Basic Trope: A character denies a hypothesis so detailed that there is no reason to think of it were it not true. * Straight: When Alice finds Bob on her computer and asks, "What are you doing?" Bob says, "I'm not changing your desktop!" * Exaggerated: "I'm not hacking the Nielsen ratings to make curling appear more popular than hockey! I'm just ... uh, updating my resume." * Downplayed: "I'm not browsing the Internet -- I'm just keeping it from going to sleep!" * Justified: Bob is a Bad Liar. * Inverted: "Calm down! I'm just jiggling the mouse so your computer doesn't go to sleep!" * Subverted: "I'm not ... uh, what did you say I was doing?" * Double Subverted: "...well, whatever it is you think I'm doing, I'm not doing it!" * Parodied: ??? * Deconstructe