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7	[[caption-width-right:350:I mean, the fact that he has to say it...]]
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9	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'', Little Dog tried to use a cat puppet to distract a cat. During his long-winded introduction to the cat, he twice claimed to be "a cat, not a puppet" and ended via stating he was [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain "definitely not a dog"]].
10	* ''WesternAnimation/EightHundredAndFiftyMeters'': While in a place full of skeletons, the knight hears someone talking and assumes it's a nearby skull. Once he figures out it's a magical compass being worn by the skeleton, he imagines a headline stating he found a magical compass and totally knew it wasn't the skull speaking.
11	* From ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'':
12	-->'''Robotnik:''' Snoo[[MemeticMutation ping as]] usual, I see!\
13	'''Scratch:''' Not me! I didn't hear nothing about [[MadScientist Von Schlimmer's]] dreamamajig!\
14	'''Grounder:''' Me neither! Especially I didn't hear the part about the clown!
15	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'':
16	** The episode "The Bros" has Darwin preempt Gumball immediately after learning about his plans for Penny.
17	--->'''Darwin:''' I AM NOT MAKING A SCENE!!!\
18	'''Gumball:''' Okay...\
19	'''Darwin:''' AND I AM NOT JEALOUS OF PENNY!!!
20	** The episode "The Prank" has Gumball and Darwin trying to hide from Richard, who appears to have undergone SanitySlippage and is trying to get them. Darwin claims that he and Gumball are ''not'' under the sofa. Gumball {{facepalm}}s, and Richard is not fooled (even if they escape before he has the chance to lift up the sofa).
21	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
22	** In "[[Recap/AmericanDadS2E5StanOfArabia Stan of Arabia]]: Part 2":
23	-->'''Francine:''' Has your boss called to offer you your job back yet?
24	--> '''Stan:''' Nope, he didn't call me an hour ago. Or maybe it wasn't more like an hour and a half ago.
25	** "Oedipal Panties" has:
26	-->'''Steve:''' There's a cure for ick! I picked some up at a pet store!\
27	'''Klaus:''' Oh, that's great news! What a wonderful fact that I'm just finding out just now!\
28	'''Steve:''' Wait a minute...\
29	'''Klaus:''' What are you suggesting? That I deliberately infected you with ick so your friends would ostracize you and you'd be forced to stay home and keep me company? Don't be ridiculous!
30	** {{Inverted\|Trope}} in the episode "Not Particularly Desperate Housewives", after Linda saves Francine's life [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove by kissing her]], which causes her would-be killers to spare her life[[note]]Francine [[SheKnowsTooMuch knows too much]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext but this counts as counter-blackmail material]][[/note]].
31	--->'''Francine:''' And that fake lesbian kiss--what a great idea!
32	--->'''Linda:''' Fake? Oh yeah. Of course. Fake.
33	--->''[Stan arrives]''
34	--->'''Francine:''' Oh, hi, Stan.
35	--->'''Linda:''' Oh. That's your husband. I'd better get home to my husband, because I love him, and I'm so sexually attracted to him. ''[nervous laugh]'' Oh, yeah. He's got the good stuff. Oh, yeah.
36	** Also inverted and combined with BaitAndSwitch in "Black Mystery Month", when [[spoiler:Steve learned of a conspiracy and was warned that he was being watched, followed by a car ramming into the telephone booth moments after Steve leaped out]]:
37	--->'''Driver''': Sorry! I'm not trying to kill you. I'm just a drunk driver.
38	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': The therapy that Thaddeus Plotz and Wakko Warner receive for their coulrophobia: "A clown is my friend. A clown will not bite me and throw me in the basement. [[Creator/StephenKing A clown is not a big spider...]]"
39	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', Frylock kills a man and transplants his brain into the man's body to impress a woman. When the police come to arrest him, they ask if he's seen anyone resembling a police sketch of Frylock's original body. He responds, "French fries? That's ridiculous. Who'd want to date someone with french fries growing out of his head?" Naturally, the policeman points out that he didn't ask that particular question.
40	* A slight variant in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'':
41	-->'''Archer:''' Wow, that was impressive! Not many women can bring me to orgasm with my mother in the room. ''[beat]'' I would think.
42	** A more usual example:
43	--->'''Archer:''' What is it with serial killers and skin?\
44	'''Krieger:''' I'm not a... ''serial'' killer!\
45	'''Archer:''' [[LampshadeHanging Wait, why did you emphasize the word "serial"]]?
46	** In "The Honeymooners", A livid Malory shouts a suspiciously specific premeditated murder threat that also carries the implication that she's done it before. A fact that Ray lampshades:
47	--->'''Malory''': I am ''literally'' going to kill him.\
48	'''Ray''': Well, [[RunningGag figurativ]]--\
49	'''Malory''':''' ''Literally!'' ''' I'll lure him to my condo in Miami, drug his Steak au Poivre, drive him out to the Everglades, slather him with rancid chicken fat, and toss him to the gators.\
50	'''Ray''': That's pretty specific for a hypothetical.
51	** Another example:
52	--->'''Boris''': Did you just now have telephone call?\
53	'''Katya''': No, don't be an idiot. Also, I must go to America. Unrelated to the telephone call that I just did not receive.
54	* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Menace of the Madniks", ComicBook/BoosterGold specifically denies being in any way to blame for the Apocalyptic wasteland. It takes Batman about three seconds to realize he's been meddling with TimeTravel.
55	* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': When one of Louise's stories resembles Film/MadMaxFuryRoad a little ''too'' much, Bob asks if Louise is sure she hasn't seen the movie. Louise replies that she wouldn't even know how to stream the movie over and over with her mother's password.
56	* In the ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'' episode "Not of This Boy's Room", Bumpy is accidentally kidnapped by aliens. Upon meeting one of them, Bumpy asks the alien if they are planning to do anything bad to the planet. The alien specifies that they have no such plans.
57	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' reveals that Numbuh 1's sole disguise when sneaking into a villain meeting was [[PaperThinDisguise a shirt that had "I'm not Numbuh 1" written on it]]. It worked because [[StupidEvil the Toiletnator]] was guarding the door.
58	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' that takes place in China, after Courage defeats the villain, background character, Di Lung, who is acting as the villain's right-hand man in this episode, is found de-boning Muriel. When Courage goes to stop him, he insists that he isn't "de-boning" her, but is "re-boning" her and begins putting her bones back in.
59	* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': To get revenge on [[Recap/DanVsS1E7DanVsTraffic Traffic]], Dan goes to blow up a car dealership while Chris talks him out of it. Dan agrees to stop, but accidentally destroys the off switch on the explosives, causing the lot to blow up anyway. When Chris gets home that night, Elise asks how Dan is, to which Chris states that, "We didn't blow anything up, if that's what you're asking," immediately setting off Elise's suspicion.
60	* There are so many in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', listing them all could take up an entire page.
61	** In "Parental Bonding":
62	--->'''Jack:''' ''[whilst being Overshadowed by Danny]'' I know these things because I'm his Dad, and not him.\
63	And later:\
64	'''Danny:''' [[Funny/DannyPhantom IT'S A LIE]]; [[BlatantLies I'M NOT A GHOST!]]
65	** Vlad, the series' BigBad and hero's ArchEnemy, also does this the second time Danny calls him a "fruit loop". His subsequent rant ends with, "I am not a fruit loop! And I am not a villain!" Er, Danny never said you were...
66	* From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode "Daria Dance Party":
67	-->'''[[TheSnarkKnight Daria]]:''' Why do you have to go to the dance with a cheerleader?
68	-->'''[[DumbJock Kevin]]:''' [[OperationJealousy It's not to make Brittany jealous]], if that's what you think. ''(laughs)''
69	-->'''Jane:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I'm convinced]].
70	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' does this several times...
71	** ...starting in the very first episode:
72	--->'''Gosalyn:''' [[NoodleIncident I don't know anything about a pig, and I was nowhere near the boys' bathroom at the time]]!\
73	'''Mrs. Cavanaugh:''' What pig?
74	** Also, from the episode "Adopt-A-Con":
75	--->'''Darkwing:''' Hold the phone. You're not Megavolt; you're Tuskerninni, in a really bad Megavolt disguise.\
76	'''Tuskerninni:''' I am ''not'' Tuskerninni, and this is an ''excellent'' disguise!
77	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In "Sis-tem Error", Dee Dee accidentally deactivates the lab's machines and spends most of the episode trying to keep Dexter from finding out. Once she runs out of ideas to keep Dexter from noticing there's something amiss, she disguises herself as Mandark to make Dexter think his rival is causing trouble. "Mandark" specifically says it's not an accident.
78	* In a first season episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'', Dogbert is seen on TV chairing a group discussion of the financial markets. One participant asks if they're talking about the stock market, which Dogbert confirms. He responds:
79	-->Good. I thought for a moment we were talking about the white-slave market, which I of course know nothing about.
80	* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}:'' When some of the characters begin to suspect that Elfo isn't really an elf, they quip that his name falls under this trope.[[note]]For the record, [[spoiler:he's half-elf]].[[/note]]
81	* When Judy saw ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' at her school and her friends see him: "I don't know him, I've never seen him before, and he's definitely not my brother."
82	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', during an incredibly elaborate role-playing exercise, "Chocalandra" (Foxxy) lays down to Xandir the ground rules for living with "Daddy" (Spanky).
83	-->'''Foxxy:''' "... and don't leave the stove on all night! And don't dry the laundry in the stove! And don't use the stove as a heater! ''[quietly aside]'' I ain't allowed to use the stove no more..."
84	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'':
85	** In "The Missing Links of Moorshire!" the Kelpies urges the Ducks to hop on their backs and "We’ll take you to the next hole. And definitely not to a watery grave."
86	** At the beginning of "[=McMystery=] at [=McDuck=] [=McManor=]!", Webby is heading out with Mrs. Beakley carrying a bunch of supplies and weapons. When the boys ask what's up...
87	--->'''Webby:''' Hey guys! Every year, I brush up on my survivor skills on a secret island-\
88	'''Beakley:''' ''Ahem!''\
89	'''[[BadLiar Webby]]:''' I-I mean, a, a, a ''regular'' island where young warriors definitely don't combat the forces of nature and each other. ''(a grenade rolls out of her pack; she kicks it away)'' [[ImplausibleDeniability Y-you know, it's girl stuff.]]
90	** In the episode "The Outlaw Scrooge [=McDuck=]," in a story Scrooge tells about his prospecting days, his cellmate in jail declares he's "Just your common, crackpot outlaw, definitely ''not'' a brilliant scientist from the future accidentally stuck in the old west-- I mean, current west." [[spoiler: It's Gyro, and he returns from this adventure just as Scrooge finishes his story.]]
91	** In "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!," Doofus's birthday cake has "Not full of hair" written on it in frosting. Louie nervously points out that it's weird they felt the need to specify. When the cake later falls on Mrs. Drake, we see that it really is full of hair.
92	** In "Timephoon!" when Gyro Gearloose gets teleported in the [=McDuck=] manor, he begins his explanation about what happened by stating that he was "definitely not building a clone army" while the flashback shows him surrounded by clones of himself.
93	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' has Kuzco accused of stealing an exhibit from the museum. Malina suggests that Yzma is responsible for the crime. [[PaperThinDisguise Principal Amzy]] states that she "hasn't committed any crimes...today".
94	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' loves this trope, and usually mixes it up with an IronicEchoCut. For example:
95	-->'''Timmy:''' Morning, guys.\
96	'''Dad:''' ''WHAT SUPERPOWERS?!''
97	** Fortunately, Timmy already knew about the super powers (given he wished for them) but played along. The real surprise was Vicky, who's usually smarter than Timmy's parents (not that it says much about her), not suspecting anything near the end of "WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers" when she received a letter from someone who signed as "Deep Toot" and wrote on the back "I am not your sister".
98	** Tootie is not very good at at denials. There's also this gem:
99	--->'''Tootie:''' Your parents are gonna be here any minute!
100	--->'''Timmy:''' Wait... how do ''you'' know that?
101	--->'''Tootie:''' I haven't been tapping your phone?
102	** In "Hard Copy", Cosmo disguises himself as a green ceiling lamp with the words "Not Cosmo" written on it.
103	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
104	** In the episode "Sibling Rivalry", Peter accidentally destroys all the samples in a sperm bank.
105	--->'''Nurse:''' Mr. Griffin, you've been there for an awfully long time. Are you all right?\
106	'''Peter:''' Yep, yep, fine, fine. And just that you know, everything in there is exactly the way it was when I went in. There is absolutely zero chance, that I spilled all the jars, and had to refill it with my own sperm. Zero chance.
107	** And from the episode "I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar":
108	--->'''Timeshare Salesman:''' Each residence has 200 feet of pristine oceanfront. No city noise, no flesh-eating ogres, no pollution.\
109	''[all said while he flips rapidly through slides showing scenes of bloody carnage and ferocious monsters tearing people apart]''
110	** When Peter is digging in the backyard in "E. Peterbus Unum":
111	--->'''Stewie''': If you find a human skeleton with a Lincoln Log in the temple, I didn't do it. But I need that log to finish my recreation of James Madison's cabin.
112	** "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Bucks"
113	--->'''Brian''': I roomed with Scott Hamilton at prep school. Nothing happened.
114	** "The Fat Guy Strangler" is ''built'' on this. Lois refuses to accept that her brother is a psychotic killer even when there is evidence clearly in front of her. It's only when Brian snaps at her that she stops.
115	** In "Petergiest", Brian tells Lois that there might be spirits in the house. After Lois calls his claim ridiculous, she and Brian spot the kitchen chairs stacked in a pyramid with the fridge on top of it. Lois, rather than retracting her dismissal, says in the most nervous and desperate tone that she must have flipped everything upside-down overnight and forgot about it. Brian then gives us the following quote that sums up the situation.
116	--->'''Brian:''' [[LampshadeHanging Boy, I haven seen denial this big]] since [[CutawayGag John Travolta married Kelly Preston]].
117	** In "You May Now Kiss The... Uh... Guy Who Receives", Mayor West announces an increase in taxes that has nothing to do with the fact that he recently bought a solid gold statue of Dig 'em the Sugar Smacks mascot.
118	** In "Chick Cancer", an ad for 1980s crowd noises contains an endorsement from Howard Hesseman. The voiceover says "Would Howard Hesseman lie for weed? ''We'' don't think so! Order now!"
119	** Carl spent all his intervention in the 45-minute special episode "Twelve and a Half Angry Men" pretending he could read and write even though no-one was asking him anything.
120	--->'''Bruce:''' Maybe we should take a look at that letter.\
121	'''Carl:''' Yeah, I'd like to see that. Cause I can read just like everybody else. ''[to himself]'' And the charade continues.
122	* Terrence takes this up to eleven (combining it with SayingTooMuch) in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' where Mac and the other friends are looking for Eduardo, who has run away:
123	-->'''Terrence:''' What’s wrong with you?
124	-->'''Mac:''' Well, if you really want to know, one of my friends ran away from home, and we can’t find him anywhere.
125	-->'''Terrence:''' You should check the junkyard. ''(Quickly {{face palm}}s.)''
126	-->'''Mac:''' What?
127	-->'''Terrence:''' Uh, nothing…
128	-->'''Mac:''' Terrence, what are you doing with all those potatoes? [[note]]Potatoes are Eduardo’s TrademarkFavoriteFood[[/note]]
129	-->'''Terrence:''' Uh… Well… they’re not for Eduardo if that’s what you’re thinking. I mean, why would he want all these potatoes? So he could eat them all before he fights the [[BeastlyBloodsports Extremeazord Ultimate Battlezord Tournament]]? Where do you come up with this stuff?
130	-->'''Mac''' ''[Deadpan]'' I didn’t. ''You'' did.
131	-->'''Terrence:''' Yeah, like I would ruin everything by telling you how I found Eduardo and got him to fight for me down at the junkyard. How dumb do you think I am? ''(Leaves with sack of potatoes and slams door behind him.)''
132	-->'''Mac:''' ''[with a smug smile]'' Pretty dumb!
133	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
134	** In the episode "Bend Her", a female Bender is seen singing a verse of a "national anthem" atop an Olympic podium.
135	--->'''Coilette:''' Hail, hail Robonia -- a land I didn't make up!
136	** From ''The Farnsworth Parabox'':
137	--->'''Fry:''' Leela, what have you done?\
138	'''Leela:''' Nothing! What do you mean, "why was I looking in the box"?\
139	'''Fry:''' I meant your hair. It's all [[BuffySpeak different-y]].
140	** Yet another example:
141	--->'''Bender:''' ''[enters Fry's bedroom]'' Aha!\
142	'''Fry:''' ''[hides holophonor behind his back]'' Bender? I was just not playing the holophonor!
143	** From "Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV":
144	--->'''Cubert:''' The guests were supposed to be here three hours ago.\
145	'''Farnsworth''': Well, that doesn't mean that no one is coming or that you two are total losers. Who gave you that idea?!
146	** "That Darn Katz!" manages to have a suspiciously ''vague'' suspiciously specific denial:
147	--->'''Nibbler''': Can you at least tell us what's going on down there?\
148	'''Farnsworth''': We're certainly not building something sinister, if that's what you're implying. Now come on, Bender. Something sinister won't build itself.
149	** In "The Prisoner of Benda":
150	--->'''Emperor Nikolai:''' ''[on TV]'' I'm just a humble emperor, with a big, big crown!\
151	'''Bender:''' ''[turning off the TV]'' Of course I'm not planning to steal that crown!\
152	'''Leela:''' What?
153	* In the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Nighty Nightmare", when Jon goes to get the pizza he ordered, he says "Gee, I wonder who at the door! It couldn't be an pizza, because nobody ordered a pizza! It must be a special delivery letter, certainly not a pizza!". This is implied to be how Garfield finds out.
154	* WesternAnimation/GoldenBookVideo: In "The Wolf and the Kids", when the titular wolf is confronted by a cop at his door:
155	-->'''Big Bad Wolf:''' I know what you're thinking, officer. Why, I haven't been anywhere near Mother Goat's cozy house, and I didn't sneak in and pop her little kids in my sack.
156	-->'''Cop:''' Kids in a sack, eh?
157	-->'''Big Bad Wolf:''' Even though they were alone.
158	-->'''Cop:''' Just a minute. I have a warrant here that says ya stole some flour and powdered sugar. And what's all this about kids in a sack?
159	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
160	** In "Double Dipper", as part of a scheme to get Robbie away from Wendy, Dipper has [[MesACrowd two copies of himself]] make off with Robbie's bike.
161	--->'''Dipper:''' Oh, tough break. I wonder who those guys are that aren't me because I'm right here.
162	** In "Fight Fighters", Mabel gives Grunkle Stan a gift as part of a ZanyScheme to get him to confront his fear of heights under the premise that it's "Great Uncles Day".
163	--->'''Grunkle Stan:''' There's a "Great Uncles Day"?\
164	'''Mabel:''' Of course it's not a day I made up!
165	** Stan is especially prone to this. During the flashback in "A Tale of Two Stans", we get to the part where Stan is selling a brand of band-aids called "The Rip-Off";
166	--->'''Past!Stan:''' The Rip-Off ''won't'' give you rashes. I repeat, it ''won't'' give you rashes.\
167	'''Narrator!Stan:''' It gave ya rashes. ''(Cut to Past!Stan being chased by people with rashes.)''
168	** Soos has a PaperThinDisguise with a hat that specifically points out that he's Not Soos.
169	* The ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild'' episode, "The Golden Goose" combines this with AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering:
170	-->''(Three sisters notice Simpleton with the eponymous goose)''\
171	'''Sister 1:''' [[FunetikAksent Are you sinking vot I am sinking?]]\
172	'''Sister 2:''' No! I vould never shneak into zat man's room vile he vas sleeping und shteal a few golden feathers from his goose.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
174	** Phoebe gives an [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] one in "Phoebe Breaks A Leg" when Arnold discovers she was faking a broken leg that pretty quickly turns into a MotiveRant partway through.
175	--> '''Arnold:''' "This doesn't by any chance have anything to do with Helga, does it? Because of the way she treats you?"
176	--> '''Phoebe:''' (increasingly frazzled) "That's completely ridiculous! Just because Helga's been waiting on me hand and foot ever since the bus accident - that was essentially her fault - doesn't mean that I'd falsely prolong my injury in some kind of passive aggressive attempt to reap the benefits of her guilty conscience and simultaneously give her a taste of her own bossy medicine!"
177	** In "On the Lam", Harold, Sid, and Stinky hide out in the boarding house basement. When Arnold comes down, Stinky says, "there's no one here but us boxes," then when asked why they're in the basement, said they didn't blow anything up, despite having no reason for that to come up otherwise.
178	* ''WesternAnimation/IfYouGiveAMouseACookie'':
179	** In ''If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie'', Mouse and his friends accidentally wreck the decorations for a play that Mouse's boy, Oliver, has a big role in. Later, when Pig encounters Oliver, wondering where he can find Mouse, she tells him that Mouse is getting a haircut so that he'll look good when he sees him in the theater, which definitely hasn't had anything bad happen to it.
180	** In "Chalk-Tastrophe," Mouse and Pig lose Dog's favorite pink chalk down a drain. As they're trying to replace it, he shows up and asks about it. Mouse tells him that is chalk is fine and definitely not lost down a drain.
181	* On ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', Zim's first words addressing the class: "Hello, friends. I am a perfectly normal human worm baby. You have ''nothing,'' absolutely ''nothing'' to fear from me. Just pay no attention to me and we'll get along just fine." The sad thing is, all but [[TheCassandra one kid]] in the class fell for it, or at least cared enough to actually hear what he was saying.
182	* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': "This is not, I repeat not, a tasty cheesy trick!"
183	* In the ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode [[NoirEpisode "Noir Johnny"]] while trying to find Little Suzy's lost doll, he tries questioning Pops:
184	-->'''Johnny:''' I'm on a case, Pops. I'm tracking a devious criminal who's perpetrated a horrible crime.
185	-->'''Pops:''' I was never in Detroit. I don't know anything a missing shipment of exotic sea turtles.
186	* A variant appears in the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Flash and Substance", when Mirror Master responds to allegations that the Flash made him "eat [his] own laser kaleidoscope":
187	--> That's a rumor! A complete exaggeration! And anyway it was a laser pistol!
188	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In the episode "Let's Play Tea Party", everybody except Stumpy is given electric shocks all of a sudden while Stumpy just sits at the table laughing. Mr. Cat glares at Stumpy, prompting this response from him:
189	-->'''Stumpy:''' Why would I have a taser hidden under the table?
190	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In "Overdue", Ron runs into [[DarkActionGirl Shego]], who asks him where Kim is. He immediately blurts out [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend "She's not my girlfriend!"]] Amused, Shego smirks and replies, "Never said she was."
191	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
192	** Hilariously mocked in ''WesternAnimation/BugsAndThugs'', when Rocky and Mugsy are hiding from the police (actually WesternAnimation/BugsBunny disguising his voice) in the stove:
193	--->'''"Cop":''' Alright, rabbit! Where's Rocky? Where is he hiding?\
194	'''Bugs:''' He's not in the stove!\
195	'''"Cop":''' Ooooh, he's hiding in the stove, huh?\
196	'''Bugs:''' Would I turn on the gas if he was in there? ''[Bugs proceeds to turn on the gas]''\
197	'''"Cop":''' You might, rabbit, you might.\
198	'''Bugs:''' Would I throw a lighted match if he was in there? ''[Bugs throws a lit match into the oven, causing the inside where Rocky and Mugsy are hiding to explode]''
199	*** Right after that, a real cop shows up, and Bugs starts the same routine again, but this time [[PreferJailToTheProtagonist Rocky and Mugsy leap out of the stove and surrender]].
200	** Hilariously spoofed ''and'' subverted in ''Southern Fried Rabbit'', as well. WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam visits the home of [[Literature/GoneWithTheWind Scarlet O'Hara]] to find Bugs. The latter, [[PaperThinDisguise dressed as Scarlett]], rushes to block the door of a room exclaiming the rabbit is "Not in here!" Sam, fooled by Bugs' disguise, takes that to mean the rabbit is indeed in the room. He opens the door and gets blasted by a cannon. When Bugs repeats this trick with another room, Sam decides to give up.
201	* ''WesternAnimation/MegaBabies'': In the episode "Journey to the Center of the Sewer" after [[ItMakesSenseInContext Buck accidentally flushes Meg and Derrick down the toilet]], Nurse Lazlo waits outside the bathroom and asks to check on them, in which Buck replies "Nobody got [[BabyTalk flushied down the toisie!]]"
202	* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse Mickey Mouse Works]]'' short "Purple Pluto", in which Minnie accidentally [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin turns Pluto purple]], she heads off to the store to find a solution. When Mickey asks what's up, she shouts out, "Pluto is ''not'' purple!"
203	* In "Be Good to Bugs... and Frogs", from ''WesternAnimation/MissSpidersSunnyPatchFriends'', the Spider family gathers around Felix the frog to hide him when Beetrice pays a visit to the Cozy Hole. She asks if they've heard what the buzz is, and they say that they haven't. Bounce agrees, telling her, "This is our sofa, not a frog."
204	* On ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' Reverend Putty does this in the middle of a church service.
205	-->'''Rev. Putty:''' And all this is the fault of just one, lone person. ''[[{{Beat}} [beat]]]'' Um, Orel, can you excuse us for a moment while we talk?\
206	'''Orel:''' You and everybody?\
207	'''Rev. Putty:''' Yeah, don't worry, it's not about you.
208	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
209	** In the second season premiere features several members of the cast getting brainwashed by the BigBad. Turns out that even when brainwashed, Applejack is a terrible liar, as most of her lies consist of this trope.
210	** In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]]", at one point Applejack asks whether Twilight might be acting possessive of her brother, Shining Armor. Twilight angrily retorts, "I am ''not'' being possessive, and I am ''not'' taking it out on Cadance!" Nopony had mentioned the second part. This probably contributes to them later taking Cadance's side when Twilight accuses her of being evil.
211	** In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep Read It And Weep]]", Rainbow Dash invokes this when intentionally losing a board game to Twilight and Fluttershy in order to get back to secretly reading a Daring Do book.
212	--->'''Rainbow Dash:''' You win some, you lose some.\
213	'''Twilight:''' But you ''don't'' lose some! I don't think you've ever lost a game of--\
214	'''Rainbow Dash:''' yawns Thanks for coming!\
215	'''Twilight:''' But yesterday you were desperate for things to do!\
216	'''Rainbow Dash:''' Do? Who said anything about Daring Do? I ''told'' you I'm not interested in reading!
217	** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Crusaders of the Lost Mark]]", Diamond Tiara acts a bit too defensive when the [=CMC=] question whether she knows what her Cutie Mark means.
218	--->'''Diamond Tiara''': Yeah, 'cause I have my cutie mark! And I'm not struggling at all to figure out who I'm supposed to be and what I'm supposed to be doing with this mark that's already on my flank!
219	* Used in ''Franchise/MyLittlePony: Twinkle Wish Adventure'':
220	-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' We didn't open [the box] and let a crazy, old dragon steal the wishing star, or anything. ''[{{beat}}]'' Want a cookie?
221	* Newton, from ''WesternAnimation/NedsNewt'', whenever he shapeshifts into some kind of disguise, will introduce himself along the lines of: "Hello, I am [insert whatever disguise he's wearing] and absolutely ''no'' newt."
222	* In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'', Sara's insistence that she and the others are going to the graveyard just to "hang out and drink age-appropriate drinks," and immediately afterwards specifies what else they're doing: "Age-appropriate stuff that's not illegal." (They are seen later at the graveyard with what looks like a carton of either milk or orange juice.)
223	* In "Another Tree Problem" on ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'', the reason why Peg wants to borrow Ramone's giraffes is not because Cat is stuck in a tree again. No, absolutely not.
224	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' does this several times in succession in the episode "The Lake Nose Monster", although in a subversion, it doesn't work:
225	-->'''Phineas''': Candace, I can assure you that a ferocious man-eating lake monster does not exist in Lake Nose.\
226	'''Candace''': [[GenreSavvy Wait a minute, so does a friendly, non-ferocious lake nose monster exist?]] Do you have proof of that, hm?\
227	'''Phineas''': Do we have proof? No. (Winks at Candace)\
228	'''Ferb''': Well, if such a creature did exist, I believe it would all be our responsibility to look after and protect it.
229	** In "Phineas and Ferb Interrupted", Perry the Platypus returns to [[HarmlessVillain Dr. Doofenshmirtz's]] after already having defeated him once that day. Doofenshmirtz greets him with "Perry the Platypus! ''(sniff)'' I mean, ''(sniff)'' I wasn't crying."
230	** Perry's fake Evil Con ID from "A Hard Day's Knight" says on the bottom "Note: Not a Platypus."
231	* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'':
232	** When Randy and Howard meet [=McFist=] at Bash's birthday party, Randy at first spoke like he already met [=McFist=] before, forgetting that, up to this point, it was only as "The Ninja" he already met him. His efforts to mask that slip was claiming they never met before. Howard then added that [=McFist=]'s stepson Bash wasn't a jerk.
233	** Randy was specifically invoking this trope in ''Wave Slayers'' to avoid having to confess the truth when the Ninjanomicon told him to fess up about what happened to Buttermaker.
234	** After expressing hope that a then 6-year-old Randy never becomes the Ninja, the Ninja of 2005 quickly mentions there wouldn't be a chance anyway because the Ninja is the same Ninja during all those centuries.
235	* On ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', Jet and his family are secretly aliens from the planet Bortron 7 and must hide their identities on Earth. Unfortunately, [[CannotKeepASecret Jet is terrible at keeping his alien identity a secret]], and so many specific denials occur throughout the series, along the lines of "It's not like I'm an alien from another planet or something!".
236	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': In "Slimer, Come Home ", Peter accidentally drives Slimer to run away by berating him after he eats Winston's birthday cake. He eventually regrets it and after the team manages to find their runaway ghost, Janine spills that the welcome home party was Peter's idea. Peter claims that he just likes parties; it had nothing to do with Slimer and he didn't miss him.
237	* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'':
238	** Rick's rant in the Season 3 premiere "I am not driven to avenge my dead family, Morty!" turns out to be this in the Season 5 finale, where it's revealed [[spoiler: Rick went on a rampage many years ago against alternate versions of himself in order to find out his wife and daughter's killer.]]
239	** In the "Baby Legs" short from Recap/RickAndMortyS1E8RixtyMinutes, the criminal is first seen carrying a box labeled "Not Drugs."
240	* ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' had the evil lair of the Angry Scientist (''not'' Mad Scientist) with a sign outside saying something like "Not an evil lair" even though it was ObviouslyEvil.
241	* In "Toby Braves the Bully" from ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'', Toby tells Callie and Peck that he can't tell them that the bully, Bradley Bulldog, took his scooter and threw his newspapers to the ground because then he would be a tattle-tale.
242	* From ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
243	** "He said, uh, 'We wouldn't dream of sacrificing the blue-haired woman!'"
244	** Bart's famously excessive denial from "Moaning Lisa": "I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything."
245	** "Behind The Laughter:"
246	--->'''Lisa:''' To prolong the run of the series, I was secretly given anti-growth hormones.\
247	'''Homer:''' That's ridiculous. How could I even get all five necessary drops into her cereal?... What?
248	** Quoth Grandpa: "Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is ''not'' a porn star!" However, he did seem to say this with such furious indignance that his response could be explained by his common portrayal as a senile CloudCuckooLander.
249	** Homer is typically unable to detect when someone is using this trope. Like when he's searching for his long-lost brother, and the worker at the department of records, who isn't allowed to tell him where his brother lives, says, "Your brother could be anywhere... ''even Detroit.''" Homer doesn't get it. After missing several other incredibly obvious hints, Homer bribes the man to tell him. Homer is then surprised to learn that his brother is in... Detroit!
250	** Tiananmen Square:
251	--->''On this spot, in 1989, nothing happened.''
252	** In "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em", Marge tells Bart she got a letter from his school and he stammers, "A fire? I didn't start a fire in the teachers' lounge! I mean, what fire? I mean, a letter from school? Please elaborate."
253	** At the end of "The President Wore Pearls," a subtitle informs viewers that the producers, on the advice of their lawyers, have never heard of [[Music/{{Evita}} a musical based on the life of Eva Peron]].
254	** From "Bart Has Two Mommies"
255	--->'''Homer:''' You haven't seen Bart for a few hours, so you automatically assume I let something terrible happen!\
256	'''Marge:''' I didn't say that.\
257	'''Homer:''' I know what you think: "when stupid Homer wasn't looking, Bart got kidnapped by a monkey!"\
258	'''Marge:''' I could never think of something that horrible!\
259	'''Homer:''' [[SarcasticConfession And now I'm using sarcasm to confess the whole thing, so later I can say that I already told you!]]
260	** Homer again, in "Bart After Dark": "Now Marge, you're going to hear a lot of crazy rumors about Bart working in a burlesque house..."
261	** A map at {{Area 51}}-A notes "You are here. We are not."
262	** In "Round Springfield", Krusty held a press conference to address charges that his products were unsafe, his theme park was a death trap, and that he was [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking marketing videos of Tanya Harding's wedding night]]:
263	--->'''Krusty:''' And I contend that those tourists were decapitated ''before'' they entered the [=KrustyLand=] House of Knives.
264	** In "Sideshow Bob Roberts", Mayor Quimby's election ad has a jingle stating Quimby's accomplishments. It closes out with one of these:
265	--->It's not the Mayor's fault that the stadium collapsed~!
266	** In the episode "I Married Marge", Homer recalls that while Marge was pregnant with Bart, and they were living with her family (and lost all the things they bought for the baby), Homer left to find work after an interview with the Nuclear Plant didn't work out. One of the things he tries is a seminar on some GetRichQuickScheme, which starts out with the CEO talking about how this is ''not'' a pyramid scheme, and they use a "trapezoid" model instead. Before he can continue on with his spiel, the cops show up and he jumps out the window.
267	* ''WesternAnimation/SlackerCats''
268	--> '''Buckley:''' "I never wear Louise's underwear!"\
269	'''Eddie:''' "Who ever said you did?"\
270	'''Buckley:''' "Nobody... but people talk and they might say that I sneak into Louise's room, put on her underwear and dance to "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls... but I don't do that."
271	* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' will have both Amy, ''and'' Sonic, bantering in a way that "doesn’t" come off as "lovey-dovey" at all, despite it being ''[[EveryoneCanSeeIt very]]'' [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious]] to practically every character that interacts with them.
272	** In "Sticks and Amy’s Excellent Staycation", Amy has a plan to keep Eggman at bay, using a homemade Sonic doll as a ward, and for some reason, ''has'' to point out that she keeps it around for "totally legitimate, definitely '''non'''-creepy reasons".
273	** In "Robots from the Sky Pt.4", Sonic states that he's happy to see her, "in a totally non-romantic, [[BlatantLies comrades-in-arms]] kind of way", much to the chagrin of Sticks.
274
275	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
276	** This one from the episode "Pink Eye" also qualifies as a NoodleIncident:
277	--->'''Officer Barbrady:''' You're probably wondering why we're standing here with a pile of money and no pants on.\
278	'''Chef:''' Actually, uh...\
279	'''Mayor:''' Well, I can assure you that it has absolutely nothing to do with the Japanese Mafia.\
280	'''Officer Barbrady:''' Not a thingy-dingy.
281	** In "A Million Little Fibers":
282	--->'''Geraldo Rivera:''' Who is this?\
283	'''Oprah Winfrey's Asshole:''' [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext ...this is definitely not Oprah Winfrey's Asshole]].
284	** In "The Coon", when [[HeroWithAnFInGood the Coon/Cartman]] and [[TheCowl Mysterion]] are trying to guess each other's secret identities:
285	--->'''Mysterion:''' I assume you must be Cartman, [[YouAreFat because you're fat]].\
286	''[beat]''\
287	'''Cartman:''' Well, you're ''wrong!'' I am ''not'' Eric Cartman ''and he's not fat!''
288	** "A Ladder to Heaven"
289	--->'''God''': Saddam. I've been hearing rumors that you're secretly building weapons of mass destruction up here.\
290	'''Saddam''': Weapons of mass destruction? Nooo! This is a chocolate chip factory. See?\
291	'''God''': It looks like a chemical weapons plant.\
292	'''Saddam''': Look, God, if I was gonna secretly build a chemical weapons plant, I wouldn't make it look like a chemical weapons plant, would I? I'd make it look like a chocolate chip factory or something.\
293	'''God''': ...Alright, just checking.
294	** In "Bass to Mouth", Catatafish did NOT make an underage fish perform [[TitleDrop bass to mouth]], or ass to trout, although that's the same thing, not that he did it.
295	** "Creme Fraiche"
296	--->'''Randy:''' What are you doing?\
297	'''Sharon:''' Just blocking some channels.\
298	'''Randy:''' I wasn't watching the food channels!\
299	'''Sharon:''' Then how did you know I was blocking them?\
300	'''Randy:''' I know... because... I don't know that! That's what I'm trying to tell you!
301	** "Jewpacabra"
302	--->'''Company rep''': Hello. I would just like to assure you first that Sooperfoods is not an antisemitic company, but...
303	** In "Fishdicks", we get repeated journeys into Cartman's SelfServingMemory, during which people repeatedly comment that he's super-cool [[IAmBigBoned and totally not fat]].
304	** In "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants", the cave where Osama is hiding has a sign at its entrance saying, "Not where Bin Laden is hiding."
305	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E9PlanOfDissent "Plan of Dissent"]], when unauthorized experimentation with captured Umbaran starfighters results in an alarm going off in the control tower, Fives attempts to dissuade General Krell from investigating over the comms. One of the things he says is "Nothing's out of control down here." That could not be further from the truth.
306	* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "An Indirect Kiss", Pearl spontaneously reassures Garnet that everything is going to be okay. Garnet calmly agrees, prompting Pearl to reply hopefully: "You really think so?" In this instance, the 'denial' comes from Pearl projecting her anxiety onto someone else so she doesn't have to deal with it.
307	* From ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo''. When Starfire is asked by a young girl if she is sad she invokes this trope.
308	-->'''Starfire:''' "No thank you please. I am sad about nothing and I do not have the boy troubles."
309	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
310	** A puke-prone Bridgette stumbles into Tyler's arms in "[[Recap/TotalDramaNotQuiteFamous Not Quite Famous]]", prompting Lindsay to exclaim that she should puke on her own boyfriend. Heather hears her and, having previously forbidden Lindsay from hooking up with anyone from the Killer Bass, demands that she repeats herself. Lindsay hastily replies that she "didn't say boyfriend".
311	** When everyone has to wait for Harold to vacate the barrel in "[[Recap/TotalDrama310ToCrazytown 3:10 to Crazytown]]" so they can clean themselves, people tell him to hurry up and Owen notes that he really has to pee. It doesn't draw nearly as much ire as when he hastily insists he'd never pee in the barrel. Eventually he admits he would.
312	** Courtney has an outburst in "[[Recap/TotalDramaThePrincessPride The Princess Pride]]" when Chris tricks her into thinking Duncan's eliminated instead of Justin. Chris admits to lying, which leaves Duncan amused that Courtney came to his defense. In the confessional, Courtney insists she freaked because she worked hard to get Justin eliminated and that it had absolutely nothing to do with her feelings for Duncan, which she also definitely doesn't have.
313	** Duncan complains about the "stabbing pain in [his] back" from sleeping on a faulty mattress in "[[Recap/TotalDrama2008ASpaceOwen 2008: A Space Owen]]". The moment the sentence leaves his mouth, Owen, who secretly works for Chris, blurts out: "Who stabbed you in the back? It wasn't me. I'm a good guy. Not some dirty backstabber, I swear! You've gotta believe me!" No one knows what he's talking about, but it does get Harold thinking.
314	** In her audition tape, Samey goes on a long-winded tangent about her name and home life and personality that betrays everything she sought to keep hidden: "I'm Sammy, NOT Samey. Uh-I don't even know why I said that. No one has ever called me Samey. I mean who would, right? Anyway I don't have a sister or anything. It's pretty much just me... and I'm really confident, because of the no sister thing... and--"
315	* Ramjet of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' IS this trope, so much so that his [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_(Animated) article]] on Website/TFWikiDotNet has it as a running gag:
316	-->''Ramjet, certainly ''not'' the Liar Starscream, is the original Starscream, and ''not'' a clone.''\
317	''This entire article is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The fact that it's about Ramjet (who ''isn't'' a big fat liar) has nothing to do with anything. So there.''\
318	''We never said that this article spoke truth. You can't prove anything!''
319	* In ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'', Spider-Man accidentally looses [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Captain America's Shield]] which lands on the Latverian embassy, and into Dr Dooms hands. Spidey ask Doom for the shield claiming it isn't the real shield of Captain America.
320	** In "Spidah Man", one of the reasons Spidey spent most of the episode in Boston was Jameson offering ten million dollars to whoever unmasks Spidey. At the end of the episode, he was seen announcing the reward has been called off and claiming it had nothing to do with his newspaper's sales having decreased as a consequence of Spider-Man leaving New York.
321	* From the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTalesInTheHouse'' episode "When the Dust Bunnies Came to Town":
322	-->'''Jimmy:''' Well, there sure isn't one in our home. We'd never secretly keep a Dust Bunny and treat him like a member of our family behind everyone's back.
323	* On ''WesternAnimation/WallyKazam'' in "Castle Caper", when it starts to become obvious to Wally that his plan to smuggle his dragon Norville in a cake as a TrojanHorse into a castle taken over by Bobgoblin isn't working, he ends up issuing one of these.
324	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'' Tino and Carver burst in on Tish wearing a lot of make-up and costume, preening in front of the mirror. As soon as they do, she immediately says "I wasn't playing dress-up".
325	* ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' uses this trope a lot. For example:
326	** The eponymous [=WordGirl=] (as her secret identity Becky) will often claim that she is ''not'' [=WordGirl=].
327	** The villains like to use this, too.
328	---> '''The Butcher:''' Hi! I'm ''not'' the Butcher!
329	* Jean is quick to deny that she's spying on Scott in the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' episode "Fun and Games". Scott never accused her of such.

Context SuspiciouslySpecificDenial / WesternAnimation