History Main / IsThatWhatHeToldYou

* Certain comics characters, usually team leaders, tend to keep secrets that get revealed via this trope. Niles Caulder of ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', Professor X of ''Comicbook/XMen'', and ComicBook/{{Raven}} in the early days of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' are good examples.

* In an [[ForWantOfANail alternate timeline]] of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', Maddie is convinced by her husband Vlad that her actual true love, Jack, hates her for the mistake that has been bestowed upon him--that is, being half ghost and thoroughly miserable about it--only to find out that Vlad had been lying to her to keep Jack out of the picture due to jealously. Jack was obviously still in love with her. Danny eventually [[ResetButton fixed the mess]].

* Harley Quinn found herself subjected to this trope in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. With Batman trapped, she tries to defend the Joker... only to have Batman recite exactly the same FreudianExcuse backstory the Joker had told her - but with one detail changed. She realizes the story was a lie and breaks down. (It ultimately doesn't change her opinion of the Joker, but by that point she was already insane...)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' uses this trope in one episode which had Marge initially being utterly terrified of flying in an airplane. During her time spent with a psychologist, it is eventually revealed that this fear all started when she was a young child. Her father told her all about the exciting job he had as an airline pilot, but one day she sneaks onto the plane where he's working and discovers, to her shock and dismay, that he is actually a mere flight attendant (or "steward", as they were called back in the day). The fact he had to wear the same uniform as the stewardesses didn't help. Marge also brings up memories of her grandmother accidentally poking her in the eye as a baby while playing airplane, a toy plane catching fire, and having a plane fire at her and her mother while looking at corn.

** In manner and timing, Harry finding out who revealed part of the prophesy to Voldemort.

* In ''Webcomic/RoyalBlue'' Lobelia gets this when she realises that [[spoiler: her father had her mother killed after he discovered that she was a Deviant, instead of going missing in an attack like she was told.]] She also learns that Deviants aren't just not allowed in the palace, they are imprisoned.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' uses this trope in one episode which had Marge initially being utterly terrified of flying in an airplane. During her time spent with a psychologist, it is eventually revealed that this fear all started when she was a young child. Her father told her all about the exciting job he had as an airline pilot, but one day she sneaks onto the plane where he's working and discovers, to her shock and dismay, that he is actually a mere flight attendant (or "steward", as they were called back in the day). The fact he had to wear the same uniform as the stewardesses didn't help.
** Marge also brings up memories of her grandmother accidentally poking her in the eye as a baby while playing airplane, a toy plane catching fire, and having a plane fire at her and her mother while looking at corn.
--->'''Dr. Zweig:''' [[SureLetsGoWithThat Yes, yes, it's all a rich tapestry.]]

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* Dream from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' says this when he encounters [[LegacyCharacter someone calling himself the Sandman]] and laughs himself silly. "''You?'' You are the Sandman? Is that what they told you, little ghost?"

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-->'''Dr. Zweig:''' [[SureLetsGoWithThat Yes, yes, it's all a rich tapestry.]]

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': The most famous example is Darth Vader [[LukeIAmYourFather telling Luke he's his father]] in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', contradicting [[YouKilledMyFather what]] Obi-Wan [[MetaphoricallyTrue had told Luke]] in ''Film/ANewHope''. Of course, Obi-Wan had already contradicted much of what Uncle Owen had told Luke, and Vader [[ThatManIsDead doesn't deny what he really meant, either]]. The boy ''really'' has a hard time getting the truth from others.