Metaphorically True / Western Animation

• In the episode "Night of the Ninja" of Batman: The Animated Series, Bruce explains to fellow prisoner Summer that they escaped because Batman arrived and took down the bad guy. Hey, his voice changed so it was mostly true...
• In Beavis And Butthead, this exchange between the titular duo and Mr. Manners who has come to class to teach etiquette is technically true, hilariously so, when he chastizes them for making farting noises while he's trying to speak:
  Mr. Manners: Um, excuse me boys but it's rather rude to make noises and interrupt me when it's my turn to speak!
  Butthead: Uh... we were doing this long before you came in, sir.
  Beavis: Yeah! You interrupted us! Butthole!
• In 1980 when CBS first aired the special Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over, TV listings and promos stated that in a separate segment after a thirty-year chase, the Coyote finally catches the Road Runner. In that segment (since billed as the short subject "Soup or Sonic", the Coyote chases the Road Runner through a series of pipes that progressively gets smaller that both come out small. They retreat the other way, and the Road Runner regains his size while the Coyote is still tiny. The Coyote doubles back and, yes, he does grab the Road Runner's leg. However, when he sees the Road Runner giant size in contrast to himself, he holds up the following signs:
  "Okay, wise guys, you always wanted me to catch him..."
  "Now what do I do?"
• As the above Amulet of Eternal Life, Xanatos, from Gargoyles, discovered a cauldron which allowed a person to live "as long as the mountain stone". He was smart enough to test it first. Yup, stone.
• Hercules: The Animated Series: Jason explains why he seeks the Golden Fleece; it can allegedly span across the widest chasm, make flowers grow in the desert, and even turn an old man's hair from gray to black. Jason is initially disappointed when the Fleece's powers turn out to be considerably less than advertised, but he eventually reasons that it has spanned the chasm between him and his estranged crew, and made the flower of hope bloom in the desert of despair. (And he's noticed some highlights in his hair.)
• Justice League Unlimited: When the team in "Task Force X" argues they have no chance against the League, Clock King declares they are going to infiltrate the Watch Tower at its weakest roll call of supers. When Captain Boomerang ask him to define "weakest", Clock King plays a Photo Montage of Captain Atom, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter with ominous music. Nobody feels better about it. Technically, Clock King is correct, as only three League members would be their weakest point from a personnel standpoint. Apparently them being three of the strongest individual members of the League doesn't change that assessment (the infiltrators really need to avoid confronting any of the League members, so numbers are more important than individual power).
• Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama: Eric tells Kim that his "mission" is to take her to the prom. Well, it is.
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
  • In the episode "The Last Roundup", Applejack, who prides herself on her commitment to honesty, is faced with an insoluble dilemma when she's forced to promise to tell her friends why she refused to come back home but finds the reason so shameful she doesn't want to tell anyone. The best she can do is to promise she'll tell them at breakfast the next morning -- and then never show up for breakfast, claiming that makes the promise she had no intention of fulfilling not false.
  • Like Xelloss above, Discord has never lied in any of his appearances, save one little "I'm innocent." He's never told the entirety of the truth, however, such as when he says he "can't claim responsibility" for something that ultimately turns out to be a plan of his that went off thousands of years later than planned or, in his first appearance, told Applejack that their quest would split the group up, which is something he caused himself.
• Rick and Morty has an example in the pilot episode. To get Morty to open fire on some alien armed guards, Rick tells him that the guards are just robots. However, the one Morty hits screams in agony and bleeds out, leading to this exchange:
  Morty: They're not robots, Rick!
  Rick: It's a figure of speech, Morty. They're bureaucrats; I don't respect them.
• Robot Chicken turned it into a full blown musical for their Star Wars special.
  Luke: Could you be a little bit more specific because [Leia and I] kinda made out.
• The Simpsons:
  • In "Marge Gets A Job", Marge decides to apply for a job at the nuclear plant, but the only experience she has to list on her resume is homemaker. Lisa helps her pad it with work experience like "chauffeur", "seamstress", "worked for the Carter administration" (she voted for him twice), and "curator of large animals" (cue a bulging, hairy Homer).
  • "Realty Bites" had Lionel Hutz training Marge in how to be a successful realtor, even in regards to The Alleged House.
    Lionel Hutz: There's "the truth" (shakes head) and "the truth." (smiles wide) Let me show you. (shows pictures of homes for sale)
    Marge: That house is awfully small.
    Hutz: I'd say it's awfully... cozy!
    Marge: That's dilapidated.
    Hutz: Rustic.
    Marge: That house is on fire!
    Hutz: Motivated seller!
  • In "Grift Of The Magi", the Kids First Industries representative defends his company's actions by pointing out that all the profits for Funzo will be going to children. "We're all somebody's children", after all.
  • In "Guess Who's Coming To Criticize Dinner?", Springfield Elementary takes a field trip to The Springfield Shopper newspaper.
    Tour Guide: And to protect Mother Earth, each copy contains a certain percentage of recycled paper.
    Lisa: And what percent is that?
    Tour Guide: Zero. (beat) Zero's a percent...
• Star Wars Rebels reveals that Captain Rex of Star Wars: The Clone Wars had survived into the Imperial Era and had been living out in retirement. When the titular rebels come for his aid, Kanan Jarrus (a Jedi and an Order 66 survivor to boot) doesn't trust Rex at all, mostly because he's a clone, and it was the clones that betrayed the Jedi. Rex points to a scar on his head, indicating the inhibitor chip that made the clones carry out Order 66 was removed, leaving him to reveal that he never betrayed his Jedi. When The Clone Wars returned, it was revealed that this trope was in play: he DID carry out Order 66 and almost killed Ahsoka; it's just that Ahsoka wasn't a Jedi, ergo he never betrayed "his" Jedi (presumably Anakin), not to mention it was Ahsoka that removed his chip in the first place, preventing him from carrying out the order any further, and to top it off he also did everything in his power to resist the Order giving Ahsoka the vital clue she needed in order to free Rex and save herself.
• Steven Universe, "We Need to Talk". Garnet tells Greg she believes he can fuse with Rose Quartz if he does it in his own way. He fails to actually physically fuse — but the attempt leads to a moment of new openness and trust and connection between the pair, which is one of the most important aspects of fusion. Both Garnet and Amethyst recognize the result as a "fusion", even though nothing happened physically. This is lost on Pearl, however.
  Pearl: Why are they still dancing? It didn't work!
  Garnet: [quietly] Yes it did...
  Pearl: [incredulous] What?
  Garnet: It worked.