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Since [[Viewers are Morons]], they probably won't know that the hero's family was in fact NOT... [[Released to Elsewhere]] and that [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves|the "reward" the traitor... deserved... is in fact death]] without the simple and ever so subtle clue of a significant hesitation.
The trope extends to videogames, even to the dialogue of the player characters: Even if [[Statistically Speaking]] the PC is an excellent liar, there's a good chance the writers will mark his [[Blatant Lies]] with the all too subtle "Why, yes.... I AM the assassin you've ordered".
Sadly, belief in this in [[Real Life]] makes things even more difficult for those of us who aren't perfect communicators. [[Fridge Logic]] ''should'' indicate that the guy with the perfectly-rehearsed story is probably lying his ass off (or is extremely well-spoken, but there's a noticeable difference between the two), rather than the guy who occasionally pauses to collect his thoughts. Subtrope of [[You Can Always Tell a Liar]]. Compare [[Seamless Spontaneous Lie]].
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== Comics ==
* Relentlessly used in [[Silver Age]] comics, but ''only'' when the reader knows it's a lie. A lie that is part of the twist ending (and thus not known as a lie to the reader) will be delivered blithely, while if we know the character is lying, every sentence will begin with "Um...".
* In the first issue of ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'', a man on the street asks Tick if he's the guy who just broke out of the insane asylum (He is). Tick ums and ers for about half a page before coming up with the answer "No."
== Fanfiction ==
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*** e.g. if you want to force someone to tell you some information, you can tell them that you will kill them if they don't answer. Choosing the dialogue option "Lie" means that you're bluffing, while "Truth" means that you actually intend to carry out the threat. Usually, the only difference between two options like this is the effect on your [[Character Alignment]].
* Girl Stinky of ''[[Sam and Max]]'' does this constantly. {{spoiler|[[Red Herring|Typically when she's actually being honest]].}}
* The Porre ambassador in the ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' [[Fan Sequel]] Crimson Echoes inserts significant hesitations into EVERY SINGLE ONE of his lines. Him not being on the up and up therefore comes as a tremendous surprise to the player.
* [[Iji]] when lying about {{spoiler|the surviving Tasen in a [[Pacifist Run]]}}.
* [[In the 1st Degree]] definitely plays this straight. When you question the defendent Tobin and pin him about the phone message of him threatening Zack, he says "I was trying to...''persuade'' Zack to withdraw the claim." He's lying, you know it and the prosecutor you're playing as knows it.
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