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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS14E7 A Sacred Trust]]", the Prioress knew all along who the murderer was and what was his motive, but still didn't share this information with the police for reasons of her own.
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* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', there are plenty of Piantas who have Shine Sprites for Mario as rewards for helping them... which raises a few questions considering how they were so furious at the loss of the Shine Sprites to begin with. Considering that they arrest Mario for allegedly causing the Sprites to disappear, one would think they'd be more willing to just ''give'' him any that they had, so the island could be cleaned more quickly. That's not even going into the more ridiculous ways the Piantas are obstructive (for example, the one in Hotel Delphino who refuses to let Mario go into the pool - and thus get the Shine Sprite in plain sight in the room - because he's not wearing proper swim gear, thus forcing him to go on a ridiculous FetchQuest to enter the pool through the air vent).

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* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', there are plenty of Piantas who have Shine Sprites for Mario as rewards for helping them... which raises a few questions considering how they were so furious at the loss of the Shine Sprites to begin with. Considering that they arrest Mario for allegedly causing the Sprites to disappear, one would think they'd be more willing to just ''give'' him any that they had, so the island could be cleaned more quickly. That's not even going into the more ridiculous ways the Piantas are obstructive (for example, the one in Hotel Delphino Delfino who refuses to let Mario go into the pool - and thus get the Shine Sprite in plain sight in the room - because he's not wearing proper swim gear, thus forcing him to go on a ridiculous FetchQuest to enter the pool through the air vent).
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See also PerpSweating, OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers, FigureItOutYourself. Not to be confused with UnwantedAssistance.

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See also PerpSweating, OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers, FigureItOutYourself. Not to be confused with UnwantedAssistance.UnwantedAssistance or BotheringByTheBook.
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* Refreshingly averted in one episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'', where the suspect (who they are absolutely certain is the killer) gives them absolutely everything they need, over the objections of his lawyer. "Save the defense for when I actually kill someone, all right?"

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* Refreshingly averted in one episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'', ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', where the suspect (who they are absolutely certain is the killer) gives them absolutely everything they need, over the objections of his lawyer. "Save the defense for when I actually kill someone, all right?"
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** Victor Kudo from 3-3 is a notable aversion. While an unpleasant and hostile {{Jerkass}} who is highly uncooperative during the investigation phase, once he's actually on the stand he is largely upfront and truthful about what he thinks he saw. While Phoenix naturally discovers plenty of contradictions that tear his testimony apart, it turns out to be a case of him being tricked by the culprit as opposed to him lying or forgetting what he saw.

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* ''Literature/ElfslayerChronicles'': During the investigation into the murder of the prince, the Rumbling Brothers take every opportunity to make life hard for the elvish interrogators despite not actually being involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the prince. In-character, it's because they are dwarves and as such love making elves suffer. Out of character, they are as cheesed off at the DM's [[CantArgueWithElves sparkly naturalistic homosexual elves]] as OP was.



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* ''Literature/ElfslayerChronicles'': During the investigation into the murder of the prince, the Rumbling Brothers take every opportunity to make life hard for the elvish interrogators despite not actually being involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the prince. In-character, it's because they are dwarves and as such love making elves suffer. Out of character, they are as cheesed off at the DM's [[CantArgueWithElves sparkly naturalistic homosexual elves]] as OP was.
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* ''WebOriginal/ElfslayerChronicles'': During the investigation into the murder of the prince, the Rumbling Brothers take every opportunity to make life hard for the elvish interrogators despite not actually being involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the prince. In-character, it's because they are dwarves and as such love making elves suffer. Out of character, they are as cheesed off at the DM's [[CantArgueWithElves sparkly naturalistic homosexual elves]] as OP was.

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* ''WebOriginal/ElfslayerChronicles'': ''Literature/ElfslayerChronicles'': During the investigation into the murder of the prince, the Rumbling Brothers take every opportunity to make life hard for the elvish interrogators despite not actually being involved in the conspiracy to assassinate the prince. In-character, it's because they are dwarves and as such love making elves suffer. Out of character, they are as cheesed off at the DM's [[CantArgueWithElves sparkly naturalistic homosexual elves]] as OP was.

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