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Line 56: {{quote\|Leon began to chuckle, but it died in his throat. "Ah... um..." He coughed. "How long have you known?" Daley gave a sniff of noiseless laughter. "About half an hour. You really should learn to control that mouth of yours, partner."}} * In the ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[Sailor Moon]]/[[Ranma ½]]'' crossover ''[[The Girl Who Loved]]'', Mary Riddle deduces Cuteness' true identity, addresses her as "my Princess", and when Cuteness demands to know who told her, Mary replies, "Why, you did. Just now." == [[Film]] == Line 91 ⟶ 92: == [[Literature]] == * ''[[Discworld]]'': Done subtly in ''[[~~Discworld/The Fifth Elephant\|~~The Fifth Elephant]]''. The Patrician assigns Commander Vimes a manservant, Inigo Skimmer, for his trip to Uberwald. Vimes tosses an orange at him, and it bounces off. He doesn't say anything at that point, but later, when he reveals that he knew about Skimmer being a spy, he points out that a normal person would have either caught the orange or at least flinched (to confirm this theory, he later lobs one at Sergeant Stronginthearm, who ducks); Skimmer looked at it, recognized that it wasn't a threat, and let it go on its way, inadvertently showing that he has had assassin training. Played with a bit in ''[[~~Discworld/~~Night Watch (Discworld)\|Night Watch]]'' too. Coates informs Vimes that "I know you're not the real John Keel." Vimes keeps a totally straight face, only to realize that that gave him away more thoroughly than anything he could have said. * Although in that case Coates didn't even need the confirmation, as he ''did'' actually know for a fact that Vimes wasn't the real Keel {{spoiler\|because Keel had been Coates' own mentor in the past}}. ** Also done at the end of the book, when Vetinari calls Commander Samuel Vimes {{spoiler\|Sergeant, and Vimes replies instantly. Vimes accuses Vetinari of having known all along, and is told "Not until, oh, one second ago."}} * In [[Isaac Asimov~~\|Isaac Asimov's~~]]'s mystery novel ''A Whiff Of Death'', the killer gives himself away by reacting to the detective grasping and starting to turn a valve that had been rigged to cause an explosion (the trap had previously been detected and neutralized). In one of Asimov's short mystery stories, the culprit is a Québécois person using a false identity of an American. The detective tricks him into revealing his true identity by asking him to write the word "Montréal," and he writes it with an ''accent aigu'' on the e, whereas someone who only spoke English wouldn't spell it that way. * [[Conviction by Counterfactual Clue\|Alas, plenty of people who only speak English and who live near Montréal spell the name with the accent.]] Line 312 ⟶ 314: '''Sorlie''': Actually I only put it together a minute ago. Then I guessed, and you confirmed it. '''Flinders''':<ref>formerly Captain in UNS military intelligence</ref> Your intel skills are way above your pay grade. }} * [https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1293.html This] instalment of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' combines You Just Told Me and [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: {{quote\|'''Serini''': Definitely ''not'' 'cause I spent this room's whole budget on the walkway, I don't even know who told you that.}} == [[Web Original]] == Line 353 ⟶ 357: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:The Oldest Tricks in The Book]] [[Category:The Plan]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]