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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]'', most of Goku's friends don't tell him about his [[Our Werebeasts Are Different|were-monkey]] problem because they were afraid that he'd put two and two together and realize that he was probably the very monster that killed his (adoptive) grandfather. He eventually figures it out when he sees Vegeta transform, but he's too busy trying not to get killed to [[Heroic BSOD|BSOD]] over it.
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'', Rika not only doesn't tell Akasaka exactly why he'll regret not going back to Tokyo, in the manga, she actually {{spoiler|cuts the cord of the telephone lines so he can't call the hospital his pregnant wife is at}}. It isn't until Ooishi finds him with Rika on a hill that Akasaka finds out {{spoiler|his wife is dead}}. Rika gives this trope as the reason for not telling him, because she knew that he'd fall into such deep despair that he wouldn't be able to help her.
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', Kotetsu has a problem with disclosing personal issues, even when they have major consequences for others, because he doesn't like worrying people and bothering them with his own problems. This ends up biting him in the ass on a grand scale in the second half of the series.
* In ''[[Natsume Yuujinchou]]'', this is the reason Natsume is reluctant to tell the Fujiwaras about his problems with youkai and ayakashi - They'd have to live with the fact that he is attacked by invisible monsters every day, and that there's very little they could do about it.
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* In the short-lived series ''The Cape'', an astronaut goes on a Shuttle mission as his wife is about to give birth. She dies of complications during the birth, and Mission Control keeps this from the crew until they return to Earth.
* ''[[Smallville]]''. Too many times used to count.
* This happens in an episode of ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'': Lightman doesn't tell Torres about her boyfriend being located at the site of an accident because she'll be more useful to everybody if she stays and helps identify the culprit.
* The longest thread in the history of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer]] had the heading "Xander Lied!" It was about Xander not telling Buffy that Willow was re-trying Angel's re-ensoulment spell in the final episode of season 2.
 
 
== Theater ==
* In ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Theatretheatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', Mrs. Lovett uses this as justification for not telling Sweeney that {{spoiler|his wife Lucy is still alive, but an insane, homeless prostitute}}.
 
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]'', Lord Uther has actually been beset with crippling illness for most of the game. Oswin is aware of the illness from the beginning, but doesn't tell main character Hector about it under Uther's orders. Uther knew that Hector would have left Eliwood and Lyn's party and would have spent the rest of his life regretting it if he were told.
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'', Colette hides {{spoiler|1. What's happening to her as she's releasing the seals; 2. That she's supposed to die at the end of the Regeneration; and 3. That she's being crystallized by a disease.}} all to avoid her companions worrying about her. In short, she loves pulling this almost as much as she loves Lloyd. Raine also knows about the second one, but plays along with Colette's wishes as well.
* Tifa of ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' avoids telling Cloud about {{spoiler|what actually happened at Nibelheim}}. Considering [[Heroic BSOD|the likely outcome]] of that knowledge it's understandable, but it really does cause a mess.
 
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