History Main / AbominationAccusationAttack

* In the first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'', a young woman gets angry with the protagonist when he doesn't stop her from touching some wet paint, explaining only afterwards that it's actually blood. In retaliation, she threatens to call the cops and claim that he's a pedophile who has kidnapped her.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan is constantly a victim of this because of the Daily Bugle, which (because of Jonah Jameson) constantly accuses him of being a criminal despite everything he does to protect New York.

* Franchise/SpiderMan is constantly a victim of this because of the Daily Bugle, which (because of Jonah Jameson) constantly accuses him of being a criminal despite everything he does to protect New York.

* In the ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' episode "An Education in Murder" when Mark Sloan confronts the killer in the high school hallway and accidentally rips the sleeve off her shirt she threatens to report him for sexual assault if he doesn't drop the investigation.

* ''VideoGame/VermintideII'': TheWitchHunter Victor Saltzpyre reminisces that a corrupt baron once accused his mistress of witchcraft to cover up their affair. Being unusually [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure concerned with proof of guilt]], Saltzpyre investigated, acquitted her, and forced the Baron to donate half his fortune or [[BurnTheWitch burn in her place]].

* Judge Holden, the BigBad of ''Literature/BloodMeridian'', does this in his EstablishingCharacterMoment. He walks into a tent where a reverend is preaching and accuses him of being a ConMan who raped children and animals. The reverend is then shot by a member of the congregation and a riot breaks out killing several more people. Later on the Judge is confronted at a bar by a group of men asking him how he knew all this, and he admits that [[ForTheEvulz he made it up and had never even seen the man before that moment]].

* ''Film/TheWizard'' features a trio of children who basically run away from home so that one of them can join a video game tournament on the other side of the country. They're chased by a [[NonGivingUpSchoolGuy truant officer]] [[DesignatedVillain with shades of bounty hunter]]. When he finally corners them, the girl of the trio shouts out "HE TOUCHED MY BREAST!" It's PlayedForLaughs, but then the FridgeHorror hits for what this will probably do to the man for the rest of his life, [[HeroAntagonist just for doing his job]] and unintentionally looking a little creepy while doing it. However, while he does get roughed up by a group of bystanders, a random accusation with no follow-up doesn't stand up in a court of law. We see him later on, alive and free (albeit with a black eye). The accusation could still damage his reputation though if others heard.

* In ''Literature/CityOfGlass'', [[spoiler:Sebastian[=/=]Jonathan Morgenstern]] openly denounces [[spoiler:Alec Lightwood]] for his homosexuality, which the latter feels very insecure about because it is strongly frowned upon in Shadowhunter society. This is more than a little hypocritical on [[spoiler:Sebastian[=/=]Jonathan's]] part however, seeing as how he himself has BrotherSisterIncest desire for Clary.

* In ''Series/BostonLegal'', Alan Shore's opposing counsel, representing the defendant in a defamation case, quotes a deceased real life judge, whom Alan then claims was a drunk and a pedophile. When called out on it, Alan admits that the judge was neither of those things, but that it goes to show how easy it is to defame someone.

* ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'': A friend of Kuriharas starts suspecting that [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hajime]] [[TokenNonHuman Aikawa]] murdered her boss, the family's father, after she accidentally found a family picture in Hajime's possession and made the obvious but wrong conclusion. He didn't kill her boss; he was just there when the man died after passing him the photo and asking to take care of his family. Investigating her suspicion, she finds out that he might not even be human, which leads her to accuse him of being a monster out to destroy the world after seeing him transform in Kamen Rider Chalice. She is convinced to drops her threats later on when Hajime protects her from an [[MonsterOfTheWeek Undead]] and provides some explanation. [[spoiler: What she didn't know is that he ''really is'' a monster out to destroy the world. He doesn't want to, because he is enjoying human life with his FoundFamily, but it's not in his control.]]

* When Madoka starts to ask questions about the whole MagicalGirl schtick in ''WebVideo/MedukaMeguca'', Mami's response is to accuse her of smoking, with Sayaka going along with it for whatever the reason. By Episode 3, they've ramped it up to accusing her of doing hard drugs like heroin and meth.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "The Wacky Molestation Adventure", Kyle is furious at his parents for not letting him go to a ''Raging Pussies'' concert despite him fulfilling a ridiculously difficult task they had assumed he wouldn't be able to (get Fidel Castro to abandon communism). Cartman tells him to just call the police and tell them his parents had been "molestering" him, even though none of the boys know what molestation is and treat it like a magic spell. Sure enough, the cops haul the Brofloski's away with no proof whatsoever, and social services doesn't even bother to check that anyone else looks after the kids, and Kyle relishes in his newfound freedom. Soon, all the kids begin accusing their families and teachers of molestation, and shortly after, the entire town is left to the kids.

* From day one, Naofumi in ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' has been victim of this. On his first day, Naofumi was accused of trying to rape his only party member Princess Malty after she steals all of his loot while he slept ForTheEvulz. Because the king has a personal vendetta against him for being the Shield Hero and the other Three Heroes think he is beneath them because his weapons and stats are less impressive than theirs, everyone instantly believes her. The only thing that saves him from being publicly executed is the fact that having all four heroes is essential for fighting off the oncoming evil.

* Subverted in ''Manga/BitterVirgin'': The ClingyJealousGirl tries to accuse her boyfriend of rape... to the girl who has [[RapeAsBackstory good reason to know she wouldn't react like that]].
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': It's ''known'' that Eren is [[spoiler:capable of turning into an abomination]], the attack is against his fundamental humanity and whether he's a threat to the rest of the humans or not. Quite a few people want him dead for their own reasons and in order to achieve that, they accuse him in a half-assed way about him ''killing two human traffickers as a kid'' despite the fact that: 1) they want to have him executed and 2) they have shown willingness to kill deserters which makes the whole accusation of being a murderer without respect for human life, very ridiculous and hypocritical. Not to mention that killing human traffickers is more like an execution anyways.

* ''Fanfic/CheshireMiraculousLadybug'': PlayedWith. The Black Cat Miraculous had a long, uncomfortable legacy of being used by Evil Holders, leading to Master Fu and the other kwami to have an extreme distrust towards Cheshire and Plagg and are determined to retrieve her miraculous for fear of what she might do with it, a fear they have tried enforcing in their various holders. However, Cheshire's official debut was proceeded by countless acts of civilian level heroics (stopping muggings, rescues, walking old people across the street), and when Misterbug and Pegasus attacked her seemingly unprovoked, Cheshire became Paris' most popular hero in spite of what the other heroes claim.
* In the Pokemon fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Jessica}}'', the first unequivocal sign that something's off in Cameron's Pokémon Black game was this quote:

* In a Red Skelton movie [[http://red-skelton.info/movies/the-yellow-cab-man-1950-starring-red-skelton-gloria-dehaven-walter-slezak/ The Yellow Cab Man]] he is fooled into thinking that carnival barker/huckster Walter Slezak is a psychiatrist. When he spots Slezak making his spiel he slowwwwwly begins to put it together. Before Skelton can say anything Slezak points at him and yells "Arrest that man. He insulted the American flag." Cops immediately grab Skelton and drag him off as he protests that he never did that.
* ''Film/TheWizard'' features a trio of children who basically run away from home so that one of them can join a video game tournament on the other side of the country. They're chased by a [[NonGivingUpSchoolGuy truant officer]] [[DesignatedVillain with shades of bounty hunter]]. When he finally corners them, the girl of the trio shouts out "HE TOUCHED MY BREAST!" It's PlayedForLaughs, but then the FridgeHorror hits for what this will probably do to the man for the rest of his life, [[HeroAntagonist just for doing his job]] and unintentionally looking a little creepy while doing it. However, while he does get roughed up by a group of bystanders, a random accusation with no follow-up doesn't stand up in a court of law. We see him later on, alive and free (albeit with a black eye). The accusation could still damage his reputation though if others heard.

* In ''Literature/CityOfGlass'', [[spoiler:Sebastian[=/=]Jonathan Morgenstern]] openly denounces [[spoiler: Alec Lightwood]] for his homosexuality, which the latter feels very insecure about because it is strongly frowned upon in Shadowhunter society. This is more than a little hypocritical on [[spoiler: Sebastian[=/=]Jonathan's]] part however, seeing as how he himself has BrotherSisterIncest desire for Clary.

* The novel ''Literature/BeautifulAndCursed'' has people trying to do this to the gargoyles. It doesn't work, since the heroine is a lady, with a StiffUpperLip and completely unfazed by the fact that hideous stone beasts can turn into humans.
* ''Literature/BringUpTheBodies'' ends with the execution of Anne Boleyn and the five men convicted of adultery with her, one of whom was her brother George. When Thomas Cromwell first hears this gossip from George's wife, he's rather incredulous but soon devises an explanation plausible enough for his KangarooCourt: that as siblings raised apart, Anne and George would find the other's similarities intriguing rather than inhibiting, making it possible that they would "cross the frontier" into a sexual relationship. (And, importantly, making it possible to get ''all'' the men who played demons in the masque denigrating Cardinal Wolsey.) Whether or not it's true is immaterial.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/LuckyStarrAndTheMoonsOfJupiter'': After Bigman has accused and failed to prove that Mr Norrich is the [[SpyBot robot spy]] several times, Lucky takes a turn doing the same thing (to throw his actual suspect off the mark).

* When suffering through an intervention to find out why she hates ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick at one point ends up pointing a finger at her friends and calling them "Disney zealots".
* When Madoka starts to ask questions about the whole MagicalGirl schtick in ''WebVideo/MedukaMeguca'', Mami's response is to accuse her of smoking, with Sayaka going along with it for whatever the reason. By Episode 3, they've ramped it up to accusing her of doing hard drugs like heroin and meth.
* In the ''Website/{{Springhole}}'' article about predatory people:
** Predators will ''not'' hesitate to do this to innocent people in order to gain or increase their status, to [[ItAmusedMe get some amusement]], [[ForTheEvulz or just for the sake of it]].
** Syera advises against [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion mislabeling people as predators]] just for having occasional or superficial similarities with one, as it can lead to the accused being unfairly ostracized, harassed and targeted, either by [[KnightTemplar well-meaning but ignorant]] [[VigilanteMan vigilantes]] or ''actual'' predators.

* [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy,'' where Peter and Lois are running against each other for a seat on the local school board. Lois dismisses Peter's complete lack of experience, a plan for election, or qualification. Peter retorts that Lois EatsBabies. He wins in a landslide after a combination of this, and releasing an attack ad of Lois [[SlutShaming in lengerie,]] accusing his wife of being a sexual deviant.

Happens plenty of times in real life, but [[NoRealLifeExamplesPlease that's the most we will say]].

* From day one, Naofumi in ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' has been victim of this. On his first day, Naofumi was accused of raping his only party member Princess Malty after she steals all of his loot while he slept ForTheEvulz. Because the king has a personal vendetta against him for being the Shield Hero and the other Three Heroes think he is beneath them because his weapons and stats are less impressive than theirs, everyone instantly believes her. The only thing that saves him from being publicly executed is the fact that having all four heroes is essential for fighting off the oncoming evil.

* In the Pokemon fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Jessica}}, the first unequivocal sign that something's off in Cameron's Pokémon Black game was this quote:

* In the first issue of ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', a young woman gets angry with the protagonist when he doesn't stop her from touching some wet paint, explaining only afterwards that it's actually blood. In retaliation, she threatens to call the cops and claim that he's a pedophile who has kidnapped her.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/TheOffice'' when during [[TakeYourChildToWorkDayPlot "Take Your Child to Work Day"]], Stanley's daughter develops a PrecociousCrush on Ryan and [[PsychopathicManchild Kelly]] gets jealous and tells Stanley that Ryan's a pervert in an attempt to separate them. Cut to Stanley [[PapaWolf cornering and shouting at Ryan]] who has absolutely no clue what's happening.

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* In ''WebComic/TwoKinds,'' Maddie ([[YoungerThanTheyLook who looks about 12 but is actually 17]]) accuses local [[ThePornomancer ladykiller]] of trying to molest her to trick the leads into helping her stay on his ship. Which she had stowed away on, and he wanted her off of ''right now,'' even threatening to throw her overboard (although he promised to give her a jollyboat under duress).

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel Blood libel]] is the term for the practice of accusing social, ethnic, or religious groups of ritualistic crimes such as cannibalism, human sacrifice, or the poisoning of wells. The specific term originates in such accusations being made against Jews (mostly in the Medieval era, though some of them still crop up now), specifically the idea they murdered Christian children and used their blood in matzo balls (in fact, eating blood is [[ArtisticLicenseReligion forbidden by Jewish law]], not that the people who said this likely knew or cared). Unsurprisingly, it led to numerous Jews across the centuries being falsely convicted and executed for the murder of any Christian children near them (after being tortured into confessions) or in some cases full-scale pogroms. This blood libel myth is repeated in some literature of the Medieval era, like ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. Antisemites, particularly although not exclusively Muslims, still make this accusation today. It is mostly a DiscreditedTrope though, because of the Catholic Church's firm stance against such accusations following World War II.
* When someone is accused of [[{{Paedohunt}} being a pedo]] or a rapist, they will usually be ConvictedByPublicOpinion and become a pariah for the rest of their lives ([[DoubleStandard particularly if they're a man]]). And if they're tried and found not guilty, they've got a high chance of being despised even ''more'', because now they're considered a KarmaHoudini. Inversely, if a woman accuses a man of rape and cannot prove that he did it (and proving that right or wrong is almost impossible, as there are usually no witnesses except her) she is branded a false accuser and hated by the general public. There's some overlap with SlutShaming, as a woman's previous sexual experience is typically used against her, to "prove" that she must by default have consented because, hey, she had sex before (rape shield laws are meant to prevent this, but often it gets in anyway by more indirect means, or the news media if it's a high-profile case: they aren't always bound by the same laws, and not to mention the Internet now with anonymous bloggers sure aren't).
* As mentioned, the subtrope AllGaysArePedophiles, which is, despite being ''repeatedly'' disproved, still seriously professed by some anti-gay activists.
* SlutShaming runs on this--in societies where women who have sex for any purpose other than procreation/with anyone but their straight male husband are looked down upon, the accusation/implication that they are having sex for enjoyment/outside of marriage/with women/with multiple partners is a vicious form of it.
* During the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_general_election,_2003 2003 Ontario general elections]], then-incumbent premier Ernie Eves's campaign referred to his opponent Dalton [=McGuinty=] as an "[[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten evil]] [[LizardFolk reptilian kitten-eater from another planet]]". This [[InsultBackfire backfired]] [[EpicFail epically]] as was easy to predict, but the phrase itself went [[Memes/{{Politics}} memetical]].
* WAY too common in social media due to {{GIFT}}. One user has a grudge against another; maybe a political opinion, maybe they [[{{Shipping}} ship a pairing]] the accusing party finds distasteful, maybe they drew a character in fanart the "wrong way" (ie, a dark-skinned character half a shade lighter because they paid attention to lighting conditions or with the wrong cup size). Cue the grudge holder laying into the object of their grudge with accusations of every "-ism" and "phobia" in the book, [[MortonsFork especially phrased in a way the accused can't debate without it being "proven" true.]] A particular incident of this came about on Website/{{Tumblr}} due to a disagreement over WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse fan art, and ended with the artist attempting suicide.
** Of course, this also works on the opposite side of the spectrum. Rather than calling the accused an "ism", instead they'd call them an "SJW" -- meaning the type of condescending person that talks over marginalized groups and [[TheHorseshoeEffect accuses everyone else of doing so.]] Take the ''Steven Universe'' fanart discourse for example: the argument was over weight rather than skin color, and the suicide attempt turned out to be unrelated to the argument at all. The user even mentioned that they didn't want anyone to use the two incidents as ammunition for {{Fan Hater}}s of the series to blanket-accuse the rest of the fandom of being venomous {{Soapbox Sadie}}s and bullies, yet...
* When a cave diver named Vern Unsworth, involved in the effort to rescue a group of Thai boys trapped in a cave, told Elon Musk his plan for using a submersible wouldn't work, Musk infamously called Unsworth "pedo guy" on Twitter, with nothing to back it up. It backfired on Musk. He was widely mocked, and Unsworth later sued.
* The far-right conspiracy theory [=QAnon=] alleges that figures such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and George Soros are Satan-worshipping cannibalistic pedophiles who run a child sex trafficking ring and are plotting to overthrow Donald Trump.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel Blood libel]] is the term for the practice of accusing social, ethnic, or religious groups of ritualistic crimes such as cannibalism, human sacrifice, or the poisoning of wells. The specific term originates in such accusations being made against Jews (mostly in the Medieval era, though some of them still crop up now), specifically the idea they murdered Christian children and used their blood in matzo balls (in fact, eating blood is [[ArtisticLicenseReligion forbidden by Jewish law]], not that the people who said this likely knew or cared). Unsurprisingly, it led to numerous Jews across the centuries being falsely convicted and executed for the murder of any Christian children near them (after being tortured into confessions) or in some cases full-scale pogroms. This blood libel myth is repeated in some literature of the Medieval era, like ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. Antisemitic Muslims unfortunately continue to make it occasionally.