History CassandraTruth / WesternAnimation

* ''CassandraTruth /TheSimpsons''
* ''CassandraTruth /SouthPark'':

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', cartoons featuring Chicken Boo revolve around this concept. Chicken Boo, a giant chicken wearing human clothes, shows up as a renowned expert in some field. [[OnlySaneMan Exactly one person]] immediately sees through the PaperThinDisguise, and is exasperated that no one else will believe that "He's a chicken, I tell you, a giant chicken!" In one of the first Chicken Boo stories, "The Man with no Personality", it's possible that the townsfolk thought the Cassandra-Man of the story was accusing Boo of being a ''coward''.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'', AlphaBitch Penelope has discovered the existence of the Galactic Guardians on multiple instances; from messing with Betty's bracelet, to reading one of her "captain's logs", to even receiving a letter ''from her future self'' detailing everything. However, she quickly dismisses all of these things as being elaborate pranks or part of Betty's publicly-known space obsession on each occasion, preventing the need for Betty to take the extra effort to dissuade her or anyone she'd tell.

** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Korra tries to tell the Earth Kingdom military guys that are imprisoning her that Zaheer wants to kill the Queen but they don't listen to her because she says (paraprashing), "a terrorist in the Spirit World told me".

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'', everyone thinks Freddie's psychotic nature had gone overboard when several attempts are made on their lives, not believing his claim that his DemonicDummy Mr. Jinx ([[spoiler:[[ItsALongStory actually termites from the tree the dummy was made from who want revenge]]]]) was behind them, even [[UngratefulBastard locking him up after he frees them from cement Mr. Jinx trapped them in]]. It wasn't until Mr. Jinx made his final attempt on their lives where he revealed himself do they realize that Freddie was telling the truth, to which Mr. Jinx replied "Thanks for not believing the little guy".

*** Two-Face said he didn't believe it because he ''knew'' Wayne, and figured he would have known if Wayne were Batman. Indeed, as Harvey Dent he ''had'' been a close friend of Bruce (and apparently took his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob persona at face value).
** "The Man Who Killed Batman": [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Charmingly inept]] crook Sidney Debris becomes famous throughout the underworld for [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin killing Batman]] ([[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt not]])--but his fame attracts [[KlingonPromotion thugs who want to claim his title]] and a [[AntagonistInMourning murderously angry Joker]]. Unfortunately, when he goes to [[TheDon Rupert Thorne]] for help, his story only convinces the latter that he's [[ObfuscatingStupidity playing dumb]] to get him.

'''Sidney:''' Yes I am! Honest!
** In ''There's A Batman In My Basement,'' two kids save Batman from the Penguin. They take Batman to their basement to recuperate. When the kids are asked what they are doing, one of them matter of factly replies: "We just saved Batman's life Ms. Grant. Now we're hiding him from some bad criminals." Ms. Grant, thinking they're playing around, says "That's good. Just don't make a mess."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': Huey frequently warns those around him when danger is afoot but no one ever listens to him, though he is aware of this and has a folder made specially for the instances where they do decide listen to him titled [[DeadpanSnarker "I told you so"]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDeputyDawgShow'': a contest to see who can tell the tallest tale (or in their vernacular a "Whopper") is underway. Deputy Dawg is late because of a flood caused by a giant catfish. When he explains this to others as his reason for being late they think it's the biggest whopper of all, thus winning the contest.

** This is the premise behind Crocker. He knows that fairies are real and that Timmy has them, but has been driven insane by his inability to get anyone in his [[SurroundedByIdiots town of idiots]] to believe him.

* On ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', one of Brain's standard replies to suspicious people [[SarcasticConfession is to state exactly what he and Pinky are and what they are trying to do.]] Nobody believes it, or seems to find it odd that they're talking with mice.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E7MargeGetsAJob Marge Gets a Job]]", Bart is attacked by a wolf at school. Naturally, because he's "[[CryingWolf cried wolf]]" so many times before, no one believes him, even when he had signs that he had been mauled.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E19SimpleSimpson Simple Simpson]]" has Homer taking on a superhero identity: Pie Man, [[PieInTheFace who throws pies into the faces of wrongdoers]]. Towards the episode's end, rather than submit to an attempt to blackmail him into pieing the Dalai Lama, Homer outs himself as Pie Man. Nobody believes him as they all think Homer would never be smart enough to even come up with a secret identity in the first place.
** Homer has been barred from Moe's Tavern, and has borrowed an airline uniform in order to gain access to the pilot's bar:
--->'''Man:''' We need a pilot, pronto!... You!\\
'''Homer:''' But I --\\
'''Man:''' Hey, you're not just impersonating a pilot so you can drink here, are you?\\
'''Homer:''' ''(ashamed)'' Yeah... that's exactly why I'm here.\\
'''Man:''' ''(laughs)'' You fly-boys, you crack me up!\\
'''Homer:''' ''(being pushed into the cockpit)'' But I keep telling you I'm not a pilot!\\
'''Man:''' ''(brusquely)'' And I keep telling you you fly-boys crack me up!
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E15HungryHungryHomer Hungry, Hungry Homer]]" Homer goes on a hunger strike because no one will believe him when he finds out that Duff Beer is planning to move the local baseball team to Albuquerque. Homer even provides a fitting quote for this trope, which you can see on [[Quotes/CassandraTruth the quotes page]].
** "Bart Simpson's Dracula" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]".
--->'''Lisa:''' Mom! Dad! Mr. Burns is a vampire, and he has Bart!\\
'''Mr. Burns:''' Why, Bart is right here.\\
'''Bart:''' ''(monotone, with noticeable bite marks)'' Hello, Mother. Hello, Father. I missed you during my uneventful absence.\\
'''Homer:''' Oh, Lisa, you and your stories. "Bart is a vampire." "Beer kills brain cells." Now let's go back to that... building... thingy, where our beds and TV... is.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse of Horror VII]]", Homer is abducted by Kang and Kodos, who glean the identities of presidential candidates UsefulNotes/BillClinton and Senator Bob Dole from him and abduct them and take their place in order to TakeOverTheWorld during the 1996 Presidential campaign. Homer tells the aliens that he is going to tell everyone and put a stop to their evil plan. They spray him with rum and then send him back to Earth, saying that no one will believe him. When he gets home and tells the family, no one believes him because they think he got drunk at Moe's. (It certainly doesn't help that he tries to claim that before he was abducted by aliens, he caught a fish ''this'' big.)
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E16LisaTheIconoclast Lisa the Iconoclast]]", Lisa uncovers proof that Jebediah Springfield's heroism was all fraudulent, but even Marge, who usually supports her crusades and protests, refuses to believe her. The only person in the whole town who believes her, oddly enough, is Homer.
** [[BadCopIncompetentCop Chief Wiggum]] treats ''everyone'' like they're telling Cassandra Truths. Even to the point where an obvious arsonist walks into the station to give himself up. Wiggum dismisses him as a loon not worth listening to.
** When Mr. Burns' grandfather fires an employee of his [[SchizoTech atom-smashing mill]] for [[FelonyMisdemeanor stealing six atoms]], the employee gives a warning of things to come:
--->'''Young Man''': You can't treat the working man this way! One of these days we'll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve! And then we'll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless; and the Japanese will eat us alive!\\
'''Burns' Grandfather''': The ''Japanese''?! Those sandal-wearing goldfish-tenders? ''Bosh!'' ''Flimshaw!''\\
'''Burns''': (Present-day) Oh, if only we'd listened to that young man, instead of [[DisproportionateRetribution walling him up in the abandoned coke oven]].
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E22 Curse of the Flying Hellfish]]" derives a lot of its humor from the fact that Grandpa Simpson is actually telling the truth about something from his past, when normally, [[RamblingOldManMonologue his stories are tedious, ludicrous, and fueled by senility.]] In the episode itself, he claims to have "invented the terlet" and chased the Kaiser to reclaim the word "twenty" when it was changed to "dickety", and in prior ones, he claimed to have gone undercover as a cabaret dancer to kill Hitler, so it's rather sensible that nobody believes him when he claims he was part of a valuable {{Tontine}} after a career as one of the most decorated soldiers of World War II.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E17MySisterMySitter My Sister, My Sitter]]", Lisa calls 911 to inform them that Bart is severely injured and needs an ambulance. They dismiss it as another prank call ([[MisplacedRetribution even though it was Bart who made the calls beforehand]], but it could just be sheer stupidity on their behalf) and hang up.
--->'''911 operator:''' Simpson? Look, we've already been out there tonight for a sister-ectomy, a case of severe butt rot and a leprechaun bite. How dumb do you think we are?
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** Stan finally decides to come clean and tell the town that he destroyed a beaver dam and caused a massive flood in a neighboring city. The adults of the town, being complete idiots, interpret this as him saying that everyone in South Park is to blame for the destruction of the dam. The episode ends with everybody in the town saying "[[IAmSpartacus I broke the dam]]," and Stan's yelled confession being ignored completely.
** Stan and the others tell the police they weren't responsible for the killings in South Park and [=ManBearPig=] is on the loose, but they don't believe them and have them arrested for the killings.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E13CartmansIncredibleGift Cartman's Incredible Gift]]", Stan and Kyle know who the serial killer in this episode is, but the police refuse to believe the two of them and only listen to fake psychic Cartman, who's just using them to arrest anybody he has a grudge with. Kyle realizes that the only way the idiot police will listen to him is if they think he's a psychic as well, and repeats the same accident that gave Cartman his "powers" on himself.
** "[[Recap/SouthParkS11E8LePetitTourette Le Petit Tourette]]" has Cartman faking [[HollywoodTourettes Tourettes Syndrome]] in order to get away with cursing at everyone, especially towards Kyle. Kyle knows Cartman is lying yet again and tries to tell the leader of the Tourettes Syndrome support group that Cartman is faking it, but the guy refuses to believe Kyle and thinks he is just being intolerant.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E5AWESOMO AWESOM-O]]", Cartman finally confesses to not being a robot [[ItMakesSenseInContext to the military and scientist who try to experiment on him]], but they all believe he is simply in denial about being a robot. It's not until he lets out a fart that they start to realize he's actually a human.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E15TheBiggestDoucheInTheUniverse The Biggest Douche in the Universe]]," Stan makes his own rival show to John Edward's "Crossing Over." He begins every episode by saying that his (and Edward's) statements and "communications" were simply tricks and hoaxes. No one believes him.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E15Spookyfish Spookyfish]]", when Stan tells his mom that his fish is killing people, she doesn't believe him.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E9TheMysteryOfTheUrinalDeuce Mystery of the Urinal Deuce]]", the reason why the government runs all the conspiracy theory websites for 9/11 is because 1/4 of Americans are retarded, and refuse to believe them when they tell them what actually happened.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E11 Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost]]", Squidward finally confesses to [=SpongeBob=] he was never a ghost and was just pretending to mess with him. [=SpongeBob=], being the idiot he is, assumes that Squidward is simply in denial about being a ghost and decides to send him to the afterlife.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0QVvbhMm24 Clark Kent reveal his identity to Lois Lane]] to explain how he gets every hot story in town. Naturally, she doesn't believe him, and he has an understandable moment of smugness.

* Lance warns the King of Galaluna about the invasion in the WholeEpisodeFlashback of ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', and is dismissed as a lunatic. Said invasion shows up not long after. Earlier, in another WholeEpisodeFlashback, Lance as a child was grabbed from his bed and dumped in the hall in his underwear. The headmaster of the academy treats it as if Lance did this deliberately, despite the student body being well-aware of Baron's {{Jerkass}} behavior.

** In "The Old Switcheroo": Splinter and Shredder accidentally [[FreakyFridayFlip swapped bodies]] when they were hit by a mind transfer machine during a fight against one another. After being almost discovered by Krang when he [[HeroicWillpower brain scanned him]], Splinter in Shredder's body decided to go to the Turtles for help in getting back to his real body. Although the Turtles realized that [[ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter something was wrong because of how they know their master]], they weren't convinced when Splinter in Shredder's body arrived as they believed he was really their enemy. Despite his attempts to get them to understand that he was not really Shredder but Splinter, the Turtles still didn't believe their master. However, Splinter was able to convinced the Turtles that it's really him but trapped inside Shredder's body.

'''Raphael:''' If you're crazy, (both Michelangelo and Leonardo putting their weapons down) then you're not the only one.(putting his weapons down)\\

** In ''Zach and the Alien Invaders'': Zach got carried away about aliens invaders when he read comic books about them. However, seeing one for real, Zach tried to convince the citizen, the Turtles and his family about seeing real alien invaders but no one believes him. After being sent to a military school, Zach notice that the school is where the alien invaders were headquarter then called the Turtles for help. Despite not being entirely convinced, the Turtles do get suspicious that something was wrong as Michelangelo and Donatello went to the military school Zach is in order to investigate. However, while there, Michelangelo and Donatello realized that Zach was telling the truth about alien invaders being on Earth. While heading over to the military school on the Turtle blimp, Leonardo and Raphael see the space ship, after the alien were defeated by the kids at the school, Zach, Michelangelo and Donatello, as they realized that their friend was right about the whole thing. After that, Zach was given an apology from everyone for not believing him about being alien invaders.

* The first case of a NearVillainVictory in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' came in an early episode where the whole team was ambushed and taken hostage by the mutants in a plan that Mumm-Ra had likely devised. They just overlooked one thing: Snarf, who was usually thought of as the TeamPet. While the mutants were celebrating this apparent victory, Ssslith (likely the smartest member of the group at the time, before Vulture-Man came along) started to have doubts, and pointed out that they should have considered him; but the others scoffed and told him not to bother. In truth, Snarf managed to be braver and more resourceful than they thought (in fact, he was eavesdropping on them at ''that very moment'' and found out the heroes were being held at Mumm-Ra's pyramid) and the fact that he had been overlooked was likely why he was able to sneak in unnoticed, grab the Sword of Omens, and untie Lion-O. (Once he did that, he could simply take a breather and watch as the main team handled Mumm-Ra and all of them smashed their way out.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfWinx'', Lorelei, who had replaced Bloom as co-host of the {{Reality|Show}} TalentShow WOW!, discovers that the other Winx are fairies, so she tries to expose them on tv but nobody believes her, particularly show host Ace, and she winds up getting fired.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home called Happy Endings, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids learn the truth the next day, but when they return with their parents to investigate, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already hidden any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, only Suga Mama believes the kids; what tipped her off about Happy Endings being a scam was the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet ([[ContinuityNod as noted in an earlier episode]], [[Recap/TheProudFamilyS1E14LoveThyNeighbor "Love Thy Neighbor"]]), and the feet of the Papi they saw being pampered, who was, in fact, a staff member disguised as him, were way too small.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home called Happy Endings, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids learn the truth the next day, but when they return with their parents to investigate, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already hidden any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, only Suga Mama believes the kids; what tipped her off was the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet ([[ContinuityNod as noted in an earlier episode]], [[Recap/TheProudFamilyS1E14LoveThyNeighbor "Love Thy Neighbor"]]), and the feet of the Papi they saw being pampered, who was, in fact, a staff member disguised as him, were way too small.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home called Happy Endings, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids learn the truth the next day, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already hidden any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, only Suga Mama believes the kids; what tipped her off was the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet ([[ContinuityNod as noted in an earlier episode]], [[Recap/TheProudFamilyS1E14LoveThyNeighbor "Love Thy Neighbor"]]), and the feet of the Papi they saw being pampered, who was, in fact, a staff member disguised as him, were way to small.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home called Happy Endings, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids learn the truth the next day, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already hidden any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, only Suga Mama believes the kids; what tipped her off was the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet ([[ContinuityNod as noted in an earlier episode]], [[Recap/TheProudFamilyS1E14LoveThyNeighbor "Love Thy Neighbor"]], and the feet of the Papi they saw being pampered, who was, in fact, a staff member disguised as him, were way to small.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home called Happy Endings, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids learn the truth the next day, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already hidden any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, only Suga Mama believes the kids; what tipped her off was the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet, and the feet of the Papi they saw being pampered, who was, in fact, a staff member disguised as him, were way to small.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home called Happy Endings, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids learn the truth the next day, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already hidden any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, only Suga Mama believes the kids; what tipped her off was the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet, and the feet of the Papi they saw being pampered during the adults' investigation, who was, in fact, a staff member impersonating him, were way to small.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home called Happy Endings, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids learn the truth the next day, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already hidden any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, only Suga Mama believes the kids; what tipped her off was the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet, and the feet of the Papi they saw being pampered, who was, in fact, a staff member impersonating him, were way to small.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already hidden any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, Suga Mama is the only one who believes the kids, having determined that one of the staff members involved in the operation was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; what tipped her off was the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet, and the feet of the Papi they saw being pampered were way to small.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already hidden any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, Suga Mama is the only one who believes the kids, having determined that one of the staff members involved in the operation was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already gotten rid of any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:However, of the adults, Suga Mama is the only one who believes the kids, having determined that one of the staff members involved in the operation was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already gotten rid of any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:Of the adults, however, the only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama when she determines that one of the staff members was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having abnormally big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E22ThelmaAndLuis Thelma and Luis]]", when Papi is sent to a nursing home, he learns it's not a real nursing home after his family leaves, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already gotten rid of any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:Of the adults, however, the only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama when she determines that one of the staff members was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "Thelma and Luis", Papi is sent to a nursing home, but he learns it's not a real nursing home, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, they don't believe them ([[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, Sunset, a police officer]]), because the staff had already gotten rid of any and all evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:Of the adults, however, the only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama when she determines that one of the staff members was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "Thelma and Luis", Papi is sent to a nursing home, but he learns it's not a real nursing home, but a front for an illegal okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, the staff has already gotten rid of any evidence supporting their claims, and hence, they don't believe them; [[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, a police officer]]. [[spoiler:Of the adults, however, the only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama when she determines that one of the staff members was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "Thelma and Luis", Papi is sent to a nursing home, but he learns it's not a real nursing home, but a front for an okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, the staff has already gotten rid of any evidence supporting their claims, and hence, they don't believe them; [[PoliceAreUseless bonus points for Papi's daughter-in-law, a police officer]]. [[spoiler:Of the adults, however, the only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama when she determines that one of the staff members was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "Thelma and Luis", Papi is sent to a nursing home, but he learns it's not a real nursing home, but a front for an okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, the staff has already gotten rid of any evidence supporting their claims, and hence, they don't believe them; [[PoliceAreUseless bonus points because Papi's daughter-in-law is a police officer]]. [[spoiler:Of the adults, however, the only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama when she determines that one of the staff members was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "Thelma and Luis", Papi is sent to a nursing home, but he learns it's not a real nursing home, but a front for an okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, the staff has already gotten rid of any evidence supporting their claims. [[PoliceAreUseless Bonus points because Papi's daughter-in-law is a police officer]]. [[spoiler:The only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama when she determines that one of the staff members was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "Thelma and Luis", Papi is sent to a nursing home, but he learns it's not a real nursing home, but a front for an okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, the staff has already gotten rid of any evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:The only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama when she determines that one of the staff members was impersonating Papi during the adults' investigation; the Boulevardez family's trait of having big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "Thelma and Luis", Papi is sent to a nursing home, but he learns it's not a real nursing home, but a front for an okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, the staff has already gotten rid of any evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:The only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama when she determines that one of the staff members was impersonating Papi; the Boulevardez family's trait of having big feet was what tipped her off.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "Thelma and Luis", Papi is sent to a nursing home, but he learns it's not a real nursing home, but a front for an okra plantation where the residents are enslaved. The kids find out the truth behind the nursing home, but when they return with their parents, the staff has already gotten rid of any evidence supporting their claims. [[spoiler:The only one who believes the kids is Suga Mama, when she determines one of the staff members was impersonating Papi.]]

** When a snipe hunt gone wrong results in an endangered crane being killed, [[TheUnintelligible Boomhauer]] confesses to a park ranger and the gang thinks their cover's blown. The ranger just tells them to carry on.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Keen on Keane", Ms. Keane, a cat owner, gets angry at the Professor when he admits he hates cats. When he explains to her that he hates them because one made him jump off a building (a [[ContinuityNod reference to an earlier episode]], "Cat Man Do"), she doesn't believe him. Which is pretty ironic in that, [[CityOfAdventure with all that happens in Townsville]], an evil cat seems pretty plausible.

** In "The Old Switcheroo": Splinter and Shredder accidentally [[FreakyFridayFlip swapped bodies]] when they were hit by a mind transfer machine during a fight against one another. After being almost discovered by Krang when he [[HeroicWillpower brain scanned him]], Splinter in Shredder's body decided to go to the Turtles for help in getting back to his real body. Although the Turtles realized that [[ExcellentJudgeofCharacter something was wrong because of how they know their master]], they weren't convinced when Splinter in Shredder's body arrived as they believed he was really their enemy. Despite his attempts to get them to understand that he was not really Shredder but Splinter, the Turtles still didn't believe their master. However, Splinter was able to convinced the Turtles that it's really him but trapped inside Shredder's body.

* The first case of a NearVillainVictory in the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' came in an early episode where the whole team was ambushed and taken hostage by the mutants in a plan that Mumm-Ra had likely devised. They just overlooked one thing: Snarf, who was usually thought of as the TeamPet. While the mutants were celebrating this apparent victory, Ssslith (likely the smartest member of the group at the time, before Vulture-Man came along) started to have doubts, and pointed out that they should have considered him; but the others scoffed and told him not to bother. In truth, Snarf managed to be braver and more resourceful than they thought (in fact, he was eavesdropping on them at ''that very moment'' and found out the heroes were being held at Mumm-Ra's pyramid) and the fact that he had been overlooked was likely why he was able to sneak in unnoticed, grab the Sword of Omens, and untie Lion-O. (Once he did that, he could simply take a breather and watch as the main team handled Mumm-Ra and all of them smashed their way out.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' episode "The Last Temptation of Raimundo", after being told not to use Shen Gong Wu for a couple of days, Raimundo disobeyed orders but he did it because his hometown was in trouble and used them to save it. However, everyone doesn't believe his explanation, except for the last part, when Raimundo got discover. When Dojo went to his hometown, they realize that Raimundo was telling the truth and felt [[WastooHardonHim horrible]] for not believing him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfWinx'', Lorelei, who had replaced Bloom as co-host of the [[RealityShow Reality]] TalentShow WOW!, discovers that the other Winx are fairies, so she tries to expose them on tv but nobody believes her, particularly show host Ace, and she winds up getting fired.

* The ''WesternAnimation/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat'' episode "Felix and Vavoom Go Fishing"(1960) is built around a combination of this and the Aesop Fable "The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf".

* On the obscure Canadian cartoon ''WesternAnimation/MyGoldfishIsEvil'', Beanie is the only one who knows that his pet goldfish Admiral Bubbles is in fact an evil genius bent on taking over the world. Unfortunately, because everybody else dismisses him as paranoid, he's the only one able to stop Admiral Bubbles' schemes.