You Wouldn't Believe Me If I Told You: Difference between revisions

{{quote|'''Emily:''': "Honesty is the best policy!"

'''Ash:''': "Honesty would get both of us put in an asylum."|''[[Misfile]]''}}

* A major plot of ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|G Gundam]]'' is that Kyoji made a clone of himself with all of his knowledge and skills in order to protect his brother Domon as he was currently under the control of the Dark Gundam and incapable of helping Domon himself. When asked by Domon why he didn't reveal this secret earlier, Kyoji's clone states, "You were so hot-headed back then, Domon; you wouldn't have believed me if I had told you."

== [[Film ]] ==

== [[Live -Action TV ]] ==

* ''[[War of the Worlds (TV series)|War Ofof the Worlds]]'' episode "The Resurrection"

* Used in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]''{{'}}s second season finale, after ''Spike'' has offered to help her prevent the apocalypse.

== [[Literature]] ==

* Happens in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' novel ''Changes'', where the [[Good Cop, Bad Cop|Good Cop]] is questioning Harry about a building that was bombed. Harry delivers this line when asked if he knows who did it, then the two change subject and talk a while before the cop decides he's innocent and lets him go. Before Harry leaves, the cop asks who really did it, to which he responds "Vampires," adding "I told you you wouldn't believe me" a minute later when the cop goes through surprise and disbelief.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* At the end of ''[[ConkersConker's Bad Fur Day]]'' (And the remake.) Conker says this exact line to the bartender when asked "Ya look horrible! what happened to you?" Before being poured a glass of scotch and asking for the whole bottle.

* The player can invoke this in the game ''[[Mission Critical]]'' after waking up with the first officer of the USS Lexington angry, holding a sidearm on them, and demanding answers. It goes about as well as one would expect.

''*TellTells her everything that's happened, including {{spoiler|[[The Mole|the traitor aboard the ship]], the UNS ambush and resulting death of everyone else on board both ships, the destruction of the [[Lost Technology|alien ruins]] on the planet, the resulting loss of the war, [[Time Travel]], [[The End of the World as We Know It|the end of all known space]] due to a later [[Robot War]] ([[Subverted Trope|started]] by [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|the humans]]), and the [[Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence|sentient AIs]] who sent you back [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|to prevent it]].}}*''

* At the beginning of the ''Warden's Keep'' DLC for ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins]]'', you can ask Levi Dryden how he was able to pick his way through a series of mountain tunnels to Solider's Peak. He utters this phrase in response, but when you press him, he reveals that it came to him in a dream. It turns out to be true; that was how the [[Blood Magic|mage]] Avernus [[Talking in Your Dreams|reached out to Levi]], encouraging him to search the (not entirely) abandoned fortress.

* During the final level of ''[[Crysis]]'', Nomad finally meets with Psycho again, who had been supporting him throughout the game up until they were separated, and sees that he has secured an alien life-form for the U.S Navy to study. Nomad asks Psycho how he got the alien off the island and onto a Naval vessel Psycho responds saying, "Long story. You wouldn't believe me if I told you." However there was a DLC for the original PC version where we do in fact see how Psycho got it.