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* ''Series/MindYourLanguage'' have one instance PlayedForLaughs, when Giovanni and Maxmillan arrives in class late. When Mr. Brown asks if they've been drinking at the local pub, Giovanni swears on Maxmillan's life (to the latter's chagrin) that they ''didn't'' step foot into any pub... moments before fellow student, Juan (a bartender) enters and tells Giovanni and Maxmillan they left their books in his pub.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'': Suspecting Dio to have poisoned his own father Dario and is currently poisoning Jonathan's father George, but lacking any sort of proof to back up his accusation, Jonathan sets up a BatmanGambit by asking Dio to swear on the honor of his deceased father. Dio, otherwise able to lie his way through anything, breaks for once, unable to pretend his abusive drunkard of a dad was a good man, and basically admits he killed him.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'': Suspecting Dio to have poisoned his own father Dario and is currently poisoning Jonathan's father George, but lacking any sort of proof to back up his accusation, Jonathan sets up a BatmanGambit by asking Dio to swear on the honor of his deceased father. Dio, otherwise able to lie his way through anything, breaks for once, unable to pretend his abusive drunkard of a dad was a good man, and basically admitting he killed him.

* In many variants of the Aarne-Thompson-Uther tale type ATU 425B, "The Son of the Witch" -- which is the classification of ''Myth/CupidAndPsyche'' -- after losing her supernatural husband, the heroine journeys until she finds her in-laws, which may be man-eating creatures.[[note]]A ''teriel'' in Kabylian/Berber tales, a ''dev'' in Iranian and Turkish tales, a generic ogress or ''orca'' in Italian, a ''drakaina'' in Modern Greek.[[/note]] Secretly advised by her husband (or some other helper), the heroine makes her mother-in-law promise on her son's name not to harm her daughter-in-law.

* ''Series/CrashingUK'': Anthony and Kate are engaged; Lulu is ostensibly Anthony's JustFriends but flirts with him too much for Kate's comfort. Kate accuses Anthony of telling Lulu some sensitive information about their sex life. He swears he didn't tell her. Later in the episode, it's revealed he lied.

* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'' episode 1.03 "House of the Black Bird": Patricia accuses Alfie of being the person behind a prank that really scared her. He frantically insists he didn't do it by swearing on his dog's life. She begrudgingly accepts that it wasn't Alfie, and storms off. After she leaves, Alfie admits to Jerome that he lied -- he doesn't have a dog, he's allergic to them -- making it a SubvertedTrope.

'''Alfie:''' Sprocket, my dog! I swear on his life I didn't do it!\\
[...]\\
'''Jerome:''' I did ''not'' know you had a dog.\\

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Amidst allegations of sexual misconduct in the episode [[Recap/HouseOfTheDragonS1E4KingOfTheNarrowSea 1.04 "King of the Narrow Sea"]], Rhaenyra pulls this trope out to convince her friend Alicent that she's telling the truth when she claims to be chaste and untouched. Made very dramatic by the fact that she's lying through her teeth. When Alicent later learns it was a lie, it's implied she's more angry because of the degree to which Rhaenyra swore otherwise.

:: His name is pretty self-explanatory. His power refers to his abilities with magic as an arcanist. As for his hand, Kvote is a talented lute player; when a right-handed person plays a stringed instrument, the right hand does the comparatively simple task of strumming while the ''left'' hand does the more complicated job of forming notes.
:: This oath is not ''explicitly'' stated to be a MagicallyBindingContract, but it's sure implied that it is, considering that the FramingDevice is this story being told by an older Kvote -- one without powers and going by a different name.

* In many variants of the Aarne-Thompson-Uther tale type ATU 425B, "The Son of the Witch" - which is the classification of ''Myth/CupidAndPsyche'' -, after losing her supernatural husband, the heroine journeys until she finds her in-laws, which may be man-eating creatures.[[note]]A ''teriel'' in Kabylian/Berber tales, a ''dev'' in Iranian and Turkish tales, a generic ogress or ''orca'' in Italian, a ''drakaina'' in Modern Greek.[[/note]] Secretly advised by her husband (or some other helper), the heroine makes her mother-in-law promise on her son's name not to harm her daughter-in-law.

* ''Series/CrashingUK'': Anthony's fiancée accuses him of telling some sensitive information about their sex life to Lulu, who is ostensibly Anthony's JustFriends but flirts with him too much for Kate's comfort. He swears he didn't tell her. It's later revealed he lied.

* In Chapter 55 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', Kaguya swears on her honor as a member of the Shinomiya Family that she'll help Ishigami pass an upcoming test[[note:merged with an end of semester exam plotline in the anime]] as she feels that she owes him a favor for something that happened in the previous chapter. It's also play with since the two's relationship at the time means that Ishigami is initially convinced that [[HelpMistakenForAttack she's actually trying to torture him]] and he doesn't realize that she just wants to help him until several study sessions in (though her admittedly harsh methods don't really help her in convincing him otherwise). And just when he starts to think that she might be a good person after he manages to scrape by with a passing grade, she gets angry at him because such a low score has besmirched her family's name. Notably, she doesn't bother making a vow the next time she helps him study, as by that point their relationship has improved to the point for him to trust her without it.

* ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'' episode [[Recap/WednesdayS1E3FriendOrWoe 1.03 "Friend or Woe"]]: When Wednesday gets accused of setting the statue of Joseph Crackstone on fire (which she did actually do), she says:

* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Amidst allegations of sexual misconduct in the episode [[Recap/HouseOfTheDragonS1E4KingOfTheNarrowSea 1.04 "King of the Narrow Sea"]], Rhaenyra pulls this trope out to convince her friend Alicent that she's telling the truth when she claims to be chaste and untouched. Made very dramatic by the fact that she's lying. When Alicent later learns it was a lie, it's implied she's more angry because of the degree to which Rhaenyra swore otherwise.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Teacher," Penny insists her lab partner friend swear not to reveal the outcome of her PrecociousCrush on the new HotTeacher at school. She does so by swearing on her book of Creator/EdgarAllenPoe short stories, an author whose work she is especially fond of.

* In many variants of the Aarne-Thompson-Uther tale type ATU 425B, "The Son of the Witch" - which is the classification of ''Myth/CupidAndPsyche'' -, after losing her supernatural husband, the heroine journeys until she finds her in-laws, which may be man-eating creatures. Secretly advised by her husband (or some other helper), the heroine makes her mother-in-law promise on her son's name not to harm her daughter-in-law.

* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' book ''A Dangerous Path'', Tallstar swears by [=StarClan=] (the Clans' religion/heaven) that his Clan hasn't stolen prey. Bluestar, who is going through a RageAgainstTheHeavens at the moment, feels that such an oath is worthless, so Tallstar replies with an alternative that she accepts.

->'''Denna:''' What would you swear it on? What's important enough that it will hold you to your word?\\
'''Kvothe:''' [...] I swear it on my name and my power. I swear it by my good left hand.
-->-- ''Literature/TheWiseMansFear''

Even this, though, is not completely guaranteed. A popular {{subversion}} is a character swearing on something that ''sounds'' sentimental, but which is then revealed not to exist or not to actually be much valued. And even if the thing ''is'' real and held dearly, that ''still'' doesn't completely rule out lying. On the flip side, truthfulness can cause problems too, turning the individual in question into a PrinciplesZealot if they take the pledge too far.