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This trope occurs when a statement is not true — at least according to the most obvious meaning of the words — but if you squint hard enough it could be considered true. The justification generally hinges on a technicality which most people would not consider valid (e.g., "Japan conquered the world" is clearly false in the literal sense, but Japanese culture is very popular worldwide, which one could say is a form of dominance). One way to make this trope work is to play with the Exact Words, but particularly bad cases may require a Personal Dictionary or outright Insane Troll Logic. This is most commonly used by oracles who are trying to create a Prophecy Twist but haven't sufficiently mastered the art of double meanings. Instead of taking advantage of a non-obvious but genuine ambiguity of phrasing, or relying on elaborate symbolism, the oracle makes an unambiguous statement and tries to pretend that there was another valid meaning. It is also what separates a Literal Genie from a Jackass Genie, as the latter stretches the interpretation of the wish beyond the bounds of credibility just to screw over the wisher. Also often used by The Fair Folk and others who Cannot Tell a Lie. It can be a (questionable) way to Take a Third Option when faced with the question of whether to tell the truth if it will cause harm. Less commonly, it is used in the wake of a Retcon, in an effort to smooth over the inconsistencies introduced by said retcon. A particularly infamous example occurs in the Star Wars movies, where, "Darth Vader betrayed and murdered your father" was pronounced true "from a certain point of view" in the third film, even though in the first film the line clearly indicated that they were two different men. Nevertheless, George L insists that the metaphorically-true meaning was always what he intended. This is also likely to come up in a Life-or-Death Question, where it may be that this is the answer that a particularly sadistic or unfair questioner wanted. Often someone will mention this unfairness, but it usually won't change the outcome. Compare Distinction Without a Difference, Double Speak, False Reassurance, Loophole Abuse, Keeping Secrets Sucks, Both Sides Have a Point (or contrasting, depending on the circumstances), Stealth Pun, Visual Pun, Pragmatic Villainy, Blue-and-Orange Morality, Ignorance Is Bliss, and Lying by Omission. Contrast Prophecy Twist, in which the alternative interpretation is not anticipated by the characters (and hopefully the audience), but is literally accurate and makes sense when revealed. Also contrast Motivational Lie, where a lie or half-truth is justified as what the hero 'needed to hear'. |
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In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, what Kyubey tells to Kyoko when asked if Sayaka could be turned back into a human after having turned into a witch is technically not meant to say that it is possible... But the way he phrases it doesn't make it look impossible either. This gives Kyoko enough hope to try, and ultimately results in Kyoko having to sacrifice herself to put Witch!Sayaka out of her misery when it doesn't work. Later on, Kyubey acknowledges that he phrased his statement that way because he wanted Kyoko to die, so that Homura was left with no companions to fend off the ultimate witch, Walpurgis Night, when it appears, unless Madoka accepts a Puella Magi contract. In general, Kyubey is made of this; he never actually lies, he just withholds any relevant information unless specifically asked about it, and even then he's...careful with his phrasing. | |
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Othello: Instead of telling a flat-out lie, Iago often simply plays up everyone else's insecurities, creatively spotlights and phrases certain information, and lets them draw their own conclusions. | |
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In Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Quattro Bajeena/Char Aznable infamously says "I've never betrayed anyone in my entire life", a statement that seemingly belies all credibility since Char is infamous for betraying anyone on a whim. The nuance here is that Char considers himself on no side but his own most of the time, and as such from his perspective it was not a betrayal since he was never really was on their side. Another (out-of-series) interpretation comes from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin when one considers that it was not Char Aznable but rather Casval Rem Deikun who betrayed all those people, as the real Char Aznable died years ago having been doublecrossed by Casval into doing a fatal Twin Switch that saw Casval take up his identity while the shuttle he was taking was blown up by the Zabi family. | |
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From Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony: In order to try and goad the participants into killing each other, Monokuma sets a time limit, at the end of which "every student forced to participate in this killing game will die" if no murders occur before then. Ultimate Detective Shuichi Saihara caught on to a possible hidden meaning behind Monokuma's wording - if every student "forced to participate" will die, then any who volunteered to participate will be spared. As for how right Shuichi is, well... everyone volunteered to participate, with the possible exception of Rantaro, so perhaps the time limit was a bluff all along. | |
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In Sean Bean Saves Westeros, everyone who spots that Ned Stark isn't quite what he was before he "died", assumes that his replacement is a highly skilled lookalike actor. Considering that his replacement is Sean Bean, they aren't so much wrong as right in the completely wrong way. | |
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Young Loki from Journey into Mystery (Gillen), as part of his reform, tries to get through his schemes without lying. He mostly succeeds, through the use of this trope. ("I said I'd let you destroy Asgard. I didn't say which Asgard.") | |
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Bleach: In a flashback, a very young Uryuu asks his father why he hates being a Quincy so much. Ryuuken replies there's no money in it. When Uryuu asks Souken if Ryuuken's telling the truth, Souken mulls it over and then says that, if viewed from the angle that being a Quincy doesn't put food on the table and Ryuuken has a son to look after, what Ryuuken said can indeed be viewed as the truth. Souken indicates that Ryuuken's actually lying through his teeth and when he realizes Uryuu can't see that, goes on to tell Uryuu that one day he will understand Ryuuken's secret. The reason Byakuya gives for joining Muramasa in the Zanpakutou Tales Arc is that he's "protecting his pride". Turns out that, by "protecting his pride", he means "finding out where Muramasa's master is and killing him in the name of the Kuchiki Clan". If only Muramasa had asked him to explain before letting him tag along to the Real World... Kisuke Urahara likes resorting to this, because he's surprisingly horrible at lying. For example, when Ichigo was a powerless spirit who could barely breathe, Kisuke claimed that some gadget he called the "Headband of Justice" would help him. It did... in that its sheer pointlessness distracted Ichigo long enough for his survival instinct to up his energy enough to not have trouble breathing anymore. As he parts ways with Ichigo following the first Wandenreich invasion, Yhwach addresses him as "his son born in the darkness". It takes Isshin coming clean about his own past before Ichigo understands the meaning of Yhwach's words: as the progenitor of all Quincies, Yhwach's blood flows through all of his descendants, including Ichigo himself. In this manner, all Quincies can be considered his children. As for the "darkness" part, it's a not-so-subtle nod to Ichigo not knowing about his mother's Quincy heritage. |
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In Black Sky, Dumbledore uses Veritaserum to make Sirius confess where Rose Potter is, only for Sirius to answer that Rose Potter doesn't exist. Sure, "Rose Potter" was the name Lily's daughter would have kept if the Potters had lived, but since they're dead, there is no Rose Potter, only Dorea Black who is Sirius's daughter. | |
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In A Cure for Love, after Light/Kira runs off to Take Over the World L tells everyone that Light was killed by Kira. | |
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In Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift, Toph runs into her father for the first time since she ran away from home two years ago, and while she addresses him as "Father", he tells his workers — who were under the impression he had no family — that she is not his daughter. When Toph confronts him for "lying" later, he notes that his daughter was a quiet, obedient girl, and not the ungrateful brat he feels she has become. His claim to have no family also fits when we find out he and Toph's mother separated due to the stress of her disappearance. Thankfully, their issues are resolved by the end of the story. | |
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In Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, during the Future arc, Tengan exclaims to Munakata that the traitor within the group (who kills someone after every time limit) is everyone, because despite their attempts to hold onto hope, they're still capable of falling into despair. With his death trigger being telling a lie, it later turns out the victims were brainwashed into commuting suicide unwillingly. | |
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At various points since the '90s, George Lucas has claimed that "Darth Vader was always supposed to be Luke Skywalker's father"—but from looking at early drafts of the screenplays, it's clear that Darth Vader and "Luke's father" were separate characters until several revisions into The Empire Strikes Back. What is true is the plot for Empire had grown overly complicated, with separate subplots for Luke's relationship with his father and his enmity with Vader—and combining those two subplots by revealing that Vader was Luke's father proved to be a very elegant solution. So elegant, that perhaps you could say that the story itself wanted Vader to be Luke's father, and it just took Lucas a few years to realize it. | |
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At the beginning of Magic Knight Rayearth, Clef tells the girls that they are there to save Cephiro and fulfill Princess Emeraude's wish. This is very true. It just leaves out the significant fact that she wishes for them to kill her so that her emotional turmoil won't destroy the land. | |
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Defied in The Talmud, which states that deceiving someone by using this is as bad as flat-out lying. | |
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In Umineko: When They Cry, the Red Truth can be twisted in this manner. Like how in EP 2 Kanon was confirmed to have died in a locked room, despite his body not being there. The truth is that Kanon as a real person never existed and was instead just a character and role that Yasu played. Kanon could, therefore, be "killed" without leaving a body just like an author killing of one of his characters. In other words, since Yasu was still alive no body was left behind in the room while his/her role Kanon was "killed" and therefore allowing the that red truth to be used. | |
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Yandere Chan has the main character (slowly dying from poison; all his friends have already succumbed to its effects) try to make Mia give away her motivation with the condition that if he can prove she lied, she'll tell all. She reveals that she never lied. All of her lines had been half-truths which led him to make conclusions, so technically, she was entirely truthful. | |
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In Death Parade, Arbiters judge human souls and tell them they will either go “Heaven or Hell�…but they only say this because it’s easier for most people to understand. In truth, there is only Reincarnation or The Void. Nona gets away with a lot of these. Notably, her entire plot of giving Decim human emotions is technically true, but while everyone interprets this as her programming him to have them, it turns out she’s just going about it by having him work alongside a human. |
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In the final book of Dangerverse, as part of his scheme to infiltrate the Death Eaters Draco Black formally renounces that name and takes the name of "Reynard Beuvoi". This apparently allows him to claim that Draco Black is dead and have it detect as the truth to magical analysis. | |
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In Crimson and Emerald Hawks hides that Iida deliberately sought out Stain despite revealing most of the truth to the public. | |
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In the Miraculous Ladybug story Unmasker Unleased, Luka telling Adrien that Ladybug has to stay hidden. Being that Marinette is Ladybug and is currently Unmasker, she can’t be revealed in order to keep her identity a secret from Adrien and Monarch. All the while, Scarabella is in the shadows pretending to be Ladybug. | |
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In The Final Battle, N isn't technically lying when he tells Delia he hasn't seen Ash face-to-face since saving him in Sinnoh two years ago. Ash is standing next to him, but has a specially made hood that hides his face. | |
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There's a double example in Richard III. Richard is secretly behind the imprisonment of his brother George. Firstly because he has played up a wizardly prophecy that King Edward's sons would be disinherited by "G" (apparently George, Duke of Clarence; but really Richard, duke of Gloucester). And secondly in his promise of comfort to George: "I will deliver you, or else lie for you." The obvious meaning is that he will lie in prison in George's place; but the true meaning is that he will lie in wait for George's life. | |
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RWBY: In the World of Remnant mini-episode "Schnee Dust Company", Qrow Branwen notes that, from a certain point of view, Jacques Schnee's assertion that he was the best man to take over the SDC was truthful; under his leadership, the company has expanded into a global megacorporation with a near-total monopoly on Dust mining, processing and sales. However, he has sacrificed the company's soul by using unethical means such as slave labor and dangerous working conditions to reach the top, leaving the Schnees' good name in rather murky waters. In Volume 7, James Ironwood asks Ruby Rose what Ozpin told them about the Relic of Knowledge. She states that Ozpin said the Relic can answer three questions every one hundred years, but they're all used up. Ironwood accepts that answer, not realising that Ruby used the exact wording of his question to lie with the truth. Although Ozpin did say that, their later discovery that he lied about two remaining questions causes them to use one to find out what he's hiding. Ironwood really wants the current situation, but his wording is about what Ozpin told them; Ruby exploits that to hide the remaining question and the truth about Ozpin and Salem. |
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In The Princess and the Frog, Dr. Facilier tells Naveen that he sees the "green" in his future to enable him to "hop from place to place." While the good doctor had strongly implied he foresaw the money Naveen wanted in order to do as he pleases, he actually intended to pull the Jackass Genie card and turn him into a frog (and does). Disney sure does use a lot of these! | |
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One recurring gag in Frank and Ernest is how Ernie explains that the ridiculous descriptions in his classified ads are correct: for example, he calls a boat with an engine that always overheats "the hottest thing on the lake". | |
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Harry Potter fanfictions: In Bad Love Harry puts on his invisibility cloak when he sees Hermione approaching the Hogwarts Express. When she enters his compartment and asks Luna if she's seen Harry, Luna replies that he vanished after she sat down and she hasn't seen him since. In A Conversation with Raptors Tom Riddle states to Minister Fudge that "the insanity which was Voldemort" died during the resurrection ritual. In From the Flame to the Spark Ginny, while making plans to apparate to Hogwarts and recover the diadem, tells Sirius that if Fred and George catch her she'll remind them how she keeps sneaking their brooms out at night and how much she's wanted to go to Hogwarts and let their imaginations do the rest. In Hunter after Snape finds out about Harry living with the Dursleys he as good as accuses Dumbledore of this. In Heirs of the Founders after Draco Malfoy insults Hermione and Ron on the Hogwarts Express their first year, Harry irately says that he could buy three generations of Draco's family with vault interest, then clarifies his remark after Draco leaves in a huff. In Black Sky, Dumbledore uses Veritaserum to make Sirius confess where Rose Potter is, only for Sirius to answer that Rose Potter doesn't exist. Sure, "Rose Potter" was the name Lily's daughter would have kept if the Potters had lived, but since they're dead, there is no Rose Potter, only Dorea Black who is Sirius's daughter. In The Lady of Slytherin - Dark Beginnings Lilly introduces herself to Hermione as Lilith Black during their first meeting. In Evacuation of the Flumpawumps, Seamus and Parvati accidentally walk in on Luna and Harry during an intimate moment. Parvati laments that she could've been in Luna's place until Seamus remarks that he taught Harry everything he knows, causing her to drag him off somewhere private. Really, all Seamus did was share a tip he read in a dirty magazine, having never done it himself. Harry himself quotes Star Wars, and accepts that Draco is entirely right to be furious with him, during the Roles chapters of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. This is a running theme within the fanfic, wherein Harry actually takes a page from Dumbledore, Voldemort, and Robert A. Heinlein in always telling the truth, but not the full truth. The Rigel Black Chronicles: Harry does tell a lot of Blatant Lies to her friends and family, but she prefers this trope whenever possible. Such as telling Draco that, "I have a physiological condition that makes it difficult for me to let others touch me," (namely, she's a girl in disguise and is concerned that her developing anatomy will get her caught out if she gets in the habit of hugging people). Nick Cleveland and the Pig in a Wig: In the final book of Dangerverse, as part of his scheme to infiltrate the Death Eaters Draco Black formally renounces that name and takes the name of "Reynard Beuvoi". This apparently allows him to claim that Draco Black is dead and have it detect as the truth to magical analysis. |
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Metaphorically True / int_3b34143f | featureConfidence |
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Metaphorically True / int_3b34143f | |
Metaphorically True / int_400469e | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_400469e | comment |
Calvin and Hobbes: The trope image shows the aftermath of yet another story arc involving Calvin's not-so superhero alter ego Stupendous Man that got him into big trouble again. Hobbes asks Calvin if Stupendous Man has ever had even a single victory, and Calvin, never willing to admit to failure, says that he always wins morally. | |
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Metaphorically True / int_400469e | featureConfidence |
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Calvin and Hobbes (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_400469e | |
Metaphorically True / int_40852654 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_40852654 | comment |
Medaka Box: The Big Bad Ajimu tells Zenkichi that he's actually more heroic than Medaka, because in the past, she killed her father. Medaka later clarifies that she was the reward for something called the Jet Black Wedding Feast, which her father figure won, causing him to get killed. | |
Metaphorically True / int_40852654 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_40852654 | featureConfidence |
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Medaka Box (Manga) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_40852654 | |
Metaphorically True / int_43576f5 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_43576f5 | comment |
In the Supernatural fic Down to Agincourt, Castiel never actually lies, applying instead a judicious mixture of misdirection, Exact Words, Loophole Abuse, and blatant disregard for the Conversational Maxims to get the job done. | |
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Supernatural | hasFeature |
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Metaphorically True / int_44715363 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_44715363 | comment |
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, Honda/Tristan enlists the help of Yugi and Jonouchi/Joey to confess his feelings to a classmate. Yugi helps to write a love letter on a puzzle and Jonouchi slips it into her desk. A Sadist Teacher discovers the love letter and gleefully humiliates the girl by reading the love letter out loud. When she tells the sender she will let them off easy if he shows himself, both Yugi and Jonouchi stand up, admitting to writing the letter and putting it in the desk respectively. Honda also stands up and says that his feelings were written in that letter. The teacher points out that only one of them could have done it and Jonouchi replies that none of them are lying. | |
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Metaphorically True / int_44715363 | featureConfidence |
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Metaphorically True / int_44715363 | |
Metaphorically True / int_4a7fb7ff | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_4a7fb7ff | comment |
Shadows: The Horror Movie Heroes: Izuku comes to conclude All Might's statement he couldn't become a Hero was this, reasoning that whilst he couldn't become a Hero like him, he could still become a Terror Hero. | |
Metaphorically True / int_4a7fb7ff | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_4a7fb7ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Shadows: The Horror Movie Heroes (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_4a7fb7ff | |
Metaphorically True / int_4e7cac32 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_4e7cac32 | comment |
In the Supergirl (2015) AU fic "All will be well, as long as you stay by my side", Kara tells Alex basically everything about her relationship with her new lover, Lena, including that she lives in the palace of the kingdom of Theonia and is an excellent chef. The only thing Kara doesn’t tell Alex until she’s ready is that Lena is actually the Queen of Theonia, prompting Alex to be torn between being hurt that Kara didn’t mention something that big or impressed that her sister managed to attract a Queen. | |
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Metaphorically True / int_4e7cac32 | featureConfidence |
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Supergirl (2015) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_4e7cac32 | |
Metaphorically True / int_51424c75 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_51424c75 | comment |
Just like in Canon Kyubey employs this in The Unlikely Ally. More specifically, before the girls besides Homura become aware of the truth, he talks about how Key is mentally ill and how much he wants to help him. He’s not lying since, from his perspective, Key is mentally ill and needs correction. Key disagrees . . . vehemently. | |
Metaphorically True / int_51424c75 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_51424c75 | featureConfidence |
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Metaphorically True / int_51424c75 | |
Metaphorically True / int_556d8583 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_556d8583 | comment |
In Fever Dreams Light tells the investigators he is constantly being watched and guarded by two Shinigami — one keeps constant watch over him and threatens him every time he steps out of line and the other, a Shinigami that likes apples, drops in regularly to takes reports from the one guarding him and then let's them come to their own conclusions about his involvement in the Kira case. | |
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Metaphorically True / int_556d8583 | featureConfidence |
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Fever Dreams (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_556d8583 | |
Metaphorically True / int_578be4e1 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_578be4e1 | comment |
In The Irregular at Magic High School, someone asks Tatsuya if he's part of the Ten Master Clans. Tatsuya replies that he's not, which is 'true' because the Clans are both a political group and a biological one, and Tatsuya was essentially abandoned by his Clan a long time ago. So Tatsuya is, biologically, descended from the Clans (and he does mercenary work for them sometimes) but politically he has no part in their hierarchy. | |
Metaphorically True / int_578be4e1 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_578be4e1 | featureConfidence |
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The Irregular at Magic High School | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_578be4e1 | |
Metaphorically True / int_57bad31c | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_57bad31c | comment |
In My Huntsman Academia, Katsuki presses Izuku on his new Aura after spending his entire life Broken. Izuku meekly replies that he just needed help, leaving out Toshinori's and One For All's role in his sudden empowerment. | |
Metaphorically True / int_57bad31c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Metaphorically True / int_57bad31c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
My Huntsman Academia (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_57bad31c | |
Metaphorically True / int_5b344855 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_5b344855 | comment |
When Wolverine and his X-Force team visit the Age of Apocalypse, the AOA version of Jean Grey tells him her husband, Weapon X (the AOA Wolverine) has been dead for over 10 years. As it turns out the monster the X-Men have been fighting is in fact a corrupted, twisted version of Weapon X. | |
Metaphorically True / int_5b344855 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Metaphorically True / int_5b344855 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Wolverine (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_5b344855 | |
Metaphorically True / int_5daab5c9 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_5daab5c9 | comment |
In Code Geass: The Prepared Rebellion, Lelouch (as Zero) claims on live TV that he killed Prince Clovis, when it was actually C.C. However, it was only thanks to him that she was able to get her revenge, so he considers it to be at least partially true. | |
Metaphorically True / int_5daab5c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Metaphorically True / int_5daab5c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Code Geass: The Prepared Rebellion (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_5daab5c9 | |
Metaphorically True / int_5e150650 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_5e150650 | comment |
Exalted: Meta example: it's not uncommon for new books to retcon or reinterpret statements made earlier in the series; for instance, "Fair Folk don't have Charms" became "Fair Folk don't have Charms as such, but they do have special powers that we're just going to call Charms." Freelancer Michael Goodwin explicitly said that "There are levels of Obi-Wan truth operating here." In fairness, nearly everything about the Fair Folk is a lie on some level, up to and including their physical appearance. In another rather similar case — "Infernals don't have Charms." What was really meant was, "Their patrons, the Yozi, have Charms, which the Infernals use by extension to exert their malefic will upon Creation." Not true anymore, either. Now Infernals can make their own personal Charms... by turning themselves into Neo-Yozi. So they still don't have Solar-style Charms, so to speak. |
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Metaphorically True / int_5e150650 | featureConfidence |
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Exalted (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_5e150650 | |
Metaphorically True / int_638624c8 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_638624c8 | comment |
Most things said by Xelloss in Slayers is technically true in manner in which he phrased it, though not always in the manner in which the listener chooses to hear it. For example, he introduces himself as "Xelloss, the mysterious priest!" After that statement, the "mysterious" part is in no way questioned. As to "priest", in the mazoku hierarchy Xelloss' rank is actually "priest". Mazoku Lords are typically served by a priest and a general. Xelloss claims the former title although he is the sole representative of his Lord. He is using Exact Words to tell people that he is one of the top ten mazoku in the entire world in terms of power. Played for laughs when it turns out Gourry actually got this, and thought it was so obvious he assumed that everyone did. | |
Metaphorically True / int_638624c8 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_638624c8 | featureConfidence |
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Slayers | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_638624c8 | |
Metaphorically True / int_6ac55ec7 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_6ac55ec7 | comment |
In Dungeons & Dragons, devils, being lawful evil, see it as a point of pride to corrupt souls and spread wickedness without, technically, lying. | |
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Metaphorically True / int_6ac55ec7 | featureConfidence |
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Metaphorically True / int_6ac55ec7 | |
Metaphorically True / int_6c3335d4 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_6c3335d4 | comment |
The protagonist of Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns somehow merges this with Honesty Is the Best Policy and Brutal Honesty seasonings, at times, even as he pulls of one plan after another. Other times, he just refuses to answer questions, like whether or not he killed Trian. He didn't, and neither did anyone else because that's what the second son wanted, and so it was. | |
Metaphorically True / int_6c3335d4 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_6c3335d4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Metaphorically True / int_6c3335d4 | |
Metaphorically True / int_7041cf12 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_7041cf12 | comment |
During the mixer chapters in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Hayasaka claimed that her little sister forced her to attend (despite being an only child) when Shirogane asks why she came despite how uncomfortable she is. She's actually referring to Kaguya, who she views as a little sister despite having no biological or legal familial relationship (barring the fact that her dad is Kaguya's godfather). | |
Metaphorically True / int_7041cf12 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_7041cf12 | featureConfidence |
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Metaphorically True / int_7041cf12 | |
Metaphorically True / int_73383fee | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_73383fee | comment |
In the first game, him stating that the sixteen students were the only people to be inside Hope's Peak Academy since the start of the killing game and nobody else ended up entering it. However, one of those said students was hiding throughout the killing game and the surviving students only met her by the end of the killing game. | |
Metaphorically True / int_73383fee | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_73383fee | featureConfidence |
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Visual Novel) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_73383fee | |
Metaphorically True / int_73d660e | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_73d660e | comment |
In the first scene of Lucky Star, episode 12, Konata asks Miyuki if she wants to go to a certain festival with her. Kagami steps in and explains that the "festival" is actually Comiket, a Fan Convention. Not only is the episode itself titled "Let's Go to the Festival" (although it also refers to another festival), but Konata responds with this line: | |
Metaphorically True / int_73d660e | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_73d660e | featureConfidence |
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Metaphorically True / int_73d660e | |
Metaphorically True / int_7a36aae5 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_7a36aae5 | comment |
The Mikado: The officials of the town assure the Mikado that a man has been executed, which is somewhat more than the truth. (Fortunately, for all concerned.) As one later explains: | |
Metaphorically True / int_7a36aae5 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_7a36aae5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Mikado (Theatre) | hasFeature |
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Metaphorically True / int_7ac38ec4 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_7ac38ec4 | comment |
Rebuild World: Yanigisawa was involved in an Inside Job to arrange a terrorist attack on the city he helps govern, with the full agreement of the management of said city because they want to temper complaints and keep the defense budget high. He mentions it was in fact a terrorist who led the monsters into attacking the city (as the Propaganda Machine will say), which is technically true… after that terrorist was told to by Yanigisawa. Akira's Eccentric Mentor Kibayashi proves himself a savage Mad Bomber persuading people as a combined city and Hunter's Office official using this, after a Wham Episode twist. When Akira has a bounty put on his head from the city due to pressure from a foreign MegaCorp, Kibayashi manages to convince the management that it will be in the best interests of public safety if he provides supplies to Akira in order to stop him from raiding the city to steal those supplies. It just so happens Kibayashi also plans for Akira to blow a hole in the defensive wall of the city using illegal Antimatter rounds he provided, and go on a rampage, with terrorists jumping in on Akira's side… all for Kibayashi's Thrill Seeker enjoyment. So much for public safety. Learning of this after the plan didn't pan out, Akira gives him a What the Hell, Hero?. |
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Metaphorically True / int_7ac38ec4 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_7ac38ec4 | featureConfidence |
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Rebuild World | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_7ac38ec4 | |
Metaphorically True / int_7d7fbcc | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_7d7fbcc | comment |
The Daredevil story "Fall from Grace" was about the death of Matt Murdock. A doppelganger assumed the identity of Matt Murdock, and died. So from a certain point of view, Matt Murdock died. You see? | |
Metaphorically True / int_7d7fbcc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Metaphorically True / int_7d7fbcc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Daredevil / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_7d7fbcc | |
Metaphorically True / int_800cf169 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_800cf169 | comment |
In If I Only Had A Heart, Izuku tries to ease his mom's worries about his new spinal implants by telling half-truths and leaving out certain details. He also outright lies about how painful it was. It wasn't painless, it was excruciating. When his mother finally confronts him about his self-experimentation, he agrees to talk to her about it before doing any more to reassure her, conveniently leaving out the fact that he's already installed everything he's wanted to already. |
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Metaphorically True / int_800cf169 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_800cf169 | featureConfidence |
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If I Only Had A Heart (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
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Metaphorically True / int_81a005a3 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_81a005a3 | comment |
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish takes a moment to make sure the audience knows that the Wolf hunting Puss claiming to be Death himself is a HARD aversion. | |
Metaphorically True / int_81a005a3 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_81a005a3 | featureConfidence |
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_81a005a3 | |
Metaphorically True / int_88e6da2 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_88e6da2 | comment |
When Elsa questions her friend Kyra in the Frozen fic The Alphabet Story on whether she's in love or not, Kyra says that there's no man. While that is true, it doesn't mean she isn't in love with anyone. Elsa asks her if Kyra'd tell her if she was in love with someone, to which Kyra replies that Elsa would be the first if she decided to reveal her feelings for someone. This is also half-true as is Elsa the object of her affections. | |
Metaphorically True / int_88e6da2 | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_88e6da2 | featureConfidence |
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The Alphabet Story (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
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Metaphorically True / int_89ce309d | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_89ce309d | comment |
Macbeth: The apparition of the bloody child's prophecy when Macbeth visits the three witches: Later in Act V, Scene 8 when Macduff confronts Macbeth: |
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Metaphorically True / int_89ce309d | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_89ce309d | featureConfidence |
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Macbeth (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_89ce309d | |
Metaphorically True / int_8ba4613a | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_8ba4613a | comment |
Death Note fanfictions: In A Cure for Love, after Light/Kira runs off to Take Over the World L tells everyone that Light was killed by Kira. In Kira, Sweetheart Rem tells L that Misa and Light were possessed and corrupted by the notebook. Later L tells Light he's already caught and executed Kira. In Fever Dreams Light tells the investigators he is constantly being watched and guarded by two Shinigami — one keeps constant watch over him and threatens him every time he steps out of line and the other, a Shinigami that likes apples, drops in regularly to takes reports from the one guarding him and then let's them come to their own conclusions about his involvement in the Kira case. |
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Metaphorically True / int_8ba4613a | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_8ba4613a | featureConfidence |
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Death Note (Manga) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_8ba4613a | |
Metaphorically True / int_8f25225c | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_8f25225c | comment |
Monokuma from the Danganronpa series uses these types of comments along with using Exact Words. Some notable examples include: In the first game, him stating that the sixteen students were the only people to be inside Hope's Peak Academy since the start of the killing game and nobody else ended up entering it. However, one of those said students was hiding throughout the killing game and the surviving students only met her by the end of the killing game. He ended up stating that the Funhouse from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair ended up having the memories of the students inside there. However, it was actually inside a room there in which in order to get inside it, one must go through the Final Dead Room. Another one concerning the Funhouse - Monokuma lured the students inside by promising to provide ship parts which might allow the students to escape the island. The parts in question are for a toy ship... despite the deception, Gundam is thrilled. Everyone else, not so much. From both of the first two games, he went on to state that there is a Mole in the group. However, the first Mole was blackmailed into being The Mole, and the second Mole was actually a spy for the good guys and working on the same side as the students. From Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony: In order to try and goad the participants into killing each other, Monokuma sets a time limit, at the end of which "every student forced to participate in this killing game will die" if no murders occur before then. Ultimate Detective Shuichi Saihara caught on to a possible hidden meaning behind Monokuma's wording - if every student "forced to participate" will die, then any who volunteered to participate will be spared. As for how right Shuichi is, well... everyone volunteered to participate, with the possible exception of Rantaro, so perhaps the time limit was a bluff all along. |
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Danganronpa (Franchise) | hasFeature |
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Metaphorically True / int_90ed4d5b | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_90ed4d5b | comment |
When Mirabel doesn't get her gift in How Far Do These Roots Go Down?, Alma asks Isabela to use her gift to find out how this relates to the Miracle. When she has a vision of Mirabel and Casita's collapse, she hides it and instead gives her various visions of innocuous moments she's involved in. | |
Metaphorically True / int_90ed4d5b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Metaphorically True / int_90ed4d5b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
How Far Do These Roots Go Down? (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_90ed4d5b | |
Metaphorically True / int_90f7114 | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_90f7114 | comment |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: At least she admits that it was a lie, eventually. |
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1.0 | |
Metaphorically True / int_90f7114 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Metaphorically True / int_90f7114 | |
Metaphorically True / int_994e32db | type |
Metaphorically True | |
Metaphorically True / int_994e32db | comment |
In Rango, the leader of the mariachi band says that Rango will die. The movie's plot progresses and he's still alive and well to see the end credits. When one of the band members questions the narrator on this, he says that Rango will still die — someday, because everyone does. Looking at it metaphorically, it's even more applicable. When he's shamed and had his lies exposed the Rango persona dies as a character; when he comes back to fight, the nameless lizard he was dies and is subsumed by Rango. | |
Metaphorically True / int_994e32db | featureApplicability |
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Metaphorically True / int_994e32db | featureConfidence |
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Rango | hasFeature |
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Metaphorically True | |
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One Piece: In a flashback in the Fish-Man Island Arc, Arlong claims to the Marines that Fisher Tiger died because humans refused to give him a blood transfusion that would have saved his life. This isn't really true, Fisher Tiger himself refused a transfusion of human blood because the hatred for humans in his heart ran so deep he forbid his crew-mates from putting human blood in his veins, even when he logically knew it didn't actually matter. Jimbei and Aladine say that Arlong's report might as well be true, because humans enslaving Fisher Tiger in his past is what solidified the hate in his heart (and the fact Arlong did not want to sully his former captain's honour by admitting he was once a slave). | |
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This is typically how Simon Lane attempts to cover up being a traitor in Trouble in Terrorist Town. It rarely works due to Implausible Deniability. | |
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In Hero Class Civil Warfare Izuku tells his classmates that Shinsou helped him stay in character as a villain through Mind Control. Izuku leaves out that he asked Shinsou to do so and had acted as a villain of his own free will. | |
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Schneizel of Code Geass uses this to such great effect, it's scary. | |
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Code Geass | hasFeature |
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In John 4:15-18 (King James Version), when the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well in Sychar asks Jesus for the living water which He offers: | |
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Metaphorically True | |
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In The Confectionary Chronicles, when Hermione becomes the priestess of Loki in her childhood, she is given the ability to understand animals, but just claims that she's good at reading animals' intentions once at Hogwarts, because it's easier than explaining "my god wanted me to be able to talk to his children, one of which is a snake bigger than a whale, three like to turn into wolves and one prefers to go around as an eight-legged horse". | |
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Metaphorically True | |
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After the League of Villains assaults the USJ in Erased Potential, the official line Nedzu goes with is that the attack was thwarted once All Might and several other teachers arrived on the scene. What this doesn't mention is how long it took for said backup to arrive, or that half of Class 1-A required medical attention afterwards. | |
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In Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice For All, Phoenix is told by Matt Engarde that "I never killed anyone" without triggering Phoenix's Magatama. It later turns out that Matt hired hitman Shelly DeKiller to do the deed instead, making this a Suspiciously Specific Denial as well. If Phoenix had asked if Matt is responsible for the victim's death then most likely it would've triggered the Magatama. | |
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In chapter 38 of The Somewhat Cracked Mind Of Uchiha Itachi, Itachi and his students go on a mission that he himself came up with, which is to "Catch a Dangerous Snake for Antidote". It wouldn't be until they return with Orochimaru that Sarutobi would realize that the only thing that was technically incorrect about the mission was that it was listed as a B-Rank when it should have been higher. Explanation Orochimaru is obviously the snake, and he was brought back as the antidote to heal Jiraiya in the emotional sense as he was depressed about how the Sannin split up, among other things. | |
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In From the Flame to the Spark Ginny, while making plans to apparate to Hogwarts and recover the diadem, tells Sirius that if Fred and George catch her she'll remind them how she keeps sneaking their brooms out at night and how much she's wanted to go to Hogwarts and let their imaginations do the rest. | |
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The Star Wars: Kanan comics feature the eponymous Jedi returning to the planet where he, as Padawan Caleb Dume, barely escaped Order 66. His companion Hera sees that he's acting weird about this mission and asks if he's ever been there before. Kanan truthfully answers no; after all, it was Caleb who was there, not Kanan. | |
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In Ikemen Sengoku, Sasuke and the female main character have to keep their identities as people who got sent back in time together from modern-day Japan to the Sengoku period a secret, so Sasuke tells anyone who asks him how they know each other that they come from the same "hometown". He also tells someone who doesn't like Nobunaga Oda in one route that the MC is working for a warrior family after going on a pilgrimage to Kyoto, which the MC notes is technically true in that the "warrior family" is Nobunaga Oda's forces and her "pilgrimage" was a time-travel trip. | |
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The Spider-Man fic "Dinner for Three" features Black Cat becoming part of Peter and Mary Jane's relationship. In order to deter the idea that Black Cat is still involved with Spider-Man, during a later raid on an arms deal between Hammerhead and the Owl Felicia tells Hammerhead to pass on the message that she's now involved with two people she met through Spider-Man and others should be aware that her lovers are off-limits because Felicia will come after anyone who threatens them. This serves to create a division between Black Cat's occasional team-up with Spider-Man and Felicia's relationship with the Parkers, even as Felicia avoids saying anything to reveal that Peter and Spider-Man are the same person. | |
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Call of the Night: After Lira starts dating Yamori, she becomes suspicious of Yamori's overly friendly relationship with Nazuna. He eases her worries by telling her Nazuna is his ex, conveniently leaving out the fact that earlier that week Nazuna asked him out, then broke up with him on the spot, so that he would no longer be "a boy who has never dated anyone before". | |
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Fairy Tail: When Mystogan is accosted by Council agents, Yajima explains that Mystogan resembles Jellal because he is the Edolas version of Jellal. While this is true, at the time "Mystogan" is actually Jellal in disguise. In the Key of the Starry Skies Arc, Michelle Lobster refers to Lucy as her "big sister", stating that they would always play together when they were just kids. Lucy however has trouble recalling any of this, and when "Michelle" is revealed to actually be a minion of the Neo Oracion Seis named Imitatia, it seems like it was all a big deception. However, Imitatia still refers to Lucy as her "big sis" even after revealing her true identity, and it's eventually revealed that she's a doll Midnight brought to life which Lucy used to play with and imagined as her "little sister" in her childhood fantasies before her grief at her mother's death led to her leaving the doll behind. |
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Might as well be named "Kirei Truth" after the I-tell-no-direct-lies priest from Fate/stay night. Spending 3 routes while only telling one direct lie (which is a joke, and he's instantly called out on it) while still manipulating the protagonist and turning out to be the Big Bad in two routes and The Dragon in a third? Yeah, he's very good at this. A particularly remarkable example happens late into the Fate route. Shirou discovers the existence of an eighth Servant participating in the war and reports this to Kirei. Kirei is surprised to learn this and promises that he'll do something about it. He's genuinely surprised, but it's because the Servant is his and he wasn't supposed to show up yet, and the thing he did about it was sent that Servant to kill Shirou and Saber before they learn too much. |
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He ended up stating that the Funhouse from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair ended up having the memories of the students inside there. However, it was actually inside a room there in which in order to get inside it, one must go through the Final Dead Room. | |
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When Harry asks Sam what he does for a living in Cross Cases, Sam says he's a librarian. It's an adequate description of his position as a Man of Letters, but it omits his other gig as a hunter of the supernatural, and ultimately gets Harry more suspicious of him. | |
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In Dragon Ball, Commander Red leads an entire private military force on operations around the globe to recover the Dragon Balls and achieve world domination. What he meant by this however is that he wanted to wish to be taller, as he felt his men didn't give him enough respect with his short stature, and so he's unable to achieve it until he's taller. Right-hand man Staff Officer Black shoots him in disgust to take over the army himself rather than explain that Red already had his men's respect. | |
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From a11p1 of Ask King Sombra: | |
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In Kira, Sweetheart Rem tells L that Misa and Light were possessed and corrupted by the notebook. Later L tells Light he's already caught and executed Kira. | |
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Maledict pulls this on Tsali in the climax of Sonic X: Dark Chaos. He manipulated both Tsali and the Metarex to fight each other — but they were the ones who destroyed the galaxy and did all the killing, not him. | |
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Metaphorically True | |
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Disney's Aladdin used this in the direct-to-video conclusion of the series, Aladdin and the King of Thieves. An oracle tells Aladdin that his father, Cassim, is trapped within the world of the Forty Thieves. Well, he is. It's just that Cassim is not only there voluntarily, he's their leader, and that he's trapped by his own greed. | |
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The Rigel Black Chronicles: Harry does tell a lot of Blatant Lies to her friends and family, but she prefers this trope whenever possible. Such as telling Draco that, "I have a physiological condition that makes it difficult for me to let others touch me," (namely, she's a girl in disguise and is concerned that her developing anatomy will get her caught out if she gets in the habit of hugging people). | |
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H.M.S. Pinafore: In "Carefully On Tip-Toe Stealing", the strange noise was the cat. More specifically, the cat-o'-nine-tails the Captain can't stop himself from waving, in spite of knowing he has to stay hidden. | |
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Red vs. Blue: The Chorus Trilogy: This trope is Felix's primary trait, having only admitted to lying once in the seriesnote That the Reds and Blues were great soldiers.. It just goes to show how dark a villain who never lies can be. For instance, upon being picked up in a supposedly derelict dropship, he tells the crew that they won't find anyone else aboard. Of course, it doesn't mean they aren't there… He won't kill you. His partner will. And for those who don't wish to join his cause, he'll let them off the ship. Straight out the airlock into the cold, dark, unforgiving vacuum of space. | |
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In an episode of GEOWeasel, Weas says that burying dead bodies in a landfill is helping out the environment, immediately adding "...in a way." | |
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Metaphorically True | |
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Mercury from the A dance of Shadow and Light series of Inheritance Cycle fanfictions is definitely this trope to a T. Examples include turning an unbreakable oath of fealty and protection of Galbatorix into a (in his mind) oath to kill the king at the earliest possible convenience. By the second story, he is so infamous for doing this that Loivissa's father (Eragon) warns her that no matter what Mercury says, she is to take it with a grain of salt. | |
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Death is forced to take a vacation: Fall Harvest tells Apple Bloom that he works in an office and his job involves analysis of the lifespans of certain species. This is accurate; he just doesn't tell her he's talking about the lifespans of sapient beings and not plants like it would seem from his previous comments. | |
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In Tangled, Flynn Rider's opening narration includes the phrase "This is the story of how I died. But don't worry, this is actually a fun story and the truth is it isn't even mine," thus leading you to understand that he was pulling your leg. Except he wasn't. He does die, in point of fact. He just doesn't stay dead. It could be taken metaphorically. Flynn Rider dies. But Eugene lives on. | |
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Tangled | hasFeature |
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In Torque (Jak and Daxter), when Keria needs to come up a story to get Farley to take her on as a mechanic, she tells her that she lost her family. Which. while technically true, leaves out the part where she traveled through a portal and got separated from them in an explosion. | |
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In Saiyuki, Sanzo tells Gojyo (apparently just to be difficult) that the murderer Cho Gonou is dead. What he means by this is That Man Is Dead; Cho Gonou has had a Meaningful Rename into his new identity of Cho Hakkai. | |
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In yet another Disney example, The Jungle Book sees Kaa telling Mowgli that he can help him: "I can see to it that you never have to leave this jungle." Considering that Kaa's "help" would be eating Mowgli, the snake technically isn't lying — once the boy is devoured, he can't leave the jungle. Or do anything else, for that matter. | |
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TheJungleBook | hasFeature |
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In Hidamari Sketch, Sae wasn't entirely lying about having experience riding doubles on a bike with someone close while in junior high. It's just the other person is her little sister. | |
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A bit into Re:CREATORS, Alisteria confronts Magane when she finds the latter with a dying Mamika. Magane does pass on everything Mamika begged her to say to Alice as she died... she just presented it out of order and didn't dissuade Alisteria when she came to the conclusion that Meteora did it, resulting in her going out for vengeance. | |
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Kyon: Big Damn Hero: Achakura invokes this in order to get Nonoko to bring Kyon his gear after he left it behind at home. | |
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Kimberly T's Gargoyles series; Played with when Brooklyn is first telling the gargoyles’ story to the People for Interspecies Tolerance, a group of college students interested in learning more about gargoyles. To protect knowledge of Alexander Xanatos’s magical potential, Brooklyn is asked not to reveal the extent of the clan’s past vendetta with Xanatos as it is otherwise hard to justify how they became allies after Alexander’s birth. With that in mind, Brooklyn tells the truth about the circumstances of the clan being cursed, but claims that Xanatos purchased Wyvern and broke the curse basically as the result of a drunken bet rather than part of a deliberate plan to trick the clan, with Xanatos’s security staff making a bad impression when the gargoyles unexpectedly woke up on that first night. Brooklyn also claims that Demona was frozen with the rest of the clan to explain how she exists in the present rather than revealing her immortality to explain how she took The Slow Path. Also plays a part when the Xanatoses explain their history to Anne; while they admit to Anne that they were the reason for the Lost Nights and the Big Sleep, the events of the Lost Nights are presented in a manner that conceals Xanatos’s more selfish intentions when he helped Demona cast the claimed longevity spell. Demona basically relies on this when she meets representatives of the Japanese clan, allowing them to believe that the massacre of her original clan occurred relatively recently and she was just one of the survivors rather than explain her full role in events. |
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In a line in Infernum, a succubus says, "I don't lie. I don't have to, you do it to yourselves." | |
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In Cuckoo Bird, Izuku has to do this by necessity, as the fae are physically unable to lie without getting a slashing and burning feeling in their throats. | |
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