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** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': PlayedForLaughs. At one point, [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Nebula]] gives a blatantly transparent lie stating that she won't attack ComicBook/{{Gamora}} the moment she's let go, leading to Quill pointing out that she's a terrible liar. This is also Foreshadowing as both sisters never properly learned to lie, leading to the next entry.

** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]], [[TheCape beacon of morality]] that he is, is a truly terrible liar. Not a single ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} employee is fooled for a second by his repeated claims not to know what's going on, and ComicBook/BlackWidow even insults him to his face for it ([[TheyFightCrime in an appreciative way]]). He's no better at other kinds of deception, either. His idea of hiding a USB with the fate of the free world resting on it is to put it behind two packs of gum in a vending machine that's being restocked.

* ''Manga/IThinkOurSonIsGay'': Hiroki's in the TransparentCloset but can't hide his sexuality without getting a LuminescentBlush and turning into a stuttering mess. Moreover, he'll quite happily talk about attractive qualities in men, then try to backpedal with an "OrSoIHeard" or the like.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** Yuki Nagato is a terrible liar in most ways (due to having [[EmptyShell little imagination]] and being a FishOutOfWater), which can be important since she needs to [[LockedOutOfTheLoop lie to Haruhi often]]. She will pause for several seconds when asked a question she needs to answer with a lie (and even tried to get Kyon to lie for her once). On the other hand her [[EmotionlessGirl virtually unchanging expressions]] help her a bit with this. Compare to Itsuki, who has taken acting lessons and is very imaginative.
** Also, Haruhi herself generally manages to be a pretty terrible liar, especially when it involves things relating to her feelings for Kyon. Luckily (or perhaps unluckily, depending on the way you look at it) for her, they either [[ObliviousToLove pass right over his head]] or he is very, very good at [[SelectiveObliviousness turning a blind eye.]]

* ''Machinima/{{Anon}}'': Candace is known for being a terrible liar. When she returns home the morning after she stays at a hotel with her boyfriend, her father questions her whereabouts, she gets flustered and claims she spent the night at her friend's house watching "that one Leonardo Di Caprio movie". Her lie quickly unravels when she's unable to specify a movie.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: Out of Mind'', this is one of the things that tips the audience off to [[MauveShirt Freelancer New York's]] NiceGuy status.

* The title character on ''Series/{{Miranda}}''. The always single and childless woman once tried to get out of one of her mother's setup by claiming to have a sick daughter.

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* Liar Starscream (whom WordOfGod definitely hasn't named Ramjet...) from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' [[BlatantLies never speaks a word other than the truth. Everything he says most certainly does not sound like a lie.]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_(Animated) This page]] at the [[Wiki/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] is not about him, and does not make his lying (which he never does BTW) [[SelfDemonstratingArticle really, really obvious.]]

* Frank Sawhit in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. Not a suprise, as he's the killer in the first ever case in the series, [[ReverseWhodunnit (and that's not even a spoiler)]] and thus serves to get the player used to finding contradictions in witness testimonies. He somehow manages to be even WORSE when he appears in prison in ''Investigations 2'', though.

--->'''Marco:''' Eight? [[CriticalResearchFailure You gave him eight numbers]]? Remind me never to be a spy with you.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}}: THX 1138'', Collette introduces herself as an Animorph, then tells Tom that she's in a wheelchair because of an "old war wound". Since ShapeshiftingHealsWounds in this setting, Tom immediately realises that this doesn't add up.

* In the Prologue Of Grisaia ministory for ''VisualNovel/TheEdenOfGrisaia'' we see how Makina first came to Mihama. At first she's almost silent, but when prompted on her preferences or dislikes she'll give pitifully weak lies because she's convinced that telling the truth will make everyone think she's a spoiled brat and hate her.

** O-Chul is a terrible liar. It's not even that the things he says are ''that'' unbelievable; it's just that his world runs on gaming mechanics, and his Charisma score is atrocious, because he started as a Fighter and thought Charisma was a safe choice for his DumpStat -- which naturally turned around to bite him in the behind when he started taking levels in Paladin, a class that runs directly off Charisma.

* Frank Sawhit in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. Not a suprise, as he's the killer in the first ever case in the series, [[ReverseWhodunnit (and that's not even a spoiler)]] and thus serves to get the player used to finding contradictions in witness testimonies. He somehow manages to be [[UpToEleven even WORSE]] when he appears in prison in ''Investigations 2'', though.

This page, [[IHaveThisFriend if it were about]] Bad Liars, would say that sometimes, but never for comedic effect, a character is unable to lie in a convincing way and comes up with really silly lies that fool no one. It would not point out that children are especially prone to it, because once they get over [[ChildrenAreInnocent their innocent]] [[CannotTellALie inability]] they have little practice. It would not talk about [[PinocchioNose physical tics that give away liars]] either. And it would ''especially'' never say that this is a reason why KeepingSecretsSucks, because keeping secrets is cool. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle But this page ''isn't'' about Bad Liars, so it won't. Seriously.]]

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Elan the bard is a dreadful liar. Not because he lacks imagination, but because he has too much -- being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, his lies tends to get over-the-top. Or be SuspiciouslySpecificDenial. And when disbelieved he just keeps [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Digging Himself Deeper]], [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0599.html as on this page]]. His bold-faced lies do work from time to time, though, since Sense Motive isn't a very widespread skill in the comic. Elan's girlfriend sums it up best:

* According to chapter 19 of ''Fanfic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo'', Jonathan was this as a child.

* Power in ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' tends to lie about things that are not only blatantly obvious, but contradict things that she said less than a minute ago. The incident with Kobeni's car is a fine showcase of this, where she claimed to be the real owner of Kobeni's car moments after Kobeni explained she bought it, then got in while claiming to have a driver's license, then [[DrivesLikeCrazy ran someone over a matter of seconds later]], then claimed it was obviously Kobeni's fault because it was her car, then got out of the car while announcing that Kobeni had been the driver, then, [[AccidentalHeroism upon learning that the person she'd run over was a spy]], claimed she'd known it from the beginning and therefore deserved praise. One volume extra outright describes her as a pathological liar; the only thing moving her out of CompulsiveLiar is that there's usually ''something'' she gets out of lying, even if it's utterly minuscule.