Junior is in trouble. He tried to pull off the greatest prank he could think of, but it went horribly wrong -- mostly because he got caught. Now the principal has suspended him and he has to face his parents. In short, this trope is where a character expects to be dressed down by an authority figure, only to find out the authority figure is pretty impressed. What Junior did was still wrong, of course, but Dad doesn't care so much about that little detail. Examples of Chew Out Fake Out include: