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* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', when Uther assumes that Bo and Kenzi's clothing was forced on them by the sorcerer who sent then to Camelot, the two decide to go with that assumption as what they've seen of Camelot makes it clear that the kingdom's more conservative dress code may not approve of the idea that Kenzi wears such a skimpy 'skirt' and Bo wears trousers by their own choice.

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* [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Robin]] is convinced that [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander and Willow]] have two different fake identities in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12761489/13/A-brand-new-day A Brand New Day]]'' and is amazed at how thorough the second set is, being unable to find a single hint that it's false. Neither of the two correct him that they only have a single set of fake identities and the "second set" is real. To be fair to Robin, their real identities have some odd history attached to them, such as both being kicked out of boy scouts before enrolling in girl scouts and being officially declared twins despite having birthdays several months apart[[note]]They enrolled in both under "Alex and Will" as those are androgynous names, and Xander was adopted as an infant before Sheila knew she was pregnant with Willow. The pair tell everyone they're twins so they stop hearing that they aren't really brother and sister[[/note]].

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* ''Fanfic/ACaseStudyInTheSturdinessOfTheRookie9'' [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]], then [[PlayedForDrama drama]]. Shino, Sakura and Chouji misinterpret Kakashi's extremely delayed arrival after they're assigned to Team 7 as a sign that he wants them to track him down as a SecretTestOfCharacter. Kakashi exploits this, encouraging the trio to continue misreading his neglect as teaching them how to be independent and self-sufficient. However, this comes back to haunt him when they learn something he never intended to teach them as a result: namely, that it's okay to [[spoiler:betray your allies]] so long as you get the job done.

* PlayedWith in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/32362012 Chat Noir's Family]]'', where Chat Noir is asking Ladybug for advise for a gift to a woman he knows who's birthday went pass them (actually Nathalie who's been dealing with an unknown illness). Ladybug initially guesses that he is referring to his girlfriend, and Chat initially protests that isn't the case and almost says that he meant his father's assistant, but decides to go with ''his father's girlfriend'' so he wouldn't risk his SecretIdentity.

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* In ''Fanfic/MarriageOfHeavenAndHell,'' while Makoto finds [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Rossweisse]] trying to [[DrowningMySorrows drown her sorrows]] in a bar after Odin leaves her behind after Lunch, a suspicious man mockingly asks Makoto if he's her Dad after he tells the bartender he's "here to take her home" and he replies "Yes. Now back off, creep."

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12652330/9/eXtra-power-twin eXtra power twin]]'' Harry conceals his face at Kings Cross so he won't be recognized as his celebrity brother's estranged twin.
-->'''Ginny:''' Are you so good looking people will go blind when they see you? Is that why you're hiding?\\
'''Harry:''' Ok. Let's go with that excuse.

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* In ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'', the [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} protagonist]] falls asleep, and suddenly she's floating and looking straight at herself lying in the bed. Then [[ComicBook/TheSandman Dream of the Endless]] shows up out of nowhere to ask for her help, prompting Kara to ask if she's dreaming. Dream pauses and answers "Yes, let's say that you're dreaming". And since she's in the dream, she can be hurt by other dream things, hence she must treat them as if they were real dangers.
-->'''Dream:''' "I am no enemy, Kara Zor-El. I am not Death. I am no ghost. But I need your help. The Dreaming needs your help."\\
'''Kara:''' "Then this is a dream?"\\
'''Dream:''' (tilting head) "Let us agree that it is. Yet, you must agree that if it is a dream, then you, in this form, are also a dream. In this dream, you may be endangered by the things of a dream. They must be treated as realities. Do you understand?"
* In ''Fanfic/TheDragonOfHarrenhal'', Carik's clothes look Braavosi to some people and he doesn't correct them when they assume he's from there or further East to save having to make up a lie about his origins.
* ''Fanfic/AggroCulture'': When Jitterbug asks Aunt Nancy if he is her fairy godspider, Nancy is amenable to the description.
* In ''Fanfic/LinkedInLifeAndLove'', Roman finds himself having to do this when [[spoiler:[[RefugeInAudacity Ozpin declares him]] his [[TheMole deep-cover agent in the criminal underworld]] to get him off the hook from General Ironwood.]]
* ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-generals-child-youjo-senki.868318/ The General's Child]]'': When General [[LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil Lergen]] dies, he wakes up several years before the war. After spending a day freaking out over having traveled through time into his younger body, Lergen promptly heads out to find the orphanage Tanya lives in to adopt her and hopefully prevent Germania from losing the coming war by keeping her out of it. His servants, family, and coworkers all assume Tanya is his biological daughter, citing the facts from their perspective[[note]]One day, Lergen became severely upset for no discernable reason then promptly headed to a specific orphanage to adopt a specific girl without even talking to her first. Furthermore, his room had a sheet of paper that was obviously burned recently (which contained his notes of the future). To them, it seems like he was suddenly informed that a dalliance years prior resulted in a child and he sought her out to make up for his mistakes[[/note]]. Lergen puts in a token effort to convince them otherwise before simply going along with it as it's easier to explain than time travel.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24514813/chapters/60376324#workskin Weakness]]'', Amity has a habit of squeaking every time Luz surprises her. Not knowing about Amity's crush on her, Luz asks if the squeaking is some form of echolocation (since Amity is a vampire).
-->"Yes! This is a perfectly normal vampire thing that vampires do." Amity quickly agreed.


* In ''Fanfic/RouletteWheelOfFate'', Shen Qingqiu goes along with the assumption that he's a seer because it tidily explains why he knows things he really shouldn't, and because he cannot outright reveal he's actually a transmigrator.

* This is played for laughs in ''Fanfic/OhGodNotAgain''.
-->'''[[spoiler:Sirius]]:''' Top box. It was part of my reparation. Of course, the rest of it went to buying Harry a Firebolt but...\\
'''Harry:''' You don't mind because [[spoiler:I'm your godson]] and you love me?\\
'''[[spoiler:Sirius]]:''' ...Let's go with that, sure.
* In ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', when the Goblin King mistakes Hermione for a member of a long existing species rather than a new one, Hermione both agrees with him and starts making up facts about her species on the spot.
* ''Fanfic/RetroChill'': Bob [[WeNeedADistraction distracts]] Rupert, Earl, and Retro so Calvin can escape his cell. When they interrogate him, Earl blames it on stupidity. Bob shrugs and nervously says: "Sure, let's go with that."
* In the ''Fanfic/TheFifthAct'', the Nibelheim villagers assumes that the [[PeggySue time-traveling older Cloud Strife]] is a relative of the younger Cloud Strife. Cloud chooses to go along with it and tells them that he's a paternal uncle.
* Due to some confusion in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/412689/chapters/685050 The Accidental Sensei]]'', Anko ends up the teacher of Team 7 while Kakashi gets her assignment as an Academy teacher. Sarutobi was going to fix the problem but instead goes along with Anko's assumption that she was given a genin team as a show of trust and Kakashi's assumption that he was being punished for his previous negligence.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4238196/8/Harry-Potter-and-the-Marauders-of-the-Mind Harry Potter and the Marauders of the Mind]]'' Harry has the spirits of his parents, Remus and Sirius stuck in his head after he comes back to life. This results in harming himself during full moons due to the influence of Remus' werewolf side. After the first occurrence Snape's portrait accuses Harry of having been bitten during or shortly after the Final Battle. Naturally, Harry goes along with it.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10602908/6/Transmuting-Freedom Transmuting Freedom]]'':
-->'''Roger Davies:''' No, not why do you only have two possible traps worked out, why are you trying to figure out the traps in the first place? What's the point?\\
'''Cedric Diggory:''' Don't be stupid, Davies. Clearly, they are trying to figure out whether the [Philosopher's] Stone is adequately protected or not. And if not, add extra protections to it. Right, Oliver?\\
'''Oliver Wood:''' Umm...sure, Cedric. We'll go with that.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11024841/1/One-Crazy-Long-Day One Crazy Long Day]]'' Harry and Snape try to help an all-wizard town hide its magic aspects from a stranded family of Muggles. The mother comments that they aren't doing a very good job of hiding things - and that they have absolutely no reason to conceal their love for one another. Several of the other townspeople cheerfully add a fake relationship to the general deception.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6820445/15/Harry-Potter-and-The-Phoenix-Burning Harry Potter and the Phoenix Burning]]'' a deaged, time-traveling Harry ends up going to school with his parents and their friends. When he deposits the Ravenclaw diadem [[SoulJar Horcrux]] on Dumbledore's desk during Christmas break his first year, Dumbledore chides him...for using the diadem to obtain knowledge an eleven-year-old couldn't possibly possess. Harry pretends to be appropriately sheepish while hoping that's the end of it.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11281809/1/Phoenix-Wright-Ghosts-of-the-Past Phoenix Wright: Ghosts of the Past]]'' Trucy [[spoiler: gets accidentally punched in the face]] by Iris resulting in massive case of BrokenPedestal for Trucy and equally huge MyGodWhatHaveIDone for Iris. Later Trucy finds out that Iris had a twin sister and immediately assumes it was ''her'', not Iris who did the above, claiming Iris would never do that. No one denies. In a PetTheDog moment Dahlia herself later admits to it. Unlike most examples Trucy's conclusion was actually MetaphoricallyTrue: [[spoiler:Dahlia ''was'' the one who made Iris punch her ("made her" meaning Dahlia was haunting Iris driving her insane and Trucy was accidentally hit when Iris tried to push Dahlia away) and Iris would never do that willingly]].
* In "Arm Candy", part of the ''Fanfic/SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts'' series, Dick Grayson names a varicolored puppy "Harley" after Harley Quinn; when one of his muggle friends asks if he named it after the motorcycle, he agrees that that's exactly what he did.
* In one story of the ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', [[spoiler:Ghost]] Tucker says this word-for-word to Sam to cover up that he didn't know what she was talking about.
* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': At one point, a grown up, alternate universe version of Spike called Nightdrake Bannerette arrives and rescues Rarity and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Before he departs, he asks the CMC to encourage Spike not to give up on trying to win Rarity's heart. When the CMC tell Spike the story, he automatically assumes Bannerette is his and Rarity's KidFromTheFuture and that this means he and Rarity are destined to be together. The CMC, who know Bannerette's true nature, try to correct him, but he is too excited to listen, so they shrug and just let him think that.
* ''Fanfic/FateLongNight'': Rin Tohsaka gets a hot spring installed in her house. She bathes in it and it feels so good that she falls asleep and misses class. Her classmate Ayako Mitsuzuri visits her asking why she didn't show up for class. When she sees Rin is flushed from being in the hot spring for so long, she assumes Rin has a fever and Rin goes along with it.

** [[spoiler: Also, Edge knows that claiming to be a SelfInsert from the "real" world would be a ''bad'' strategy so when his teammates peg his home universe as Earth Bet he's quite relieved.]]
* This trope is Jaune's motto in ''Fanfic/ProfessorArc''. Almost everything he doesn't achieve by not noticing the subtext (such as impressing Cinder with his courage when he genuinely didn't realize she was threatening him) is accomplished by letting someone come up with a theory about him and rolling with it.
* ''Fanfic/AshesOfThePast'': Thanks to a TimeCrash, a Sylveon (up until then a Pokémon imagined up by Molly Hale and made real) is present at the beginning of time, causing Arceus to notice her typing and, despite not planning for it, incorporate it into the universe's creation, creating the Fairy-type and adding it via CosmicRetcon.
* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', when Uther assumes that Bo and Kenzi's clothing was forced on them by the sorcerer who sent then to Camelot, the two decide to go with that assumption as what they've seen of Camelot makes it clear that the kingdom's more conservative dress code may not approve of the idea that Kenzi wears such a skimpy 'skirt' and Bo wears trousers by their own choice.
* Harry gets a lot of mileage out of this in ''Fanfic/TheRigelBlackChronicles'', to the point where she's a little disturbed by how easily people rationalize any mistakes she makes in her cover. Such as [[spoiler:Draco noticing that she's paranoid and jumpy, but assuming that it's because of the (fake) skin hypersensitivity that she claimed to have when she was explaining her reticence about hugs and other affection. The idea that she's covering up being a girl never crosses his mind]].

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Peter leaves out rusty nails and other dangerous objects to test and train Izuku's SpiderSense. Izuku is not reassured when Peter refuses to look him in the eye afterward.
-->'''Peter:''' Oh thank God, it actually worked this time.\\
'''Izuku:''' Like you knew it would… right, Peter-san?\\
'''Peter:''' ''[refuses to make eye contact]'' Rrrriiiight. Yup, sure kid.

* A more dramatic example occurs in ''Fanfic/{{Diplomacy}}'' when the Lich King speaks with Jaina and Thrall via magical projection. He makes a remark about "his body having fond memories of Jaina", which causes her to recoil in horror. Later, Garrosh makes a comment about Arthas' honor that causes Thrall to realize everyone assumes Arthas raped Jaina. Thrall, Tandred, and Aegwynn decide to run with the idea to help galvanize both the Alliance and Horde against the Scourge.
* ''Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY'':
** When Jaune is learning to swim in a Beacon pool, Yang ogles Cinder in a bikini. Weiss thinks she's ogling Jaune, and Yang decides not to correct her.
** Sapphire assumes Emerald is part of Jaune's harem, and orders the Grimm not to harm her. Yang is about to explain that Emerald isn't involved, but Emerald stops her because it's the only thing keeping her alive.
** Lionheart keeps assuming Jaune has the most villainous motives possible, even for simple requests like food and shelter. Jaune eventually stops trying to explain himself.
* ''Fanfic/TheOuroboros'': When the six spacefarers call home to touch base with their counterparts and learn more about how they're supposed to close the supposed StableTimeLoop, Donnie mentions how they need to be mindful of the ButterflyEffect. Alt!Donnie latches onto that as an excuse to avoid explaining anything, citing 'spoilers'.
* ''Fanfic/APossibleEncounterForAPhantom'': In Chapter 66, Ron says Danny is "also ''[=NOT=]'' half-human and that little girl is his cousin and ''[=NOT=]'' his clone by his archenemy". After that, Danny isn't surprised "Kim doesn't have a secret identity".
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13535700/3/Sparks-Fly Sparks Fly]]'', Clark Kent immediately recognizes Leslie Ellis despite her currently doing a perfect cosplay as Sailor Jupiter. Leslie makes a joke about Clark recognizing her by her bust and he quickly agrees.

* In ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'', the [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} protagonist]] falls asleep, and suddenly she's floating and looking straight at herself lying in the bed. Then [[ComicBook/TheSandman Dream of the Endless]] shows up out of nowhere to ask for her help, prompting Kara to ask if she's dreaming. Dream pauses and answers "Yes, let's say that you're dreaming". And since she's in the dream, she can be hurt by other dream things, hence she must treat them as if they were real dangers.
-->'''Dream:''' "I am no enemy, Kara Zor-El. I am not Death. I am no ghost. But I need your help. The Dreaming needs your help."\\
'''Kara:''' "Then this is a dream?"\\
'''Dream:''' (tilting head) "Let us agree that it is. Yet, you must agree that if it is a dream, then you, in this form, are also a dream. In this dream, you may be endangered by the things of a dream. They must be treated as realities. Do you understand?"
* In ''Fanfic/TheDragonOfHarrenhal'', Carik's clothes look Braavosi to some people and he doesn't correct them when they assume he's from there or further East to save having to make up a lie about his origins.
* ''Fanfic/AggroCulture'': When Jitterbug asks Aunt Nancy if he is her fairy godspider, Nancy is amenable to the description.
* In ''Fanfic/LinkedInLifeAndLove'', Roman finds himself having to do this when [[spoiler: [[RefugeInAudacity Ozpin declares him]] his [[TheMole deep-cover agent in the criminal underworld]] to get him off the hook from General Ironwood.]]
* ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-generals-child-youjo-senki.868318/ The General's Child]]'': When General [[LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil Lergen]] dies, he wakes up several years before the war. After spending a day freaking out over having traveled through time into his younger body, Lergen promptly heads out to find the orphanage Tanya lives in to adopt her and hopefully prevent Germania from losing the coming war by keeping her out of it. His servants, family, and coworkers all assume Tanya is his biological daughter, citing the facts from their perspective[[note]]One day, Lergen became severely upset for no discernable reason then promptly headed to a specific orphanage to adopt a specific girl without even talking to her first. Furthermore, his room had a sheet of paper that was obviously burned recently (which contained his notes of the future). To them, it seems like he was suddenly informed that a dalliance years prior resulted in a child and he sought her out to make up for his mistakes[[/note]]. Lergen puts in a token effort to convince them otherwise before simply going along with it as it's easier to explain than time travel.

* Xander in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12446027/22/With-Sprinkles With Sprinkles]]'' ends up aboard the [[Series/{{Firefly}} Serenity]] due to a misunderstanding after he jumps realities. Rather than explain that he's a [[RealityWarper Planeswalker]], he gives vague explanations and lets the crew fill in the gaps. For example, Xander says he makes cyborgs that are covered in lab-grown flesh, and the crew figures he's a MadScientist who sells bodyguards for a living. When Xander uses magic to fix a broken part, Simon is amazed at him performing telekinesis at a molecular level. Xander notes how convenient it is they're inventing explanations for him.
** Later he starts paying members of the crew with gold coins to let them come up with a plausible explanation for what he did. Examples include: Saying the gravity controls malfunction when he pulled off a WallCrawl, stating he has deep pockets after he pulls out twenty one pound bags of coffee, and insisting the town reservoir filling up on its own was because they must've hit a natural spring while digging it. At one point, Mal reflexively makes an excuse for Xander when the latter creates a forest, then realizes Xander isn't around and promises to bill the man later.
* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'', London asks Easter, Specter's SplitPersonality, where they come from. Easter just points to the sky and London assumes that they're some guardian angel to protect Specter. Easter doesn't really try to refute it. Chapters later, it's revealed that Easter is actually from the Living Lightning Car, as a ''lightning bolt'' that struck Specter down and fused with him and Easter admits that they do want to "help" Specter in a way so they technically ''are'' from the heavens.
* In ''Fanfic/RouletteWheelOfFate'', Shen Qingqiu goes along with the assumption that he's a seer because it tidily explains why he knows things he really shouldn't, and because he cannot outright reveal he's actually a transmigrator.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26868238/chapters/88634632 One Stands for All]]'': When All Might attempts to give a BeYourself speech to Izuku, the boy interprets it to mean that if every hero was like All Might, villains would be able to easily counter them. All Might decides to run with it since Izuku wasn't understanding why he shouldn't try so hard to imitate him.
* In ''Fanfic/MarriageOfHeavenAndHell,'' while Makoto finds [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Rossweisse]] trying to [[DrowningMySorrows drown her sorrows]] in a bar after Odin leaves her behind after Lunch, a suspicious man mockingly asks Makoto if he's her Dad after he tells the bartender he's "here to take her home" and he replies "Yes. Now back off, creep."