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So Alice needs Bob to do some yardwork. Bob would rather continue being lazy. So what does Bob do?
{{quote|'''Bob''': Uh... I can't. I'm allergic to grass. And rakes.
The injury or disease may or may not be largely inhibiting or even real. The 'faker' may have to [[Maintain the Lie]] in order to truly get away with his/her scheme. Said liar may also be subject to [[Laser-Guided Karma]].
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] ==
* In ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'', Miu, in a bid for attention, pretends to be ill briefly (while Chika really ''is'')... but ends up actually getting a serious fever.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Guttersnipe]]'' features [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304172040/http://www.guttersnipecomic.com/?p=128 this rather impressive case]:
{{quote|"If these ain't alkyhol, then why does they got X's on 'em?"
"Uh ... [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Why, because this water is highly pornographic]]!" }}
* ''[[The Noob]]'' has a guild (ZERG) running [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/342/ lame excuse school].
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* Also in a [[Rooster Teeth]] creation, ''[[Red vs. Blue|Red vs Blue]]'', the character Caboose says, "I am allergic to things I do not want to do." The way he says it with complete seriousness might even suggest he believes it himself (his intelligence is certainly faulty enough for it to seem plausible to him).
* [[Tree Fog|It's my cousin. He can talk now. It's actually miraculous.]]
* ''Disney Star Wars is Dumb'' blog has categories "[https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/category/spin/media-excuses/ Media Excuses]" and "[https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/category/spin/rian-johnson-explanation-tour/ Rian Johnson Explanation Tour]" dedicated to lame excuses for Disney ''[[Star Wars]]'' not doing well to an embarrassing extent. Because if despite all the promotion and early high ratings from the professional shills, in the third week ''The Last Jedi'' "dropped to 3rd place, behind the 4th sequel in [[Insidious|a low budget horror franchise]]", that's... <s>really awkward</s> clearly caused by [https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/great-movies-let-us-down/ other people making movies Disney did not "reboot" yet]. Including [https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/excuses-for-solo-are-already-being-written/ the first excuses] for ''Solo'' appearing even ''before'' it had a chance to "unexpectedly" sink. And later [https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/2018/03/28/hasbro-ceo-gives-6-excuses-for-poor-toy-sales/ excuses] for Star Wars toy sales by pure coincidence following the trend toward the sea bottom. And then, of course, [https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/2018/07/03/sjw-blames-critical-fans-for-director-backing-away-from-star-wars/ whom to blame] when it turns out even in Disney natural consequences of this development are not completely banished from reality by the excuses.
== [[Web Animation]] ==
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