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[[File:the_invention_of_lying002_3342.png|frame|The Film Poster]]
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▲{{quote| ''"Today I stumbled upon something that no man has ever stumbled upon before. They'll write about me in history books for generations to come. And yet, moments ago, it was unfathomable not only to myself but to mankind as a whole. It's hard to describe but it was as easy as... how do I explain this, I said something that wasn't!"''}}
''[[The Invention of Lying]]'' is a 2009 movie written, produced, directed, and starring [[Ricky Gervais]]. It takes place [[In a World]] that has no concept of fiction or deceit. In a world of brutal honesty we find our protagonist, Mark Bellison, at the end of a particularly terrible day. When these events finally come to a close, he's lost his job, flat broke and facing certain eviction from his apartment. Then when all seems hopeless, he's struck by the finest [[Eureka Moment]] in recorded history. Mark becomes the first person to come up with the idea of intentional deception. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: When Mark asks what they would do if they could do anything, the guys at the bar unanimously agree it's get women naked and have sex with them.
* [[Alternate Universe]]
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* [[Halfway Plot Switch]]: From a man who learns to lie in a world of truth to a deconstruction of love and religion.
* [[High Concept]]: Of a world where lying never came to be.
* [[In a World]]: As seen in the poster used as the page image: "In a world where everyone can only tell the truth... this guy can lie."
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: In a world without lies or deceit, it seems a great many of us are in fact shallow, self-involved, [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]] who place physical looks over love and family.▼
* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: Somehow, a world without deceit, lies, and in this case, religion, still wound up exactly the same in every other respect.
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* [[Like Reality Unless Noted]]: The key difference in this world being the complete absence of lying.
* [[Look Behind You!]]: Used so Mark can
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: The film has been called "[[Bruce Almighty]] for atheists." The Mark-Is-Jesus symbology ''could not'' be more explicit - walking around "healing" people, bringing religion to the world, even
* [[Narrating the Present]]: In the manuscript Mark "finds" it mentions him finding it. Since it's in the manuscript it must be true, right?
* [[Product Placement]]:
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* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Mark is tempted but ultimately doesn't use his abilities to have sex with lots of women or even win over the women he loves for that matter. {{spoiler|He's actually deeply ashamed he nearly abused his talent.}} Although abusing his talent for financial and social gain is well within his moral boundaries.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Think of what the world's first liar ultimately invents - religion.
* [[Self
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: The main concept behind the plot; what would happen if a [[Running Joke|snub-nosed fat man]] with no friends or money [[Loners Are Freaks|learned to]] [[The Cynic|lie and deceive]] in a world of [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|overly trustworthy]] [[The Woobie|beautiful people]]?
* [[Take That]]:
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