Unreliable Expositor: Difference between revisions

 

Related to, but separate from [[Unreliable Narrator]], as the Unreliable Narrator is the storyteller; the Unreliable Expositor is merely providing exposition. Similarly, [[Mission Control Is Off Its Meds]] is closely related and may overlap with this trope, but concerns unreliable advice rather than unreliable exposition. May overlap with [[Motivational Lie]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

 

* Done by various people in ''[[Warbreaker]]'' to the point where it's difficult, even in the end, to tell who's been telling the truth about the origins of the God Kings, the nature of the religious turmoil between Idris and Hallendren, or much concerning biochromatic breath.

* An entire prologue in the one of ''[[Belgariad]]'' books is written by Torak, who plays up his role in creating the world, and tries to paint Aldur and the Orb as evil and his theft of the Orb as a noble sacrifice to try to save his brother.

 

== Live-Action TV ==