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Line 6: ''Argit:'' ANYTHING!\|''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]''}} A character with a guilty conscience reacts to the appearance of an authority figure with a cry of "Wait! [[I Can Explain]]!" and launches into an explanation of how whatever-it-was wasn't their fault. Invariably, it turns out that the authority figure really wanted to talk to them about something else, and wouldn't even have known about whatever-it-was if they hadn't tried to explain. Line 21: == Comics == * ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' used this trope when Calvin's mother went for an interview with his teacher, Miss Wormwood. Calvin begins packing a suitcase to run away. When his mother comes back and tries to talk to him, she unknowingly [[Perp Sweat~~\|Perp Sweats~~]]s him and he panics as he tries to explain what he thinks Miss Wormwood told her: {{quote\|'''Calvin's Mom''': Calvin, I... '''Calvin''': Yike! You're home! I didn't even finish pack...that is...um...lies! Everything Miss Wormwood said about me was a lie! She just doesn't like me! She hates little boys! It's not my fault! I'm not to blame! She told you about the [[Noodle Incident\|noodles]], right? It wasn't me! Nobody saw me! I was framed! I wouldn't do anything like that! I'm innocent, I tell you!<br />

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