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* Brief squib in a ComicBook/{{Chick Tract|s}}, where one pagan character declares, "Well, I'm a Buddhist, so you don't exist!"
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* ''Film/{{Denial}}'': Holocaust denier David Irving rejects any information he doesn't want to hear, and uses copious amounts of InsaneTrollLogic to justify his extremely bigoted worldview, all the while denying he's a racist in any way.
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- ->'''Bastien-Thiery''': [''to his lawyer after being told he will be shot at dawn''] No Frenchman will raise his rifle against me!\\
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* In ''Film/TheDayOfTheJackal'', Bastien-Thiery, the leader of the OAS' attempt to assassinate Charles [=DeGaule=] of the prologue, firmly believes that he won't be executed for this. In [[Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal the book]], he literally didn't up until [[MultipleGunshotDeath the bullets of the firing squad pierced his torso]].
- ->'''Bastien-Thiery''': [''to his lawyer after being told he will be shot at dawn''] No Frenchman will raise his rifle against me!\\
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- ->'''Bastien-Thiery''': [''to his lawyer after being told he will be shot at dawn''] No Frenchman will raise his rifle against me!\\
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* This happens to Myerson the end of ''Film/MurderOnFlight502''. After murdering three people and being badly burned, Myerson--who had already been described as being on the edge of a complete nervous breakdown--has his mid completely snap and he is happily chatting to Larkin as he is led off the plane in handcuffs about how he will probably recieve a commendation for his actions, and that he will reccomend Larkin for one as well.
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* This happens to Myerson the end of ''Film/MurderOnFlight502''. After murdering three people and being badly burned, Myerson--who had already been described as being on the edge of a complete nervous breakdown--has his mid mind completely snap and he is happily chatting to Larkin as he is led off the plane in handcuffs about how he will probably recieve receive a commendation for his actions, and that he will reccomend Larkin for one as well.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': Twice in "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS13E6 The Noble Art]]". When Iris Holman caught her openly gay employer, Giles Braithwaite, making out with Sebastian Farquaharson, instead of accepting that Giles could never love her the way she wanted, she became convinced that Sebastian had deceived Giles. When Sebastian begged her not to tell anyone about his sexual orientation by offering her money, Iris accepted it, convincing herself that it was not blackmail since she was not the one asking for it. Of course, since she accepted the money, this attempt at LoopholeAbuse is so ineffective that is immediately rejected by Tom, who doesn't arrest her on the spot just because he guessed that she is hiding something else, and the nervousness of knowing that he is aware of her crimes will probably lead her to make the mistake that will allow Barnaby to solve the case.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Despite all evidence to the contrary (replace evidence with blatant facts), Linda firmly believes that Bob loves her side of the family just as much as she does. Bob, in truth, [[ObnoxiousInLaws has nothing nice to say about her family]]: while her father is a decent but otherwise oblivious guy with numerous illnesses, her mother is [[AbusiveParents emotionally abusive and controlling with no regard for inconveniencing her daughter]] while her sister is a neurotic mess of a human that Bob cannot stand. She refuses to hear him say things like he hates them, and willfully is in denial about how he wants nothing to do with them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. The title character is convinced that he's the greatest [[GalacticConqueror Irken Invader]] ever; completely oblivious to the fact that he's an incompetent, insane dolt who's [[AllTheOtherReindeer hated by his entire species]]. Well, he's right [[MetaphoricallyTrue from a certain point of view]]. If his goal was to take over or destroy the Irken Empire, then he would be considered remarkably competent. He has on his resume: killing two Tallests with a monster he created, wiping out the fleet of Operation Impending Doom I, setting most of Irk ablaze in that same incident, destroying an Irken Boot Camp, defeating Irk's most competent soldier, doing so in a dogfight against a superior spacecraft, hijacking the Irken Armada, and the Tallests' attempts to get rid of him tend to backfire horribly, including resulting in Invader Tenn being captured by Meekrobians, Irk's most dangerous enemy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. [[Characters/InvaderZimZim The title character character]] is convinced that he's the greatest [[GalacticConqueror Irken Invader]] ever; completely oblivious to the fact that he's an incompetent, insane dolt who's [[AllTheOtherReindeer hated by his entire species]]. Well, he's right [[MetaphoricallyTrue from a certain point of view]]. If his goal was to take over or destroy the Irken Empire, then he would be considered remarkably competent. He has on his resume: killing two Tallests with a monster he created, wiping out the fleet of Operation Impending Doom I, setting most of Irk ablaze in that same incident, destroying an Irken Boot Camp, defeating Irk's most competent soldier, doing so in a dogfight against a superior spacecraft, hijacking the Irken Armada, and the Tallests' attempts to get rid of him tend to backfire horribly, including resulting in Invader Tenn being captured by Meekrobians, Irk's most dangerous enemy.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Belos has had literal centuries to see that the Witches and Demons of the Isles aren't the inherently evil monsters he thinks they are, but denies it to further his childish delusions of being [[spoiler:a heroic witch hunter "saving humanity from evil", even though there's no real way for the people of the Isles to cross over between worlds these days without his portal]]. In "Hollow Mind", the initial fake memory portraits shown are all a SelfServingMemory, and says that "can't reason with crazy" when Luz calls him evil before immediately trying to kill her without realizing how malicious trying to kill a child who can't defend herself without remorse is, something similar happening when Luz calls him out for being a hypocrite in "King's Tide".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Belos [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] has had literal centuries to see that the Witches and Demons of the Isles aren't the inherently evil monsters he thinks they are, but denies it to further his childish delusions of being [[spoiler:a heroic witch hunter "saving humanity from evil", even though there's no real way for the people of the Isles to cross over between worlds these days without his portal]]. In "Hollow Mind", the initial fake memory portraits shown are all a SelfServingMemory, and says that "can't reason with crazy" when Luz calls him evil before immediately trying to kill her without realizing how malicious trying to kill a child who can't defend herself without remorse is, something similar happening when Luz calls him out for being a hypocrite in "King's Tide".
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* This is pretty much the embodiment of Cartman's character on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'':
** Many of the cast have maladapted coping mechanisms in the form of self-delusions and denial; recognizing what sort of issues they're dealing with would require them to face some {{Awful Truth}}s, so they sidestep full awareness of their situations until they reach their personal limits as to what they can rationalize away.
** Aoko demonstrates this the most acutely with her BlackAndWhiteInsanity. As the story progresses, all of the 'good' reasons she uses to justify her absolute moral justice are increasingly illegitimated, and the more she learns, the more she denies. By Chapter 10, she's grasping desperately for ''any'' reason to continue viewing Shuichi and Kaito as 'the bad guys' in the face of things like [[spoiler:Yuusaku openly {{Mind Control}}ling his son right in front of her team while giving his son a BreakingSpeech about how he doesn't deserve even the thinnest veneer of respect]].
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** Many of the cast have maladapted coping mechanisms in the form of self-delusions and denial; recognizing what sort of issues they're dealing with would require them to face some {{Awful Truth}}s, so they sidestep full awareness of their situations until they reach their personal limits as to what they can rationalize away.
** Aoko demonstrates this the most acutely with her BlackAndWhiteInsanity. As the story progresses, all of the 'good' reasons she uses to justify her absolute moral justice are increasingly illegitimated, and the more she learns, the more she denies. By Chapter 10, she's grasping desperately for ''any'' reason to continue viewing Shuichi and Kaito as 'the bad guys' in the face of things like [[spoiler:Yuusaku openly {{Mind Control}}ling his son right in front of her team while giving his son a BreakingSpeech about how he doesn't deserve even the thinnest veneer of respect]].
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'''Naomi:''' [[ShutUpHannibal No you're not]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist I have good intentions]]? [[TheRival Raye Penber]] is [[ExtremeDoormat wallpaper]]? I don't get high off the murders of rapists and other murderers? I can keep going, you know, if I really want to.\\
'''Light:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic All true, I don't say them to make them true I just have to remind everyone else that they're true]]. If I didn't say anything people would assume that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Matsuda's theories]] are correct, and I just won't stand for that.\\
'''Light:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic All true, I don't say them to make them true I just have to remind everyone else that they're true]]. If I didn't say anything people would assume that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Matsuda's theories]] are correct, and I just won't stand for that.\\
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'''Naomi:''' [[ShutUpHannibal No you're not]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist I have good intentions]]? [[TheRival Raye Penber]] is [[ExtremeDoormat wallpaper]]? I don't get [[HighOnHomicide high off the murders murders]] of rapists and other murderers? I can keep going, you know, if I really want to.\\
'''Light:'''[[InsaneTrollLogic [[BelievingTheirOwnLies All true, true]], I don't say them to make them true I just have to [[InsaneTrollLogic remind everyone else that they're true]]. If I didn't say anything people would assume that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Matsuda's theories]] are correct, and I just won't stand for that.\\
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* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'':
** Many of the cast have maladapted coping mechanisms in the form of self-delusions and denial; recognizing what sort of issues they're dealing with would require them to face some {{Awful Truth}}s, so they sidestep full awareness of their situations until they reach their personal limits as to what they can rationalize away.
** Aoko demonstrates this the most acutely with her BlackAndWhiteInsanity. As the story progresses, all of the 'good' reasons she uses to justify her absolute moral justice are increasingly illegitimated, and the more she learns, the more she denies. By Chapter 10, she's grasping desperately for ''any'' reason to continue viewing Shuichi and Kaito as 'the bad guys' in the face of things like [[spoiler:Yuusaku openly {{Mind Control}}ling his son right in front of her team while giving his son a BreakingSpeech about how he doesn't deserve even the thinnest veneer of respect]].
* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'':
** Many of the cast have maladapted coping mechanisms in the form of self-delusions and denial; recognizing what sort of issues they're dealing with would require them to face some {{Awful Truth}}s, so they sidestep full awareness of their situations until they reach their personal limits as to what they can rationalize away.
** Aoko demonstrates this the most acutely with her BlackAndWhiteInsanity. As the story progresses, all of the 'good' reasons she uses to justify her absolute moral justice are increasingly illegitimated, and the more she learns, the more she denies. By Chapter 10, she's grasping desperately for ''any'' reason to continue viewing Shuichi and Kaito as 'the bad guys' in the face of things like [[spoiler:Yuusaku openly {{Mind Control}}ling his son right in front of her team while giving his son a BreakingSpeech about how he doesn't deserve even the thinnest veneer of respect]].
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* ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': After [[FaceHeelTurn betraying Ladybug]], [[TheBadGuyWins helping Hawkmoth win]], and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Wishing on the stolen Miraculous]], Alya plunges ''deep'' into denial as [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty the consequences of her actions come calling]].
** Faced with Chat Noir seemingly following them into the [[RealityWarper new timeline]], she theorizes that his vengefulness is fueled by SanitySlippage, with his worst traits being amplified somehow. The notion that he has every reason to want revenge upon those who betrayed him and Ladybug is something she dances around, along with the fact that she personally contributed to reality being rewritten with her Wish.
** Along similar lines, she applies the same theory to Marinette, attributing her occasional testiness and shortness with her to [[DrivenByEnvy being jealous of Lila hooking up with Adrien]]. Despite the fact that Marinette is happily dating Felix ([[{{Irony}} who is actually the original Adrien]]), and most of her moments of SugaryMalice come out in response to Alya's attempts to meddle in that relationship.
** Faced with Chat Noir seemingly following them into the [[RealityWarper new timeline]], she theorizes that his vengefulness is fueled by SanitySlippage, with his worst traits being amplified somehow. The notion that he has every reason to want revenge upon those who betrayed him and Ladybug is something she dances around, along with the fact that she personally contributed to reality being rewritten with her Wish.
** Along similar lines, she applies the same theory to Marinette, attributing her occasional testiness and shortness with her to [[DrivenByEnvy being jealous of Lila hooking up with Adrien]]. Despite the fact that Marinette is happily dating Felix ([[{{Irony}} who is actually the original Adrien]]), and most of her moments of SugaryMalice come out in response to Alya's attempts to meddle in that relationship.
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* ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': After [[FaceHeelTurn betraying Ladybug]], [[spoiler:murdering Viperion]], [[TheBadGuyWins helping Hawkmoth win]], and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Wishing on the stolen Miraculous]], Alya plunges ''deep'' into denial as [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty [[LaserGuidedKarma the consequences of her actions come calling]].
** Faced with Chat Noir seemingly following them into the [[RealityWarper new timeline]], she theorizes that his vengefulness is fueled by SanitySlippage, with his worst traits being amplified somehow. The notion that he has every reason to want revenge upon those who betrayed him and Ladybug is something she dances around, along with the fact that shepersonally ''personally'' contributed to reality being rewritten with her Wish.
** Along similar lines, she applies the same theory to Marinette, attributing her occasional testiness and shortness with her to [[DrivenByEnvy being jealous of Lila hooking up with Adrien]]. Despite the fact that Marinette is happily dating Felix ([[{{Irony}} who isactually actually]] the original Adrien]]), ''original'' Adrien [[DecompositeCharacter split into a seperate person]]), and most of her moments of SugaryMalice come out in response to Alya's attempts to meddle in that relationship.
** Faced with Chat Noir seemingly following them into the [[RealityWarper new timeline]], she theorizes that his vengefulness is fueled by SanitySlippage, with his worst traits being amplified somehow. The notion that he has every reason to want revenge upon those who betrayed him and Ladybug is something she dances around, along with the fact that she
** Along similar lines, she applies the same theory to Marinette, attributing her occasional testiness and shortness with her to [[DrivenByEnvy being jealous of Lila hooking up with Adrien]]. Despite the fact that Marinette is happily dating Felix ([[{{Irony}} who is
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** In "Queen Wasp", she believes that revealing her SecretIdentity will cause everyone to admire her, when in reality she's despised by most of Paris - with everyone present jeering at her when Nino points out that Chloé was all too willing to leave Paris to Hawkmoth's mercy just because her classmates didn't suck up to her. This is also preceded by her claiming that Alya's thorough exposé on her horrible attitude as Scarlet Lady is defamation.
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** Mme. Caline Bustier also falls into this, having convinced herself that the best way to convince Chloé to care about others is by giving her [[KarmaHoudini a free pass]] for all of her bullying while pressuring her victims to TurnTheOtherCheek. She stubbornly insists that they're all "friends" despite all evidence to the contrary, and continues thinking that her students ''adore'' her after they collectively realize that her [[BrokenPedestal pedestal had been shattered]] ''ages'' ago.
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* In the AmericaIsStillAColony premise of ''Fanfic/GreySkiesUniverse'', Arthur rejects the truth that Alfred willingly rebelled against him. He genuinely believes Alfred was kidnapped, and when he shows a negative reaction to George Washington's execution, Arthur thinks it is because Alfred is afraid of his "captor" and not because one of his Founding Fathers and ParentalSubstitute is being hanged.
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* In the AmericaIsStillAColony premise of ''Fanfic/GreySkiesUniverse'', Arthur rejects the truth that Alfred willingly rebelled against him. He genuinely believes Alfred was kidnapped, and when he shows a negative reaction to George [[spoiler:George Washington's execution, execution]], Arthur thinks it is because Alfred is afraid [[spoiler:afraid of his "captor" "captor"]] and not because one [[spoiler:one of his Founding Fathers and ParentalSubstitute is being hanged.
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-->'''Francis:''' ''(on Arthur)'' As uncouth as he can be, his heart is quite tendered beneath its shields. He becomes easily lost in his passions. They blind him to what is real and, when that reality asserts itself, he will fight to return to his happy dreams.
-->'''Francis:''' ''(on Arthur)'' As uncouth as he can be, his heart is quite tendered beneath its shields. He becomes easily lost in his passions. They blind him to what is real and, when that reality asserts itself, he will fight to return to his happy dreams.
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* In the AmericaIsStillAColony premise of ''Fanfic/GreySkiesUniverse'', Arthur rejects the truth that Alfred willingly rebelled against him. He genuinely believes Alfred was kidnapped, and when he shows a negative reaction to George Washington's execution, Arthur thinks it is because Alfred is afraid of his "captor" and not because one of his Founding Fathers and ParentalSubstitute is being hanged.
* In the AmericaIsStillAColony premise of ''Fanfic/GreySkiesUniverse'', Arthur rejects the truth that Alfred willingly rebelled against him. He genuinely believes Alfred was kidnapped, and when he shows a negative reaction to George Washington's execution, Arthur thinks it is because Alfred is afraid of his "captor" and not because one of his Founding Fathers and ParentalSubstitute is being hanged.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Insanity}}'': Shigeki spends nearly the whole game insisting he can create a potion to revive the dead. He even thinks he can revive his wife and daughter, who were ''cremated'', and is convinced Kyouko is [[ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity his daughter]] despite her plainly stating she's not. [[spoiler:Deep down, he knows it isn't possible, but he clings to his delusion because he can't bear to face the reality of what he's done]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Insanity}}'': ''VideoGame/{{Insanity|Uri}}'': Shigeki spends nearly the whole game insisting he can create a potion to revive the dead. He even thinks he can revive his wife and daughter, who were ''cremated'', and is convinced Kyouko is [[ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity his daughter]] despite her plainly stating she's not. [[spoiler:Deep down, he knows it isn't possible, but he clings to his delusion because he can't bear to face the reality of what he's done]].
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** This attitude persists in "Malediktator", where she tells her half-sister Zoé that Sabrina (who broke ties with her in "Vanisher") will eventually come back crawling to her. By this time, Sabrina's not only made friends with the rest of the class, she's actually become best friends with Lila.
** In "Queen Wasp", she believes that revealing her SecretIdentity will cause everyone to admire her, when in reality she's despised by most of Paris - with everyone present jeering at her when Nino points out that Chloé was all too willing to leave Paris to Hawkmoth's mercy just because her classmates didn't suck up to her. This is also preceded by her claiming that Alya's thorough exposé on her horrible attitude as Scarlet Lady is defamation.
** In "Queen Wasp", she believes that revealing her SecretIdentity will cause everyone to admire her, when in reality she's despised by most of Paris - with everyone present jeering at her when Nino points out that Chloé was all too willing to leave Paris to Hawkmoth's mercy just because her classmates didn't suck up to her. This is also preceded by her claiming that Alya's thorough exposé on her horrible attitude as Scarlet Lady is defamation.
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* Gul Dukat in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is a master at remembering any event in his life in a way that makes him feel better -- especially if it involves the occupation, in which he was a benevolent father to a planet of ungrateful Bajorans, and certainly ''not'' Cardassian Hitler.
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* [[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineGulDukat Gul Dukat Dukat]] in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is a master at remembering any event in his life in a way that makes him feel better -- especially if it involves the occupation, in which he was a benevolent father to a planet of ungrateful Bajorans, and certainly ''not'' Cardassian Hitler.
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* ''Literature/PosterGirl'' takes place in large parts in a ghetto were the surviving elite of a pervious regime was locked up by the rebels who overthrew them. Several people in there are in complete denial over their situation holding lavish dinner parties as if they were still the high society... while feeding of low quality canned food and wearing handmedown clothing. On a darker note many of them also refuse to accept their regimes crimes.
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* ''[[Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral Chloe's Lament]]'': Chloé utterly rejects the idea that the reason [[TheFriendNobodyLikes everybody dislikes her]] is because she's a SpoiledBrat who [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections abuses her status as the Mayor's Daughter]] to [[KarmaHoudini dodge the consequences of her actions]], who completely [[LackOfEmpathy lacks empathy or concern]] for [[ItsAllAboutMe anyone aside from herself]]. She also rejects the idea that [[NiceGirl Marinette]] ''isn't'' [[PsychologicalProjection secretly just as bad as her]], and makes this literal by using a [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy reality warping Wish]] to [[RoleSwapAU swap places with her]], convinced that [[WrongGenreSavvy this will make her the new Ladybug and ensure that everybody loves her]] while Marinette becomes just as hated and despised as ''she'' was.
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* Lorna on ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'':
** Lorna, mostly due to herserious mental problems.issues. It's revealed that her "fiancee" Christopher is a guy she went on a single date with and then stalked. At her trial for attempted murder of his real girlfriend, Christopher talks about how Lorna forced him to change jobs and homes twice because of her stalking him and Lorna just laughs to her attorney "he's making it sound worse than it is."
** When Lorna uses a day out to break into Christopher's home, he confronts her at the prison with Lorna honestly thinking he's going to take her "back." When she whispers to him to keep his voice down, Christopher realizes she's been telling the inmates they're together and openly tells everyone present Lorna is a lunatic.
** Lorna's son Sterling sadly dies after a brief illness. Lorna, however, refuses to accept it, putting up an Instagram page for him with photos found online of other babies. When Lorna talks as if Sterling is home waiting for her, Vinnie realizes how far gone Lorna is and sadly leaves her.
** Fig explains much of her bitterness by the fact she was in the audience when Music/BruceSpringsteen was filming his "Dancing in the Dark" video. Fig complains that if Springsteen had chosen her from the audience to dance with rather than Creator/CourteneyCox, Fig would have become a successful actress. Fig doesn't hear people trying to explain to her that Cox wasn't chosen at random but ''specifically cast'' for the video.
** Lorna, mostly due to her
** When Lorna uses a day out to break into Christopher's home, he confronts her at the prison with Lorna honestly thinking he's going to take her "back." When she whispers to him to keep his voice down, Christopher realizes she's been telling the inmates they're together and openly tells everyone present Lorna is a lunatic.
** Lorna's son Sterling sadly dies after a brief illness. Lorna, however, refuses to accept it, putting up an Instagram page for him with photos found online of other babies. When Lorna talks as if Sterling is home waiting for her, Vinnie realizes how far gone Lorna is and sadly leaves her.
** Fig explains much of her bitterness by the fact she was in the audience when Music/BruceSpringsteen was filming his "Dancing in the Dark" video. Fig complains that if Springsteen had chosen her from the audience to dance with rather than Creator/CourteneyCox, Fig would have become a successful actress. Fig doesn't hear people trying to explain to her that Cox wasn't chosen at random but ''specifically cast'' for the video.
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** The whole AU was kicked off by [[ForWantOfANail Fu putting the Ladybug Earrings in Marinette's purse]] and [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] stealing them, leading to her becoming the titular '[[HeroWithAnFInGood heroine]]' instead. Despite knowing how she got the earrings -- and how Tikki greeted her ''as'' Marinette when she first appeared -- Chloé has convinced herself that '''she''' was [[TheChosenOne chosen from the start]]. When Tikki points this out in "Lady [=WiFi=]", the series' fifth episode, Chloé blithely ignores her.
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** The whole AU was kicked off by [[ForWantOfANail [[PointOfDivergence Fu putting the Ladybug Earrings in Marinette's purse]] and [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] stealing them, leading to her becoming the titular '[[HeroWithAnFInGood heroine]]' instead. Despite knowing how she got the earrings -- and how Tikki greeted her ''as'' Marinette when she first appeared -- Chloé has convinced herself that '''she''' was [[TheChosenOne chosen from the start]]. When Tikki points this out in "Lady [=WiFi=]", the series' fifth episode, Chloé blithely ignores her.
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** Future!Alix takes ShipperOnDeck to whole new levels of toxicity by trying to manipulate the timeline so that Marinette and Adrien end up together... despite the fact that this has spawned a number of {{Bad Future}}s. Even when the two ''do'' get together, it's doomed to failure due to Adrien being AllTakeAndNoGive or otherwise [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking Marinette for granted]]. Yet Future!Alix not only refuses to accept that they might not be compatible, but is hellbent on [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight "fixing HER timeline"]] after Marinette manages to [[ForWantOfANail avert disaster]], all while claiming that the future is set in stone and all the horrible tragedies ''her meddling created'' HAVE to happen BecauseDestinySaysSo.
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** Future!Alix takes ShipperOnDeck to whole new levels of toxicity by trying to manipulate the timeline so that Marinette and Adrien end up together... despite the fact that this has spawned a number of {{Bad Future}}s. Even when the two ''do'' get together, it's doomed to failure due to Adrien being AllTakeAndNoGive or otherwise [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking Marinette for granted]]. Yet Future!Alix not only refuses to accept that they might not be compatible, but is hellbent on [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight "fixing HER timeline"]] after Marinette manages to [[ForWantOfANail [[PointOfDivergence avert disaster]], all while claiming that the future is set in stone and all the horrible tragedies ''her meddling created'' HAVE to happen BecauseDestinySaysSo.
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** Lord Rust owns this trope, with his mind refusing to accept various conversations, and on one occasion an entire person. This seems to have some effect on reality as well; he is perhaps the worst general in fiction, but events always conspire to keep him from ever being killed (even though he's only ever lost battles, he's always survived them). Arrows will curve in their paths to miss him and hit the man behind him. He believes that just being an Ankh-Morpork aristocrat makes him unbeatable.
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** Lord Rust in ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'' owns this trope, with his mind refusing to accept various conversations, and on one occasion an entire person. This seems to have some effect on reality as well; he is perhaps the [[GeneralFailure worst general general]] in fiction, but events always conspire to keep him from ever being killed (even though he's only ever lost battles, [[KarmaHoudini he's always survived them).them]]). Arrows will curve in their paths to miss him and hit the man behind him. He believes that just being an Ankh-Morpork aristocrat makes him unbeatable.
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* ''Film/{{Five}}'': After the apocalypse, Barnstable's mind snaps and he refuses to acknowledge that almost all of humanity has been wiped out. Instead, he believes that he is on vacation and talks about he will soon have to go back to work at the bank, despite there being no work to go back to.
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** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': Pucci's obsession with fate has to do with his desire for something to blame for his decision to go to an outsider (who turned out to be the KKK) to get his sister to break up with Weather Report.
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* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': As season 3 goes on, Grace and Simon are confronted with more and more evidence that they completely misunderstood the nature of [[EldritchLocation the Train]] (Passenger numbers are supposed to go down not up, [[spoiler:One-One]] is the real conductor rather than a fake, etc.). While Grace begins altering her perceptions, [[SanitySlippage Simon just sinks further and further into denial]], to the point he almost looks delusional; as [[spoiler:Amelia]] explains the Train's history to him, he can do nothing but repetitively shout that she's wrong like a child, and begins [[ControlFreak lashing out at Grace for not agreeing with his perception of the Train]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': As season 3 goes on, Grace and Simon are confronted with more and more evidence that they completely misunderstood the nature of [[EldritchLocation the Train]] (Passenger numbers are supposed to go down not up, [[spoiler:One-One]] is the real conductor rather than a fake, etc.). While Grace begins altering to change her perceptions, worldview in response to the revelations, [[SanitySlippage Simon just sinks further and further into denial]], to the point he almost looks delusional; as [[spoiler:Amelia]] explains the Train's history to him, he can do nothing but repetitively shout that she's wrong like a child, and begins [[ControlFreak lashing out at Grace for not agreeing with his perception of the Train]].
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* IRejectYourReality/AnimeAndManga
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* IRejectYourReality/AnimeAndManga
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* Briefly happens in episode 9 of ''Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts''. The main characters come to the conclusion that Akihisa is in a secret relationship and follow him to his home to find out more. When they find various feminine items such as underwear and a cotton pad (for makeup), Himeji refuses to accept reality and believes that the underwear belongs to Akihisa and the cotton pad is a fishcake. She only starts to accept reality when she finds a lunch that was obviously made by a woman. [[spoiler:They were all wrong in their assumptions; the assorted items belong to Akihisa's sister, who has recently returned to look after her brother]].
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the most egregious case in the entire series is certainly Hantengu, the Upper Rank 4 demon of the Twelve Kizuki, who lived his entire human life, and now demon life, leeching of a fabricated reality that no matter what heinous crimes he committed Hantengu believed himself to be innocent; it is so ludicrous that the only memories of his human life that resurface shortly before he is about to be [[spoiler:killed by Tanjiro is of the numerous people that correctly judged him as guilty, but Hantengu still saw it as instances where terrible individuals accused him of things he never did]].
* Jiren of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' has this in spades. [[spoiler:Having lost his family, village, master, and friends to a mysterious villain, he rejects ThePowerOfFriendship in favor of MightMakesRight. He gladly and [[SmugSuper smugly]] espouses this viewpoint as a HopeCrusher, intending on smashing every bit of chance and hope of anything other than pure, unadulterated strength being the worthwhile power. However, when Goku ends up mastering Ultra Instinct and beats Jiren into the ground, he's told that he's gained this through the trust of his TrueCompanions ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Frieza]]). Jiren cannot wrap his head around this concept ''at all'' and tries to disprove it by ''attempting to kill them''. This proves to be a big mistake and ultimately leads to his downfall.]]
* Phryne Jamil of ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' is very bad with this. She's a [[{{Gonk}} hideous frog-faced woman]] who thinks of herself as the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who has men of all scores head over heels over her. What she refuses to believe is that the men she "[[RapeAsDrama tastes]]" are traumatized to the point of complete impotence rather than so utterly love-struck that they won't be "satisfied" by anyone else. Nothing can change her mind, not her own teammates who are rightfully disgusted to be around her or a damn mirror. Her delusion is so twisted that she thinks herself more beautiful than the story's actual goddess of beauty, [[spoiler:and she had the balls to say it to the face of said goddess' NumberTwo, who promptly kills her both for her stupidity and for bad-mouthing his goddess]].
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': Pucci's obsession with fate has to do with his desire for something to blame for his decision to go to an outsider (who turned out to be the KKK) to get his sister to break up with Weather Report.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJoJoLands The JoJoLands]]'': Barbara Ann Joestar, when faced with the possibility that her youngest child could be a genuine sociopath, her response is to yell that the psychiatrist's diagnosis is untrustworthy and demand for her money back. Unfortunately for her, Jodio resignedly accepts the news.
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': Todo ends up inventing a completely fictitious backstory for himself depicting him and Itadori as best friends in middle school where Itadori helped him try to confess to Takada-chan, being there for Toudou when he got rejected and taking him out for ramen with a brotherly pat on the back while he was depressed aftewards, and supposedly winning the baseball middle school nationals together entirely off-screen, which Itadori denies.
* ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' gives us Rikka Takanashi, who for the most part is just a {{Chuunibyou}}, but the one part of her fantasy that she absolutely will not let go of is [[spoiler:that her old home still exists, and that her father is still alive on the other side of the "invisible boundary line"]].
* [[spoiler:Obito]] from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler:refuses to acknowledge a world in which Rin chose to sacrifice herself and Kakashi was unable to protect her, and chooses to believe the current world is fake. His main goal is to use Infinite Tsukuyomi to replace reality with a dream world where he can pretend Rin is still alive.]]
* IdiotHero [[ManChild Luffy]] from the anime and manga ''Franchise/OnePiece'' pulls this often.
-->'''Luffy:''' I refuse!\\
'''Sanji:''' What do you ''mean'' you refuse?\\
'''Luffy:''' I refuse your refusal!
** An even more ridiculous example from the same series is Zeo, a bad guy from the Fishman Island arc. This trope is his main personality trait, from rejecting the fact that he was ignored by claiming he was speaking quietly (he was yelling), to rejecting the fact he got stabbed and instead insisting he was trying to break off the offending sword's tip with his own body. One of the best ones is that he even rejected the fact that someone was stepping on his face, insisting that he was ''headbutting the person's foot''. The last and very best one is when [[spoiler:Zeo and the rest of the bad guys have been aged into old men due to the Energy Steroids they took, really an age-accelerating substance. Note that absolutely none of them knew this would happen...]]
--->'''Zeo''': [[spoiler:I became old on purpose.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'', this failing is used as the identifier for the first ever truly perfect artificial intelligence. The ability to lie has never been programmed into any robot, yet the most advanced ones are capable of doing so anyway, in an example of complex emergent behaviour. The first true A.I. is so advanced that it can lie even to itself, [[spoiler:ignoring [[ThreeLawsCompliant three laws compliance]] because it believes itself to be human, evidence to the contrary be damned]].
* ''Anime/Pokemon3'' focuses on a delusional little girl named Molly Hale whose connection with a bunch of reality-bending Psychic-types allows her to bend reality. But even when confronted with things she can't change, she still insists her version is the correct one. Most likely because she's six or so and because her father disappeared leaving her all alone since her mother left her father some years ago. As [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] put it, the movie is basically ''Franchise/SilentHill'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids for children.]]
-->'''Ash''': If you come with us, you can have real Pokémon.\\
'''Molly''': ''[conjures up crystal Pokémon]'' I already have real Pokémon! NOW, GO AWAY!
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': This is the attitude of ''many'' of the characters, but the one that showcases this to the highest levels of annoyance to the rest of the cast is Tatewaki Kuno, who believes himself to be a top-notch warrior and God's gift to women (if anything, he's the weakest of the whole cast and is pretty repugnant), and that Ranma Saotome is not only a womanizer that has managed to get Akane Tendo and "the pig-tailed girl" (who is really Ranma's [[GenderBender female form]]) under his grasp, but that he is a "foul sorcerer" that has won every [[CurbStompBattle "fight"]] he's had with Kuno and has enslaved the 'pig-tailed girl' using his magic (and so defeating Ranma will not only release the 'girl' but make her instantly fall head-over-heels for Kuno). There is absolutely nothing, no amount of beat-downs or even changing forms in front of him, that will make him change his mind about Ranma.
* A straight variant and a lighter, less visible variant of this is seen between [[DistaffCounterpart counterparts]] Mikage and Utena in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. For Mikage, he doggedly draws in young students, during a time when they feel down and out, and manipulates them to duel for him - [[spoiler:and it seems that he's been keeping this up for [[OlderThanTheyLook years and years]], possibly being DeadAllAlong, seeking an "eternity" where he and his old lover Tokiko and her brother Mamiya can flourish. When Utena begins to break through it, he [[SanitySlippage breaks down]] and vanishes]]. So, what makes Utena his counterpart? She rejects the hardships that her fellow classmates go through, rejects the feelings that she gets for [[spoiler:Akio]] because of the need to become "princely", and consistently rejects the notion that the [[SubvertedTrope seemingly pure]] and [[ExtremeDoormat doormat-like]] Anthy [[spoiler:is manipulative of everyone else and is afraid to step outside of her boundaries - the outside world - from being the Rose Bride]]. Whereas the other duelists manage to cope with their problems, Utena remains childish in behavior and ideals, [[spoiler:and if the stabs of a million swords at the Rose Gate are anything to go by, doing that bit her in the ass pretty hard]].
* ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'':
** As far as Motoyasu is concerned, he's the archetypical KnightInShiningArmor, the most powerful and virtuous of the Three Heroes, while the titular outcast Shield Hero Naofumi is the Devil incarnate, whose every action is pure, unforgivable evil and who's companions are unfortunate souls brainwashed into servitude, and that [[ManipulativeBitch Malty]] is a pure, uncorrupted maiden who's never done anything wrong in her entire life. He'll never stop believing this no matter what the undeniable facts in front of him or even common sense says. [[spoiler: Deconstructed, as this not only makes it easy for bad guys like Malty and the corrupt fanatics in the Three Heroes Church to manipulate Motoyasu into doing their dirty work since Naofumi is their chief target, but the latter gets so fed up with dealing with someone so monumentally blind to reality to the point of unwittingly putting the people around him in danger that he was prepared to let him get killed by the Church's ringleader at one point. Finally, when he suffers a TraumaCongaLine that forces him to realize that he's not nearly as great as he thinks he is, culminating with him being betrayed and thrown away by the one person he had deluded himself into seeing in a positive light in the face of so much evidence, he goes completely insane.]]
** Itsuki, the Hero of the Bow, is in the same boat as well, but with more of a NeverMyFault attitude since his massive ego refuses to let him see himself as anything else but a virtuous HumbleHero that can do no wrong. This leads to him blaming Naofumi for "stealing credit" for assassinating a governor in secret, believing that doing so would improve the lives of the people under him. He refuses to listen when he's told that there's no logical way for him or anyone else to even know about what he did without telling someone directly ''because'' he did so in secret, or that things only got better temporarily before the civilians went destitute because of what happened after. [[spoiler: This only gets worse when his Curse Series Weapon awakens, and he starts brainwashing people into following him, claiming that he's bringing justice by "making them see his point of view" while ironically accusing Naofumi of the same.]]
* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'':
** Most of the Aincrad arc is actually an aversion of this. Despite Sword Art Online being a VRMMORPG, the fact it is a death game where dying in the game means dying in real life, means players need to accept the game as their new reality until it gets cleared. Kirito heavily delves into the philosophy of whether the virtual world was 'real' or not, with his belief that the virtual world could be as real as the real world if designed right.
** Kyouji had given up on the real world and instead turned to the virtual world of a VRMMORPG, Gun Gale Online. When he doesn't succeed at that either, he decides to move onto the next reality after death and tries to take his crush Sinon with him.
** In the abridged version of the series, Kirito uses this line as a PreMortemOneLiner during the climactic fight against Kayaba, bringing their shared gag of referencing old B-Movies to a nice close.
* In ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', Mr. Fujinami WantedASonInstead so badly that not only has he ''forcibly'' [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised his daughter Ryunosuke as a boy]], but he's even convinced '''himself''' that she's actually a boy. To the point he will literally deny blatant evidence to the contrary and insist on Ryunosuke's masculinity no matter what the situation is. As early as their second appearance, he registers Ryunosuke at Tomobiki High School as a boy, and when her home-room teacher protests that he can't put Ryunosuke in the male side of the Physical Education class, Mr. Fujinami insists to the principal that Ryunosuke is actually a boy... even when Onsen-Mark points out he's ''seen Ryunosuke's bosom'', and Ryunosuke herself admits she's a girl.
** Ataru Moroboshi can approach this trope in his adamancy in hitting on girls. The greatest example can be seen in his interactions with Asuka Mizunokoji; the girl DoesNotLikeMen. As in, she's literally ''terrified'' of men, to the point her reaction to even seeing Ataru is to scream in terror, hit him with a MegatonPunch, and potentially start running. Ataru will not only repeatedly thrust himself into her proximity in his usual aggressive flirtations, but during her brief ArrangedMarriage to Shutaro Mendo, repeatedly kept trying to claim that ''he'' was Asuka's betrothed, despite everyone around him pointing out he was no relation to the Mendo family at all.
* Seto Kaiba, from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' [[FlatEarthAtheist vehemently denies the existence of any sort of magic]] throughout the English dub, despite evidence to the contrary. The [[DubText dub itself]] eventually started making fun of this.
-->'''Dartz:''' Is that YourAnswerToEverything, Kaiba? You really need a new catchphrase.
** Made funnier, is the fact that Kaiba's past self was an actual sorcerer/priest who could cast magic.
** His absolute refusal to accept that he lost to Yugi and he isn't as good as the Pharaoh really delves into this territory [[BestOutOfInfinity considering the many times he's forced Yugi into a rematch]] -- when the final film ends, we find out in TheStinger that he ''built a machine to chase the Pharaoh into the afterlife'' to challenge him yet again.
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* Briefly happens in episode 9 of ''Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts''. The main characters come to the conclusion that Akihisa is in a secret relationship and follow him to his home to find out more. When they find various feminine items such as underwear and a cotton pad (for makeup), Himeji refuses to accept reality and believes that the underwear belongs to Akihisa and the cotton pad is a fishcake. She only starts to accept reality when she finds a lunch that was obviously made by a woman. [[spoiler:They were all wrong in their assumptions; the assorted items belong to Akihisa's sister, who has recently returned to look after her brother]].
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the most egregious case in the entire series is certainly Hantengu, the Upper Rank 4 demon of the Twelve Kizuki, who lived his entire human life, and now demon life, leeching of a fabricated reality that no matter what heinous crimes he committed Hantengu believed himself to be innocent; it is so ludicrous that the only memories of his human life that resurface shortly before he is about to be [[spoiler:killed by Tanjiro is of the numerous people that correctly judged him as guilty, but Hantengu still saw it as instances where terrible individuals accused him of things he never did]].
* Jiren of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' has this in spades. [[spoiler:Having lost his family, village, master, and friends to a mysterious villain, he rejects ThePowerOfFriendship in favor of MightMakesRight. He gladly and [[SmugSuper smugly]] espouses this viewpoint as a HopeCrusher, intending on smashing every bit of chance and hope of anything other than pure, unadulterated strength being the worthwhile power. However, when Goku ends up mastering Ultra Instinct and beats Jiren into the ground, he's told that he's gained this through the trust of his TrueCompanions ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Frieza]]). Jiren cannot wrap his head around this concept ''at all'' and tries to disprove it by ''attempting to kill them''. This proves to be a big mistake and ultimately leads to his downfall.]]
* Phryne Jamil of ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' is very bad with this. She's a [[{{Gonk}} hideous frog-faced woman]] who thinks of herself as the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who has men of all scores head over heels over her. What she refuses to believe is that the men she "[[RapeAsDrama tastes]]" are traumatized to the point of complete impotence rather than so utterly love-struck that they won't be "satisfied" by anyone else. Nothing can change her mind, not her own teammates who are rightfully disgusted to be around her or a damn mirror. Her delusion is so twisted that she thinks herself more beautiful than the story's actual goddess of beauty, [[spoiler:and she had the balls to say it to the face of said goddess' NumberTwo, who promptly kills her both for her stupidity and for bad-mouthing his goddess]].
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': Pucci's obsession with fate has to do with his desire for something to blame for his decision to go to an outsider (who turned out to be the KKK) to get his sister to break up with Weather Report.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJoJoLands The JoJoLands]]'': Barbara Ann Joestar, when faced with the possibility that her youngest child could be a genuine sociopath, her response is to yell that the psychiatrist's diagnosis is untrustworthy and demand for her money back. Unfortunately for her, Jodio resignedly accepts the news.
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': Todo ends up inventing a completely fictitious backstory for himself depicting him and Itadori as best friends in middle school where Itadori helped him try to confess to Takada-chan, being there for Toudou when he got rejected and taking him out for ramen with a brotherly pat on the back while he was depressed aftewards, and supposedly winning the baseball middle school nationals together entirely off-screen, which Itadori denies.
* ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' gives us Rikka Takanashi, who for the most part is just a {{Chuunibyou}}, but the one part of her fantasy that she absolutely will not let go of is [[spoiler:that her old home still exists, and that her father is still alive on the other side of the "invisible boundary line"]].
* [[spoiler:Obito]] from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler:refuses to acknowledge a world in which Rin chose to sacrifice herself and Kakashi was unable to protect her, and chooses to believe the current world is fake. His main goal is to use Infinite Tsukuyomi to replace reality with a dream world where he can pretend Rin is still alive.]]
* IdiotHero [[ManChild Luffy]] from the anime and manga ''Franchise/OnePiece'' pulls this often.
-->'''Luffy:''' I refuse!\\
'''Sanji:''' What do you ''mean'' you refuse?\\
'''Luffy:''' I refuse your refusal!
** An even more ridiculous example from the same series is Zeo, a bad guy from the Fishman Island arc. This trope is his main personality trait, from rejecting the fact that he was ignored by claiming he was speaking quietly (he was yelling), to rejecting the fact he got stabbed and instead insisting he was trying to break off the offending sword's tip with his own body. One of the best ones is that he even rejected the fact that someone was stepping on his face, insisting that he was ''headbutting the person's foot''. The last and very best one is when [[spoiler:Zeo and the rest of the bad guys have been aged into old men due to the Energy Steroids they took, really an age-accelerating substance. Note that absolutely none of them knew this would happen...]]
--->'''Zeo''': [[spoiler:I became old on purpose.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'', this failing is used as the identifier for the first ever truly perfect artificial intelligence. The ability to lie has never been programmed into any robot, yet the most advanced ones are capable of doing so anyway, in an example of complex emergent behaviour. The first true A.I. is so advanced that it can lie even to itself, [[spoiler:ignoring [[ThreeLawsCompliant three laws compliance]] because it believes itself to be human, evidence to the contrary be damned]].
* ''Anime/Pokemon3'' focuses on a delusional little girl named Molly Hale whose connection with a bunch of reality-bending Psychic-types allows her to bend reality. But even when confronted with things she can't change, she still insists her version is the correct one. Most likely because she's six or so and because her father disappeared leaving her all alone since her mother left her father some years ago. As [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] put it, the movie is basically ''Franchise/SilentHill'' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids for children.]]
-->'''Ash''': If you come with us, you can have real Pokémon.\\
'''Molly''': ''[conjures up crystal Pokémon]'' I already have real Pokémon! NOW, GO AWAY!
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': This is the attitude of ''many'' of the characters, but the one that showcases this to the highest levels of annoyance to the rest of the cast is Tatewaki Kuno, who believes himself to be a top-notch warrior and God's gift to women (if anything, he's the weakest of the whole cast and is pretty repugnant), and that Ranma Saotome is not only a womanizer that has managed to get Akane Tendo and "the pig-tailed girl" (who is really Ranma's [[GenderBender female form]]) under his grasp, but that he is a "foul sorcerer" that has won every [[CurbStompBattle "fight"]] he's had with Kuno and has enslaved the 'pig-tailed girl' using his magic (and so defeating Ranma will not only release the 'girl' but make her instantly fall head-over-heels for Kuno). There is absolutely nothing, no amount of beat-downs or even changing forms in front of him, that will make him change his mind about Ranma.
* A straight variant and a lighter, less visible variant of this is seen between [[DistaffCounterpart counterparts]] Mikage and Utena in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. For Mikage, he doggedly draws in young students, during a time when they feel down and out, and manipulates them to duel for him - [[spoiler:and it seems that he's been keeping this up for [[OlderThanTheyLook years and years]], possibly being DeadAllAlong, seeking an "eternity" where he and his old lover Tokiko and her brother Mamiya can flourish. When Utena begins to break through it, he [[SanitySlippage breaks down]] and vanishes]]. So, what makes Utena his counterpart? She rejects the hardships that her fellow classmates go through, rejects the feelings that she gets for [[spoiler:Akio]] because of the need to become "princely", and consistently rejects the notion that the [[SubvertedTrope seemingly pure]] and [[ExtremeDoormat doormat-like]] Anthy [[spoiler:is manipulative of everyone else and is afraid to step outside of her boundaries - the outside world - from being the Rose Bride]]. Whereas the other duelists manage to cope with their problems, Utena remains childish in behavior and ideals, [[spoiler:and if the stabs of a million swords at the Rose Gate are anything to go by, doing that bit her in the ass pretty hard]].
* ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'':
** As far as Motoyasu is concerned, he's the archetypical KnightInShiningArmor, the most powerful and virtuous of the Three Heroes, while the titular outcast Shield Hero Naofumi is the Devil incarnate, whose every action is pure, unforgivable evil and who's companions are unfortunate souls brainwashed into servitude, and that [[ManipulativeBitch Malty]] is a pure, uncorrupted maiden who's never done anything wrong in her entire life. He'll never stop believing this no matter what the undeniable facts in front of him or even common sense says. [[spoiler: Deconstructed, as this not only makes it easy for bad guys like Malty and the corrupt fanatics in the Three Heroes Church to manipulate Motoyasu into doing their dirty work since Naofumi is their chief target, but the latter gets so fed up with dealing with someone so monumentally blind to reality to the point of unwittingly putting the people around him in danger that he was prepared to let him get killed by the Church's ringleader at one point. Finally, when he suffers a TraumaCongaLine that forces him to realize that he's not nearly as great as he thinks he is, culminating with him being betrayed and thrown away by the one person he had deluded himself into seeing in a positive light in the face of so much evidence, he goes completely insane.]]
** Itsuki, the Hero of the Bow, is in the same boat as well, but with more of a NeverMyFault attitude since his massive ego refuses to let him see himself as anything else but a virtuous HumbleHero that can do no wrong. This leads to him blaming Naofumi for "stealing credit" for assassinating a governor in secret, believing that doing so would improve the lives of the people under him. He refuses to listen when he's told that there's no logical way for him or anyone else to even know about what he did without telling someone directly ''because'' he did so in secret, or that things only got better temporarily before the civilians went destitute because of what happened after. [[spoiler: This only gets worse when his Curse Series Weapon awakens, and he starts brainwashing people into following him, claiming that he's bringing justice by "making them see his point of view" while ironically accusing Naofumi of the same.]]
* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'':
** Most of the Aincrad arc is actually an aversion of this. Despite Sword Art Online being a VRMMORPG, the fact it is a death game where dying in the game means dying in real life, means players need to accept the game as their new reality until it gets cleared. Kirito heavily delves into the philosophy of whether the virtual world was 'real' or not, with his belief that the virtual world could be as real as the real world if designed right.
** Kyouji had given up on the real world and instead turned to the virtual world of a VRMMORPG, Gun Gale Online. When he doesn't succeed at that either, he decides to move onto the next reality after death and tries to take his crush Sinon with him.
** In the abridged version of the series, Kirito uses this line as a PreMortemOneLiner during the climactic fight against Kayaba, bringing their shared gag of referencing old B-Movies to a nice close.
* In ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', Mr. Fujinami WantedASonInstead so badly that not only has he ''forcibly'' [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raised his daughter Ryunosuke as a boy]], but he's even convinced '''himself''' that she's actually a boy. To the point he will literally deny blatant evidence to the contrary and insist on Ryunosuke's masculinity no matter what the situation is. As early as their second appearance, he registers Ryunosuke at Tomobiki High School as a boy, and when her home-room teacher protests that he can't put Ryunosuke in the male side of the Physical Education class, Mr. Fujinami insists to the principal that Ryunosuke is actually a boy... even when Onsen-Mark points out he's ''seen Ryunosuke's bosom'', and Ryunosuke herself admits she's a girl.
** Ataru Moroboshi can approach this trope in his adamancy in hitting on girls. The greatest example can be seen in his interactions with Asuka Mizunokoji; the girl DoesNotLikeMen. As in, she's literally ''terrified'' of men, to the point her reaction to even seeing Ataru is to scream in terror, hit him with a MegatonPunch, and potentially start running. Ataru will not only repeatedly thrust himself into her proximity in his usual aggressive flirtations, but during her brief ArrangedMarriage to Shutaro Mendo, repeatedly kept trying to claim that ''he'' was Asuka's betrothed, despite everyone around him pointing out he was no relation to the Mendo family at all.
* Seto Kaiba, from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' [[FlatEarthAtheist vehemently denies the existence of any sort of magic]] throughout the English dub, despite evidence to the contrary. The [[DubText dub itself]] eventually started making fun of this.
-->'''Dartz:''' Is that YourAnswerToEverything, Kaiba? You really need a new catchphrase.
** Made funnier, is the fact that Kaiba's past self was an actual sorcerer/priest who could cast magic.
** His absolute refusal to accept that he lost to Yugi and he isn't as good as the Pharaoh really delves into this territory [[BestOutOfInfinity considering the many times he's forced Yugi into a rematch]] -- when the final film ends, we find out in TheStinger that he ''built a machine to chase the Pharaoh into the afterlife'' to challenge him yet again.
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* Akane in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11701126/7/Anything-Goes-Game-Changer Anything Goes Game Changer]]'' struggles to accept that she isn't the best. Not only does she flat out reject that she's lost several spars, but she insists that only freaks can do what the various Sekirei and better martial artists can, especially RoofHopping. She eventually grows out of this after a battle against a Sekirei leaves her with a broken arm, with WordOfGod stating not even her delusions could ignore a long-lasting injury like that.
* Suzaku has this problem in ''Fanfic/CodePrime'' throughout most of R1. He continuously insists that he can change the system of Britannia, despite the fact that they’re allied with the Decepticons, as well as the numerous atrocities that Britannia commits. He also refuses to acknowledge that the Black Knights and the Autobots have legitimate reasons for opposing Britannia, and continues to buy into the idea that they’re terrorists. [[spoiler:It takes the SAZ Massacre, along with Lelouch calling him out on it, as well as asking him if he’s gonna start blaming Euphemia for his mistakes for him to finally snap out of it, and accept that he was deluding himself, and that he never had a chance to change Britannia]].
* ''Fanfic/PlusFiveToCharisma'': Despite all of the good that the Party is doing, Alma convinces herself that they're sabotaging her family, to the point that she convinces herself that [[spoiler:Mirabel ''must have been'' replaced by a Fay Trickster]].
* ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'' has this happen to [[spoiler:Kitten]] after her EmergencyTransformation. Between the trauma of the near-death experience that required said transformation to save her life, and the shock at having lost her humanity, she [[FreakOut completely snaps]] and puts herself into a delusional state where she believes she's still human, reacting violently whenever anyone or anything points out the contrary.
* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': Caleb's IrrationalHatred of anyone he even suspects of being connected to Phobos means that he refuses to believe the truth about Jade/Kage (that she's innocent and never served Phobos) and "the Mage" (that she was really a disguised Nerissa manipulating him) regardless of all the evidence and all the holes in the theories he tries to use to defend his beliefs. The authors have explained in the reviews that after spending practically all of his short life fighting a war to bring down a tyrant, accepting that all the losses and sacrifices of his comrades and himself were all part of ''another'' villain's masterplan is simply too much for Caleb, so he resorts to TheoryTunnelVision to hold on to the reality he has always taken for granted.
* [[EntitledToHaveYou Brett]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13310857/1/Through-His-Eyes Through His Eyes]]'' refuses to accept that Percy Jackson is anything but a dangerous criminal who abuses Annabeth Chase despite all evidence to the contrary. [[spoiler:Even when he gives up at the end, it's not a JerkassRealization that he broke into her apartment to find evidence, but "accepting" that nothing he can do will convince anyone he's right.]]
* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'':
** Many of the cast have maladapted coping mechanisms in the form of self-delusions and denial; recognizing what sort of issues they're dealing with would require them to face some {{Awful Truth}}s, so they sidestep full awareness of their situations until they reach their personal limits as to what they can rationalize away.
** Aoko demonstrates this the most acutely with her BlackAndWhiteInsanity. As the story progresses, all of the 'good' reasons she uses to justify her absolute moral justice are increasingly illegitimated, and the more she learns, the more she denies. By Chapter 10, she's grasping desperately for ''any'' reason to continue viewing Shuichi and Kaito as 'the bad guys' in the face of things like [[spoiler:Yuusaku openly {{Mind Control}}ling his son right in front of her team while giving his son a BreakingSpeech about how he doesn't deserve even the thinnest veneer of respect]].
* ''Fanfic/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDenial'': With the second culprit, it's [[AmbiguousSituation deliberately unclear]] how much this applies. Their plan hinged on rigging a trap so that ''somebody else'' would be responsible for the victim's death; however, it went off prematurely, leaving them as the blackened. Furthermore, it's implied that they ''knew'' the trap went off too soon, but they deny it to the bitter end.
* ''Fanfic/SystemRestore'': Following the second trial, [[spoiler:Kazuichi]] refuses to accept the culprit's identity, continuing to insist that [[spoiler:Gundam]] ''must have been'' the murderer and somehow got away with it without everyone being executed for getting it wrong.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Fanfic/AllYouNeedIsLove'':
-->'''Naomi:''' It's like you have this belief that if you say things enough times they suddenly become true.\\
'''Light:''' I do not.\\
'''Naomi:''' I'm the god of the new world?\\
'''Light:''' ''(confused)'' But [[AGodAmI I am the god of the new world]].\\
'''Naomi:''' [[ShutUpHannibal No you're not]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist I have good intentions]]? [[TheRival Raye Penber]] is [[ExtremeDoormat wallpaper]]? I don't get high off the murders of rapists and other murderers? I can keep going, you know, if I really want to.\\
'''Light:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic All true, I don't say them to make them true I just have to remind everyone else that they're true]]. If I didn't say anything people would assume that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Matsuda's theories]] are correct, and I just won't stand for that.\\
'''Naomi:''' Yeah, completely buying that.
* ''Fanfic/TyrantlyEverAfter'': After the events of ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Disgaea 4]]'', Fuka has amended her delusions. While she now accepts that she died at some point, she firmly believes that she's up in Heaven, with all her escapades in the Netherworld being [[AllJustADream nothing more than dreams]]... since after all, there's no way that a 'sweet, innocent girl' like ''her'' could have been sent to the Netherworld, right?
* ''Fanfic/WolfInTheStreetsSardineInTheSheets'': In this AlternateUniverse, a tragic accident at Genjuro's lab killed his wife and one of his daughters, with the other two (Fuka and Desco) barely surviving. The girls end up at Valvatorez's rehabilitation home after their father is arrested for the incident; however, Fuka refuses to acknowledge this as anything other than a temporary measure, dismissing the incident at the lab as 'a bad dream' and insisting that their father is just busy at work.
* ''Fanfic/DearJournalImCrazy'': Doug has a horrible time adjusting to the first few days after taking the pills.
-->''SKEETER ISN'T BLUE! I refuse to believe it! I went to school for the first time today, and everyone was DIFFERENT! Nobody was beautifully colored anymore, NOBODY! Skeeter! He was blue, I swear it, or at least I swore it until I came home. I checked the photo album of pictures I took since we became friends, and even in those pictures, he ISN'T BLUE! They all are so bland and boring now, with very few colors. Mr. Dink isn't purple, Roger isn't green, and Skeeter isn't BLUE! I can't take it anymore. I miss Porkchop doing more than pooping on the carpet and sleeping, I miss everyone's beautiful colors. I don't know what happened. I don't want to believe this is how things really are. I have spent so long enjoying life as it was that now I feel I really am going crazy. Other people say I am more attentive, and I don't space out as much, but I do not even know what they are talking about! I just want things to return to normal, to the way I know they should be. Please!''
--->--'''Doug's Journal Entry, Thursday February 10th, 1994'''
* ''Fanfic/TheSaviorKingTheMasterTacticianAndTheQueenOfLiberation'': While [[spoiler:Edelgard]] claims to be more open-minded than any other aristocrats, as the war wears on, they refuse to acknowledge that ''they aren't winning'' the conflict, or that others have justifiable grievances against them. Even after [[spoiler:Renata Fraldarius]] delivers a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how they cling to their self-serving narratives, blinding themselves to the truth, they refuse to even ''consider'' fleeing, or that they might not be Fódlan's savior after all.
* In ''Fanfic/TheNewRetcons'', Elly Patterson's madness begins when she rejects her youngest daughter, April, denying that she was ''ever'' her daughter. This swiftly escalates, as she convinces herself that it's still the eighties (in 2008), that her adult children were still little kids, and that Edgar, their dog, was actually his father Farley. Her husband [[UselessBystanderParent refuses to seek any professional help]], letting her condition worsen until the matter is forced due to her [[spoiler:kidnapping a child she'd mistaken for Lawrence]].
* In ''Fanfic/OhGodNotAgain'', [[spoiler:Sirius chooses to pretend he was in Majorca instead of Azkaban for over a decade]]. Everyone goes with it. Legally speaking, [[spoiler:since he ''was'' acquitted of all those murders]], the reality he rejects "[[MetaphoricallyTrue didn't happen]]".
* ''Fanfic/EnteringTheLoveHinaWorld'': Naru is so thoroughly convinced that AllMenArePerverts and always ''deserve'' her {{Unprovoked Pervert Payback}}s that she insists that Anthony and Faye are somehow "brainwashing" anyone who thinks otherwise.
* In ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'', [[ShipperOnDeck Mutsumi]] refuses to accept that [[GrewASpine Keitaro]] broke up with [[NeverMyFault Naru]] because their [[AllTakeAndNoGive relationship was too toxic]], and is dead set on getting them back together. She even believes that Keitaro will thank her for this, despite him repeatedly telling her to back off, stop meddling in his life, and leave him alone. Even ''Naru'' agrees that they shouldn't get back together, though naturally she [[NeverMyFault blames Keitaro for everything]], and is willing to play along with Mutsumi's delusions for another chance to beat the crap out of him.
* ''Fanfic/OpenForAll'': Flash and Mr. Harrington continue to disbelieve Peter has an internship at Stark Industries despite all the evidence presented to them during the tour of Stark Tower. It took Harley Keener threatening them for reality to set in.
* ''Fanfic/PeterParkersFieldTripOfCourseItsToStarkIndustries'': Mr. Harrison and the Principal refuse to accept any evidence that Peter is [[CassandraTruth telling the truth]] about interning with Tony Stark. Even when his aunt affirms it, they continue to treat him as though he's lying about it, accusing him of forging Stark's signature. It takes [[spoiler:Tony Stark visiting the principal's office and telling him off personally]] for it to sink in.
* ''[[Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral Chloe's Lament]]'': Chloé utterly rejects the idea that the reason [[TheFriendNobodyLikes everybody dislikes her]] is because she's a SpoiledBrat who [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections abuses her status as the Mayor's Daughter]] to [[KarmaHoudini dodge the consequences of her actions]], who completely [[LackOfEmpathy lacks empathy or concern]] for [[ItsAllAboutMe anyone aside from herself]]. She also rejects the idea that [[NiceGirl Marinette]] ''isn't'' [[PsychologicalProjection secretly just as bad as her]], and makes this literal by using a [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy reality warping Wish]] to [[RoleSwapAU swap places with her]], convinced that [[WrongGenreSavvy this will make her the new Ladybug and ensure that everybody loves her]] while Marinette becomes just as hated and despised as ''she'' was.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10984500/chapters/24462450 How to Catch a Ladybug]]'', where Lila, upon discovering that Marinette is Ladybug, convinces herself she's an evil liar with an impressive facade of niceness that comes from a broken house with incredibly strict parents and desperately tries to fit the mounting evidence of the contrary in her view just as she's starting to be drawn in by Marinette's genuine niceness.
* ''Fanfic/{{I See What You Do Behind Closed Doors|MiraculousLadybug}}'': Adrien ignores all evidence that Ladybug really ''isn't'' interested in any of his unwanted advances as Chat Noir. As far as he's concerned, he's God's gift to women, and she's just PlayingHardToGet.
* ''Fanfic/JulekaVsTheForcesOfTheUniverse'': Alya is so hellbent on [[UnwantedAssistance 'helping']] Marinette [[ShipperOnDeck hook up with Adrien]] that she steadfastly refuses to acknowledge ''anything'' that doesn't suit her plans. When Luka asks Marinette out in front of her, Adrien, and several of their other friends, Alya frantically texts the rest of the GirlPosse complaining about how Adrien now ''thinks'' that Marinette has a date for the dance, and starts conspiring to turn it into an OperationJealousy.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien embodies this several times over:
** He is completely unable to handle the notion that the world ''doesn't'' [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality revolve around his whims]]. As LaserGuidedKarma burns through his crumbling KarmaHoudiniWarranty, he continuously reassures himself that he's ''still'' going to get everything he wants, ignoring all evidence to the contrary.
** He insists that Lila's deception hasn't ''really'' hurt anyone. Oh, sure, she's [[ConArtist conning their classmates]] into donating to her [[FakeCharity fake causes]], but surely his classmates aren't giving away anything they can't ''afford'' to give up, right? Even when Marinette tells him point-blank how much she's been hurting, he looks her straight in the eyes, smiles and declares [[BecauseYouCanCope she's strong enough to handle it]].
** He ''refuses'' to acknowledge the idea that Marinette doesn't like him, much less that she isn't interested in any kind of romantic relationship. She's just confused, deluded, in denial -- just needs to "come to her senses". And once he wins her over, he fully believes that she'll agree to do whatever he wants out of sheer single-minded dedication to making him happy.
* ''Fanfic/LadyBugOut'': No matter how many times Ladybug rejects him, Chat Noir continues insisting that she's either in denial or flat out ''lying'' about her lack of interest in him. At one point, he attempts to [[ForcefulKiss force a kiss on her]], then claims that she only rebuffed him because she ''knew'' that she wouldn't be able to hide her "true feelings" during a lip-lock. As opposed to simply not wanting to be kissed against her will.
* ''[[Fanfic/MarinetteDupainChengsSpitePlaylist Marinette Dupain-Cheng's Spite Playlist: Remix]]'': At Adrien's encouragement, Alya starts investigating Lila's claims, but balks when she uncovers evidence that she hasn't been truthful, not wanting to deal with the potential implications. She proceeds to turn entirely against Marinette ''and'' Ladybug, accepting Lila's claims that both were [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]] all along rather than confront the notion that ''she'' [[NeverMyFault was wrong]] to dismiss their warnings about Lila.
* In ''Fanfic/OfPatienceAndPettiness'', Alya falls HARD into this after [[LiarRevealed Lila's true nature is exposed]] to the whole class. She expects everything to go [[StatusQuoIsGod right back to normal]], insisting that she's still besties with Marinette despite publicly disowning her and calling ''Lila'' her BFF on the Ladyblog. Despite Marinette telling her off several times, making quite clear that she's moving on with her life, Alya clings to her pretty fiction, to the point that she gets akumatized into Fixateur.
** Fixateur weaponizes this, being a RealityWarper who makes her victims believe what she wants them to believe. However, this power is limited; [[spoiler:when she uses it on Marinette, it doesn't work because Alya is too deluded to understand her former friend's mindset. She's convinced herself that Mari is ''faking'' her anger, and still considers her to be her bestie. Thus, her attempt to erase her 'fake anger' fails]].
* ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': After [[FaceHeelTurn betraying Ladybug]], [[TheBadGuyWins helping Hawkmoth win]], and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Wishing on the stolen Miraculous]], Alya plunges ''deep'' into denial as [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty the consequences of her actions come calling]].
** Faced with Chat Noir seemingly following them into the [[RealityWarper new timeline]], she theorizes that his vengefulness is fueled by SanitySlippage, with his worst traits being amplified somehow. The notion that he has every reason to want revenge upon those who betrayed him and Ladybug is something she dances around, along with the fact that she personally contributed to reality being rewritten with her Wish.
** Along similar lines, she applies the same theory to Marinette, attributing her occasional testiness and shortness with her to [[DrivenByEnvy being jealous of Lila hooking up with Adrien]]. Despite the fact that Marinette is happily dating Felix ([[{{Irony}} who is actually the original Adrien]]), and most of her moments of SugaryMalice come out in response to Alya's attempts to meddle in that relationship.
* ''WebComic/ScarletLady'':
** The whole AU was kicked off by [[ForWantOfANail Fu putting the Ladybug Earrings in Marinette's purse]] and [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] stealing them, leading to her becoming the titular '[[HeroWithAnFInGood heroine]]' instead. Despite knowing how she got the earrings -- and how Tikki greeted her ''as'' Marinette when she first appeared -- Chloé has convinced herself that '''she''' was [[TheChosenOne chosen from the start]]. When Tikki points this out in "Lady [=WiFi=]", the series' fifth episode, Chloé blithely ignores her.
** Along similar lines, she acts completely oblivious to just how much Adrien has been put off by her bullying and clinginess. "Reflekta" illustrates this mental disconnect perfectly, as she sabotages the photoshoot so she can stand next to him... and the resulting picture captures him shoving her away. Yet she still sees it as 'her photo with Adrien' and wants to preserve it at any cost, despite how it immortalizes his ''anger'' and frustration with her.
** During "Guitar Villain", Chloé declares that one of the "Rules of the Bourgeois" is that "All guys have to be crazy about you." To this end, she has convinced herself that both Adrien and Luka are interested in her, despite how both boys openly treat her as an AbhorrentAdmirer and are instead competing for [[NiceGirl Marinette]].
*** This delusional belief that all the boys around her ''must'' be besotted with her also causes the conflict in the earlier episode "Dark Cupid": when she comes across Kim waiting to meet up with his girlfriend Ondine, she assumes he must have been waiting for ''her'' and makes a big scene out of rejecting him, misleading Ondine to believe he actually ''was'' trying to date the SpoiledBrat.
** The greatest example of this comes in "Despair Bear". After ignoring all of Adrien's warnings about her bullying and possessive behavior, she's caught completely off-guard when he breaks off their friendship. She then expects him to [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency reward her]] for ''pretending'' to be nice to their classmates, and when he [[BluntNo bluntly informs her]] that's not happening? Convinces herself that he's "obviously just being dramatic", and that the whole thing is just his way of cruelly "teasing" her and that he'll apologize eventually.
* ''Fanfic/VillainOfYourOwnStory'':
** Alya refuses to believe that Marinette was [[CassandraTruth telling the truth]] about Lila. Even after learning that her FalseFriend was CaughtOnTape threatening a celebrity's daughter after they saw through her lies, she thinks that it's a case of AdaptationalVillainy -- that the Wish she made rewrote reality so that Lila was the victim of a KarmicMisfire. Why? Because part of Alya's Wish was that she hoped Marinette would be happier, so she convinces herself that the Wish must have [[JackassGenie twisted her words]].
** Speaking of which, Alya also refuses to believe that the Wish ''actually'' made Marinette happier, as said happiness didn't take the form ''Alya'' wanted or expected. Even though she can clearly see that Marinette is much more relaxed, enjoying the company of ''both'' of her boyfriends, Alya's upset because ''neither of them are Adrien''.
* ''Fanfic/WeightOffYourShoulder'':
** Future!Alix takes ShipperOnDeck to whole new levels of toxicity by trying to manipulate the timeline so that Marinette and Adrien end up together... despite the fact that this has spawned a number of {{Bad Future}}s. Even when the two ''do'' get together, it's doomed to failure due to Adrien being AllTakeAndNoGive or otherwise [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking Marinette for granted]]. Yet Future!Alix not only refuses to accept that they might not be compatible, but is hellbent on [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight "fixing HER timeline"]] after Marinette manages to [[ForWantOfANail avert disaster]], all while claiming that the future is set in stone and all the horrible tragedies ''her meddling created'' HAVE to happen BecauseDestinySaysSo.
** Adrien can be just as bad about denying reality. When it comes to Chloé, for instance, he outright ''refuses'' to accept that the kids who have known her since kindergarten -- and been constantly bullied by her for years -- know more about the SpoiledBrat than ''he'' does.
** Adrien's inability to accept painful truths is also responsible of causing many of the {{Bad Future}}s mentioned above. In one where he and Marinette got married, he blithely ignores how miserable his wife is as she struggles to hold their failing relationship together ''and'' keep his company afloat. Even when their divorce is being finalized, he refuses to accept that it's over, begging her to remember that she's his "everyday Ladybug" and is ''meant'' to do all this work for him. Then there's all the offshoots where he refuses to accept that his father was Hawk/Shadow Moth all along and pulls a FaceHeelTurn...
* In ''Fanfic/{{The Wolves in the Woods|MiraculousLadybug}}'', Alya is determined to rekindle her friendship with Marinette... after she torched that bridge beyond repair. Though she refuses to acknowledge that she did so, continuing to insist that they're ''still'' best friends even after being banned from the Dupain-Cheng bakery and hit with a restraining order.
* ''Fanfic/AccidentalSuccessor'': Mineta's mother insists that her son couldn't ''possibly'' be a pervert, as MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal. When he gets expelled for groping Tsuyu [[SkewedPriorities during a villain attack]], she rejects all evidence of his guilt, wanting to take the matter to court in order to prove his innocence... even though dragging it into the public eye wouldn't work out well. His father proves to be much more reasonable, quickly signing the paperwork to make their son's expulsion official before his wife can destroy their reputations.
* Throughout ''Fanfic/{{Cain}}'', Katsuki uses ''extensive'' amounts of {{Doublethink}} to convince himself that Izuku is simultaneously a useless, incompetent crybaby ''and'' a [[ManipulativeBastard master manipulator]] who's out to ruin Katsuki's life. The truth is more that Katsuki is [[PsychologicalProjection completely obsessed with Izuku]], [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence Feeling Oppressed By His Existence]] and intent upon denying his favorite victim any scrap of joy, happiness or accomplishment. When Toshinori sits him down and systematically deconstructs all his reasoning, pointing out the flaws in his twisted logic, Katsuki concludes that Izuku must be tricking All Might and poisoning his mind against him.
** Katsuki's inability to see reality for what it is also proves to be a FatalFlaw, as he's so deeply mired in his delusions that he's outright ''incapable'' of understanding how anybody else thinks. This renders him incapable of [[DidntThinkThisThrough seeing the downsides]] of his various schemes... for instance, that Toshinori might not appreciate him attempting to put an end to his training sessions with Izuku by convincing Inko that the hero is actually a creepy stalker.
* ''Fanfic/ConversationsWithACryptid'': Bakugo refuses to acknowledge the idea that Izuku could pose any kind of threat to him, or that he did anything wrong by bullying him. Even after Izuku [[spoiler:returns his Quirk]], he continues to deny how he bullied him.
* ''Fanfic/CursedBlood'': In Bakugo's mind, he is the next Number One Pro Hero, while his former friend Izuku is the next supervillain that he is fated to fight, just waiting to show his true colors. In reality, Bakugo is TheSociopath who got sent to a mental institution after he almost murdered Izuku and two fellow students just because Izuku defeated him in a training battle, while Izuku is the victim of a BadPowersGoodPeople perception, being actually heroic and self-sacrificing to the point that the only reason he's not dead multiple times is thanks to his HealingFactor.
* ''Fanfic/{{Dekugate}}'': The toxic 'fans' that belong to the titular community refuse to believe anything the media reports, dismissing it all as [[ConspiracyTheorist "narratives"]] constructed by the Hero Commission. This includes refusing to believe that Toshinori and Inko are HappilyMarried, or that Izuku is [[RelatedInTheAdaptation actually their child]]. Due to this mentality, they see nothing wrong with casually discussing horrific concepts and scenarios, even actively ''rooting'' for tragedies to befall their 'favorite heroes'.
** One such fan gets offended when called on over their [[SpeakIllOfTheDead insulting the late Mary Shield]], insisting that they have 'proof' that Mary ''didn't'' die of cancer, but that her actress simply went to Arizona after her contract was up.
** Another fan proposes an "ideal solution" for 'Dekugate' wherein Izuku is [[DeathOfAChild killed in battle]], with his parents splitting up out of grief, clearing the way for Yagi to eventually hook up with David after "realizing things about himself".
* In ''Fanfic/KarmaInRetrograde'', [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Touya's]] immediate response to learning that he becomes the [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis serial killer Dabi]] is to vehemently deny it as [[AllJustADream a horrible nightmare.]] He reluctantly accepts it when he hears Shouto tapping "real" in [[EveryoneKnowsMorse Morse code]] from behind the one-way glass.
-->'''Touya:''' I-I don’t... How? What happened to make me...? ''(shakes his head)'' No, I don't believe it. This isn't real.
* ''Fanfic/MastermindRiseOfAnarchy'': Bakugou Katsuki embodies this:
** Despite the fact that Izuku [[FromNobodyToNightmare proved dangerous enough]] to become an S-class villain in ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'', Katsuki insists that he's ''still'' just a 'useless Deku'. He also refuses to acknowledge that [[NeverMyFault bullying him was wrong]] -- in fact, he believes that Deku 'forgot his place' when he ''stopped'' actively tormenting him.
** As he descends into violent vigilantism as 'King', he gets personally insulted whenever anyone accuses him of acting villainously, refusing to regard his actions as anything other than good. He's beating up crooks, after all; how could anyone see that as bad?!
** Eventually, this reaches the point that he's legitimately ''outraged'' when [[spoiler:he's placed under house arrest after murdering a petty crook]]... because he thinks that he's being ''personally insulted''. To his mind, [[spoiler:he's ''obviously'' a bigger threat than Deku, so why aren't they sending '''him''' to Tartarus]]?!
* ''Fanfic/MeanRabbit'': Izuku refuses to believe that Knuckleduster is Quirkless, as the idea that the vigilante could have been a ''successful'' hero despite the FantasticRacism against people without powers is completely alien to him... despite his own ambitions to go Pro. No matter how many times he's told otherwise, he continues to believe it's all some kind of elaborate lie.
* ''Fanfic/MyFalseLoveAcademia'': Hina is completely convinced that she's in a polyamorous relationship with Miruko, Nagant and Yaritezawa. Despite how both Miruko and Nagant have explicitly stated that their single night together was a one-time thing, while Yaritezawa has a ''restraining order'' against her.
* ''Fanfic/TogaHimikosGuideToTimeTravel'': Himiko refuses to believe that any police or Pro Heroes might be genuinely good people, always looking for potential ulterior motives behind their actions.
* In ''Fanfic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed'', the LemonyNarrator seems to be deadset on [[ConfirmationBias proving the Celestia-centered conspiracy]] surrounding Equestria's history, even when history, multiple sources, and reality clearly state otherwise.
* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'':
** [[ManipulativeBastard Jewelius]] is able to make Twilight [[CorruptTheCutie lose all trust in her friends, brother, and mentor]] by arguing that they refused to see any truth in [[ProperlyParanoid her suspicions regarding the false Cadance]] because they lived in this mindset.
--->'''Jewelius''': They don't care about the truth. They want to see the world the way they want it to be. The reality of things frightens them so they'd rather ignore it than accept it. And in the end, it was that kind of backwards thinking that sealed their fates.
** Ironically, Jewelius himself succumbs to this mindset as he [[SkewedPriorities becomes so obsessed with capturing and further tormenting Twilight's loved ones (whom Canterlot's citizens are slowly starting to forgive), that he refuses to believe that]] [[spoiler:the escaped Changelings pose any immediate threat]], much to the chagrin of Fancy Pants, Twilight, and Canterlot's citizens who all insist otherwise. He pays the price for this in the end when [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis and her Changelings [[DevouredByTheHorde eat a cornered and helpless Jewelius alive]] for betraying them]].
** Conversely, the [[HeroWithBadPublicity dishonored heroes]] fully own up to their mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion and admit some unpleasant truths about their selfish/foolish behavior during the wedding preparations[[note]]such as not postponing the wedding before taking care of the then-unknown threat and disregarding the safety of Canterlot's citizens[[/note]]. This convinces Twilight to give her loved ones the benefit of the doubt, thus restoring her trust in them and providing the heroes with an opportunity to [[MustMakeAmends fully reconcile with each other]].
* ''Fanfic/TheNegotiationsVerse'': Many of the ponies who remained loyal to the princesses or joined the Equestrian Freedom Fighters refuse to accept that Celestia [[spoiler:abandoned the other races and left them on a dying planet when she transported Equestria to Earth]]. In ''Choice'', Rainbow Dash believes that the humans ''forced'' Twilight to make such claims in order to break the ponies' faith in their leaders.
* This is part of ''why'' the titular VillainProtagonist of ''Fanfic/TheRiseOfDarthVulcan'' is on his deadly course, along with his MoralMyopia.
* ''Fanfic/CatarinaClaesMustDie'' has [[VillainProtagonist Henrietta Garland]]. Like Catarina herself, Henrietta was [[{{Isekai}} reincarnated into the world]] of ''Fortune Lover''. In her former life, she was a heavily bullied high schooler who enjoyed playing the game -- especially the gruesome fates that [[AlphaBitch Catarina]] suffered. Unable to accept that ''this'' Catarina is a much nicer person than the one in the original game, Henrietta convinces herself that she ''must'' be a BitchInSheepsClothing who's secretly bullying Maria and Keith. No amount of evidence to the contrary can convince her otherwise, and she grows increasingly obsessed with ensuring Catarina meets a terrible end.
** Her denial of reality is so severe that when others learn that she was attempting to ''murder'' Catarina, she admits it, insisting that she was trying to "protect" Maria and Keith. When they protest and refute her accusations, she dismisses this as the pair being {{Extreme Doormat}}s and letting Catarina walk all over them.
** Ultimately, [[spoiler:it takes Geordo and Mary showing her Catarina's journal for Henrietta to realize that she was mistaken, as said journal is partially written in Japanese. Realizing that Catarina really ''was'' a NiceGirl all along, and that she tried to kill the Academy Saintess for nothing, sends Henrietta into a VillainousBSOD]].
* In ''Fanfic/IfBellaWereSane'', Edward doesn't seem to listen when Bella (who is a DeadpanSnarker in this fic) says she doesn't love him, and no matter how many times she tries to tell him she doesn't, he continues to believe she does.
* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'':
** Chelsea's power works by inducing this. She doesn't directly force any particular sentiment on you; instead, [[MoreThanMindControl your own mind]] comes up with whatever rationalizations it needs to defend the people she's made you loyal to and blame the people she's turned you against. Elspeth describes it as "leaving things out".
** Demetri refuses to accept that Allirea doesn't love him, no matter what she says.
* ''Fanfic/ToughLove'': When Bella threatens to move out if her father doesn't bow to her whims, Charlie [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor calls her bluff]], spelling out to her precisely what that entails and informing her that no, she doesn't get to take it back: he's kicking her out of ''his house''. Bella refuses to believe that he's entirely serious about this, ignoring the time limit he sets for her to pack; he ends up having to throw together a duffel bag ''for her'' and shove her out the door, and she's shocked upon realizing that he confiscated her house keys.
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* Akane in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11701126/7/Anything-Goes-Game-Changer Anything Goes Game Changer]]'' struggles to accept that she isn't the best. Not only does she flat out reject that she's lost several spars, but she insists that only freaks can do what the various Sekirei and better martial artists can, especially RoofHopping. She eventually grows out of this after a battle against a Sekirei leaves her with a broken arm, with WordOfGod stating not even her delusions could ignore a long-lasting injury like that.
* Suzaku has this problem in ''Fanfic/CodePrime'' throughout most of R1. He continuously insists that he can change the system of Britannia, despite the fact that they’re allied with the Decepticons, as well as the numerous atrocities that Britannia commits. He also refuses to acknowledge that the Black Knights and the Autobots have legitimate reasons for opposing Britannia, and continues to buy into the idea that they’re terrorists. [[spoiler:It takes the SAZ Massacre, along with Lelouch calling him out on it, as well as asking him if he’s gonna start blaming Euphemia for his mistakes for him to finally snap out of it, and accept that he was deluding himself, and that he never had a chance to change Britannia]].
* ''Fanfic/PlusFiveToCharisma'': Despite all of the good that the Party is doing, Alma convinces herself that they're sabotaging her family, to the point that she convinces herself that [[spoiler:Mirabel ''must have been'' replaced by a Fay Trickster]].
* ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'' has this happen to [[spoiler:Kitten]] after her EmergencyTransformation. Between the trauma of the near-death experience that required said transformation to save her life, and the shock at having lost her humanity, she [[FreakOut completely snaps]] and puts herself into a delusional state where she believes she's still human, reacting violently whenever anyone or anything points out the contrary.
* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': Caleb's IrrationalHatred of anyone he even suspects of being connected to Phobos means that he refuses to believe the truth about Jade/Kage (that she's innocent and never served Phobos) and "the Mage" (that she was really a disguised Nerissa manipulating him) regardless of all the evidence and all the holes in the theories he tries to use to defend his beliefs. The authors have explained in the reviews that after spending practically all of his short life fighting a war to bring down a tyrant, accepting that all the losses and sacrifices of his comrades and himself were all part of ''another'' villain's masterplan is simply too much for Caleb, so he resorts to TheoryTunnelVision to hold on to the reality he has always taken for granted.
* [[EntitledToHaveYou Brett]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13310857/1/Through-His-Eyes Through His Eyes]]'' refuses to accept that Percy Jackson is anything but a dangerous criminal who abuses Annabeth Chase despite all evidence to the contrary. [[spoiler:Even when he gives up at the end, it's not a JerkassRealization that he broke into her apartment to find evidence, but "accepting" that nothing he can do will convince anyone he's right.]]
* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'':
** Many of the cast have maladapted coping mechanisms in the form of self-delusions and denial; recognizing what sort of issues they're dealing with would require them to face some {{Awful Truth}}s, so they sidestep full awareness of their situations until they reach their personal limits as to what they can rationalize away.
** Aoko demonstrates this the most acutely with her BlackAndWhiteInsanity. As the story progresses, all of the 'good' reasons she uses to justify her absolute moral justice are increasingly illegitimated, and the more she learns, the more she denies. By Chapter 10, she's grasping desperately for ''any'' reason to continue viewing Shuichi and Kaito as 'the bad guys' in the face of things like [[spoiler:Yuusaku openly {{Mind Control}}ling his son right in front of her team while giving his son a BreakingSpeech about how he doesn't deserve even the thinnest veneer of respect]].
* ''Fanfic/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDenial'': With the second culprit, it's [[AmbiguousSituation deliberately unclear]] how much this applies. Their plan hinged on rigging a trap so that ''somebody else'' would be responsible for the victim's death; however, it went off prematurely, leaving them as the blackened. Furthermore, it's implied that they ''knew'' the trap went off too soon, but they deny it to the bitter end.
* ''Fanfic/SystemRestore'': Following the second trial, [[spoiler:Kazuichi]] refuses to accept the culprit's identity, continuing to insist that [[spoiler:Gundam]] ''must have been'' the murderer and somehow got away with it without everyone being executed for getting it wrong.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Fanfic/AllYouNeedIsLove'':
-->'''Naomi:''' It's like you have this belief that if you say things enough times they suddenly become true.\\
'''Light:''' I do not.\\
'''Naomi:''' I'm the god of the new world?\\
'''Light:''' ''(confused)'' But [[AGodAmI I am the god of the new world]].\\
'''Naomi:''' [[ShutUpHannibal No you're not]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist I have good intentions]]? [[TheRival Raye Penber]] is [[ExtremeDoormat wallpaper]]? I don't get high off the murders of rapists and other murderers? I can keep going, you know, if I really want to.\\
'''Light:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic All true, I don't say them to make them true I just have to remind everyone else that they're true]]. If I didn't say anything people would assume that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Matsuda's theories]] are correct, and I just won't stand for that.\\
'''Naomi:''' Yeah, completely buying that.
* ''Fanfic/TyrantlyEverAfter'': After the events of ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Disgaea 4]]'', Fuka has amended her delusions. While she now accepts that she died at some point, she firmly believes that she's up in Heaven, with all her escapades in the Netherworld being [[AllJustADream nothing more than dreams]]... since after all, there's no way that a 'sweet, innocent girl' like ''her'' could have been sent to the Netherworld, right?
* ''Fanfic/WolfInTheStreetsSardineInTheSheets'': In this AlternateUniverse, a tragic accident at Genjuro's lab killed his wife and one of his daughters, with the other two (Fuka and Desco) barely surviving. The girls end up at Valvatorez's rehabilitation home after their father is arrested for the incident; however, Fuka refuses to acknowledge this as anything other than a temporary measure, dismissing the incident at the lab as 'a bad dream' and insisting that their father is just busy at work.
* ''Fanfic/DearJournalImCrazy'': Doug has a horrible time adjusting to the first few days after taking the pills.
-->''SKEETER ISN'T BLUE! I refuse to believe it! I went to school for the first time today, and everyone was DIFFERENT! Nobody was beautifully colored anymore, NOBODY! Skeeter! He was blue, I swear it, or at least I swore it until I came home. I checked the photo album of pictures I took since we became friends, and even in those pictures, he ISN'T BLUE! They all are so bland and boring now, with very few colors. Mr. Dink isn't purple, Roger isn't green, and Skeeter isn't BLUE! I can't take it anymore. I miss Porkchop doing more than pooping on the carpet and sleeping, I miss everyone's beautiful colors. I don't know what happened. I don't want to believe this is how things really are. I have spent so long enjoying life as it was that now I feel I really am going crazy. Other people say I am more attentive, and I don't space out as much, but I do not even know what they are talking about! I just want things to return to normal, to the way I know they should be. Please!''
--->--'''Doug's Journal Entry, Thursday February 10th, 1994'''
* ''Fanfic/TheSaviorKingTheMasterTacticianAndTheQueenOfLiberation'': While [[spoiler:Edelgard]] claims to be more open-minded than any other aristocrats, as the war wears on, they refuse to acknowledge that ''they aren't winning'' the conflict, or that others have justifiable grievances against them. Even after [[spoiler:Renata Fraldarius]] delivers a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how they cling to their self-serving narratives, blinding themselves to the truth, they refuse to even ''consider'' fleeing, or that they might not be Fódlan's savior after all.
* In ''Fanfic/TheNewRetcons'', Elly Patterson's madness begins when she rejects her youngest daughter, April, denying that she was ''ever'' her daughter. This swiftly escalates, as she convinces herself that it's still the eighties (in 2008), that her adult children were still little kids, and that Edgar, their dog, was actually his father Farley. Her husband [[UselessBystanderParent refuses to seek any professional help]], letting her condition worsen until the matter is forced due to her [[spoiler:kidnapping a child she'd mistaken for Lawrence]].
* In ''Fanfic/OhGodNotAgain'', [[spoiler:Sirius chooses to pretend he was in Majorca instead of Azkaban for over a decade]]. Everyone goes with it. Legally speaking, [[spoiler:since he ''was'' acquitted of all those murders]], the reality he rejects "[[MetaphoricallyTrue didn't happen]]".
* ''Fanfic/EnteringTheLoveHinaWorld'': Naru is so thoroughly convinced that AllMenArePerverts and always ''deserve'' her {{Unprovoked Pervert Payback}}s that she insists that Anthony and Faye are somehow "brainwashing" anyone who thinks otherwise.
* In ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'', [[ShipperOnDeck Mutsumi]] refuses to accept that [[GrewASpine Keitaro]] broke up with [[NeverMyFault Naru]] because their [[AllTakeAndNoGive relationship was too toxic]], and is dead set on getting them back together. She even believes that Keitaro will thank her for this, despite him repeatedly telling her to back off, stop meddling in his life, and leave him alone. Even ''Naru'' agrees that they shouldn't get back together, though naturally she [[NeverMyFault blames Keitaro for everything]], and is willing to play along with Mutsumi's delusions for another chance to beat the crap out of him.
* ''Fanfic/OpenForAll'': Flash and Mr. Harrington continue to disbelieve Peter has an internship at Stark Industries despite all the evidence presented to them during the tour of Stark Tower. It took Harley Keener threatening them for reality to set in.
* ''Fanfic/PeterParkersFieldTripOfCourseItsToStarkIndustries'': Mr. Harrison and the Principal refuse to accept any evidence that Peter is [[CassandraTruth telling the truth]] about interning with Tony Stark. Even when his aunt affirms it, they continue to treat him as though he's lying about it, accusing him of forging Stark's signature. It takes [[spoiler:Tony Stark visiting the principal's office and telling him off personally]] for it to sink in.
* ''[[Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral Chloe's Lament]]'': Chloé utterly rejects the idea that the reason [[TheFriendNobodyLikes everybody dislikes her]] is because she's a SpoiledBrat who [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections abuses her status as the Mayor's Daughter]] to [[KarmaHoudini dodge the consequences of her actions]], who completely [[LackOfEmpathy lacks empathy or concern]] for [[ItsAllAboutMe anyone aside from herself]]. She also rejects the idea that [[NiceGirl Marinette]] ''isn't'' [[PsychologicalProjection secretly just as bad as her]], and makes this literal by using a [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy reality warping Wish]] to [[RoleSwapAU swap places with her]], convinced that [[WrongGenreSavvy this will make her the new Ladybug and ensure that everybody loves her]] while Marinette becomes just as hated and despised as ''she'' was.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10984500/chapters/24462450 How to Catch a Ladybug]]'', where Lila, upon discovering that Marinette is Ladybug, convinces herself she's an evil liar with an impressive facade of niceness that comes from a broken house with incredibly strict parents and desperately tries to fit the mounting evidence of the contrary in her view just as she's starting to be drawn in by Marinette's genuine niceness.
* ''Fanfic/{{I See What You Do Behind Closed Doors|MiraculousLadybug}}'': Adrien ignores all evidence that Ladybug really ''isn't'' interested in any of his unwanted advances as Chat Noir. As far as he's concerned, he's God's gift to women, and she's just PlayingHardToGet.
* ''Fanfic/JulekaVsTheForcesOfTheUniverse'': Alya is so hellbent on [[UnwantedAssistance 'helping']] Marinette [[ShipperOnDeck hook up with Adrien]] that she steadfastly refuses to acknowledge ''anything'' that doesn't suit her plans. When Luka asks Marinette out in front of her, Adrien, and several of their other friends, Alya frantically texts the rest of the GirlPosse complaining about how Adrien now ''thinks'' that Marinette has a date for the dance, and starts conspiring to turn it into an OperationJealousy.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien embodies this several times over:
** He is completely unable to handle the notion that the world ''doesn't'' [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality revolve around his whims]]. As LaserGuidedKarma burns through his crumbling KarmaHoudiniWarranty, he continuously reassures himself that he's ''still'' going to get everything he wants, ignoring all evidence to the contrary.
** He insists that Lila's deception hasn't ''really'' hurt anyone. Oh, sure, she's [[ConArtist conning their classmates]] into donating to her [[FakeCharity fake causes]], but surely his classmates aren't giving away anything they can't ''afford'' to give up, right? Even when Marinette tells him point-blank how much she's been hurting, he looks her straight in the eyes, smiles and declares [[BecauseYouCanCope she's strong enough to handle it]].
** He ''refuses'' to acknowledge the idea that Marinette doesn't like him, much less that she isn't interested in any kind of romantic relationship. She's just confused, deluded, in denial -- just needs to "come to her senses". And once he wins her over, he fully believes that she'll agree to do whatever he wants out of sheer single-minded dedication to making him happy.
* ''Fanfic/LadyBugOut'': No matter how many times Ladybug rejects him, Chat Noir continues insisting that she's either in denial or flat out ''lying'' about her lack of interest in him. At one point, he attempts to [[ForcefulKiss force a kiss on her]], then claims that she only rebuffed him because she ''knew'' that she wouldn't be able to hide her "true feelings" during a lip-lock. As opposed to simply not wanting to be kissed against her will.
* ''[[Fanfic/MarinetteDupainChengsSpitePlaylist Marinette Dupain-Cheng's Spite Playlist: Remix]]'': At Adrien's encouragement, Alya starts investigating Lila's claims, but balks when she uncovers evidence that she hasn't been truthful, not wanting to deal with the potential implications. She proceeds to turn entirely against Marinette ''and'' Ladybug, accepting Lila's claims that both were [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]] all along rather than confront the notion that ''she'' [[NeverMyFault was wrong]] to dismiss their warnings about Lila.
* In ''Fanfic/OfPatienceAndPettiness'', Alya falls HARD into this after [[LiarRevealed Lila's true nature is exposed]] to the whole class. She expects everything to go [[StatusQuoIsGod right back to normal]], insisting that she's still besties with Marinette despite publicly disowning her and calling ''Lila'' her BFF on the Ladyblog. Despite Marinette telling her off several times, making quite clear that she's moving on with her life, Alya clings to her pretty fiction, to the point that she gets akumatized into Fixateur.
** Fixateur weaponizes this, being a RealityWarper who makes her victims believe what she wants them to believe. However, this power is limited; [[spoiler:when she uses it on Marinette, it doesn't work because Alya is too deluded to understand her former friend's mindset. She's convinced herself that Mari is ''faking'' her anger, and still considers her to be her bestie. Thus, her attempt to erase her 'fake anger' fails]].
* ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': After [[FaceHeelTurn betraying Ladybug]], [[TheBadGuyWins helping Hawkmoth win]], and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Wishing on the stolen Miraculous]], Alya plunges ''deep'' into denial as [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty the consequences of her actions come calling]].
** Faced with Chat Noir seemingly following them into the [[RealityWarper new timeline]], she theorizes that his vengefulness is fueled by SanitySlippage, with his worst traits being amplified somehow. The notion that he has every reason to want revenge upon those who betrayed him and Ladybug is something she dances around, along with the fact that she personally contributed to reality being rewritten with her Wish.
** Along similar lines, she applies the same theory to Marinette, attributing her occasional testiness and shortness with her to [[DrivenByEnvy being jealous of Lila hooking up with Adrien]]. Despite the fact that Marinette is happily dating Felix ([[{{Irony}} who is actually the original Adrien]]), and most of her moments of SugaryMalice come out in response to Alya's attempts to meddle in that relationship.
* ''WebComic/ScarletLady'':
** The whole AU was kicked off by [[ForWantOfANail Fu putting the Ladybug Earrings in Marinette's purse]] and [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] stealing them, leading to her becoming the titular '[[HeroWithAnFInGood heroine]]' instead. Despite knowing how she got the earrings -- and how Tikki greeted her ''as'' Marinette when she first appeared -- Chloé has convinced herself that '''she''' was [[TheChosenOne chosen from the start]]. When Tikki points this out in "Lady [=WiFi=]", the series' fifth episode, Chloé blithely ignores her.
** Along similar lines, she acts completely oblivious to just how much Adrien has been put off by her bullying and clinginess. "Reflekta" illustrates this mental disconnect perfectly, as she sabotages the photoshoot so she can stand next to him... and the resulting picture captures him shoving her away. Yet she still sees it as 'her photo with Adrien' and wants to preserve it at any cost, despite how it immortalizes his ''anger'' and frustration with her.
** During "Guitar Villain", Chloé declares that one of the "Rules of the Bourgeois" is that "All guys have to be crazy about you." To this end, she has convinced herself that both Adrien and Luka are interested in her, despite how both boys openly treat her as an AbhorrentAdmirer and are instead competing for [[NiceGirl Marinette]].
*** This delusional belief that all the boys around her ''must'' be besotted with her also causes the conflict in the earlier episode "Dark Cupid": when she comes across Kim waiting to meet up with his girlfriend Ondine, she assumes he must have been waiting for ''her'' and makes a big scene out of rejecting him, misleading Ondine to believe he actually ''was'' trying to date the SpoiledBrat.
** The greatest example of this comes in "Despair Bear". After ignoring all of Adrien's warnings about her bullying and possessive behavior, she's caught completely off-guard when he breaks off their friendship. She then expects him to [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency reward her]] for ''pretending'' to be nice to their classmates, and when he [[BluntNo bluntly informs her]] that's not happening? Convinces herself that he's "obviously just being dramatic", and that the whole thing is just his way of cruelly "teasing" her and that he'll apologize eventually.
* ''Fanfic/VillainOfYourOwnStory'':
** Alya refuses to believe that Marinette was [[CassandraTruth telling the truth]] about Lila. Even after learning that her FalseFriend was CaughtOnTape threatening a celebrity's daughter after they saw through her lies, she thinks that it's a case of AdaptationalVillainy -- that the Wish she made rewrote reality so that Lila was the victim of a KarmicMisfire. Why? Because part of Alya's Wish was that she hoped Marinette would be happier, so she convinces herself that the Wish must have [[JackassGenie twisted her words]].
** Speaking of which, Alya also refuses to believe that the Wish ''actually'' made Marinette happier, as said happiness didn't take the form ''Alya'' wanted or expected. Even though she can clearly see that Marinette is much more relaxed, enjoying the company of ''both'' of her boyfriends, Alya's upset because ''neither of them are Adrien''.
* ''Fanfic/WeightOffYourShoulder'':
** Future!Alix takes ShipperOnDeck to whole new levels of toxicity by trying to manipulate the timeline so that Marinette and Adrien end up together... despite the fact that this has spawned a number of {{Bad Future}}s. Even when the two ''do'' get together, it's doomed to failure due to Adrien being AllTakeAndNoGive or otherwise [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking Marinette for granted]]. Yet Future!Alix not only refuses to accept that they might not be compatible, but is hellbent on [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight "fixing HER timeline"]] after Marinette manages to [[ForWantOfANail avert disaster]], all while claiming that the future is set in stone and all the horrible tragedies ''her meddling created'' HAVE to happen BecauseDestinySaysSo.
** Adrien can be just as bad about denying reality. When it comes to Chloé, for instance, he outright ''refuses'' to accept that the kids who have known her since kindergarten -- and been constantly bullied by her for years -- know more about the SpoiledBrat than ''he'' does.
** Adrien's inability to accept painful truths is also responsible of causing many of the {{Bad Future}}s mentioned above. In one where he and Marinette got married, he blithely ignores how miserable his wife is as she struggles to hold their failing relationship together ''and'' keep his company afloat. Even when their divorce is being finalized, he refuses to accept that it's over, begging her to remember that she's his "everyday Ladybug" and is ''meant'' to do all this work for him. Then there's all the offshoots where he refuses to accept that his father was Hawk/Shadow Moth all along and pulls a FaceHeelTurn...
* In ''Fanfic/{{The Wolves in the Woods|MiraculousLadybug}}'', Alya is determined to rekindle her friendship with Marinette... after she torched that bridge beyond repair. Though she refuses to acknowledge that she did so, continuing to insist that they're ''still'' best friends even after being banned from the Dupain-Cheng bakery and hit with a restraining order.
* ''Fanfic/AccidentalSuccessor'': Mineta's mother insists that her son couldn't ''possibly'' be a pervert, as MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal. When he gets expelled for groping Tsuyu [[SkewedPriorities during a villain attack]], she rejects all evidence of his guilt, wanting to take the matter to court in order to prove his innocence... even though dragging it into the public eye wouldn't work out well. His father proves to be much more reasonable, quickly signing the paperwork to make their son's expulsion official before his wife can destroy their reputations.
* Throughout ''Fanfic/{{Cain}}'', Katsuki uses ''extensive'' amounts of {{Doublethink}} to convince himself that Izuku is simultaneously a useless, incompetent crybaby ''and'' a [[ManipulativeBastard master manipulator]] who's out to ruin Katsuki's life. The truth is more that Katsuki is [[PsychologicalProjection completely obsessed with Izuku]], [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence Feeling Oppressed By His Existence]] and intent upon denying his favorite victim any scrap of joy, happiness or accomplishment. When Toshinori sits him down and systematically deconstructs all his reasoning, pointing out the flaws in his twisted logic, Katsuki concludes that Izuku must be tricking All Might and poisoning his mind against him.
** Katsuki's inability to see reality for what it is also proves to be a FatalFlaw, as he's so deeply mired in his delusions that he's outright ''incapable'' of understanding how anybody else thinks. This renders him incapable of [[DidntThinkThisThrough seeing the downsides]] of his various schemes... for instance, that Toshinori might not appreciate him attempting to put an end to his training sessions with Izuku by convincing Inko that the hero is actually a creepy stalker.
* ''Fanfic/ConversationsWithACryptid'': Bakugo refuses to acknowledge the idea that Izuku could pose any kind of threat to him, or that he did anything wrong by bullying him. Even after Izuku [[spoiler:returns his Quirk]], he continues to deny how he bullied him.
* ''Fanfic/CursedBlood'': In Bakugo's mind, he is the next Number One Pro Hero, while his former friend Izuku is the next supervillain that he is fated to fight, just waiting to show his true colors. In reality, Bakugo is TheSociopath who got sent to a mental institution after he almost murdered Izuku and two fellow students just because Izuku defeated him in a training battle, while Izuku is the victim of a BadPowersGoodPeople perception, being actually heroic and self-sacrificing to the point that the only reason he's not dead multiple times is thanks to his HealingFactor.
* ''Fanfic/{{Dekugate}}'': The toxic 'fans' that belong to the titular community refuse to believe anything the media reports, dismissing it all as [[ConspiracyTheorist "narratives"]] constructed by the Hero Commission. This includes refusing to believe that Toshinori and Inko are HappilyMarried, or that Izuku is [[RelatedInTheAdaptation actually their child]]. Due to this mentality, they see nothing wrong with casually discussing horrific concepts and scenarios, even actively ''rooting'' for tragedies to befall their 'favorite heroes'.
** One such fan gets offended when called on over their [[SpeakIllOfTheDead insulting the late Mary Shield]], insisting that they have 'proof' that Mary ''didn't'' die of cancer, but that her actress simply went to Arizona after her contract was up.
** Another fan proposes an "ideal solution" for 'Dekugate' wherein Izuku is [[DeathOfAChild killed in battle]], with his parents splitting up out of grief, clearing the way for Yagi to eventually hook up with David after "realizing things about himself".
* In ''Fanfic/KarmaInRetrograde'', [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Touya's]] immediate response to learning that he becomes the [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis serial killer Dabi]] is to vehemently deny it as [[AllJustADream a horrible nightmare.]] He reluctantly accepts it when he hears Shouto tapping "real" in [[EveryoneKnowsMorse Morse code]] from behind the one-way glass.
-->'''Touya:''' I-I don’t... How? What happened to make me...? ''(shakes his head)'' No, I don't believe it. This isn't real.
* ''Fanfic/MastermindRiseOfAnarchy'': Bakugou Katsuki embodies this:
** Despite the fact that Izuku [[FromNobodyToNightmare proved dangerous enough]] to become an S-class villain in ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'', Katsuki insists that he's ''still'' just a 'useless Deku'. He also refuses to acknowledge that [[NeverMyFault bullying him was wrong]] -- in fact, he believes that Deku 'forgot his place' when he ''stopped'' actively tormenting him.
** As he descends into violent vigilantism as 'King', he gets personally insulted whenever anyone accuses him of acting villainously, refusing to regard his actions as anything other than good. He's beating up crooks, after all; how could anyone see that as bad?!
** Eventually, this reaches the point that he's legitimately ''outraged'' when [[spoiler:he's placed under house arrest after murdering a petty crook]]... because he thinks that he's being ''personally insulted''. To his mind, [[spoiler:he's ''obviously'' a bigger threat than Deku, so why aren't they sending '''him''' to Tartarus]]?!
* ''Fanfic/MeanRabbit'': Izuku refuses to believe that Knuckleduster is Quirkless, as the idea that the vigilante could have been a ''successful'' hero despite the FantasticRacism against people without powers is completely alien to him... despite his own ambitions to go Pro. No matter how many times he's told otherwise, he continues to believe it's all some kind of elaborate lie.
* ''Fanfic/MyFalseLoveAcademia'': Hina is completely convinced that she's in a polyamorous relationship with Miruko, Nagant and Yaritezawa. Despite how both Miruko and Nagant have explicitly stated that their single night together was a one-time thing, while Yaritezawa has a ''restraining order'' against her.
* ''Fanfic/TogaHimikosGuideToTimeTravel'': Himiko refuses to believe that any police or Pro Heroes might be genuinely good people, always looking for potential ulterior motives behind their actions.
* In ''Fanfic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed'', the LemonyNarrator seems to be deadset on [[ConfirmationBias proving the Celestia-centered conspiracy]] surrounding Equestria's history, even when history, multiple sources, and reality clearly state otherwise.
* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'':
** [[ManipulativeBastard Jewelius]] is able to make Twilight [[CorruptTheCutie lose all trust in her friends, brother, and mentor]] by arguing that they refused to see any truth in [[ProperlyParanoid her suspicions regarding the false Cadance]] because they lived in this mindset.
--->'''Jewelius''': They don't care about the truth. They want to see the world the way they want it to be. The reality of things frightens them so they'd rather ignore it than accept it. And in the end, it was that kind of backwards thinking that sealed their fates.
** Ironically, Jewelius himself succumbs to this mindset as he [[SkewedPriorities becomes so obsessed with capturing and further tormenting Twilight's loved ones (whom Canterlot's citizens are slowly starting to forgive), that he refuses to believe that]] [[spoiler:the escaped Changelings pose any immediate threat]], much to the chagrin of Fancy Pants, Twilight, and Canterlot's citizens who all insist otherwise. He pays the price for this in the end when [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis and her Changelings [[DevouredByTheHorde eat a cornered and helpless Jewelius alive]] for betraying them]].
** Conversely, the [[HeroWithBadPublicity dishonored heroes]] fully own up to their mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion and admit some unpleasant truths about their selfish/foolish behavior during the wedding preparations[[note]]such as not postponing the wedding before taking care of the then-unknown threat and disregarding the safety of Canterlot's citizens[[/note]]. This convinces Twilight to give her loved ones the benefit of the doubt, thus restoring her trust in them and providing the heroes with an opportunity to [[MustMakeAmends fully reconcile with each other]].
* ''Fanfic/TheNegotiationsVerse'': Many of the ponies who remained loyal to the princesses or joined the Equestrian Freedom Fighters refuse to accept that Celestia [[spoiler:abandoned the other races and left them on a dying planet when she transported Equestria to Earth]]. In ''Choice'', Rainbow Dash believes that the humans ''forced'' Twilight to make such claims in order to break the ponies' faith in their leaders.
* This is part of ''why'' the titular VillainProtagonist of ''Fanfic/TheRiseOfDarthVulcan'' is on his deadly course, along with his MoralMyopia.
* ''Fanfic/CatarinaClaesMustDie'' has [[VillainProtagonist Henrietta Garland]]. Like Catarina herself, Henrietta was [[{{Isekai}} reincarnated into the world]] of ''Fortune Lover''. In her former life, she was a heavily bullied high schooler who enjoyed playing the game -- especially the gruesome fates that [[AlphaBitch Catarina]] suffered. Unable to accept that ''this'' Catarina is a much nicer person than the one in the original game, Henrietta convinces herself that she ''must'' be a BitchInSheepsClothing who's secretly bullying Maria and Keith. No amount of evidence to the contrary can convince her otherwise, and she grows increasingly obsessed with ensuring Catarina meets a terrible end.
** Her denial of reality is so severe that when others learn that she was attempting to ''murder'' Catarina, she admits it, insisting that she was trying to "protect" Maria and Keith. When they protest and refute her accusations, she dismisses this as the pair being {{Extreme Doormat}}s and letting Catarina walk all over them.
** Ultimately, [[spoiler:it takes Geordo and Mary showing her Catarina's journal for Henrietta to realize that she was mistaken, as said journal is partially written in Japanese. Realizing that Catarina really ''was'' a NiceGirl all along, and that she tried to kill the Academy Saintess for nothing, sends Henrietta into a VillainousBSOD]].
* In ''Fanfic/IfBellaWereSane'', Edward doesn't seem to listen when Bella (who is a DeadpanSnarker in this fic) says she doesn't love him, and no matter how many times she tries to tell him she doesn't, he continues to believe she does.
* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'':
** Chelsea's power works by inducing this. She doesn't directly force any particular sentiment on you; instead, [[MoreThanMindControl your own mind]] comes up with whatever rationalizations it needs to defend the people she's made you loyal to and blame the people she's turned you against. Elspeth describes it as "leaving things out".
** Demetri refuses to accept that Allirea doesn't love him, no matter what she says.
* ''Fanfic/ToughLove'': When Bella threatens to move out if her father doesn't bow to her whims, Charlie [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor calls her bluff]], spelling out to her precisely what that entails and informing her that no, she doesn't get to take it back: he's kicking her out of ''his house''. Bella refuses to believe that he's entirely serious about this, ignoring the time limit he sets for her to pack; he ends up having to throw together a duffel bag ''for her'' and shove her out the door, and she's shocked upon realizing that he confiscated her house keys.
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* Music/DoctorSteel is crazy. And a big believer in visualization and subjective reality. He calls himself a "Doctor of Reality Engineering."
* In Music/DeathspellOmega's ''The Furnaces of Palingenesia'', this is a major part of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName The Order's]] philosophy
--> We shall make you so impervious to the world that should all the Angels descend upon you and prove you wrong, [[NoSell you would simply shut your eyes and stop your ears]], for they would not deserve to be either seen or heard. Our teachings shall shield you from the world and turn you into an island in dead waters with high cliffs and no coves
* Music/DoctorSteel is crazy. And a big believer in visualization and subjective reality. He calls himself a "Doctor of Reality Engineering."
* In Music/DeathspellOmega's ''The Furnaces of Palingenesia'', this is a major part of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName The Order's]] philosophy
--> We shall make you so impervious to the world that should all the Angels descend upon you and prove you wrong, [[NoSell you would simply shut your eyes and stop your ears]], for they would not deserve to be either seen or heard. Our teachings shall shield you from the world and turn you into an island in dead waters with high cliffs and no coves
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-->Eurasia had always been at war with Eastasia.
* ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'': Among the book's themes is
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
** A group of Dwarves in ''Literature/TheLastBattle'' decided that Aslan wasn't real so they couldn't see that they were in Aslan's Country, thinking they were in a small dark shack. When they were given wonderful food they ate it but thought it tasted like shit, because they expected food scavenged out of a dingy stable to taste like shit.
** In ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', there is a similar scene where the titular magician sees Aslan as just a lion that goes around growling at people.
* In ''Literature/CodexAlera'', Senator Arnos would be a great commander except for two things: [[BadBoss he's willing to sacrifice any number of troops to further his own career]] and he rejects ''anything'' that doesn't fit into how he sees the world. There's a new enemy out there, dangerous enough to completely chew up a Marat and an Aleran force and whose sole motivation is [[HordeOfAlienLocusts killing everything alive that's not it]]? Just lies. Marat are barbarians and can't be trusted, you know. The Canim have invented crossbows? Nope, Canim are just beasts who couldn't possibly innovate anything, and the sample crossbow that you have isn't enough evidence. The Canim are building ships in order to get away from Alera? Can't be, since Canim only exist to make Alerans miserable. Allowing them to build ships would just result in sea-going Canim raiders. Pretty much everyone else is aware of this and thinks Arnos a fool for it, but he's in a high enough position that he can't be ignored (and is being backed by Lady Aquitaine, who's using him as a pawn).
* In ''Come Nineveh, Come Tyre'', U.S. President Ted Jason absolutely refuses to face the possibility that the Soviet Union is openly attacking the United States. Invasion of Alaska? Eh, the Soviet paratroopers got lost on a training mission. American soldiers being captured in Panama and sent to POW camps in the Ukraine? A friendly attempt to rescue those soldiers. Soviet ships blockading American fleets from escaping? They're just exercising their right to sea travel. Eventually, during an emergency summit in Moscow, the Soviet premier has to flat out state that the Soviet Union is trying to take over the world, which sends Jason into full HeroicBSOD mode.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** Lord Rust owns this trope, with his mind refusing to accept various conversations, and on one occasion an entire person. This seems to have some effect on reality as well; he is perhaps the worst general in fiction, but events always conspire to keep him from ever being killed (even though he's only ever lost battles, he's always survived them). Arrows will curve in their paths to miss him and hit the man behind him. He
** Reg Shoe in ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' is what happens when you cross a ConspiracyTheorist with TheOnlyBeliever and face him with his actual impact on the world. Vimes outright explains to him that absolutely no one on either side ''cares'' about who he is or what he does, with Reg's reaction being to continue further into its fantasy. He takes Ankh-Morpork's FullCircleRevolution particularly hard, to the point where this characterization disappears in (chronologically) later appearances. On the other hand, he's so affronted by the betrayal of everything he believed in that when he's offhandedly killed by the forces of the new tyranny his belief in the revolution is so strong that he literally ''refuses to be dead,'' fighting on with superhuman strength for several minutes despite the number of crossbow bolts buried in him before finally falling over, only to shortly afterwards rise as an equally revolutionary zombie. On the Discworld, belief is power.
* ''Literature/{{Edgedancer}}'' (a novella of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Nale is convinced that the Desolation is ''not'' coming, despite several people telling him that they saw the tell-tale signs of it. In his reality, those are all either unconnected coincidences or remnants of the previous Desolation - [[spoiler:at least until he sees the Voidbringers himself]].
* ''Literature/EveryBreathYouTake'': Anna absolutely refuses to consider the possibility that [[ParentWithNewParamour Ivan]] not only didn't kill her mother, but that he sincerely loved her and they were serious about getting married, even when presented with evidence to contrary. In particular, Ivan and Virginia had discussed Anna's lawyer husband drawing up a pre-nup for them to protect the family's assets and had gone ring shopping together; it's also pointed out to her that she can't prove Ivan stole the money he used to start up his gym (he says Virginia gifted it to him) and therefore he had no motive to kill Virginia (even if Ivan was a GoldDigger, it would make no sense for him to kill Virginia as they weren't yet married). Anna just dismisses this while providing no evidence to back-up her beliefs. Even when she realises Carter could've been involved, the next day she's convinced herself this is nonsense (though this is indicated to be because she's horrified at the thought of her own brother killing their mother).
* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':
** Cornelius Fudge in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' is in utter denial about the return of Voldemort - by ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order Of the Phoenix]]'', the Ministry of Magic is outright denying the comeback until the battle in the Ministry itself forces the issue. On the other hand, Voldemort is specifically lying low to accommodate this, so...
** This is taken up to eleven in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'', with Fudge denying Voldemort's return not only after seeing Voldemort's latest Flootube post but even while Voldemort's standing right in front of him. Killing him. "A heart attack! It's got to be!"
* Discussed in British statesman Lord Chesterfield's ''Literature/LettersToHisSon'': "Doctor Berkeley, Bishop of
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Sauron slowly drives Denethor past the DespairEventHorizon and into madness by manipulating Denethor's CrystalBall to [[ManipulativeEditing only show Mordor's greatest victories]], convincing him that Sauron is an unstoppable InvincibleVillain and that all attempts to fight him are doomed. This madness soon becomes so pronounced that ''nothing'' can dissuade Denethor from believing the end is nigh, even direct evidence to the contrary; when Faramir is comatose from injuries sustained in battle, no force on the planet is able to convince Denethor that Faramir is not actually dead and that burning him in a funeral pyre is a ''really bad idea''.
* Lady Granleigh from ''Literature/MairelonTheMagician'' constantly ignores others in favor of her version of events, but as she has considerable power most people don't call her out on it. Until the end of the book where she actually manages to ignore the entire summation of the plot and accuse the villain of something that they actually ''haven't'' done. The villain is the only one to call her out on it: "I congratulate you. I have never before met anyone with so great a talent for seeing the world as she wishes it to be."
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--> We shall make you so impervious
* [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]], [[TopGod King of the gods]] from the ''Literature/{{Percy Jackson|AndTheOlympians}}'' and ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' series has a tendency to do this thanks to his {{pride}} much to the annoyance and detriment of the heroes and other gods. In the first, he denies the return of the Titans until presented with impossible to refuse evidence and by then it is too late to do anything to stop them before another war. In the second, he knows the giants are rising, but thinks ignoring the problem will cause it to go away and the gods do not need demigod help. This is despite several of the giants already having risen and knowing from past experience that the giants are impossible to kill without a mortal's help. Once again other gods and heroes have to work behind his back to save the world till he comes around and
* ''Literature/RedDwarf:'' Rimmer absolutely refuses to admit he went into a brothel one time. It gets so bad that when in an
* ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'': The Bandakar are philosophical skeptics who believe there's no reality as our senses are not reliable. When something goes wrong, they start chanting "Nothing is real" (until Richard [[EasyEvangelism easily shows this view is absurd]]).
* Lady Schrapnell of ''Literature/ToSayNothingOfTheDog'', has as one of her mantras that "rules are meant to be broken". This includes the laws of time travel and physics. [[TemporalSickness Time lag?]] No such thing, you're trying to shirk work with a lame excuse. Bring artifacts back from the past? Well, [[spoiler: they find a loophole in the end but]] who cares if it can't be done? [[NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel Too dangerous to send the black grad student back to do the work?]] Nonsense, it's only an air raid, how bad can it be?
* In ''Literature/TheWitchlands'', grief-maddened Merik is absolutely convinced that his sister was the one to kill him, even though there's no
* ''Literature/WorldsOfShadow'': One character is convinced the events of the story are a dream, and suffers a mental breakdown as a result since it becomes a full-on psychological delusion. Nothing he experiences nor anyone says will change his mind about this.
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* Calvin of ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' can be quoted thus: "It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept."
* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'': When Luke, Candace's mother's boyfriend, tries to molest Candace, Candace's mother declares that "It never happened," establishing herself with this and crossing the MoralEventHorizon. It may not be done out of malice, but a defense mechanism to avoid the pure horror of considering the alternative. Regardless, Candace cuts ties with her mother and it’s implied that she plans to keep her and Luke away from her and Rudy’s child.
* Calvin of ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' can be quoted thus: "It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept."
* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'': When Luke, Candace's mother's boyfriend, tries to molest Candace, Candace's mother declares that "It never happened," establishing herself with this and crossing the MoralEventHorizon. It may not be done out of malice, but a defense mechanism to avoid the pure horror of considering the alternative. Regardless, Candace cuts ties with her mother and it’s implied that she plans to keep her and Luke away from her and Rudy’s child.
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* In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season 2, "Real S.H.I.E.L.D." does this ''a lot''. They frequently criticize Coulson's actions and try to brush off any (factual) counterarguments they get. This is done most frequently with his decision to go to an ancient city with alien artifacts. Whenever it's pointed out that was done to deny HYDRA powerful weapons, they always try to twist things so that HYDRA doesn't matter. They also blame Fury's tendency towards secrets as the reason S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, once again smoothly ignoring that that was HYDRA.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In the second series, the Queen on the colour of elephants.
-->'''Queenie:''' I think you'll find it was orange, Lord Melchett.\\
'''Melchett:''' Grey is more ''usual'', ma'am.\\
'''Queenie:''' ({{Beat}}) Who's Queen?\\
'''Melchett:''' (Fearing execution) As I said, there were these magnificent ''orange'' elephants...
* Andrew from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' was very prone to twist facts, particularly concerning his time as a supervillain, in order to make a more interesting story, and on some level seemed to believe his outrageous claims, even when they contradicted the outrageous claims he made two minutes earlier.
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}:'' In her worse moments, Diane Chambers gets like this, refusing to listen to anyone telling her she and Sam don't belong together forever, even when that person is Sam himself. One episode in particular has a marriage counselor telling her, at length, that their relationship is toxic and doomed. Diane keeps going back to "prove" he's wrong, dragging an entirely reluctant Sam with her, even as he exasperatedly tells her he's ''not'' testing them, and finally has a spectacular breakdown. [[note]]And since said counselor is played by Creator/JohnCleese, the breakdown is spectacular indeed.[[/note]] Even worse, in one other episode Sam gets very much fed up with the train wreck of their sexual tension and fires her. She completely and utterly refuses to acknowledge that she has been fired and keeps arriving to the bar to work and bully Sam until he re-hires her (not that she acknowledges that either). [[SimpleSolutionWontWork In a later episode Sam mentions that he really didn't wanted to push his luck by trying to call the police on her]].
* ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'': Dyatlov, the engineer in charge of the fatal test, is absolutely in denial about what just happened, to the point of denying that there was any graphite debris ''when he saw some himself'' (graphite is only used in the core- seeing it elsewhere is bad news), attributing the beam of blue light coming from the destroyed reactor to the Cherenkov Effect (which anyone with nuclear training should know only occurs ''underwater'') and insisting he's fine even as he suffers clear symptoms of radiation poisoning. This being ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}'', his stubbornness leads several men to their [[CruelAndUnusualDeath cruel and unusual deaths]], when he sends them to do stuff like cool the core that just exploded and was beyond any help, which exposes them to lethal amounts of radiation.
* In the finale of ''Series/TheDropout'', as she walks the halls of the now deserted Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes talks as if her once-billion dollar company is another failed tech venture undone by bad timing and a timid tech community with bad press from ex-employees with a grudge and speaking like she's taking an extended vacation before starting a new venture. Her lawyer openly asks "is there something wrong with you?" as she points out that Theranos failed because it was a massive fraud that falsified testing results (which put several people at serious health risk), is now bankrupt amid a score of lawsuits and investigations and Elizabeth herself is facing twenty years in prison on federal charges. Elizabeth's response is to hug her dog before excitedly talking about a trip she'll be taking with her new boyfriend as the lawyer realizes she's beyond help.
* Chandler from ''Series/{{Friends}}'' does this in "The One With the Routine" regarding [[PornStash something]] under his gym bag.
-->'''Chandler:''' You don’t… like go into the back of my closet, and look under my gym bag or anything?\\
'''Phoebe and Rachel:''' No, we never do that! ''[They turn away and laugh]''\\
'''Chandler:''' Because that’s where Joey gave me some stuff to store that I’ve never seen before in my life! Okay, that did not just happen! ''[He does a weird clicky motion with his fingers]''
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Sansa Stark hates the world she lives in. In the real world, the truth is either boring or horrible, so she makes up stories in her mind to survive. This is taking a toll on her sanity.
** In season 6's "Battle of the Bastards", Ramsey Bolton literally cannot accept the fact he's losing even when the charging armies of the Vale are slaughtering his men. When he retreats to his castle, he stuns his aides by telling the castle holders that "the Stark army is broken." When one man points out ''his'' army just got routed, Ramsey scoffs that it doesn't matter as the Starks don't have the manpower or the supplies to mount a siege. At which point, a giant smashes the door to the castle down to let Jon lead a charge. Ramsey then avoids taking a shot with an arrow as he thinks he can still weasel out of beating Jon. Even when Jon is beating the hell out of him, Ramsey just laughs as if thinking he's winning. Unfortunately for him, the reality
* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'': When Luke, Candace's mother's boyfriend, tries
*** Even when tossed into a cell, Ramsey gloats to
** By Season 7, Cersei Lannister. '''Oh so much'''. By this point she may
*** In season 8, Cersei [[spoiler:is completely unable to accept how Daenerys' forces are taking over King's Landing. She insists "the Iron Fleet will hold them" despite how the fleet is currently burning, the walls have fallen and her sellswords are running for their lives and her own troops surrendering rather than stay and fight the Unsullied. Even when she finally meets her end, Cersei seems to not grasp how her actions have led the entire kingdom to ruin. It's remarkable she even acknowledges the Keep (which she had stated was "the safest part of the city") is literally burning around her.]]
* Done tragically in ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' when Lewis goes into denial over [[spoiler:his partner and best friend Crosetti]]'s suicide. Lewis actually starts trying to sabotage Bolander's investigation into [[spoiler:Crosetti]]'s death to stop him from posthumously slandering him, having convinced himself that Bolander is trying to posthumously frame him for suicide. He eventually comes to accept it after a toxicology report proves it was a suicide beyond a shadow of a doubt, [[HeroicBSOD and he promptly bursts into tears on the spot at the realization.]]
* In ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', [[spoiler:DJ Sagara tells Kota that since power can only be used to destroy, if he wants to protect people, he should reject and destroy the rule of reality that hope can only be won with sacrifice]].
* ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'' takes this trope to another meaning when [[FinalBoss Another Decade]] demonstrated the ability to put his victims and trap them in an endless GroundhogDayLoop pocket dimension where they were forced to relive their most regretful moments being replaced to suit their intended outcome (eg; Yukihiro reuniting with his deceased lover, Nishimura winning a past race that he actually lost).
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': Gavin Millarrrrrrrrrrrrrr's analysis of Neville Shunt's play which uses railway timetables as metaphors for a murder mystery goes on to say that "reality is illusion and the ambiguity is the only truth." Only the truth can't exist because the ambiguity within the play's context has made no room for it.
* In ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' the bots spin a complicated yarn about the existence of a ''Carnival Magic'' Cinematic Universe, comprised of sequels, spin-offs, and a reboot which to their surprise [[SuperGullible Jonah seems to believe every word of]]...at least until they take it even further and invent a phony trailer park based production studio. Leading to this exchange.
--> '''Jonah:''' Were any of those movies real?\\
'''Tom:''' Of course not, Jonah!\\
'''Crow:''' I just watched ''Carnival Magic'' and I'm not even sure that was real.\\
'''Jonah:''' That's a good point...did we even watch a movie just now?
* Much of the time ''Series/MythBusters'' is devoted to debunking nutty hypotheses - free energy, Moon landing hoax, and so on. Adam may also have been [[OlderThanTheyThink quoting]] the old '80s film ''Film/TheDungeonmaster''.
** Adam Savage recently in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WFFhicVeXI video on his Tested channel]] stated he got the joke from Ralph Miller, a modelmaker whom Adam worked with before ''Mythbusters'' came to be. Adam liked the joke and decided to keep
* Lorna on ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', mostly due to her serious mental problems.
* PlayedForLaughs on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' "Bill Swerski's Superfans" skit. The group always believes "da Bears" will emerge victorious no matter what the current state of the team is or who their opponent is. Any time the team loses, they either assume Coach Ditka threw the game for a noble cause or flat out ignore it happened.
-->'''Bob Swerski:''' So far, da Bears are four and
** A 2020 sketch called "Sportsmax" imagines a sports network that continues to insist the New York Jets (winless at the time) were somehow undefeated, ignoring all evidence of 13 losses.
* Gul Dukat in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is a master at remembering any event in his life in a way that makes him feel better -- especially if it involves the occupation, in which he was a benevolent father to a planet of ungrateful Bajorans, and certainly ''not'' Cardassian Hitler.
** Kai Winn Adami is very adept at believing that she is favoured by the Prophets (even though they selected a human, Captain Sisko, as their Emissary) and an excellent leader (despite being shown to be reliant on the efforts of others when it comes to complex issues, and nearly starting a civil war over ''farm equipment''). She also believes she is a deeply religious person, but promptly turns her back on her gods when that stops working for her. [[spoiler: She does have a final MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, which leads directly to RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
* The short-lived comedy ''Sunnyside'' has disgraced city councilman Garrett often in denial on how his drunken arrest caught on video has ruined what was already a pretty rough political career. The opening scene has him living in his office as he's dead broke due to overspending massively, thinking he could never lose his job. When a woman enters to kick him out, he tells her that "this is all going to blow over" and she's amazed he doesn't get he's been fired.
-->'''Diana''': The council voted to remove you. Unanimously.\\
'''Garrett''': ''[scoffing]'' "Unanimously?" What does that even mean?
* ''Series/WandaVision'': Throughout the show, more and more hints are dropped that Wanda is using her RealityWarper powers to reject her TraumaCongaLine reality and live in a safe sitcom instead.
* A key part of ''Series/You2018'' is Joe refusing to accept any life except being the nice guy in a rom-com seeking love, ignoring he's really a sociopathic and murderous stalker manipulating everyone.
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* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': C's EvilPlan on acquiring [[ArtifactOfDoom The Dypheus' Breath]] hinges on the motivation that [[spoiler:he can use it to revive his dead lover and using it would not unleash total destruction on the entire world in spite of his associates warning him that will be the outcome if he goes through with it]].
* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Batman is unmasked as Bruce Wayne by Scarecrow on live television]]. The Riddler refuses to believe it, telling Batman he's far too smart to fall for such a trick. To him, an UpperClassTwit like Bruce Wayne couldn't have the intelligence of Batman or even the average citizen, thus this is an impossibly large ruse with everyone working together to fool him. The fact that ''literally everyone else'' sees it as the truth is taken by him as proof of it being a lie, since he's clearly smarter than them anyway.
* At the end of the first season of ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'', if Batman chooses to reveal his identity to the BigBad [[spoiler:Vicki Vale, she]] cannot accept the truth as [[spoiler:she's convinced that Bruce is just as bad as [[AdaptationalVillainy his father, Thomas]]]], and claims that he uses his identity as Batman to prey on the innocent.
* ''VideoGame/BioShock'': While Jack works his way through Hephaestus, [[BigBad Ryan]] starts losing his grip, vocally insisting his city is going to thrive, despite the fact that nearly all of the populace are dead or completely insane, and all surviving children have been transformed into Little Sisters.
-->'''Andrew Ryan:''' Rapture is coming back to life. Even now, can't you hear the breath returning to her lungs? The shops reopening, the schools humming with the thoughts of young minds?
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'':
** Salvatore in ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' believes so strongly in her own authority over everyone (including people she is currently battling), that she frequently gives them completely impossible instructions to follow, and is incapable of understanding that her requests are unreasonable, even in the crazy Disgaea universe. This has interesting results in her DLC scenario in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaD2ABrighterDarkness'' when she meets the LawfulStupid Barbara, who is so conditioned to follow orders that she [[AchievementsInIgnorance actually obeys]].
--->'''Salvatore:''' Master Big Star, you will burrow underground and attack me with 5,000,000°C magma! Aim for my heart! The rest of you, transform into a giant invincible robot and blast the area with a -5000°C blizzard!
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea4'': The director of Netherworld Communications insists TheBattleDidntCount. Repeatedly. Despite being the only breathing member remaining. Valvatorez counters by threatening to whoop her ass every time she says that.
** ''VideoGame/Disgaea4'' also features Fuka, who refuses to accept that she's died and reincarnated in Hades as an 'unprinny'. Instead, she staunchly insists that her experiences are AllJustADream, long past the point of any deniability.
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** Teyrn Loghain. No matter how much mounting evidence there is that the well-organized darkspawn incursion really is a Blight, and that his forces cannot combat the darkspawn incursion and the rebelling nobles and patrol the Orlesian border alone, Loghain continues to insist that it's not a true Blight and Ferelden can stand alone, even as half the country is swallowed up by the Blight. At the Landsmeet, he changes to admitting that it is a Blight, but claims that they don't need the Grey Wardens to defeat it. It takes being forced into becoming a Gray Warden for him to truly accept that the Blight is a real threat. He's also somehow convinced that Orlais is behind everything.
** The Qunari are masters of willful ignorance whenever they have to deal with people who don't fit perfectly into the Qun. For example, it's established that only men can be soldiers. The fact that some of those soldiers happen to lack certain male attributes (as in, all of them) is irrelevant. They're soldiers, so they ''can't'' be women. Alternatively, they'll be shunted into one of the many combat roles that are not, strictly and technically, "soldiers" (it's a caste thing). Same goes for mages. Under the Qun, mages are dangerous things ("saarebas" literally means dangerous thing) that must be chained and leashed at all times. Anyone who earns the Qunari's respect that is able to use magic is not considered a mage. They are considered non-mages who just happen to be able to launch fireballs from their hands.
** The Iron Bull of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' shows this off in greater detail. He considers all warriors men, as long as they're suited up. Thus his Lieutenant Krem, a transgender man, always qualifies as male in his eyes while Bull only classes Cassandra, a cisgender woman, as male when she wears armor. This is because the Qunari can accept transgender individuals as long as that individual still conforms to gender roles. Similarly, while he's terrified of spirits and demons Cole is okay because "you may be a weird squirrely kid, but you're my weird squirrely kid."
** Sera of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' takes this to an even more baffling degree than many Qunari. She fights for the "common people" however she strictly defines "common people" as "non-noble, non-mage humans or surface dwarves." The Dalish? They weird common humans out so they must deserve what they get. [[BoomerangBigot City elves? Deserve what they get for being too "elfy"]]. Mages? Their power scares other people so they deserve to be locked up in the Circle system. Any amount of oppression faced by any group she does not like is that group's own fault and any part of the world that does not fit her worldview is "stupid". She will use any number of fallacies to argue her points and does ''not'' like being disagreed with, even if it's to offer a third option to a seemingly black and white question. She gets a little better in the epilogue DLC ''Trespasser'' and undergoes a bit of character development there.
* Captain Cook in ''VideoGame/EiyuuSenkiTheWorldConquest'' is deathly afraid of ghosts and her character arc involves investigating a way to overcome that fear. She does so by coming to the conclusion that ghosts do not actually exist and, therefore, that isn't what she's fighting against despite the fact the player's party faces off against numerous ghost units and one of the playable characters is a ghost herself.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'''s DLC has Dara Hubble, leader of [[ChurchOfHappyology the Hubologists]], who has brought her followers to the Nuka-World amusement park in search of a spaceship that will take her and her followers to the alien paradise that is the center of their religion. The player character, being considerably smarter than her, can point out that the "spaceship" she's so fixated on is nothing more than a decommissioned Gravitron ride. Dara promptly claims that the player's mind is too "limited by Neurodynes" to see the truth available to her, with her "expanded mental powers". [[spoiler: This can come back to bite her; if the player fully charges up the ride, its broken controls means it proceeds to whip her and the rest of her followers around so hard that they are all ''torn apart'' by the centrifugal forces.]]
* In the climax of ''VideoGame/Halo2'', Tartarus is told in no uncertain terms that the Halo rings are weapons of mass destruction designed to wipe out all life in the galaxy, not religious artifacts as the Covenant religion claims. He refuses to accept it [[spoiler:and activates the ring]]. This is actually exactly why the Prophet of Truth had the Brutes replace the Elites in the Covenant's FantasticCasteSystem, the Elites' intelligence and honor would allow them to recognize the truth (evidenced by the fact that the Arbiter ''does'' accept it), whereas the Brutes were blindly obedient.
* ''VideoGame/{{Insanity}}'': Shigeki spends nearly the whole game insisting he can create a potion to revive the dead. He even thinks he can revive his wife and daughter, who were ''cremated'', and is convinced Kyouko is [[ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity his daughter]] despite her plainly stating she's not. [[spoiler:Deep down, he knows it isn't possible, but he clings to his delusion because he can't bear to face the reality of what he's done]].
* ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'': Venom is adamant that both Miles and Mary Jane are toxic influences on Peter and absolutely refuses to believe they're anything more than a toxic influence. He's completely blind to the fact that he is the biggest toxic influence, snarling at Miles whenever he brings up how bad the symbiote was for Peter that he made Peter better, and that no one would miss Miles if he were to disappear.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'', this turns out to be [[spoiler: the basis for the entire plot. Sunny, unable to handle the guilt of accidentally killing his sister in an argument and covering it up, creates Omori and Headspace to pretend that his sister was still alive and his friends never [[TheFellowshipHasEnded broke apart]]. Omori also exists to suppress Something, a being that exists that represents the truth of Mari’s death. In the bad endings, Omori flat out erases Sunny and overwrites him to stop Sunny from ever confronting the truth. In the GoldenEnding, Sunny relearns the truth, overcomes an otherwise [[HopelessBossFight unbeatable]] Omori by accepting his sister’s death, and confesses the truth to his friends.]]
* The true villain of ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2'', [[spoiler:Gristol aka Nick Johnsmith]], while not mentally ill like many of the other minds Raz has explored, has built his entire worldview upon [[spoiler:delusions of grandeur and a childish sense of entitlement that colors everything he does. He equates his own childhood luxury to Grulovia's prosperity, when really it was a PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny that was plagued with unrest from the peasantry, and the ruling class responded by using Lucy as a one-woman attack-squad to silence them. He thinks of Maligula as his country's secret weapon and that the Psychonauts were a meddling foreign power jealous of their greatness, when really she was a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who snapped under the stress his family put her through and that the Psychic Six were recruited by the rebel peasantry to prevent her from destroying the world. He believes his family lived homeless and in squalor, when really his family managed to escape their own country [[KarmaHoudini with their lives and fortune virtually unscathed]], subsisting on caviar in a five-star luxury hotel. His entire end-goal is to find Maligula and revive her, thinking that she will remain loyal to his family, [[DidntThinkThisThrough completely overlooking]] the fact that his own father tried to kill her when she grew out of control, that she might not be happy to see him and that [[EvilIsNotAToy her destructive power is about as discriminating as a nuclear bomb]].]]
* Halfway into ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', [[spoiler:protagonist Captain Walker already ignored his orders to simply scout out the situation and instead gotten involved in Dubai's conflict, leading to his team making enemies of the American soldiers stationed there. When he uses white phosphorus mortars to clear out an enemy camp and finds the corpses of dozens of civilians in the aftermath, Walker snaps. He blames everything on the renegade Colonel Konrad and declares that he never had a choice in proceeding, and continues to go forward with his "mission" of making the colonel and the 33rd Infantry pay for what "they" did. It's only at the end of the game, when he sees [[DeadAllAlong Konrad's corpse]], that Walker is forced to confront the truth]].
* The Soldier of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. In his ExcusePlot backstory, it's mentioned that he was rejected from the U.S. military but went to fight UsefulNotes/WorldWarII anyway. By himself. And he only stopped killing Germans when he heard that the war was over in 1949.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The Olms are frustratingly good at this. For example they claim that the earthquakes caused by the drill are natural, then accuse Sasha and her team of creating a FalseFlagOperation when the entire (inactive) drill is dropped into their home.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Belos has had literal centuries to see that the Witches and Demons of the Isles aren't the inherently evil monsters he thinks they are, but denies it to further his childish delusions of being [[spoiler:a heroic witch hunter "saving humanity from evil", even though there's no real way for the people of the Isles to cross over between worlds these days without his portal]]. In "Hollow Mind", the initial fake memory portraits shown are all a SelfServingMemory, and says that "can't reason with crazy" when Luz calls him evil before immediately trying to kill her without realizing how malicious trying to kill a child who can't defend herself without remorse is, something similar happening when Luz calls him out for being a hypocrite in "King's Tide".
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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': ComicBook/DoctorDoom lives in a world in which he is the hero and Reed Richards is responsible for nearly everything bad in his life, starting with his scarred face. It was Doom's own fault that the machine exploded scarring his face, but admitting that would mean admitting that Reed (who tried to warn him about the calculation errors) is smarter than him. Doom's ego is too huge to ever allow that, so he came up with [[NeverMyFault the delusion that Reed "sabotaged" his machine]]. Case in point: in ''Comicbook/{{Axis}}'' the bonafide ''truth'' smacked him in the face thanks to the truth wave, created by Valeria Richards and Loki to combat the Red Skull's HatePlague, and he ''[[IgnoredEpiphany rejected both]]''! Which is either impressive or sad. Maybe both.
* The entire push of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' is [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] convinced by Kobik that he lived the life of a long-term ComicBook/{{Hydra}} agent. He also believes Hydra was a noble group corrupted by the Nazis and the Axis won UsefulNotes/WorldWarII but the Allies used the Cosmic Cube to rewrite reality. In the final issue, after the real Cap has returned, he confronts the captured Hydra!Cap and realizes the man ''still'' believes in the "history" he knows and won't accept it was all an invention of Kobik.
* The entire push of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' is [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] convinced by Kobik that he lived the life of a long-term ComicBook/{{Hydra}} agent. He also believes Hydra was a noble group corrupted by the Nazis and the Axis won UsefulNotes/WorldWarII but the Allies used the Cosmic Cube to rewrite reality. In the final issue, after the real Cap has returned, he confronts the captured Hydra!Cap and realizes the man ''still'' believes in the "history" he knows and won't accept it was all an invention of Kobik.
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* In ''Film/{{Downfall}}'', Adolf Hitler spends quite a long time refusing to entertain the idea that the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWar2 war]] is lost, despite the fact he's currently hiding in a bunker in Berlin, which is rapidly falling to the Soviet Army on one side and the other Allied powers on the other. He even takes the time to go over the plans he has for rebuilding the city with his architect, Speer. Several other extremely fanatical Nazis also keep believing to the bitter end that a miracle will happen to change the tide. Once the Soviets are basically on the bunker's doorstep and capture is undeniably imminent, a lot of suicides occur, including Hitler's.
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* In ''Film/{{Downfall}}'', ''Film/Downfall2004'', Adolf Hitler spends quite a long time refusing to entertain the idea that the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWar2 [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war]] is lost, despite the fact he's currently hiding in a bunker in Berlin, which is rapidly falling to the Soviet Army on one side and the other Allied powers on the other. He even takes the time to go over the plans he has for rebuilding the city with his architect, Speer. Several other extremely fanatical Nazis also keep believing to the bitter end that a miracle will happen to change the tide. Once the Soviets are basically on the bunker's doorstep and capture is undeniably imminent, a lot of suicides occur, including Hitler's.
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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': ComicBook/DoctorDoom lives in a world in which he is the hero and Reed Richards is responsible for nearly everything bad in his life, starting with his scarred face. It was Doom's own fault that the machine exploded scarring his face, but admitting that would mean admitting that Reed (who tried to warn him about the calculation errors) is smarter than him. Doom's ego is too huge to ever allow that, so he came up with [[NeverMyFault the delusion that Reed "sabotaged" his machine]]. Case in point: in ''Comicbook/{{Axis}}'' the bonafide ''truth'' smacked him in the face thanks to the truth wave, created by Valeria Richards and Loki to combat the Red Skull's HatePlague, and he ''[[IgnoredEpiphany rejected both]]''! Which is either impressive or sad. Maybe both.
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': J. Jonah Jameson from the ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' comics has an unhealthy tendency to make people who correctly believe that Spider-Man is a hero to have second thoughts. Jameson refuses to accept the opinions of others, including his own son, that Spider-Man is a hero, trying to make his confronters second guess themselves. He also refuses to believe that Spider-Man himself is a hero and just sees him as a disruptive force of destruction. In many adaptations, this is one of his {{Flanderized}} qualities.
