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'''Obi-Wan''': Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view.

'''Luke''': ''"A certain point of view"?''

 

This trope is [[Blatant Lies]]—at least from a certain point of view. The statement has a justification that rests on a very, very shaky technicality which most people would not consider valid. Usually this entails some feeble excuse or [[Exact Words]]. It may require a [[Personal Dictionary]] or outright [[Insane Troll Logic]].

 

Contrast [[Prophecy Twist]], in which the alternative interpretation is not anticipated by the characters (and hopefully the audience), but makes sense when revealed. Also contrast [[Motivational Lie]], where a lie or partial truth inflames the hero to succeed rather than fail.

 

== [[Advertising]] ==

* There was a series of adverts for Carfax that showed cars in dire shape, and the sound of a description being typed that minimalized the problem, getting erased, then a description being typed that made the car sound like it was great! It was an advert for car histories. The ads included...

* In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga, Honda/Tristan enlists the help of Yugi and Jonouchi/Joey to confess his feelings to a classmate. Yugi helps to write a love letter and Jonouchi slips it into her desk. A [[Sadist Teacher]] discovers the love letter and gleefully humiliates the girl by reading the love letter out loud. When she tells the sender she [[Blatant Lies|will let them off easy]] if he shows himself, both Yugi and Jonouchi stand up, admitting to writing the letter and putting it in the desk respectively. Honda also stands up and says that his feelings were written in that letter. The teacher points out that only one of them could have done it and Jonouchi replies that [[Exact Words|none of them are lying.]]

 

* Kyon, in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', tells a Yakuza that his PDA is custom,<ref>Yuki made it from Asakura's junk data remnants</ref> and says that he got Akasaka's picture because if you do it right, people just look right through you.<ref>He made himself invisible</ref>

** {{spoiler|Achakura}} invokes this in order to get {{spoiler|Nonoko}} to bring Kyon his gear after he [[We Have Forgotten the Phlebotinum|left it behind at home]].