History Main / LiarRevealed

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': Hiccup pretends to be a dragon-slaying protege, while simply subduing them via peaceful methods he learned from Toothless, a dragon he managed to tame and befriend. In this case, it's justified since the other vikings would have killed Toothless if they'd known about his existence and Hiccup's attempt to willingly give up the charade in order to demonstrate violence isn't always the answer ends with his father disowning him for tricking him and sympathizing with the dragons.

* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'': Rocky leaves the other half of his poster when he abandons the hen farm, revealing his "flight" was merely him being shot out of a cannon.

** ''Fanfic/{{I See What You Do Behind Closed Doors|MiraculousLadybug}}'': Max starts PullingTheThread on Lila's claims after Ladybug rejects her claims of [[CelebrityLie being best friends]], pointing out that Lila has him doing all her homework for her. He then looks up all of her claims and finds evidence that she was deceiving the whole time. Unfazed, Lila admits everything and [[spoiler:reveals that Marinette wasn't the only one who knew [[CassandraTruth the truth]] about her, declaring Adrien to be her AccompliceByInaction]].

** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23586655 Snapped Wrist, Broken Lies]]'', Marinette accidentally breaks Lila's wrist when Lila tries to steal the lucky charm Adrien gave her. This gets Lila's mother called in, since Lila will have to go to the hospital. Once they're in the same room, a subtle prod from Marinette starts Ms. Rossi and Principal Damocles comparing notes, and it doesn't take long for Lila's lies to unravel, dropping her into deep trouble.

** The first act of ''Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama''. Lila's stories and claims are brought into question by Chloé and Alya after she tries to frame Marinette for assaulting her. They poke holes in her stories and question how much water [[CelebrityLie her claims of friendship with various celebrities]] hold. But the final nail on the coffin is [[spoiler:her own mother, who shows up at school in a rage, having seen the interviews with Lila on the Ladyblog and being furious at her daughter for spreading lies and making her parents look bad. She yells at Lila in front of the whole class, tearing apart all her lies and scolding her for letting them be posted on a public blog, jeopardizing her parents' jobs and reputations]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverland'', Jane gets thrown under the bus by Captain Hook once he revealed to Peter and the Lost Boys that she originally was going to sell them out to Hook as her way back to London, which of course, [[WhatTheHellHero Peter's not all that happy about]]. Unlike most examples, however, neither Peter or the Lost Boys hold it against her when she comes to the rescue since it was probably redeeming enough that she even bothered. [[spoiler: And when Tinkerbell shows up alive and well, that probably destroyed any doubt they had if they did]].

* ''Manga/LoveHina'' uses this for when the roommates discover that Keitaro is not a Tokyo U student early on. This leads to their already fairly low attitude of him sinking even lower.

* This occurs in a months-long storyline for ''ComicStrip/{{Retail}}''. In an effort to get a raise, Josh fabricates a story to his bosses that a competing retail store offered him a job with a bigger salary. Much to Marla's protest, their district manager Stuart authorizes the raise. Weeks later, Marla finds out that the store never offered him a job. She promptly tells Stuart, and while he warns against firing him, it's pretty evident that he's pissed at the whole thing, judging by a later strip which showed Josh calling him. Josh, realizing he was going to get fired, got a new job and gave a two-weeks notice to Marla, who ended up firing him anyway without working out the notice after he bragged about how he got away with lying.

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': in the sequel, Harry, among others, is revealed as liar by a furious Hermione when she figures out the truth about her ancestry (in short, she's the daughter of Wanda Maximoff, secretly adopted to protect her from her family's many, ''many'' enemies) and it becomes obvious that he knew.

* In ''Fanfic/ThePlantarFamilyPet'', King Andrias forces Marcy to admit to her friends that she'd known about the music box's magical powers, and intentionally used it to transport them all to another world in order to escape her parents' plans to move away.

** The second time comes when Jahihi himself confesses to Taraji that he's been serving as TheMole. She takes the news poorly, but gradually comes to understand why he lied and that it doesn't change who he is at heart or how she feels about him.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Wonderland}}'', Gray learns from Jellal that he's been living a lie that was painstakingly crafted by his mother, and that in reality, his family isn't really royalty.

* ''[[Fanfic/BurnTheWitchMiraculousLadybug BURN THE WITCH]]'': After the events of "Chameleon", Marinette ''wanted'' to expose [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]], but Adrien convinced her to stop by reasoning that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard her lies would catch up to her eventually]] without their involvement. While he's ''technically'' correct, the story [[DeconstructionFic deconstructs this]]: Sure, Lila's lies caught up to her... but only after she'd done so much damage that the latest [[VillainOfTheWeek Akumatized villain]] is Witch Hunter, who wants to outright ''burn Lila at the stake'' for her crimes. And her many cruel actions have made most of the main characters susceptible to Witch Hunter's MoreThanMindControl that convinces them that burning Lila alive is the ''right'' thing to do.
* ''Webcomic/FeralnetteAU'': In sketches for the series, Lila's deceptive nature is ultimately revealed by [[spoiler:her own inner voice, thanks to Lady Clarity's powers. Lila's ego is so immense that her inner voice gleefully brags about how tricking everyone and working with Hawkmoth, much to the horror of all present, including Lila herself]].
* ''Fanfic/HeroChat'': {{Downplayed}}. As they get to know Ladybug better, the other heroes realize that she would ''never'' tell a civilian her SecretIdentity, much less let her talk about it in public. As more members of the class become temporary heroes, they subsequently realize the truth as well. Eventually, Marinette casually tells Lila that everybody save for Marc and possibly Ivan is aware that she's a liar, so there's really no need to keep up the charade. Lila assumes this is some kind of trick and ignores her.
* ''Fanfic/{{I See What You Do Behind Closed Doors|MiraculousLadybug}}'': Max starts PullingTheThread on Lila's claims after Ladybug rejects her claims of [[CelebrityLie being best friends]], pointing out that Lila has him doing all her homework for her. He then looks up all of her claims and finds evidence that she was deceiving the whole time. Unfazed, Lila admits everything and [[spoiler:reveals that Marinette wasn't the only one who knew [[CassandraTruth the truth]] about her, declaring Adrien to be her AccompliceByInaction]].
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': Adrien not only refuses to help Marinette expose Lila, he personally supports and ''backs up'' several of Lila's claims, since he doesn't want to deal with the ''[[ItsAllAboutMe personal inconvenience]]'' of the truth coming out. This naturally [[HoistByHisOwnPetard comes back to bite him]] when the rest of the class learns about his BetrayalByInaction, making ''him'' the liar whose deception is revealed.
* ''Fanfic/LadyBugOut'':
** Lila unintentionally exposes herself as a liar to her classmates in ''The Interview Ruse'' when she attempts to [[PlayingTheVictimCard play the victim]] and accuse Marinette and Ladybug of arranging that interview to try and humiliate her. Ivan [[SpottingTheThread points out]] that Marinette didn't ''know'' that Lila had been claiming to be involved with the blog, and her attempts to talk her way out of this only succeed in upsetting them even more. Only Alya stands by her, due to Lila claiming to have fallen out with Ladybug due to staying loyal to Alya and her Ladyblog.
** Alya later realizes just how much of a habitual liar Lila is when she claims to have [[spoiler:been Rena Rouge -- ''Alya's'' former heroic identity]].
* In ''Fanfic/OfPatienceAndPettiness'', the truth about Lila is revealed to the whole class shortly after the events of "Chameleon", via Marinette 'apologizing' to her by calling Jagged Stone and asking him to sing the song that he'd supposedly written for her in front of the whole class.
* ''Fanfic/{{Shadows}}'': In addition to Lila's true nature getting exposed to her classmates, Cyril is also indirectly responsible for getting Lila expelled back in New York.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23586655 Snapped Wrist, Broken Lies]]'', Marinette accidentally breaks Lila's wrist when Lila tries to steal the lucky charm Adrien gave her. This gets Lila's mother called in, since Lila will have to go to the hospital. Once they're in the same room, a subtle prod from Marinette starts Ms. Rossi and Principal Damocles comparing notes, and it doesn't take long for Lila's lies to unravel, dropping her into deep trouble.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33339538/chapters/82797070 So you time travel to the future and your classmate gets punched...]]'' features Ms. Bustier's class getting catapulted twenty years into the future by the akuma Time-Turner, where they meet Marinette's daughter Emma and the future version of Chloé. Chloé shows them evidence of Lila's {{Celebrity Lie}}s; in the process, Rose reveals that she'd learned the truth from Prince Ali, but Alya [[CassandraTruth refused to believe her]], discouraging her from warning everybody else. Unfortunately, these revelations come too late to save Ms. Bustier and most of the class, as Lila's actions had already set LaserGuidedKarma in motion.
* The first act of ''Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama''. Lila's stories and claims are brought into question by Chloé and Alya after she tries to frame Marinette for assaulting her. They poke holes in her stories and question how much water [[CelebrityLie her claims of friendship with various celebrities]] hold. But the final nail on the coffin is [[spoiler:her own mother, who shows up at school in a rage, having seen the interviews with Lila on the Ladyblog and being furious at her daughter for spreading lies and making her parents look bad. She yells at Lila in front of the whole class, tearing apart all her lies and scolding her for letting them be posted on a public blog, jeopardizing her parents' jobs and reputations]].
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22260466/chapters/53156809 A Very Jagged Takedown]]'' is a collection of one-shots that all revolve around the same premise: Jagged Stone is responsible for outing Lila as a ConsummateLiar.
** "Dissonant Chord" has Jagged learn about Lila's lies and bullying while commissioning Marinette. He decides to make one of those falsehoods true by writing a song that, without naming names for legal reasons, calls out all of Lila's other lies. When Marinette's classmates listen to the song, it doesn't take long for them to figure out who it's talking about.
** In "Career Day", Lila claims she's going to bring Jagged Stone in as her presenter for the titular event, intending to string the class along before claiming he had a schedule conflict. Marinette sees an opportunity and uses her actual connections to Jagged to bring him in as ''her'' presenter, with strict instructions to not say anything about Lila and just let his presence start the dominoes falling. While Jagged sticks to this, he can't resist making a pointed comment about how people like to make up lies and start rumors about him for attention, which clues in everyone who was still confused about how he made it to their classroom when Lila said he was out of the country.
** "The Last Lie" features Lila claiming to know the designer who made a cool dragon-themed outfit for Jagged Stone's birthday, unaware that the designer was Marinette herself. All Marinette has to do is sit back and wait for Jagged to start bragging about who really made the clothes, which leaves Lila caught out with no way to recover.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21138575 Who You Know]]'' centers around Lila claiming that she [[CelebrityLie personally knows]] who the secretive fashion star MDC is, offering to arrange for Marinette and Alya to meet them. Her deception is revealed when MDC comes out as [[spoiler:Marinette Dupain-Cheng]]; a humiliated Alya then vows to ensure her true nature is exposed to the rest of the world.
* In [[https://sturchling.tumblr.com/post/682700949273346049/ this untitled one-shot]], Lila falsely claims to have helped Alya's parents commission a beautiful outfit from an Italian designer she knows. This [[StolenCreditBackfire backfires]] when Marlena and Otis promptly call her out, revealing that ''Marinette'' designed the dress.

* In ''Fanfic/OneWayLeftToGo'', Buster worries that if Meena impresses Florence and successfully manages to launch a solo career, that will lead to the whole troupe going their separate ways. So he convinces Porsha to sabotage her run-through. Afterwards, Porsha is ridden with guilt, and soon revealed what happened to Ash and Rosita. Ash then furiously confronts Buster about this in front of everyone else, spurring an argument between Buster and Meena that results in [[spoiler:the stage collapsing]].

* Played with in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Street rat Aladdin uses a wish granted by a genie to impersonate a prince so he can court Princess Jasmine. Aladdin and the genie argue about whether to tell Jasmine the truth. Later on, Jafar reveals Aladdin's true identity, but Jasmine isn't angry with Aladdin for lying, mainly because the princely exterior was a fancy cover for the street-rat she first met and fell in love with.

* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'': Dracula spends a majority of the movie trying to hide a human named Johnny from the other monsters at his hotel and he has to make up a bunch of lies in order to do so. However, it ends up [[AllForNothing all for naught]] as the film's PlotIrrelevantVillain exposes him.

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': Hiccup pretends to be a dragon slaying protege, while simply subduing them via peaceful methods he learned from Toothless, a dragon he managed to tame and befriend. In this case it's justified, since the other vikings would have killed Toothless if they'd known about his existence and Hiccup's attempt to willingly give up the charade in order to demonstrate violence isn't always the answer ends with his father disowning him for tricking him and sympathizing with the dragons.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'', Elliot trying to be friends with Boog by leading him in circles.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverland'', Jane gets thrown under the bus by Captain Hook once he revealed to Peter and the Lost Boys that she originally was going to sell them out to Hook as her way back to London, which of course, [[WhatTheHellHero Peter's not all that happy about]]. Unlike most examples however, neither do Peter, or the Lost Boys hold it against her when she comes to the rescue since it was probably redeeming enough that she even bothered. [[spoiler: And when Tinkerbell shows up alive and well, that probably destroyed any doubt they had if they did]].

* In ''Film/{{Housesitter}}'', Gwen claims that she's Newton's to get away with squatting in his empty house, resulting in a SnowballLie that involves the entire town. Gavin ends up going along with the lie because it makes it an old girlfriend jealous. [[spoiler: Averted when it looks like the lie is finally going to be revealed, but it isn't. The relationship ends up becoming real, and they never bother to reveal that it was originally made up.]]

* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'': Connor Murphy's family believes that he wrote his suicide note to Evan Hansen, while in reality it was a misunderstanding; Evan had written the note himself as a therapy exercise. Not wanting to break the truth to Connor's family that he had no friends, and feeling incredibly lonely himself, he maintains the façade that he and Connor were best friends. Once the note is leaked online and the lie starts to unravel, he tearfully confesses the truth to Connor's family, who are completely speechless, but nevertheless do not reveal Evan's lie to the public.

* Pops up a lot in ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'', but especially in season 3. Entry #59 has Tim [[WhatTheHellHero calling out]] Jay on not only stalking him but inadvertently making the situation with Alex and the Operator worse with no progress to show for it. And then it gets flipped on its head in Entry #75 when Jay calls out Tim for hiding a tape from him when Tim specifically told Jay to not keep any more secrets.

* Played straight, and then Subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Chimdale." Stan reveals to Steve that he's actually bald and has been wearing a wig the entire series, and then is caught wearing the wig at work after lying to Steve that he wouldn't wear it. The drama culminates in Stan revealing to the rest of the family. Turns out, they all already knew and didn't tell Steve or Stan because they (correctly) assumed the two would overreact.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Reality Trip", Freak Show reveals to everyone that Danny Fenton is the ghost hero Phantom. His parents are confused as to why he would hide this from them, and are shocked when they discover that Jazz was fully aware of this ([[SecretSecretKeeper though she admits Danny never actually told her either]]), questioning why he'd something so important from his own family. Jazz immediately points out that they are ghost hunters and researchers who constantly talk about wanting to destroy the undead spirits "molecule by molecule."

* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' has Flik supposedly finding "warrior bugs" to save his colony after misconstruing a situation. When he realizes his mistake (that they're ''circus performers'' rather than trained warriors), he's forced to keep the lie going in order to not cause panic among the other ants. Once the colony finds out after their owner comes to the colony to get them back, it inevitably results in one of the most painfully PlayedStraight examples of this trope in animation history...

* Refreshingly averted in ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle''. After Pinkie tells Chanticleer that Goldie was supposed to keep him from finding out about his friends trying to get him to return home, you'd expect Chanticleer to get angry or reject her. But he quickly takes it in stride, instead focusing on how they can both rescue them.

* Refreshingly Averted in ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle''. After Pinkie tells Chanticleer that Goldie was supposed to keep him from finding out about his friends trying to get him to return home, you'd expect Chanticleer to get angry or reject her. But he quickly takes it in stride, instead focusing on how they can both rescue them.

* Canon presents Lila Rossi as a CompulsiveLiar and ManipulativeBitch who routinely [[KarmaHoudini evades all consequences]] for her actions. As a result, it's a ''very'' common [[FandomSpecificPlot/MiraculousLadybug Fandom-Specific Plot]] for her deception to finally be exposed.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33339538/chapters/82797070 So you time travel to the future and your classmate gets punched...]]'' features Ms. Bustier's class getting catapulted twenty years into the future by the akuma Time-Turner, where they meet Marinette's daughter Emma and the future version of Chloe. Chloe shows them evidence of Lila's {{Celebrity Lie}}s; in the process, Rose reveals that she'd learned the truth from Prince Ali, but Alya [[CassandraTruth refused to believe her]], discouraging her from warning everybody else. Unfortunately, these revelations come too late to save Ms. Bustier and most of the class, as Lila's actions had already set LaserGuidedKarma in motion.

* ''Fanfic/{{Think Before You Speak|MH}}'' is driven by Aizawa's decision to lie to Tensei about how his younger brother was injured during a training exercise. By falsely claiming that ''Midoriya'' was responsible, he hopes to force the poor kid out of U.A. by having him ConvictedByPublicOpinion. By the time Tensei learns the truth, the damage has already been done -- to both his and Aizawa's reputations, along with any regard he once held for the other man.

* ''Fanfic/FeralnetteAUBigFatBreak'': In sketches for the series, Lila's deceptive nature is ultimately revealed by [[spoiler:her own inner voice, thanks to Lady Clarity's powers. Lila's ego is so immense that her inner voice gleefully brags about how tricking everyone and working with Hawkmoth, much to the horror of all present, including Lila herself]].

* Played straight, and then Subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad!'' episode "Chimdale." Stan reveals to Steve that he's actually bald and has been wearing a wig the entire series, and then is caught wearing the wig at work after lying to Steve that he wouldn't wear it. The drama culminates in Stan revealing to the rest of the family. Turns out, they all already knew and didn't tell Steve or Stan because they (correctly) assumed the two would overreact.

* This is the premise of ''Film/BigFatLiar''. Protagonist Jason Shepherd is assumed to be the liar by more or less everyone he knows, and the movie revolves around him trying to reveal Marty Wolf as one.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverland'', Jane gets thrown under the bus by Captain Hook once he revealed to Peter and the Lost Boys that she originally was going to sell them out to Hook as her way back to London, which of course, [[WhatTheHellHero Peter's not all that happy about]]. Unlike most examples however, neither do Peter, or the Lost Boys hold it against her when she comes to the rescue since it was probably redeeming enough that she even bothered. [[Spoiler: And when Tinkerbell shows up alive and well, that probably destroyed any doubt they had if they did]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverland'', Jane gets thrown under the bus by Captain Hook once he revealed to Peter and the Lost Boys that she originally was going to sell them out to Hook as her way back to London, which of course, [[WhatTheHellHero Peter's not all that happy about]]. Unlike most examples however, neither do Peter, or the Lost Boys hold it against her when she comes to the rescue since it was probably redeeming enough that she even bothered. [[spoiler And when Tinkerbell shows up alive and well, that probably destroyed any doubt they had if they did]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverland'', Jane gets thrown under the bus by Captain Hook once he revealed to Peter and the Lost Boys that she originally was going to sell them out to Hook as her way back to London, which of course, [[WhatTheHellHero Peter's not all that happy about]]. Unlike most examples however, neither do Peter, or the Lost Boys hold it against her when she comes to the rescue since it was probably redeeming enough that she even bothered. [[Spoiler And when Tinkerbell shows up alive and well, that probably destroyed any doubt they had if they did]].

It's worth noting that this trope is particularly easy and common to misuse, either in the tendency of the protagonist to MaintainTheLie [[IdiotBall for reasons that make no sense except for dramatic tension]] or of the deceived to turn against the protagonist for the deception in spite of other considerations that should by all rights absolve him.

* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'' is about a boy called Evan whose classmate, Connor kills himself. Connor's parents think that Evan was his best friend. He goes along with it to avoid upsetting them, getting deeper into a web of lies before admitting the truth at the end.

* The first episode of ''Series/TobyTerrierAndHisVideoPals'' revolves around Toby pretending to know everything about working at a TV station. He eventually reveals the truth, that he doesn't.

* In ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'', this is {{Inverted}} in the second act, which ends with Pikachu seemingly getting revealed to have been Mewtwo's accomplice before losing his memories. But Tim and Pikachu only saw a portion of the recreation of events before being cut off, and while Pikachu believes that [[ItsAllMyFault he himself is to blame for Harry's supposed death]], Tim reasonably believes that there must be more to the story than that. Turns out he's right, as [[spoiler: Harry and Pikachu were trying to rescue Mewtwo from Howard after learning they had been tricked into tracking him down for the villain, and Mewtwo had placed Harry's conscious inside Pikachu's body to allow the mortally wounded human to heal, as gratitude for rescuing him.]]

* In ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', a race of aliens abduct the washed-up actors of an old sci-fi show. They quickly learn that the aliens--having no concept of fiction--believe that the show is real, calling the episodes "historical documents," and see their characters as heroes. When they're captured by the BigBad, who realizes what's going on, they're forced by him to explain the true nature of the show; it's like watching a kid's heart break as he learns there's no SantaClaus.

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* By the end of Chapter 30 of ''Fanfic/BecomingTheMaskTrollhunters'', Jim's troll allies, [[spoiler:adoptive]] mother, and human friends have all found out that he's [[spoiler:a Changeling]].
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': in the sequel, Harry, among others, is revealed as liar by a furious Hermione when she figures out the truth about her ancestry (in short, she's the daughter of Wanda Maximoff, secretly adopted to protect her from her family's many, ''many'' enemies) and it becomes obvious that he knew.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Lila Rossi is a CompulsiveLiar who dodges all consequences for her actions. Therefore, it is a ''very'' common FandomSpecificPlot for her to finally be revealed.
** ''FanFic/LadyBugOut'':
*** Lila unintentionally exposes herself as a liar to her classmates in ''The Interview Ruse'' when she attempts to [[PlayingTheVictimCard play the victim]] and accuse Marinette and Ladybug of arranging that interview to try and humiliate her. Ivan [[SpottingTheThread points out]] that Marinette didn't ''know'' that Lila had been claiming to be involved with the blog, and her attempts to talk her way out of this only succeed in upsetting them even more. Only Alya stands by her, due to Lila claiming to have fallen out with Ladybug due to staying loyal to Alya and her Ladyblog.
*** Alya later realizes just how much of a habitual liar Lila is when she claims to have [[spoiler:been Rena Rouge -- ''Alya's'' former heroic identity]].
** Kicks off the plot of ''FanFic/BurnTheWitchMiraculousLadybug''. After the events of "Chameleon", Marinette ''wanted'' to expose [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]], but Adrien convinced her to stop by reasoning that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard her lies would catch up to her eventually]] without their involvement. While he's ''technically'' correct, the story [[DeconstructionFic deconstructs this]]: Sure, Lila's lies caught up to her... but only after she'd done so much damage that the latest [[VillainOfTheWeek Akumatized villain]] is Witch Hunter, who wants to outright ''burn Lila at the stake'' for her crimes. And her many cruel actions have made most of the main characters susceptible to Witch Hunter's MoreThanMindControl that convinces them that burning Lila alive is the ''right'' thing to do.
** The first act of ''Fanfic/TellingLiesNoMama''. Lila’s stories and claims are brought into question by Chloé and Alya after she tries to frame Marinette for assaulting her. They poke holes in her stories and question how much water [[CelebrityLie her claims of friendship with various celebrities]] hold. But the final nail on the coffin is [[spoiler: her own mother, who shows up at school in a rage, having seen the interviews with Lila on the Ladyblog and being furious at her daughter for spreading lies and making her parents look bad. She yells at Lila in front of the whole class, tearing apart all her lies and scolding her for letting them be posted on a public blog, jeopardizing her parents’ jobs and reputations]].
** ''Fanfic/HeroChat'': Downplayed. The heroes slowly realize that Lila is a liar as they get to know Ladybug and her devotion to secrets; she would never tell a civilian her identity, much let less her talk about it in public. When Lila frames Marinette for cheating on a test and attacking her, most of her lies are exposed, but Lila manages to worm out of punishment by pretending to have a "lying disease." The heroes know better, but the rest of class is sympathetic. By later chapters, as nearly the entire class has become part of the team, Marinette casually tells Lila that everyone in class except for Marc and possibly Ivan (depending if his girlfriend told him) knows that she's a liar now, so there's really no need to keep up the charade. Lila assumes this is a trick and ignores her.
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'''Cecily:''' A gross deception has been practised on both of us!\\

* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'' is about a boy called Evan whose classmate, Connor kills himself. Connor's parents think that Evan was his best friend. He goes along with it to avoid upsetting them, getting deeper into a web of lies before admitting the truth at the end.
* In ''Theatre/CactusFlower'', Stephanie finally takes it upon herself to inform Toni in no uncertain terms that, despite earlier pretenses, she's not Mrs. Winston and Julian doesn't even have a wife. Toni doesn't take it well.

* This occurs in ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' when [[spoiler: Booker is told to tell Elizabeth whatever she wants to hear in order to convince her to go with him. Booker tells Elizabeth that they are heading to Paris, as it is a city she has dreamed of visiting. Elizabeth's knowledge of navigation allows her to deduce that Booker is not taking her to Paris, but instead to New York. Elizabeth runs away from Booker; however, they ultimately decide to stick together.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'', Nathan Drake's brother Sam--long believed to have died in a Panamanian prison escape--returns, claiming that he needs Nate's help to find [[PirateBooty Henry Avery's pirate treasure]] in order to pay off a debt owed to drug lord Hector Alcázar. However, Nate learns from the BigBad, Rafe Adler, that [[spoiler: Alcázar had already died in an Argentina shootout six months before, and that Rafe bribed the prison warden to get Sam out, knowing that Sam had information on the treasure's whereabouts. This angers Nate, who was putting his own life and personal relationships on the line for what he thought was rescuing his brother.]]

* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/DCLeagueOfSuperpets''. Ace tells of a nonexistent farm to boost the other shelter animal's spirits on multiple occasions, but the reveal of the truth never happens, at least on screen.

* ''WesternAnimation/Luck2022'' has two instances. Both Sam's disguise as a leprechaun and Bob's replacement of a lucky penny with a button utilize this trope to some extent.