History Main / StereoFibbing

** In the episode "Becoming, Part II", Buffy lies to her mother and tells her that "she's in a band" with Spike.
--->'''Mom:''' What instrument do you play?\\
'''Spike:''' She plays the ... triangle.\\
'''Buffy:''' Drums!\\
'''Spike:''' Drums, yeah, she's a hell on the old skins you know.
** Played with in "Killed by Death". Xander, Willow, and Cordy take an unconscious Buffy into the Hospital Emergency room (oddly, none of these are lies, just not the whole story).

* The NeilSimon farce ''Rumors'', when the characters try to explain a gunshot.

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--> '''Princess Carina:''' WHAT ''WAS'' THAT!?
--> '''Jason:''' Oh, it was a....(''mumbles'')
--> '''Princess Carina:''' A ''what!?''
--> '''Jason''' (''clearly''): Space Herpie.
--> '''Princess Carina:''' How long have you known about this?
--> '''Jason:''' First we've heard of it. '''Roscoe:''' Couple of days. (Simultaneously)
--> (''They pause'')
--> '''Jason:''' Couple of days. '''Roscoe:''' First we've heard of it.

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-->'''Cluny:''' Where was the noise coming from?
-->'''Sela/Fangburn:''' North/West.
-->'''Sela:''' Er, er, it was sort of north-west.

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-->'''Interviewer''': What happened to your father?\\
'''Toggle'''/ '''Charles''': He died./He walked out.\\
'''Toggle''': He walked out, then died. He fell off the tower bungalow. It was ironic, really.

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-->'''Thief''': Ghosts.\\
'''Red Mage''': Aliens.\\
'''Thief''': Ghost Aliens.\\
'''Red Mage''': Who possessed us.\\
'''Thief''': From space!\\

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-->'''NC''': You're a part of this, aren't you?
--> '''Benzaie''': Me or him? *points at Linkara*
--> '''NC''': Either!
--> '''Benzaie''': YES! '''Linkara''': NO!
--> ''Benzaie and Linkara look at each other.''
--> '''Benzaie''': NO! '''Linkara''': YES!
--> '''NC''': [[ProperlyParanoid You ARE against me...]]

--> '''Olivia''': So... Where are we at? What's the sit rep on the new Xbox?
--> '''Shaun''': That... is an excellent question.
--> '''Cyrus''': It's going super well!
--> '''Shaun''': Poorly.
--> '''Cyrus''': I mean, not that great.
--> '''Shaun''': Awesome! It's great.
--> '''Olivia''': This is not instilling me with confidence.

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* In ''Teen Girl Squad'' issue 5 on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', Cheerleader and So and So are trying to impress a pair of "olda boys":
-->'''Cheerleader:''' We're in college!\\
'''So and So:''' (overlapping) We're in eight grade!\\
'''Olda Boys:''' Ha ha ha ha!\\
''Cheerleader looks mad, and kicks So and So offscreen''\\
'''Strong Bad:''' (narrating) PUNT!\\
'''So and So:''' Ow! My hopes of reaching first base!
* In Season 9 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', Church and Tucker break the news to Tex about the [[InventedIndividual poor, deceased]] [[Film/TheMatrix Andersmith]].
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-->'''Ratso:''' We know you got the statue. Where is it?
-->'''Jackie/Uncle:''' Missing!/Broken!
-->''Jackie and Uncle look at each other.''
-->'''Jackie/Uncle:''' Broken!/Missing!
-->'''Finn:''' You need to get your story straight.

* Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash do this in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Party of One", while claiming to be house-sitting for a bear named Harry who's vacationing at the beach:
-->'''Rainbow Dash:''' Yep, he loves to...
-->''(Dash and Fluttershy stare at each other)''
-->'''Fluttershy:''' Collect seashells!
-->'''Rainbow Dash:''' Play beach volleyball!
-->''(beat)''
-->'''Fluttershy:''' Play beach volleyball!
-->'''Rainbow Dash:''' Collect seashells!
-->''(beat)''
-->'''Fluttershy:''' Collect volleyball!
-->'''Rainbow Dash:''' Play seashells!
** Bonus points: the two make different foreleg gestures when they speak, swapping them when they swap lies. When they blend the two lies together, they both make one gesture with one foreleg and the other with the other foreleg.
** It also leads to a BrickJoke a season later when the ponies hide out in Harry's house to avoid Pinkie Pie's clones.

-->'''Otto''': Larry.
-->'''Reggie''': Phillip.
-->''(beat)''
-->'''Otto''': Phillip.
-->'''Reggie''': Larry.
-->''(beat)''
-->'''Sam''': Larry Phillip.
* In one of the Creator/AdultSwim [[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} Wonder Twins]] shorts, Zan and Jayna run into old acquaintance Marvin after accidentally walking into the "adult" section of their local video store. He remarks that them being into this stuff is "pretty, uh, ''progressive'', for a brother and sister." They scramble to explain themselves:
-->'''Zan''': We're on a case!
-->'''Jayna''': It's for a bachelorette party!
-->''(beat)''
-->'''Jayna''': It's a case ''involving'' a bachelorette party!
-->'''Zan''': The bachelorette party murderer!

'''Penfold:''' ''(overlapping)'' The missing bagpipes! ''(shows picture of bagpipes)''\\
''(DM and Penfold look embarrassed)''\\
'''DM:''' The missing bagpipes! ''(shows picture of bagpipes)''\\
'''Penfold:''' ''(overlapping)'' The Loch Ness Monster! ''(shows picture of same)''

-->'''Great-Aunt''': "So where's my little princess then?"
-->'''King''': "Oh, yes, um, she's in the, um, err, uh--"
-->'''Maid''': "Uh, bath."
-->'''Chef''': "Kitchen!"
-->'''Gardener''': "Cabbage patch."
-->'''Admiral''': "Navy."

-->'''Brother''': "Well, it was a bird."
-->'''Sister''': "A bird? Yes, a bird."
-->'''Brother''': "Yes, that's right. A big, purple bird with yellow feet."
-->'''Sister''': "Yes, and a red head and green wings and funny little red feathers sticking out of its head."
-->'''Mama''': "This bird, did it make any kind of sound?"
-->'''Brother''': "It squawked."
-->'''Sister''': "It whistled."
-->'''Brother''': "Uh, that's right. It squawked ''and'' whistled. Then, it flew through the window, zoomed around the room and broke the lamp."
-->'''Mama''': "Well, that was quite an experience."
-->'''Cubs''': "Yeah."
-->'''Papa Bear''': "Well, hello, there, group, how's the little--holy catfish, what happened to Mama's best lamp?!"
-->'''Mama''': "It's quite a story. Why don't you tell it to your papa?"
-->'''Brother''': "Well, there was this big, green-headed, yellow bird with purple feet."
-->'''Sister''': "No! A ''red''-headed, ''purple'' bird with ''yellow'' feet!"
-->'''Brother''': "Yeah, yeah, a purple-headed, green bird with red feet and yellow wingtips and green feathers growing out of its--"
-->'''Sister''': "No, no, no! A yellow-headed, green bird with red feet and purple wingtips and--"
-->'''Papa''': "Just a minute, please, you got me confused."

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* In the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One with the Rumor," Monica asks Phoebe and Chandler who won the football game neither one of them was really watching. At the same time, Phoebe says "Green Bay" while Chandler says "Detroit." Phoebe then explains that "Detroit technically won, but it was a moral victory for the Green Bay...Mermen."
* Subverted in an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Rachel and Phoebe conspire to leave Joey alone with a girl they want him to date. Joey sees through the ruse and tries to catch them in the lie by asking several follow-up questions. However, Rachel and Phoebe ''have'' worked out their story, and answer several successive questions in perfect unison. Of course, this doesn't make it any more convincing, because it looks like they've been rehearsing this.

* Subverted in an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Rachel and Phoebe conspire to leave Joey alone with a girl they want him to date. Joey sees through the ruse and tries to catch them in the lie by asking several follow-up questions. However, Rachel and Phoebe ''have'' worked out their story, and answer several successive questions in perfect unison. Of course, this doesn't make it any more convincing, because it looks like they've been rehearsing this.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'', the titular coven of witches leaves a baby (who is secretly the heir to the throne of Lancre, smuggled out of the palace after the king is murdered by his brother) in the care of a band of travelling actors. When asked the boy's name, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg provide separate answers, "Tom" and "John", but settle on "Tomjon".

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries,'' David and Nani are at a hotel pool to relax, which is against the rules since neither one is staying there. When a suspicious employee comes over and asks their room number, they give two different numbers, and then [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs combine them]], essentially admitting the jig is up.

* From ''RaisingArizona'': "What's the baby's name?" "Hi Junior"/"Ed Junior" "...We've just been calling him Junior."

* ''Theatre/BloodBrothers'' has Mickey and Eddie do this when they intend to go and see ''Nypmhomaniac Nights and Swedish Au Pairs'' at the cinema. It somewhat falls apart when they learn that Mrs. Johnstone has already passed the cinema and seen that it's on, and not the Dr. Zhivago/Magnificent Seven double bill they end up claiming it is.

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--> That's not suspicious at ''all.''\\

--> That's not suspicious at ''all.''

--> '''Olivia''': So... Where are we at? What's the sit rep on the new XBox?

->'''Great-Aunt''': "So where's my little princess then?"
->'''King''': "Oh, yes, um, she's in the, um, err, uh--"
->'''Maid''': "Uh, bath."
->'''Chef''': "Kitchen!"
->'''Gardener''': "Cabbage patch."
->'''Admiral''': "Navy."

->'''Brother''': "Well, it was a bird."
->'''Sister''': "A bird? Yes, a bird."
->'''Brother''': "Yes, that's right. A big, purple bird with yellow feet."
->'''Sister''': "Yes, and a red head and green wings and funny little red feathers sticking out of its head."
->'''Mama''': "This bird, did it make any kind of sound?"
->'''Brother''': "It squawked."
->'''Sister''': "It whistled."
->'''Brother''': "Uh, that's right. It squawked ''and'' whistled. Then, it flew through the window, zoomed around the room and broke the lamp."
->'''Mama''': "Well, that was quite an experience."
->'''Cubs''': "Yeah."
->'''Papa Bear''': "Well, hello, there, group, how's the little--holy catfish, what happened to Mama's best lamp?!"
->'''Mama''': "It's quite a story. Why don't you tell it to your papa?"
->'''Brother''': "Well, there was this big, green-headed, yellow bird with purple feet."
->'''Sister''': "No! A ''red''-headed, ''purple'' bird with ''yellow'' feet!"
->'''Brother''': "Yeah, yeah, a purple-headed, green bird with red feet and yellow wingtips and green feathers growing out of its--"
->'''Sister''': "No, no, no! A yellow-headed, green bird with red feet and purple wingtips and--"
->'''Papa''': "Just a minute, please, you got me confused."

* On ''Series/Supergirl2015'', Cat asks how Kara, Winn, and James know [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry Allen]]. They all simultaneously say that he's their cousin.

-->'''Soldier:''' I've a question for you both, and I want you both to answer it at the same time. I count to three, you both answer. ''(Points to Jaime)'' What's his name? One... two... three... ''(Jaime and Brienne look at each other in dismay... then Brienne kills all three soldiers)''

* Done in ''LastOfTheSummerWine'':

* Used in the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Secret Weapons", when [[TheHunter Skulker]] presents a captured Danny to Vlad and Jazz.

** In an SOL segment, Joel reads a letter from a young boy who says his use of the word "dickweed" (heard on the show) got him in trouble, and asks if it's a swear word. Servo and Crow quickly reply "Yes!No!/No!Yes!"

* ''RocketPower'': The kids find a motorized skateboard and decide to keep it, in secret. When Ray finds out, they say they are just fixing it up for a friend, called...

* An anecdote about a teacher trying to catch students StereoFibbing goes like this: Three students miss a test and claim it was because they had intended to come in in the same car, but it had a flat tire. The teacher says he'll make up a special version of the test for them. When it comes time for them to take the new test, they see that it has only one question: "Which tire was it?"

* ''LoadingReadyRun'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/5563-The-720th-Degree "The 720th Degree"]]

[=McGonagall=]:''' A word of advice Miss Granger, Mr. Longbottom. Always prepare your excuses in advance; they may not be believed, but they will at least be internally consistent.