History Main / GasLeakCoverup

* In ''DevilSurvivor'', this is the excuse given for the Yamanote lockdown.

* In the "Golden UFO" case in ''RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', the dragon Kohryu tells Raidou to make up an excuse to cover up sightings of him, suggesting swamp gases as a possibility.
* In ''{{Persona 2}}: Eternal Punishment'', the fire at the sanitarium is explained as a "gas explosion." ShinMegamiTensei games seem to love this trope a lot.

* In ''Fables'', the first time Brair Rose falls asleep in the series, the Fables cover it up as a gas leak.

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** However, since there is no known spell that completely explodes a street like that, it's possible that the attack actually struck an underground gas pipe.

* In WhiteWolf's ''MageTheAscension'', coincidental magic involved coming up with a plausible explanation for magic effects to avoid Paradox. One example given was justifying a fireball/explosion by saying it was a "natural gas explosion".
** This was a common tactic most of the supernatural conspiracies in the WorldOfDarkness relied upon to uphold TheMasquerade.
*** The difference being that coincidental magic is convincing ''reality'' that it was a detonating gas leak, while most everything else was stuck with convincing witnesses.
*** In M:TA, [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve that isn't a difference]].

Please note that this trope applies to using gas leaks to cover up for ''other things,'' not covering up for gas leaks. If ''that's'' what you were looking for, we recommend [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean blaming the dog.]] For cover-up excuses that don't involve gas leaks, but are just as flimsy, see ExtraStrengthMasquerade.

* Sunbverted in [[Fringe]] where a gas explosion ''was'' the event, however it was what ''caused'' said explosion that needed to be investigated.

Please note that this trope applies to using gas leaks to cover up for ''other things,'' not covering up for gas leaks. If ''that's'' what you were looking for, we recommend [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean blaming the dog.]] It Also doesn't apply cover-ups which do not involve gas leaks, which [[WikiMagic require their own trope.]]

Please note that this trope applies to using gas leaks to cover up for ''other things,'' not covering up for gas leaks. If ''that's'' what you were looking for, we recommend [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean blaming the dog.]]

* MassEffect2: [[XJustX Just... Mass Effect 2]].
-->'''Councillor Velarn''': ''Ah, yes. [[BelievingTheirOwnLies “Reapers.”]] [[BlatantLies The]] [[CassandraTruth immortal]] [[DethroningMomentOfSuck race]] [[ImplausibleDeniability of]] [[JerkAss sentient]] [[MemeticHandGesture starships,]] [[MemeticMutation allegedly]] [[ObstructiveBureaucrat waiting]] [[SarcasmMode in]] [[SmugSnake dark]] [[SomebodyElsesProblem space.]] [[StatusQuoIsGod We]] [[TemptingFate have]] [[TooDumbToLive dismissed]] [[UngratefulBastard that]] [[WhatAnIdiot claim.]]''

* MassEffect2. [[XJustX Just... Mass Effect 2]]: Ah, yes. [[BelievingTheirOwnLies “Reapers.”]] [[BlatantLies The]] [[CassandraTruth immortal]] [[DethroningMomentOfSuck race]] [[ImplausibleDeniability of]] [[JerkAss sentient]] [[MemeticHandGesture starships,]] [[MemeticMutation allegedly]] [[ObstructiveBureaucrat waiting]] [[SarcasmMode in]] [[SmugSnake dark]] [[SomebodyElsesProblem space.]] [[StatusQuoIsGod We]] [[TemptingFate have]] [[TooDumbToLive dismissed]] [[UngratefulBastard that]] [[WhatAnIdiot claim.]]

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* Sometimes UFO sightings are "explained" with references to swamp gas. Even in places nowhere near a swamp.
** That's because the explanation refers to the will-o-the-wisp phenomenon which isn't necessarily limited to actual swamps.
* The British Government explanation for V-2 impacts was the explosions were accidental ones caused by leaking Gas Mains.

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* When [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] comes home from school after running out of his class, he tries to claim that the school let all of the children go home early because there was a gas leak and everyone was evacuated. His mother isn't fooled, and calls the school.

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->''"Ah, yes, "Reapers."...We have dismissed that claim."''
-->--Turian Councilor, ''MassEffect 2''

* MassEffect: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Oc-pstqpc Ah yes, 'Reapers'...]]"
** To elaborate, [[TheFederation the Council]] writes off the events of the first game as the terrorist attacks of a [[FallenHero rogue Spectre]] and his army of [[MechaMooks Geth.]] While this is technically accurate, they're ignoring the fact that they were only agents of the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]], the true villains of the series. Considering the Council got to see a Reaper ''up close'' in the first game, they're in some pretty deep denial.