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[[File:Find Kira the easy way.jpg|link=Death Note|frame|One of the more embarrassing ways to blow your [[Secret Identity]].]]

 

{{quote|'''Azula:''' So, I hear you've been to visit your Uncle Fatso in the prison tower.

'''Zuko:''' That guard told you!

 

Ben is undercover. Stan, typically a [[The Rival|rival or enemy]], knows or at least suspects as much; and tests his suspicion by blurting out Ben's real name. Inevitably, Ben will, quite unprofessionally, respond to the use of his name, confirming Stan's suspicions. Note that Ben's reaction is, in and of itself, sufficient to convict him, even if the two are alone and Stan could not possibly be addressing anyone else.

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In an episode of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' series 0, a cop announces that a criminal has been tracked to the joint where Yugi and Jonouchi have gone for a burger, and their friends are working. The police sergeant says it might help that the crook is allergic to eggs; Anzu says (falsely) that he will be easy to catch, because the burger buns have lots of egg in them. At that, the crook freaks out and tries to bolt, despite having suffered no ill effects when he ate there the day before. In a subversion, this crook turned out to be a small-time shoplifter; the real perp did not fall for it.

** When Ling is unsure if he's talking to the real Ed, or Envy is disguise, he dismissively calls him a pipsqueak. [[Reflexive Response|Ed responds as]] [[Berserk Button|one would expect.]]

* In ''[[Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru]]'', Sion started suspecting that Mizuho might be [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] pretty quickly, but she only confirmed it when - while passing Mizuho in the bathroom - she casually said "Your fly's undone." In Mizuho's defense, 'she' had only been acting like a girl for a few days by then. Later on, she gets so good at it that Sion actually forgets that 'she' is a boy sometimes...

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Subverted in ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'': Brian's opponent in a naval wargame tries this, prompting Brian to "confirm" it by bursting out "How did you know that was my plan?." At the climax of the game, it is revealed that Brian had a different plan all along, and ''deliberately'' did this to mislead his opponent.

 

* ''[[Things Involving Shipgirls That Are No Longer Allowed|More Things Involving Shipgirls That Are No Longer Allowed]]'', [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12480048/249/More-Things-Involving-Shipgirls-That-Are-No-Longer-Allowed Rule 2814]

{{quote|Once she was sure Nagato was out of earshot, Kiyoshimo leaned in close to the ferret and whispered "I know you can speak."