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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In "D.W., Queen of the Comeback", D.W. can't think of a good comeback when she's insulted about her bad new haircut. She [[NeverMyFault blames Arthur]] for not teaching her any good ones, saying, "What do you say when you get teased for being boring?" Of course, this assumes that he ''does'' get teased for it, which Arthur protests against.
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* In the 2010 Supreme Court case of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berghuis_v._Thompkins Berghuis v. Thompkins]]'', defendant Van Chester Thompkins, after being arrested by the Southfield (UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}}) police as a suspect in a fatal shooting, was advised of his Miranda rights, not invoking any of his Miranda rights when they were read to him. Later, the detectives attempted to appeal to his conscience and his religious beliefs, asking him "Do you believe in God?", "Do you pray to God?", and "Do you pray that God will forgive you for shooting the victim?" Thompkins answered yes to all three questions, with the final 'yes' response being equal to a confession of shooting. After attempting to appeal, Thompkins was ultimately convicted and sentenced to a life sentence with no possible chance for parole (the maximum penalty for murder in Michigan, which banned the death penalty in 1847). He was not solely convicted due to his confession however. Even so, the decision upholding this was widely criticized for eroding established ''[[MirandaWarning Miranda]]'' rights against self-incrimination.

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* In the 2010 Supreme Court case of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berghuis_v._Thompkins Berghuis v. Thompkins]]'', defendant Van Chester Thompkins, after being arrested by the Southfield (UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}}) police as a suspect in a fatal shooting, was advised of his Miranda rights, not invoking any of his Miranda rights when they were read to him. Later, the detectives attempted to appeal to his conscience and his religious beliefs, asking him "Do you believe in God?", "Do you pray to God?", and "Do you pray that God will forgive you for shooting the victim?" Thompkins answered yes to all three questions, with the final 'yes' response being equal to a confession of shooting. After attempting to appeal, Thompkins was ultimately convicted and sentenced to a life sentence with no possible chance for parole (the maximum penalty for murder in Michigan, which banned the death penalty in 1847). He was not solely convicted due to his confession however. Even so, the decision upholding this was widely criticized for eroding established ''[[MirandaWarning ''[[MirandaRights Miranda]]'' rights against self-incrimination.
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* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAnAwesomeFriendlyKid'', [[ToxicFriendInfluence Greg]] slips [[GoodIsDumb Rowley]] a note asking if he's embarrassed about wetting the bed. [[TooDumbToFool Rowley just answers no and Greg has to explain the joke.]]
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* A particularly manipulative version of this occurs in so called "push polls", which usually takes the form of asking "If you knew Bob (insert some really unpleasant and usually completely made up claim) would you be more or less likely to vote for him". Obviously, they don't really care what the person thinks, it's just away to [[WeaselWords make the claim without actually saying anything legally actionable]].

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* A particularly manipulative version of this occurs in so called "push polls", which usually takes the form of asking "If you knew Bob (insert some really unpleasant and usually completely made up claim) would you be more or less likely to vote for him". Obviously, they don't really care what the person thinks, it's just away a way to [[WeaselWords make the claim without actually saying anything legally actionable]].

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