Hesitation Equals Dishonesty: Difference between revisions

== Fanfiction ==

* In ''[[Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality (Fanfic)|Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality]]'', Harry spots that Draco was considering lying with this, and Draco believes that Harry is telling the truth because he doesn't stammer.

''Draco had listened carefully, but he hadn't detected any hesitation or tremor.'' }}

* Kyon does this in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' when Tsuruya asked why he had to return to the clubroom despite he telling her before he was dismissed for the day. It turns out he had to find Mikuru to [[Time Travel]] back to the next day.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* [[Knight Rider]] pulled this now and again (since at least one character can only communicate with a words, and a series of little red lights, his hesitations were usually blindingly obvious.

** Then there's a scene in one of the traditional [[Trash the Set|smash-KITT-up-so-we-can-redesign-him-for-the-new-season]] episodes:

Bonnie: ...Yeah. }}

* Explained on ''[[Friends]]'' "The One With the Jam" where Chandler is explaining his problems with Janice which includes him pausing before what could be considered a white lie.

ROSS: And it works both ways. }}

* Invoked on ''[[Frontline]]'', when Brooke edits a pause into the interview of a priest accused of rape to make it look like he's thinking about his answer.

* In a season two episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Ted is trying to catch Robin out in a lie by asking a string of questions about the wedding she claims that she had. When she hesitates answering a question about the catering, he immediately takes that as his in to accuse her of lying, but she quickly covers by saying that she wasn't sure how to answer the question as there were multiple possible answers. She's got rapid-fire responses for all his other follow-up questions about the ceremony until he gets to "Husband's name?" to which she just stammers in response. It turns out that she ''is'' lying and was never married.

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' - after Balthazar rewrites history by un-sinking the Titanic, and is then forced to reset things by a very angry Fate, Castiel and the Winchesters have this exchange. The boys think Balthazar did it because he's a chaotic headcase who hated the Titanic movie, but Castiel knows it was {{spoiler|to create fresh souls for his war in heaven.}}

'''Castiel:'''....Yes. (not meeting Dean's eyes) Absolutely. That's what he did. }}