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* A non-comedic version of this is what basically sets the plot of ''[[The Demolished Man]]'' into motion. The protagonist is so convinced that a hated business rival will refuse his offer to merge their firms that he literally cannot see that the coded answer he gets is actually an ''agreement'' and thus starts to {{spoiler|plot the man's murder}}. Different from most other cases here in that the misunderstanding is only cleared up {{spoiler|weeks after he has already succeeded}}.
* In Aldous Huxley's ''Island,'' the protagonist, a world-weary journalist, refers to himself as "the man who won't take yes for an answer." Not an example of this trope, since he's joking about his cynicism—probably means that, as a journalist, he interviews people and disbelieves what they say—but it echoes this trope's title.
* In [[Diana Wynne Jones]]'s ''[[House of Many Ways]]'', Charmain Baker initially writes to the royal library volunteering as an assistant to sort out its contents. She never expect the library to accept her, and repeatedly tell herself that what she is doing is a ridiculous idea and will not work. They accepted. Cue mental panic as she rushes to ask Peter — a boy residing with her — what day it is, and speed walks out the house the next day.
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