History Main / LyingCreator

* [[Manga/SoulEater Ohkubo]] said that he neither knew nor cared what Crona's gender was. He's been reported as saying both that the series was going to leave ''most'' relationships platonic as well as ''all'' relationships platonic. Given that the series has a mostly NoHuggingNoKissing feel, it doesn't seem too far-fetched.
** Ohkubo never actually revealed Cronas gender- he's made it near impossible for translators to figure out what pronouns he wants to use. There is a reason why many fans refer to him as a Troll.

* From the words of Gen Urobuchi during the creation of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': "I have been entrusted with the formidable task of series composition and script for all episodes. Although having director Akiyuki Shinbo and Ume Aoki-sensei as teammates puts a great deal of pressure on me, I will do my best to deliver a [[BlatantLies heartwarming, happy story to our viewers!]]" [[NightmareFuel Yeah]] [[BreakTheCutie right.]] Then again, this was damage control due to the fact that someone leaked the staff of the anime.
** [[spoiler:To be fair, the ending ''is'' the happiest thing he has ever written in his career. EarnYourHappyEnding indeed.]]

* The author of ''Webcomic/MarauderShields'', koobismo, insists that the webcomic is accurate to the lore of ''Mass Effect 3''. The entire premise revolves around completely changing two major characters and introducing a character who is completely incapable with established lore.

* The lead developers of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' made many promises that were broken in the actual game.
** The rachni, an alien race the player can save or doom to extinction, [[http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/02/28/mass-effect-3-mac-walters/ were said by the lead writer]] to have a huge impact on the game's "final battle with the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]]". ''You only see them once in the entire game'' and nowhere near the final battle.
** It was also said that it would be possible for completionist players to get a "GoldenEnding", and that said ending would not require any hours to be put into multiplayer. There is no GoldenEnding in the actual game, and the closest you can get is a 15-second [[TheStinger Stinger]] [[spoiler: that consists of someone in damaged N7 armor, implied to be Shepard, taking a breath]].
*** Concerning not having to play multiplayer, the game determines your Effective Military Strength (which determines what endings are available and how hopeful they are) by multiplying your war assets by a percentage. The base percentage is 50%, and is increased by playing multiplayer. The most war assets that can be obtained through the base game is 7700, so the most EMS a player who exclusively plays single-player is 3850, and the stinger requires '''5000 EMS'''. That means it is impossible to get "the best ending" through single-player without modifying your save files. The percentage also drops a few points each day, so anyone who stops playing multiplayer for a few weeks will have to play a few hours to bring it back up. One match takes an average of 20 minutes and will increase the percentage by 3-4%.
** Casey Hudson stated that the endings would "have a lot more sophistication and variety in them", and not be like simple A, B, or C endings. The fans have agreed with them on the latter statement. Instead, they refer to the endings as either red, green, or blue. An ending comparison can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPelM2hwhJA here]].
** The most {{egregious}} lie was that the endings would provide closure, that they would be "triumphant and uplifting", and that BioWare was not going to "Pull a ''Series/{{Lost}}''." For reference, ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' is currently indexed on, among other pages, the GainaxEnding, EsotericHappyEnding, EndingAversion, InferredHolocaust, PyrrhicVictory, DownerEnding, and AmbiguousSituation pages.
** The Extended Cut DLC has improved some things. It lowered the EMS requirement to 3100, meaning you need a minimum of 6200 war assets to get them without playing multiplayer. All the endings have also been fleshed out with additional dialogue and scenes, the cinematics have been changed to imply less of a PyrrhicVictory ([[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFzrRz6Dc0Y&t=9m40s the Citadel is left intact and only the rings of the mass relays are blown apart]], as opposed to the previous cinematics where [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o43tVHs-Ns&t=8m05s the entire relays and Citadel are destroyed]]]]), and some plot holes (e.g. your disappearing teammates) have been filled. The DLC also adds a TheBadGuyWins ending, which BioWare claimed would be in the game in pre-release statements.
*** BioWare also lied about the DLC. They repeatedly assured those who were satisfied by the game's original endings that nothing would be changed, and there would only be additions. Compare the cinematics [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o43tVHs-Ns&t=8m05s before]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFzrRz6Dc0Y&t=9m40s after]]. In addition to that, [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_3:_Extended_Cut this page, listing the changes to the ending]].

** Another ''Heroes'' example: Before Season 2 aired, there was a massive publicity campaign of hints for some of the plotlines. The ones involving Takezo Kensei went out of their way to make statements like "Did you ever notice how, in that ancient artwork of Kensei, he looked more like a white guy" to foreshadow the appearance of Adam Monroe. However, at no point does any of the Season 1 Kensei artwork in the series depict the figure as such nor does Hiro -- a fan of Kensei myth -- ever say anything to the effect of "Hey, this explains why Kensei doesn't look Japanese in the paintings." And really, why would the artwork depict Kensei that way, given that [[spoiler:the legends turn out to be based on Hiro anyways.]]

*** [[spoiler: And now it seems that there's been more then one Clara Oswin Oswald throughout the history of time and she is "The Girl Twice Dead" and according to the Doctor "She's not possible". So we'll have to see where that goes.]].

* [[HarryPotter J. K. Rowling]] was an expert in avoiding this trope: In [[http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview2.shtml one interview,]] she said, "No, I see that, and yeah, I follow your line there. I can't--I mean, obviously, there are lines of speculation I don't want to shut down. Generally speaking, I shut down those lines of speculation that are plain unprofitable. Even with the shippers. God bless them, but they had a lot of fun with it. It's when people get really off the wall--it's when people devote hours of their time to proving that Snape is a vampire that I feel it's time to step in, because there's really nothing in the canon that supports that." Such general cageyness worked: That answer was her response to a [[spoiler: completely and totally accurate analysis of the secret plot going on behind the scenes of Book 6, which would be revealed in Book 7]]. Nonetheless, debates on that subject continued right up until Book 7 was released. (It helps that she pretty consistently refused to comment on ''any'' plausible speculation.)

* During production of ''SuburbanKnights'', it was hotly debated among fans whether the special would feature the return of ThatDudeInTheSuede, the site's first outside hire who had left for two years on a mission for his church. Both Suede and the ThatGuyWithTheGlasses staff made statements that they remained on good terms, but Suede had decided not to return to the site after he returned home and preferred to focus on some new online projects. Then a certain mask comes off...

* Prior to the release of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises,'' Christopher Nolan and the cast were very clear on two things: [[spoiler: Robin did not and would never exist in Film/TheDarkKnightSaga, and Miranda Tate ''was not Talia al Ghul.'' Miranda Tate is in fact Talia al Ghul, and "original character" John Blake is actually ''Robin'' John Blake - a composite of all the Robin incarnations. Granted, [[ExactWords Blake seems to be taking up the mantle of Batman, not Robin]]. At one point, he also claimed Robin, if he existed, would be too young to work with Batman right after ''The Dark Knight''. Sure enough, ''Rises'' takes place eight years later, and Blake remembers hearing about Batman as a kid.]]

* Prior to the release of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises,'' Christopher Nolan and the cast were very clear on two things: [[spoiler: Robin did not and would never exist in Film/TheDarkKnightSaga, and Miranda Tate ''was not Talia al Ghul.'' Miranda Tate is in fact Talia al Ghul, and "original character" John Blake is actually ''Robin'' John Blake - a composite of all the Robin incarnations. Granted, [[ExactWords Blake seems to be taking up the mantle of Batman, not Robin]].]]

* Prior to the release of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises,'' Christopher Nolan and the cast were very clear on two things: [[spoiler: Robin did not and would never exist, and Miranda Tate ''was not Talia al Ghul.'' Miranda Tate is in fact Talia al Ghul, and "original character" John Blake is actually ''Robin'' John Blake - a composite of Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake. Granted, [[ExactWords Blake seems to be taking up the mantle of Batman, not Robin]].]]

** During the filming of ''The Empire Strikes Back'', Lucas and the film crew went to great lengths to avoid anyone spoiling TheReveal before release... to the extent of replacing the line [[LukeIAmYourFather "I am your father"]] with "Obi-Wan killed your father" in the script, so if anyone did leak the big secret, they'd leak the ''wrong secret''. Creator/MarkHamill was only told of the revelation a moment before the scene was filmed, even David Prowse wasn't informed. Thanks to Vader's full face mask, they were able to simply take JamesEarlJones aside, record the real line in secret, then swap it in during editing.

* It's standard procedure for the more anticipated films to be produced under a false title, sometimes until they actually arrive at the theaters, to keep people from spying on the shootings or intercepting the reels. For instance, during production of ''ReturnOfTheJedi'', the crew worked under the title "Blue Harvest." But in that case, it was less about snooping fans and mostly to avoid the headaches during ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'' when the locations charged extra because they knew a StarWars movie was being filmed.
* GeorgeLucas in regards to practically everything ''StarWars''-related. Are there six films? Nine films? Twelve films? Depends on when you ask him, but expect him to disavow any other option. When did Darth Vader become Luke's father? Since the beginning? Eh, probably not based on drafts of the scripts, but that's what he'll tell you.
** During the filming of ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Lucas and the film crew went to great lengths to avoid anyone spoiling TheReveal before release... to the extent of replacing the line [[LukeIAmYourFather "I am your father"]] with "Obi-Wan killed your father" in the script, so if anyone did leak the big secret, they'd leak the ''wrong secret''. Mark Hamill was only told of the revelation a moment before the scene was filmed, even David Prowse wasn't informed. Thanks to Vader's full face mask, they were able to simply take James Earl Jones aside, record the real line in secret, then swap it in during editing.

*** In fact, David Prowse was famously annoyed that he was not told since his body language would have been completely different otherwise.

** When speculation rose in 2012 that the villain was indeed [[spoiler:Khan]], Karl Urban shot it down by suggesting Benedict Cumberbatch was playing Gary Mitchell, the villain in the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]] pilot, "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore Where No Man Has Gone Before]]". Obviously, he was also lying.

* In pre-release interviews with ''Fangoria'' Magazine (Issue #99, Dec. 1990), director Stephen Hopkins and screenwriter John Thomas flatly and mockingly denied that [[spoiler: more Predators would show up at the end of ''Film/{{Predator}} 2''.]]

** When speculation rose in 2012 that the villain was indeed [[spoiler:Khan]], Karl Urban shot it down by suggesting Benedict Cumberbatch was playing Gary Mitchell, the villain in the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]] pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Obviously, he was also lying.

* Due to the state of international copyright law in the 19th century, Creator/GilbertAndSullivan's ''HMS Pinafore'' enjoyed many unauthorized American productions. In an attempt to prevent similar things from happening with their next comic opera ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'', W.S. Gilbert supplied very little information to the public, not including the fact that it would be about {{pirate}}s.

* [[ZerothLaw William]] [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] HenryIV Part 2'' ends with an epilogue telling patrons that the sequel ''HenryV'' would come soon, and specifically says that Falstaff's in it. Guess who isn't in it.
* Due to the state of international copyright law in the 19th century, GilbertAndSullivan's ''HMS Pinafore'' enjoyed many unauthorized American productions. In an attempt to prevent similar things from happening with their next comic opera ''ThePiratesOfPenzance'', W.S. Gilbert supplied very little information to the public, not including the fact that it would be about {{pirate}}s.

* Sacha Baron Cohen needed to create dozens of fictional organizations for the production of ''Film/{{Borat}}'', ''Film/{{Bruno}}'' and ''Series/DaAliGShow'' to gain the interviews and access he needed without being found out.

* [[Film.JamesBond Eon Productions]] made sure to say in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' [[spoiler:Naomie Harris was only an agent named Eve, not Miss Moneypenny. Harris herself stated that she couldn't see the character in a desk job. Then in the film's ending, Eve states she's not fit for field work and reveals her full name as Eve Moneypenny...]]

** Justified as confirming [[spoiler: Miranda as Talia]] would spoil at least part of the movie.

* In pre-release interviews with ''Fangoria'' Magazine (Issue #99, Dec. 1990), director Stephen Hopkins and screenwriter John Thomas flatly and mockingly denied that [[spoiler: more Predators would show up at the end of ''Film/{{Predator}} 2''.]]

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' creator Bill Lawrence and other members of the staff had repeatedly stated that J.D. and Elliot would not end up together, and had written several episodes that showed what a terrible couple they were, that all they really want to do is have sex, and finally brought the relationship to its seemingly ultimate conclusion in the penultimate episode of the third season. Guess what happens in the eighth season.

Closely related to SuperDickery and TeasingCreator. See also FoilerFootage, NeverTrustATrailer. When the creator is misquoted, rather than actually lying, it's a case of GodNeverSaidThat. If it's deliberate ''in-story'' lying, that's an UnreliableNarrator.

* A promo for ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' includes, among other things, model sheets for a version of the UltimateMarvel CaptainAmerica. Chris Yost and Josh Fine comment on these designs as if Captain America changes his costume in season two. [[spoiler: Actually, the model sheets depict ''a Skrull disguised as'' Captain America, and the real Cap continues to wear his original costume throughout the series.]]