History SuspiciouslySpecificDenial / WesternAnimation

* WesternAnimation/GoldenBookVideo: In "The Wolf and the Kids", when the titular wolf is confronted by a cop at his door.

* In a first-season episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'', Dogbert is seen on TV chairing a group discussion of the financial markets. One participant asks if they're talking about the stock market, which Dogbert confirms. He responds:

** In the episode "The Outlaw Scrooge [=McDuck=]," in a story Scrooge tells about his prospecting days, his cellmate in jail declares he's "Just your common, crackpot outlaw, definitely ''not'' a brilliant scientist from the future accidentally stuck in the old west- I mean, current west." [[spoiler: It's Gyro, and he returns from this adventure just as Scrooge finishes his story.]]

** After expressing hope that a then six-year-old Randy never becomes the Ninja, the Ninja of 2005 quickly mentions there wouldn't be a chance anyway because the Ninja is the same Ninja during all those centuries.

** In her audition tape, Samey goes on a long-winded tangent about her name and home life and personality that betrays everything she sought to keep hidden: "I'm Sammy, NOT Samey. Uh-I don't even know why I said that. No one has ever called me Samey. I mean who would, right? Anyway I don't have a sister or anything. It's pretty much just me... and I'm really confident, because of the no sister thing... and-"

* In ''[[Literature/IfYouGiveAMouseACookie If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie]]'', Mouse and his friends accidentally wreck the decorations for a play that Mouse's boy, Oliver, has a big role in. Later, when Pig encounters Oliver, wondering where he can find Mouse, she tells him that Mouse is getting a haircut so that he'll look good when he sees him in the theater, which definitely hasn't had anything bad happen to it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Rick's rant in the Season 3 premiere "I am not driven to avenge my dead family, Morty!" turns out to be this in the Season 5 finale, where it's revealed [[spoiler: Rick went on a rampage many years ago against alternate versions of himself in order to find out his wife and daughter's killer.]]

--->'''Bender:''' ''[enters Fry's bedroom['' Aha!\\
'''Fry:''' ''[hides holophonor behind his back['' Bender? I was just not playing the holophonor!

** When everyone has to wait for Harold to vacate the barrel in "[[Recap/TotalDrama310ToCrazytown 3:10 to Crazytown]]" so they can clean themselves, people tell him to hurry up and Owen notes that he really has to pee. It doesn't draw as much ire as when he hastily insists he'd never pee in the barrel. Eventually he admits he would.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMo ty'', Rick's rant in the Season 3 premiere "I am not driven to avenge my dead family, Morty!" turns out to be this in the Season 5 finale, where it's revealed [[spoiler: Rick went on a rampage many years ago against alternate versions of himself in order to find out his wife and daughter's killer.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'' has Owen mistakenly telling Gwen that the guys on the island are not forming a guys' alliance, and that he's not a part of it, in spite of Gwen's comment being about where Duncan was during the game of Hide-and-Seek.
** From ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Pahkitew Island'', Sammy states in her audition tape that she doesn't have a sister, nor has she ever been called Samey.

--->'''Mysterion:''' Well, I suppose you must be Cartman, [[YouAreFat because you're fat]].\\
'''Cartman:''' No, I am NOT Eric Cartman '''AND HE'S NOT FAT!'''

** In ''Timephoon!'' when Gyro Gearloose gets teleported in the [=McDuck=] manor, he begins his explanation about what happened by stating that he was "definetly not building a clone army" while the flashback shows him surrounded by clones of himself.

** In the episode "The Outlaw Buck [=McDuck=]," in a story Scrooge tells about his prospecting days, his cellmate in jail declares he's "Just your common, crackpot outlaw, definitely ''not'' a brilliant scientist from the future accidentally stuck in the old west- I mean, current west." [[spoiler: It's Gyro, and he returns from this adventure just as Scrooge finishes his story.]]

** In ''Timephoon!'' when Gyro Gearloose gets teleported in the McDuck manor, he begins his explanation about what happened by stating that he was "definetly not building a clone army" while the flashback shows him surrounded by clones of himself.

** In "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!," Doofus's birthday cake has "No hair" written on it in frosting. Louie nervously points out that it's weird they felt the need to specify. No one winds up eating the cake, so it just might have been honest.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E9PlanOfDissent "Plan of Dissent"]], when unauthorized experimentation with captured Umbaran starfighters results in an alarm going off in the control tower, Fives attempts to dissuade General Krell from investigating over the comms. One of the things he says is "Nothing's out of control down here."

* From ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** "He said, uh, 'We wouldn't dream of sacrificing the blue-haired woman!'"
** Bart's famously excessive denial from "Moaning Lisa": "I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything."
** "Behind The Laughter:"
--->'''Lisa:''' To prolong the run of the series, I was secretly given anti-growth hormones.\\
'''Homer:''' That's ridiculous. How could I even get all five necessary drops into her cereal?... What?
** Quoth Grandpa: "Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is ''not'' a porn star!" However, he did seem to say this with such furious indignance that his response could be explained by his common portrayal as a senile CloudCuckooLander.
** Homer is typically unable to detect when someone is using this trope. Like when he's searching for his long-lost brother, and the worker at the department of records, who isn't allowed to tell him where his brother lives, says, "Your brother could be anywhere... ''even Detroit.''" Homer doesn't get it. After missing several other incredibly obvious hints, Homer bribes the man to tell him. Homer is then surprised to learn that his brother is in... Detroit!
** Tiananmen Square:
--->''On this spot, in 1989, nothing happened.''
** In "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em", Marge tells Bart she got a letter from his school and he stammers, "A fire? I didn't start a fire in the teachers' lounge! I mean, what fire? I mean, a letter from school? Please elaborate."
** At the end of "The President Wore Pearls," a subtitle informs viewers that the producers, on the advice of their lawyers, have never heard of [[Music/{{Evita}} a musical based on the life of Eva Peron]].
** From "Bart Has Two Mommies"
--->'''Homer:''' You haven't seen Bart for a few hours, so you automatically assume I let something terrible happen!\\
'''Marge:''' I didn't say that.\\
'''Homer:''' I know what you think: "when stupid Homer wasn't looking, Bart got kidnapped by a monkey!"\\
'''Marge:''' I could never think of something that horrible!\\
'''Homer:''' [[SarcasticConfession And now I'm using sarcasm to confess the whole thing, so later I can say that I already told you!]]
** Homer again, in "Bart After Dark": "Now Marge, you're going to hear a lot of crazy rumors about Bart working in a burlesque house..."
** A map at {{Area 51}}-A notes "You are here. We are not."
** In "Round Springfield", Krusty held a press conference to address charges that his products were unsafe, his theme park was a death trap, and that he was [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking marketing videos of Tanya Harding's wedding night]]:
--->'''Krusty:''' And I contend that those tourists were decapitated ''before'' they entered the [=KrustyLand=] House of Knives.
** In "Sideshow Bob Roberts", Mayor Quimby's election ad has a jingle stating Quimby's accomplishments. It closes out with one of these:
--->It's not the Mayor's fault that the stadium collapsed~!
** In the episode "I Married Marge," Homer recalls that while Marge was pregnant with Bart, and they were living with her family (and lost all the things they bought for the baby), Homer left to find work after an interview with the Nuclear Plant didn't work out. One of the things he tries is a seminar on some GetRichQuickScheme, which starts out with the CEO talking about how this is ''not'' a pyramid scheme, and they use a "trapezoid" model instead. Before he can continue on with his spiel, the cops show up and he jumps out the window.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** In the episode "Bend Her", a female Bender is seen singing a verse of a 'national anthem' atop an Olympic podium.
--->'''Coilette:''' Hail, hail Robonia -- a land I didn't make up!
** From ''The Farnsworth Parabox'':
--->'''Fry:''' Leela, what have you done?\\
'''Leela:''' Nothing! What do you mean, "why was I looking in the box"?\\
'''Fry:''' I meant your hair. It's all [[BuffySpeak different-y]].
** Yet another example:
--->'''Bender:''' ''[enters Fry's bedroom['' Aha!\\
'''Fry:''' ''[hides holophonor behind his back['' Bender? I was just not playing the holophonor!
** From "Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV":
--->'''Cubert:''' The guests were supposed to be here three hours ago.\\
'''Farnsworth''': Well, that doesn't mean that no one is coming or that you two are total losers. Who gave you that idea?!
** "That Darn Katz!" manages to have a suspiciously ''vague'' suspiciously specific denial:
--->'''Nibbler''': Can you at least tell us what's going on down there?\\
'''Farnsworth''': We're certainly not building something sinister, if that's what you're implying. Now come on, Bender. Something sinister won't build itself.
** In "The Prisoner of Benda":
--->'''Emperor Nikolai:''' ''[on TV]'' I'm just a humble emperor, with a big, big crown!\\
'''Bender:''' ''[turning off the TV]'' Of course I'm not planning to steal that crown!\\
'''Leela:''' What?

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** This one from the episode "Pink Eye" also qualifies as a NoodleIncident:
--->'''Officer Barbrady:''' You're probably wondering why we're standing here with a pile of money and no pants on.\\
'''Chef:''' Actually, uh...\\
'''Mayor:''' Well, I can assure you that it has absolutely nothing to do with the Japanese Mafia.\\
'''Officer Barbrady:''' Not a thingy-dingy.
** In "A Million Little Fibers":
--->'''Geraldo Rivera:''' Who is this?\\
'''Oprah Winfrey's Asshole:''' [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext ...this is definitely not Oprah Winfrey's Asshole]].
** In "The Coon," when [[HeroWithAnFInGood the Coon/Cartman]] and [[TheCowl Mysterion]] are trying to guess each other's secret identities:
--->'''Mysterion:''' Well, I suppose you must be Cartman, [[YouAreFat because you're fat]].\\
'''Cartman:''' No, I am NOT Eric Cartman '''AND HE'S NOT FAT!'''
** "A Ladder to Heaven"
--->'''God''': Saddam. I've been hearing rumors that you're secretly building weapons of mass destruction up here.\\
'''Saddam''': Weapons of mass destruction? Nooo! This is a chocolate chip factory. See?\\
'''God''': It looks like a chemical weapons plant.\\
'''Saddam''': Look, God, if I was gonna secretly build a chemical weapons plant, I wouldn't make it look like a chemical weapons plant, would I? I'd make it look like a chocolate chip factory or something.\\
'''God''': ...Alright, just checking.
** In "Bass to Mouth", Catatafish did NOT make an underage fish perform [[TitleDrop bass to mouth]], or ass to trout, although that's the same thing, not that he did it.
** "Creme Fraiche"
--->'''Randy:''' What are you doing?\\
'''Sharon:''' Just blocking some channels.\\
'''Randy:''' I wasn't watching the food channels!\\
'''Sharon:''' Then how did you know I was blocking them?\\
'''Randy:''' I know... because... I don't know that! That's what I'm trying to tell you!
** "Jewpacabra"
--->'''Company rep''': Hello. I would just like to assure you first that Sooperfoods is not an antisemitic company, but...
** In "Fishdicks", we get repeated journeys into Cartman's SelfServingMemory, during which people repeatedly comment that he's super-cool [[IAmBigBoned and totally not fat]].
** In "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants," the cave where Osama is hiding has a sign at its entrance saying, "Not where Bin Laden is hiding."
* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' does this several times...
** ...starting in the very first episode:
--->'''Gosalyn:''' [[NoodleIncident I don't know anything about a pig, and I was nowhere near the boys' bathroom at the time]]!\\
'''Mrs. Cavanaugh:''' What pig?
** Also, from the episode "Adopt-A-Con":
--->'''Darkwing:''' Hold the phone. You're not Megavolt; you're Tuskerninni, in a really bad Megavolt disguise.\\
'''Tuskerninni:''' I am ''not'' Tuskerninni, and this is an ''excellent'' disguise!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' loves this trope, and usually mixes it up with an IronicEchoCut. For example:
-->'''Timmy:''' Morning, guys.\\
'''Dad:''' ''WHAT SUPER POWERS?!''
** Fortunately, Timmy already knew about the super powers (given he wished for them) but played along. The real surprise was Vicky, who's usually smarter than Timmy's parents (not that it says much about her), not suspecting anything near the end of "WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers" when she received a letter from someone who signed as "Deep Toot" and wrote on the back "I am not your sister".
** Tootie is not very good at at denials. There's also this gem:
--->'''Tootie:''' Your parents are gonna be here any minute!
--->'''Timmy:''' Wait... how do ''you'' know that?
--->'''Tootie:''' I haven't been tapping your phone?
** In "Hard Copy", Cosmo disguises himself as a green ceiling lamp with the words "Not Cosmo" written on it.
* Correction -- ''Butch Hartman'' loves this trope! There are so many in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', listing them all could take up an entire page.
** In "Parental Bonding":
-->'''Jack:''' ''[whilst being Overshadowed by Danny]'' I know these things because I'm his Dad, and not him.
--> And later:
-->'''Danny''' [[Funny/DannyPhantom IT'S A LIE]]; [[BlatantLies I'M NOT A GHOST!]]
** Vlad, the series' BigBad and hero's ArchEnemy, also does this the second time Danny calls him a "fruit loop." His subsequent rant ends with, "I am not a fruit loop! And I am not a villain!" Er, Danny never said you were...
* ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' had the evil lair of the Angry Scientist (''not'' Mad Scientist) with a sign outside saying something like "Not an evil lair" even though it was ObviouslyEvil.
* ''WesternAnimation/SlackerCats''
--> '''Buckley:''' "I never wear Louise's underwear!"\\
'''Eddie:''' "Who ever said you did?"\\
'''Buckley:''' "Nobody... but people talk and they might say that I sneak into Louise's room, put on her underwear and dance to "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls... but I don't do that."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. The therapy that Thaddeus Plotz and Wakko Warner receive for their coulrophobia: "A clown is my friend. A clown will not bite me and throw me in the basement. [[Creator/StephenKing A clown is not a big spider...]]"
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
** In "Stan Of Arabia: Part 2":
-->'''Francine:''' Has your boss called to offer you your job back yet?
--> '''Stan:''' Nope, he didn't call me an hour ago. Or maybe it wasn't more like an hour and a half ago.
** "Oedipal Panties" has:
-->'''Steve:''' There's a cure for ick! I picked some up at a pet store!\\
'''Klaus:''' Oh, that's great news! What a wonderful fact that I'm just finding out just now!\\
'''Steve:''' Wait a minute...\\
'''Klaus:''' What are you suggesting? That I deliberately infected you with ick so your friends would ostracize you and you'd be forced to stay home and keep me company? Don't be ridiculous!
** Inverted in the episode "Not Particularly Desperate Housewives," after Linda saves Francine's life [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove by kissing her]], which causes her would-be killers to spare her life[[note]][[ItMakesSenseInContext Francine]] [[SheKnowsTooMuch knows too much]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext but this counts as counter-blackmail material]][[/note]].
--->'''Francine:''' And that fake lesbian kiss--what a great idea!
--->'''Linda:''' Fake? Oh yeah. Of course. Fake.
--->''[Stan arrives]''
--->'''Francine:''' Oh, hi, Stan.
--->'''Linda:''' Oh. That's your husband. I'd better get home to my husband, because I love him, and I'm so sexually attracted to him. ''(nervous laugh)'' Oh, yeah. He's got the good stuff. Oh, yeah.
** Also inverted and combined with BaitAndSwitch in "Black Mystery Month", when [[spoiler:Steve learned of a conspiracy and was warned that he was being watched, followed by a car ramming into the telephone booth moments after Steve leaped out]]:
--->'''Driver''': Sorry! I'm not trying to kill you. I'm just a drunk driver.
* Used in ''MyLittlePony: Twinkle Wish Adventure'':
-->'''Sweetie Belle:''' We didn't open [the box] and let a crazy, old dragon steal the wishing star, or anything. ''({{beat}})'' Want a cookie?
* Jean is quick to deny that she's spying on Scott in the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' episode "Fun and Games". Scott, of course, never accused her of such.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', during an incredibly elaborate role-playing exercise, "Chocalandra" (Foxxy) lays down to Xandir the ground rules for living with "Daddy" (Spanky).
-->"... and don't leave the stove on all night! And don't dry the laundry in the stove! And don't use the stove as a heater! ''[quietly aside]'' I ain't allowed to use the stove no more..."
* From ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'':
-->'''Robotnik:''' Snoo[[MemeticMutation ping as]] usual, I see!\\
'''Scratch:''' Not me! I didn't hear nothing about [[MadScientist Von Schlimmer's]] dreamamajig!\\
'''Grounder:''' Me neither! Especially I didn't hear the part about the clown!
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', Frylock kills a man and transplants his brain into the man's body to impress a woman. When the police come to arrest him, they ask if he's seen anyone resembling a police sketch of Frylock's original body. He responds, "French fries? That's ridiculous. Who'd want to date someone with french fries growing out of his head?" Naturally, the policeman points out that he didn't ask that particular question.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'' episode "Not of This Boy's Room," Bumpy is accidentally kidnapped by aliens. Upon meeting one of them, Bumpy asks the alien if they are planning to do anything bad to the planet. The alien specifies that they have no such plans.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' has Kuzco accused of stealing an exhibit from the museum. Molina suggests that Yzma is responsible for the crime. [[PaperThinDisguise Principal Amzy]] states that she "hasn't committed any crimes...today".
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' does this several times in succession in the episode "The Lake Nose Monster", although in a subversion, it doesn't work:
-->'''Phineas''': Candace, I can assure you that a ferocious man-eating lake monster does not exist in Lake Nose.\\
'''Candace''': [[GenreSavvy Wait a minute, so does a friendly, non-ferocious lake nose monster exist?]] Do you have proof of that, hm?\\
'''Phineas''': Do we have proof? No. (Winks at Candace)\\
'''Ferb''': Well, if such a creature did exist, I believe it would all be our responsibility to look after and protect it.
** In "Phineas and Ferb Interrupted", Perry the Platypus returns to [[HarmlessVillain Dr. Doofenshmirtz's]] after already having defeated him once that day. Doofenshmirtz greets him with "Perry the Platypus! ''(sniff)'' I mean, ''(sniff)'' I wasn't crying."
** Perry's fake Evil Con ID from "A Hard Day's Knight" says on the bottom,"Note: Not a Platypus."

* The ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild'' episode, "The Golden Goose" combines this with AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering:
-->''(Three sisters notice Simpleton with the eponymous goose)''\\
'''Sister 1:''' [[FunetikAksent Are you sinking vot I am sinking?]]\\
'''Sister 2:''' No! I vould never shneak into zat man's room vile he vas sleeping und shteal a few golden feathers from his goose.
* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse Mickey Mouseworks]]'' short "Purple Pluto", in which Minnie accidentally [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin turns Pluto purple]], she heads off to the store to find a solution. When Mickey asks what's up, she shouts out, "Pluto is ''not'' purple!"

* Newton, from ''WesternAnimation/NedsNewt'', whenever he shapeshifts into some kind of disguise, will introduce himself along the lines of: "Hello, I am [insert whatever disguise he's wearing] and absolutely ''no'' newt."
* A slight variant in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'':
-->'''Archer:''' Wow, that was impressive! Not many women can bring me to orgasm with my mother in the room. ''[beat]'' I would think.
** A more usual example:
--->'''Archer:''' What is it with serial killers and skin?\\
'''Krieger:''' I'm not a... ''serial'' killer!\\
'''Archer:''' [[LampshadeHanging Wait, why did you emphasize the word "serial"]]?
** In "The Honeymooners", A livid Malory shouts a suspiciously specific premeditated murder threat that also carries the implication that she's done it before. A fact that Ray lampshades:
--->'''Malory''': I am ''literally'' going to kill him.\\
'''Ray''': Well, [[RunningGag figurativ]]--\\
'''Malory''':''' ''Literally!'' ''' I'll lure him to my condo in Miami, drug his Steak au Poivre, drive him out to the Everglades, slather him with rancid chicken fat, and toss him to the gators.\\
'''Ray''': That's pretty specific for a hypothetical.
** Another example:
-->'''Boris''': Did you just now have telephone call?
-->'''Katya''': No, don't be an idiot. Also, I must go to America. Unrelated to the telephone call that I just did not receive.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In the second season premiere features several members of the cast getting brainwashed by the BigBad. Turns out that even when brainwashed, Applejack is a terrible liar, as most of her lies consist of this trope.
** In the episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]]'' at one point Applejack asks whether Twilight might be acting possessive of her brother, Shining Armor. Twilight angrily retorts, "I am ''not'' being possessive, and I am ''not'' taking it out on Cadance!" Nopony had mentioned the second part. This probably contributes to them later taking Cadance's side when Twilight accuses her of being evil.
** In the episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E16ReadItAndWeep Read It And Weep]]'', Rainbow Dash invokes this when intentionally losing a board game to Twilight and Fluttershy in order to get back to secretly reading a Daring Do book.
--->'''Rainbow Dash:''' You win some, you lose some.\\
'''Twilight:''' But you ''don't'' lose some! I don't think you've ever lost a game of--\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' *yawns* Thanks for coming!\\
'''Twilight:''' But yesterday you were desperate for things to do!\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' Do? Who said anything about Daring Do? I ''told'' you I'm not interested in reading!
** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Crusaders of the Lost Mark]]'' Diamond Tiara acts a bit too defensive when the [=CMC=] question whether she knows what her Cutie Mark means.
-->'''Diamond Tiara''': Yeah, 'cause I have my cutie mark! And I'm not struggling at all to figure out who I'm supposed to be and what I'm supposed to be doing with this mark that's already on my flank!
* A variant appears in the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Flash and Substance," when Mirror Master responds to allegations that the Flash made him "eat [his] own laser kaleidoscope":

* From ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo''. When Starfire is asked by a young girl if she is sad she invokes this trope.
-->"No thank you please. I am sad about nothing and I do not have the boy troubles."
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' that takes place in China, after Courage defeats the villain, background character, Di Lung, who is acting as the villain's right-hand man in this episode, is found de-boning Muriel. When Courage goes to stop him, he insists that he isn't "de-boning" her, but is "re-boning" her and begins putting her bones back in.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'', Little Dog tried to use a cat puppet to distract a cat. During his long-winded introduction to the cat, he twice claimed to be "a cat, not a puppet" and ended stating he was [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain "definitely not a dog"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'' has Owen mistakenly telling Gwen that the guys on the island are not forming a guys' alliance, and that he's not a part of it, in spite of Gwen's comment being about where Duncan was during the game of Hide-and-Seek.
** From ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Pahkitew Island'', Sammy states in her audition tape that she doesn't have a sister, nor has she ever been called Samey.
* ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' uses this trope a lot. For example:
** The eponymous Word Girl (as her secret identity Becky) will often claim that she is ''not'' Word Girl.
** The villains like to use this, too.
---> '''The Butcher:''' Hi! I'm ''not'' the Butcher!
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Menace of the Madniks", ComicBook/BoosterGold specifically denies being in any way to blame for the Apocalyptic wasteland. It takes Batman about three seconds to realize he's been meddling with TimeTravel.
* When Judy saw WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} at her school and her friends see him: "I don't know him, I've never seen him before, and he's definitely not my brother."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Double Dipper", as part of a scheme to get Robbie away from Wendy, Dipper has [[MesACrowd two copies of himself]] make off with Robbie's bike.
-->'''Dipper:''' Oh, tough break. I wonder who those guys are that aren't me because I'm right here.
** In "Fight Fighters", Mabel gives Grunkle Stan a gift as part of a ZanyScheme to get him to confront his fear of heights under the premise that it's 'Great Uncles Day'.
-->'''Grunkle Stan:''' There's a 'Great Uncles Day'?
-->'''Mabel:''' Of course it's not a day I made up!
** Stan is especially prone to this. During the flashback in "A Tale of Two Stans", we get to the part where Stan is selling a brand of band-aids called "The Rip-Off";
-->'''Past!Stan:''' The Rip-Off ''won't'' give you rashes. I repeat, it ''won't'' give you rashes.\\
'''Narrator!Stan:''' It gave ya rashes. ''(Cut to Past!Stan being chased by people with rashes.)''
* On ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' Reverend Putty does this in the middle of a church service.
-->'''Rev. Putty:''' And all this is the fault of just one, lone person. ''[[{{Beat}} (beat)]]'' Um, Orel, can you excuse us for a moment while we talk?
-->'''Orel:''' You and everybody?
-->'''Rev. Putty:''' Yeah, don't worry, it's not about you.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', Spider-Man accidentally looses [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Captain America's Shield]] which lands on the Latverian embassy, and into Dr Dooms hands. Spidey ask Doom for the shield claiming it isn't the real shield of Captain America.
** In "Spidah Man", one of the reasons Spidey spent most of the episode in Boston was Jameson offering ten million dollars to whoever unmasks Spidey. At the end of the episode, he was seen announcing the reward has been called off and claiming it had nothing to do with his newspaper's sales having decreased as a consequence of Spider-Man leaving New York.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'' Tino and Carver burst in on Tish wearing a lot of make-up and costume, preening in front of the mirror. As soon as they do, she immediately says "I wasn't playing dress-up".

* Ramjet of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' IS this trope, so much so that his [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_(Animated) article]] on Wiki/TFWikiDotNet has it as a running gag:
-->''Ramjet, certainly ''not'' the Liar Starscream, is the original Starscream, and ''not'' a clone.''
-->''This entire article is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The fact that it's about Ramjet (who ''isn't'' a big fat liar) has nothing to do with anything. So there.''
-->''We never said that this article spoke truth. You can't prove anything!''
* In a first-season episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'', Dogbert is seen on TV chairing a group discussion of the financial markets. One participant asks if they're talking about the stock market, which Dogbert confirms. He responds:
-->Good. I thought for a moment we were talking about the white-slave market, which I of course know nothing about.

* Terrence takes this UpToEleven (combining it with SayingTooMuch) in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' where Mac and the other friends are looking for Eduardo, who has run away:
-->'''Terrence:''' What’s wrong with you?
-->'''Mac:''' Well, if you really want to know, one of my friends ran away from home, and we can’t find him anywhere.
-->'''Terrence:''' You should check the junkyard. ''(Quickly {{face palm}}s.)''
-->'''Mac:''' What?
-->'''Terrence:''' Uh, nothing…
-->'''Mac:''' Terrence, what are you doing with all those potatoes? [[note]]Potatoes are Eduardo’s TrademarkFavoriteFood[[/note]]
-->'''Terrence:''' Uh… Well… they’re not for Eduardo if that’s what you’re thinking. I mean, why would he want all these potatoes? So he could eat them all before he fights the [[BeastlyBloodsports Extremeazord Ultimate Battlezord Tournament]]? Where do you come up with this stuff?
-->'''Mac''' ''(Deadpan)'' I didn’t. ''You'' did.
-->'''Terrence:''' Yeah, like I would ruin everything by telling you how I found Eduardo and got him to fight for me down at the junkyard. How dumb do you think I am? ''(Leaves with sack of potatoes and slams door behind him.)''
-->'''Mac:''' (with a smug smile) Pretty dumb!
* From the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTalesInTheHouse'' episode "When the Dust Bunnies Came to Town":
-->'''Jimmy:''' Well, there sure isn't one in our home. We'd never secretly keep a Dust Bunny and treat him like a member of our family behind everyone's back.
* In "Toby Braves the Bully" from ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'', Toby tells Callie and Peck that he can't tell them that the bully, Bradley Bulldog, took his scooter and threw his newspapers to the ground because then he would be a tattle-tale.
* On ''WesternAnimation/WallyKazam'' in "Castle Caper," when it starts to become obvious to Wally that his plan to smuggle his dragon Norville in a cake as a TrojanHorse into a castle taken over by Bobgoblin isn't working, he ends up issuing one of these.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "An Indirect Kiss", Pearl spontaneously reassures Garnet that everything is going to be okay. Garnet calmly agrees, prompting Pearl to reply hopefully: "You really think so?" In this instance, the 'denial' comes from Pearl projecting her anxiety onto someone else so she doesn't have to deal with it.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In "Sis-tem Error", Dee Dee accidentally deactivates the lab's machines and spends most of the episode trying to keep Dexter from finding out. Once she runs out of ideas to keep Dexter from noticing there's something amiss, she disguises herself as Mandark to make Dexter think his rival is causing trouble. "Mandark" specifically says it's not an accident.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Bros" has Darwin preempt Gumball immediately after learning about Gumball's plans for Penny.
-->'''Darwin:''' I AM NOT MAKING A SCENE!!!\\
'''Gumball:''' Okay...\\
'''Darwin:''' AND I AM NOT JEALOUS OF PENNY!!!
* From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode "Daria Dance Party":
-->'''[[TheSnarkKnight Daria]]:''' Why do you have to go to the dance with a cheerleader?
-->'''[[DumbJock Kevin]]:''' [[OperationJealousy It's not to make Brittany jealous]], if that's what you think. ''(laughs)''
-->'''[[CoolLoser Jane]]:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I'm convinced]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In the episode "Let's Play Tea Party", everybody except Stumpy is given electric shocks all of a sudden while Stumpy just sits at the table laughing. Mr. Cat glares at Stumpy, prompting this response from him:
-->'''Stumpy:''' Why would I have a taser hidden under the table?
* ''WesternAnimation/EightHundredAndFiftyMeters'': While in a place full of skeletons, the knight hears someone talking and assumes it's a nearby skull. Once he figures out it's a magical compass being worn by the skeleton, he imagines a headline stating he found a magical compass and totally knew it wasn't the skull speaking.
* In ''[[Literature/IfYouGiveAMouseACookie If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie]]'', Mouse and his friends accidentally wreck the decorations for a play that Mouse's boy, Oliver, has a big role in. Later, when Pig encounters Oliver, wondering where he can find Mouse, she tells him that Mouse is getting a haircut so that he'll look good when he sees him in the theater, which definitely hasn't had anything bad happen to it.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In "Overdue", Ron runs into [[DarkActionGirl Shego]], who asks him where Kim is. He immediately blurts out [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend "She's not my girlfriend!"]]. Amused, Shego smirks and replies, "Never said she was."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Nighty Nightmare", when Jon goes to get the pizza he ordered, he says "Gee, I wonder who at the door! It couldn't be an pizza, because nobody ordered a pizza! It must be a special delivery letter, certainly not a pizza!". This is implied to be how Garfield finds out.
* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}:'' When some of the characters begin to suspect that Elfo isn't really an elf, they quip that his name falls under this trope. (For the record, [[spoiler:he's half-elf]].)
* In "Be Good to Bugs... and Frogs," from ''WesternAnimation/MissSpidersSunnyPatchFriends'', the Spider family gathers around Felix the frog to hide him when Beetrice pays a visit to the Cozy Hole. She asks if they've heard what the buzz is, and they say that they haven't. Bounce agrees, telling her, "This is our sofa, not a frog."

* In "Be Good to Bugs... and Frogs" from ''WesternAnimation/MissSpidersSunnyPatchFriends'', Felix hops up and down excitedly in the Cozy Hole at the idea of breakfast. Miss Spider tells him to calm down, that it's just berry cakes and honey. "Honey! Yum!" he says, then asks what exactly honey is.

-->'''Mac:''' Pretty dumb!

** In "Petergiest", Brian tells Lois that there might be spirits in the house. After Lois calls his claim ridiculous, she and Brian spot the kitchen chairs stacked in a pyramid with the fridge on top of it. Lois, rather than retracting her dismissal, says in the most nervous and desperate tone that she must have flipped everything upside-down overnight and forgot about it. Brian then gives us the following quote to sum up the situation.

** In "Petergiest", Brian tells Lois that there might be spirits in the house. After Lois calls his claim ridiculous, she and Brian spot the kitchen chairs stacked in a pyramid with the fridge on top of it. Lois, rather than retracting her dismissal, says in the most nervous and desperate tone that she must have flipped everything upside-down overnight and forgot about it. Brian than gives us the following quote to sum up the situation.

** In "Petergiest", Brian tells Lois that there might be spirits in the house. After Lois calls his claim ridiculous, she and Brian spot the kitchen chairs stacked in a pyramid with the fridge on top of it. Lois, rather than retracting her dismissal, says in the most and desperate tone that she must have flipped everything upside-down overnight and forgot about it. Brian than gives us the following quote to sum up the situation.

** In "Petergiest", Brian tells Lois that there might be spirits in the house. After Lois calls his claim ridiculous, she and Brian spot the kitchen chairs stacked in a pyramid with the fridge on top of it. Lois, rather than retracting her dismissal, says in the most and desperate tone that she must have flipped everything upside-down overnight and forgot about it. Brian then gives us the following quote to sum up the situation.