History Main / WeDoNotKnowEachOther

* In ''Film/NightTrainToMunich'', Dick Randall is recognized by an old friend and fellow cricket player, Caldicott. But the problem lies in the fact that Dick is pretending to be a Gestapo officer to save his friends from the Nazis. He shakes off Caldicott, but it's not enough to dispel suspicion from the other Gestapo.

* This is the fatal mistake Fredo makes in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII''. He pretends not to know Johnny Ola when they meet in Cuba, but later on babbles excitedly about the various places in Havana that Ola took him to, while Michael can be seen covering his face in despair.
* ''Film/DonnieBrasco''. The undercover FBI agent who is the protagonist punches someone who is about to greet him as Special Agent Jo Pistone. He then pretends to his Mafia associates that the man made an obscene pass at him.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Not quite a con, but the protagonists are being cautious, and not advertising that they know each other, when [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0781.html Belkar is in the arena]]. Leads to him and V being able to insult each other by way of "introduction". And causing [[TheDitz Elan]] to cluelessly ask "What's your name, Roy?" after being "introduced" to him.

* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episodes featuring MI6 agent Michael Haggerty generally feature the slight variant of "We ''barely'' know each other", since Jessica's reaction to him showing up generally makes it quite clear to others that she recognises him from ''somewhere''.

* ''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 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 Rose in the dark, he plays along and pretends he doesn't already know Susie:

* This is the fatal mistake Fredo makes in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII''. He pretends not to know Johnny Ola when they meet in Cuba, but later on babbles excitedly about the various places in Havana that Ola took him to, while Michael can be seen covering his face in despair.

* In ''Texas Showdown'', Literature/AbleTeam are sent to infiltrate a mercenary army. To his horror, Carl Lyons recognizes their CO as someone he put in prison when he was an LAPD detective. He urges Gadgets and Blancanales to denounce him to save their own lives, but they refuse. So to try and distance himself from them, they stage a nasty fight in the barracks. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a moot point as the CO has also recognised Lyons, and is more interested in making a deal with the government than getting revenge.]]

* This is the fatal mistake Fredo makes in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII''. He pretends not to know Johnny Ola when they meet in Cuba, but later on babbles excitedly about the various places in Havana that Ola took him to, while Michael can be seen covering his face in despair.

* In ''Texas Showdown'', Literature/AbleTeam are sent to infiltrate a mercenary army. To his horror, Carl Lyons recognises their CO as someone he put in prison when he was an LAPD detective. He urges Gadgets and Blancanales to decounce him to save their own lives, but they refuse. So to try and distance himself from them, they stage a nasty fight in the barracks. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a moot point as the CO has also recognised Lyons, and is more interested in making a deal with the government than getting revenge.]]

* In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewSeriesAdventures'' novel ''Plague City'', when the TARDIS crew arrive in 18th century Edinburgh, Nardole is wearing a kilt and tam o'shanter, claiming to be a member of "the Clan [=McNardole=]". The Doctor says "You'll get us all punched in the face" and starts shouting at the tenements "He's no with us! We're no with him! Honestly just met! Don't even like him much either!"

** Spike clearly has some kind of history with Anya's old friend the vengeance demon Halfrek, but they both deny knowing each other, out of what seems to be mutual embarrassment. As they're played by the same actress, [[{{Fanon}} one fan theory]] is that she's Cecily, the girl he wrote [[OldShame "Effulgent"]] for.

** Spike clearly has some kind of history with Anya's old friend the vengeance demon Halfrek, but they both deny knowing each other, out of what seems to be mutual embarrassment. {{Fanon}} is that she's Cecily, the girl he wrote [[OldShame "Effulgent"]] for.

* The dramatic variety occurs in ''Series/{{Colditz}}'' - as the final days of WorldWarII approach, the prison camp's Nazi PoliticalOfficer calls his girlfriend to ask her to run away with him. Scared that the phone might be tapped, she tearfully denies knowing who he is, and says he must have a wrong number.

* On ''Series/TheWire'', stick-up-man Omar steals money from the Barksdale crew, then gives Proposition Joe some of the cash in exchange for Avon Barksdale's pager number. Omar then uses the number in an attempt on Avon's life. When setting up a parlay between Omar and Avon's right-hand-man, Joe wisely pretends to have never met Omar in person.

* This is the fatal mistake Fredo makes in ''Film/TheGodfather, Part II''. He pretends not to know Johnny Ola when they meet in Cuba, but later on babbles excitedly about the various places in Havana that Ola took him to, while Michael can be seen covering his face in despair.

* In the first ''Literature/RedDwarf'' novel, Lister first meets Rimmer when the former is driving a (stolen) taxi cab and the latter hires the taxi to take him to a brothel. For various embarrassing reasons, when Lister is later "introduced" to Rimmer as his subordinate, Rimmer pretends not to know Lister.

** Played straight however with [[spoiler: Gaby and her handler, Waverly. Neither Solo nor Illya saw that coming.]]

* Defied by Solo in ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'' who deliberately makes contact with Illya several times while undercover, mostly to troll him.
** Played straight however with [[spoiler: Gaby and her handler, Waverly]].