I Never Said It Was Poison: Difference between revisions

* Near the end of the ''[[Patlabor]]'' Manga, three detectives are interrogating the CEO of a company they're almost certain is the maker of the Griffon (which is still known to the general public as "the Black Labor").

{{quote|'''Detective #1''': So, you say you have ''nothing'' to do with the Black Labor?

'''Detective #1''': Sir... How did you know the Black Labor is called "Griffon"? }}

* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' has this during the Kodoku arc. [[Brainwashed and Crazy|Tamahome]] meets Miaka in the place they were supposed to before Nakago placed him under his control. He tells her, quite convincingly, that he only played along with Nakago's plans... at which point he asks her where Tasuki and Chichiri were, in spite of the fact that Miaka never told him Tasuki, whom he didn't even know at that point, would be coming along.

* In ''Wild Child'', when Poppy is before the Honour Court for setting fire to the school, head girl Harriet accidentally reveals that she was actually the one who started the fire, by talking about the very specific lighter that Poppy supposedly used when no one has mentioned anything about a lighter.

* ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]'':

'''Riggs''': Hey, I didn't say his name was 'Jack' - You'd better start telling me more than Jack Shit. }}

* ''Scream 4'': {{spoiler|Jill turns herself in when she comments about having a similar wound as Gale, a fact only the one who attacked her could know.}}

* In ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]'', Khan realises Chekov and Terrel meant to beam down to Ceti Alpha VI when Chekov lets slip that he did not know they landed on Ceti Alpha V.

{{quote|'''Chekov''': You lie! On Ceti Alpha V there was life. A fair chance-

'''Khan''': You didn't expect to find me; you thought this was Ceti Alpha VI! Why are you here? }}

** Vimes uses it once again in ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]'' when talking to the Troll crime boss Chrysoprase. Chryosprase lets slip that his knowledge of a crime scene is greater than what the public would know. When Vimes calls him out, Chrysoprase dismisses the accusation as gossip that he heard from the Dwarfs. Or well, had Dwarfs beaten up or threatened until they told him. He did in fact have no connection to it.

** Used in [[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]. Moist is being interrogated by [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Carrot]], all while under the guise of being an upstanding pillar of the community businessman. When he tries to shut Carrot down due to him, Moist, being [[Genre Savvy|aware of this trope]]...

'''Carrot''': [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|For telling me that you know how this sort of thing goes, sir.]] }}

* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]] [[Horus Heresy]]'' novel ''False Gods'', Loken knows that Erebus is lying to him because he pointed out that the interex had accused them of stealing a kinebrach's sword—and in fact, the interex had only accused them of stealing a weapon.

* Used on ''[[This Is Wonderland]]''. A white woman beats up a black man, thinking he was trying to rape her. He takes her to court, and she is so expecting the race card to get played that the following conversation ensues:

{{quote|'''Crown Prosecutor Kaye''': Or was it just because he looked like a rapist?

'''Crown Prosecutor Kaye''': Black? I just said he looked like a rapist. ''You'''re the one who attached "black" to "rapist". }}

* Frequently used in ''[[Columbo]]''.