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** Or similarly, acquittal by contradiction.
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** Or similarly, acquittal by contradiction.contradiction; Alice confesses to a murder, but is found innocent because her confession has holes in it.
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'''Alice''': Uh... some guy? Creator/MikeOldfield? Didn't he make that album?\\
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'''Alice''': Uh... some guy? Creator/MikeOldfield? Music/MikeOldfield? Didn't he make that album?\\
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'''Alice''': Uh... some guy? Mike Oldfield? Didn't he make that album?\\
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'''Alice''': Uh... some guy? Mike Oldfield? Creator/MikeOldfield? Didn't he make that album?\\
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'''Bob''': Really now. [cracks fingers] Who announces the instruments in the re-recorded version of ''Music/TubularBells'', at the end of side A?\\
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'''Bob''': Really now. [cracks fingers] Who announces the instruments in the re-recorded version 2003 re-recording of ''Music/TubularBells'', at the end of side A?\\
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'''Bob''': Really now. [cracks fingers] Who voiced the narrator in the original version of ''Music/TubularBells'', at the end of side A?\\
'''Alice''': Uh, I don't know.\\
'''Bob''': Of course you don't. If you were an honest woman, not fearing arrest, you would've admitted it was Creator/JohnCleese.\\
'''Alice''': Uh, I don't know.\\
'''Bob''': Of course you don't. If you were an honest woman, not fearing arrest, you would've admitted it was Creator/JohnCleese.\\
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'''Bob''': Really now. [cracks fingers] Who voiced announces the narrator instruments in the original re-recorded version of ''Music/TubularBells'', at the end of side A?\\
'''Alice''':Uh, I don't know.\\
Uh... some guy? Mike Oldfield? Didn't he make that album?\\
'''Bob''':Of course you don't. If you were an honest woman, not fearing arrest, you would've admitted it Really? It was Mike Oldfield who was the announcer? That's very strange, because I have a copy of that version right here, and it says the announcer was none other than a certain Creator/JohnCleese.\\
'''Alice''':
'''Bob''':
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rewriting this contrived weird joke i attempted 5 years ago
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** Alice is arrested for a perceived contradiction that is completely unrelated to the murder case.
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** Alice is arrested for a perceived contradiction that is completely unrelated to the murder case.
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'''Bob''': Fair enough.\\
'''Alice''': Also, wearing socks with sandals is completely acceptable.\\
'''Bob''': [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything {handcuffing Alice}]] [[MirandaRights You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law...]]
'''Alice''': Also, wearing socks with sandals is completely acceptable.\\
'''Bob''': [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything {handcuffing Alice}]] [[MirandaRights You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law...]]
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'''Bob''': Fair enough.Really now. [cracks fingers] Who voiced the narrator in the original version of ''Music/TubularBells'', at the end of side A?\\
'''Alice''': Uh, I don't know.\\
'''Alice''': Also, wearing socks with sandals is completely acceptable.'''Bob''': Of course you don't. If you were an honest woman, not fearing arrest, you would've admitted it was Creator/JohnCleese.\\
''Alice is stunned.''\\
'''Bob''': Your silence speaks magnitudes. [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything{handcuffing Alice}]] [handcuffs Alice]​]] [[MirandaRights You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law...]]
'''Alice''': Uh, I don't know.\\
''Alice is stunned.''\\
'''Bob''': Your silence speaks magnitudes. [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything
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* '''Conversed''': "I swear, if I were in a PoliceProcedural, I'd get arrested right away because of how I stutter over important topics."
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* '''Conversed''': '''Conversed''':
** "I swear, if I were in a PoliceProcedural, I'd get arrested right away because of how I stutter over important topics.""
** "Alice just said she walked to the subway station one minute earlier than she actually did. [[ViewersAreGeniuses That is going to be an important clue soon.]]"
** "I swear, if I were in a PoliceProcedural, I'd get arrested right away because of how I stutter over important topics.
** "Alice just said she walked to the subway station one minute earlier than she actually did. [[ViewersAreGeniuses That is going to be an important clue soon.]]"
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* '''Discussed''': "You sure this will be a good alibi?" "Don't worry, Bob's an idiot. Just stay with the script and keep any slipups to a low level."
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* '''Discussed''': '''Discussed''':
** "You sure this will be a good alibi?" "Don't worry, Bob's an idiot. Just stay with the script and keep any slipups to a low level.""
** "Seriously? I have the clarity of mind [[SuspiciouslySpecificTense to label my husband in the past tense]], [[GrammarNazi as you're supposed to do]], now that he's dead and you're going to accuse me of murder because of ''that''?"
** "You sure this will be a good alibi?" "Don't worry, Bob's an idiot. Just stay with the script and keep any slipups to a low level.
** "Seriously? I have the clarity of mind [[SuspiciouslySpecificTense to label my husband in the past tense]], [[GrammarNazi as you're supposed to do]], now that he's dead and you're going to accuse me of murder because of ''that''?"
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* '''Downplayed''': Detective Bob does not order an arrest on Alice upon learning this, but he does shift all of his efforts into proving her guilt.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Detective Bob does not order an arrest on Alice upon learning this, but he does shift all of his efforts into proving her guilt.
** Detective Bob does not order an arrest on Alice upon learning this, but he does shift all of his efforts into proving her guilt.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Exploited''': ???Charlotte is TakingTheHeat for Alice, making it seem as though she framed Alice with a convoluted but oh-so-slightly-flawed alibi, and throwing in all the little contradictions that make [[WrongGenreSavvy showy, reputable TV detectives like Bob]] tick. By the time she's handcuffed, she laughs and announces that Alice is already going by another name in another country, eliciting a MassOhCrap from every officer in earshot - except Bob, who [[SmugSnake won't be fooled by such obvious lies]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice claims she went to work at 9:00. Investigation reveals she actually went to work at 8:59. An arrest is immediately made.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice claims she went to work at 9:00. Investigation reveals she actually went to work at 8:59.8:59':59''. An arrest is immediately made.
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* '''Justified''': The police are corrupt and itching to get the murder case over as quickly as possible via KangarooCourt.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** The police are corrupt and itching to get the murder case over as quickly as possible viaKangarooCourt.KangarooCourt.
** Bob genuinely knows she was the culprit, but Alice has an almost completely airtight alibi. She takes pleasure in seemingly being untouchable... but that little slipup she didn't cover up leads to Bob SpottingTheThread.
** The police are corrupt and itching to get the murder case over as quickly as possible via
** Bob genuinely knows she was the culprit, but Alice has an almost completely airtight alibi. She takes pleasure in seemingly being untouchable... but that little slipup she didn't cover up leads to Bob SpottingTheThread.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''': ...until Bob finally locates decisive evidence, and uses this to get Alice punished.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???There are a few holes in Alice's alibi that seem contradictory, but get easily explained away when pressed. Except for one, which Bob uses to prove her guilt.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
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* '''Enforced''': ???
One of the execs thinks it'd be interesting to have Bob do this both to speed up the story and provide a definitive ending.
* '''Lampshaded''':???
"...wow, I'm impressed. One mistake and I'm in handcuffs."
* '''Invoked''':???Alice intentionally provides the minor contradiction to distract Bob from her partner who actually did the crime.
* '''Lampshaded''':
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* '''Defied''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Defied''': ???
Bob does not focus on the minor contradiction in Alice's testimony, reasoning that though it seems suspicious, it's not enough to cast her as guilty. At best, it marks her as someone to keep an eye on.
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"You sure this will be a good alibi?" "Don't worry, Bob's an idiot. Just stay with the script and keep any slipups to a low level."
* '''Conversed''':???"I swear, if I were in a PoliceProcedural, I'd get arrested right away because of how I stutter over important topics."
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** Or similarly, acquittal by contradiction.
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** Detective Bob only manages [[JusticeByOtherLegalMeans to prove Alice committed perjury and forging evidence]] - she [[RealityEnsues is found not guilty of murder for lack of sufficient evidence.]]
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** Detective Bob only manages [[JusticeByOtherLegalMeans to prove Alice committed perjury and forging evidence]] - she [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome is found not guilty of murder for lack of sufficient evidence.]]
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** Detective Bob only manages [[JusticeByOtherMeans to prove Alice committed perjury and forging evidence]] - she [[RealityEnsues is found not guilty of murder for lack of sufficient evidence.]]
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** Detective Bob only manages [[JusticeByOtherMeans [[JusticeByOtherLegalMeans to prove Alice committed perjury and forging evidence]] - she [[RealityEnsues is found not guilty of murder for lack of sufficient evidence.]]
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* '''Subverted''': Bob and the detectives [[EpicFail accidentally get the case accidentally thrown out by the grand jury]] by forgettint to get any evidence actually linking Alice to the crime.
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** Reasonable doubt keeps Alice from being arrested despite having [[OrgyOfEvidence a massive pile of circumstantial but deniable evidence pointing to her]].
* '''Subverted''': Bob and the detectives [[EpicFail accidentally get the caseaccidentally thrown out by the grand jury]] jury in an unopposed hearing for an indictment]] by forgettint forgetting to get any evidence actually linking Alice to the crime.
* '''Subverted''': Bob and the detectives [[EpicFail accidentally get the case
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** Detective Bob only manages [[JusticeByOtherMeans to prove Alice committed perjury and forging evidence]] - she [[RealityEnsues is found not guilty of murder for lack of sufficient evidence.]]
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* '''Subverted''': ???
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* '''Subverted''': ???Bob and the detectives [[EpicFail accidentally get the case accidentally thrown out by the grand jury]] by forgettint to get any evidence actually linking Alice to the crime.
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* '''Averted''': ???Bob finds a contradiction in her alibi and explicitly notes that it only means she is still a suspect because it isn't enough to prove guilt.
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Thirty minutes are enough discrepancy depending on the type of crime.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice claims she went to work at 9:00. Investigation reveals she actually went to work at 8:30. An arrest is immediately made.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice claims she went to work at 9:00. Investigation reveals she actually went to work at 8:30.8:59. An arrest is immediately made.
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** Alice is arrested for a perceived contradiction completely unrelated to the murder case.
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** Alice is arrested for a perceived contradiction that is completely unrelated to the murder case.
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** Alice is arrested for a perceived contradiction completely unrelated to the murder case.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
Alice claims she went to work at 9:00. Investigation reveals she actually went to work at 8:30. An arrest is immediately made.
* '''Downplayed''':???Detective Bob does not order an arrest on Alice upon learning this, but he does shift all of his efforts into proving her guilt.
* '''Downplayed''':
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-->'''Alice''': I couldn't have involved in the murder, I was at work when it happened. You can ask my employer.\\
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-->'''Alice''': I couldn't have been involved in the murder, I was at work when it happened. You can ask my employer.\\
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** Alice recounts a full history of what she did that day from dawn to dusk, going into excruciating detail about everything. The police later arrest her when they find out that she talked to her coworker Earl at 2:00 PM, when in her retelling it was her coworker Smith.
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** Alice recounts a full history of what she did that day from dawn to dusk, going into with excruciating detail provided about everything. every little event. The police later arrest her when they find out that at 2:00 PM she talked to was actually [[TalkAboutTheWeather talking about the weather]] with her coworker Earl at 2:00 PM, when in her retelling it was ''Earl'', and not her coworker Smith.Smith as she had claimed.
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'''Basic Trope''': Finding a hole in someone's alibi ''immediately'' proves their guilt, with no chance for reasonable doubt.
* '''Straight''': The murder took place in the subway. Alice says she couldn't have been in the subway at the time of the murder since she knew she would be working overtime, but Detective Bob notices that her metro pass is not where she normally keeps it, meaning that she must have taken it, killed the victim, and commuted away from the scene of the crime. Alice is jailed on this logic alone.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': The police are corrupt and itching to get the murder case over as quickly as possible via KangarooCourt.
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** [[INeverSaidItWasPoison Conviction by suspicious lack of contradiction.]]
** Upon being accused, Alice flawlessly recites a list several reasons as to why she could not have been at the scene of the murder. The police arrest her based on this - if she's innocent, why would she memorize all that?
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
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-->'''Alice''': I couldn't have involved in the murder, I was at work when it happened. You can ask my employer.\\
'''Bob''': Fair enough.\\
'''Alice''': Also, wearing socks with sandals is completely acceptable.\\
'''Bob''': [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything {handcuffing Alice}]] [[MirandaRights You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law...]]
** Alice recounts a full history of what she did that day from dawn to dusk, going into excruciating detail about everything. The police later arrest her when they find out that she talked to her coworker Earl at 2:00 PM, when in her retelling it was her coworker Smith.
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* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Straight''': The murder took place in the subway. Alice says she couldn't have been in the subway at the time of the murder since she knew she would be working overtime, but Detective Bob notices that her metro pass is not where she normally keeps it, meaning that she must have taken it, killed the victim, and commuted away from the scene of the crime. Alice is jailed on this logic alone.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': The police are corrupt and itching to get the murder case over as quickly as possible via KangarooCourt.
* '''Inverted''':
** [[INeverSaidItWasPoison Conviction by suspicious lack of contradiction.]]
** Upon being accused, Alice flawlessly recites a list several reasons as to why she could not have been at the scene of the murder. The police arrest her based on this - if she's innocent, why would she memorize all that?
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
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-->'''Alice''': I couldn't have involved in the murder, I was at work when it happened. You can ask my employer.\\
'''Bob''': Fair enough.\\
'''Alice''': Also, wearing socks with sandals is completely acceptable.\\
'''Bob''': [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything {handcuffing Alice}]] [[MirandaRights You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law...]]
** Alice recounts a full history of what she did that day from dawn to dusk, going into excruciating detail about everything. The police later arrest her when they find out that she talked to her coworker Earl at 2:00 PM, when in her retelling it was her coworker Smith.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
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