Pinocchio Nose: Difference between revisions

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** Pinochimon (Puppetmon) in ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'' has the same quirk as the character he's named for.

* Every time Monmon from ''[[Zatch Bell]]'' lies, his face will grow longer.

* One episode of ''[[Hello Kitty]] Fairy Tale Fantasy'' retells the Pinocchio story, with the same results when Pinocchio lies. There's an additional twist, ~~however--when~~ the fairy says she's helped Pinocchio too many times, and she's not going to bail him out anymore, ''her'' nose grows.

* One episode of ''[[Hello Kitty]] Fairy Tale Fantasy'' retells the Pinocchio story, with the same results when Pinocchio lies. There's an additional twist, however—when the fairy says she's helped Pinocchio too many times, and she's not going to bail him out anymore, ''her'' nose grows.

== Film ==

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

* 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.

** 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.

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* 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 [[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.

* 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.}}

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* There was an episode of ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' all about this; whenever anyone would mention their own lying tics then she would end up doing it. Giggling and sweating were two of them, but there were more.

* ''[[CSI]]'' example: Catherine was able to penetrate one witness' story by recalling her eye movement: "People tend to look left when remembering, right when creating." It's handy to know, but not infallibly reliable.

* There was a whole ''[[Coupling]]'' ramble on ~~this -- The~~ Prickles, where you freeze and can feel said prickles all over your face ready to burst into rampant blushing; the Blurts, where you try to cover your prickles by blurting out denials; and the Head laugh, where you realize you were speaking too quickly and need to make everything seem alright and overcompensate with the Head Laugh.

* There was a whole ''[[Coupling]]'' ramble on this—The Prickles, where you freeze and can feel said prickles all over your face ready to burst into rampant blushing; the Blurts, where you try to cover your prickles by blurting out denials; and the Head laugh, where you realize you were speaking too quickly and need to make everything seem alright and overcompensate with the Head Laugh.

* 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.

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

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

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

monstrous lie that should move it! }}

== Video Games ==