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* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]: Brotherhood'', when [[Butt Monkey|Yoki]] encounters the Elrics again, he gives this whole account of how things have went downhill for him ever since he met them, and it's all presented in silent movie style. While he tells of being a good leader who was unjustifiably tricked, and tells of his investments failing, we see him abusing his power and his "investments" are more along the lines of him conning people and gambling away the rest of his money. The funniest part is his narration about "borrowing money" from a noble family- it's actually a scene of him burglarizing the Armstrong home, and in a [[Mythology Gag]] referencing a manga omake and the first anime, he gets a piano dropped on him by the [[Moe]] and harmless-looking [[Cute Bruiser|Katherine Armstrong]].

* This is one of the major tricks of the anime version of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', where Kyon's on-screen actions often contradict his narration. So, for example, in the first chronological episode, Kyon tells us he's not interested in Haruhi, after having just spent several scenes very obviously checking her out.

{{quote|'''Lina''': In the end, peace was restored to the village... ({{spoiler|transition from the scene of nuking a dragon to the crater where this village once stood}})

'''Lina''': After bidding farewell to the grateful villagers... Gourry and I continue our journey... ({{spoiler|villagers chasing them with pitchforks}})

* The ''[[Mission Impossible (film)|Mission Impossible]]'' movie. Tom Cruise pretends to believe Jon Voight's story, but is imagining the way it really happened.

* This was used early in the movie ''[[Cube]] 2: Hypercube''. One of the characters said he was a plumber, but his flashbacks showed he was actually a secret agent.

* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'': "Fezzik took great care in reviving Inigo."

* In ''[[Superbad]]'', this is used when one of the lead characters describes their previous evening to their love interest. While they describe going to a elegant club, the audience sees them trying to gain admission to a seedy strip club. Similarly, their account of celebrating with a drink is matched by them vomiting violently from cheap booze.

* ''[[Beowulf (film)|Beowulf]]'': Beowulf claims a bunch of sea monsters attacked him during the race with Breca. We ''do'' see him fighting said sea monsters, but when he claims another sea monster dragged him down under the water, it's actually a beautiful mermaid that he ends up "plunging his blade into."

* [[The Usual Suspects]] primarily uses [[Unreliable Narrator]], but the flashbacks are ''slightly'' closer to reality than the narration. Eg, his story involves a man named "Kobayashi", but the flashbacks show an obviously non-Japanese man in that role.

* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''. When Bowler Hat Guy is [[Mr. Exposition|ranting to a captured Lewis]] about [[Motive Rant|why he has a grudge against him]], he says several things that flatly contradicts what is seen on the screen. For instance, he claims that everybody at school hated him after we see a couple of kids being friendly to him and inviting him to hang out, and that he and the evil robotic hat Doris retreated to their "[[Supervillain Lair|villainous lair]]" to make their [[Evil Plan]] - while the actual footage shows them going to an [[Sugar Bowl|adorable]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|kiddy restaurant]].

* In the film ''[[One True Thing]]'' the main character, Ellen, is shown discussing her mother's death with a detective. Her voice-over narration seems at first to match up with what is shown on the screen, but as the film progresses it becomes clear that she is not giving the detective the full story, and has glossed over her family's problems.