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{{quote|There are two kinds of lies, lies with short legs and lies with long noses.|''[[~~The Adventures of Pinocchio (Literature)|~~The Adventures of Pinocchio]]''}}

{{quote|There are two kinds of lies, lies with short legs and lies with long noses.|''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio]]''}}

A character has some specific tell, often a particular [[Character Tics|tic]] which gives them away when they lie. Of course, another character is bound to pick up on this.

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[~~Chrono Crusade (Manga)|~~Chrono Crusade]]'', Chrono realizes something's wrong when Rosette is blackmailed by the villain to go off by herself and follows her. When she asks how he knew something was wrong, he responds "When you lie, you start babbling. I've seen you do it for four years. I know at least '''that''' much about you."

* In ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', Chrono realizes something's wrong when Rosette is blackmailed by the villain to go off by herself and follows her. When she asks how he knew something was wrong, he responds "When you lie, you start babbling. I've seen you do it for four years. I know at least '''that''' much about you."

** Interestingly enough, this trope comes into play subtly again towards the end of the manga. When Chrono is trying to hide an ally's death that he can sense in another room, he closes his eyes and forces himself to smile, while babbling to Rosette about how they can celebrate their victory every year together (while she questions him about what's wrong). Eight chapters later, he once again closes his eyes and has a strained smile on his face when he tricks Rosette into {{spoiler|taking his hand so he can temporarily "stop" her time and rush off to fight Aion alone}}.

* In an episode of ''[[Digimon]]:'' Season Two, TK's brother Matt is making excuses for the current Digidestined one of their sisters, and she promptly calls bullshit, claiming people blink a lot when they lie. "Uhhhhh....*blinkblinkblinkblink*" She promises to take his excuse...for a date, much to his defeat.

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* ''[[The Negotiator]]'' has a character use the same logic as the ''[[CSI]]'' example below.

* The creators of ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]'' have confirmed that whenever Aladdin tells a lie, the feather on his Prince Ali hat falls in his face.

* The creators of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' have confirmed that whenever Aladdin tells a lie, the feather on his Prince Ali hat falls in his face.

** Not to mention Genie's ''literal'' [[Pinocchio Nose]] - and head - when Aladdin first tells him he'll wish for Genie's freedom.

* In ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', Evey can tell that a newsreader is giving a false report if she blinks a lot.

* ''[[Airplane!]]'' has the doctor telling the passengers that [[Blatant Lies|nothing is wrong, everything is fine, and they will be landing shortly.]] His nose gets longer with every lie he tells.

* Jack Byrnes, the father in ''[[Meet the Parents]]'' can tell Greg Focker is lying by feeling Greg's pulse.

* Ffledleur Fflam's harp from ''[[~~The Black Cauldron (Disney)|~~The Black Cauldron]]'', which always falls apart whenever he tells a lie.

* Ffledleur Fflam's harp from ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'', which always falls apart whenever he tells a lie.

== Literature ==

* [[~~Pinocchio~~ ~~(Literature)~~|Pinocchio]]'s nose was both a tell that he was lying (an incredibly obvious tell, in fact), but it was also a [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|a way of punishing him for it]].

* [[The Adventures of Pinocchio|Pinocchio]]'s nose was both a tell that he was lying (an incredibly obvious tell, in fact), but it was also a [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|a way of punishing him for it]].

* Mentioned and described in [[Mamet]]'s ''House of Games''.

* [[Harry Potter|Ron Weasley's]] ears go red when he's angry or lying.

* Cathy's mother in [[VC Andrews]]' ''Flowers in the Attic'' plays with her pearl necklace -- or mimics playing with one if she doesn't have one on -- whenever she's nervous or lying.

* Cathy's mother in [[V. C. Andrews]]' ''Flowers in the Attic'' plays with her pearl necklace -- or mimics playing with one if she doesn't have one on -- whenever she's nervous or lying.

* In one of the ''[[Princess Diaries]]'' books, Mia's grandmother points out that Mia's nostrils flare when she lies.

* In Robert Sawyer's ''Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy'', the titular [[Lizard Folk|tyrannosaurian race]] literally turned blue in the face if they tried to tell a lie. {{spoiler|Most of them, anyway.}}

* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s novel, ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'':

* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s novel, ''[[Discworld/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'':

{{quote| '''Carding:''' My dear Spelter, you blush when you inadvertently tell the truth.

'''Spelter:''' I didn't blush!

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* In ''[[MacGyver]]'', Jack Dalton's left eye twitches whenever he lies. It's mentioned in his first scene with Mac.

** Including in his faked funeral.

* In the ''[[~~Red Dwarf (TV)|~~Red Dwarf]]'' episode "The Inquisitor", Lister points out that Kryten's leg jiggles when he lies.

* In the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "The Inquisitor", Lister points out that Kryten's leg jiggles when he lies.

** A couple of episodes actually have him say "Lie Mode" before saying something untrue. It's not clear whether or not he realizes he's doing it.

* The whole point to the show ''[[Lie to Me (TV)|Lie to Me]]'' is that the main cast has been trained to search for these when suspects in crimes are being interrogated. More specifically, Lightman actually claims in one episode that his tell is that he rubs his forehead while lying. (This was a setup for him to point out another character's, which was twisting her hands.) It's unclear whether he was actually telling the truth about that.

* The whole point to the show ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'' is that the main cast has been trained to search for these when suspects in crimes are being interrogated. More specifically, Lightman actually claims in one episode that his tell is that he rubs his forehead while lying. (This was a setup for him to point out another character's, which was twisting her hands.) It's unclear whether he was actually telling the truth about that.

* Used in an episode of ''[[The Lone Ranger]]'', where the ranger used a villain's pulse as a lie detector.

* Brick in ''[[The Middle]]'' has a very obvious tell: he simply whispers to himself "I'm lying."

* In ''[[Titus]]'', Christopher can tell when his fiance Erin is lying to him, because [[Yoda Speak|words not flow from her mouth good]].

* ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV)|Once Upon a Time]]'' August isn't quite the convincing liar he would like to be. Then again, {{spoiler|he ''is'' Pinocchio after all}}.

* ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' August isn't quite the convincing liar he would like to be. Then again, {{spoiler|he ''is'' Pinocchio after all}}.

== Newspaper Comics ==

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'''Cyrano:''' [[Blatant Lies|None in the world.]]

'''Lise''' ''(shaking her finger at him):'' Methinks you speak not the truth in saying that!

'''Cyrano:''' [[The Adventures of Pinocchio ~~(Literature)~~|Did you see my nose quiver when I spoke?]] [[Shout Out|'Faith, it must have been a]]

'''Cyrano:''' [[The Adventures of Pinocchio|Did you see my nose quiver when I spoke?]] [[Shout-Out|'Faith, it must have been a]]

[[Pinocchio Nose|monstrous lie that should move it!]] }}

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* Pointing these out is a vital gameplay elements in ''[[Ace Attorney|Apollo Justice : Ace Attorney]]''. Particularly notable is the instance in which {{spoiler|the killer tenses his hand in such a way that his scar ''looks like a skull''.}} Yikes.

* In ''[[~~Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|~~Tales of Symphonia]]'', Colette always giggles when she lies. Lloyd notices this when {{spoiler|she lies that she still eats, sleeps, and feels sensation when she is, in fact, turning into an angel.}} Lloyd even says "You always do that fake giggle when you lie!"

* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', Colette always giggles when she lies. Lloyd notices this when {{spoiler|she lies that she still eats, sleeps, and feels sensation when she is, in fact, turning into an angel.}} Lloyd even says "You always do that fake giggle when you lie!"

* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', it's been noted that whenever Axel lies or is unsure of what he's saying he breaks eye-contact.

== Western Animation ==

* On ''[[~~Family Guy (Animation)|~~Family Guy]]'', Peter says he knows Ted Turner isn't telling the truth when he blinks twice. He first noticed it after watching a Barbara Walters interview, when Ted said he'd be with [[Jane Fonda]] forever.

* On ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter says he knows Ted Turner isn't telling the truth when he blinks twice. He first noticed it after watching a Barbara Walters interview, when Ted said he'd be with [[Jane Fonda]] forever.

* On ''[[Ben 10 Alien Force ~~(Animation)~~|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'', Kevin claims that Ben's left eyelid twitches whenever he lies. Fortunately, this also applies to an [[Evil Twin]].

* On ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'', Kevin claims that Ben's left eyelid twitches whenever he lies. Fortunately, this also applies to an [[Evil Twin]].

* On ''[[Arthur (~~Animation~~)|Arthur]]'', when the title character begins fidgeting with his glasses, it's almost certain that he's lying.

* On ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'', when the title character begins fidgeting with his glasses, it's almost certain that he's lying.

* The ''[[~~Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|~~Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "The Beak" shows Phineas scratches his left ear whenever he lies.

* The ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "The Beak" shows Phineas scratches his left ear whenever he lies.