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* '''Reconstructed''': He believes in TurningTheOtherCheek, and after all, Alice ''did'' tell the truth.

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* '''Reconstructed''': He believes in TurningTheOtherCheek, [[TurnTheOtherCheek Turning The Other Cheek]], and after all, Alice ''did'' tell the truth.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone confesses for something they weren't being asked to confess to.

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'''Basic Trope''': Someone confesses for to something they weren't being asked to confess to.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone confesses for something they weren't being asked to confess to.
* '''Straight''': Alice steals a doughnut and then copies Bob's story he wrote. When Bob says, "Whoever did it, and I think you know what I'm talking about, had better confess," Alice says, "I admit it! I copied your story! I promise I'll give you all the credit!", Bob says, "What? You copied my story?! I was talking about the doughnut.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is a bit of a shady character who has committed several crimes in her life. She confesses to ''all'' of them, while Bob was just talking about the doughnut.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice confesses for both the right and the wrong things.
* '''Justified''': Alice felt more guilty about the plagiarism, so it was on her mind more.
* '''Inverted''': Alice ''denies'' copying Bob's report when really he was talking about the doughnut.
* '''Subverted''':
* '''Double Subverted''':
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''':
* '''Averted''': Alice does not confess to anything unless someone was specific.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Whoops...that's the trouble with having more than one thing to confess to--you never know which one you need to confess to at the moment!"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': [[MrViceGuy Alice]] makes a point of never confessing to anything.
* '''Discussed''': "So I did two bad things--I'm not telling you what they are, they're not that bad anyway...but what if someone asks me to confess without being specific, how do I avoid confessing to the wrong one?"
* '''Conversed''': "That Alice is in trouble. Bob didn't even know that someone copied his story and now she's spilled the beans."
* '''Implied''': Bob asks indirectly who stole the doughnut, and then Alice is seen getting in trouble for plagiarism.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob [[FeudEpisode decides not to be Alice's friend anymore.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': He believes in TurningTheOtherCheek, and after all, Alice ''did'' tell the truth.
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''':
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