup with Bob, she hesitates before explaining how it wasn't really her fault, even though deep down, she knows it was.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob leaves spaces wide enough to drive a truck through while telling a [[BlatantLies Blatant Lie]]... which Alice immediately accepts.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice automatically assumes that this is the case and accuses anyone who pauses before speaking of lying. This poisons her relationship with Bob, who is already somewhat introverted; every time he pauses to collect his thoughts, she gets upset and calls him a liar. To make matters worse, [[MaliciousSlander word gets around]], leading to poor Bob getting a terrible reputation.
* '''Reconstructed''': When speaking about her stressful breakup with Bob, she hesitates before explaining how it wasn't really her fault, even though deep down, she knows it was.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob leaves spaces wide enough to drive a truck through while telling a[[BlatantLies Blatant Lie]]...{{blatant lie|s}}... which Alice immediately accepts.
* '''Reconstructed''': When speaking about her stressful breakup with Bob, she hesitates before explaining how it wasn't really her fault, even though deep down, she knows it was.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob leaves spaces wide enough to drive a truck through while telling a
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* '''Inverted''': Bob is a ConsummateLiar who ''never'' hesitates before telling another lie.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Bob is a ConsummateLiar who ''never'' hesitates before telling another lie.
** Bob is a ConsummateLiar who ''never'' hesitates before telling another lie.
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* '''Reconstructed''': ???
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* '''Reconstructed''': ???When speaking about her stressful breakup with Bob, she hesitates before explaining how it wasn't really her fault, even though deep down, she knows it was.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': While Charlie is capable of lying without so much as blinking, whenever he says something the audience already ''knows'' is a lie, he noticeably pauses.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': While Charlie Bob is capable of lying without so much as blinking, whenever he says something the audience already ''knows'' is a lie, he noticeably pauses.
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* '''Inverted''': Charlie is a ConsummateLiar who ''never'' hesitates before telling another lie.
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* '''Inverted''': Charlie Bob is a ConsummateLiar who ''never'' hesitates before telling another lie.
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* '''Parodied''': The pause is absurdly long, Bob looks around the room, desperately coming up with a lie. Alice goes and gets a cup of coffee and Bob still hasn't though of it yet. He then comes out with a BlatantLie.
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* '''Parodied''': The pause is absurdly long, Bob looks around the room, desperately coming up with a lie. Alice goes and gets a cup of coffee and Bob still hasn't though of it yet. He then comes out with a BlatantLie.{{Blatant Lie|s}}.
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** Alice thinks Bob is lying becuase he ''didn't'' pause - ergo, it sounded rehearsed.
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* '''Justified''': ???Bob needs some extra time to think up a lie and this is a tell.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
Alice takes Bob's pause to be this in an interrogation and badgers him on it. Bob is not only innocent but he has a neurological condition and Alice ends up losing her job for her insensitivity to the disabled.
* '''Double Subverted''':???
While Bob may not have been behind it directly he pulled the strings.
* '''Parodied''':???The pause is absurdly long, Bob looks around the room, desperately coming up with a lie. Alice goes and gets a cup of coffee and Bob still hasn't though of it yet. He then comes out with a BlatantLie.
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* '''Parodied''':
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* '''Averted''': ???Pausing before speaking is merely used when an emotional bombshell is dropped. It is a natural consequence of preparing oneself.
