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{{quote|''"Broken promises don't upset me. I just think, why did they believe me?"''|'''Jack Handey'''}}

 

 

What? You mean you ''actually'' believed me when I promised you'd get a trope description? Oh, that's rich! I didn't think you were such a [[Horrible Judge of Character]]! <small>(I mean, I thought the [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|glowing]] [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]] would be a ''[[Red Right Hand|huge]]'' tip off.)</small>

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* In ''[[Liar Game]]'', Fukunaga says this fairly often after tricking other players. Granted, this ''is'' the [[Liar Game]], a 'game where you lie' so he's probably justified in questioning the other players sanity when they believe his lies ''again''.

** Taking all of Aizen's monologues together, this comes close to being his [[Catch Phrase]] after a while, mostly reacting to the many, many, ''many'' attacks he pulls a [[No Sell]] on.

** Also done, in a less-[[Magnificent Bastard]] way, by {{spoiler|Yammy}} with his [[Memetic Mutation|meme-tastic]] line {{spoiler|"Who said the Espada went from one to ten?}}.

** Then there's chapter 414, with [[Laser-Guided Karma]] delivered by {{spoiler|Ichimaru Gin}} who out-chessed [[The Chessmaster]], while avoiding his "boss"'s [[Complexity Addiction]] with an simple {{spoiler|watch-and-wait strategy for the better part of a century}}. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|Gin promptly learns he was the victim of a [[Xanatos Gambit]], as Aizen actually [[Out-Gambitted|counted on being out-chessed]] by Gin to reach the next stage of his development...and somehow Aizen has become broken enough to [[Beyond the Impossible|survive being disintegrated from the inside out]]}}.

{{quote| '''Dee Laytner:''' You little fool! did you think i'd actually be satisfied with just one itty bitty kiss?}}

* Used briliantly by [[Magnificent Bastard]] Askeladd in ''[[Vinland Saga]]'', when his men turn against him to save their own hides against an army they could never defeat.

 

== [[Comics]] ==

{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Ozymandias}}:''' Dan, I'm not a [[Hold Your Hippogriffs|Republic serial]] [[Card-Carrying Villain|villain.]] Do you honestly think I'd [[Story-Boarding the Apocalypse|explain my masterstroke]] [[You Are Too Late|if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome?]]}}

* ''"The Death of [[Superman]]'' (the '60s Imaginary Story, not the '90s arc) has Luthor curing cancer and [[Civilian Villain|publicly announcing that he has renounced evil]] and will dedicate his life to doing good. Supes is delighted at this, and becomes Luthor's best friend. Then Luthor lures his new best friend into his lab and tortures him to death with Kryptonite, laughing uproariously at Supes's helpless expressions of betrayal, fury, and heartbreak and quoting this trope almost word for word. As for ''why'' [[Out-of-Character Moment|Superman]] believed it, [[Silver Age|take a look at that decade again]].

{{quote| '''Mxyzptlk:''' Did you ''honestly'' believe a sorcerer from the 5th dimension would resemble a funny little man in a derby hat?}}

 

== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

* In ''[[The Cries of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', {{spoiler|Takano says this to Haruhi about the Hammer of Oyashiro-sama.}} What's worse, {{spoiler|this is after Haruhi's bought into this completely, and with Haruhi being [[Reality Warper|Haruhi]]...}}

{{quote| What, you didn't ''really'' believe you were Sam's brother, did you?}}

 

== Film - Animated ==

{{quote| '''Randall:''' ''[chuckles evilly]'' You still think this is about that stupid scare record?<br />

'''Mike:''' Well... I did. Right up until you ''chuckled'' like that... }}

* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End'', {{spoiler|Beckett gloats over his perceived victory, assuming Jack's reappearance after the climactic battle is an attempt on his part to gain Beckett's clemency, as they'd negotiated. But Beckett's clearly had a double-cross planned for some time. ("He actually expects me to honor our agreement.")}}

* Averted in ''The Long Good Friday'': After double-crossing and attempting to destroy the {{spoiler|''IRA'' gangster operation}} in London the London gangster Harold Shand is {{spoiler|kidnapped by gunmen in the final scene of the film.}} Neither he nor {{spoiler|his captors speak}}, but one gunman smirks at him.

{{quote| '''Edmond''': (through a window) "You didn't think I'd make it that easy for you, did you?"}}

** The real icing on the cake? ''Leaving the gun unloaded was [[Sure Why Not|an idea from the test audience]].''

'''Bride:''' You know, for a second there... yeah, I kinda did. }}

* In the Disney version of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia|The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe]]'', {{spoiler|the White Witch says this to Aslan when she is about to kill him at the Stone Table.}}

{{quote| '''Benjamin (to camera):''' You didn't really think she'd end up with ''Wayne,'' [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids|did you]]?}}

{{quote| '''Dick Jones:''' It's a little insurance policy called "Directive 4", my little contribution to your psychological profile. Any attempt to arrest a senior officer of OCP results in shutdown. What did you think? That you were an ordinary police officer? You're our product and we can't very well have our products turning against us, can we? }}

* ''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'': During the climactic confrontation between Holmes and Moriarty, the latter thinks, with a brilliant [[Smug Snake|smug]] [[Smug Smiler|smile]]: "Come now, you really think you're the only one who can play this game?" and reveals that {{spoiler|he can weaponize the [[Sherlock Scan]] too, and knows that [[Oh Crap|he's going to win their fight]].}}

 

{{quote| '''Grizzaka''': (after finally escaping the sand snakes) Think you're rid of me? Think again. (laughs evilly)}}

** Now, bad guys say stuff like that all the time, but on this occasion it's different: Grizzaka is one of the three Overlords, the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] of this arc. Carnisoar the Sky Overlord went down last week, and Jellica the Sea Overlord and the [[Sixth Ranger]] had their climactic battle while Grizzaka the Land Overlord didn't even get past the [[Death Trap]]-laden path to the new [[Humongous Mecha]] this week. So, this arc's over and it's time for the [[Meet the New Boss|Phantom Beasts]], right? Yeah, [[Not So Fast Bucko]].

{{quote| "No, no, no, this is too easy, this is ''too easy''! There is no {{spoiler|key}}, DOOFUS!"}}

 

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== Music ==

** Also a bit unusual that [[The Reveal]] is not their evilness, but the fact that they are alive ([[The Undead|sort of]]).

* ''[[Nethack]]:'' "A voice booms out... 'So [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe|thou thought thou couldst]] kill me, fool.'"

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Raiden:'''}} ''You're changing sides now?''<br />

{{spoiler|'''Snake:'''}} ''I don't recall saying I was on yours.'' }}

** EP3's ending, did you actually believe that {{spoiler|Beatrice}} is going [[Tsundere]] for you? Actually subverted, since it turned out to be true anyway.

** EP7's ending, did you actually believe that {{spoiler|Bernkastel}} will give everyone a happy ending?

** Another example in ''Rosenkreuzstilette'':

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Iris''': You think a run-of-the-mill Magus like yourself can stand a chance against me, Rosenkreuz reborn? This is why I can't stand commoners... I have transcended humanity. [[A God Am I|I, Iris Zeppelin, have become a god]]! A worthless insect like yourself can't hope to stop me.}}}}

{{quote| '''Splash Warfly''': Idiot! This is all according to plan!<br />

'''Zero''': What? }}

{{quote| '''Sek-Duat''': FOOLS! Did YOU really believe I would lead you here and just hand over the power of a Djinn?! I simply needed you both in the same place!}}

** Cue that rather violent [[The Bad Guy Wins]] moment where he supposedly "kills off" both Zhoom and the hero, takes the lamp, causes a cave-in, and holds up the lamp in triumph... only for it to suddenly be replaced with a simple rock. He doesn't know that Zhoom and the hero are still alive and now have the lamp because they secretly slipped him the Dreamdust, but he doesn't care.

* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Go Team Go", when Shego sees an opportune moment to break her [[Enemy Mine|temporary alliance]] with Kim:

{{quote| '''Kim:''' Shego, I thought we were in this together!<br />

 

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