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{{quote|It proved enormously complex to maintain the continuity and integrity of this large, [[Invented Individual|entirely fictional [spy] network]], and the [[Feed the Mole|information it was providing]]
|https://www.mi5.gov.uk/agent-garbo}}
A lie or deception that takes on a life of its own, spiraling out of the control of the ones who started it and often mutating in the process. What distinguishes a Snowball Lie from a [[Fawlty Towers Plot]] lie is that it attracts other characters to keep it alive and expand it, either by explicitly furthering the deception for their own purposes or by sincerely buying into it and carrying it on in the honest belief that it is real—or to avoid being embarrassed by their "ignorance" or "inexperience".
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* ''[[Death Note]]'': The entire series is based on Light Yagami's elaborate, psychopathic plots to deceive police and detective forces that he is ''not'' a serial killer... until {{spoiler|it all blows up in his face, his cover is blown, and he dies.}}
▲== Fan Fic ==
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]]'' discusses this in the chapter appropriately titled "[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/65/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality Contagious Lies]".
* ''[[Princess Celestia Hates Tea]]'': Celestia lied to Luna that she enjoyed the Tea Brewer she gifted her with, in order to spare her feelings. The problem? That was a few thousand years ago, and as an immortal [[Physical God]], Celestia has had millenia to continue drinking all the tea her loving subjects have been giving her, even though she still can't stand the stuff. It's safe to say it causes an avalanche instead of a snowball when she reveals she doesn not, in fact, enjoy tea.
== Film ==
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