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* This is frequently invoked in politics. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment That's all we need to say.]]

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* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Absol is considered a bad omen, because it is only ever seen before disasters strike. It's even referred to as the Disaster Pokémon. The truth is it has the power to predict disasters and is trying to warn people.

* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', [[spoiler: Homura keeps trying to warn characters about the future, but they won't believe her warnings. When this future does eventually come true, Kyubey insinuates that the tragedy of it is actually all her fault, because it was her trying to warn everyone about the consequences that made said consequences even worse. Homura effectively turns the situation from "her friend dying" to "her friend becoming evil and so powerful the entire world is destroyed." This applies to timelines 1-4, in which Homura keeps making things worse; timelines 5 and 6 change everything]] Subtly subverted because [[spoiler:it's implied that the events actually ''were'' in a way, TheCassandra's fault, rather than this being a scapegoat situation]].

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* Janet Lunn's novel ''Shadow In Hawthorn Bay'' features a Scottish protagonist named Mairi who has the gift of second sight. She has a vision of frozen gardens and says, "There will no summer next year." The other people in her Upper Canada settlement don't believe her. When the area suffers an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer unseasonably cold and wet summer]], the settlers decide that since Mairi knew about the strange weather beforehand, she must have caused it.

* This happens to Dusk in the Creator/DCComics CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/FinalNight''. She arrived on Earth and announced the Sun was going to get eaten. The Sun was then eaten. Obviously her fault.

** This happens to an Elgyem in episode 33 of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}: Best Wishes''.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "Bridle Gossip": Twilight and friends confront Zecora, a mysterious zebra who lives in [[TheLostWoods the Everfree Forest]] and whom everyone suspects of being a witch. Zecora departs into the woods with a cryptic warning about "those leaves of blue" the ponies are standing near, which the other ponies assume is some kind of curse. Sure enough, [[ScrewballSerum a weird affliction]] strikes the ponies the next day, and guess who they blame? Naturally, Zecora has nothing to do with their condition, and it turned out to be the fault of the blue-leaved plants they were walking through earlier, which are actually a magical plant called [[JustForPun "poison joke"]].

* This is frequently invoked in politics. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment That's all we need to say.]]

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': When [[BadassGrandpa Yamamoto]] confronts [[MadScientist Mayuri]] about the steps Mayuri's taken to counter the [[PuttingOnTheReich Vandenreich's]] potentially world-unbalancing activities, he briefly tries to pin the blame for the extent of the problem on Mayuri and his division's competence level. Mayuri retaliates by [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech pointing out]] the only one to blame is Yamamoto himself for ignoring Mayuri's CassandraTruth two years beforehand as paranoia when it was Yamamoto's own fault for not killing the cause of the problem years ago. Yamamoto's forced to back down.

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* The Music/IronMaiden song "The Prophecy".

* In ''Franchise/DragonAge'', it's heavily implied that Teyrn Loghain believed that the Wardens were lying about the Blight to gain power and influence over the idealistic King Cailan, allowing them to mass Orlesian Wardens and forces in Ferelden to enact a military coup. Thus, his decision to quit the field at the Battle of Ostagar, sacrifice the King and leave half the army to perish at the hands of the Darkspawn was entirely justified, as it eliminated a major threat to the realm. Unfortunately, he was utterly ''wrong'' and his actions plunge Ferelden into a Civil War, leaving the Blight to grow unchecked.
** And, of course, leaving Ferelden greatly weakened so that Orlais might be able to sweep in ''anyway'', even if Loghain hadn't had the Blight to deal with. After all, ''half'' of the standing military force had just been sacrificed.

* Pretty much every episode of ''WesternAnimation/KidVsKat''.

* Another twist on the trope from an episode of ''Series/DeathInParadise''. An old woman psychic prophesies her own death - [[Main/LargeHam "I am to be MURDERED!!"]], and gives a detailed description of the killer in front of an audience including some police officers. The next day she is found dead from poison owned by her former son-in-law, who exactly fits the description, and whose wife mysteriously vanished some time ago. The solution, to the amazement of anyone not paying attention was [[spoiler:Suicide, so she could frame her daughter's murderer.]]

* Often happens to Gary when he tries to fix the next day's events that he read about in the ''Series/EarlyEdition''.

* In "Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica," [[spoiler: Homura keeps trying to warn characters about the future, but they won't believe her warnings. When this future does eventually come true, Kyubey insinuates that the tragedy of it is actually all her fault, because it was her trying to warn everyone about the consequences that made said consequences even worse. Homura effectively turns the situation from "her friend dying" to "her friend becoming evil and so powerful the entire world is destroyed." This applies to timelines 1-4, in which Homura keeps making things worse; timelines 5 and 6 change everything]] Subtly subverted because [[spoiler:it's implied that the events actually ''were'' in a way, TheCassandra's fault, rather than this being a scapegoat situation]].

* In "Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica," [[spoiler: Homura keeps trying to warn characters about the future, but they won't believe her warnings. When this future does eventually come true, Kyubey insinuates that the tragedy of it is actually all her fault, because it was her trying to warn everyone about the consequences that made said consequences even worse. Homura effectively turns the situation from "her friend dying" to "her friend becoming evil and so powerful the entire world is destroyed." This applies to timelines 1-4, in which Homura keeps making things worse; timelines 5 and 6 change everything]] Subtly subverted because it's implied that the events actually ''were'' in a way, TheCassandra's fault, rather than this being a scapegoat situation.

* In "Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica," [[spoiler: Homura keeps trying to warn characters about the future, but they won't believe her warnings. When this future does eventually come true, Kyubey insinuates that the tragedy of it is actually all her fault, because it was her trying to warn everyone about the consequences that made said consequences even worse. Homura effectively turns the situation from "her friend dying" to "her friend becoming evil and so powerful the entire world is destroyed"]] Subtly subverted because it's implied that the events actually ''were'' in a way, TheCassandra's fault, rather than this being a scapegoat situation.

* In "Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica," [[spoiler: Homura keeps trying to warn characters about the future, but they won't believe her warnings. When this future does eventually come true, Kyubey insinuates that the tragedy is actually all her fault, because it was her trying to warn everyone about the consequences that made said consequences even worse.]] Subtly subverted because it's implied that the events actually ''were'' in a way, TheCassandra's fault, rather than this being a scapegoat situation.

* In "Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica," [[spoiler: Homura keeps trying to warn characters about the future, but they won't believe her warnings. When this future does eventually come true, Kyubey insinuates that the tragedy is actually all her fault, because it was her trying to warn everyone about the consequences that made said consequences even worse.]] Subtly subverted because it's implied that the events actually [[i]] were, [[/i]] in a way, TheCassandra's fault, rather than this being a scapegoat situation.

* ''The Last Warring Angel'' starts with the FBI questioning a man who tried to assasinate the president. The man informs them that he wasn't trying to kill the president, but his EvilChancelor who's going to manipulate the U.S. into World War 3 after North Korea nukes Seoul. He's treated as a madman at first, and a North Korean spy once Seoul indeed gets nuked.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Neopets}}'' plot "The Curse of Maraqua", two sisters with the gift of foresight deal with this trope. The first sister, who sees happy events in her dreams, is lauded and welcomed; the other, who sees bad events in her nightmares, is feared and shunned.

* When Hitler's forces invaded the Soviet Union, the authorities [[ThisCannotBe refused to believe it]]. Two air force pilots flew off to investigate the reports and confirmed that German troops were advancing well into Soviet territory, only to be arrested for spreading disinformation on their return. They were later court-martialed, despite having been right all along.

* Another twist on the trope from an episode of ''Series/DeathInParadise''. An old woman psychic prophesies her own death - "I am to be MURDERED!!", and gives a detailed description of the killer in front of an audience including some police officers. The next day she is found dead from poison owned by her former son-in-law, who exactly fits the description, and whose wife mysteriously vanished some time ago. The solution, to the amazement of anyone not paying attention was [[spoiler:Suicide, so she could frame her daughter's murderer.]]

* Turns out to be a major problem for precognizants in the early years of Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's [[Literature/TowerAndTheHive Talents series]]. When something goes wrong and there's nobody else to sue, the litigious go for precogs on the theory that they could have got the warning out sooner. Eventually, it becomes a big enough problem that they have to go to the legislature for shield laws.

* Turns out to be a major problem for precognizants in Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's Talents series. When something goes wrong and there's nobody else to sue, the litigious go for precogs on the theory that they could have got the warning out sooner. Eventually, it becomes a big enough problem that they have to go to the legislature for shield laws.

* This is frequently invoked in politics. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement That's all we need to say.]]