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* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', the Earth King Kuei is being kept in the dark by his "cultural authority" the Dai Li as to the fact that there's been a hundred-year war between the Earth Kingdom and the Fire Nation. The Dai Li is mostly engaging in this to maintain power and to "prevent chaos." They also maintain an oppressive control over the city itself; people who disrupt the city or talk about the war are either terrified into silence or hauled off for "reeducation" into Dai Li [[Manchurian Agent|sleeper agents.]]
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode ''Parasites Lost'', the crew has to make sure Fry doesn't know their plans to rid him of the worms. If he finds out, the worms will know too and can mount a defense.
* In many episodes of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', Numbuh Four is deliberately not told the specifics of the mission, and only learns it when the viewers do. Their reasoning is simply, he's too impulsive and too dumb to be trusted with such info. Oddly, he never seems upset about it. Good examples of this include "Operation: U.N.D.E.R.C.O.V.E.R." and "Operation: H.O.S.P.I.T.A.L." are good examples.
** "Operation: D.I.S.G.U.I.S.E." seems to have Numbuh 3 locked out, although in her case, she may simply not have listened fully to the instruction.
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