History Main / SarcasticConfession

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': While Zangetsu watches silently from the sidelines, Ichigo fights his inner hollow. The inner hollow tells him that he is the real Zangetsu. He's mocking Ichigo at the time, having taken Zangetsu off Ichigo and placed an asauchi in Ichigo's hands instead. It takes Ichigo most of the fight to pay attention and realize he needs to prove himself to the silent Zangetsu to deserve another chance. Once Zangetsu accepts his resolve, Ichigo doesn't simply taken back the form of his sword, he converts the inner hollow to his color scheme in the process. [[spoiler:The real confession that Ichigo never once cottoned on to is that the inner hollow really ''is'' the real Zangetsu. Old Man Zangetsu was his Quincy power and the inner hollow was the true form of his Shinigami power.]]

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* In the second chapter of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', Miu Iruma takes a jab at Tsumugi Shirogane's plain appearance and personality, saying that her glasses are the only thing that makes her noticeable. Tsumugi replies that in actuality, her glasses are the only thing concealing her true form, and those who witness it pay a terrible price. [[spoiler:Her "true form" is indeed as horrific as she implies since she's the mastermind and LoonyFan who orchestrated the entire killing game.]]
** Before the Chapter 2 trial, when Kokichi and Kirumi suggest that the killing game is being shown to the people outside, Monokuma says that the 13 remaining students are the only ones left in the world. [[spoiler:Subverted in that this is only true within the TrumanShowPlot]].

* In ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'', Mitsuhide pretends to be so madly in love with the female main character on his route that he can't bear to leave her side for a moment when the real reason he won't leave her side is to prevent her from telling others about his plans to betray his lord Nobunaga. At least, that's what he leads the MC to believe; the ''real'' reason he won't leave her side is that he really has fallen madly in love with her but can't explain to her that he's actually planning to be a FakeDefector and has to keep her under constant surveillance so that the enemies he's pretending to ally with won't decide to kill her for [[HeKnowsTooMuch knowing too much]]. He even lavishes her with sweet words and professions of love, knowing that his reputation as a two-faced ConsummateLiar will make her interpret them as mocking taunts instead of the painfully sincere love confessions they really are.

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* Franchise/{{Batman}}, as Bruce Wayne, was once called for JuryDuty and stated that he would not be a suitable juror because he was Batman, and helped apprehend the criminal. No one believed him, because everyone knows [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Bruce Wayne is a fop and an utter dope]] (he later told Robin that, since he was under oath, he had no choice but to admit that he was Batman).

* In ''The Accidental Golfer'', Bruno at one point is asked by his wife who just called him. He says truthfully that it was his lover. "Haha." his wife sarcastically answers.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2005 Slick evades the question about whether a song is about Monique]] by phrasing it as an accusation of ItsAllAboutMe.

Occasionally results in the trope user being hurt that no-one believes that he/she could have done what they sarcastically confessed to. It can also be used to lampshade the absurdity of the plot or setting.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "Snowball". Snowball tries to turn Pinky against Brain by telling him that Brain's plagiarizing his ideas. Later, when Snowball takes over the world and asks Pinky to be his vice-dictator with the promise of his own amusement park, Brain makes a sarcastic statement that just happens to mirror the exact words Snowball used earlier.
-->'''Brain:''' ''[sarcastically]'' Oh, go ahead, Pinky! I don't need you! What do you think? I just have you around so I can steal your brilliant ideas and claim them as my own? That I'm just using you, Pinky? Oh, yes, I'm using you for your brilliance!\\
'''Pinky:''' ''[tearing up]'' But... that's exactly what Snowball said. Why, it's true! Troz! TROZ! ''[sobs]'' I'll take that job! Provided there are no lines for the Tilt-A-Whirl.
** On the whole, the Brain ''loves'' to do this [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]] whenever anyone questions his {{Paper Thin Disguise}}s. He matter-of-factly tells them he's an escaped lab mouse in a costume out to take over the world, knowing [[CassandraTruth nobody will believe it anyways]].

* ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss''. When the detective asks Roma how he knew there was a robbery, Roma sarcastically replies "Yes, yes, I confess, I did it." Luckily for him, the detective detects (heh heh) the sarcasm.

%%* ''Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy'' [[http://samandfuzzy.com/archive.php?comicID=838 here]].

* In ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'', Lily arrives back in her dorm after curfew, having just had her FirstKiss with Severus (inspired by his nobility in preparing the Wolfsbane Potion for Remus Lupin despite their acrimonious history). Since her dormmates both dislike Severus and have a hard time believing that anyone could be attracted to him, she nearly gets away with telling them that she was, "Why, snogging Sev under the moonlight, of course," - but the memory of the kiss makes her blush, giving her away.

* In ''Film/SiebenZwerge'', when questioned by the castle guard, Brummboss announces that he's there to bring freedom back to the land, defeat the false Queen, and free Snow White. The guard assumes he's applying for [[TheJester Court Jester]] and lets him in.

See also ClarkKenting, AppealToAudacity. Contrast with CassandraTruth. A CassandraGambit is a large-scale non-sarcastic version of this. Compare YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou. SuspiciouslySpecificDenial can drift into this trope. The third type of FramingTheGuiltyParty may overlap. A particularly crafty character might use it as a form of PublicSecretMessage. It also may be a ploy for someone who's considered TooFunnyToBeEvil. Compare and contrast JustJokingJustification.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', chapter 82:

* In ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''/''Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}'' story ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Barbara Gordon is signing books, and a customer asks how she gets so many details:

* ''Comicbook/Marvel1602'':
** The Grand Inquisitor's messenger [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} Petros]] is asked by King James of Scotland how he manages to carry a message from there to Spain and back in only a few days. His response? "[[SuperSpeed I ran very fast, sir.]]" Naturally, King James remarks on how funny he is.

* From a ''Comicbook/BigTop'' story arc, where Dusty has been secretly replaced by a robot duplicate:

* ''Comicbook/ThePunisher2099'':

* In the final chapter of ''FanFic/DeathNoteIITheHiddenNote'', KJ tells Angela that he's writing his cause of death in a journal he brought with him. When she asks why, he tells her that [[spoiler:he's Kira, her dad Nate River isn't insane, the journal he's writing in is actually a Death Note disguised as a journal, his mother and father are {{Shinigami}} now, and they're there to see him as he finishes being the new Kira]]. To which she smiles and says that if he didn't want to tell the truth, he could have just said so.

* Done by Izuku in Fanfic/MyHeroPlaythrough, though with nervousness instead sarcasm. Some of his classmates are asking about the sudden jumps in skill exhibited by Izuku, Tsuyu, and [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra]]:

* ''Webcomic/TheAwakened''

* Creator/JimmySavile was an English presenter and philanthropist who abused his position to groom children for sex. This wasn't confirmed or made public until after his death, but during his life he frequently made "jokes" that in hindsight were basically him admitting to it. Like in response to the question, "What are you doing nowadays?" he'd respond, "Anybody I can get me hands on," or that he was "feared in every girls' school in this country." As Ian Hislop put it, "It's a brilliant disguise: you dress up as a pedophile."

'''Betty:''' Oh well. Ask a silly question, get a silly answer.

* Creator/JimmySavile was an English presenter and philanthropist who abused his position to groom children for sex. This wasn't confirmed or made public until after his death, but during his life he frequently made "jokes" that in hindsight were basically him admitting to it. Like in response to the question, "What are you doing nowadays?" he'd respond, "Anybody I could get me hands on," or that he was "feared in every girls' school in this country." As Ian Hislop put it, "It's a brilliant disguise: you dress up as a pedophile."

* Creator/JimmySavile[[note]]An English presenter and "philanthropist" who abused his position to groom children for sex.[[/note]] during his life frequently made "jokes" like saying what he did at one point in his life was "anybody I could get me hands on," and that he was "feared in every girls' school in this country." As Ian Hislop put it, "it's a brilliant disguise: you dress up as a pedophile."

** In the [[ComicStrips newspaper comic]], Jameson interviews Spider-Man (hate him or not, he sells a lot of papers...). Jameson asks where he got his powers, then indignantly dismisses the "bitten by a radioactive spider" story as something Spidey made up to mock him.

* In ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell'', Blue tells Vernon directly that she's there to distract him and his scientists while the others infiltrate his base. In fact, he takes her at her word, but he pretends not to.

** Rei says in front of Hikari and Touji that Shinji and Asuka are screwing up each other like rabbits in such a way everybody believes she is joking (she is not):

* ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss''. When the detective asks Roma how he knew there was a robbery, Roma sarcastically replies "Yes, yes, I confess, I did it." Luckily for him, the detective detects (heh heh) the saracasm.