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| 6 | ->''"Look, I don't wanna call you a liar, but ... I don't know how to finish that sentence."'' |
| 7 | -->-- '''Bart Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 8 | |
| 9 | This trope is when a character flatly accuses another of outright lying. This can be phrased in different ways: "You lie," "That's a lie," "You're lying", "You are telling a lie," [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment "You're a lying liar that lies,"]] etc. |
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| 11 | This is usually the response to a trope from the FamilyTwistsIndex. This can happen either while the receiver is speaking or when he is not speaking. Occurs when a character speaks BlatantLies and another character knows that he is lying. Often PlayedForDrama. Common in trial scenes when some witness has just attributed an incriminating remark to another person present. See also SuspiciouslySpecificDenial and VillainsNeverLie. Contrast ILied. See also LiarsParadox. |
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| 13 | !!Examples: |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 18 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64cNaQp3l80 This]] [=DirecTV=] ad starring Creator/DannyDeVito. Notable for how [[LargeHam into it]] he gets. |
| 19 | * A GEICO spot had two guys from a competing insurance company making claims about what their policies offer, concluding with the two standing there with their pants on fire. |
| 20 | [[/folder]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 23 | * In ''Manga/{{Aruosumente}}'', Jasmin flat-out says that Lante is a good liar, giving the first hint that Lante may not be what he seems. |
| 24 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In chapter 397 Ichigo calls Aizen a "liar" after being told that he [[spoiler: planned all of Ichigo's fights from the beginning]]. Aizen points out the flaw in Ichigo's logic that's a lie for contradicting what he said earlier when Ichigo himself pointed out how worthless Aizen's word is. |
| 25 | %%* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': This happens between a few characters. |
| 26 | * ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': |
| 27 | ** Burter (to Goku): "YOU LIE! HOW CAN SOME STUPID SAIYAN MONKEY EVER BE FASTER THAN ME?!" |
| 28 | ** Jeice (to Vegeta): "No, you...YOU LIE!" |
| 29 | ** Freeza (to Goku): "YOU LIE! I am NOT beaten! NOT YET!" |
| 30 | * ''Manga/ElfenLied'': When confronted by Lucy [[spoiler:regarding the gender of the cousin Kouta hung out with]], Kouta made a white lie. Lucy later found out and accused him as such. [[note]]Please ignore "Lied" in the title as it is a German heteronym, and is pronounced "leed".[[/note]] |
| 31 | * ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'': Albert screams this at the Count three times upon learning that the Count was merely using him the whole time. |
| 32 | * ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'': Lio to Shiki. "That's a lie, that's a lie, that's a lie, that's a lie!" |
| 33 | * Used by Rena in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' (originally as "USO DA!", translated as "LIAR!" in the dub) in a scene which would set the tone for the rest of the series. It has become her unofficial catchphrase (along with [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe "Omochikaeri!"]]) and is frequently referenced in fanworks, homages ''and canon'' ("Hirukowashi", in case you were wondering). Actually, as it's an ongoing theme of the series (ThePowerOfTrust and TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason), a lot of characters accuse each other of this with varying degrees of hysteria and accuracy. In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', just about [[EveryoneIsASuspect everyone has accused everyone of lying]] at some point or another and started one of these. The siblings, especially. |
| 34 | * Thor screams this at Zagi four times in episode 7 of ''Manga/JyuOhSei''. |
| 35 | * In ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' when Yuuichi breaks a promise with Nayuki, she often calls him a liar. |
| 36 | * In chapter 61 of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' Kabuto insists Sasuke is lying and that he's not that cold-hearted when the latter asks the former to fight saying that it's the only way to survive in the Forest of Death. |
| 37 | ** And in chapter 165 this is Naruto's response upon finding out that Kabuto is actually a sound village spy and Orochimaru's subordinate. |
| 38 | ** Sasuke practically goes catatonic when trying this in response to TheReveal about [[TheMole Itachi]]. |
| 39 | ** Naruto yells this at Madara in episode 203 of Shippuden after being informed about the truth of Itachi like Sasuke did previously. |
| 40 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': |
| 41 | ** Shinji says this about Asuka, Rei, and Misato in the movie (End Of Evangelion) when they all declare to him "we are nice to you." |
| 42 | ** In the same movie, Ritsuko says this of Gendo at one point [[spoiler:immediately before he shoots her dead]] and the exact words that prompted her to say this have only ever been revealed to the actress playing Ritsuko. |
| 43 | ** In the movie, Asuka accuses Shinji of lying when he says he likes her. |
| 44 | ** In episode 22 at the end of Asuka's MindRape sequence a CreepyDoll says this of Asuka. |
| 45 | * ''Literature/No6'': Used when Sion kisses Nezumi and calls it a "good night kiss" leading to Nezumi to call Sion a "liar". |
| 46 | * ''Anime/{{Noir}}'': It happens when Chloe reveals that [[spoiler:Kirika killed Mirielle's parents]] prompting Mirielle to shout that she has to be lying. A track on the soundtrack is actually called "Liar You Lie." |
| 47 | * ''Manga/PandoraHearts'': Oz says this of Break at one point. And this is said to Oz (by an Abyss-worshiping cult) in chapter 54. And in chapter 56 Philippe says this when Oz tells him that his father is dead. |
| 48 | * In ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' episode 9, Becky's MIT professor tells Becky's students that on one occasion she accidentally fused herself with a cat. Becky (tied to a stalagmite) cries out, "YOU LIAR! Don't make stuff up!" |
| 49 | * ''Manga/PrincessPrincess'': In episode 7, Sayaka screams this after Yuujirou kisses Tooru to drive home the idea that Tooru [[SorryImGay doesn't like girls]]. |
| 50 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': |
| 51 | ** When Genma claims that the titular character said in his sleep that he loves Akane, Ranma tackles him, all the while repeatedly screaming, "That's a lie!" |
| 52 | ** In the very same episode, Ranma and Akane end up in a situation that makes it look like he raped her. [[NotWhatItLooksLike He didn't, of course,]] but Ryoga doesn't know that. So, Ranma uses Ryoga's misinterpretations to egg him on, because he needs Ryoga to fight him with everything he's got, while Akane shouts, "It's not true! He's a liar! A liar!" |
| 53 | ** When Nabiki claims that Ranma and Akane are a married couple in order [[PleaseDumpMe to get Ukyo out of the house]], Ranma yells [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend "Lies!"]] over and over again. |
| 54 | %%** Used again for hilarity when Ryoga turns into a kid because of aging mushrooms. |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 58 | * ''ComicBook/SwampThing'': Jason Woodrue during his VillainousBreakdown: |
| 59 | -->"Youre' ''lying''! You're ''lying'' you're ''lying'' you're ''lying''! '''Why''' are you lying?" |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Ragnarok, an evil clone of Thor with a thinks-he's-the-real-one problem, yells "YOU LIE!" at Thor Girl when she calls him out on it. |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 62 | ** In ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'', Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} does not for one second believe Insect Queen when the villainess claims Lana Lang got close to Kara because she was subtly influencing her. |
| 63 | --->'''Supergirl:''' ''"I don't care what you say you did to Lana. I don't care if you think you were controlling her. I know you weren't."'' |
| 64 | ** ''ComicBook/GirlPower'': When Dark Supergirl states that Zor-El hated his brother and sent Kara to Earth to murder his nephew, Supergirl replies her duplicate is spewing out garbage lies, and why on Earth she should believe her Luthor-created evil clone anyway? Many issues later, when Supergirl meets her father in the ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac''/''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' arcs, it becomes effectively proved that her dark duplicate was lying. |
| 65 | --->'''Supergirl:''' ''"You're lying. Nothing like that ever happened."''\ |
| 66 | '''Dark Supergirl:''' ''""Then, how do you explain-- Me?"''\ |
| 67 | '''Supergirl:''' ''"Explain you? You're something that Lex Luthor made."'' |
| 68 | [[/folder]] |
| 69 | |
| 70 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 71 | !!{{Crossover}} |
| 72 | * ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': |
| 73 | ** In Chapter 30, John Mandeville exclaims "Liar!" after being told by Kyril that the assets of his house is used to fund the reconstruction in the capital's Western District, and that the house itself is being disassembled. |
| 74 | ** In Chapter 11, remastered version, Maia screams this at Kyril upon hearing his accusation that Vault was a traitor. |
| 75 | !!''Franchise/DragonAge'' |
| 76 | * ''[[Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook I Must Be Going]]'': PlayedForLaughs during the StoryWithinAStory. [[Franchise/DragonAge Varric]] has essentially rewritten ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' to be about his friends, and this is what the Buttercup {{Expy}} says when she confronts the Prince Humperdinck stand-in. |
| 77 | -->'''Princess Evangeline:''' You're lying to me, you've probably ''been'' lying to me, you're nothing but a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment lying liar who lies]]. |
| 78 | !!''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' |
| 79 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': |
| 80 | ** When Mariko first informs Vivienne of [[PlatonicLifePartners Dr. Serizawa]]'s death in Chapter 4, Vivienne at first responds: "You're lying." |
| 81 | ** Later, Madison assumes [[HeelFaceTurn San]] is lying when he says he doesn't remember [[MultipleHeadCase Ghidorah]] trying to kill her [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 in Boston]], and she gets understandably pissed; unaware that San [[CannotTellALie literally lacks a concept of lying]], and he genuinely doesn't remember that because his consciousness only has memories from the left head that was decapitated and not the left head that Ghidorah regrew. |
| 82 | !!''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' |
| 83 | * ''Fanfic/TheNightmareHouse'': Lori accuses one of her sisters of lying when she says Lori is not in charge anymore. |
| 84 | !!''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' |
| 85 | * ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': When Naruto reveals to Sakura and Sasuke that he's the son of Minato Namikaze: |
| 86 | -->'''Sakura:''' ''[having BlankWhiteEyes]'' Y-YOU'RE THE SON OF... OF... THE 4TH HOKAGE!!!???\ |
| 87 | '''Sasuke:''' ''[with a skeptical look]'' Don't lie, you liar... You're just lieing a big lie, liar... You are joking... right? |
| 88 | * ''Fanfic/TruePotential'': Kiba calls Kakashi a liar when the latter tries to explain why he was late for the final part of the Konoha Chūnin Exams. |
| 89 | !!''Franchise/YuGiOh'' |
| 90 | * Episode 20 of ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' has Rebecca Hawkins do this to Grandpa. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder:Films — Animation]] |
| 94 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'': When Winkie double-crossed Toad with a lie saying that Toad stole the motor car, Cyril shouts at him, "That's a deliberate lie, you monkey-faced little rumpot!" |
| 95 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': |
| 96 | ** The first verse of Jafar's VillainSong is essentially telling Jasmine "That Liar Lies" about Aladdin. |
| 97 | ** Earlier, Aladdin confronts Jafar for lying (saying that Prince Ali "left" when Jafar tried to kill him). And even before that, Jasmine confronts Aladdin for lying (about whether he's really a prince or a street rat). In those cases, though, they say "Tell them/me the truth," not "You lie." |
| 98 | * Lord Barkis does this to Victoria near the end of ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', when she informs her new husband that the whole reason her parents wanted them to marry is so he can save them from the poorhouse. Since Lord Barkis is a GoldDigger, he doesn't take this well and starts shrieking at her that she's lying. Unlike most examples on this page, however, Victoria is telling the truth. |
| 99 | * In the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', Cody shouts "Uso da!" or "That's a lie!" after [=McLeach=] lies to Cody about Marahute, the giant golden eagle, being shot to death. |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': [[WideEyedIdealist Judy]], after being tricked into supporting [[ConMan Nick's]] pawpsicle scheme, confronts him with "I stood up for you, and you lied to me, you liar!" |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 104 | * In ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', when Ramona claims she didn't steal anyone, Knives says, "You lie! You're a liar!" |
| 105 | * ''Film/MeanGirls'': Janis calls Cady a "dirty little liar" upon finding out she didn't invite her and Damian to her party and because she told them she was planning on sabotaging the Plastics when she was really just holding a party. |
| 106 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 107 | ** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': |
| 108 | *** When Padmé pleads with Anakin to turn away from [[TheDarkSide the Dark Side]], crying out that she loves him, he refuses to believe her. The fact that Obi-Wan stowed away on her ship to track him down is not helping her case. |
| 109 | ---->'''Padmé''': Stop! Stop now, come back! I love you! |
| 110 | ---->'''Anakin''': [[BigWordShout LIAR!]] |
| 111 | *** Shortly afterwards, he tells Obi-Wan that he "see[s] through the lies of the Jedi". |
| 112 | ** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Luke Skywalker says a variant of this to Darth Vader after the latter [[LukeIAmYourFather declares he is Luke's father.]] |
| 113 | --->'''Luke''': That's not true! [[ThisCannotBe That's impossible!]] |
| 114 | * Leonardo does this to Shredder near the end of ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'', when Shredder [[HeHadAName insinuates that he's killed Splinter]]. Shredder isn't lying, however, just incorrect; he doesn't know that Splinter was rescued by Casey and Danny as the Foot were carrying out their assault on the sewer den after Shredder ordered him killed. |
| 115 | * ''Film/KillBill'': O-Ren Ishii screams, "You lie!" in Japanese when the Bride reveals that Hattori Hanzo made her sword. |
| 116 | * ''Film/HarryPotter'': |
| 117 | ** In ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', Voldemort (possessing Quirrel) says this ("He lies...") about Harry when he lies about what he sees in the Mirror of Erised. Harry throws it right back at Voldemort ("You LIAR!") when the latter claims he can bring Harry's parents back (which is established to be [[AllDeathsFinal impossible,]] even in the magical world). |
| 118 | ** ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'': Harry tries to convince Snape that he hasn't been stealing potion ingredients from him. In response, Snape says "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't. Lie. To. Me.]]" [[spoiler:Harry hasn't. The real thief is the villain of the story.]] |
| 119 | ** In ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', Harry says "That's a lie" to Aunt Marge. |
| 120 | ** In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 1'', where, after [[HangingJudge Dolores Umbridge]] accuses a {{Muggle|s}}-born witch of stealing a wand from a "real" witch, Harry (disguised as a Ministry official) responds, "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner You're lying, Dolores.]] ''[[MeaningfulEcho And one mustn't tell lies.]]''" |
| 121 | * In ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', Khan accuses Kirk of exiling him and his company to "this barren sand heap, with only the contents of this cargo bay to sustain us" (i.e. the uninhabitable planet where Terrell and Chekov have unexpectedly found him). Chekov interjects, "You lie! On Ceti Alpha 5 there was life! A fair chance!" To which Khan shouts, "[[WhamLine THIS IS CETI ALPHA 5!]]" |
| 122 | * The 1985 film version of ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=qIj4ekcONqg "You're lying to me. You lie!"]] |
| 123 | * In ''Film/KickingAndScreaming'' as Phil is being kicked out of the coffee shop: |
| 124 | -->'''Phil:''' What is wrong with you, Derrick? I thought we were friends!\ |
| 125 | '''Andy:''' My name is Andy!\ |
| 126 | '''Phil:''' Your name is Liar because you're telling lies! |
| 127 | * The 1946 Creator/FrankCapra film ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' has this twice when George Bailey sees what life is like if he was RetGone. He mentions to his mother that he last saw her brother-in-law Uncle Billy "Today, over at his house." She replies, "IT'S A LIE! He's been in the insane asylum ever since he lost his business." George himself says this when GuardianAngel Clarence tells him that his brother Harry "broke through the ice and was drowned at the age of nine." George snaps, "THAT'S A LIE! Harry Bailey went to war! He got the Congressional Medal of Honor! He saved the lives of every man on that transport!" |
| 128 | * ''Film/FindingNeverland'': "Stop lying to me! I'm sick of grownups lying to me!" Peter really hates it when adults downplay the severity of the situation. |
| 129 | * In ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'': "You Lie!" Mr. Freeze yells in response to Poison Ivy telling him that Batman killed his wife. In truth, ''she'' is the one who pulled the plug on his wife's cryo chamber in a bid to MurderTheHypotenuse. |
| 130 | * ''Film/TheMysteryOfBlueHarbor'', a movie made by a local amateur film club featured the line "You are a lying liar from Liarton, New Hampliar, and I don't believe your lying lies!" |
| 131 | * ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'': |
| 132 | ** Lawrence in ''Film/SawI'', after being told by his wife that Adam is lying. "Stop the lies! You're a liar!" |
| 133 | ** In ''Film/SawVI'': |
| 134 | *** In the Shotgun Carousel, a tirade of these rolls around between Josh and Shelby when Gena tries to convince William to save her by saying [[BlatantLies she's pregnant]]. |
| 135 | ---->'''Gena:''' Umm... I- I'm pregnant! I'm- I am pregnant!\ |
| 136 | '''Josh:''' No, she's not! She's lying! She's fucking lying! Mr. Easton, she's lying!\ |
| 137 | '''Shelby:''' Mr. Easton, she's lying!\ |
| 138 | '''Gena:''' Fuck you!\ |
| 139 | '''Josh:''' Mr. Easton, she's lying!\ |
| 140 | '''Gena:''' I'm pregnant!\ |
| 141 | '''Josh:''' She's lying!\ |
| 142 | '''Gena:''' (''as the carousel stops with her in front of the shotgun'') No! No, fuck! I'm pregnant!\ |
| 143 | '''Josh:''' No, she's lying! She's fucking lying!\ |
| 144 | '''Shelby:''' Mr. Easton, it's not true!\ |
| 145 | '''Gena:''' Please! Please! (''the shotgun begins to arm'') Fuck! Push the thing! PUSH THE THING!\ |
| 146 | '''Josh:''' She's lying!\ |
| 147 | '''Gena:''' No, Mr. Easton! Push it, push the thing! |
| 148 | *** Hoffman says this to [[spoiler:Perez as he's stabbing her to death]]. |
| 149 | ---->'''Hoffman:''' [[spoiler:Who else knows about me? Who else fucking knows about me?]]\ |
| 150 | [[spoiler:'''Perez:''' E-Everyone...]]\ |
| 151 | '''Hoffman:''' You lie... You're fucking lying... |
| 152 | ** Ryan in ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', when Carly hesitates to tell the truth about what she did. "YOU'RE LYING! YOU'RE LYING!" |
| 153 | * ''Film/TheRoom2003'': Johnny's response when Lisa tries to get sympathy from other people by claiming that Johnny beats her: "Yawr lyin', I nevur hit joo. YU ARE TEARIN' ME A-PAHRT, LISA!!" |
| 154 | * In ''Music/TheRutles: All You Need Is Cash'', an old bluesman tells the reporter (Eric Idle) that the Rutles stole his music, only to be interrupted by his wife with "He's lyin'! He's ''always'' lyin'!" She then says the everytime someone does a documentary about some white rock band he falsely claims to have been robbed by them. |
| 155 | * ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' with [[OneSceneWonder Miracle Max and his wife Valerie.]] |
| 156 | -->'''Max''': You're right, that is a noble cause. But what he ''really'' said was "to blaive" which obviously means "to bluff" which means you probably were playing cards and he cheated!\ |
| 157 | '''Valerie''': "[[LargeHam LIAR! LIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIARLIAR LIIIIIAAAAARRR!]] |
| 158 | * ''Film/{{Elf}}'': "You sit on a throne of lies!" |
| 159 | * In ''Film/AnatomyOfAMurder'', when TheStoolPigeon Duane Miller gives testimony that sounds highly incriminating, the defendant suddenly lunges forward and roars: "You're a liar! You're a lousy stinking liar!" |
| 160 | * ''PlayedForLaughs'' in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. When King Arthur chops off the Black Knight's arm, he remarks that he's "had worse", to which Arthur responds, "You lie!" |
| 161 | * A heartbreaking example in ''[[Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire Catching Fire]]'': At the end, when Haymitch has failed in his promise to Katniss to [[spoiler:get Peeta out of the arena safely]], Katniss throws herself on him, screaming, "Liar!" and hitting him until they sedate her, when she collapses, still sobbing, "You're a liar." |
| 162 | * In ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', Renard does his usual "You cannot kill me because I'm already dead" BadassBoast to Film/JamesBond near the end, and Bond retorts (referring to Renard's lover Elektra), "So is she." Renard [[VillainousBreakdown goes berserk on Bond]] while screaming that he is a liar. |
| 163 | * ''Film/StargateContinuum'': After the Ba'al clone gloats about the plan which the original Ba'al has set in motion, Teal'c looks him in the eye and calmly states, "He lies." [[DeadpanSnarker O'Neill]]'s response: "[[ConsummateLiar He does that, you know]]." |
| 164 | * In ''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur'', Don Salluste vehemently denies when the Queen accuses him of having fathered a child with one of her handmaidens. When said Bavarian servant confirms it is true, Salluste explodes: |
| 165 | -->'''Salluste:''' Liar! She's a liar! She's lying in German! This child is a false witness! |
| 166 | * ''Film/GlassOnion'': In a flashback to the Alpha trial, Claire claims that [[spoiler:Alpha was entirely Miles' idea]]. Andi stands up and dramatically calls her a liar. |
| 167 | [[/folder]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 170 | * In ''Literature/BridgeInTheMenagerie'', the Rueful Rabbit basically gives this as his reasoning as to why he makes unorthodox plays on defense based on what Papa the Greek plays as declarer. He might not know what Papa has and thus what would be the right card to play to set a contract, but the fact that Papa [[BlatantLies lies so much that everyone knows he's going to lie if possible]] gives Rabbit an indication of what ''not'' to play to a trick. While Papa calls it madness, it's probably the most logical and intelligent play that Rabbit, otherwise TheFool, has in his "arsenal". |
| 171 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': King Tirian in ''Literature/TheLastBattle''. "Ape, you lie damnably. You lie [[SpaceJews like a Calormene]]. You lie [[ShapedLikeItself like an ape]]." There would have been more, but he got smacked down before he could finish. |
| 172 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In ''Literature/SkinGame'', when Harry is asked why he doesn't trust Nicodemus, he says it's because he's a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment "lying liar who lies"]]. |
| 173 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'': |
| 174 | ** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', Voldemort (possessing Quirrel) says this about Harry when Harry lies about what he sees in the Mirror of Erised. ''He lies...'' Later, when he claims that Harry's parents died begging for mercy, Harry responds by shouting "LIAR!" |
| 175 | ** In ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'', Harry shouts "LIES!" to no one in particular when first reading some of the media references to Dumbledore's FeetOfClay. The melodrama of this is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in that a Muggle neighbor is shown to overhear and glance around nervously. |
| 176 | ** [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix I must not tell lies.]] The real kicker about this is that while people throughout the course of the book accuse Harry of being [[AxCrazy unhinged]], a ''prima donna'', and/or a GloryHound, and Fudge makes reference to his "cock and bull stories," Umbridge is the only one to outright call Harry a liar to his face. |
| 177 | * Creator/AlFranken's book ''Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A [[TakeThat Fair and Balanced]] Look at the Right'' accuses the entire UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush administration of this trope as relates to the Iraq invasion. |
| 178 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Said by [[EvilChancellor Gríma Wormtongue]]. Repeatedly. To the point where Gandalf calls him out on it at one point. |
| 179 | -->"That word comes too oft and easy from your lips," said Gandalf. "I do not lie." |
| 180 | ** In TheFilmOfTheBook, it's the first thing he says, and Éomer is banished because of this. Of course, Éomer is the one telling the truth. |
| 181 | * ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'': Valerie calls out Miracle Max on his lies to the heroes. |
| 182 | * ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror'': When Ahrek finds out that [[spoiler: Daylen is Dayless]], he takes the opportunity to tell him and everyone else that he's a chronic liar who tells millions of lies. |
| 183 | * ''Literature/TortallUniverse'': From ''[[Literature/TrickstersDuet Trickster's Choice]]'', regarding Prince Bronau Jimajen: |
| 184 | -->'''Aly:''' He's lying!\ |
| 185 | '''Sarai:''' I know that. His mouth is moving, isn't it? |
| 186 | * ''Literature/SavingMax'': Every time Marianne accuses Max of being violent or psychotic, Max jumps up and accuses her of lying. He eventually has to be escorted from the courtroom. |
| 187 | * ''Literature/TheGoldenHamsterSaga'': In ''Freddy to the Rescue'', Freddy tries to tell the field hamsters that if they stay in their field, they'll all be crushed to death by bulldozers, and that they need to find a new home. Fronso yells, "He's lying! The Hamster Killer will disappear! That's certain, because the [[ScamReligion Jar of Hope]] has heard your prayer," and accuses Freddy of wanting to steal the field hamsters' stores. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 191 | * In the ''Series/YediYuz'' episode "Büyük Günahlar", Nihal doubles down as Mete grows increasingly evasive in his answers, before directly calling him out for lying and revealing the untold truth behind his tale. |
| 192 | -->'''Nihal:''' You think that you're sure. But I think you're lying. |
| 193 | * ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': In episode "The Night Shift", Amy finds out Rosa is sneaking out and lying about it to boot, so she gives Rosa a piece of her mind. |
| 194 | -->'''Amy:''' Cool, maybe we can mill around and small talk about how some of us are big lying liars who lie all the time like a bunch of liars, Rosa. |
| 195 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 196 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]] sees the title character respond to the Doctor's claim to have wiped out the Dalek race with "YOU LIE!" [[spoiler:[[AlasPoorVillain Unfortunately for the Dalek]], the Doctor was telling the truth. [[JokerImmunity As far as he knew.]]]] |
| 197 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]: When the Editor goes through Suki [=MacRae=] Cantrell's video biography, he calls it out as being the work of a liar. |
| 198 | ** According to River Song: "Rule number one: The Doctor lies." |
| 199 | ** And the Doctor might just have found his match in Clara, a self-proclaimed "incredible liar". They're a perfect match in terms of ego, too. |
| 200 | * ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'': |
| 201 | ** In the episode "Blabbermouths", Frank blabs to Ray and Robert that [[SupremeChef Marie]] has, on occasion, used store-bought sauce instead of homemade as she has always claimed. When Marie finds out about her husband's loose lips, she has only this to say on the subject: |
| 202 | --->'''Marie:''' A lot of things have been said, and [[BlatantLies I have no problem facing the truth, however painful it might be]]. Now about my sauce...Frank, tell them you're a liar.\ |
| 203 | '''Frank:''' What?\ |
| 204 | '''Marie:''' You ever want to eat again?\ |
| 205 | '''Frank:''' ''(toneless)'' I lied. I'm a crazy old man who lies. |
| 206 | ** In "The Disciplinarian", Robert spills the beans to Frank and Marie about how Ray had used to sneak out after curfew as a teenager. The two of them happily reminisce about it for a bit, and then Ray casually drops that not only did Robert sneak out too, he once stole a bottle of Frank's liquor to take to a concert, and Robert ''freaks out.'' "HE'S LYYYYYYYIIING!" |
| 207 | --->'''Ray:''' Then after the concert, Robert was so schnockered, he wanted to fight anybody who didn't agree that "Bungle in the Jungle" was the best song ever written!\ |
| 208 | '''Robert:''' It's a great song! But ''this'' is LIES! |
| 209 | * In ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' Will's lawyer has this as his entire strategy against Freddie Lounds' testimony. |
| 210 | -->'''Lawyer:''' Miss Lounds, could you please remind me how many times you've been sued for libel?\ |
| 211 | '''Freddie:''' Six.\ |
| 212 | '''Lawyer:''' I'm sorry?\ |
| 213 | '''Freddie:''' Six.\ |
| 214 | '''Lawyer:''' And how many times did you settle?\ |
| 215 | '''Freddie:''' [[NumberOfTheBeast Six.]]\ |
| 216 | '''Lawyer:''' Six... Thank you, nothing further. |
| 217 | * ''Series/ICarly'': |
| 218 | ** Freddie says this to Sam during one certain insult, and again when Spencer accuses Freddie of lying when he proves that his Galaxy Wars prop is fake. |
| 219 | ** Also in "iStart a Fan War", when Carly says nobody is dating, after a brief moment of silence, out of nowhere a congressman-like person shouts, "YOU lie!" and the fan war continues. The scene was a ShoutOut to Joe Wilson saying the same thing to UsefulNotes/BarackObama. |
| 220 | * ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]", after Claudia and Louis de Pointe du Lac discover that Lestat de Lioncourt is still bedding Antoinette Brown after he had promised them that he would kill his mistress, Claudia says to Louis, "He's the father of lies." |
| 221 | * ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'': After dethroning the king, Amahl Farouk claims to have ushered in an "age of prosperity, praised by all." David Haller then appears briefly next to Charles Xavier and tells him not to believe anything Farouk says. |
| 222 | -->'''David:''' Lies. Behold, the king of lies. |
| 223 | * The 1969 game show ''Liar's Club'' (revived in 1976 and again in the 80s) is all about this. A celebrity panel describes an unusual item and only one celebrity is telling the truth about it. Four contestants make wagers on who is right. |
| 224 | * ''Series/{{Maury}}'': Maury Povich's "That's a lie" during any of his shows concerning the results of a lie detector test. |
| 225 | * ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': Juna plainly accuses Bambang of lying when he says that Melani asked him to be her boyfriend rather than the other way around. As those who followed the show know, that's the truth. |
| 226 | -->'''Juna:''' You lie!\ |
| 227 | '''Bambang:''' Why would I lie, mas? Do you think I'm like Mas [[EmbarrassingFirstName Junaedi]], who even lied to himself by changing his own name? |
| 228 | * ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Repeatedly in "I Accuse My Parents": |
| 229 | -->'''Joel, Crow, and Tom:''' Liar! Liar! Liar! |
| 230 | * ''Series/TheRookie'': Lucy comically says Jackson is a "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Lying liar... who lies]]", in "Brave Heart" during an argument. |
| 231 | * Can occur on the PanelShow ''Series/WouldILieToYou'' if a panelist has been particularly bad at selling a story. This is likely to result in a hilarious reaction if it then turns out that the story is actually true. |
| 232 | [[/folder]] |
| 233 | |
| 234 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 235 | * "Liar" by Music/EmilieAutumn is about a former lover(s) that lied to her. |
| 236 | * "Liar" by Music/SexPistols |
| 237 | * "Liar" by Music/{{Megadeth}} is the tale of a liar with an extremely dysfunctional family. Supposedly inspired by former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland. |
| 238 | * "Liar, Liar" by The Castaways |
| 239 | * And this super obvious one by Music/TheBandPerry called "You Lie" |
| 240 | * "He's A Liar" by Music/TheBeeGees, which also falls under ILied once, and the music video suggests he's a UnreliableNarrator anyway. |
| 241 | * ''Liar'' by Music/HenryRollins, though, unusually, told from the perspective of malignant narcissist who self-admits to being a serial liar. |
| 242 | * "That's a Lie" by Music/LLCoolJ |
| 243 | * "Lies," by 60s group the Knickerbockers. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 247 | * In ''Theatre/TheConsul'', at the climax of the second act, Magda is pushed to her RageBreakingPoint by the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Secretary]]'s repeated denial of any immediate help and starts SuddenlyShouting at her: "Liar! Liar!" |
| 248 | * Emilia to Iago in ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', after she finds out that he told Othello that Desdemona was unfaithful: |
| 249 | -->You told a lie, an odious damned lie,\ |
| 250 | Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie! |
| 251 | * In ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'', when Scarpia tells Tosca how her lover is being subjected to ColdBloodedTorture in the next room, her voice hits high C on an outburst of "Non è ver, non è ver!" ("It's not true, it's not true!") |
| 252 | * In ''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Götterdämmerung]]'', when Siegfried tells Brünnhilde that Gunther is now her husband, she exclaims in shock: "I? Gunther? Thou liest!" |
| 253 | * Lampshaded in ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'', when Don is denying that anything happened between him and Cynthia when she spent the night in his apartment: |
| 254 | -->'''David''': She claims that...\ |
| 255 | '''Don''': She lies. I never touched her. Moreover, I don't believe you. She'd never say...\ |
| 256 | '''David''': She told me, definitely, that you...\ |
| 257 | '''Don''': She lies.\ |
| 258 | '''David''': Quit yapping "she lies" in that dramatic fashion before I can even finish a sentence. Let me try to recall exactly what she ''did'' say. |
| 259 | * Creator/WilliamShakespeare, in ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'', has Dogberry list a whole pile of variations on "They lie" after he uncovers the plot against Hero. |
| 260 | * ''Theatre/PeerGynt'': "Peer, you're lying!" is the opening (and probably best-known) line of the entire play, and Peer's first line (an immediate denial) leads to an EstablishingCharacterMoment of the protagonist as an UnreliableNarrator who is also a habitual liar and a gladhandling sleaze. |
| 261 | * In ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'', when Flora and Bessie tell Serafina that her late husband was having an affair with Estelle Hohengarten, she flies into a rage and attacks the two clowns with a broom, howling at them: "Liar!--''Lie''-arrrrr!" When she recalls this with Alvaro, she doesn't want to say what lie they told about her husband, only how terrible the thought made her feel: |
| 262 | -->"I don't want to talk about it! I just want to forget it; it wasn't true, it was false, false, false!--as the hearts of the bitches who told it..." |
| 263 | * In ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', when Chino tells Maria that Tony killed her brother, her first reaction is to say to Chino that he's lying and then say it again louder. Her disbelief in this horrible truth doesn't last very long, however. |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 267 | * Used at least once by Phoenix and Apollo in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' games. |
| 268 | ** "[[MemeticMutation You're lying, dammit, and I can prove it!]]" |
| 269 | ** This is ultimately the entire point of the series: to take what people say and point out the inconsistencies, which typically includes them hiding something, or telling {{Seamless Spontaneous Lie}}s. As [[TheObiWan Mia]] points out, |
| 270 | -->"If your client's innocent, then [that witness] must be lying." |
| 271 | * At the beginning of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'', Mimir's first words to Odin are "If he says snow is white, he's ''lying!''". The implication is that Odin is such a manipulative CompulsiveLiar that it's more likely for snow to have absurdly changed color than for Odin to say something truthful with no strings attached. It serves as a warning that any of Odin's deals and offers will ''never'' be as simple as they appear. |
| 272 | * You can accuse Kreia of this several times in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''; she freely admits it and you even gain approval for doing so. |
| 273 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Muzu, the elderly adviser to the [[FishPeople Zora]] royal family with a [[FantasticRacism prejudice against Hylians]], bluntly accuses Prince Sidon of lying when informed that [[spoiler:his beloved protege, Mipha, was in love with Link, the Hylian Champion]]. |
| 274 | * Seen a few times in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' when [[ChurchMilitant Cassandra]], who is interrogating [[UnreliableNarrator Varric]], calls him out on his fabrications. Varric himself admits that he embellishes or sometimes outright lies, but the large majority of what he tells Cassandra is the truth, and she realizes that. She shuts him down a few times when she ''knows'' he's not telling the truth; on the other hand, she also tries to shut him down once or twice when he's actually being honest. The difference is that when he really is lying, he admits it when she calls him out. |
| 275 | ** Their interactions in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' sometimes have this element as well, although this time around they're much closer to being equals. They eventually become VitriolicBestBuds, and Cassandra comes to realize that she can trust him. Amusingly, it turns out that the one actual ''important'' lie from the previous game ([[spoiler:that he doesn't know where Hawke is now]]) was the one she didn't catch ''at all''. |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 279 | * ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'': "Stop lying, you liar!" |
| 280 | * Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick zigzags this trope several times... in only one strip. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0179.html Here it is.]] |
| 281 | * In ''Webcomic/FarOut'', the main character's protests are dismissed as this. |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 285 | * A large amount of the customers featured on Website/NotAlwaysRight assume that if their demands are not met to the letter, then the employee is obviously just lying in order to weasel out of having to do any work. This usually results in accusing the person to their face or running off to tell a manager. Usually both. |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 289 | * From ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', "You are... confusing me. You are attempting a deception!" |
| 290 | * WebVideo/HBomberguy, on the subject of the claim that soy raises oestrogen levels: |
| 291 | -->'''Harris:''' How do I... put this in a way that makes it not sound rude? The studies didn't say anything like what this... lying liar... ''lied about''. |
| 292 | [[/folder]] |
| 293 | |
| 294 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 295 | * The early season ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "The Witch's Garden" features Finn and Jake pissing a witch off by Jake eating one of her doughnuts and lying about it... as he's eating it. After stealing Jake's shapeshifting powers, she turns to caress one of her doughnut plants and makes a shocking discovery. |
| 296 | -->'''Doughnut Witch''': Wait a second. You're a bagel! LIAR! ''LIARS EVERYWHERE!!!!'' |
| 297 | * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Stan cannot handle Hayley's denial that she was carrying a flask: |
| 298 | -->'''Stan''': Lies! It's like you have to lie to live! You're a liabetic! You have LIE-abetes! Twice a day you have to take a shot of insu-LIE-in! |
| 299 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' gets this from the Tough Customers when coming clean about not being a habitual thief. |
| 300 | -->'''Rattles:''' You big liar! You lied! You're just a... lie-y liar! You big... lying... lie-face! |
| 301 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': What's Zuko's SurvivalMantra for dealing with his evil sister? |
| 302 | --> '''Zuko''': Azula always lies, Azula always lies, Azula always lies.... |
| 303 | ** Even when Zuko manages to accept this fact, Azula gleefully embraces it. |
| 304 | --->'''Zuko''': You ''lied'' to me!\ |
| 305 | '''Azula''': [[ManipulativeBitch Oh, like I've never done]] ''that'' before. |
| 306 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 307 | ** Meg claims that she has a boyfriend named Darren Mitchelstork who's the "chairman of the soccer ball team". Lois doesn't buy it, but humors her for a moment before laughing and calling Meg a "little liar". |
| 308 | ** When Meg tells Lois she could be having a life on Saturday night: |
| 309 | --->'''Lois''': Meg, if you don't want to babysit anymore, that's fine, but don't you stand there and lie to me. |
| 310 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Bender responds with the accusation that he is being used as a beer distiller with "Lies! Lies and slander!"... [[ImplausibleDeniability right before he burps up a bit of yeast]]. |
| 311 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn|2019}}'': Bane yells "You are a lying liar!" at [[spoiler: Joshua]] after the latter denies trying to get Harley killed. |
| 312 | * ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. As in the above quote. |
| 313 | ** No! You lie! [[LargeHam YOU LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!]] |
| 314 | ** ''YOU'RE MAKING IT UP!'' |
| 315 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rn-lqkE58I An entire video of LIES!]] |
| 316 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Beanstalk Bunny", with WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck as Jack from ''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'', WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd as the giant, and WesternAnimation/BugsBunny along for the ride. |
| 317 | -->'''Elmer:''' I smell the bwood of an English wabbit!\ |
| 318 | '''Bugs:''' Look, mac. You're the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk, right?\ |
| 319 | '''Elmer:''' Wight.\ |
| 320 | '''Bugs:''' And the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk wasn't after no rabbit, he was after Jack. Right?\ |
| 321 | '''Elmer:''' Well, I guess maybe that is wight.\ |
| 322 | '''Bugs:''' Well, then... [points at Daffy] He is Jack.\ |
| 323 | '''Daffy:''' It's a lie! It's a lie! My name is... Aloysius! His name is Jack! Jack Rabbit!\ |
| 324 | '''Bugs:''' Oh, no. You're Jack.\ |
| 325 | '''Daffy:''' I am not! You're Jack!\ |
| 326 | '''Bugs:''' You are Jack, and you know it because it is a fact.\ |
| 327 | '''Elmer:''' I guess I'll just have to [[{{Pun}} open with a pair of Jacks]]! |
| 328 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'': "You LIED! If you were a treasure chest, you would LIE at the bottom of the ocean! You would LIE in a [[HurricaneOfPuns LIEGHTHOUSE full of LIEONS and LIEMA BEANS]]!" |
| 329 | ** "Boy, that guy sure sounds like a really big liar." |
| 330 | * In the two-part season 2 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[OnlySaneMan Twilight]] must deal with her [[BreakTheCutie broken]] and {{mindrape}}d friends. Two of which, Rarity and Applejack, become a hoarder and a compulsive liar respectively. Her patience finally breaks while she's trying to get the reference guide to the Elements of Harmony from Rarity. |
| 331 | -->'''Twilight:''' Where is she? Where's Rarity?\ |
| 332 | '''Applejack:''' Beats me.\ |
| 333 | '''Twilight:''' '''''LIES!'''''\ |
| 334 | ''(BigBallOfViolence ensues)'' |
| 335 | ** Rainbow Dash to Fluttershy regarding why she can't trust Discord in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]]" after Discord claims that he never thought of trying to drive a wedge between the ponies so that they wouldn't use the Elements of Harmony against him. |
| 336 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'' episode "A Very Special Blossom", the Professor is put in jail when found with the Pro Excellence 2000 golf clubs stolen from the golf store. Blossom was the one who stole them but claimed Mojo Jojo sold them to her; she had previously told her sisters that she found them. |
| 337 | -->'''Buttercup:''' Come on, tell the truth!\ |
| 338 | '''Bubbles:''' Yeah, you big fat liar! |
| 339 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 340 | ** "Lies make baby Jesus cry." |
| 341 | ** "Last Exit to Springfield": |
| 342 | --->'''Dentist''': How often do you brush, Ralph?\ |
| 343 | '''Ralph Wiggum''': Three times a day, sir.\ |
| 344 | '''Dentist''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why must you turn my office into a house of LIES?!]]\ |
| 345 | '''Ralph Wiggum''': *in tears* You're right, I don't brush! I don't brush! |
| 346 | ** And also: |
| 347 | --->'''Marge Simpson''': Ned, I hate to say this, but I think God has packed up and left Springfield.\ |
| 348 | '''Ned Flanders''': No! You're lying, you're lying! What makes you lie?! *breaks down crying* |
| 349 | ** Homer's reaction to Flanders saying he has a home business in "Das Bus": |
| 350 | --->'''Homer''': You liar! You don't have a home business! Why would you make up a lie like that? |
| 351 | * In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'', Space Ghost cheerfully asks Moltar to come over after telling an obvious lie. When he does, Space Ghost begins [[PunctuatedPounding slapping him]]. |
| 352 | -->''Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! ({{beat}}) [[OverlyLongGag Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar!]]'' |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E2ADistantEcho "A Distant Echo"]], an extremely angry Captain Rex keeps things simple when [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Wat Tambor]] claims that Echo, the captured Republic soldier the Separatists have gotten a stolen strategy algorithm from, is dead. |
| 354 | -->'''Tambor:''' Your friend is dead. His mind is ''ours''.\ |
| 355 | '''Rex:''' '''Liar.''' |
| 356 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'': In the episode "The Beast Within" Beast Boy screams this when everybody claims that he attacked Raven. |
| 357 | --> '''Beast Boy:''' THAT'S A LIE! |
| 358 | * During the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', [[CoDragons Lugnut and Shockwave]] have a CatFight - ahem, row over which of them is the most loyal to Megatron. As Megatron facepalms at two of his soldiers acting like protoforms, you can hear ''[[NotSoStoic Shockwave]]'' yelling "Liar, lying liar!" |
| 359 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', The Monarch cross-examines Hank: |
| 360 | -->"Well, Hank... what's it like to be... a LIAR?! YOU LIKE BEING A LIAR, WITH PANTS CONSTANTLY ON FIRE?" |
| 361 | * ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown1999'': Vervain often accuses Campion of lying (with good reason), particularly in the third season. |
| 362 | * WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker accuses Buzz Buzzard of stealing his quarter in "Drooler's Delight," to which Buzz responds in his defense with hundred-dollar words like "having the temerity" and "besmerching my integrity." He tops it with "And besides...'''''It's a doity lie!!!'''''" |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 366 | * United States Representative Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson (R-SC) interrupted an address to a joint session of Congress by shouting "YOU LIE!" at President UsefulNotes/BarackObama. This quickly [[MemeticMutation became a huge deal]]. |
| 367 | * [[Series/{{Newsnight}} Jeremy Paxman]], a journalist famous for his tenacious and often confrontational interviewing style, once said that when interviewing politicians the question he always had in the back of his mind was "why is this lying bastard lying to me?" |
| 368 | * UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump accused the media of lying about [[http://www.factcheck.org/2017/01/the-facts-on-crowd-size/ the size of the crowds at his inauguration]], despite multiple photos and videos (as well as Metro ridership data) showing that the number of attendees at Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration was significantly higher. Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer repeated the claim at his first official press conference, claiming that ''"Some members of the media were engaged in deliberately false reporting,"'' and that ''"this was the largest audience to ever witness the inauguration—period. Both in person and around the globe."'' This ultimately led to Kellyanne Conway's infamous [[DoubleSpeak "alternative facts"]] statement: |
| 369 | -->'''Conway''': Don't be so overly dramatic about it, Chuck. What you're saying, it's a falsehood. And they’re giving Sean Spicer, our press secretary, gave [[UnusualEuphemism alternative facts]] to that. But the point remains--\ |
| 370 | '''NBC's Chuck Todd:''' ''(incredulous)'' Wait a minute. "Alternative facts"?\ |
| 371 | '''Conway''': That there's--\ |
| 372 | '''Todd''': Alternative facts? Four of the five facts he uttered, the one thing he got right--\ |
| 373 | '''Conway''': Hey, Chuck, why, hey Chuck--\ |
| 374 | '''Todd''': --was Zeke Miller. Four of the five facts he uttered were just not true. Look, "alternative facts" are not facts. [[EuphemismBuster They're falsehoods]]. |
| 375 | * Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA), who can best be described as a congressional [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife Karen]] for her lack of decorum and bile-laden conspiracy theories, called President Biden a "liar" during the 2023 State of the Union address when he brought up G.O.P. legislation to raid social security. Biden countered saying the legislation was on his desk and she was more than welcome to see it. She calls just about anyone with a differing view a liar and was excused from a congressional hearing for continually doing so. |
| 376 | [[/folder]] |
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