History Main / NoMoreLies

* In ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', the primeval state of humanity (one savant just invented '''the cannon''') means they are essentially incapable of understanding what sapient AIs are and how they are different from gods. The AI named CYAN took advantage of this fact- partly to protect herself, but also because the Banuk have an entire culture based around what they think machines are, and CYAN has no right to take that from them. She discusses the situation with a slightly more advanced tribeswoman, and they agree that CYAN should tell the Banuk the truth...but ''slowly'', as they show themselves ready for it. The truth would not make the Banuk any more capable of surviving, it would drastically drop their morale, and it would destroy a belief system that is beautiful in its own right...and has many of the fundamental facts about machines correct, if not the specifics.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': Fiona, at the altar at sunset, chooses Shrek over Farquaad and reveals her nature and her curse.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In the episode '''"The Big Scoop,"''' [[Characters/HeyArnoldArnoldShortman Arnold Shortman]] and [[Characters/HeyArnoldHelgaGPataki Helga G. Pataki]] argue about how to run the school newspaper. Helga wants to tabloidize it and run big juicy stories that run deeper than the truth, while Arnold wants to stick to the facts and tell the truth. Helga eventually left with her best friend Phoebe to make her own newspaper. Helga finds success in her newspaper by posting fake stories and half-truth stories, while Arnold struggles to compete with her by just posting the truth. Helga is shown to be willing to steal Arnold's stories and add lies to them. Eventually, Arnold and his best friend Gerald heard that Helga planned to post a story that said the school would be torn down and an amusement park would be built in the school place. Arnold and Gerald investigated and asked Principal Warts, who revealed that while the school was going to be torn down because walls were going down, no amusement park was going to be built in its place. Walls would be torn down because they would add to the school, building more classrooms. After getting a quote that confirms Principal Wart's story, Arnold and Gerald posted the story, and when Helga tried to post her version of the story, their classmates angrily said that's not with Arnold's stories said, and with Principal Wart's confirmation no one believed Helga story. And when Arnold tells Helga that no one believes anything in her paper, she tries to save face by telling more gossip and reducing her paper's price, only for her classmates to say no more lies. When Helga asks why everyone is so upset, she wants to tell good juicy stories that delve deeper than the truth; Arnold answers that she pushed the truth too far. Helga closes down her paper and rejoins Arnold's paper, reporting the weather.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In the episode '''"The Big Scoop,"''' Arnold and Helga argue about how to run the school newspaper. Helga wants to tabloidize it and run big juicy stories that run deeper than the truth, while Arnold wants to stick to the facts and tell the truth. Helga eventually left with her best friend Phoebe to make her own newspaper. Helga finds success in her newspaper by posting fake stories and half-truth stories, while Arnold struggles to compete with her by just posting the truth. Helga is shown to be willing to steal Arnold's stories and add lies to them. Eventually, Arnold and his best friend Gerald heard that Helga planned to post a story that said the school would be torn down and an amusement park would be built in the school place. Arnold and Gerald investigated and asked Principal Warts, who revealed that while the school was going to be torn down because walls were going down, no amusement park was going to be built in its place. Walls would be torn down because they would add to the school, building more classrooms. After getting a quote that confirms Principal Wart's story, Arnold and Gerald posted the story, and when Helga tried to post her version of the story, their classmates angrily said that's not with Arnold's stories said, and with Principal Wart's confirmation no one believed Helga story. And when Arnold tells Helga that no one believes anything in her paper, she tries to save face by telling more gossip and reducing her paper's price, only for her classmates to say no more lies. When Helga asks why everyone is so upset, she wants to tell good juicy stories that delve deeper than the truth; Arnold answers that she pushed the truth too far. Helga closes down her paper and rejoins Arnold's paper, reporting the weather.

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Grace Monroe spent all her life lying her ass off about her being an expert on the Train despite people telling her that her actions are wrong and the Train is meant to help people get better by ''decreasing'' their numbers, rather than raising them. After the Fog Car breaks down everything she's ever created, she openly tells the Apex the truth.

* Said word for word by Yang Xiao Long in ''WebAnimation/RWBY'' when [[spoiler: confronting Ozpin about his secrets, particularly the Branwen twins' status as shapeshifters. Ultimately subverted due to him still keeping some secrets after explaining his feud with [[BigBad Salem]], with the true moment occurring the next season of the show when the protagonists ask [[TheOmniscient Jinn]] about what Ozpin is hiding.]]