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* Undercover at a black tie event in ''Series/MrAndMrsSmith2024'', John and Jane pretend to be strangers while posing as a waiter and guest respectively.
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* In Creator/CarlHiaasen's novel ''Double Whammy'', the protagonist, R.J. Decker is traveling aboard an airplane with Clinton "Skink" Tyree, who decides WeNeedADistraction because two of the BigBad's mooks are also aboard and noticed Decker and Skink board. Skink makes a magnificent show of being a complete loon, requiring him to be subdued by a sky marshal and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing so he can be handed over to the police, so the mooks will have no idea Decker is associated with him. Skink's lunatic act is so convincing as to make Decker nervous:
-->'''Skink''': ''(whispering)'' Remember, you don't know me!\\
'''Decker''': [[StealthInsult No kidding.]]
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* In Literature/TheBible, Peter denies knowing Jesus when he's brought to trial the night before the crucifixion, making this OlderThanFeudalism. And it was just a few hours after Peter said he would never do such a thing. And Christ being all-knowing, insisted he would, and he did. Peter was facing trial and horrible, [[Main/IncrediblyLamePun excruciating]] death rather than embarrassment, but still...as soon as Peter realized what he did, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he was horrified]].

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* In Literature/TheBible, Peter denies knowing Jesus when he's brought to trial the night before the crucifixion, making this OlderThanFeudalism. And it was just a few hours after Peter said he would never do such a thing. And Christ being all-knowing, insisted he would, and he did. Peter was facing trial and horrible, [[Main/IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} excruciating]] death rather than embarrassment, but still...as soon as Peter realized what he did, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he was horrified]].
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* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'': In season 2 episode 7 "Look She Made A Hat," Midge uses her family's Yom Kippur dinner as the place to come out and disclose her new career as a stand-up comedian, since she has to take off early to do a gig at the Gaslight for a booker. She has her manager, Susie come over for this confession. Abe has already learned about Midge's career after inadvertently catching her perform in the Catskills two episodes earlier. Rather than admit to keeping his wife in the dark, he plays along and pretends he doesn't already know Susie:

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* ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'': In season 2 episode 7 "Look She Made A Hat," Midge uses her family's Yom Kippur dinner as the place to come out and disclose her new career as a stand-up comedian, since she has to take off early to do a gig at the Gaslight for a booker. She has Susie, her manager, Susie come over for this confession. Abe has already learned about Midge's career after inadvertently catching her perform in the Catskills two episodes earlier.a few months ago during the summer. Rather than admit to keeping his wife in the dark, he plays along and pretends he doesn't already know Susie:



'''Susie:''' Okay, so clearly I missed a pretty hefty cocktail hour.

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'''Susie:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Okay, so clearly I missed a pretty hefty cocktail hour.]]

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* In ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', [[spoiler:Santa and June]] hide the fact that they're siblings to be able to enact their grand scheme.



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* In ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', [[spoiler:Santa and June]] hide the fact that they're siblings to be able to enact their grand scheme.
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-->'''Jon:''' How is your rib?
-->'''Irma:''' Ticklish.
-->'''Jon:''' I meant your beef ribs.
-->'''Irma:''' Don't know, hon. I've never tickled a cow.
-->'''Jon:''' You don't know what you're missing.
-->'''Garfield:''' I'm not with this man.

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-->'''Jon:''' How is your rib?
-->'''Irma:''' Ticklish.
-->'''Jon:'''
rib?\\
'''Irma:''' Ticklish.\\
'''Jon:'''
I meant your beef ribs.
-->'''Irma:'''
ribs.\\
'''Irma:'''
Don't know, hon. I've never tickled a cow.
-->'''Jon:'''
cow.\\
'''Jon:'''
You don't know what you're missing.
-->'''Garfield:'''
missing.\\
'''Garfield:'''
I'm not with this man.



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-->'''Other student''': What is ''with'' that Monica girl?
-->'''Phoebe''': I don't know. I didn't come with her.

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-->'''Other student''': What is ''with'' that Monica girl?
-->'''Phoebe''':
girl?\\
'''Phoebe''':
I don't know. I didn't come with her.



-->'''Susie:''' Hi, Abe.
-->'''Abe:''' Very good. Deducing that I am Abe, Miriam's father. Hello, person I've never met before. Nice to see you for the very first time.
-->'''Susie:''' Okay, so clearly I missed a pretty hefty cocktail hour.

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-->'''Susie:''' Hi, Abe.
-->'''Abe:'''
Abe.\\
'''Abe:'''
Very good. Deducing that I am Abe, Miriam's father. Hello, person I've never met before. Nice to see you for the very first time.
-->'''Susie:'''
time.\\
'''Susie:'''
Okay, so clearly I missed a pretty hefty cocktail hour.
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* In the first arc of ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'' Kurami Zierh enlists the help of Feel Nirvalen, an elf who is Kurami's ChildhoodFriend [[spoiler:as well as her owner]] to assist her with magic so she can win the tournament for the throne of Elkia. When Sora and Shiro, the protagonists, unmask Feel and expose Kurami's cheating, Kurami denies knowing Feel and claims they used a random elf to set her up.

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* In the first arc of ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'' ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'' Kurami Zierh enlists the help of Feel Nirvalen, an elf who is Kurami's ChildhoodFriend [[spoiler:as well as her owner]] to assist her with magic so she can win the tournament for the throne of Elkia. When Sora and Shiro, the protagonists, unmask Feel and expose Kurami's cheating, Kurami denies knowing Feel and claims they used a random elf to set her up.
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Compare FriendshipDenial. Often associated with PhotoIdentificationDenial, wherein one person denies knowing another after being shown their photograph, but they actually do know the person in the picture.

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Compare FriendshipDenial. Often associated with PhotoIdentificationDenial, wherein one person denies knowing another after being shown their photograph, but they actually do know the person in the picture.
picture. AcquaintanceDenial is a subtrope.
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* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'': Sara occasionally announces that he character is distancing herself from the Untouchable Three when the latter are doing something particularly stupid (such as one early story where Bob and Dave decide to have their characters cop an attitude about bowing to the local king).

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* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'': Sara occasionally announces that he her character is distancing herself from the Untouchable Three Trio when the latter are doing something particularly stupid (such as one early story where Bob and Dave decide to have their characters cop an attitude about bowing to the local king).
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* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'': Sara occasionally announces that he character is distancing herself from the Untouchable Three when the latter are doing something particularly stupid (such as one early story where Bob and Dave decide to have their characters cop an attitude about bowing to the local king).

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