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== Real Life ==
* The cast commentary of the first ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' film had a humorous example of this, with a story about Dominic getting a splinter and grossly exaggerating how bad it was.
* In [[Association Football]], players often try to draw free kicks, etc. by "diving" - falling to the ground and pretending to be much more seriously injured than they actually are. The trope is effectively [[Lampshaded]] when, more often than not, said player gets up and runs off at full tilt when their pleas are ignored.
** This is known as "flopping" in basketball circles. Former Laker and Hornet Vlade Divac was considered the best around at drawing fouls from fleeting or non-existent contact.
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