Hesitation Equals Dishonesty: Difference between revisions

 

Sadly, belief in this in [[Real Life]] makes things even more difficult for those of us who aren't perfect communicators. [[Fridge Logic]] ''should'' indicate that the guy with the perfectly-rehearsed story is probably lying his ass off (or is extremely well-spoken, but there's a noticeable difference between the two), rather than the guy who occasionally pauses to collect his thoughts. Subtrope of [[You Can Always Tell a Liar]]. Compare [[Seamless Spontaneous Lie]].

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* 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. }}