Never Trust a Trope: Difference between revisions

* ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'': "Never trust a toon."

** Not just Toons.

'''Valiant:''' I don't trust anybody or anything! }}

* Peter Jackson's ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': Gimli, "[[Elves vs. Dwarves|Never trust an elf!]]"

* ''[[Redwall]]'': Marlfox, "[[Cunning Like a Fox|Never trust a vixen, never trust a vixen]]!" Variation, in that it's actually a member of the group in question saying this (during a dream sequence, but nevertheless). Mossflower's foxes are ''[[Card-Carrying Villain|proud]]'' of being untrustworthy.

* The D'regs in ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'' also pride themselves on being untrustworthy:

'''Ahmed:''' Ye gods, no! My mother is a D'reg! She'd be terribly offended if I trusted her. She'd say she hadn't brought me up right. }}

** [[Discworld/Mort|Mort]] has "Never trust a Grand Vizier." (Though it's a bit different from other examples of this trope, as that's actually [[Evil Vizier|pretty sensible advice]].)

** Cassandra in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "New Earth", "Never trust a nun, never trust a nurse and ''never'' trust a cat." Although in that case they really shouldn't have been trusted...

* ''[[I, Claudius]]'' has Herod Agrippa give this advice to the title character:

'''Claudius:''' No one? Not even you? }}

** In the book, Herod gives Claudius this advice repeatedly, and he's absolutely right. Claudius once writes him a letter saying that he has taken Herod's advice and trusts no one -- with the exception of several people whose names he lists, Herod among them. All of them, Herod included, prove to be untrustworthy.