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Commonly, a character will appear to be making a brave confession, and then be revealed to have just been practicing before a [[Mirror Monologue|mirror]]. Or, he will seem to be explaining his life to someone, and then be shown to be [[Surrogate Soliloquy|talking to a gravestone]].
Alternatively, a character will clearly be talking to himself, but we find out that someone just happened to [[Exact
Visual media typically use a [[Reveal Shot]], often a [[Closeup On Head]], to execute Trick Dialogue. Compare [[Fourth Wall Psych]] (where the character appears to be speaking to the audience but is actually talking to another person). See also [[Not So Dire]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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** And then subverted [[Played for Laughs|for laughs]] when he walks up to Aang and company and gives the first bit of the same speech, intonation and all.
* The first episode of ''Clerks: The Animated Series'' used this type of gag; A manhole cover is lifted partially open from the inside, and we hear Dante and Randall speak to one another while two sets of eyes are shown peeking out. Cue Dante and Randall walking past from offscreen.
* In the ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' episode "A Sucker for the Suck-O-Matic", Rocko appears to be getting fed up with his slacker friend Heffer ("You're useless, and pathetic! Like... [[Buffy
* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Emotion Sickness", a montage of Ron expressing his thoughts and concerns about Kim's sudden ([[Emotion Bomb|Moodulator-induced]]) romantic interest in him ends in the reveal that he's talking to [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Mr. Barkin]], who demands to know, "Stoppable, how did you get in my house?"
* In the episode Candace Disconnected on ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Candace appares to be talking to her best friend Stacy on the phone (complete with mentioning her name and having an actual conversation), only for her head to turn and reveal to the audience that... she was talking into her own hand all along.
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