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** ''[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E22ReturnToWartwood Return To Wartwood]]" is another such plot, this time initiated by Hop Pop when he realizes he forgot to pick up items that the villagers asked him to get from Newtopia. He concocts an elaborate plan to pretend that he did get the gifts but they were all destroyed, and Sprig and Polly get [[SnowballLie roped in]] because they also don't want the embarrassment either. Anne [[lampshade]]s how often they end up in these situations. Hop Pop ignores her.

** ''[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E22ReturnToWartwood Return To Wartwood]]" is another such plot, this time initiated by Hop Pop when he realizes he forgot to pick up items that the villagers asked him to get from Newtopia. He concocts an elaborate plan to pretend that he did get the gifts but they were all destroyed. Anne [[lampshade]]s how often they end up in these situations. Hop Pop ignores her.
--> '''Anne:''' Lying will only make it worse. I feel like we've learned that lesson by now.

* ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles'', is about a man trying to pass off his gay father and the man's transvestite partner as a straight couple to his finance's family.

* The plot of "Theatre/DearEvanHansen" starts by Evan lying about being friends with a boy who died by suicide. Then he is convinced his lie is helping other people, so he has to add more layers to keep the story going.

-->-- '''Chandler''', ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One With Rachel's Phone Number"

* In ''AudioPlay/ThirtySixQuestions'', Judith only intended that have a fake identity for the span of "one cup of coffee"... only to end up continuing as it was "Too late to backpedal, too good not to keep going." The lie came crashing down after two years, when her parents sent private investigators to track her down.

-->-- '''Chandler''', ''Series/{{Friends}}''

* This is how Penny Akk became a supervillain in ''Literature/PleaseDontTellMyParentsImASupervillain''. In the beginning, she tries to prevent her friend from committing vandalism for petty reasons. When a KnightTemplar superhero intervenes and accuses them of trying to steal a valuable piece of alien technology, she plays along to protect her real identity and keep her and her friends out of trouble. The snowball really starts to pick up speed when Penny starts committing flashy crimes at random to redirect suspicion from herself. Her reputation is cemented after she participates in some major crimes [[spoiler:after a real supervillain blackmails her]]. It has reached the point where even major acts of heroism by Penny are reinterpreted by the authorities as simply being elements of some villainous master plan, and Penny herself [[spoiler:begins to wonder if perhaps [[BecomingTheMask she actually prefers being a supervillain anyway]]]].

* This is how Penny Ack became a supervillain in ''Literature/PleaseDontTellMyParentsImASupervillain''. In the beginning, she tries to prevent her friend from committing vandalism for petty reasons. When a KnightTemplar superhero intervenes and accuses them of trying to steal a valuable piece of alien technology, she plays along to protect her real identity and keep her and her friends out of trouble. The snowball really starts to pick up speed when Penny starts committing flashy crimes at random to redirect suspicion from herself. Her reputation is cemented after she participates in some major crimes [[spoiler:after a real supervillain blackmails her]]. It has reached the point where even major acts of heroism by Penny are reinterpreted by the authorities as simply being elements of some villainous master plan, and Penny herself [[spoiler:begins to wonder if perhaps [[BecomingTheMask she actually prefers being a supervillain anyway]]]].