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* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', a couple of bird paparazzi manage to take a bunch of pictures of [=BoJack=] having sex with his former co-star Sarah Lynn, whom he has known since she was a pre-teen. The paparazzi spend most of the season trying to contact [=BoJack=] to no avail until they finally manage to get in touch with Vanessa Gekko, then momentarily acting as [=BoJack's=] agent. Once they make their demands, Gekko [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome points out that taking unauthorized pictures in private property and extortion are both illegal]] and implicitly threatens to press charges for that as well as [[RuleOfFunny the murder of]] Music/TupacShakur for good measure. The blackmailers leave empty-handed.
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* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', a couple of bird paparazzi manage to take a bunch of pictures of [=BoJack=] having sex with his former co-star Sarah Lynn, whom he has known since she was a pre-teen. The paparazzi spend most of the season trying to contact [=BoJack=] to no avail until they finally manage to get in touch with Vanessa Gekko, then momentarily acting as [=BoJack's=] agent. Once they make their demands, Gekko [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome points out that taking unauthorized pictures in private property and extortion are both illegal]] illegal and implicitly threatens to press charges for that as well as [[RuleOfFunny the murder of]] Music/TupacShakur for good measure. The blackmailers leave empty-handed.
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{{Blackmail Backfire}}s in WesternAnimation.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Two-Face's whole origin started with something like this. Mobster [[TheDon Rupert Thorne]] got ahold of Harvey Dent's records, which detailed his anger management issues which at times made him seem like a different person. (Often called "[[SplitPersonality Big Bad Harv]]" by doctors.) Thorne threatened to expose them to the public unless he got a few "favors" from the DA's office. Dent's response however wasn't what he expected:
-->'''Dent''': There's just one problem... ''[[EvilSoundsRaspy (raspy voice)]]'' [[PreAssKickingOneliner You're talkin' to the wrong Harvey.]]
** After that, a violent fight broke out, and despite Batman's attempts to stop it, Dent was caught in an explosion that marred half of his face, causing his SplitPersonality to be given life as Two-Face, and his StartOfDarkness completed. His first criminal acts as the villain were, naturally, aimed at Thorne, who now had far worse problems than ever before.
* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', a couple of bird paparazzi manage to take a bunch of pictures of [=BoJack=] having sex with his former co-star Sarah Lynn, whom he has known since she was a pre-teen. The paparazzi spend most of the season trying to contact [=BoJack=] to no avail until they finally manage to get in touch with Vanessa Gekko, then momentarily acting as [=BoJack's=] agent. Once they make their demands, Gekko [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome points out that taking unauthorized pictures in private property and extortion are both illegal]] and implicitly threatens to press charges for that as well as [[RuleOfFunny the murder of]] Music/TupacShakur for good measure. The blackmailers leave empty-handed.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', Doug's sister Judy blackmails Doug into being her personal servant to keep her from telling their mother about the piece of artwork he broke. Eventually, he decides he's had enough of her and comes clean about it to their mother and gets grounded... right when Judy was banking on his help to do something really important that she absolutely begs him to help her with anyway. [[HourglassPlot He agrees in exchange for]] ''[[HourglassPlot her]]'' [[HourglassPlot being]] ''[[HourglassPlot his]]'' [[HourglassPlot personal servant for the entire time he's grounded]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Bender falls victim to this in an "[[WhatIf Anthology of Interest]]" segment when he tries to practice some "[[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord extortion]]" on Leela after finding out that she murdered Hermes. She pulls out a meat cleaver.
-->'''Bender:''' Please, honey, I'm made of ''metal.'' Like you're really gonna hurt me with a-- ''[[LastWords Hey! What are you doing with that microwave?!]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'':
** In "Iron Monger Lives", Whitney Stane threatens to reveal Iron Man's identity to S.H.I.E.L.D. if he doesn't let her escape. Iron Man doesn't have to worry because they already know.
** In the GrandFinale, Ghost's plan to use Iron Man's identity as leverage once Tony Stark inherits Stark International is ruined once the identity is exposed to the whole world.
* In ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil'', Justice Gene finds Voltar at a [[IdolSinger Prima Dina]] concert and records him professing his love for her music. He threatens to upload the video to the internet, and Voltar can't blackmail him either since he's already known as the president of the Prima Dina fanclub. At the end, Voltar accidentally uploads the video to the internet himself, but none of his teammates find this embarrassing since practically everyone loves Prima Dina, including [[RealMenWearPink feared supervillain Skullossus]]. Plus, the singer herself loves the video and gives Voltar and his friends VIP passes to the next concert.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'', Simba is being forced to fight in a Roman colosseum against a lion named Claudius. To save Simba, Timon and Pumbaa try to convince Claudius to [[ThrowingTheFight throw the fight]] the night before it. One of their attempts is blackmailing Claudius with [[FrameUp a picture they took of him with a salad they had planted]] to make it look like [[RealMenEatMeat he's a vegetarian]], [[BadassDecay thus ruining his reputation as a vicious fighter]]. Claudius counters with an [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto embarrassing picture]] of ''them'' from [[NoodleIncident a Hakuna Matata convention in Orlando]].
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{{Blackmail Backfire}}s in WesternAnimation.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Two-Face's whole origin started with something like this. Mobster [[TheDon Rupert Thorne]] got ahold of Harvey Dent's records, which detailed his anger management issues which at times made him seem like a different person. (Often called "[[SplitPersonality Big Bad Harv]]" by doctors.) Thorne threatened to expose them to the public unless he got a few "favors" from the DA's office. Dent's response however wasn't what he expected:
-->'''Dent''': There's just one problem... ''[[EvilSoundsRaspy (raspy voice)]]'' [[PreAssKickingOneliner You're talkin' to the wrong Harvey.]]
** After that, a violent fight broke out, and despite Batman's attempts to stop it, Dent was caught in an explosion that marred half of his face, causing his SplitPersonality to be given life as Two-Face, and his StartOfDarkness completed. His first criminal acts as the villain were, naturally, aimed at Thorne, who now had far worse problems than ever before.
* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', a couple of bird paparazzi manage to take a bunch of pictures of [=BoJack=] having sex with his former co-star Sarah Lynn, whom he has known since she was a pre-teen. The paparazzi spend most of the season trying to contact [=BoJack=] to no avail until they finally manage to get in touch with Vanessa Gekko, then momentarily acting as [=BoJack's=] agent. Once they make their demands, Gekko [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome points out that taking unauthorized pictures in private property and extortion are both illegal]] and implicitly threatens to press charges for that as well as [[RuleOfFunny the murder of]] Music/TupacShakur for good measure. The blackmailers leave empty-handed.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', Doug's sister Judy blackmails Doug into being her personal servant to keep her from telling their mother about the piece of artwork he broke. Eventually, he decides he's had enough of her and comes clean about it to their mother and gets grounded... right when Judy was banking on his help to do something really important that she absolutely begs him to help her with anyway. [[HourglassPlot He agrees in exchange for]] ''[[HourglassPlot her]]'' [[HourglassPlot being]] ''[[HourglassPlot his]]'' [[HourglassPlot personal servant for the entire time he's grounded]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Bender falls victim to this in an "[[WhatIf Anthology of Interest]]" segment when he tries to practice some "[[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord extortion]]" on Leela after finding out that she murdered Hermes. She pulls out a meat cleaver.
-->'''Bender:''' Please, honey, I'm made of ''metal.'' Like you're really gonna hurt me with a-- ''[[LastWords Hey! What are you doing with that microwave?!]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'':
** In "Iron Monger Lives", Whitney Stane threatens to reveal Iron Man's identity to S.H.I.E.L.D. if he doesn't let her escape. Iron Man doesn't have to worry because they already know.
** In the GrandFinale, Ghost's plan to use Iron Man's identity as leverage once Tony Stark inherits Stark International is ruined once the identity is exposed to the whole world.
* In ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil'', Justice Gene finds Voltar at a [[IdolSinger Prima Dina]] concert and records him professing his love for her music. He threatens to upload the video to the internet, and Voltar can't blackmail him either since he's already known as the president of the Prima Dina fanclub. At the end, Voltar accidentally uploads the video to the internet himself, but none of his teammates find this embarrassing since practically everyone loves Prima Dina, including [[RealMenWearPink feared supervillain Skullossus]]. Plus, the singer herself loves the video and gives Voltar and his friends VIP passes to the next concert.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'', Simba is being forced to fight in a Roman colosseum against a lion named Claudius. To save Simba, Timon and Pumbaa try to convince Claudius to [[ThrowingTheFight throw the fight]] the night before it. One of their attempts is blackmailing Claudius with [[FrameUp a picture they took of him with a salad they had planted]] to make it look like [[RealMenEatMeat he's a vegetarian]], [[BadassDecay thus ruining his reputation as a vicious fighter]]. Claudius counters with an [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto embarrassing picture]] of ''them'' from [[NoodleIncident a Hakuna Matata convention in Orlando]].
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