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1->'''Calvin''': Dad, what causes wind?\
2'''Dad''': Trees sneezing.\
3'''Calvin''': Really?\
4'''Dad''': No, but the truth is more complicated.
5-->-- ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
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7->'''[[AwesomenessByAnalysis Tattletale]]:''' Okay, well, imagine that this woman got powers that let her turn into something so wrong that she's got some sort of mental block that keeps her from transforming if anyone can see. Maybe because she's so ashamed of being seen like that. When nobody's looking, though, she's a monster. Lightning-fast and all sharp.\
8'''Skitter:''' That's...\
9'''Tattletale:''' Not even remotely close to the truth. But it's the best I can offer you. Don't take your eyes off her.
10-->-- ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
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12->"All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."\
13'''REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THAT PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.'''\
14"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little-—"\
15'''YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.'''\
16"So we can believe the big ones?"\
17'''YES. JUSTICE, MERCY, DUTY, THAT SORT OF THING.'''
18-->--''Literature/{{Hogfather}}''
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20->'''Steak:''' You see, the body is like a special house! With blood, hair, and organs in the different rooms! Oh look, there's Mister Bladder in the basement! ''*laughs a little*''
21->'''Duck Guy:''' What?
22->'''Steak:''' Now food comes in through the chimney (mouth), and goes from room to room, greeting the different organs! Now, the good healthy food is very nice and polite to the organs, and so is invited to stay for the party! Yay! But the bad, not healthy foods, are very rude, and must leave through the cat flap!
23->'''Spinach Can:''' Rude!
24->'''Duck Guy:''' ...That doesn't make sense-
25->'''Spinach Can:''' Doot doot doot doot doot! Doot doot doot doot doot to be healthy!
26-->-- ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared 5''
27
28->'''Girl:''' -and then mommy kissed daddy, and the angels told the stork, and the stork flew down from heaven, and left a diamond under a leaf in the cabbage patch, and the diamond turned into a baby!\
29'''Pugsley:''' Our parents are having a baby, too.\
30'''Wednesday:''' [[AvertedTrope They had sex.]]
31-->-- ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues''
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33->'''Gob:''' Anyway, [Steve] wants to go to the fair, but I don't wanna hurt his feelings. So, I need ''you'' to do it. Just tell him that I'm out of town on one of my trips.\
34'''Michael:''' I'm not gonna lie to your son.\
35'''Gob:''' ''Come on!'' I lie to yours all the time!
36-->-- ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', "Notapusy"

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