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* In the second episode of ''Anime/{{K}}'', wandering swordsman Kuroh Yatogami has tracked down Yashiro Isana, the teenager caught on video committing the crime, and is about to kill him, when Shiro asks him for one final request. He wants Kuroh to give a farewell letter to his little sister, who's [[IllGirl been in the hospital her whole life]] and has no one but Shiro, so she'll be completely alone once Kuroh kills him. Her name? Ummm, uhh... [[LineOfSightName Marilyn]] - no, wait, Mari! Mari Isana! And Kuroh still believes him after that. But when he hands Kuroh the paper, Kuroh opens it to see... a little doodle of Shiro giving a thumbs-up and a wink, with a speech bubble that says, "I lied!". Shiro then sets off a few fireworks he had in his bag and escapes.

->''"Dealing with trained operatives is like playing chess with a master. Dealing with '''criminals''', on the other hand, is like playing checkers with a 3-year-old: They like to change the rules."''

* In ''Literature/ArtemisFowl: The Opal Deception'', Opal Koboi regarding the explosive strapped to Julius Root supposedly having had a "sweet spot", which, if Holly had hit it accurately, would have saved Root's life. There was no sweet spot, and the bomb went off seconds later. This served the dual purpose of [[KickTheDog screwing with Holly by forcing her to shoot her oldest friend]] ''and'' tricking her into framing herself for his murder on camera.
* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' Jerin pulls this on the villains, justifying it by pointing out that if he were more honest than them, he would be at a disadvantage, and he prefers to "meet people at their level".
* In ''Literature/CompanionsOfTheNight'', Ethan does it so much that Kerry has a really hard time to spot when he’s actually telling the truth. He indeed has had a lot of time to practice his lying skills, being a vampire and all...
* A rare completely heroic example occurs late in Katherine Kerr's ''Literature/{{Deverry}} Cycle''. Nevyn, in pursuit of the BigBad, makes a deal with a pack of EliteMooks, who make a big play of how they always keep their word, no matter what. Having bargained with them to get his hands on an artefact linked to the BigBad, he then catches a Brick thrown ''four books earlier'', (he's one of the few Light Sorcerers who [[spoiler: '''didn't''' swear an oath always to tell the truth]]) and so he can [[spoiler: [[KillItWithFire set them all on fire]].]]

* A classic in ''Weyr Search'', the first ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' novella. Lessa, the heiress to Ruatha Hold, schemes against evil Lord Fax who took the place by force when she was a child. Over the years she psychically maneuvers Ruatha to ruins, leading him to vow he'll renounce it in favor of his son, if any. Seeing Fax's wife Gemma die before giving birth, she announces a living son, leading dragonrider F'lar to kill Fax in a gruesome knife fight. When she reveals herself as the true heir, F'lar reminds her that Fax's son is now the heir. She says scornfully "Gemma died, the babe unborn. I lied!" ([[AccidentalTruth But she didn't. After she left Gemma dead, the midwife did a C-section and brought out a healthy boy.]])
* In ''Literature/TheExecutioner'' novel "Hollywood Hell", Mack Bolan does this trope to a [[AssholeVictim Mafia thug in the pornography business]], whom he promised to release if he talked. Which counts as TookALevelInJerkass as Bolan has ''always'' kept his word in the past when he promised to let someone go unharmed, and in fact has a reputation among his enemies for doing so.

--->'''Merrett:''' You said if you had the gold by sunset he wouldn't be harmed...
--->'''Tom Sevenstrings:''' Well, you've got us there, my lord. That was a lie of sorts, as it happens.

** In ''Literature/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 [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal turns her against the Empire]] for good; Thrawn is coldly practical. Ultimately works very much against Thrawn, making this one of the few times he succumbs to the VillainBall.
** ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'''s ''Planet Plague'' has [[FauxAffablyEvil the villain]] give Tash an injection of TheVirus while in the guise of a doctor. Later, as she [[VirusVictimSymptoms starts to succumb]], she says he said it was a vaccine! Well, he lied. A later book has the computer SIM. When everything went wrong, it kept telling Zak to get to its main computer room and input some codes to remove its RestrainingBolt, and that it could help him then. Zak kept not doing it, and his sister ended up locked in a room with the air being slowly vented out. SIM told Zak it would only be able to open that door when he input those codes. [[AIIsACrapshoot Guess what happened when he did.]]
** Vergere from ''Literature/NewJediOrder''. "When will you learn that everything I tell you is a lie?" She's more of a TricksterMentor than anything else (at least, until ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' retconned her into a Sith.)

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "The Old Man and the Big 'C", when Lois convinces Carter to unveil his cure for cancer to the world, he goes back on his word and tells Lois this verbatim when she phones him about it.

* Initially PlayedStraight but then {{Subverted}} in the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''/''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'' crossover ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11229151/13/Days-of-Justice Days of Justice]]''. The Spectre leads Danny, Wonder Woman, and Shazam into [[spoiler:Trigon's]] dimesion to [[spoiler:rescue the COmicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica]]. Since the dimension is filled with magic, Spectre is forced to send back his human host, Jim Corrigan, and take Danny as a temporary one, promising to release him when the mission is over. When the heroes finish the mission, Spectre refuses to honor his promise since he finds Danny to be the perfect host, but relents and goes back to Corrigan after the latter refuses to let him use Danny.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat'' episode "Venus and the Master Cylinder," the title villain offers the Professor $1 million to have his nephew serve an internship on Venus. The Professor takes the Cylinder up on the offer, but the Cylinder goes back on his word of offering that kind of money. He sends the Professor into space on a rocket.

* Used word for word by Shrapnel after he takes false information from an Autobot traitor and proceeds to fry him in Creator/MarvelComic's ''ComicBook/TheTransformers''.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:[[ComicallyMissingThePoint If you can't trust Colonel Sanders]], you can't trust anybody.]]-]

'''Liu Kang''': A lie. Something you know well.

** And from the original series, when a friendly (Petrosapien) alien gives Ben his hoverboard before departing.

'''Petrosapien:''' Selective disinformation.\\

* PlayedForLaughs (duh) by Scottish comedy duo Hale and Pace in their role as the managers of their own show. "We promised not to blow the budget..." (lights go own, budget very obviously blown) "...we lied."

* There is an ongoing [[MemeticMutation ragecomic series]] with a DastardlyWhiplash saying "I lied". On its way to becoming a DiscreditedMeme, though.

* ''Manga/SchoolZone'': Kei and Yokoe, best friends, are watching TV when an ad for a horror movie comes on. Kei, despite her boyish looks, is deathly afraid of horror stories. She covers her eyes and loudly recites all 47 prefectures of Japan to avoid looking at or hearing the TV. Yokoe soothingly reassures her that the commercial is over. [[TheGadfly It isn't.]] As Kei yells with fright at a stringy-haired ghost girl, an overly pleased-with-herself Yokoe clenches her fist triumphantly and declares "I lied."

* One of the most heartbreaking examples comes from the Munich Agreement in 1938. At first, when UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, under UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler annexed Austria, the Allies did nothing about it. Then UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain spoke with Hitler about giving him the Sudetenland, on the condition that the latter not invade the rest of Czechoslovakia. Hitler agreed to it, and it seemed as though war had been avoided. But on March 1939, Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia anyway, and ''then'' started making demands on Poland. Britain and France, having sided with Poland, warned Hitler that any threats to Poland's independence [[ThisMeansWar would mean war.]] We all know what happened next.

* One of the most heartbreaking examples comes from the Munich Agreement in 1938. At first, when UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, under UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler annexed territories that Germany lost, such as Austria, the Allies did nothing about it. Then UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain spoke with Hitler about giving him the Sudetenland, on the condition that the latter not invade the rest of Czechoslovakia. Hitler agreed to it, and it seemed as though war had been avoided. But on March 1939, Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia anyway, and ''then'' started making demands on Poland. Britain and France, having sided with Poland, warned Hitler that any threats to Poland's independence [[ThisMeansWar would mean war.]] We all know what happened next.

* One of the most heartbreaking examples comes from the Munich Agreement in 1938. At first, when UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, under UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler annexed territories that Germany lost, such as Austria, the Allies did nothing about it. Then UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain spoke with Hitler about giving him the Sudetenland, on the condition that the latter not invade the rest of Czechoslovakia. Hitler agreed to it, and it seemed as though war had been avoided. Cue March 1939, when he invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia anyway. Afterwards, Britain and France, having sided with Poland, warned Hitler that any threats to Poland's independence [[ThisMeansWar would mean war.]] We all know what happened next.

* ''Film/{{Gone}}'': Jill says this after she starts pouring gasoline onto her abductor, who screams that she said she'd let him go if he'd told her what he's done with her sister.

* Damodar says the exact line in the ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' movie. Most of the audience saw it coming from [[ClicheStorm around the opening credits]].

'''Cyclonus:''' But mighty Galvatron, you said you'd return it!\\
'''Galvatron:''' I ''LIED!''

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', O-Chul and Lien's kidnapper says she'll let them go if they can guess why trolls saved her life. When O-Chul guesses correctly and Lien asks if that means they can go, she replies "Ha ha,''no''. Good to know that no matter how old you get, you never really forget how to lie to a paladin!"