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* As of ''{{Bleach}}'' chapter 414, we found out that the ever AffablyEvil [[spoiler:Ichimaru Gin lied about his Bankai in his amazingly simple watch-and-wait ploy to kill BigBad Aizen.]] Did we mention that he has probably been plotting this for a CENTURY and broke the ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy rule, as well as being in complete violation of the BigBad's ComplexityAddiction? Also, [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentofAwesome IT WAS EPIC]]. [[supersecretspoiler:[[VillainSue Too bad]] [[NoSell it didn't work]].]]

* As of ''{{Bleach}}'' chapter 414, we found out that the ever AffablyEvil [[spoiler:Ichimaru Gin lied about his Bankai in his amazingly simple watch-and-wait ploy to kill BigBad Aizen.]] Did we mention that he has probably been plotting this for a CENTURY and broke the CallingYourAttacks rule, as well as being in complete violation of the BigBad's ComplexityAddiction? Also, [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentofAwesome IT WAS EPIC]].

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* Used in {{The X-Files}} episode "Shadows", though not in a sinister way. Mulder lies to the doctors who called him, saying he can't help them, as he's never seen anything like their case before. He was lying, though given that the team that requested his help were stingy on the details, it was more of a snarky revenge.

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* In EightBitTheatre, when confronted with [[BigBad Chaos]], Red Mage asks to have some time to prepare for their battle, in order to stall. He tells them to take as much time as they need. Then he adds, "As long as it only takes 24 hours." When Red Mage questions this, he responds "I'm Chaos!".

* As of ''{{Bleach}}'' chapter 414, we found out that the ever AffablyEvil [[spoiler:Ichimaru Gin lied about his Bankai in his amazingly simple watch-and-wait ploy to kill BigBad Aizen.]] Did we mention that he has probably been plotting this for a CENTURY and broke the CallingYourAttacks rule, as well as being in complete violation of the BigBad's ComplexityAddiction? Also, [[SuagrWiki/CrowningMomentofAwesome IT WAS EPIC]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[CatchPhrase ...and cheated, and stole]], etc.]]

* In ''TheThrawnTrilogy'', Grand Admiral Thrawn speaks to ex-Imperial-agent Mara Jade about the location of the long-lost [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katana fleet]]; she doesn't know, but her current boss does. Thrawn tells her that she has a few days to go get the coordinates and lets her get back to her ship and rendezvous with her boss, but he plants a tracking device on her, shows up just after she does, and captures him. Mara is furious, and this incident is what [[HelpFaceTurn turns her against the Empire]] for good; Thrawn is coldly practical.

** Also parodied in ''RobotChicken'':
--->'''Ted Kennedy:''' Remember when I said I'd kill you last?
--->'''ArnoldSchwarzenegger:''' No...oh, I see what you're doing. You're quoting one of my movies!
--->'''Kennedy:''' I lied.
--->'''Arnold:''' I know how it goes!
--->''(Kennedy drops Schwarzenegger to his death)''
** On an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', obvious [[TheAhnold Schwarzenegger parody]] Rainier Wolfcastle says this to a piece of pie. ("Remember when I said I would eat you last?")

** Which would have scored points with the fanboys if it had been rendered "Sorry. I'm ChaoticEvil, not LawfulEvil." And absence of which proved that the film was totally NOT directed by a D&D fan.
*** It might also be a proof that they were D&D fan, as one of the unspoken rule of D&D is that a ''good player never mention alignment in game!''
*** Or "''Chaotic'' Evil, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]!"

*** Though [[YourMileageMayVary some of us]] read Serkis' chilling delivery to mean Golum [[strike:made Smeagol his bitch]] ''swallowed up Smeagol whole''.

** Worth pointing out, in a nerdy way, that from the Klingon perspective, this makes Kirk very much a villain. It's considered a great deal of dishonor for a Klingon to be captured alive rather than killed in battle.

** Do you think they'd wisen up if he did that?
*** [[MagnificentBastard No]]
*** At one point he says it verbatim with a look on his face that says "How can you not get this by now?" I think even he hasn't figured out why it took so long for people to figure out what he was.
** Also said by [[spoiler:Sun Kwon]] after silencing [[spoiler:Ben himself]] with an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome oar to the head]].

** This, however, was an act. His alter-ego Edward anticipated the betrayal and coached Henry on what to do and say.

** In an earlier episode, the [[TheBully Janitor]] offers to drive J.D to his then-girlfriend Molly the night before she's due to leave...and dumps him on the highway instead. "It's been ''four years''. How do you not get how this works yet?"

---> '''Scully''': You lied. You have seen this before, I can tell. You lied to them.
---> '''Mulder''': I would never lie. I willfully participated in a campaign of misinformation.

** This trope would also be played with when he teamed up with his nephew Chavo Guerrero. He'd tell him, "We may lie, cheat and steal, but at least we're ''honest'' about it!"

** Stalin expected an eventual war with Germany and said as much in public statements, but he didn't expect it so soon and was convinced rumors of the German betrayal were a [[FalseFlagOperation trick]] by the Allies.

** It's just a bad idea to believe Vader - he may [[VillainsNeverLie tell the truth]] in broad statements, but he's not good with promises. Even when he'd be better off keeping his word. As was the case in this scenario.

** Actually, that wasn't a gesture of goodwill-The Mayor demanded it, despite Caulder's claim that he needed it to make the cure.
** You get the impression Caulder is giving this guy EVERY chance to avoid a Karmic Death, but...

** Skeletor also pulls this one in the 2002 ''HeMan'' show; after telling He-Man he would give him the captive King Randor if He-Man let him go... "Oh, and He-Man? ''I lied'''!"

** And Anti-Cosmo.

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[[EddieGuerrero http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/I_Lied_(EddieGuerrero).jpg]]
[[caption-width:350:[[CatchPhrase ...and cheated, and stole]], etc.]]

* Slightly inverted in the ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' final episode, where we have a VillainProtagonist becoming slightly less villainous sharing this exchange with his AffablyEvil demon butler, causing a bit of a TearJerker as [[spoiler:Sebastian jumps into the Thames to recover Ciel.]]

* While it's not the exact phrase, similar things are naturally said countless times in ''LiarGame'', both when the villains reveal that they were just manipulating the good guys, and when the good guys pull a fast one over the villains. Commonly said in the form "This is the [[TitleDrop Liar Game]]; it's a game where you lie."
* After the heroes of ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' give themselves up for a hostage, Pixie goes so far as to say that she ''never'' keeps her promises.

** This was reinstated in the novelization version.
*** No, I'm pretty sure that the novelization had to go to press before the movie was finalized (and the scene was cut). This sort of thing happens all the time with film novelizations.

* Slightly inverted in the ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' final episode, where we have a VillainProtagonist becoming slightly less villainous sharing this exchange with his AffablyEvil demon butler, causing a bit of a TearJerker as [[spoiler:Sebastian jumps into the Thames to recover Ciel.]]

* While it's not the exact phrase, similar things are naturally said countless times in ''LiarGame'', both when the villains reveal that they were just manipulating the good guys, and when the good guys pull a fast one over the villains. Commonly said in the form "This is the [[TitleDrop Liar Game]]; it's a game where you lie."

* In ''{{Naruto}}'' Madara Uchiha says that the main reason he is capturing the tailed beasts is because his ultimate plan will bring about world peace. Naruto confronts him and says he really only wants power. Madara simply laughs and tells him he's right.
* As of ''{{Bleach}}'' chapter 414, we found out that the ever AffablyEvil [[spoiler:Ichimaru Gin lied about his Bankai in his amazingly simple watch-and-wait ploy to kill BigBad Aizen.]] Did we mention that he has probably been plotting this for a CENTURY and broke the CallingYourAttacks rule, as well as being in complete violation of the BigBad's ComplexityAddiction? Also, [[SuagrWiki/CrowningMomentofAwesome IT WAS EPIC]].

* The [[TradingCardGame CCG]] ''Illuminati: New World Order'' actually had a card called "I Lied", which let a player renege on a deal after making it, but forced the other party(ies) to keep to their word. According to legend, the first ever ''I:NWO'' tournament was won when, after a long and grueling final game, one of the finalists convinced the other to throw the game in return for half the prize money, then played this card. [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome The judges ruled it was perfectly legal and keeping with the spirit of the game and declared that player the winner, over the protests of his opponent.]]

-> "I'm happy to make promises, especially promises I can't keep."

Generally speaking, anyone who says this is [[KickTheDog lining up that puppy between the goal posts]] or even [[MoralEventHorizon about to perform their defining act of depravity]] and has, in any case, revealed their cruelest colours. Expect them to rub it in with EvilGloating, asking the heroes "DidYouActuallyBelieve me when I said..."

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* Slightly inverted in the ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' final episode, where we have a {{Villain Protagonist}} becoming slightly less villainous sharing this exchange with his {{Affably Evil}} demon butler, causing a bit of a TearJerker as [[spoiler: Sebastian jumps into the Thames to recover Ciel.]]
--->Sebastian: [[spoiler: You said you would live till ten.]]
--->Ciel: ...I lied.
* While it's not the exact phrase, similiar things are naturally said countless times in ''LiarGame'', both when the villains reveal that they were just manipulating the good guys, and when the good guys pull a fast one over the villains. Commonly said in the form "This is the [[TitleDrop Liar Game]]; it's a game where you lie."
* After the heroes of ''[[Anime/MonsterRancher Monster Rancher]]'' give themselves up for a hostage, Pixie goes so far as to say that she ''never'' keeps her promises.
* In {{Naruto}} Madara Uchiha says that the main reason he is capturing the tailed beasts is because his ultimate plan will bring about world peace. Naruto confronts him and says he really only wants power. Madara simply laughs and tells him he's right.
* As of {{Bleach}} chapter 414, we found out that the ever AffablyEvil [[spoiler: Ichimaru Gin lied about his Bankai in his amazingly simple watch-and-wait ploy to kill BigBad Aizen.]] Did we mention that he has probably been plotting this for a CENTURY and broke the CallingYourAttacks rule, as well as being in complete violation of the BigBad's ComplexityAddiction? Also, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome IT WAS EPIC]].

* The [[TradingCardGame CCG]] ''Illuminati: New World Order'' actually had a card called "I Lied", which let a player renege on a deal after making it, but forced the other party(ies) to keep to their word. According to legend, the first ever ''I:NWO'' tournament was won when, after a long and grueling final game, one of the finalists convinced the other to throw the game in return for half the prize money, then played this card. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The judges ruled it was perfectly legal and keeping with the spirit of the game and declared that player the winner, over the protests of his opponent.]]

* Served with extra {{Narm}} sauce in JackChick tract [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1047/1047_01.asp?wpc=1047_01.asp&wpp=a "First Bite"]]:
-->'''Warlock''': Master! Why did you tell us that Igor was the ''Promised One''?
-->'''Satan''': I... uh... I lied! Because that's what I do! '''''Get over it!'''''
* Almost word for word from The Joker in the famous "Laughing Fish" story:
--> '''Batman''': [[YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo You said you'd let him go.]]
--> '''Joker''': I'm a notorious liar.
* The second issue of the four part miniseries that started ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'' has Robotnik doing this to Sally when she meets with him to bargin for his father's life. As it turns out, [[BatmanGambit Sally had anticipated this and the real plan was to get an analyzation of the roboticizer]]. This plan was [[NiceJobBreakingItHero screwed up when Sonic rescued her]] [[WallBanger because Sally didn't bother to tell anyone besides Rotor the plan]].
* In the JudgeDredd story arc that revives Judge Death, the other three Dark Judges tell this to the poor fool they coerced into freeing Judge Death on the promise that they'd let his wife go: "WE LIED!"
* Used by the authorities in YoungJustice, after they had promised Red Tornado and his wife that they'd let him off for acting out against a court order separating him from his daughter.

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* Spoken by John Matrix in ''{{Commando}}'', a rare heroic version:
-->'''Matrix''': Remember Sully when I promised to kill you last?
-->'''Sully''': Yes. That's right Matrix, you did!
-->'''Matrix''': I lied. ''(Drops Sully to his death)''
** Homaged by Pegasus and Bakura in ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
** ''{{World Of Warcraft}}'' pays homage to this with Lieutantant General Adorov in the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj.
** Also parodied in ''RobotChicken'':
--->'''Ted Kennedy''': Remember when I said I'd kill you last?
--->'''Arnold Schwarzenegger''': No...oh, I see what you're doing. You're quoting one of my movies!
--->'''Kennedy''': I lied.
--->'''Arnold''': I know how it goes!

** On an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', obvious [[TheAhnold Schwarzenegger parody]] Rainier Wolfcastle says this to a piece of pie. ("Remember when I said I would eat you last?")
* Damodar says the exact line in the ''DungeonsAndDragons'' movie. Most of the audience saw it coming from [[ClicheStorm around the opening credits]].
** Which would have scored points with the fanboys if it had been rendered "Sorry. I'm ChaoticEvil, not LawfulEvil." And absence of which proved that the film was totally NOT directed by a D&D fan.
*** It might also be a proof that they were D&D fan, as one of the unspoken rule of D&D is that a ''good player never mention alignment in game!''
*** Or "''Chaotic'' Evil, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]!"
* In {{Inkheart}}, the BigBad Capricorn [[UnderStatement lies - a lot -]] in order to get people to do what he wants, and such gets one of these in about every scene he's in, in addition to being [[LampshadeHanging honestly baffled that people are surprised.]] At one point, he ''lies about having lied.''
* In the ''HeMan'' [[LiveActionAdaptation live action]] movie starring DolphLundgren, Skeletor ''won.'' He got He-Man to surrender, give up his sword, let himself be tortured, because he left He-Man's friends back on Earth. Said friends found their way back to Eternia and attacked Skeletor's forces, and when they attacked back He-Man shouts that Skeletor promised not to hurt them. The weird thing here is that technically, Skeletor ''did'' honor his part and his forces are actually ''defending themselves''. However, Skeletor is drunk with power at this point so fulfilled this trope just to fulfill it. ([[VillainBall He's evil]]). Which galvanizes He-Man to kill him. Whups!
* Used by Gary Oldman's character in ''[[Film/AirForceOne Air Force One]]'':
-->'''Grace Marshall''': You said you were gonna release us.
-->'''Ivan Korshunov''': Forgive me, I lied.
* From a deleted scene of ''BackToTheFuture Part III'':
-->'''Buford''': Now, I'm warning you Marshal, I'm here on a personal matter, if you want to live to see your boy grow up, you'll ride out of here for a few hours and leave me be.
-->'''Strickland''': Let's go, boy.

-->'''Strickland's Son''': PA!!
-->'''Buford''': I lied, Marshal!
** This was reinstated in the novelization version.
*** No, I'm pretty sure that the novelization had to go to press before the movie was finalized (and the scene was cut). This sort of thing happens all the time with film novelizations.
* Appears in ''{{Terminator}} 3'', showing the titular machine had become [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot ridiculously human enough]] to lie.
* ''Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone''.
-->'''Niki''': You said I could go free if I made it through!
-->'''Overdog''': I lied!
* In ''StarWars: TheEmpireStrikesBack'', remember [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lando_Calrissian Lando Calrissian]] of Cloud City, making a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Darth Vader]]? The one that kept getting worse all the time? It worked out in the end, and the [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] makes it clear that if he had refused, Cloud City would have been attacked and destroyed, but damn. There are two exchanges that reflect this trope, though neither actually say "I lied."
-->'''Lando:''' "That was never a condition of our agreement, nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter!"
-->'''Vader:''' "Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly?"
-->'''Lando:''' "...No."
-->'''Vader:''' "Good. It would be unfortunate if I had to leave a garrison here
** and
-->'''Darth Vader:''' "[[LastNameBasis Calrissian]]. Take the princess and the Wookiee to my ship."
-->'''Lando:''' "You said they'd be left at the city under my supervision."
-->'''Darth Vader:''' "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
** There's also the scene from ''ANewHope'' where Leia bluffs about the location of the rebel base and Tarkin immediately orders the destruction of her home planet, telling her she is "far too trusting".
* ''TheMask'': "[[YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo You told me you wouldn't hurt him!]]" followed by the obligatory smug "I lied".
* Gollum/Smeagol does this in the film version of ''[[TheLordOfTheRings Return of the King]]''. The variation here is the split personality. Frodo always knew that "Gollum" couldn't be trusted, but he thought that "Smeagol" would keep his word to obey him. When Smeagol turns on Frodo near the end, they have this exchange:

** Peter Jackson said in the DVDCommentary that they put that line in so it would be clear to the audience that ''both'' sides of the split personality couldn't be trusted and make Smeagol/Gollum's KarmicDeath acceptable.
*** Though [[YourMileageMayVary some of us]] read Serkis' chilling delivery to mean Golum [[strike:made Smeagol his bitch]] ''swallowed up Smeagol whole''.
* ''{{Heathers}}'': J.D. tells Veronica that using "ich luge" bullets will only pierce the skin of the jocks, not kill them. "Ich lüge" is German for "I'm lying".
* Used by the ''good guy'' in ''StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'':
-->'''Kirk''': Help us or die!
-->'''Maltz''': I do not deserve to live.
-->'''Kirk''': Fine. I'll kill you later.

-->'''Maltz''': Wait. You said you would kill me.
-->'''Kirk''': ILied.
** Worth pointing out, in a nerdy way, that from the Klingon perspective, this makes Kirk very much a villain. It's considered a great deal of dishonor for a Klingon to be captured alive rather than killed in battle.
* In the film "Freejack", Mick Jagger gets the very last line in the film, when asked by Emilio Estevez about his sudden change of loyalties. It is delivered with such scenery chewing glee that it may be the Platonic Ideal of I Lied.

** This trope would also be played with when he teamed up with his nephew Chavo Guerrero. He'd tell him, "We may lie, cheat and steal, but at least we're ''honest'' about it!"

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* AdolfHitler got away with this an amazing number of times. "Did I promise my stormtroopers power, respect, and a decent income? Nah, just kidding, I'll kill them when they're no longer useful to me. Did I say I won't re-militarize the Rhineland? I lied. Did I say I'll stop asking for more land after I get Austria? I lied. Did I say I'll leave the Czechs alone if they just give me the Sudetenland? I lied. Did I say I wouldn't invade the Soviet Union? I can't believe you people are still falling for this!" As late as 1941, Joseph Stalin was ''shocked'' that Hitler broke his promise of peace with the Soviet Union and launched a massive invasion. ''Shocked!'' After Hitler had written extensively about invading Russia in Mein Kampf, and after he had broken every ''other'' peace agreement he ever made...
** Stalin expected an eventual war with Germany and said as much in public statements, but he didn't expect it so soon and was convinced rumours of the German betrayal were a [[FalseFlagOperation trick]] by the Allies.

*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP9_kkzfN-w "Read my lips: NO NEW TAXES"]]

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* This is done CONSTANTLY on all three of the ''{{Sonic the Hedgehog}}'' shows that DiC made. Dr. Robotnik constantly makes deal after deal with Sonic and the blue guy always seems to fall for it. It doesn't matter because Sonic always ends up thwarting his plans anyway.

* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'':

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