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* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]] [[Ultramarines (novel)|Ultramarines]]'' novel ''The Killing Ground'', Uriel is subjected to three ordeals to prove that he is untainted by Chaos. The second involves pulling a sacred relic from boiling oil. When he says before that he will succeed, Leodegarius, administering it, says he hopes he will, with obvious sincerity; when he is struggling with the pain, Leodegarius looks at him with obvious desire to have the evidence to prove his innocence. This confidence is what gives him the strength to do it.
* In ''[[Snow Crash]]'', Uncle Enzo takes some enemy agents prisoner. He spares their lives in return for their service. He then deliberately leaves them unguarded, knowing that the trust he's showing them will be more binding than anything material. He's right... not that it matters in the end.
* Not long before realizing that [[Good Feels Good]], [[The Mole|Lara Notsil]] of the ''[[X-wing
* In Simon Spurrier's ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' [[Night Lords]] novel ''Lord of the Night'', Sahaal reverses the process: when he confides even a fraction of the truth to a woman he is deceiving, it feels good. {{spoiler|At the climax, he trusts her -- and finds she was murdered and replaced by a shapeshifter. Later, when he is trapped in his mind by an Eldar, he is met by a psyker who is in a situation similar to his own and they end up running away together from everything.}}
* In the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' books it is a major plot point whether Dumbledore's trust of Snape is correct or if he is a [[Horrible Judge of Character]]. Dumbledore many times asks Harry to trust him. Let's just say there is a lot of trusting going on, much of it rather reluctantly.
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{{quote| ''If you doubt and hesitate, we are lost! Why should I bring you up out of the pits to betray you now?''}}
** In "The Shadow Kingdom", [[Kull]] is given a stolen gem to inspire trust, because he can now betray the man.
* This is one of the central themes of ''Worlds of Deep Space 9: Cardassia'' in the ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Prospero's Daughter|Prospero Regained]]'', Astreus mocks Miranda for declaring she would never trust him, telling her to trust no one and they could write on her tombstone "She trusted no one."
* This is a rising theme in the ''[[Mistborn]]'' trilogy, and one of the keys to victory in the last book.
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* [[Tales of Legendia|''...I trust you, Shirley.'']] And later, ''"Everything will be fine...I trust you."''
* Parodied in ''[[Portal 2]]'' in which one of the advertisements shows that humans "[[Humans Are the Real Monsters|cannot be trusted]]" to do cooperative tests with one another. Robots, on the other hand, can trust one another... for about 6 seconds longer than humans.
* Essential to the relationship of a reyvateil and her partner in ''[[Ar
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'': this is the only way to win the game.
* In ''[[Persona 4]]'', Naoto Shirogane's belief in this trope is exemplified by her decision to get herself attacked by the killer: She is completely willing to trust the Investigation Team to save her, even though her belief that they have the power to do so at all is only a guess. Subverted when the Investigation Team utterly ''[[What the Hell, Hero?|blasts]]'' her for this, pointing out that if they had failed, she would be ''dead''.
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