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** There are also several stories where unscrupulous people take advantage of the fact that the Second Law allows you to order a robot to lie. However, this runs into the problem that a rigorous interrogation is in effect a strong order to tell the truth, and any competent roboticist can tell when a robot is straining with conflicting orders (and thus infer that the robot was ordered to lie).
* In ''[[Kiesha'ra]]'' series falcon shapeshifters are able to detect blatant lies very easily through their magic, and so most falcons never blatantly lie to avoid trouble. Falcons, however, are also well-versed in the arts of misleading and half-truths, and being misled is no excuse for wrongdoing.
* Hixabrods in [[Gordon R. Dickson]]'s ''Lulungomeena'' are completely truthful, making them popular among other races for legal or diplomatic jobs. Any accusation of dishonesty is a deadly insult to a Hixabrod, so it might be an extreme cultural case of [[Will Not Tell a Lie]]. The story was used in a radio show, see further down the page.
* The faeries from Holly Black's ''Tithe'', ''Valiant'', and ''Ironside''. Instead they just "Bend the truth until it snaps under its own weight." i.e, they can't lie per se, but are very, very fond of leaving out important information or "little details" that could be willfully damaging to the hearer. Oh, and let's not forget the clever use of puns employed in the last book.
* Played straight and inverted in ''[[For The Love Of Evil]]''. When he shows interest in courting Orb, Satan reaches an agreement with the other Incarnations. During the courtship, it's inverted -- everything he says must be a lie or a part of a lie. When he wants to propose marriage, however, this is played straight. At that point, everything he says must be the truth.
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== Radio ==
* An episode of ''X! Minus! One!'' featured a reptilian "lawyer" whose race is incapable of lying (although they don't have to say the entire truth either). This is put to the test when a [[Jerkass]] character tries to get under another character's skin by mocking his home planet, who the latter keeps saying is the most beautiful place in the galaxy. The Jerkass gets the reptilian to admit the other character's planet has been ravaged by an asteroid shower and is hardly the paradise he thought it was, but to his shock the reptilian wholeheartedly agrees that the planet is the best place there is {{spoiler|because the planet is named after the reptilian's word for "home"}}.
** That's an adaptation of
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