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{{quote|''"[[Blatant Lies|The Enrichment Center is committed to the well being of all participants]]. [[Trope Namer|Cake]] and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test."''|'''GLaDOS''', '''''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'''''. {{spoiler|As it turns out, [[Subverted Trope|she wasn't lying about the cake.]]}}}}
{{quote|''" ...the virtue of [[Rags to Riches|the cake]] was that [[Blatant Lies|it was never to be consumed,]] [[Failure Is the Only Option|neither by you nor by your children after you."]]''|'''John Maynard Keynes''', [[World War
[[Self-Demonstrating Article|There will be cake at the bottom of this page.]]
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* In the episode ''The Tomb of Sammun-Mak'' of ''[[Sam and Max]]'', the great-grandpas of Sam and Max (Sameth and Maximus) are entrusted by M. Papierwaite to find and [[MacGuffin Delivery Service|deliver]] an artifact called The Devil's Toybox. Having done so, they find out the promised reward is {{spoiler|to have Maximus sacrificed in a [[Summoning Ritual]]}}
* [[Warhammer Online]] has a quest in which a goblin tells you to run through the [[PvP]] zone of a much lower level to look for "shinies". This triggers the in-game mechanic of turning people too high for a given zone into a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|chicken]] - and if you actually do make it through alive, the goblin roundly mocks you for believing him. You do get a humorous title for it, though.
* In [[The
* In ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'', this happens twice. First, {{spoiler|1=Captain DeSanta promises to give Javier Escuela and Bill Williamson to Marston in exchange for helping him fight the rebels. Instead, he tries to have him executed.}} Later, {{spoiler|Agent Ross reneges on his promise to leave Marston and his family alone after his old gang are dead by sending the US army to kill them.}}
* At the beginning of ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]] Chapter 4'', Guybrush thinks there would be "ice cream cake" when Flotsam's citizens arrive. {{spoiler|Instead, he is summoned to court on civil and criminal charges.}}
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== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Beauty and
* In ''[[Invader Zim]]'', the kids have to sell candy bars to raise money for new desks. Zim goes to great lengths to sell the most in order to win the secret ultimate prize, which turns out to be...{{spoiler|absolutely nothing. It was just a trick to motivate the kids}}.
** [[Memetic Mutation|ADHESIVE MEDICAL STRIPS]]
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