Suspiciously Specific Denials from Fan Works.
Crossovers
- There is no such thing as the Special Services in Aeon Natum Engel.
- After Many Dates: Danny and Kim:
- Danny and Kara: Dash quit the dating program "not because Bonnie, Mandy, La Cienga, Mitzi and Tricia all told him to take a hike. He quit because it was just a stupid waste of time meant for stupid, desperate losers".
- In Chapter 22 of After Many Dates: Danny and Kim, Oscar Proud says he asked for Kim's help "because she's great... and not because she's free and the police have very little respect for Proud Snacks".
- Invoked in the X-Men Film Series/Back to the Future crossover BTTX
; when Doc and Marty are trying to deflect the idea that the hovertrain is a time machine, Doc claiming that he isn’t an award-winning scientist inadvertently proves to the X-Men that they actually are time travellers because Doc is an award-winning scientist by the X-Men’s era. - Children of an Elder God: When Touji accuses Asuka of doing "something perverted" to Shinji while they were alone together, both immediately deny that anything happened. Naturally, this just arouses his suspicions."On the other hand, I gotta feel sorry for Shinji here, knowin' yer freaky abusive perverted nature. God only knows what ya did to the poor guy."
"W-we didn't do anything!" Shinji and Asuka cried.
At the same time.
Touji raised an eyebrow, then looked at the two of them suspiciously.
"Shinji, buddy, say it ain't so." - Fate Revelation Online: The subtler kind, where rather than being a blatant lie, the person speaking feels the need to leave an important loophole open:Itagaki: I wouldn't be happy if Hexi-sempai asked me to wear a maid dress because another girl asked for it.
- Justice League of Equestria; in Princess of Themyscira, Twilight has a moment where she is debating whether or not to put onthe Helm of Nabu. When Spike walks in to get her attention:Twilight: I wasn’t going to put on the Evil Artifacts of Doom!
- Hanyuu in Kyon: Big Damn Hero follows Kyon when he's bathing only because she's worried about him. She has no ulterior motive to keep an eye on him, or admire his surprisingly toned physique as he patiently watches over one of his younger cousins. She's just ensuring he was okay, unhurt after the mysterious events, and that's the only reason she's staring at him so closely!
- Kanae didn't slide into Kyon's bed intentionally, nor did she do anything with him while sleeping there. Subverted, because Haruhi believes her (as Kanae was telling the truth) though she can't help but to lampshade it.
- Last Child of Krypton: In chapter 6 of the Redux Asuka runs into Shinji at the arcade and he leaves shortly after. Later he is not in home and she goes back to the arcade and starts looking everywhere. Pointedly and out of nowhere she thinks: "There was one thing she wasn't doing at all, which was looking for Shinji."
- In Legacy, Flynn is very specific that he's not an "axe" murderer. Hatchets? Hidden blades and other tools? that's a different story.
- Oni Ga Shiku Series:
- No, Izuku most definitely did not scream like a little girl when he first met Mei.
- Combined with Loophole Abuse, Mei's newest baby... the not-shotgun.Ochako: Wait, is that a gun?
Izuku: For legal reasons, when you refer to it, we'd rather you call it Baby 1115109131. - Izuku said "Unforseen Simulation Joint", not "Universal Studios Japan". What are you talking about, Hobo-sensei?
- When Team Mario meets up with Team Luigi in chapter 64 of Paper Mario X 2, Luigi finishes his Backstory with "...and so we stopped here for a rest after NOT seeing Bowser, Eggman, and Ganondorf randomly head to the east area!"
- Rebellion:Harry: Mr. Bagman, it almost seems like you owe gangsters money, and you did something stupid like bet on me to win the tournament. Which isn't really my problem.
Ludo Bagman: No, no, I haven't gotten in a crippling debt with the goblins, when I couldn't cover all my debts, and they threatened to send me to the work mines. - Superwomen of Eva 2: Lone Heir of Krypton:
- In chapter 7's omake Shinji catches Asuka playing with dolls:Asuka: What did you see?!
Shinji: Nothing! [...] I didn't see you playing with your dolls! - In chapter 11 Asuka thinks it's disgusting when Misato is taking advantage of Shinji's caring nature to get him taking care of her. This is obviously the only reason she's angry and definitely not because Shinji is paying a lot more attention to Misato:Not that he minds, Asuka thought dourly. Honestly, the boy took to the task of playing nursemaid with far more gusto than she felt a man should. It was almost sickening how Misato was taking advantage of Shinji's caring nature while she was ill. Asuka wasn't the least bit jealous of attention he had been lavishing on Misato.
Really.
- In chapter 7's omake Shinji catches Asuka playing with dolls:
- In Thinking In Little Green Boxes, in order to keep Deadpool's cover, Harry has The Daily Prophet run a story entitled "Wonder-Mutant-Dad is most certainly NOT the new janitor at Hogwarts."
- Turnabout Storm: Apple Bloom claims in her testimony that she heard a lightning bolt while in the forest, and says that it definitely didn't scare her. Phoenix catches wind of this and presses further, revealing more information in the process.
- Much later, after the trial is over, Trixie is invited to one of Pinkie Pie's impromptu parties. She adamantly declares several times that she does not want to attend, stating that she's only doing so as a punishment. Her expression at several points gives lie to her words, however.
- In Unfamiliar, Siesta does this with regards to not speaking ill about Count Mott. It's also inverted, however, when Kirche notes a lack of denial about Alex being a plaguebearer.
- Wander over Foster's AU One-Shot (Wander over Yonder, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends): The text notes that Bloo is looking for a room that isn't too dark at night, but not because he's afraid of the dark.
- With Pearl and Ruby Glowing:
- In Flim and Flam's story, the movie fragments keep stating that what's actually happening isn't happening.
- A commercial featuring the Biskit twins ends with a disclaimer that the Largest Ever Pet Shop is not involved in animal trafficking.
- Yang Mie sabotages a Human Trafficking brothel village by letting himself get caught and interrogated as a spy, then making sure he sounds like he's lying unconvincingly when he tells them there are definitely not two thousand three hundred and nine military police officers looking for him. The traffickers flee, leaving him and their prisoners behind.
- Eleutherophobia:
- When Tom asks Jake and Marco if they gave anyone the morphing power before the auxillaries, Marco gets oddly defensive and insists that they didn't. Of course, the readers know that they don't like to talk about David.
- When Jake brings up the time the other Animorphs released 100 hermit crabs from a surf shop, Marco insists that he's falsely accusing him.
- In What Tomorrow Brings, Marco insists that he didn't shriek when Fievel the dog licked his hand.
- A.A. Pessimal's short story the Pinky-Swear expands on a Suspiciously Specific Denial made by Bernadette in-canon. The story refers to an outbreak of a certain epidemic in Africa and wonders out loud if Bernadette's famously relaxed attitude to lab discipline (with Amy's inadvertent connivance) might have somehow contributed. And the pressing need for a pinky-swear binding all parties, never to speak of this incident ever again, so long as we both shall live, amen.
- In Hogyoku ex Machina, the characters are able to project holograms of a person's memories. When presented with the Applied Phlebotinum needed to do this:Ishida: Would it modify Ichigo's memories in any way?
Mayuri: It is perfectly safe! Only the first test subjects went insane!
Ichigo: Um... - Please Stop Eating The Hell Butterflies has this note to Aizen.Our plans to counter you do not involve zombies. You should not be taking steps to counter zombies. There will be no zombies. This is not a Zombie Apocalypse. We did not get the idea from Kuchiki Rukia's movie night. Kurotsuchi-taicho is not working on a virus to turn otherwise healthy beings into flesh-eating, brain-craving horrors. There are no zombies involved. Zombies do not exist. There will be no zombies. This is not a suspiciously specific denial.
- Exaggerated in Calvin & Hobbes: The Series:Radio Shack employee: Welcome to Radio Shack. How may I help you?
Sheila: SPY EQUIPMENT! IT'S FOR MY SON'S BIRTHDAY! NOT FOR ME! MY SON! NOTHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT BUYING SPY STUFF!
- A Certain Droll Hivemind:
- Since Misaka-11111 narrates herself, she will often say "Misaka says honestly" when she's using Exact Words to get around something. Her flatmate Aino Sumiko is rather suspicious of this.I am now being glared at by Aino Sumiko. "I don't trust her when she says she says things truthfully," Aino Sumiko complained. "No one'd say that something is truthful unless they were lying."
That is offensive. I quite specifically told the truth. The Network has checked my statements and we agree that I did not lie. - When Misaka-19421 gives Misaka-11111 some advice, Misaka-11111 says aloud that she came up with it "with no one else's assistance." Misaka-19421 complains about this, leading to an argument over whether or not the Sisters are all technically the same person, and therefore it is appropriate for them to steal credit from each other."'Concussions are dangerous and should be treated promptly,' Misaka observes with no one else's assistance," I observe. Misaka-19421 considers this objectionable, but I remind her that as fellow members of the Network we can be said to count as the same person. She points out that I have previously argued otherwise. She is obviously wrong and I do not need to explain further how the cases are different.
- Since Misaka-11111 narrates herself, she will often say "Misaka says honestly" when she's using Exact Words to get around something. Her flatmate Aino Sumiko is rather suspicious of this.
- Cool Cat Saves Vietnam: The fic would like to remind you many times that Cool Cat is Daddy Derek's biological son.
- Played With in Floating Hands' Countdown To Infinite Crisis, in which Blue Beetle concludes Batman is hiding something from him because of Batman's Suspiciously Existent Denial that anything's wrong.Blue Beetle: When there's really nothing wrong you always say stuff like "There's always something wrong in Gotham!" or "Is anything ever right in this world?" Am I right?
Batman: I hate you. - New Tamaran: When asked how he knows about Cyborg's source of wealth, Beast Boy says "I... most certainly do not use my shape-shifting to sneak in and watch!".
- Teen Titans The Abridged Series: Starfire says she uses happy thoughts to fly. Raven asks what she thinks of and Starfire says she thinks of Robin. Raven asks if she means her friendship with Robin. Starfire says that's it, and nothing else, and certainly nothing involving chains and hot wax.
- In All You Need Is Love, Light calls an informal meeting with L and Naomi Misora to tell them that Kira texted him for advice in the case of say he might have uh, "misplaced" a Death Note... so what should we do about it?L: Light-kun, it's already obvious that you're Kira.
Light: No, I'm not Kira... And you look like a meth addict so no-one will ever believe you. - In A Charmed Life Light claims in his inner monologue that he doesn't miss L or even think of him... and then he takes the time to send L postcards and taunting e-mails.
- A Cure for Love: Just so you all know Light is "not gay" and "not Kira." Also Light keeps making up excuses as to why it would be bad to kill L now or why it would be advantageous to save his life and at one point when Light considers resuming his search for L he insists it's not because he misses him but just because he wants his crappy CD player back. It's the Principle of the Thing.
- In Death Note: The Abridged Series (kpts4tv), Ryuk makes the following proposition:Ryuk: Tell you what — I need a place to stay. If you let me bunk with you maybe we can experiment together. W-with the Death Note. Not each other. You're a sick little girl, you know that?!
Light: But I'm a boy!
Ryuk: Riiight. - Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami - Dark is not gay. The author want to make this very clear:Light’s parents had made light’s bed into a double bed (I know what your thinking sickos no theres no slash!)
Light and Dark were in bed together but only because there parents were to poor to get separate rooms its not like their gay or anything!
he loved Dark which maybe he did a little but not really cos Darks not gay!!!! SERIOUSLY
"I am not gay" Darksaid because the readers at home might think so other ways.
"Where did you get him he is very hansom!" dark said but only because he was a clone of him HES NOT GAY." - Seigikan: Nope, no narcissistic complex here:Light: Of course, I kept up the appearance of being the perfect specimen. I was smart, personable, and damn sexy. Oh no, there's no narcissistic complex here—it's just another statement of facts; my genetics were damn good.
- Also Light becomes obsessed about winning in the seductive game he's playing with L even though he frequently claims that L disgusts him.
- In the AU Those Who Stand for Nothing Fall for Anything, L only realizes that Light really is in love with him when he responds to L leaving by angrily declaring that he never loved him anyway.
- In a fanfic series expanding Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, author A.A. Pessimal would like to formally deny that the country of Rimwards Howondaland has anything at all to do with the Republic of South Africa in the old apartheid days. Even if apartheid is such a crazy concept it might as well have originated on TP's mirror-world. (Discworld apartheid is currently being tested by immigrant Igors, who have a terrible habit of attaching body parts originating with black people onto whites who need an upgrade. The Rimwards Howandalandian Staadt is still trying to racially classify the results of Igor interventions.)
- Nor does the Vondalaans language have anything other than superficial similarities to Afrikaans. It is simply the original language of Sto Kerrig, a Discworld nation justly famed for tulips, clogs, windmills and that cheese with the red outer rind note , transplanted to Howondaland, with white settlers from SK. Right?
- And Sto Kerrig is not Holland either, despite the tulips, and the unmistakeable fact that neighbouring Sto Lat is, like Luxembourg, a Grand Duchy, while Sto Helit (like Belgium) grows lots of sprouts and cabbages. Now go to The Black Sheep, and read on...
- Howondaland is perhaps, in the best Discworld tradition, a place for characters in the ongoing story to come from...
- In Mirror, Mirror, as a Take That! to the retcon of the first game's epilogue:Hawke: Don't I remember hearing that you once killed three kids? I don't think you get to talk about dangers to children.
Cullen: Wha - Where did you hear that? That's a lie! Complete, scandalous libel! [...] That never happened! Total fabrications designed to smear my reputation! Besides, that was like years ago, man, and in a whole nother country, and anyway they weren't kids, they were apprentices, which is totally different.
- Dragon Ball Z Abridged, regarding Planet Vegeta's fate: "Stupid monkeys hit by falling rocks. (not deathball thrown by Freeza)"
- Also used by Gohan to try to hide his dragon radar from Vegeta:Vegeta: Stupid-looking watch you got there.
Gohan: Yes. It tells time. And nothing else. - Lampshade Hanging when Vegeta tries to get Krillin to jumpstart his Came Back Strong.Vegeta: I need you to, AND FOLLOW ME ON THIS ONE... almost kill me.
Krillin: Almost ...kill you?
Vegeta: Yeah.
Krillin: ...And there's no repercussion for this?
Vegeta: (beat)I will not punch you.
Krillin: Oddly specific.
- Also used by Gohan to try to hide his dragon radar from Vegeta:
- In the lemon fic White Christmas, Harry briefly pretends to be seduced by a succubus in order to protect Molly from her, and thoughtfully informs us that:...my hands [roamed] her body to sell the act and for no other reason.
- The Chosen Four:
- Everdread has a bunch of bags stored in his house. All of them are labeled "Not Stolen".
- He also gives Ness and Paula a wad of bills (following the game's plot) and he tells it is most certainly not stolen twice, out of nowhere.
- The girl in the Twoson Theater greets Ness and Paula saying: "Hi! I am a stalker not at all!"
- Shroom informs the heroes he is definitely not suspicious.
- The central joke of Friendship Is Forever by Slowkings Kyurem is that the Lemony Narrator is constantly denying that Ike and Soren's behavior suggests they're in love with each other at every opportunity. Highlights include saying that Soren was concerned for Ike in a "normal, healthy, un-obsessive way that none of the other mercenaries found slightly creepy in the least" and saying that Soren's response to Ike asking him to run away with him was done in "an entirely chaste and non-eyebrow-raising fashion."
- In Summer 2010, Kurt's dad gives Finn a summer job at his garage. Kurt gives him a pair of overalls and says that they should fit since the last guy who wore them was about Finn's size.Finn: Uh. Should I ask what happened to the last guy?
Kurt: I didn't sell his kidneys on the black market, if that's what you're worried about.
Finn: Huh. I really wasn't until just now.- To clarify, Kurt didn't sell his kidneys on the black market. He was fired when he slapped Kurt on the ass and called him Princess when Kurt's dad was within earshot.
- First Impressions: Murdoc Niccals is accused of ordering Noodle as a mail-order bride, and insists that "I got my limits, okay, fatarse? I don't do little kids or coma patients, and for the record that thing with the cat was taken entirely out of context!" The "little kids" part is presumably entirely true. The "Suspiciously Specific" part is because coma patients had not been previously mentioned, so 2D is naturally suspicious. Technically Murdoc's telling the truth. No more details about the cat thing, though. Also, earlier on, Murdoc ropes 2D into helping him kidnap Russel. When Russel notices that 2D is nervous and asks if he's okay, 2D responds with "Oh yeah, I'm fine, and I'm doin' absolutely nothing suspicious at all!"
- In The Dogfather, the narration offers a couple on behalf of Snape, who definitely doesn't envy Harry his happy family, and certainly wasn't thrown off when Sirius voluntarily came to him to apologize for his past behavior.
- In Hand-Delivered Letter Dumbledore shows up at the Tonks'.Nymphadora Tonks: If this is about the case of dungbombs that was set off in the dungeons last year, I had nothing to do with it...
- Hogwarts Exposed: Nudity has nothing to do with sex, and in case you don't believe us we'll keep bringing up sex in relation to nudity over and over again in the course of the next 700,000 words.
- From the opening of the How It Should Have Ended parody of Harry Potter, quoth Dumbledore, "Welcome, everyone, to Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, a place, I assure you, is safe for children, and has absolutely no history that might threaten our entire existence."
- In Learning and Teaching 3 Harry and Snape visit the Burrow.Fred/George: We swear we didn't sell anything to any first year.
- Like a Red-Headed Stepchild:Possessed!Luna: Yes, hello, I am Luna Lovegood, first year Ravenclaw and not a dark lord enacting any evil plans. How are you?
- In The Long Road Home Ron is filling out an auror application form.Ron: Question seven: Have you ever been in contact with illegal animals? Answer: no I have not, not even dragons.
- Luna's Hubby:Luna: I just wanted to know how a broom worked.
Larry: Why?
Luna: It's not so that I can use it to fly out to find Harry Potter. - In The Revenge of Lord Vodkamort by Lizbee (which was written pre-HBP), Draco is defending his actions during the final battle to Snape:Snape: Well, you did declare your loyalty to Hogwarts and the Ministry rather late in the day.
Draco: I didn't know that Voldemort had already been defeated.
Snape: You spent the previous half-hour hexing parties on both sides of the conflict, while making your way towards the Forbidden Forest.
[...]
Draco: Alright, I may have been moving in a Forest-related direction. But that hardly means that I was planning to flee to the south of France to spend my life and remaining fortune drinking cocktails in the company of nubile Veelas.
Snape: Of course not. - My Immortal: "You might think I'm a slut but I'm really not."
- In Naturally Harry and Newt are greeted by their toddler when they get home.Harry: And what are you doing still awake little miss? You should be in bed.
Theseus: Sorry, I'm sorry! I definitely did not fall asleep and forget to take Tamsin up to bed. - In The Rigmarole Dance Harry comes home from his fifteenth birthday party only to be confronted with his parents and Dumbledore.Harry: It wasn't me brewing Polyjuice Potion in the girl's lavatory.
- The Talk:Mr. Weasley: Boys, I think there's something we need to talk about.
Ron: Whatever Ginny said it's a complete and utter lie. She was the one who told me to do it anyway. - In The Time It Took, Harry breaks up with his boyfriend Roger because he saw him kissing a woman. Later, Roger shows up drunk at Harry's apartment while Ron is there.Roger: I might have a problem with women, but it didn't mean that—
Harry: You also told me you didn't drink.
Roger: Fuck you! I am not an alcoholic.
Ron: No one said you were, mate, but if you're bringing it up, what are we supposed to believe? - A Very Potter Musical:Draco Malfoy: You know who the last girl I'd ever ask to the Yule Ball would be? That Hermione Granger. Not even if we were the last two people on Earth and she looked stunning in her ball gown so that every time I looked at her I got butterflies in my tummy. Not even then.
- In Wandwood Harry makes one as a joke when meeting Dumbledore for the first time.Harry: I don't know what the old guy said but I swear I was never near the Elderwood retirement home for the crochety.
- Episode 9 of The Abridging of Haruhi Suzumiya has this.Man: If you excuse me, I need to do some important work upstairs. And that's all.
[cue onscreen text] [ This is what happens when you let Zeromaster improv his lines... o3o ]
Man: Nothing suspicious about that. Definitely not downloading porn. Nope, just me doing work upstairs. That's about it.
Kyon: Okay, he is so up to something.
- In the AU Hell to Pay, there's a moment of this after Alfred and Arthur finish going on a date, and the former calls Kiku.Alfred: Yo, Kiku.
Kiku: I-I did not take any pictures.
Alfred: ...what? Why would you?
Kiku: ...your date went well then?
Alfred: Yeah, hold up, what was that about pictures—?
- From Option 4 by Vex The Warlord:She had to be cool, composed...
"I assure you that I am not entering into any sort of perverse alien redrom situation involving multiple matesprits!" It was the perfect lie.
Kanaya stared at Karkat for several tense moments, watching as he began to believe her clever lie.
"WHAT?!" Karkat shouted suddenly, his voice loud and filled with equal parts confusion, shock, incredulousness and more shock. Clearly he did not read the part about it being the perfect lie.
- For the Glory of Irk: When Dib mentions the Three Laws of Robotics during a conversation with his family, Foodio 3000 states without prompting that he's fully compliant to the laws and has certainly never imagined burning down the Membranes' home with them locked inside.
- The Last Irken: When Dib questions why he's understood every alien he's ever met, Zim says that all aliens speak English, and he definitely didn't put an auto-translator on Dib's skull when he wasn't looking.
- In The Web of The Spider-Man, Tony Stark immediately denies that he's a superhero when pressed about his new "bodyguard", Iron Man. The reporter asking him the question points out that he never accused him of that. He spills the beans about five seconds later.Reporter: I'm sorry Mr. Stark, but do you honestly expect us to believe that was a bodyguard in a suit? That conveniently appeared despite the fact that-
Tony: I know it's confusing. It is one thing to question the official story and another to make wild accusations or insinuate that I'm, uh, a superhero.
Reporter: I never said you were a superhero.
Tony: You didn't...
- The author of the Deconstruction Fic Renegade Reinterpretations would like you to know that the extranet's largest MMO, Galaxy of Fantasy, which claims influences from Turian Mythology, totally doesn't have in-game groups analogous to all the significant species. It was totally not inspired to start a new period of in-game plot development by having the in-game race that was totally not the Batarians instigate a threat to the entire in-game world that is totally not the Galaxy by summoning a terrible, all-destroying presence that is totally not Humanity from the nether-realm that then turned on them and nearly destroyed the world. Really. And the fact that over 95% of Human players sign up as that faction for their first character when it later became playable is just a coincidence as well.
- Of Patience and Pettiness uses this as a Running Gag with Eden. Whenever a chapter includes her, the author makes a comment in their end-of-chapter notes about how wonderfully nice and normal she is. Needless to say, they're telling the truth — Eden really is a perfectly ordinary girl. Just one who has a lot in common with Marinette, and gets mistaken for Ladybug.
- Scarlet Lady:
- In "Timebreaker", Alix's father tells her that the rule that the last-born child gets the pocket watch most certainly wasn't made up just because of Jalil.
- In "Dark Cupid", Marigold visits Adrien because she heard a rumor about him writing her a valentine, that she definitely didn't hear at his school. Adrien's response is that the valentine is to show appreciation for her as a hero and not because he has a crush on her.
- In Won't Tell a Soul, Nino accidentally let it slip to Adrien that Ladybug is in their class while freaking out about him being Cat Noir, then quickly denies it and begs him not to think too hard about it.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Contraptionology!: Twilight, while in complete OCD mode, realizes that Applejack has some idea of Pinkie's education. Since she would like to keep this a secret, and tries to deny this... by telling a thorough and detailed description of the truth and trying to pass it off as a random fabrication.
- The Lemony Narrator of Equestria: A History Revealed seems to feel the need to specifically point out that her biography of King Sombra was not at all copied off from Ponipedia. She still italicizes the source like it was properly cited though, bringing it to even greater attention.
- In Flutterspy, a Not My Driver situation results in Rarity and Fluttershy's carriage almost being hijacked by an evil ninja until a secret agent saves them, with Fluttershy mixed up in all the chaos. When Rarity asks what all the ruckus was about, Fluttershy assures her that "Absolutely no ninja fights happened on top of the carriage."
- Friendship is Witchcraft, as Twilight sings about having a crush on her brother, she insists that watching him sleep at night was "not creepy", and later murdering her competition was "not evil".
- My Little Pony: Camaraderie is Supernatural: In "Mockery in the Moon", Celestia's letter ordering Twilight to go to Ponyville includes the post-script "This totally isn't a thinly-veiled Batman Gambit meant to prevent the impeding pony apocalypse. For serious."
- In Nosflutteratu, Garlic Flank Stake just grows garlic. She certainly doesn't do anything with reckless or dangerous with it afterwards.
- The Pieces Lie Where They Fell: In the sequel Picking Up the Pieces, Gentle's claim at the second bar that they're eating together but not dating. Their waitress isn't convinced, but plays along.
- Progress has several examples from Princess Luna:
- When asked if she's still hung up over having been Nightmare Moon: "I'm not thinking about it or worried over it and she doesn't appear in my dreams!"
- When trying to keep her identity a secret: "This is not at all an elaborate deception to conceal anything."
- And again, reassuring everyone that her fake identity is in fact real: "Y-Yes! A perfectly normal librarian who is not in any way, shape or form Princess Luna so nopony needs to feel embarrassed for any behavior they may have committed!"
- And in a fan-written chapter, Celestia most certainly was not considering getting her guards to sex up Luna.
- In Release, while the Mane Six are discussing how they deal with their heats, Fluttershy says she rides it out in her cottage.Fluttershy: And definitely... Definitely don't go out into the woods and... See what happens...
- The Shimmerverse/Sunsetverse crossover Shimmering Sunsets has a Gilliganesque version:Ditzy: My daughter is not growing up to be some foul mouthed thug living on the streets of Manehatan as part of some gang until while high on drugs she gets shanked by some crazy homeless pony and bleeds out from damage to her liver.
Dinky: ...my mommy has a very vivid imagination. - The Triptych Continuum has a meta-example of this trope. The narration of the stories will frequently go out of its way to state that seaponies do not exist, even when this has nothing to do with the topic at hoof. A certain portion of the readerbase suspects that Estee would not be going so far out of her way to make it clear that nobody in the Continuum believes seaponies exist unless seaponies do in fact exist in the Continuum, and the revelation of their existence is going to be a major plot point at some point.
- Twilight's List has Rainbow Dash engaging in this constantly when she's nervous or excited, because she doesn't GET nervous or excited, really! She even does this in her inner monologues, denying how she is feeling even as she shows visible outward signs of it.
- Ultra Fast Pony.
- In her introduction, Applejack tips off the audience that she's in The Irish Mob by insisting that she's from a perfectly normal family—after threatening to kill Twilight.Twilight: This farm smells like pony droppings.
Applejack: Well it'll smell a lot worse after I bury you under it.
Twilight: What?
Applejack: Oh, nothing, no need to get alarmed, we're just a normal family. Oh, we sell apples, we sell apples. (winks) - In "The Cheesen One", we find out how Rainbow Dash's mom died:Rainbow Dash: But then she died of a heart attack because her arteries were clogged. But the cheese factory told me it had nothing to do with all the cheese she ate! And I believe them because they gave me a lot of money.
- In her introduction, Applejack tips off the audience that she's in The Irish Mob by insisting that she's from a perfectly normal family—after threatening to kill Twilight.
- Subverted in The Writing on the Wall. Daring Do encounters an ancient building with writing on the wall saying "No great deed is commemorated here. Nothing of value is here. What is here is dangerous and repulsive." She concludes that this is a straight example of the trope, the building is full of treasure and historical documents, and the writing on the wall is a bluff to scare off grave robbers. Unfortunately for her, the writing on the wall was completely true, and if it sounds familiar, that's because it's the opening of what is meant to be a warning about the dangers of nuclear waste.
- Dreaming of Sunshine has Shikako doing this deliberately in order to warn Fuu about the Akatsuki.
- Jokers Wild has Anko accidentally mention secreting poison. When Sarutobi points out that he thought she said she coated her breasts with poison, Anko quickly agrees.Anko: Yes, of course. It's not like I secrete poison from my nipples or anything! That'd be silly.
- This is done seriously in A Teacher's Glory at one point. Despite being Dark Is Not Evil, the Aburame Clan has a bad reputation. They've been accused of feeding their own children to bugs before, so one immediately denies it when Naruto happens across a related subject.
- In Vapors there is an international, kunoichi-only diplomacy meeting that includes a hot springs. The Mizukage reveals she has Anbu tasked with keeping Jiraiya and all suspicious frogs out of the city limits. Tsunade brings up that Jiraiya doesn't want to peep on his god-daughter Aiko, who is also present. Aiko objects to being used as pervert-deterrent but Yugito (who Aiko humiliated in a fight a few chapters previously) says:Yugito: Uzumaki, you're a buzz-kill. I think in punishment, you should be used to ward off Jiraiya. That statement is not merely motivated by self-interest or personal dislike.
- Advice and Trust: In chapter 8 Ritsuko decides to up Rei's drug dose because she does not want Rei developing emotions and getting rebellious thoughts. Then she repeats herself that is her only reason, and most definitely she is not doing it because she is afraid that Rei will take Gendo's attention away from her.'I don't want to have to factor that into the healing process or the brain scans. I'll leave that until they're done. But I definitely need to up her dose. Can't have Rei waking up one day and deciding she wants to start doing her own thinking. Little dolls don't need to think.'
She carefully didn't think about little dolls taking a certain Commander's attention away from her. That had nothing to do with it at all. She was no petty, insecure woman scrabbling for any advantage to get ahead, no. - Doing It Right This Time: Asuka does not find Rei cute. No, of course not. That would be silly.A little bit, but probably not by grabbing random classmates to conduct "experiments" with. If nothing else, Asuka won't let her do that sort of thing; she's too protective of her friend, definitely a friend, she does not have a crush on Rei Akagi no matter how cute she is now...
- A Little Angel on My Shoulder: After a phone call, Zeruel looks upset and Matarael asks if he is all right:Zeruel: Y-YES. I AM FINE. WE ARE FINE. WE CERTAINLY DID NOT JUST GET A CALL ABOUT OUR IMMINENT DEATHS.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion Senshi No Michi: In episode 4 Misato has picked up Shinji and Asuka and is driving them to Nerv for first time:Misato: We just have to show you two a few things before you can get a decent night's sleep. Sorry.
Asuka: A few things?
Misato: Just a few things at NERV. I haven't been told yet, we'll find out when we get there. Don't worry, it's nothing bad, or strange...
Asuka: I never said that it might be. - Nobody Dies has a couple:
- Such as the Ree (clones of Rei) talking to canon!Shinji: "And we're totally not eight clones of your mother." "Seriously."
- Then there's when Asuka offhandedly mentions to Kaworu that Uriel (Kaworu's sort-of clone) is an Angel now, Kaworu quickly replies "Really? I'm not." Asuka is suspicious but doesn't say anything.
- Read the Fine Print: When the Third and Second Child start speaking in German, Ritsuko cuts them off, feeling annoyed because they were wasting her time and definitely not because she cannot understand her conversation."As interesting as I'm sure your conversation is," Ritsuko interrupted in typical adult annoyance which had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that she couldn't understand them, "can we please get back to business?"
- RE-TAKE pulls one off: after killing Arael, Shinji is called into the infirmary to determine whether he suffered mental contamination or not. When asked whether he's seeing things that should not be there, he looked at the vision of Future!Asuka sneering at him and said that he doesn't see anybody. Notice the slip-up? Misato does too.Hyuga: What happened, Major? Shinji said he didn't see anythin—
Misato: Wrong. He said anybody. Replying to a question about things with anybody means he's seeing someone and he's trying to cover it up. - Rise of the Minisukas:
- After tailoring a training program for Shinji, Asuka considers making another for Rei. She then discards the idea because Rei clearly does not need her help, and definitely not because it might hinder "her non-existent plans to woo the idiot".
- Mana introduces herself to Shinji's class by happily declaring she is not a spy for a military organization.
- The Second Try: The really funny part about this exchange in the first chapter is that Asuka wasn't trying to hide her worry for Shinji; she was trying to cover for an Out-of-Character Moment betraying that she's a time-traveler. And for once, her reputation as a Tsundere helps her out and no one notices the slip.Misato: You're worried?
Asuka: Worried? Ha! Why should I be? It was his own fault that he's trapped in there!
Misato: I haven't even mentioned Shinji...
- This Bites!:
- Chapter 13:Cross' Narration: I most decidedly did not squeal like a stuck pig when a dozen different scalpels buried themselves in the wood around my head.
- Chapter 35:Cross' Narration: [faced with a furious Sanji] I most certainly did not swallow heavily.
- Chapter 43:Third Person Narration: After a minute or so, Tashigi re-entered the room, furtively swiping at eyes that were pointedly not red or fluffy.
- Chapter 13:
- Pokémon Reset Bloodlines:
- Chapter 18: Misty sees Ash and Iris training together and bonding with each other rather quickly, and begins having a strange, negative feeling inside. Her Psyduck suggests she's actually jealous, and Misty says that she isn't right after listing that Iris is a girl, interested in battles like Ash, athletically attractive, and could probably be convinced to be "some nudist fantasy girlfriend" without effort.
- In the Lara Gaiden sidestory, a series of mysterious accidents keep injuring racers participating in the Big P Pokémon Race. When Dario is called out for not bothering to help any of the victims, he defensively retorts that "it ain't [his] fault". Nobody was actually accusing him of being involved, but this naturally makes Lara and Hex suspicious.
- The 2019 Holiday Special has Gordie trying to convince himself that he just can't stand his mother. To this end, he tells his Coalossal that they're only going to his old home in order to visit his siblings, and that his mother just might happen to be there.
- This tribute has Beth make a number of definite statements, including:
- Her heart's not broken, and she's not consumed with rage so strong her body is on fire.
- She's not smiling to hide her every tortured thought.
- Her life is not dull, she is a real doctor, and her family fulfils her.
- She's not feeling old just because her daughter is now the same age as Beth was when she had her.
- She has no nightmares about Froopyland.
- She's never had sociopathic tendencies, and most certainly has not realised that she's exactly like Rick.
- And of course, she is absolutely adamant that she's fine.
- Who's Your Daddy: Weiss very much doesn't have a sister complex, which she doesn't hesitate to bring up even in unrelated conversation. Not helping things is that when Team RWBY thought Jaune had impregnated his sister (actually, it was his sister-in-law), Weiss gave a big speech about how having sexual feelings for your older sister was natural but you absolutely shouldn't ever act on them.
- In this 4koma, Teru denies that Saki is her younger sister, only to be overwhelmed with rage when recalling having her breasts made fun of. A one with a similar punchline is here.Teru: I don't have a sister that would tell me things like "let's graduate from A-cup" or "Onee-chan's boobs aren't worth fondling!" GARR!!!
Reporter: So she is your sister.
- In The Mysterious Case of Neelix's Lungs, Gul Evek basically threatens Suspiria that if he were to destroy her Space Station he would Make It Look Like an Accident. Suspiria thinks this is Actually Pretty Funny.Gul Evek: What a shame it would be, if, say, these untested, brand-new, powerful weapons were to, say, be fired—purely by accident, of course!—at this space station, if, say, Captain Stadi's rather reasonable requests would be ignored. I would, of course, be deeply shocked and angered by the gross violation of hospitality, however accidental—shocked, I tell you!—but I would, regrettably, have no recourse but to shelve the inevitable shipboard investigation—only after the most rigorous investigation, of course, but such an investigation would, of course, only turn up the obvious and very unfortunate conclusion that a tetryon array had fired accidentally, and not that, say, I had ordered Dalin Marritza to destroy this space station for your refusal to admit to the crimes committed against the Ocampa species.
- This parody has Blue Pearl posing as Blue Diamond:Blue Pearl: This is definitely Blue Diamond speaking. And uh, you all get a day off.
- In Vision of Escaflowne Abridged, Allen Schezar really sucks at hiding the whole "fathered a bastard child with Marlene" thing.Prince Chid: My late mother often told me about a brave knight named Allen. Tell me, did you know Marlene of Asturia?
Allen: Uh, well, yeah, but not intimately... I mean not biblically! ...I mean, y-yeah, we met.- Later, when the group is falsely accused and in jail...Prince Chid: I want to believe you... Even before meeting you, I thought of you as a second father.
Allen: Oh, what a vivid imagination you have there! Totally ridiculous!
Hitomi: Allen! He's bonding with you, would you just gain his trust already?
Allen: Uh, what I mean to say is that I have also come to think of you as a very symbolic, very not literal son.
- Later, when the group is falsely accused and in jail...
- In Jeurgen Chronicles (Ciaphas Cain from the perspective of his aide, Gunner Ferik Jeurgen), Jeurgen denies quite stringently about having an extensive and varied Porn Stash, claiming that they're "very important Commissar documents and not anything else, especially not anything that might be considered heretical or unprofessional."
- In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series:
- Alex Brisbane's first line to the gang is: "My name is Dr Alex Brisbane, and I'm definitely not a villain." He continues to say this throughout, even when talking about his evil schemes.
- In the beginning of the Duelist Kingdom tournament, Pegasus assures the contestants that "this tournament is 100% genuine, and is not in any way an elaborate ruse thrown together at the last minute so that I can get my hands on an Ancient Egyptian artifact."
- In "The Other Abridged Movie", we see that Seto Kaiba has "cameras all over Japan" and uses them to spy on Yugi to be always "one step ahead". Even when Yugi is in the shower. When they duel, we get this exchange:Kaiba: When I'm through with you, you're going to have to take a shower to wash away the smell of defeat! And I won't be watching you do it!
Yugi: ...why would you be watching me?
Kaiba: I don't know. I just wanted you to make sure you knew I wouldn't be.
Yugi: But I never thought...
Kaiba: Good! Because I won't!
Yugi: Why would I think that you'd be watching...?
Kaiba: I dunno.
Yugi: OK... - This one speaks for itself:Mai: So, Joey, about that dream you had—
Joey: I was not wearing a dog suit, and I was not having dream sex with Kaiba! - "Attention, duelists! My hair is definitely not leading you into a trap!"
- Marik: "I am Malik Blishtar, in no way related to Marik Ishtar!"
- Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged:
- Hiei in part three of the movie. It is, of course, lampshaded by Kurama.Hiei: Well I didn't float here downriver if that's what you're asking.
Kurama: Nobody insinuated that, Hiei.
Hiei: Good, because that's not what happened! - Episode 20 has Hiei do this again:Yusuke: What are you doing this for, anyway? Isn't this supposed to be Botan's thing?
Hiei: I'm not hurting for work, I don't know what you're talking about.
Yusuke: ...good to hear, I guess...
- Hiei in part three of the movie. It is, of course, lampshaded by Kurama.
- A New Dawn:Judy: But now, with Gideon... I think you really like him.
Dawn: What? That's ridiculous! He's just a friend!
Judy: ...That's all I was implying.
Dawn: Oh...
