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* ''WesternAnimation/Amphibia'': In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E22ReturnToWartwood Return to Wartwood]]", Hop Pop realizes he forgot to pick up items that the villagers asked him to get from Newtopia, so he concocts an elaborate plan to pretend that he did get the gifts but they were all destroyed. Sprig and Polly get roped in because they don't want the embarrassment either. Anne [[lampshade]]s how often they end up in [[FawltyTowersPlot these situations]]. Hop Pop ignores her.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Amphibia'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E22ReturnToWartwood Return to Wartwood]]", Hop Pop realizes he forgot to pick up items that the villagers asked him to get from Newtopia, so he concocts an elaborate plan to pretend that he did get the gifts but they were all destroyed. Sprig and Polly get roped in because they don't want the embarrassment either. Anne [[lampshade]]s {{lampshade}}s how often they end up in [[FawltyTowersPlot these situations]]. Hop Pop ignores her.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Amphibia'': In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E22ReturnToWartwood Return to Wartwood]]", Hop Pop realizes he forgot to pick up items that the villagers asked him to get from Newtopia, so he concocts an elaborate plan to pretend that he did get the gifts but they were all destroyed. Sprig and Polly get roped in because they don't want the embarrassment either. Anne [[lampshade]]s how often they end up in [[FawltyTowersPlot these situations]]. Hop Pop ignores her.
--> '''Anne:''' Lying will only make it worse. I feel like we've learned that lesson by now.
--> '''Anne:''' Lying will only make it worse. I feel like we've learned that lesson by now.
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* The novelette "Literature/SamHall" deals with an InventedIndividual named after a drinking song that the protagonist, Thornberg, haphazardly inserts into a government database. The lie starts relatively small and quickly spreads, with Sam Hall becoming a boogeyman to the populace and especially the government.
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* ''Literature/{{Slacker}}'' : In ''Level 13'', Cam lying about how he needs to step down from the Positive Action Group to focus on his schoolwork causes all of his smart friends to fall over themselves helping him with his schoolwork, even if it means cheating.
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* ''Literature/{{Slacker}}'' : ''Literature/{{Slacker}}'': In ''Level 13'', Cam lying about how he needs to step down from the Positive Action Group to focus on his schoolwork causes all of his smart friends to fall over themselves helping him with his schoolwork, even if it means cheating.
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* ''Film/NotOkay'' features Danni, an aspiring writer who, to boost her Instagram fame, fakes she's on a trip to Paris. As fate would have it, a terrorist attack occurs at the area Danni claims to be in. When her frantic parents call, Danni tries to tell them the truth only go trip and cut off the call. Before she can call back, a guy she has a crush on texts if she's okay and before she thinks twice, Danni texts she is. Before long, Dannis being hailed a survivor of the attack and a celebrity and has to keep up the ruse.
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* ''Film/NotOkay'' features Danni, an aspiring writer who, to boost her Instagram fame, fakes she's on a trip to Paris. As fate would have it, a terrorist attack occurs at the area Danni claims to be in. When her frantic parents call, Danni tries to tell them the truth truth, only go to trip and cut off the call. Before she can call back, a guy she has a crush on texts if she's okay and before she thinks twice, Danni texts she is. Before long, Dannis being is hailed a survivor of the attack and a celebrity and has to keep up the ruse.
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* In ''Film/RickyStanicky'', best friends Dean, JT and Wes accidentally start a fire with kids and blame it on their non-existent friend Ricky. For the next thirty years, the trio continue to use "Ricky" as the excuse to blow off any family events or work to go on vacations, crafting an elaborate backstory of the guy suffering cancer or family emergencies. When their families finally start catching wise, they have to hire an actor to play "Ricky" to keep up the ruse.
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* In ''Film/RickyStanicky'', best friends Dean, JT and Wes accidentally start a fire with kids and blame it on their non-existent friend Ricky. For the next thirty twenty years, the trio continue to use "Ricky" as the excuse to blow off any family events or work to go on vacations, crafting an elaborate backstory of the guy suffering cancer or family emergencies. When their families finally start catching wise, they have to hire an actor to play "Ricky" to keep up the ruse.
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* ''Film/NotOkay'' features Danni, an aspiring writer who, to boost her Instagram fame, fakes she's on a trip to Paris. As fate would have it, a terrorist attack occurs at the area Danni claims to be in. When her frantic parents call, Danni tries to tell them the truth only go trip and cut off the call. Before she can call back, a guy she has a crush on texts if she's okay and before she thinks twice, Danni texts she is. Before long, Dannis being hailed a survivor of the attack and a celebrity and has to keep up the ruse.
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* In ''Film/RickyStanicky'', best friends Dean, JT and Wes accidentally start a fire with kids and blame it on their non-existent friend Ricky. For the next thirty years, the trio continue to use "Ricky" as the excuse to blow off any family events or work to go on vacations, crafting an elaborate backstory of the guy suffering cancer or family emergencies. When their families finally start catching wise, they have to hire an actor to play "Ricky" to keep up the ruse.
-->'''JT''': All we did was tell one lie!
-->'''Dean''': Hundreds and hundreds of times over many, many years.
-->'''JT''': All we did was tell one lie!
-->'''Dean''': Hundreds and hundreds of times over many, many years.
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* ''Theatre/WilliamAndWiliamsWilliams'', a musical about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Shakespeare_forgeries Ireland Shakespeare Forgeries]], portrays the situation as this. Henry just wanted to get his father's acknowledgement, and put Shakespeare's name on his own writing for that purpose. But when he tried to tell his father that he wrote it, his father wouldn't listen. He has to keep coming up with more supposed Shakespeare, or his father will be crushed.
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* The ''[[Fanfic/ThinkBeforeYouSpeakMHA Sticks and Stones]]'' verse revolves around the ''failure'' of one of these. After Principal Nedzu informs Aizawa that he won't be allowed to freely expel students anymore, Aizawa attempts to [[LoopholeAbuse circumvent his boss]] by getting Izuku ConvictedByPublicOpinion. This plan hinges on lying about [[ForWantOfANail how Tenya got injured during a training exercise]], pinning the blame on Izuku rather than Katsuki. Aizawa anticipates that his MaliciousSlander will spread swiftly out of control, forcing U.A. to boot Izuku out rather than reveal the truth. Instead, the truth is swiftly revealed, getting him and [[UnwittingPawn Tensei]] into serious trouble, with others repeatedly questioning [[WhatWereYouThinking why he thought it would work in the first place]].
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* The ''[[Fanfic/ThinkBeforeYouSpeakMHA Sticks and Stones]]'' verse revolves around the ''failure'' of one of these. After Principal Nedzu informs Aizawa that he won't be allowed to freely expel students anymore, Aizawa attempts to [[LoopholeAbuse circumvent his boss]] by getting Izuku ConvictedByPublicOpinion. This plan hinges on lying about [[ForWantOfANail [[PointOfDivergence how Tenya got injured during a training exercise]], pinning the blame on Izuku rather than Katsuki. Aizawa anticipates that his MaliciousSlander will spread swiftly out of control, forcing U.A. to boot Izuku out rather than reveal the truth. Instead, the truth is swiftly revealed, getting him and [[UnwittingPawn Tensei]] into serious trouble, with others repeatedly questioning [[WhatWereYouThinking why he thought it would work in the first place]].
