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* 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/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'':

'''Carding:''' Precisely my point. }}

** Sam Vimes actually has one in the form of another character. Captain Carrot flinches whenever he hears a direct lie, so when Vimes tries to lie to Vetinari with Carrot in the room, Vetinari just watches Carrot's face.

* ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'': Aluded by Cyrano at Act II Scene III, after he has fought one hundred men, Cyrano has a [[Chekhov's Gun|slight cut on his hand and is talking casually to his friends Ragueneau and Lise:]]

'''Cyrano:''' [[Blatant Lies|None in the world.]]<br />

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