History Main / PinocchioNose

* In an episode of ''{{Digimon}}:'' Season Two, TK's brother Matt is making excuses for the current Digidestined one of their sisters, and she promptly calls bullshit, claiming people blink a lot when they lie. "Uhhhhh....*blinkblinkblinkblink*" She promises to take his excuse...for a date, much to his defeat.

** Pinochimon (Puppetmon) in ''DigimonXrosWars'' has the same quirk as the character he's named for.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Peter says he knows Ted Turner isn't telling the truth when he blinks twice. He first noticed it after watching a Barbara Walters interview, when Ted said he'd be with {{Jane Fonda}} forever.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10 Alien Force}}'', Kevin claims that Ben's left eyelid twitches whenever he lies. Fortunately, this also applies to an EvilTwin.

->There are two kinds of lies, lies with short legs and lies with long noses.

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* [[HarryPotter Ron Weasley's]] ears go red when he's angry or lying.

* In TerryPratchett's novel, ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'':

* In the ''RedDwarf'' episode "The Inquisitor", Lister points out that Kryten's leg jiggles when he lies.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' August isn't quite the convincing liar he's like to be. Then again, [[spoiler: he ''is'' Pinocchio after all]].

* In ''ChronoCrusade'', Chrono realizes something's wrong when Rosette is blackmailed by the villain to go off by herself and follows her. When she asks how he knew something was wrong, he responds "When you lie, you start babbling. I've seen you do it for four years. I know at least '''that''' much about you."

* In ''{{Tales of Symphonia}}'', Colette always giggles when she lies. Lloyd notices this when [[spoiler:she lies that she still eats, sleeps, and feels sensation when she is, in fact, turning into an angel.]] Lloyd even says "You always do that fake giggle when you lie!"

* On ''FamilyGuy'', Peter says he knows Ted Turner isn't telling the truth when he blinks twice. He first noticed it after watching a Barbara Walters interview, when Ted said he'd be with {{Jane Fonda}} forever.
* On ''{{Ben 10 Alien Force}}'', Kevin claims that Ben's left eyelid twitches whenever he lies. Fortunately, this also applies to an EvilTwin.
* On ''{{Arthur}}'', when the title character begins fidgeting with his glasses, it's almost certain that he's lying.
* The ''PhineasAndFerb'' episode "The Beak" shows Phineas scratches his left ear whenever he lies.

->''Pinocchio''

* {{Pinocchio}}'s nose was both a tell that he was lying (an incredibly obvious tell, in fact), but it was also a [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment a way of punishing him for it]].

--> '''Cyrano:''' [[TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Did you see my nose quiver when I spoke?]] [[ShoutOut 'Faith, it must have been a]]

* ''The Negotiator'' has a character use the same logic as the CSI example below.

* In TerryPratchett's novel, ''Sourcery'':

* In {{MacGyver}}, Jack Dalton's left eye twitches whenever he lies. It's mentioned in his first scene with Mac.

* CyranoDeBergerac: Aluded by Cyrano at Act II Scene III, after he has fought one hundred men, Cyrano has a [[ChekhovsGun slight cut on his hand and is talking casually to his friends Ragueneau and Lise:]]

* In {{Tales of Symphonia}}, Colette always giggles when she lies. Lloyd notices this when [[spoiler:she lies that she still eats, sleeps, and feels sensation when she is, in fact, turning into an angel.]] Lloyd even says "You always do that fake giggle when you lie!"
* In KingdomHearts, it's been noted that whenever Axel lies or is unsure of what he's saying he breaks eye-contact.

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* Mentioned and described in {{Mamet}}'s ''House of Games''.
* [[HarryPotter Ron Weasley's]] ears go red when he's angry or lying.

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* ''{{Lost}}'', "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1": Jack explains that the fact that his stitches are bleeding means his appendectomy is healing. Kate says, "You know how when most people are lying, they can't look you in the eye? You do the exact opposite."
* There was an episode of ''HannahMontana'' all about this; whenever anyone would mention their own lying tics then she would end up doing it. Giggling and sweating were two of them, but there were more.

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--> '''Ragueneau:''' Have you been in some danger?
--> '''Cyrano:''' [[BlatantLies None in the world.]]
--> '''Lise''' ''(shaking her finger at him):'' Methinks you speak not the truth in saying that!
--> '''Cyrano:''' [[TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Did you see my nose quiver when I spoke?]] [[ShoutOut 'Faith, it must have been a]]
--> [[PinocchioNose monstrous lie that should move it!]]

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* The ''PhineasAndFerb'' episode "The Beak" shows Phineas scratches his left ear whenever he lies.

* The whole point to the show ''LieToMe'' is that the main cast has been trained to search for these when suspects in crimes are being interrogated. More specifically, Lightman actually claims in one episode that his tell is that he rubs his forehead while lying. (This was a setup for him to point out another character's, which was twisting her hands.) It's unclear whether he was actually telling the truth about that.

* CyranoDeBergerac: Aluded by Cyrano at Act II Scene III, after he has fought one hundred men, Cyrano has a [[ChekovsGun slight cut on his hand and is talking casually to his friends Ragueneau and Lise:]]

* On ''{{Arthur}}'', when the title character begins fidgeting with his glasses, it's almost certain that he's lying.

* ''{{Airplane}}''

** Not to mention Genie's ''literal'' PinnochioNose - and head - when Aladdin first tells him he'll wish for Genie's freedom.

* In an early episode of ''{{Pokemon}}'', Ash's nose grew when he told a skilled trainer that he won two badges fair and square.