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* Done in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' with Gru and the orphan girls. Margo trusts him enough to have Edith and Agnes jump over the gap to Gru, but [[spoiler:Vector catches her before she can jump herself]].

* In the ''Literature/LockwoodAndCo'' series, this is the skull in the jar's repeated inquiry to Lucy in the final book, ''The Empty Grave''. While it takes her a while to get there, the answer is ultimately "yes," as Lucy [[spoiler:smashes the jar, allowing the spirit within to go free, and he ultimately proves an aid in taking down the BigBad, Marissa Fittes and her own pet Type Three ghost, Ezekiel.]]

A StockPhrase usually used by characters believing in ThePowerOfTrust or ThePowerOfFriendship to save the day.

'''Clemenza''': Yes, always Godfather.\\

* Inverted in ''Film/{{Casino}}'' where Creator/RobertDeNiro as Ace Rothstein asks his wife, Ginger, several times in one scene: "Can I trust you?" He can't.

* Briefly used in ''Film/TheMan''. Derrick Vann tells Officer Santos that he needs the money so that he can fool the criminals in his operation. Santos reluctantly gives in. He gets more upset the second time when he needs the money for the captain to check on. Derrick then reminds Santos that he trust Derrick and that Derrick has never given him a reason to distrust him. He trusts Derrick and gives him an extention. Derrick asks, "Where the love, dawg?"

* ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows''. Sherlock stops an attempt to murder Watson and his newly-wed on a train. While Watson exchanges shots with the killers, Sherlock opens the carriage door and notes they're approaching a bridge. He asks Mary if she trusts him. Given that Sherlock is highly-eccentric and [[DisguisedInDrag dressed as a woman at the time]], Mary naturally replies, "No."
-->'''Sherlock:''' Well then I shall have to...''(checks to see Watson isn't looking)'' do something about that. ''(throws her off the train into the river)''

* ''Film/DeathNote2017'': Mia asks Light to trust her when she has the Death Note hidden away somewhere to keep it from falling into the hands of the cops. [[spoiler:It turns out he can't since she wrote Light's name in there to blackmail him because she wants the book for herself.]] In the climax, he asks the same of her if she truly loves him. [[spoiler:She chooses not to, which results in her own death due to a very-specifically worded demise that Light had written in anticipation.]]

-->Buttercup was searching somewhere for a suffiency of courage. Evidently, she found it in his eyes.

** In "Unthinkable", Roy Harper gives the line straight when saying he's going to give up his vigilante activities and run off with Thea Queen. Unfortunately while packing Thea discovers the quiver that shows he's working with the Arrow, despite what he claimed. For Thea it's one lie too many from both Roy and members of her family. She breaks up with him, accepting the [[TeachMeHowToFight tutelage]] of her biological father, supervillain Malcolm Merlyn, so she will never be weak and trusting again.

** Angel asks Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}} in "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E7LieToMe}} Lie To Me]]", "Do you love me?" before agreeing to reveal the truth about how he turned Drusilla into a vampire. Buffy replies, "I love you. I don't know if I trust you." (Angel replies, "[[{{Foreshadowing}} Maybe you shouldn't.]]") In Season 6 "[[{{Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E13DeadThings}} Dead Things]]" Buffy is having a relationship with another vampire, Spike, but keeps [[ItDoesntMeanAnything insisting their relationship is purely sexual]] with no love involved. In response Spike [[KinkyCuffs offers her a pair of handcuffs]] and asks, "Do you trust me?" Buffy replies "Never" but the next day is seen [[CuffsOffRubWrists rubbing her wrists in a telling manner]].

** The biggest one is probably in "Collateral" when [[spoiler:Chloe returns and asking Clark to trust her to escape from a virtual reality. He hesitates and loses the first chance, but he knows he still trusts her deep inside. It takes a darker turn when a bad guy assumed her likeness in the virtual world...]]

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. Used between the BigBad and TheDragon, who naturally don't trust each other at all (with good reason as Travis betrays Servalan shortly after this conversation when he gets hold of the secret they are referring to and so doesn't need Servalan any more).

* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', if you pick Ahri as your champion, she'll open up with "Don't you trust me?". This goes both ways as she has a nasty reputation of a soul-sucking seductress and in the same time, she's trying to lure you, the player, into her thrall due to her charm. (Though she won't actually suck the player's soul, [[GoodBadGirl she's kind of like that.]])

'''Penfold:''' All right, then. I shan't tell you where I hid the corn flakes!
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. In "Out of Darkness, Hera refuses to reveal details on her rebel contact known only as Fulcrum; she just asks Sabine to trust her and have faith. Sabine is not impressed as that doesn't seem any different from the BlindObedience that the Empire demanded of her.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. In "Out of Darkness, Hera refuse to reveal details on her rebel contact known only as Fulcrum; she just asks Sabine to trust her and have faith. Sabine is not impressed as that doesn't seem any different from the BlindObedience that the Empire demanded of her.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''. In "Out of Darkness, Hera refuse to reveal details on her rebel contact known only as Fulcrum; she just asks Sabine to trust her and have faith. Sabine is not impressed as that doesn't seem any different from the BlindObedience that the Empire demands.

* A slightly darker version of the question is given in ''Literature/IntoTheLandOfTheUnicorns''. Cara's grandmother asks, "Do you think I'm crazy?" before telling Cara she must jump from a church roof to escape a pursuer.

--->'''Graham:''' Have I got to answer that?

* Wrestling/JakeRoberts infamously uttered this phrase in his heel entrance phase, taunting the audience to trust him [[note]]'''BAD idea!'''[[/note]].

* In ''Film/HeadOverHeels'', Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr's character doesn't ask the question, but simply says, "Trust me."

* A platonic version in the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fanfic ''FanFic/OnceUponAFarmhouse''. Even after Kirk rescues him from bullies, Spock is nervous about letting Kirk help him up and take him home. Kirk says, "Spock, you just gotta trust me."

* In ''Head Over Heels'', Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr's character doesn't ask the question, but simply says, "Trust me."

-->--''Film/TheGodfather''

** In "Unthinkable", Roy Harper gives the line straight when saying he's going to give up his vigilante activities and run off with Thea Queen. Unfortunately while packing Thea discovers the quiver that shows he's working with the Arrow, despite what he claimed. For Thea it's one lie too many from both Roy and members of her family. She breaks up with him, accepting the [[TeachMeHowToFight tutelage]] of her biological father Malcolm Merlyn so she will never be weak and trusting again.

[[caption-width-right:350:Now how could you not trust a face like [[ComicBooks/TheJoker that]]?]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Now how could you not trust a face like that?]]

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. The episode "Vertigo" has an inversion when Felicity Smoak asks Oliver Queen "Can I trust you?" Oliver has been dropping some BlatantLies about why he's asking for her help for his secret vigilante activities. It's not this she's asking about, but whether Oliver can be trusted with a dark secret that she has uncovered about his own family.

This usually goes down one of two ways. In the first, Bob and Alice are in danger. Bob has a plan, but needs Alice to trust him in order for it to work. Perhaps she needs to jump a ravine and trust that he will catch her. Or perhaps he needs her to act as a distraction for the BigBad and trust that he will take the BigBad down before she's in serious trouble. He will ask, "Do you trust me?" and if she says yes she will immediately need to prove her trust.

The second scenario is usually romantic with little to no real danger involved. Alice may be a little nervous of something, and Bob uses the question to reassure her. She may be wary of stepping out on a high balcony to look at the view or dancing in front of other people. The question may also be asked before TheirFirstTime. Be careful though, if the wording is "''Don't'' you trust me?", especially in a slightly pleading tone, it may be a sign that the person is at the best NotHimself and at the worst TheCasanova or TheVamp. That little apostrophe can make a lot of difference.

* Briefly used in ''Film/TheMan''. Derrick Vann tells Officer Santos that he needs the money so that he can fool the criminals in his operation. Santos reluctantly gives in. He gets more upset the second time, when he needs the money for the captain to check on. Derrick then reminds Santos that he trust Derrick, and that Derrick has never given him a reason to distrust him. He trusts Derrick and gives him an extention. Derrick asks, "Where the love, dawg?"

* ''Film/DeathNote2017'': Mia asks Light to trust her when she has the Death Note hidden away somewhere to keep it from falling into the hands of the cops. [[spoiler:It turns out he can't, since she wrote Light's name in there to blackmail him because she wants the book for herself.]] In the climax he asks the same of her if she truly loves him. [[spoiler:She chooses not to, which results in her own death due to a very-specifically worded demise that Light had written in anticipation.]]

** In "[[Recap/AngelS01E11Somnambulist Somnambulist]]", Series/{{Angel}} asks potential LoveInterest Detective Kate Lockley if she trusts him before handing over information on a SerialKiller without revealing the source. She says she does without hesitation, but later in the episode Kate discovers Angel is a vampire and she never fully trusts him again.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones''. In "The Laws of Gods and Men" Tyrion Lannister is on trial with his father Lord Tywin as judge. It's a KangarooCourt with all the witnesses against him, so his brother Jaime makes a backroom deal with Tywin; if he pleads guilty and asks for mercy, Tyrion will be [[ReassignedToAntarctica sent to the Wall]] instead of being executed. In exchange Jaime will leave the Kingsguard (who are sworn not to take wives or inherit titles) and become Tywin's heir. Tyrion balks at this, as he knows his father hates him and the last person given such an offer had his head chopped off anyway. Rather than explain the bargain he's made Jaime says only, "Do you trust me?" [[BigBrotherWorship Tyrion just has time to nod]] before the trial recommences.

** The biggest one is probably in "Collateral", when [[spoiler:Chloe returns and asking Clark to trust her to escape from a virtual reality. He hesitates and loses the first chance, but he knows he still trusts her deep inside. It takes a darker turn when a bad guy assumed her likeness in the virtual world...]]

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. Used between the BigBad and TheDragon, who naturally don't trust each other at all (with good reason as Travis betrays Servalan shortly after this conversation, when he gets hold of the secret they are referring to and so doesn't need Servalan any more).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject'': In "Lost and Found", Zeta goes through flashbacks of his last mission. During this, the daughter of the accountant he impersonates wants to learn how to ride a bike. When she has trouble riding straight, Zeta tells her to stabilize by going faster, and says this.

* Used [[ArcWords repeatedly]] in Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', first in the face of danger, and later romantically. The latter is what tips Jasmine off that [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Prince Ali is really Aladdin]].

* The ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'' episode "The Target".

'''Penfold:''' Oh, gon on. You can tell me. I'm a trustee.\\

** Angel asks Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}} in "Lie to Me", "Do you love me?" before agreeing to reveal the truth about how he turned Drusilla into a vampire. Buffy replies, "I love you. I don't know if I trust you." (Angel replies, "[[{{Foreshadowing}} Maybe you shouldn't.]]") In Season 6 "Dead Things" Buffy is having a relationship with another vampire, Spike, but keeps [[ItDoesntMeanAnything insisting their relationship is purely sexual]] with no love involved. In response Spike [[KinkyCuffs offers her a pair of handcuffs]] and asks, "Do you trust me?" Buffy replies "Never" but the next day is seen [[CuffsOffRubWrists rubbing her wrists in a telling manner]].
** Series/{{Angel}} asks potential LoveInterest Detective Kate Lockley if she trusts him before handing over information on a SerialKiller without revealing the source. She says she does without hesitation, but later in the episode Kate discovers Angel is a vampire and she never fully trusts him again.

* The basis of the game show ''Who Do You Trust?'' (1957-63, initially as ''Do You trust Your Wife?'') had couples predicting whether or not each other could answer a question.