History Main / StereoFibbing

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' episode "The Warrior Incarnate", the Dark Hand busts into Uncle's shop looking for a terracotta statue on loan there. However, the statue was previously broken and is now totally disappeared from the shop, as Jade hauled the pieces away without Jackie or Uncle's knowledge. In this case, both Jackie and Uncle are telling the truth yet don't know the full story, making their explanations sound inconsistent:

* In ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'', Sela and Fangburn tell a phony story to Cluny to cover [[spoiler:Redtooth's death at the hands of Constance]], but didn't work out all the details:

* In ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'', Sela and Fangburn tell a phony story to Cluny, but didn't work out all the details:

'''Jesse/Joey''': Green/Blue. ''{unsurely}'' Blue/Green? Kind of a greenish blue...

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'':
** In one of the host segments for ''Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion'' - which had an ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' plot throughout the segments, Pearl and Observer identify the pods as:
-->'''Pearl/Observer:''' Zucchini/Throw pillows.\\
'''Pearl/Observer:''' Throw pillows/Zucchini.\\
'''Pearl/Observer:''' Well, it's a kind of (Zucchini/throw pillow) that you can use as a (throw pillow/Zucchini).\\
'''Pearl:''' They're throw pillows -\\
'''Observer:''' Zucchi-\\
'''Pearl:''' (glares at Observer) They're '''''throw pillows'''''.
** In an SOL segment, Joel reads a letter from a young boy who says his use of the word "dickweed" (heard on the show) got him in trouble, and asks if it's a swear word. He and Servo quickly reply "Yes!No!/No!Yes!"

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[[caption-width-right:243:Would you believe we're knitting each other's hair?]]

->'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lola Loud]]''': "He's sick."
->'''Lucy Loud''': "He's studying."
->'''Lana Loud''': "He's sick of studying."

'''Tom/Ron:''' Nowhere/The library.

'''Harry/Sirius:''' Nothing/This old book I found.\\
'''Sirius/Harry:''' Nothing/This old book Sirius found.

'''Hermione/Harry:''' Yes/No.\\

* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies'': In the prequel, two human villains try to keep people from going down to a wine cellar where they have several the bodies of murder victims hidden, and simultaneously say that no one can go there because the cellar is flooded and the roof caved in. Even then, they might have gotten away with it in the panic (there are zombies besieging the place) if not for a suspicious servant calling out the lie.

-->'''Basil:''' We had it flown in from...\\

** In one of the host segments for ''Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion'' - which had an ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' plot throughout the segments, Pearl and Observer identify the pods as:
-->'''Pearl/Observer:''' Zucchini/Throw pillows.\\
'''Pearl/Observer:''' Throw pillows/Zucchini.\\
'''Pearl/Observer:''' Well, it's a kind of (Zucchini/throw pillow) that you can use as a (throw pillow/Zucchini).\\
'''Pearl:''' They're throw pillows -\\
'''Observer:''' Zucchi-\\
'''Pearl:''' (glares at Observer) They're '''''throw pillows'''''.
** In an SOL segment, Joel reads a letter from a young boy who says his use of the word "dickweed" (heard on the show) got him in trouble, and asks if it's a swear word. He and Servo quickly reply "Yes!No!/No!Yes!"

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In "Alter Ego", when Kim falls in love with a holodeck character, he goes to Tuvok to try to learn how to suppress his emotions. Part of Tuvok's teaching involves meeting the character on the holodeck together. She asks them:

'''Tuvok / Kim:''' No. / Yes.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': In an SOL segment for 'The Beatniks" , Joel reads a letter from a young boy who says his use of the word "dickweed" (heard on the show) got him in trouble, and asks if it's a swear word. He and Servo quickly reply "Yes!No!/No!Yes!"

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': In one of the host segments for ''Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion'' - which had an ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' plot throughout the segments, Pearl and Observer identify the pods as:
-->'''Pearl/Observer:''' Zucchini/Throw pillows.\\
'''Pearl/Observer:''' Throw pillows/Zucchini.\\
'''Pearl/Observer:''' Well, it's a kind of (Zucchini/throw pillow) that you can use as a (throw pillow/Zucchini).\\
'''Pearl:''' They're throw pillows -\\
'''Observer:''' Zucchi-\\
'''Pearl:''' (glares at Observer) They're '''''throw pillows'''''.
** In an SOL segment, Joel reads a letter from a young boy who says his use of the word "dickweed" (heard on the show) got him in trouble, and asks if it's a swear word. He and Servo quickly reply "Yes!No!/No!Yes!"

* In one episode of ''Radio/AbsolutePower'', Charles has supplied Prentiss [=McCabe=]'s newest client with an entirely fictional tragic background, including being raised by an abusive single mother in a tower block. (She was actually raised by two loving parents in a bungalow.)

* StereoFibbing: Th book features a rare version where the characters actually do have time to come up with a cover story in advance, but still fail to do so (presumably due to being nervous) while ringing a doorbell to distract the house owners so that one of their relatives can rescue her husband (who got caught breaking and entering). One of the women ringing the doorbell says they are from the League of Women Voters and the other says they are raising funds for cystic fibrosis patients. Then, in a panic, they both switch to the story the other woman is telling. The householders fail to grasp what is happening, but are left utterly confused.

* In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', after Data's head has been found in an abandoned 19th century mine on Earth, Data notices that the rest of the crew seems awkward around him. He says to Riker and Troi:

* In Season 9 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', Church and Tucker break the news to Tex about the [[InventedIndividual poor, deceased]] [[Film/TheMatrix Andersmith]].