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{{quote|'''Passerby:''' I say, has there been an accident?
'''Doctor:''' No, the lady ran her car into the wall on purpose. }}
* At the end of [[Sherlock Holmes|"The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton"]], [[Inspector Lestrade|Lestrade]] comes and gives Holmes a description of one of the men seen fleeing Milverton's residence the night he was murdered.
{{quote|'''Lestrade''': The first fellow was a bit too active, but the second was caught by the under-gardener, and only got away after a struggle. He was a middle-sized, strongly built man -- square jaw, thick neck, moustache, a mask over his eyes.
'''Holmes''': That's rather vague. Why, it might be a description of Watson!
'''Lestrade''': (amused) It's true. It might be a description of Watson.}}
** The punchline, of course, is that it ''was'' a description of Watson - the two 'burglars' had been him and Holmes, who had broken into Milverton's house the night before to find and destroy his blackmail stash. The murderer had been someone else entirely and escaped via a different route.
* In ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'', the fairies can't enter a human dwelling unless they've been invited. In a scene in the third book, Artemis sarcastically asks [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Jon Spiro if he thinks Artemis is going to get the C Cube back with the help of his fairy friends. Spiro laughs and tells Artemis that he can bring all the fairy friends he wants, giving Holly and the rest access to the building. Juliet later gets Holly permission to enter another building by adopting a "little girl" attitude and asking "Can I bring my invisible friend?"
* Partially subverted in ''[[The Sword of Truth]]''. A nondescript man shows up at the Wizard's Keep and declares, "I am an assassin, sent by Emperor Jagang, to kill Richard Rahl. Could you direct me to him please?" As would probably happen in real life, the guards aren't sure whether to believe him or not, but they '''do''' assume that this guy is trouble somehow and treat him as a threat. The subversion is that his aim was to be taken prisoner and taken inside the Keep, which is what happens; at which point, he reveals that he is a wizard and starts kicking people's asses in an endeavour to do exactly what he said he would do. They beat him, but with difficulty.
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