Seamless Spontaneous Lie: Difference between revisions

 

Compare [[Blatant Lies]] and [[Snowball Lie]], and [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]. Contrast [[Pull the Thread]] (or [[Stereo Fibbing]] for the plural version) and [[Hesitation Equals Dishonesty]].

== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', this is pulled not by the characters, but by way of [[Dub Induced Plot Hole]]. In the Japanese version of the Arlong Park Arc, Arlong gives Nami a knife to prove her loyalty by stabbing Usopp. She decides to fake it - she puts her hand in front of Usopp and stabs it, then telling Usopp to pretend to be hit and fall into the lake/pool. In the 4Kids version, through very cheap copy-pasting of scenes, Nami elaborates an impossibly convenient plan with Usopp while preparing to "stab" him: Usopp had to replace Nami's knife with a rubber knife (that he conveniently had with him, and that conveniently looked exactly the same as Arlong's knife), Nami hits him with it, and the rest of the scene is played more or less the same. And in the next episode, Nami's hand is injured, for absolutely no reason.

* Skyler in ''[[Breaking Bad]]''. When she needs to justify the large amount of cash her husband Walter earned from making meth, she spins a tale about Walt gambling that also explains the falling outs they had. It's so good Walter himself begins to listen in awe.

** Walter does this fairly frequently as well. It starts out as clumsily handled [[Multitasked Conversation|Multitasked Conversations]], but becomes increasingly complex.

* George on ''[[Seinfeld]]'' is usually terrible at lying, but he does have one shining moment when he sneaks an IQ test to supposed genius Elaine to take for him, then has to explain the food stains she got on it by concocting an elaborate story about how he went out the window to get some snacks.