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* Music/JackStauber's "Dinner Is Not Over" has one of the two main singers, during the bridge, express his paranoia of everyone wanting to "bring him down" because of his dissatisfaction with life and [[DeathSeeker desire to]] [[SeenItAllSuicide take his own life]]. He insists twice that he's feeling fine, despite this being the most emotionally charged section of the song.

* Creator/TomSka's video "The Orb" has Tom quietly drinking from a mug while talking about how The Orb warps reality in various ways, such as turning Tom's cat into a mug of cat blood.

* In ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'' episode "Witness Marks," a flashback reveals a key moment of Olivia Crain's SanitySlippage was when Steve found her standing alone in the twins' bedroom, talking to herself. When Steve asked her what was wrong, Olivia assured him that she was fine - though the look of terrified uncertainty on her face said the exact opposite. [[spoiler:The very next episode reveals that [[EldritchLocation the House]] was actively messing with her head, showing her a vision of Luke and Nell explaining the future of depression, heroin addiction, and death that awaits them.]]

* In the 1948 short ''Make Mine Freedom'', the American citizens try a sample of Dr. Utopia's Ism under John Q. Public's suggestion. What follows is a montage of each citizen having a vision of their social class under oppression and denied freedom by the turquoise arms of an otherwise unseen figure. The politician's vision has him trapped in a state concentration camp, declaring, "We must fight to regain our freedom, for everything is lost! Everything--" The figure then slaps a record player on his head which drones, "[[BrokenRecord Everything is fine... Everything is fine... Everything is fine... Everything is fine...]]" turning him into a propaganda speaker for the state.

* Creator/TomSka's video "The Orb" has Tom calmly drinking from a mug while talking about how The Orb warps reality in various ways, such as turning Tom's cat into a mug of cat blood.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': This is part of Izuku "Deku" Midoriya's ChronicHeroSyndrome, and it only pops up more and more often in the story. It then comes to a head during the Tartarus Escapees Arc, where becoming a hero-vigilante and doubling down on this mindset worsens Midoriya's already-weakening physical and emotional health. It takes all the efforts of his friends from Class 1-A (led by TheRival) to get him to realize he doesn't have to fight alone, but it remains to be seen whether this remains an ongoing flaw in Midoriya's heroism.

* ''The Inheritance Games'': After Avery survives an assassination attempt, she retreats to a bathroom for a [[HeroicBSOD breakdown]]. Jameson, who was with her for the shooting, follows her in and asks how she's doing. She says she's fine, to which he replies, "You are a horrible liar." She has no better luck convincing anyone the next day, when Grayson tells her, "You most decidedly are not," and her sister Libby doesn't even dignify her repeated assertions that she's fine with an answer.

* One of Wallace's {{Catch Phrase}}s in ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' is "Everything's under control," which is almost always said when [[BlatantLies nothing is under control]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': Ambrosius Goldenloin does not cope well with having to hunt down his comrade and former lover Ballister Boldheart. As such, when the Director asks him what's on his mind, Ambrosius responds with an increasingly hysterical rant over his conflicting loyalty to [[HeroWithBadPublicity Ballister]] and the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Institute]], to the point of having a screaming meltdown over chopping of Ballister's arm... only [[CuttingBackToReality for the camera to cut to]] Ambrosius staring despondently out the window as he was at the start of the rant, revealing that the entire monologue was in his imagination. Instead, Ambrosius quietly remarks, "I'm fine, Director," while looking anything but.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegionOfSuperHeroes'': ComicBook/{{Superboy}} undergoes a trial to join the [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes titular team]], but he is defeated and humilliated three times. Even though the Legionnaires' laughs and taunts are hurting him, Superboy decides to try to smile and pretend he is not at all hurt...but he sheds tears as soon as he turns away.

* Hades in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' has a by-now memetic example, where he's ''literally'' BurningWithAnger, only to abruptly stop and claim he's fine while smoothing his fire-hair down.
* One of Wallace's {{Catch Phrase}}s in ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' is "Everything's under control," which is almost always said when [[BlatantLies nothing is under control]].

* ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': After Bayliss's shooting, he keeps says "I'm okay" even ss he was shot in the back and being in excruciating pain.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the third episode, Lestat de Lioncourt proposes an open relationship with his boyfriend Louis de Pointe du Lac. Louis asks if this arrangement works both ways. Lestat -- a CrazyJealousGuy -- tries way too hard to convince both himself and Louis that it's fine with him.

* Henri IV, king of France and Navarre, famously declared ''"It's nothing."'' after being stabbed by [[ActivistFundamentalistAntics Ravaillac]]. A few moments later, he died.