Red Mage and Thief use this when Ranger asks why they betrayed his group:
Thief: Ghosts. Red Mage: Aliens. Thief: Ghost aliens. Red Mage: Who possessed us. Thief: From space!
Warmech is especially prone to this.
Black Mage: Oh, Lord, why does the robot have a mustache? Warmech: I grew it with my human lip. [later] Warmech: BEHOLD MY HUMAN LASER! [later] Warmech: I HAVE NO LASERS AND WILL LASER TO DEATH ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE.
In this comic, Black Mage and the idiotic pirate captain Bikke have this exchange.
Bikke: Yar, you thar. Black Mage:[turning to look at Bikke] Er, uh. I'm sorry, stranger, but I don't speak English. Bikke: If'n ye no be talkin' the English, then how is it ye to be talkin' to the Bikke. Black Mage: Well, I'd explain, but as I said I don't speak English. Bikke: Well played.
The wood elf Thief also does it to the dark elf Drizz'l in the same page.
Drizz'l:[toward Thief who isn't looking his way] You there, whom I can't be bothered to ask to turn around. Thief: That's good, as I'm too much of a hideous non-elf human to turn around. Thief: Also, I don't speak English. Drizz'l:[throws arms up in the air] Bah! You're not worth the effort of examining in further detail!
Victor the obvious spy claims to be plumber — even when he's caught installing a camera on the ceiling, he claims it's a strange toilet. In a later story, when he's caught having been hiding in the Doctor's office for ages and taking part in specific political intrigue that he's confessed to, he still presents a plumbing bill. (Also, in the comic where's discovered, Gordito goes "You!" and the Alt Text says "No! Someone else!" in quotes like he'd said it.)
Subverted with an Alt Text in "AWOL MD" that claims a bunch of kids' heads that exploded will grow back later. It sounds like a blatant lie, but they do.
Fern: Okay, is there anything in here that doesn't talk? The Floor: I don't talk.
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures: In the episode Alert, Jason is lying through his teeth when he claims that the safe house was already trashed when he found it and Bruce knows it.
Jason: It was like this when I found it. Bruce: Hn. Jason: You should really take better care of your things.
Buck Godot engages in a bit of this in the Psmith storyline (warning: spoilers!) towardtheend, when he alternates between telling Psmith one thing and Der Rock the precise opposite, in front of them both.
Champions of Far'aus: When Daryl happens upon one of Sarengal’s cultists, and tries to nonchalantly ask her where another cultist he is trying to track down is, she suspects that he is Leilusa’s champion, and instead of answering his question, reaches for her sword and asks;
Cultist: You haven’t seen some Hyperia Pantheon person in a white cowboy hat and long blue coat - have you? (Daryl is said person in the blue coat & cowboy hat) Daryl: Uhhhhhh . . . Points off to the side Daryl: He went that-a-way!
In Cinema Snob Reviews Frozen (a fan comic where The Cinema Snob reviews Frozen (2013)), Snob claims he always knew that the movie was going to be good, and the context is clear he thought it would suck from just watching the trailers.
City Under the Hill has this Trope often invoked by Slim on topics ranging from whether or not he stole evidence from a crime scene, to whether or not he's ever going to pretend to obey the law.
When Cube asks if the triangular object on her captor's fridge is the artifact, Blixer gives a delayed and drawn-out "Nooooo." Lycan explains that Blixer thought Cube couldn't reach it if it was somewhere high up.
A flashback sequence shows Cyan harboring feelings of uncertainty and low self-esteem regarding his duty as a knight, but he keeps saying that nothing is wrong to the other knights, who are aware that he's hiding something.
In Darths & Droids, one of Jim's characters (Han Solo in the movies) is a serial identity thief — but a lot of the time, his idea of stealing someone's identity is to just suddenly say "I'm [so and so]," even when people can clearly see he's not.
DICE: The Cube That Changes Everything: Teacher Kim tries to assure Dawn that he's trustworthy and they should team-up. While holding Eunju hostage and just nearly killing a teacher with a deception.
Susan: What's to explain? My hair changed color. It happens! Nanase: Hair doesn't just spontaneously change color! Susan: I stand by my ridiculous claim.
An ongoing theme in Everything is Fine. Heck, even the title gets in on it. The residents of the neighborhood constantly assure themselves and everyone around them that everything is normal and fine, but just one episode in it's crystal-clear they're lying to themselves and something is very obviously horribly wrong.
The Corbettite Monks are at a total loss to explain how Martellus Von Blitzengard fell down so suddenly. Why, it must have been the work of those legendary Smoke Knights!
After a Time Skip, a just revived Tarvek and Gil talk about the ugly clothing they're wearing. Gil's answer? It's the future. Everyone dresses like that.
Hobbits And Hole Dwellers: Ted being represented by a rather frazzled Bilbo, randomly stomping off in a huff to "take a minute" (which turns into five), and then telling everyone that they have to clear out in an hour (while evading telling why) don't make him insisting that he's "fine" very convincing.
I Don't Want This Kind of Hero: Guineung has a tendency to tell these, ranging from "There is no violence at Spoon" while Dana's raging in the background, to claiming that Sasa is The Ace, to denying to Naga that he initially said that newbies get a tour first, etc.
In Knights of Buena Vista, Mary confesses that her in-character acting stinks, and Walter says he never noticed, despite biting his tongue about it earlier.
Lovely People: After getting herself declared an Un-person, Peony leaves through the window of her apartment due to being unable to use the door, and tells her neighbors that she accidentally put super glue in the lock.
In Luminary Children, Lyzza's ability is to make people believe whatever she says, which of course leads to the most absurd lies.
In M9 Girls!, when Vero is caught snooping into the Professor's lab, her impromptu alibi is quite unconvincing.
Ménage à 3: Casting Couch-wielding producer Nathan attempts to explain away the fact that he's in a Transparent Closet. And the best part? Not only does Nathan seem to believe it himself, but Dillon thinks it's credible because Oprah presumably said it.
Dillon: You know...it's none of my business...but someday you will have to tell your wife you're gay. Nathan: Ho-ho-ho! Don't be silly! I'm not gay! That's why I have you wear the wig! Dillon: I think it might be a little bit gay. Nathan: Dilly...straight married men have secret gay sex all the time! Dillon: That sounds made up. Nathan: It's true! It's called "being on the down low". Saw it on Oprah.
Rumisiel's presence is explained as being Ash's Canadian exchange student live-in boyfriend. Since the story takes place in Massachusetts, this is regarded as being a little implausible to say the least.
This may be the single best example. Why has Rumisiel never seen snow before?
Rumisiel: Yeah... but I'm from, like, the tropical part of Canada. The vast Canadian Empire ranges far and wide, you know, eh? Dr. Upton: There is something desperately wrong with that sentence, but I'm too tired to care. Remind me in the future never to talk to you until after I've had my coffee. Rumisiel: The Emperor of Canada once told me the same thing.
On MS Paint Masterpieces, Dr. Wily manages to get Dr. Light to build all the robots he uses for his first attempt at world domination by saying they're for mining.
The New Adventures of Bobbin: Bobbin and Brett try to sneak out of detention, Bobbin excusing bringing her bag with her to "the toilet" by claiming "female needs". When Brett is challenged on why he's taking his bag, he responds with "Um... for... male... needs?"
Shine from NEXT!!! Sound of the Future ends up falling asleep while stalking Tech, a retired celebrity, at the store she works at instead of going to the train station like she said she would, waking up right as Tech is leaving the store. When she asks why Shine is still there, Shine gives the excuse that she got lost again and came back for further directions, which Shine herself then realizes makes no sense because if she did get lost, she probably wouldn't have even been able to find her way back in the first place, plus she had no reason to come back instead of just asking any other passerby. Shine is certain Tech won't believe her, but somehow she does.
Each update of "No Black Plume" comes with the authors' real credentials.
Subverted in an Oglaf strip, "Skills" (which is NSFW, but only just by Oglaf standards); a woman claims a number of absurd things are because her phenomenal sex skills are driving people crazy. In the end, some evidence is shown this is actually the case, contrary to how it seemed.
In Operation Reboot, Shae feeds a story to her mother that is completely absurd (though much less so than her brother's). Hilariously, her mother buys it anyway.
Haley has a Bluff Skill that is ridiculously high, letting her get away with almost anything. Exaggerated in this strip thanks to a potion of glibness. This is consistent with D&D 3.5 rules - If your Bluff check beats your opponent's Sense Motive by 20 or more, you can get them to believe things that are actually impossible. Glibness adds 30 to your Bluff check.
Haley: You're actually a yellow-footed rock wallaby. Guard #5: Screw this guard stuff, then. I'm gonna go find a wizard to polymorph me back. (hop, hop, hop)
Also, Xykon. To quote the prequel book "Start of Darkness": "Fun fact: If you beg me for mercy, I'll let you live." (Insert begging.) "Even more fun fact: I'm a total liar."
Redcloak, upon being told he could become Supreme Leader of the hobgoblins by killing the current leader in single combat, promptly cast "Slay Living" on the hobgoblin putting him through the humiliating rituals to become an honorary hobgoblin. Xykon then turned to the nearest hobgoblin and asked if the dead hobgoblin was the Supreme Leader. The hobgoblin, wearing the headdress and necklace of Supreme Leadership and wielding the scepter of Supreme Leadership, said "Yes. Yes he was".
In Ozzie the Vampire, Ozzie denies being a vampire while floating in mid-air with her wings out. She almost gets away with it because Gogmagog has only the barest idea of what humans are supposed to look like.
The first part of this. (Gabe's not exactly well-versed in the difference between dragons and dragaerans.)Don't Explain The JokeThere are "dragon"s in the book series' wildlife, and a "House of the Dragon"... but the (two) main character(s) don't qualify for either.
Gabe: You said this would be easy, a half an hour tops! My world is pain! Tycho: Gabe, sometimes in order to hurt someone very badly, you have to tell that person terrible lies.
In comic #499, Jeph writes in his little blurb at the bottom of the page "Comic number 500 is Monday. I don't have anything particularly special planned, but who knows." for the entire run of QC previous to this, Faye and Marten's possible relationship had driven most of the plot. In comic number 500, the two of them resolve the situation and the plot progresses. Faye likes Marten just fine, but she has lingering trust issues and can't maintain a relationship. Everything works out just fine, and they're still roommates.
Also present in several scenes where Faye knocks someone out, then explains their unconsciousness with "Owls." when they wake up.
This was how Lavali of Sandra on the Rocks tried to stay in her extremely Transparent Closet every time her parents and/or brother caught her in a compromising position with a girl. Which was often. None of them bought her flimsy excuses for a second, but she somehow got the impression that she had masterfully deceived them all.
When the entire company is on trial due to a job they did in UNS space.
Petey: Captain, you have heard the charges. How do you plead? Before you answer, you should know that if you plead "guilty" you'll be immediately extradited and U.N.S. law will take over. Captain Tagon: Not guilty. Petey:Also, it's not very nice to lie in court. Captain Tagon: But it beats extradition.
When Captain Landon joins a mission through a teraport cage to reinforce the Toughs, he has quite a bit of difficulty justifying this as part of his job providing security for the UNS embassy.
Landon: This is an off-site training exercise. Bala-Amin: Most of those "training" with you aren't UNS personnel. Landon: Because it's a joint-forces training exercise. Bala-Amin: According to the roster, you are the only UNS soldier there. Landon: I'm learning a lot about working with other people.
In this strip, Unity, who is a zombie, tries unsuccessfully to uphold the Masquerade.
Unity: Civilian, you is smoking crack. I am a totally normal alive human federal agent. [her arm falls off] Unity: ...who has a cold.
Moustachio, gone temporarily evil due to over-winding, does it in this strip. Unity doesn't notice.
Unity: What is this thing? Moustachio: it is a small man-portable fusion reac Moustachio: wait Moustachio: initializing prevarication Moustachio: it is a pie
Sleipnir: Equine Invader from Jupiter: Kincaid tells his troops that Austin, Texas has been evacuated to protect civilians from the rampaging kaiju... while panicked civilians are shown fleeing through the streets.
The Guacans of the Punyverse arc will insist that they do not eat people, even while sharpening cleavers and warming up the cooking pots. "Come to Chau-5, we won't eat you!"
In "Aylee", after a 50-foot-tall Aylee runs through the suburbs causing mass destruction, she retreats into her shell and tries to pass herself off as a volcano. When the mob chasing her wonder how a volcano wound up in New Jersey, Aylee tells them global warming did it. Everyone finds this perfectly plausible and never question the fact that a volcano just answered their question.
In Tower of God, during the Hide and Seek test, Hansung Yu's claim that the two teams are divided equally is so implausible that even he looks incredulous when Yuga agrees with it.
Sandra of Zebra Girl initially trying to cover up her demonic appearance starts out very badly at this. Her story about the origins of her "scars" involves low flying birds, a ladder and a room full of knives.
Black Mage and the idiotic pirate captain Bikke have this exchange.Bikke: Yar, you thar.
Belkar tries to explain why a Protection from Evil trinket is causing him pain