Self-Proclaimed Liar: Difference between revisions

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'''Casanunda:''' No.|'''''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'''''}}

 

** Additionally, the "Uso" in Usopp's name is Japanese for "lie." An early joke soon after he joined the crew was for his introducing himself to sound as if he was saying "I am a liar."

* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''. Hiruma lies. ALL THE TIME.

'''Players who've played Hiruma's team:''' You just noticed? }}

* Motoharu Tsuchimikado calls himself a liar in ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' right before {{spoiler|faking a Heroic Sacrifice.}}

** Moist Von Lipwig notes in ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]'' that if you tell the masses you want to take their money, you'll just gain a reputation as an honest man.

* Petyr Baelish from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''

* [[wikipedia:Epimenides paradox|The Epimenides paradox]]. From [[The Bible]], Titus 1:12:

He has surely told the truth. }}

* In ''[[Illuminatus]]'', one of Hagbard Celine's advices to Geroge Dorn was "Never trust anyone who has the initials H. C." He's a [[Trickster Mentor]] to George, as well as the crew of his submarine.

 

* A famous quote of Captain Jack Sparrow of the ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' movies

* In ''[[Bedazzled]]'' (at least the original version) Peter Cook's Mr Spigot (the Devil) tells Dudley Moore's character "I'm a terrible liar, believe me."

* ''[[The Invention of Lying]]''

== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'': Elim Garak is probably this show's most triumphant example, to such a degree that on one occasion Odo realises Garak is telling the truth precisely because his response to a question is a simple "I don't know" rather than a convoluted and eloquant tale of extravagence. His reputation for obfuscation is legend not just in the fandom but in-universe as well.

'''Garak''': [[Especially Zoidberg|Especially the lies]]. }}

* And in the episode "I, Mudd" of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', one of the tactics used to discombobulate the androids is to throw the Epimenides paradox at them.

 

* In [[Voltaire (band)|Voltaire]]'s ''When You're Evil'', the singer seems to break his evil persona to reveal that all along, he really just wanted to be loved... before admitting,

Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need }}

* To state the obvious, "Liar" by [[Henry Rollins|the Rollins Band]].

* Kreia of ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Knights of the Old Republic|Knights of the Old Republic II:The Sith Lords]]''. She encourages The Exile to distrust people, even herself, you even gain [[Relationship Values|influence]] with her (that oddly works as "trust" for everyone else) if you say you don't trust her.

* Played for laughs in ''[[Sam and Max|Sam and Max: The Penal Zone]]'':

'''Max''': [[Will Not Tell a Lie|I can't lie]] to Flint Paper, Sam!<br />

'''Sam''': I can, little buddy. (To Flint) Nope, not a thing. }}

* Angelica from ''[[Rugrats]]'', especially in the ''All Grown Up'' sequel series. She even describes lying as an art.

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': [[Magnificent Bastard|Azula]] is a pretty good liar.

'''Azula''': Like I've never done that before. }}