History SuspiciouslySpecificDenial / AnimeAndManga

* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis 2040'' has Mackie accidentally stumbling upon the Knight Sabers' secret lair and entering the girls locker room. He later tries to defuse the situation by stating that he did NOT see Nene's pink underwear.

* ''Anime/CellsAtWork'': After White Blood Cell tries telling Killer T Cell about how it would be nice if all cells could get along and respect each other, Killer T Cell shouts at him that it's impossible for immune cells to be friendly with body or blood cells, no matter how much they might want to shoot the breeze some time or get invited to a neighborhood game of cards. White Blood Cell notes that that is an oddly specific scenario.

* In ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', Misaki's name didn't come up at all when Sorata was talking to Jin about him going to art college in Osaka.

* ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined'' had the main character (who'd just had her hair cut as part of a bet) finding a bottle of hair tonic [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tknl6mW7ODQ/T_o1ZpjRSoI/AAAAAAAAEq4/ohnaalpEcjc/s1600/Fullscreen+capture+782012+90026+PM.jpg with a suspiciously specific sticker.]]

* Most of ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' consists of Louise insisting to everyone in sight that she definitely has no feelings for Saito.

* ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'':

* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': In ''Nisemonogatari'', when Shinobu materialized in Araragi's bath and was seen by his sister

* Simon Brezhnev from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' will tell you that there is definitely no human meat in their sushi, it's all pure non-human stuff. One wonders why he has to go advertise like that, and the fact that he at some point threatens some Yellow Scarves that he'll make them into sushi doesn't help his case any.

* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', [[NoSocialSkills Sôsuke]] has to pretend to be Mizuki's boyfriend (so she can save face in front of her friends). Unfortunately, this is no easy task, considering that Sōsuke has a hard time pretending to be a normal boy due to his being socially inept and only having knowledge about military life. After receiving "coaching" from Mizuki, he tries his best to convince her friends during the outing. His response when they tell him that he looks like he's been through lots of battles and is not at all like Mizuki described him? "You perceive wrongly. I wear common clothing that has no use in battle whatsoever. I feel unimaginable happiness wasting time talking with women. I'm that type of human." Sure. They are ''not'' convinced.

* In Episode 9 of the ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' anime, Kumin visited Shinka's house, the latter being an ex-[[MsImagination Chuunibyou]]. When Kumin looked at the bookshelf full of fortune-telling books..

* In ''LightNovel/OutbreakCompany'', the protagonist tries to prove that a girl he found is not a spy from the Kingdom of Bahailam by questioning her. She explains that:

* In Episode 4 of ''LightNovel/UnlimitedFafnir'', Iris seems to have forgotten to put on panties before coming to school. When she sees Yuu, she tries to explain in such a way that she was totally GoingCommando just for that day, and not because she forgot.

* ''Manga/TwinSpica'', volume 4, extra chapter "This Star Spica," starts with Miss Suzunari chasing down one of her students, Fuchuya. When she finally catches him, he assumes he's in trouble and starts telling her all the bad things he has NOT done:

* In ''Manga/{{Touch}}'', Yuka Nitta is running around Meisei High School and collides with Yoshida. Before she's even back on her feet, she cries, "It's not like I was here to see Uesugi Tatsuya!"

** Osaka asks Kaorin if she's gay, to which Kaorin replies, "The correct term is lesbian!" She then tries, [[InsaneTrollLogic using the power of logic]], to explain to Osaka why she's [[BlatantLies not a lesbian]], it's simply [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship a teenage thing]] and she has a SingleTargetSexuality for the resident HugeSchoolgirl who happens to not be a guy. ([[http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/azumanga_daioh_supplementary_materials_ch03#12 link]])

* In episode 3 of ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'', Kirin asks Shiina to come over to Ryou's apartment and help cook some food to cheer her up after a failing sketch assignment. However, when Ryou asks Shiina why she's coming over, Kirin tries to silence her, and says instead that Shiina is coming over to eat some food, lest some aliens kidnap her. Ryou finds the explanation dubious and wonders what Kirin is really up to, but lets it slide, and even jokes about it later.

'''Nori''': It- it's not like I keep it because I think it's cute or anything!

* In episode 9 of the ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' anime, Kumin visited Shinka's house, the latter being an ex-[[MsImagination Chuunibyou]]. When Kumin looked at the bookshelf full of fortune-telling books..

** [[IJustWantToBeNormal Evangeline A. K. McDowell]] is a [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire terrifying vampire]] and [[NobleDemon evil wizard]] whose very name (well, [[IHaveManyNames one of them]]) [[LargeHam strikes fear into the hearts of children]], and who is in no way pleased that being [[ImmortalImmaturity trapped in a ten-year-old's body]] gives her an excuse to have a room [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals full of stuffed animals]]. Also, [[{{Tsundere}} she is in no way concerned with anything that may happen to Negi or any of her idiot classmates]]. Any hyperlinks to the contrary are BlatantLies, and Eva-sama will smite you for reading them!

--->'''Kyousuke:''' I wanted to go to the same university as her. It's not that I'm in love with her or anything, it's that I want this comfortable "have-been-together-forever relationship" to continue for as long as possible. And if I’m right beside Miss Average – Manami, I might be able to have the normal life that I yearn for. That was what I thought.

* In episode 4 of ''LightNovel/UnlimitedFafnir'', Iris seems to have forgotten to put on panties before coming to school. When she sees Yuu, she tries to explain in such a way that she was totally GoingCommando just for that day, and not because she forgot.

* In the first episode of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', Mitsuhiko tells Shinichi that he, Genta, and Ayumi, who had sneaked into the roller coaster, "didn't come in without paying money."

* In one chapter of ''Manga/WanderingSon'' [[{{Transgender}} Shuuichi]] is looking at some {{Geisha}}, and there's a sign that talks about "Apprentice Geisha". [[TheBully Doi]] comes up and just stares at her for a few seconds, causing this conversations.

* ''Manga/MaiOtome'' has a scene early on, after Arika and Mashiro have their GreenRocks exploded [[Webcomic/{{xkcd}} in an organ accident]] and Arika has to substitute her OrphansPlotTrinket. Since this action is ''very much'' against the rules, Arika has to feign injuries through most of her classes that require her to have a ''non''-exploded Green Rock. Eventually Shizuru asks her why she's been acting strangely, and Arika responds, "Nothing! I was nowhere near that organ when it went off!" Shizuru pretends she didn't notice and walks off, apparently satisfied. (All she and Natsuki really wanted to know about was the organ, which turns out to be an AncientWeapon with which they are painfully familiar.)
** In ''[[Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr Sifr]]'', Lena asks Shirou if he saw the mark on her breast, and he denies seeing ''or touching'' it. Naturally, she finds out that he's lying.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' features one from Doraemon to Suneo/Sneech in the episode "Time Cloth" ("Time Kerchief"). The English dub features this exchange:

* ''Manga/OnePiece''
** Usopp isn't a coward, he just frequently comes down with various "Can't Do This Specific Thing He's Being Forced To Do Right Now" Diseases.
** In the Thriller Bark arc, when Usopp, Chopper, and Nami get caught peeking into Dr. Hogback's lab, Usopp says, "I didn't see anything! Especially not the unfinished zombie!"
** Earlier, in a flashback, when Shanks tries to get Buggy to join a celebration, Buggy immediately blurts out he didn't steal anything, when he had secretly acquired a treasure map in the last battle, and was planning to find the treasure and get his own ship.
** In a TV Special taking place in Feudal Japan, the wandering monk Zoro casually flips one of Buggy's henchmen into a river and offhandedly says "Oops, I'm sorry. My hand slipped" while clearly smirking. Later on while pretending to work for Buggy, Zoro deliberately attacks Mohji and Richie to protect Vivi. Right afterwards he says "Sorry, my hand slipped", much to Cabaji's annoyance.
** [[spoiler:During their climactic fight in the Dressrosa arc, Law reveals to Doflamingo that he is a D, the "[[ArchEnemy natural enemy]]" of the World Nobles (which, earlier in the arc, Doflamingo had revealed himself to be a former of). Doflamingo claims that he doesn't believe in the "superstitions" surrounding the name in his homeland, only for his actions to betray his true state of mind as his attacks on Law grow increasingly reckless as he visibly becomes more enraged]].
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': The Phantom Troupe confronting Hisoka when they have their fortunes told has elements of this. Hisoka essentially tells them that he can't tell them anything, not even why he can't tell them anything. He only says that he'll defend his life is he feels threatened. This makes him look obviously guilty, but it's all a [[BatmanGambit Batman Gambit]] by Hisoka [[spoiler: to have Chrollo defend him by interpreting Hisoka's words differently, assuming instead that Hisoka had information forcibly extracted, and that if Hisoka explained this himself he would die. In truth, Hisoka altered his fortune so that Chrollo would interpret it this way, preventing the troupe from catching on to his betrayal.]]
* In ''{{Fever}}'', one guy tries to sneak his dog on a bus by hiding it in his bag. He then asks the bus driver "1300 won without a dog?" The bus driver looks suspicious, but is allowed on anyway.
* In ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' Becky does not do this.
* Part of the Onikakushi arc of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', while Rena and Mion seem suspicious to Keiichi, he in turn makes them suspicious of him by claiming that he wasn't talking to the police about them when they never asked if that was the case in the first place. In fact, [[spoiler:[[UnreliableNarrator a lot]] of the stuff in that arc was a suspiciously specific denial, thanks to delusions.]]
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''
** In one scene, Negi is in the middle of freaking out. Long story short, Ayaka asks what's wrong, and he replies, "Nothing! Nobody told me they loved me or anything!" The girls figure it out right away.
** It happens again later with Ku Fei: "It's not like I'm keeping anything secret from Negi, or... um... ah..."
** And as soon as the second chapter of ''[[Anime/NegimaSecondSeason Negima Neo]]'', Negi didn't see Asuna's [[GoofyPrintUnderwear bear panties]].
** When Yuicchi disappears before getting a pactio in ''Negima?! Neo!'', Chamo the ermine blatantly denies that Yuicchi found out about Negi being a mage and the fact that she ran awa-- Aw crap...
** [[IJustWantToBeNormal Evangeline A. K. McDowell]] is a [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire terrifying vampire]] and [[NobleDemon evil wizard]] whose very name (well, [[IHaveManyNames one of them]]) [[LargeHam strikes fear into the hearts of children]], and who is in no way pleased that being [[ImmortalImmaturity trapped in a ten-year-old's body]] gives her an excuse to have a room [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals full of stuffed animals]]. Also, [[{{Tsundere}} she is in no way concerned with anything that may happen to Negi or any of her idiot classmates]]. Any hyperlinks to the contrary are BlatantLies, and Eva-sama will smite you for reading them!
* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', [[NoSocialSkills Sôsuke]] has to pretend to be Mizuki's boyfriend (so she can save face in front of her friends). Unfortunately, this is no easy task, considering that Sōsuke has a hard time pretending to be a normal boy due to his being socially inept and only having knowledge about military life. After receiving "coaching" from Mizuki, he tries his best to convince her friends during the outing. His response when they tell him that he looks like he's been through lots of battles and is not at all like Mizuki described him? "You perceive wrongly. I wear common clothing that has no use in battle whatsoever. I feel unimaginable happiness wasting time talking with women. I'm that type of human." Sure. They are ''not'' convinced.
* ''Manga/MaiOtome'' has a scene early on, after Arika and Mashiro have their GreenRocks exploded [[Webcomic/{{xkcd}} in an organ accident]] and Arika has to substitute her OrphansPlotTrinket. Since this action is ''very much'' against the rules, Arika has to feign injuries through most of her classes that require her to have a ''non''-exploded Green Rock. Eventually Shizuru asks her why she's been acting strangely, and Arika responds, "Nothing! I was nowhere near that organ when it went off!" Shizuru pretends she didn't notice and walks off, apparently satisfied. (All she and Natsuki really wanted to know about was the organ, which turns out to be an AncientWeapon with which they are painfully familiar.)
** In ''[[Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr Sifr]]'', Lena asks Shirou if he saw the mark on her breast, and he denies seeing ''or touching'' it. Naturally, she finds out that he's lying.
* The {{Tsundere}} version of this is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''.
* Early on in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ishida defends Rukia from [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Renji]] and [[AloofBigBrother Byakuya]]. When asked by Rukia what he's doing wandering around at night, he answers that he had to go shop at a 24-hour sewing store. "It's not like I took off because I was concerned when I sensed Shinigami energy and brought this bag from home just for an excuse to be outside." Rukia even mentally points out how blatant this lie was.

* Subverted in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}''. In one scene, Hijiri finds Yukito and Kano [[NotWhatItLooksLike embracing each other]], and wants answers. Yukito tells her, "I know I'm embracing her like this, but it's not what you think! I didn't use alcohol to seduce an innocent little girl and take her to a secluded place to-", even though he really wasn't going to do anything to her (and in fact had been searching for her at Hijiri's request).
* Ruby in ''Manga/RaveMaster'' manages to nearly get Haru killed by insistently telling his captors that there isn't one more member of their group who has yet to arrive and, when this [[BlatantLies lie]] is seen through, adds that the person who isn't coming definitely isn't the Rave Master. Ruby is completely incapable of lying, and doesn't have the sense to not talk when it would get him and others into trouble.
* In the first episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', after Keroro gets captured by Natsumi and Fuyuki, he goes on to claim he's just an ordinary frog who's larger and smarter than normal, and he's "never even thought about invading Pekopon."
* In ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', Urd confronts Peorth after Peorth's love potion backfires. Peorth says, "I don't know anything about going to your room, taking your medicine, and then trying to monopolize Keiichi's heart." Urd hasn't even asked her the question yet. Of course, Peorth was in a pinch because as a first-class goddess, she's not allowed to lie.
* ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'':
** In the first light novel, Kyousuke thinks the following about Manami, a childhood friend he's always described as completely plain and unremarkable:
--->'''Kyousuke:''' I wanted to go to the same university as her. It's not that I'm in love with her or anything, it's that I want this comfortable "have-been-together-forever relationship" to continue for as long as possible. And if I’m right beside Miss Average – Manami, I might be able to have the normal life that I yearn for. That was what I thought.
** In the anime adaptation, his friend Akagi calls him out over his suspiciously specific denials.
--->'''Akagi:''' So basically she's nothing more than a childhood friend to you, you're not going out with her, you have no feelings for her, but you won't allow other guys to make a move on her?

* There's an example in one episode of ''Anime/MakaiSenkiDisgaea'', when the Netherland Empresses come in looking for Maharl, who is hiding under the table, and Flonne tells them, "With God as my witness, there is no-one hiding under this table!"

* In one chapter of ''Manga/WanderingSon'' [[{{Transgender}} Shuuichi]] is looking at some {{Geisha}}, and there's a sign that talks about "Apprentice Geisha". [[TheBully Doi]] comes up and just stares at her for a few seconds, causing this conversations.
-->'''Shuuichi:''' ''[blushing and nervous]'' I wasn't thinking I wanted to dress like that or something.\\
'''Doi:''' I didn't say nothing.
* ''Manga/DGrayMan:'' Bak definitely, absolutely, certainly did ''not'' take those pictures while stalking Lenalee.

* ''Manga/IDontLikeYouAtAllBigBrother''. In fact, the person who said that totally has the hots towards her big brother.
** A minor example is their father's "lack of interest" one of the SM porn Nao found in Shuusuke's PornStash.
* In ''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} Nisemonogatari]]'', when Shinobu materialized in Araragi's bath and was seen by his sister
-->'''Tsukihi:''' Where's that girl? ''[holding a knife]''\\
'''Araragi:''' There was no girl with golden hair, pale white skin, a flat chest and a haughty, old-style voice, but appearing to be eight years old.
* In ''Manga/MedakaBox'', the culprit in the second episode:
-->'''Medaka:''' Isahaya the third-year, are you the culprit?\\
'''Isahaya:''' No! I don't know anything about that... I didn't use scissors on Ariake-san's spikes! And never sent a letter telling her to quit track!

* In the first episode of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', Mitsuhiko tells Shinichi that he, Genta, and Ayumi, who had sneaked into the roller coaster, "didn't come in without paying money."
* ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'': TheBully Megumi invokes it while TheRival Miki fights Toshiyuki, [[VandalismBackfire talking about the ramen Miki tries to deliver]].
-->'''Megumi:''' Oh my! How I could I have accidentally kicked over the ramen?
* In episode 9 of the ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' anime, Kumin visited Shinka's house, the latter being an ex-[[MsImagination Chuunibyou]]. When Kumin looked at the bookshelf full of fortune-telling books..
-->'''Shinka:''' First things first: fortune-telling has nothing to do with Chuunibyou.
* In ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', Misaki's name didn't come up at all when Sorata was talking to Jin about him going to art college in Osaka.
* In ''LightNovel/OutbreakCompany'', the protagonist tries to prove that a girl he found is not a spy from the Kingdom of Bahailam by questioning her. She explains that:
-->I came here from the east... when I say "the east," I don't mean the Kingdom of Bahailam! I didn't even know that the Kingdom of Bahailam lay to the east! [...] I was never told to do anything like find places that might be secret military installations, and draw them from various angles before sending them home or anything like that! I wasn't going to be paid for every picture or anything...
* In ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'', Tatsuya Yuuki pulls this, when confronted over his identity as champion gunpla fighter [[LegacyCharacter Meijin Kawaguchi III]], he claims that he is not the former student council president of Seiho Academy, or the former Captain of their model-building club. His impeccable knowledge of the person he supposedly isn't does not go unnoticed by Sei and Reiji. Especially given his disguise was just [[PaperThinDisguise a pair of shades]], which he proceeded to ''take off'' during his denial. It was basically his way of saying "Yes, it's me, but I'm on the clock and In Character", especially since later in the story he doesn't even deny it and hangs out with Sei and Reiji while "off the clock".
* ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined'' had the main character (who'd just had her hair cut as part of a bet) finding a bottle of hair tonic [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tknl6mW7ODQ/T_o1ZpjRSoI/AAAAAAAAEq4/ohnaalpEcjc/s1600/Fullscreen+capture+782012+90026+PM.jpg with a suspiciously specific sticker.]]
* One instance in ''Manga/SailorMoon'', when Usagi and the others show up as Rei is fending off a monster on her own.
-->'''Rei:''' What were you doing!? You're late!!\\
'''Ami:''' I'm sorry! It's because I wasn't paying attention.\\
'''Makoto:''' Yeah, it's definitely not because Usagi was playing video games!\\
'''Ami:''' That's right! It wasn't her fault at all!
* In episode 3 of ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'', Kirin asks Shiina to come over to Ryou's apartment and help cook some food to cheer her up after a failing sketch assignment. However, when Ryou asks Shiina why she's coming over, Kirin tries to silence her, and says instead that Shiina is coming over to eat some food, lest some aliens kidnap her. Ryou finds the explanation dubious and wonders what Kirin is really up to, but lets it slide, and even jokes about it later.
* In ''Manga/KOn'', during the High School arc, the Light Music Club's advisor Sawako Yamanaka insists that while she isn't a homeroom teacher that year: "It's not like I got denied my own homeroom due to incompetence, just in case you were wondering!!". Twice.

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'', Mashmyre Cello is begging the [[SomethingAboutARose rose]] given the him by Haman to give "this poor lamb" guidance when his subordinate Gottn enters the room.
-->'''Mashmyre:''' How much did you hear?!\\
'''Gottn:''' Nothing, sir! I certainly didn't hear anything about a lamb and a rose!\\
'''Mashmyre:''' So you heard ''everything!''
* In episode ten of ''Anime/GirlsBeyondTheWasteland'', almost every single club member claims they're not surfing the net to read reviews on the demo game for their various specialties, such as Uguisu claiming she doesn't want to know what people thought of her artwork in the game.
* ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' features Kabae returning from "vacation" after missing a crunch period at work, telling Retsuko that "I wanna tell you all about my vacation which was a vacation and definitely not a cover for espionage!"
* In ''Manga/{{Touch}}'', Yuka Nitta is running around Meisei High School and collides with Yoshida. Before she's even back on her feet, she cries, "It's not like I was here to see Uesugi Tatsuya!"
* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' features one from Doraemon to Suneo/Sneech in the episode "Time Cloth" ("Time Kerchief"). The English dub features this exchange:
-->'''Sneech:''' ''[after handing Doraemon a box of junk]'' So whatcha want it for, huh?
-->'''Doraemon:''' Can't say. It's a secret. So I'm not gonna tell you that we're using one of my gadgets to make all this old stuff new again, nope, won't get it out of me.
-->'''Sneech:''' ''[snickering]'' Sure, the secret is so safe with you!
* In the tenth episode of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', when Moe asks Mira why she's so eager to recruit new members, she says it's to avoid the club from [[ClubStub being disbanded due to a lack of members]]. But when Ao mentions increased membership means increased funding, Mira denies she's hoping to buy an equatorial mount for club telescope with the new members...
* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', at the end of the Cell saga, Android 18 overhears Krillin making a wish to Shenron to remove the bombs in her and 17's bodies. When he tells the others that his reasons were because [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he thought the two made a cute couple]], 18 angrily comes out to tell him they're ''twins''. She then goes on a rant saying "Don't think I'll accept you so easily, [[DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks or that I'm grateful to you for the bomb!]]" Given that by the next arc the two are married and with a daughter, it's pretty much clear she was just being a {{Tsundere}} and trying to drop the hint on him, which he evidently took.
* Subverted in ''Manga/ItsToughBeingNeeko''. When Imoko invites her older sister Neeko to the beach, her hastily adding, "Ah! And I'm not inviting you cause Mom said to take you with me, okay?" would come off as a textbook example of the trope. In context, however, their mother had recently [[spoiler:tricked Iroha into working a part-time shift at an electronics store]], so Imoko [[SincerityMode was being honest about her invitation]], wanting to reassure her sister that there was nothing more to it.
* ''Anime/CellsAtWork'': After White Blood Cell tries telling Killer T Cell about how it would be nice if all cells could get along and respect each other, Killer T Cell shouts at him that it's impossible for immune cells to be friendly with body or blood cells, no matter how much they might want to shoot the breeze some time or get invited to a neighborhood game of cards. White Blood Cell notes that that is an oddly specific scenario.

* ''Manga/MutekiKanbanMusume'': TheBully Megumi invokes it while TheRival Miki fights Toshiyuki, [[VandalismBackfire talking about the ramen Miki tries to deliver]].