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** Inverted when Petey destroys the Qlaviql Tricameral Assembly, with an array of False ''Threats''. Petey presumably expended a ''lot'' of processing power finding wording to imply that he was about to kill the entire Assembly with an orbital plasma lance, without giving away that he intended to send them to Andromeda before actually firing it: "destroying the building and all who remain inside", using "removed from office" as what ''sounds like'' a DeadlyEuphemism but is in fact literally true, etc.
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** After the party fails abandons an attempt to escape from prison, prison because they heard the guards coming to check on them, the highly Lawful character Durkon states that "the '''five''' of us never left our cells" -- which is true, because Durkon refused to follow when his four fellow party members left. When questioned about the unlocked cell doors, he truthfully responds "'Twas a mechanical defect" -- he counts "able to be picked by a rogue" as a mechanical defect, and given that she had only improvised tools and a +2 love bonus to do it with, it's not even that much of a stretch.
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** When General Tarquin offered the use of a MagicCarpet to the Order to help get them to Girard's Gate, Elan initially objected on the grounds that it was likely to be of evil origins. Tarquin clarified that, while a friend of his did steal it, it had belonged to a wealthy man who owned others, and promised that said man only missed it for a few seconds. What Tarquin didn't mention is that the carpet was stolen from the man while he was still on it in the air, and so he only 'missed it' for the few seconds it took before he hit the ground.
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{{False Reassurance}}s in {{Webcomics}}.
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* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'':
-->'''[[TheDitz Fighter]]:''' Hey, guys. Do you think I'm dumb?\\
'''Thief:''' I can honestly say I do not '''think''' that you're dumb.
** Red Mage reassures Thief that his precious treasure shall be "preserved", without expounding on his plan to freeze the universe containing the treasure (and nigh-unstoppable fire demoness) in never-melting ice. It's a basically correct statement.
*** It then turned out to be another sense of "false" reassurance when White Mage shattered the bag of holding and its contents to have revenge on the demoness for killing Black Belt. In RM's defense, he was not aware of nor complicit in that action. Thief had a [[HeroicBSOD "Heroic" BSOD]] at the sight.
** Later, Black Mage [[ManOnFire sets Red Mage on fire]], and tells him that he won't have to worry about it for long.
--->'''Red Mage:''' Oh, so it'll stop itself?\\
'''Black Mage:''' Yeah... All fires do eventually. Heh.
* In ''[[Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]]'', VoluntaryShapeshifting and impersonation are [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_709.php fun]]!
** When an ambassador to the island nation of Trik'na is nearly killed, the island's head of security admits to [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1397.php being sorry about what happened]], attributing the attack to [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1398.php someone in her own organization]]. She'll [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1412.php deal with the problem personally]], though...
--->'''Lady Soulstealer:''' Do you need any help? I know a bit about security measures myself...\\
'''Mehlata:''' No thank you. I have everything in order.\\
'''Lady Soulstealer:''' Are you sure?\\
'''Mehlata:''' ''I'd bet your life on it.''\\
'''Lady Soulstealer:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint You'd... HA! Good one! Now that's a funny joke!]]
* In [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2011-03-08 one strip]] of ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', Randy writes a song about Luna, and how she saved him from screwing up his life. It's bad -- the title is "[[InnocentInnuendo Nothing Touches Me Like Your Mouth]]". He shows it to [[JerkAss Taz]] to get some outside opinion.
-->'''Taz:''' There's nothing that can be '''misinterpreted''' as offensive.
** Subverted, because the fact that he didn't give Randy crap about the song was a tip-off about Taz's intentions, as Taz likes screwing with everyone and is a really BadLiar.
* ''Webcomic/EndBosssWorld'': Air Man assures Metal Man he's not as useless as a chocolate teapot, because [[BaitAndSwitch Chocolate teapots are at least edible]].
* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'':
-->'''Schaefer:''' *sigh* You made the place '''explode''', didn't you.\\
'''Virus:''' I can categorically say, no, we didn't make it '''ex'''plode.
** [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2010-12-06/comic/non-storyline/randoms/boy-did-you-pick-the-wrong-table/ Also:]]
--->'''Eastwood:''' ''They'' aren't the Inquisition.
* The ship computer in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1000/fv00966.htm uses this trope,]] in reply to Sam's question about how it feels about going into piracy.
* ''Webcomic/FullFrontalNerdity'': "I promise you, I don't have a '''''single''''' table of critical failures [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=1274 like that]]."
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** For centuries, the Heterodynes were vile, bloodthirsty murderers and {{Mad Scientist}}s who ravaged the land with their legion of {{Super Soldier}}s, until Bill and Barry redeemed the family name. A few centuries ago, there was a man known as "the Good Heterodyne." This is not because he was a good person, but because he was good at being a ''Heterodyne''.
** Count Wolkerstorfer prefaces his plan to LeaveNoSurvivors by telling his intended victims, ''[[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140718 "Don't worry, no one will even know I was here!"]]''
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has Aradia playing this to the hilt, before the Sgrub game gets started. She got Sollux to put it together from alien technology and told him that it was to save the world and make sure that everyone didn't die when the apocalypse hit. This was, ''technically'', true: Aradia just never got around to mentioning, until it was far too late for Sollux to do anything, that the world she meant wasn't theirs -- and that "make sure everyone doesn't die" isn't the same as "more than twelve survivors". He's not happy when he finds out; Aradia is [[EmotionlessGirl okay]] [[RunningGag with this]].
* [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1829.html This]] ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' strip shows false reassurance in action. The library mentioned was just destroyed by a series of traps.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' pulls this more than a few times:
** After the party fails an attempt to escape from prison, the highly Lawful character Durkon states that "the '''five''' of us never left our cells" -- which is true, because Durkon refused to follow when his four fellow party members left. When questioned about the unlocked cell doors, he truthfully responds "'Twas a mechanical defect" -- he counts "able to be picked by a rogue" as a mechanical defect, and given that she had only improvised tools and a +2 love bonus to do it with, it's not even that much of a stretch.
** Celia finds a suspicious magic-user while looking for someone who could resurrect Roy. She uses the skill "Sense Motive" to ensure that he was not lying when he said he would not transform Roy into an undead creature. He intends to turn him into a bone golem, which is not technically undead, in the same way ketchup is not technically a fruit.
** After Haley kills Crystal and returns with Crystal's knife, all she says to Celia is "Oh, she said I could have it" -- which [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0645.html she did]], but it had been intended as an insult rather than a genuine offer.
** And of course, the Oracle does this all the time because he's a JackassGenie.
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0581.html As pictured above]], Old ''Blind'' Pete tells [[TheDitz Crystal]] that he hadn't ''seen'' Haley.
--->'''Celia:''' She, uh... she does know you're blind, right?\\
'''Pete:''' Crystal never lets what she knows get in the way of the job, heh heh.
** Pretty much all of the fiends' [[spoiler:deal to Vaarsuvius]] is this. Note that the line below ''sounds'' very much like it's saying "We're not cheating you" without ever ''actually'' saying anything of the sort.
--->"We simply don't need to trick you if we can get what we want by playing it straight."
* From ''Webcomic/{{Panthera}}'':
-->'''Reynder:''' Don't worry, the nausea will pass in a moment.\\
'''Taylor:''' Uh, that's good, I guess...\\
'''Reynder:''' It will be replaced by nearly unbearable agony.
* Averted in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'':
--> '''Kevyn:''' Assuming, of course, that you're not just planning to throw them[[note]]The 28 million citizens of Credomar, which Lota now rules[[/note]] out of the airlock on a crazy whim.\\
'''Lota:''' Lota is not susceptible to crazy whims, commander.\\
'''Kevyn:''' Oh good. Now what about premeditated atrocities?
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': A mole, a suicidally overconfident SuperSoldier hunting operation: "I hope you find her. Each and every one of you."
* There is a widely-distributed one-panel comic of a Mad EvilutionaryBiologist rubbing his hands together in glee as he exclaims, "If I can create life in the laboratory, it will prove no intelligence is required!"
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{{False Reassurance}}s in {{Webcomics}}.
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* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'':
-->'''[[TheDitz Fighter]]:''' Hey, guys. Do you think I'm dumb?\\
'''Thief:''' I can honestly say I do not '''think''' that you're dumb.
** Red Mage reassures Thief that his precious treasure shall be "preserved", without expounding on his plan to freeze the universe containing the treasure (and nigh-unstoppable fire demoness) in never-melting ice. It's a basically correct statement.
*** It then turned out to be another sense of "false" reassurance when White Mage shattered the bag of holding and its contents to have revenge on the demoness for killing Black Belt. In RM's defense, he was not aware of nor complicit in that action. Thief had a [[HeroicBSOD "Heroic" BSOD]] at the sight.
** Later, Black Mage [[ManOnFire sets Red Mage on fire]], and tells him that he won't have to worry about it for long.
--->'''Red Mage:''' Oh, so it'll stop itself?\\
'''Black Mage:''' Yeah... All fires do eventually. Heh.
* In ''[[Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]]'', VoluntaryShapeshifting and impersonation are [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_709.php fun]]!
** When an ambassador to the island nation of Trik'na is nearly killed, the island's head of security admits to [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1397.php being sorry about what happened]], attributing the attack to [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1398.php someone in her own organization]]. She'll [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1412.php deal with the problem personally]], though...
--->'''Lady Soulstealer:''' Do you need any help? I know a bit about security measures myself...\\
'''Mehlata:''' No thank you. I have everything in order.\\
'''Lady Soulstealer:''' Are you sure?\\
'''Mehlata:''' ''I'd bet your life on it.''\\
'''Lady Soulstealer:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint You'd... HA! Good one! Now that's a funny joke!]]
* In [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2011-03-08 one strip]] of ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', Randy writes a song about Luna, and how she saved him from screwing up his life. It's bad -- the title is "[[InnocentInnuendo Nothing Touches Me Like Your Mouth]]". He shows it to [[JerkAss Taz]] to get some outside opinion.
-->'''Taz:''' There's nothing that can be '''misinterpreted''' as offensive.
** Subverted, because the fact that he didn't give Randy crap about the song was a tip-off about Taz's intentions, as Taz likes screwing with everyone and is a really BadLiar.
* ''Webcomic/EndBosssWorld'': Air Man assures Metal Man he's not as useless as a chocolate teapot, because [[BaitAndSwitch Chocolate teapots are at least edible]].
* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'':
-->'''Schaefer:''' *sigh* You made the place '''explode''', didn't you.\\
'''Virus:''' I can categorically say, no, we didn't make it '''ex'''plode.
** [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2010-12-06/comic/non-storyline/randoms/boy-did-you-pick-the-wrong-table/ Also:]]
--->'''Eastwood:''' ''They'' aren't the Inquisition.
* The ship computer in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1000/fv00966.htm uses this trope,]] in reply to Sam's question about how it feels about going into piracy.
* ''Webcomic/FullFrontalNerdity'': "I promise you, I don't have a '''''single''''' table of critical failures [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=1274 like that]]."
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** For centuries, the Heterodynes were vile, bloodthirsty murderers and {{Mad Scientist}}s who ravaged the land with their legion of {{Super Soldier}}s, until Bill and Barry redeemed the family name. A few centuries ago, there was a man known as "the Good Heterodyne." This is not because he was a good person, but because he was good at being a ''Heterodyne''.
** Count Wolkerstorfer prefaces his plan to LeaveNoSurvivors by telling his intended victims, ''[[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140718 "Don't worry, no one will even know I was here!"]]''
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has Aradia playing this to the hilt, before the Sgrub game gets started. She got Sollux to put it together from alien technology and told him that it was to save the world and make sure that everyone didn't die when the apocalypse hit. This was, ''technically'', true: Aradia just never got around to mentioning, until it was far too late for Sollux to do anything, that the world she meant wasn't theirs -- and that "make sure everyone doesn't die" isn't the same as "more than twelve survivors". He's not happy when he finds out; Aradia is [[EmotionlessGirl okay]] [[RunningGag with this]].
* [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1829.html This]] ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' strip shows false reassurance in action. The library mentioned was just destroyed by a series of traps.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' pulls this more than a few times:
** After the party fails an attempt to escape from prison, the highly Lawful character Durkon states that "the '''five''' of us never left our cells" -- which is true, because Durkon refused to follow when his four fellow party members left. When questioned about the unlocked cell doors, he truthfully responds "'Twas a mechanical defect" -- he counts "able to be picked by a rogue" as a mechanical defect, and given that she had only improvised tools and a +2 love bonus to do it with, it's not even that much of a stretch.
** Celia finds a suspicious magic-user while looking for someone who could resurrect Roy. She uses the skill "Sense Motive" to ensure that he was not lying when he said he would not transform Roy into an undead creature. He intends to turn him into a bone golem, which is not technically undead, in the same way ketchup is not technically a fruit.
** After Haley kills Crystal and returns with Crystal's knife, all she says to Celia is "Oh, she said I could have it" -- which [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0645.html she did]], but it had been intended as an insult rather than a genuine offer.
** And of course, the Oracle does this all the time because he's a JackassGenie.
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0581.html As pictured above]], Old ''Blind'' Pete tells [[TheDitz Crystal]] that he hadn't ''seen'' Haley.
--->'''Celia:''' She, uh... she does know you're blind, right?\\
'''Pete:''' Crystal never lets what she knows get in the way of the job, heh heh.
** Pretty much all of the fiends' [[spoiler:deal to Vaarsuvius]] is this. Note that the line below ''sounds'' very much like it's saying "We're not cheating you" without ever ''actually'' saying anything of the sort.
--->"We simply don't need to trick you if we can get what we want by playing it straight."
* From ''Webcomic/{{Panthera}}'':
-->'''Reynder:''' Don't worry, the nausea will pass in a moment.\\
'''Taylor:''' Uh, that's good, I guess...\\
'''Reynder:''' It will be replaced by nearly unbearable agony.
* Averted in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'':
--> '''Kevyn:''' Assuming, of course, that you're not just planning to throw them[[note]]The 28 million citizens of Credomar, which Lota now rules[[/note]] out of the airlock on a crazy whim.\\
'''Lota:''' Lota is not susceptible to crazy whims, commander.\\
'''Kevyn:''' Oh good. Now what about premeditated atrocities?
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': A mole, a suicidally overconfident SuperSoldier hunting operation: "I hope you find her. Each and every one of you."
* There is a widely-distributed one-panel comic of a Mad EvilutionaryBiologist rubbing his hands together in glee as he exclaims, "If I can create life in the laboratory, it will prove no intelligence is required!"
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