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Bob has a crush on Alice, Alice loves to sing, and Alice asks Bob's opinion. It turns out Alice is Hollywood Tone Deaf, but Bob doesn't want to hurt Alice's feelings and tells her that she's the greatest. This Idiot Plot continues, because apparently constructive criticism does not exist in this universe, Bob digs himself in deeper and deeper as he Cannot Spit It Out until she's managed to get a chance to perform in front of an audience as an Idol Singer. It's only then, at the last minute that the truth comes out. Due to the Snap Back clause in sitcoms, Bob is Easily Forgiven because he's a true friend for telling her in the end, even though he'd been lying to her for the whole episode.

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  • Bob has a crush on Alice, Alice loves to sing, and Alice asks Bob's opinion. It turns out Alice is Hollywood Tone Deaf, but Bob doesn't want to hurt Alice's feelings and tells her that she's the greatest. This Idiot Plot continues, because apparently constructive criticism does not exist in this universe, Bob digs himself in deeper and deeper as he Cannot Spit It Out until she's managed to get a chance to perform in front of an audience as an Idol Singer. It's only then, at the last minute that the truth comes out. Due to the Snap Back clause in sitcoms, Bob is Easily Forgiven because he's a true friend for telling her in the end, even though he'd been lying to her for the whole episode.
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  • Bob has a crush on Alice, Alice loves to sing, and Alice asks Bob's opinion. It turns out Alice is Hollywood Tone Deaf, but Bob doesn't want to hurt Alice's feelings and tells her that she's the greatest. This Idiot Plot continues, because apparently constructive criticism does not exist in this universe, Bob digs himself in deeper and deeper as he Cannot Spit It Out until she's managed to get a chance to perform in front of an audience as an Idol Singer. It's only then, at the last minute that the truth comes out. Due to the Snap Back clause in sitcoms, Bob is Easily Forgiven because he's a true friend for telling her in the end, even though he'd been lying to her for the whole episode. Contrast to A Simple Plan or Zany Scheme as the plot is pretty much the main character doing nothing, while their friend obviously make a fool of themselves. A Snowball Lie may be involved. If this persists over a period of time, Alice may be Giftedly Bad. Not to be confused with Digging Yourself Deeper, for awkward conversations, or Dug Too Deep, for actual digging. Examples of Dug in Deeper include:
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