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== Totally Not Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Sōsuke is a ''lousy'' liar. Every time he tries to lie to the other students at school about how he's [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|A PERFECTLY NORMAL BOY WHO LOVES DOING NORMAL, BORING SCHOOL STUDENT THINGS]] [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ARMY]], they're hardly ever shown to be convinced. ''And'' he fails at lying when it goes the other way and tries to convince them that he's actually a big, bad inhuman terrorist that's unreasonable and will kill anyone. Interestingly enough, however, when he's lying to a corrupt policeman who's actually ''trained'' in interrogating people, he actually manages to convince him about his phony background story (wanting to fight in the Yami Battle for money and power, and also to buy back a prostitute in Tokyo).
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' Negi Springfield is a terrible liar. His [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]] in the Kyoto arc didn't fool anybody, and Chisame commented on it in the [[School Festival]] arc. Chachamaru is also incredibly bad at lying when trying to evade answering a question.
* Usopp of ''[[One Piece]]''. [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah sure, you command 80 million men, "Captain"]]. Of course, he tends to ping-pong between this and [[Consummate Liar]], depending on the [[Rule of Funny]] and [[Rule of Cool]].
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== Most Certainly ''Not'' Fan Works ==
* Elspeth of ''[[Luminosity]]'' is an interesting example: a part of her power is that when she tells the truth, anyone she's talking to knows absolutely that that is the truth. Because she lacks the not-quite-[[Required Secondary Powers]], this makes it glaringly obvious when she's lying because the heavens ''don't'' part to sing that this is true.
* In ''[[Oh God, Not Again
* In ''[[The Man qith No Name (fanfic)|The Man With No Name]]'', the (10th) Doctor laments his inability to lie convincingly in this regeneration several times.
* [[Dragon Ball Abridged]]; Vegeta, on the Dragon Radar.
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* The title character on ''[[Miranda]]''. The always single and childless woman once tried to get out of one of her mother's setup by claiming to have a sick daughter.
* The characters on ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'', save for Nina, are pretty bad liars, particularly George. Worse yet, when the group is in desperate need of a good lie he never steps down and lets one of the other characters take care of it; he always comes up with the lie. It is often answered with skepticism.
* In some early episodes of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' [[Nerds Are Sexy|Reid]] would be reduced to a stammering mess any time he needed to lie. He got better in later seasons.
* In an episode of ''[[Stark Raving Mad]]'' it's revealed that lying makes Henry so nervous that he starts speaking in a Daffy Duck-esque voice. Ian helps him prepare for a situation where he has to lie by drawing on Henry's experience as an actor in college: by rehearsing lies before hand, Henry can then lie convincingly (albeit in a somewhat hammy fashion).
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