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* Amity Blight from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' had this during her first few appearances, whenever Luz tries to talk to her and make up, Amity had NoListeningSkills and refuses to even hear her out, only focusing on and blaming Luz [[ItsAllAboutMe for embarrassing her or getting her in trouble and ignores the fact that she nearly got Luz killed and gravely injured]] instead of [[NeverMyFault realizing that she did that to herself]], she even [[{{Hypocrite}} calls Luz a bully]] over an incident with her diary, thinking that [[PsychologicalProjection Luz is a horrible person]] and still refuses to listen when Luz tries to explain herself and apologize.
* The page quote comes from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Catch 'Em If You Can", where Homer and Marge decide to go on a vacation away from the kids. Bart and Lisa get incensed over this and chase their parents down at every turn, until eventually Homer and Marge give up and resign themselves to another "family" vacation. However, after this happens the kids feel guilty and go to an amusement park to give their parents some privacy... but unfortunately Homer and Marge are there too, and when they run into each other they think that the kids are ''still'' chasing them even as Lisa tries to explain and apologize.

* Happens in the latter part of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' when the Black Knights, having heard some convincing {{half truth}}s about their leader Zero from Schneizel, decide to betray him by luring him into an execution squad. Kallen, who has been sent to retrieve him and has been commiserating with him on the way, calls the situation one-sided before her comrades tell her to get out of the way or else be shot under suspicion of being under Lelouch's geass. At this point, it's completely obvious that the Black Knights are completely set on executing their leader, not to mention that [[ManipulativeBastard Schneizel]], who always [[XanatosGambit has a backup plan]], is behind it, so Lelouch decides to lie to everyone that he used them, [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer Kallen included, in order to have her spared]].

* ''ComicBook/DuckTales'': When Huey, Dewey and Louie first tried to join the Junior Woodchucks -- according to the Creator/DonRosa story "W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N.", they were outright rejected for calling Elvira Duck "Grandma", as they usually do. The Senior Woodchucks were scandalized that they would address their founder's daughter that way. One of the boys tried to explain but got a "No buts", and they were only got allowed back when Elvira explained she's technically their ''great-grandmother'', which of course instantly turned them into desirable material instead.

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* In ''Film/DaddysLittleGirls'', Monty is at a custody hearing for his daughters when the opposing lawyer brings up a police record showing that he had spent time in jail [[spoiler:for raping a teenager]]. His boss/lawyer/girlfriend is furious, and the judge immediately denies him custody, with neither of them (both of whom really ought to know better) giving him the chance to explain [[spoiler:that he had been falsely accused and later exonerated]].
* ''Film/{{Hitch}}'': The title character's love interest Sara has a friend who slept with a guy who dumped her the morning after. On the way out the door, he makes an offhand comment, "Date doctor my ass." Sara makes it her mission to find the date doctor and expose him, blaming him for enabling the scumbag to use her friend. [[spoiler:When she finds out it's none other than Hitch, the guy she's been seeing and whom she likes, she trashes him and his completely innocent client in her gossip column. This effectively [[DisproportionateRetribution ruins his reputation and livelihood.]]]] The kicker? [[spoiler:He hadn't even worked with the jerk who dropped his name, and Sara hadn't bothered to find out the truth.]] And when Hitch is still hurt by her actions and doesn't take her back immediately, [[TheUnfairSex he's the one who ends up having to make a grand gesture to make it up]] to ''her'' while she gives him the cold shoulder.

* In ''Film/TheSixthSense'', [[spoiler:the audience is ''not'' aware that the main character is dead, so the restaurant scene goes like this: Man shows up a little late for his wife's anniversary dinner, but no matter how hard he tries to reconcile, she won't even talk to him; then she grabs the check before he can touch it, throws him a chilly "Happy Anniversary," and stalks out. But once you know that he's dead, it's: ''She's keeping his anniversary dinner X years after he died!!'']] Her entire character (in other scenes as well, such as where [[spoiler:it appears she's ready to cheat on him]]) changes based on that info.

* In ''FanFic/BuildYourWingsOnTheWayDown'', because of [[TouchedByVorlons the Gate]], Ed only knows Roy through his actions in Ishval and knows the darker aspects of biological alchemy. So when Roy praises Shou Tucker's work with chimeras, Ed gets the impression that the military condones and approves of Tucker's actions and Roy has no respect for human life. Edward later finds out that he jumped to conclusions and pegged Roy wrong [[spoiler:when Roy is horrified at Tucker turning his daughter into a chimera]].

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': After a NotWhatItLooksLike moment in which Ariana's uncle outright tried to kill Tim when he saw him with Ariana when Ari was only wearing lingerie (they didn't do anything, it was all Ari's idea and Tim was uncomfortable with her trying to force their relationship to the "next stage"), Tim comes home to find his own father completely furious with him and he grounds Tim and takes his car from him, and angrily cuts off Tim's attempt to explain himself.

One character jumps to the most obvious conclusion from what he or she has just observed about another character (or possibly a ''non''-obvious conclusion if InsaneTrollLogic is involved). The resulting argument then proceeds in a one-sided manner, so that the other side [[CanNotSpitItOut doesn't get to tell]] their side of the story (which is always the correct one). Expect to hear "'But...' '[[ConjunctionInterruption No buts]]'" in there at some point.

-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' pretty much lives on this trope, with Akane barging in with fist flying and Ranma ([[NoSocialSkills social retard that he is]]) usually too tongue-tied to do more than stammer out a "[[ICanExplain Let me explain]]" before [[MegatonPunch going sub-orbital]]. Maybe one time out of ten is the incident that draws Akane's ire actually Ranma's fault. (Although to be fair, there's much less of that in the manga)
** It's even {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d at one point, where Akane asks why Ranma didn't just explain what was going on, and Ranma replies, "Have you ever listened to anything I say before you pummel me?"

* When Huey, Dewey and Louie first tried to join the Junior Woodchucks -- according to the Creator/DonRosa story "W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N.", they were outright rejected for calling Elvira Duck "Grandma", as they usually do. The Senior Woodchucks were scandalized that they would address their founder's daughter that way. One of the boys tried to explain but got a "No buts", and they were only got allowed back when Elvira explained she's technically their ''great-grandmother'', which of course instantly turned them into desirable material instead.

* ''Film/{{Hitch}}.'' The title character's love interest Sara has a friend who slept with a guy who dumped her the morning after. On the way out the door, he makes an offhand comment, "Date doctor my ass." Sara makes it her mission to find the date doctor and expose him, blaming him for enabling the scumbag to use her friend. [[spoiler:When she finds out it's none other than Hitch, the guy she's been seeing and whom she likes, she trashes him and his completely innocent client in her gossip column. This effectively [[DisproportionateRetribution ruins his reputation and livelihood.]]]] The kicker? [[spoiler:He hadn't even worked with the jerk who dropped his name, and Sara hadn't bothered to find out the truth.]] And when Hitch is still hurt by her actions and doesn't take her back immediately, [[TheUnfairSex he's the one who ends up having to make a grand gesture to make it up]] to ''her'' while she gives him the cold shoulder.
** Funny thing is, [[spoiler:her friend immediately believes Hitch when he explains that he never helped the jerk, even explaining why he does what he does (to help shy guys make that first step), while Sara just assumes he's lying to protect himself]].

* A variation of this takes place in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (the film), when Hiccup tries to tell his father that he really can't kill a dragon. (He knows this to be so because he just had a golden opportunity to kill one, the Night Fury he later names Toothless, and couldn't bring himself to do it.) Stoick, his father, keeps brushing off his objections as fear and browbeats his son into agreeing to enter dragon training. Hiccup even lampshades the trope by noting that "This conversation is feeling very one-sided."
* ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'': the Weasel berates I.R. Baboon for coming late for a motorcycle test and refuses to listen to whatever stupid explanation he has. He finds out too late he forgot the brakes to the motorcycle, leading to [[HilarityEnsues wacky hijinks]].

* The first ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' movie pulled off a two-sided version of this. Shrek half-overhears a conversation between Fiona and Donkey, but misses the most significant part: that Fiona turns into an ogre at night. The next day Shrek and Fiona both assume that Shrek heard the whole conversation and each jump to a false conclusion.
** The ''Shrek'' conversation is skillfully crafted to become two separate scenes based on whether or not you know the piece of information; the audience is aware of it at the time.

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* Almost every arc of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' runs on this trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownThanksgiving'': Peppermint Patty invites herself to Charlie Brown's house for Thanksgiving dinner, not giving Charlie the chance to explain that he's going to his grandmother's for dinner.
** She is eventually called out on it after Marcy asks her if Charlie Brown really ''did'' invite her, Franklin, and Marcy over for Thanksgiving Dinner, however. Feeling guilty about her actions, she apologizes to Charlie Brown and they make up.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', "Splitting Images": MonsterOfTheWeek (not really a monster, but who cares?) Poindexter believes Danny to be a bully after Danny dealt Dash (an actual bully) some much-needed humiliation, and, yep, won't even let Danny explain himself. Once the initial confrontation is over, it's just taken for granted that Danny apparently was wrong, in an {{Anvilicious}} "With great power ComesGreatResponsibility" {{Aesop}}. One that he [[BrokenAesop seems to forget]] on several occasions and has even has to visually re-learn within the first MadeForTVMovie.

* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke seems to have this going for him whenever anyone gets too direct about trying to convince him that someone has feelings for him. Many times, while they're in the process of trying to explain to him ''why'' someone is acting strange around him, he'll end up interrupting them before they get too direct, coming to his own outlandish conclusion as to the reason why. Most people just sigh and shake their head. This tends to happen the most in relation to Tessa.

* The first ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movie pulled off a two-sided version of this. Shrek half-overhears a conversation between Fiona and Donkey, but misses the most significant part: that Fiona turns into an ogre at night. The next day Shrek and Fiona both assume that Shrek heard the whole conversation and each jump to a false conclusion.

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': A certain flashback in "Time's Arrow" has Butterscotch constantly getting interrupted by his wife Beatrice during an argument as he tries to say something throughout, to which he groans in frustration and eventually shifts the blame to "the goddamn baby crying all the time" (a young [=BoJack=]).

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Alphonse suspects Edward gave him FakeMemories of his life and accuses him of not telling him. The events of consequence vary by adaptation; in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]], before Ed can get in a word Alphonse runs off, leading Ed for an episode-long hunt for him before he can finally ask his real question, whether or not he hated him for what happened to him. The manga and ''Brotherhood'' anime adaptation mercifully averted all of this by having Winry stop Alphonse and [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on not realizing how worried sick his brother had been every night in bed over him]].

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* In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfic ''FanFic/BuildYourWingsOnTheWayDown'', because of [[TouchedByVorlons the Gate]] Ed only knows Roy through his actions in Ishval and knows the darker aspects of biological alchemy. So when Roy praises Shou Tucker's work with chimeras, Ed gets the impression that the military condones and approves of Tucker's actions and Roy has no respect for human life. Edward later finds out that he jumped to conclusions and pegged Roy wrong [[spoiler:when Roy is horrified at Tucker turning his daughter into a chimera]].
* In chapter 15 of the ''Manga/LoveHina'' fic ''FanFic/ContractLabor'', Motoko overhears Kitsune talking to Haruka over the phone about an incident involving Keitaro, Naru, and the police. Given her AllMenArePerverts mentality, Motoko automatically jumps to conclusions and assumes that Keitaro had assaulted Naru; Motoko attacks Keitaro as soon as they return home from the police station, only discovering after the damage is done that Keitaro actually ''saved Naru'' from being kidnapped and possibly gang-raped. As a result, Motoko kicks off [[HumiliationConga a series of events]] that result in her not only being evicted from the Hinata House, but all but disowned by her family completely.
* ''Fanfic/FeralnetteAUBigFatBreak'': Alya ''believes'' this is the case after Ladybug [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls her out]] and blacklists the Ladyblog. Or at least, she clings to the notion that it's all a terrible misunderstanding so that she doesn't have to confront [[NeverMyFault how badly she screwed up]].
* In ''Fanfic/ImGivingYouANightCall'' all of Mustang’s aides, especially Hawkeye hate Edward and are very cold to him when they first meet him. While Edward had [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife a justified reason for leaving Mustang]] as far as they know the love of Roy's life cruelly dumped him for no reason and [[{{Tsundere}} is very hateful towards him]].
* Narrowly {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/ANightToForget''. Lincoln comes home from the Sadie Hawkins Dance all beat up. Before he can explain what happened, Lucy says that she received and angry text from her friend Haiku (one of Lincoln's dates for the dance), which leads to her, Lynn, Luna, and Luan to assume that he bailed on his dates. Lincoln does a BigShutUp before they can rip into him and he tells them that his four dates (and Ronnie Anne) [[MistakenForCheating thought he was cheating on them]] and beat him up.
* ''FanFic/OfPatienceAndPettiness'': Adrien accuses [[NewTransferStudent Eden]] of [[spoiler:being Ladybug]]. Upon hearing this, Alya ''instantly'' turns upon her, launching into a vicious verbal assault without giving her any chance to speak in her own defense. When Eden ''is'' able to refute their accusations, both have a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment of horrified realization]], while she bitterly {{Lampshade}}s this:
-->'''Alya:''' Oh my God, I'm so sorry girl. I, I didn't think. I just heard Adrien, and you didn't deny it, and I just assumed...\\
'''Eden:''' Yeah. ''[lets out a hiccupping laugh through her tears]'' You just assumed. And you didn't even give me a chance to ''speak''. You didn't even ''ask'', you just ''assumed''.
* ''Fanfic/{{Regrets}}'': Leni [[spoiler:was raped by Nick Lambert, one of Lori's friends, at his Halloween party]], causing her come home past midnight, which Lori is angry at her for. Every single time Leni tries to bring it up, Lori cuts her off and says that she doesn't want to hear it. It's heavily implied that she knows about Leni [[spoiler:having sex with Nick]], but believes that she was being irresponsible and was [[spoiler:sleeping around with him]].
* ''FanFic/TheStalkingZukoSeries'' after being confronted by his therapist, Dr. Wang, Jet begrudgingly admits to himself that "Lee" is probably not a firebender since he has seen Lee's physical prowess and never saw him firebending. Then Jet realizes that he saw Lee's uncle Mushi warm up his tea without any means to, make gallons of tea without any firewood and able to be naked in the middle of early spring. Jet concludes that Lee never responded to his accusations because he's not a firebender and to protect his uncle from scrutiny.
* ''Fanfic/WhyAmICrying'': When Diamond Tiara was younger, she stood up to two bullies that were making fun of Silver Spoon. Turns out they were friends with a young Apple Bloom and they told her that Diamond was the one being a bully. Apple Bloom confronts her and accuses her of being a "rich jerk", and when Diamond Tiara asks her to listen to her, she refuses. Lampshaded by Apple Bloom's conscience.
-->''Didn’t Applejack always teach ya there are two sides to every story?''
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* ''Film/{{Hitch}}.'' The title character's love interest Sara has a friend who slept with a guy who dumped her the morning after. On the way out the door, he makes an offhand comment, "Date doctor my ass." Sara makes it her mission to find the date doctor and expose him, blaming him for enabling the scumbag to use her friend. [[spoiler: When she finds out it's none other than Hitch, the guy she's been seeing and whom she likes, she trashes him and his completely innocent client in her gossip column. This effectively [[DisproportionateRetribution ruins his reputation and livelihood.]]]] The kicker? [[spoiler: He hadn't even worked with the jerk who dropped his name, and Sara hadn't bothered to find out the truth.]] And when Hitch is still hurt by her actions and doesn't take her back immediately, [[TheUnfairSex he's the one who ends up having to make a grand gesture to make it up]] to ''her'' while she gives him the cold shoulder.

* ''Literature/GodsPlay'': Happens when William tries to explain being a shifter to Toby when [[DistressedDude he's in a compromising situation]]

* In ''FanFic/ImGivingYouANightCall'' all of Mustang’s aides, especially Hawkeye hate Edward and are very cold to him when they first meet him. While Edward had [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife a justified reason for leaving Mustang]] as far as they know the love of Roy's life cruelly dumped him for no reason and [[{{Tsundere}} is very hateful towards him]].

* In chapter 15 of the ''Manga/LoveHina'' fic ''FanFic/ContractLabor'', Motoko overhears Kitsune talking to Haruka over the phone about an incident involving Keitaro, Naru, and the police. Given her AllMenArePerverts mentality, Motoko automatically jumps to conclusions and assumes that Keitaro had assaulted Naru; Motoko attacks Keitaro as soon as they return home from the police station, only discovering after the damage is done that Keitaro actually saved Naru from being kidnapped and possibly gang-raped. As a result, Motoko kicks off [[HumiliationConga a series of events]] that result in her not only being evicted from the Hinata House, but all but disowned by her family completely.

* In ''Film/DaddysLittleGirls'', Monty is at a custody hearing for his daughters when the opposing lawyer brings up a police record showing that he had spent time in jail [[spoiler: for raping a teenager]]. His boss/lawyer/girlfriend is furious, and the judge immediately denies him custody, with neither of them (both of whom really ought to know better) giving him the chance to explain [[spoiler: that he had been falsely accused and later exonerated]].

* The page quote comes from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Catch 'Em If You Can", where Homer and Marge decide to go on a vacation away from the kids. Bart and Lisa get incensed over this and chase their parents down at every turn, until eventually Homer and Marge give up and resign themselves to another "family" vacation. However, after this happens the kids feel guilty and go to an amusement park to give their parents some privacy...but unfortunately Homer and Marge are there too, and when they run into each other they think that the kids are ''still'' chasing them even as Lisa tries to explain and apologize.

* Amity Blight from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' had this during her first few appearances, whenever Luz tries to talk to her and make up, Amity had NoListeningSkills and refuses to even hear her out, only focusing on and blaming Luz [[ItsAllAboutMe for embarrassing her or getting her in trouble]] instead of [[NeverMyFault realizing that she did that to herself]], she even [[{{Hypocrite}} calls Luz a bully]] over an incident with her diary, thinking that [[PsychologicalProjection Luz is a horrible person]] and still refuses to listen when Luz tries to explain herself and apologize.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Geth. For three hundred years every race in galaxy though they were [[AIIsACrapshoot murderous synthetics]] because quarians, who barely avoided total genocide at their hands, claimed so. [[spoiler: Geth were just defending themselves and minority of quarians who claimed that geth won't rebel. Better yet, they still think of quarians as their Creators and ready to serve them. No one knows about it, because they isolated themselves so galactic races won't see them as threat.]] Geth [[spoiler: heretics]] didn't help the case either.

* Amity Blight from "WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse" had this during her first few appearances, whenever Luz tries to talk to her and make up, Amity had NoListeningSkills and refuses to even hear her out, only focusing on and blaming Luz [[ItsAllAboutMe for embarrassing her or getting her in trouble]] instead of [[NeverMyFault realizing that she did that to herself]], she even [[{{Hypocrite}} calls Luz a bully]] over an incident with her diary, thinking that [[PsychologicalProjection Luz is a horrible person]] and still refuses to listen when Luz tries to explain herself and apologize.

* Amity Blight from 'WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse" had this during her first few appearances, whenever Luz tries to talk to her and make up, Amity had NoListeningSkills and refuses to even hear her out, only focusing on and blaming Luz [[ItsAllAboutMe for embarrassing her or getting her in trouble]] instead of [[NeverMyFault realizing that she did that to herself]], she even [[{{Hypocrite}} calls Luz a bully]] over an incident with her diary, thinking that [[PsychologicalProjection Luz is a horrible person]] and still refuses to listen when Luz tries to explain herself and apologize.

* Amity Blight from 'WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse" had this during her first few appearances, whenever Luz tries to talk to her and make up, Amity had NoListeningSkills and refuses to even hear her out, only focusing on and blaming Luz [[ItsAllAboutMe for embarrassing her or getting her in trouble]] instead of [[NeverMyFault realizing that she did that to herself]], she even [[Hypocrite calls Luz a bully]] over an incident with her diary, thinking that [[PsychologicalProjection Luz is a horrible person]] and still refuses to listen when Luz tries to explain herself and apologize.

* Happens in the latter part of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' when the Black Knights, having heard some convincing {{half truth}}s about their leader Zero from Schneizel, decide to betray him by luring him into an execution squad. Kallen, who has been sent to retrieve him and has been commiserating with him on the way, calls the situation one-sided before her comrades tell her to get out of the way or else be shot under suspicion of being under Lelouch's geass. At this point, it's completely obvious that the Black Knights are completely set on executing their leader, not to mention that [[ManipulativeBastard Schneizel]], who always [[XanatosGambit has a backup plan]], is behind it, so Lelouch decides to lie to everyone that he used them, [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer Kallen included, in order to have her spared]].
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Alphonse suspects Edward gave him FakeMemories of his life and accuses him of not telling him. The events of consequence vary by adaptation; in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]], before Ed can get in a word Alphonse runs off, leading Ed for an episode-long hunt for him before he can finally ask his real question, whether or not he hated him for what happened to him. The manga and ''Brotherhood'' anime adaptation mercifully averted all of this by having Winry stop Alphonse and [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on not realizing how worried sick his brother had been every night in bed over him]].

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': After a NotWhatItLooksLike moment in which Ariana's uncle outright tried to kill Tim when he saw him with Ariana when Ari was only wearing lingerie (they didn't do anything, it was all Ari's idea and Tim was uncomfortable with her trying to force their relationship to the "next stage"), Tim comes home to find his own father completely furious with him and he grounds Tim and takes his car from him, and angrily cuts off Tim's attempt to explain himself.

* ''FanFic/TheStalkingZukoSeries'' after being confronted by his therapist, Dr. Wang, Jet begrudgingly admits to himself that "Lee" is probably not a firebender since he has seen Lee's physical prowess and never saw him firebending. Then Jet realizes that he saw Lee's uncle Mushi warm up his tea without any means to, make gallons of tea without any firewood and able to be naked in the middle of early spring. Jet concludes that Lee never responded to his accusations because he's not a firebender and to protect his uncle from scrutiny.
* In chapter 15 of the ''Manga/LoveHina'' fic ''FanFic/ContractLabor'', Motoko overhears Kitsune talking to Haruka over the phone about an incident involving Keitaro, Naru, and the police. Given her AllMenArePerverts mentality, Motoko automatically jumps to conclusions and assumes that Keitaro had assaulted Naru; Motoko attacks Keitaro as soon as they return home from the police station, only discovering after the damage is done that Keitaro actually saved Naru from being kidnapped and possibly gang-raped. As a result, Motoko kicks off [[HumiliationConga a series of events]] that result in her not only being evicted from the Hinata House, but all but disowned by her family completely.

--> ''Didn’t Applejack always teach ya there are two sides to every story?''
* Narrowly {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/ANightToForget''. Lincoln comes home from the Sadie Hawkins Dance all beat up. Before he can explain what happened, Lucy says that she received and angry text from her friend Haiku (one of Lincoln's dates for the dance), which leads to her, Lynn, Luna, and Luan to assume that he bailed on his dates. Lincoln does a BigShutUp before they can rip into him and he tells them that his four dates (and Ronnie Anne) [[MistakenForCheating thought he was cheating on them]] and beat him up.
* ''Fanfic/{{Regrets}}'': Leni [[spoiler:was raped by Nick Lambert, one of Lori's friends, at his Halloween party]], causing her come home past midnight, which Lori is angry at her for. Every single time Leni tries to bring it up, Lori cuts her off and says that she doesn't want to hear it. It's heavily implied that she knows about Leni [[spoiler:having sex with Nick]], but believes that she was being irresponsible and was [[spoiler:sleeping around with him]].

* In ''Film/TheSixthSense'', [[spoiler:the audience is ''not'' aware that the main character is dead, so the restaurant scene goes like this: Man shows up a little late for his wife's anniversary dinner, but no matter how hard he tries to reconcile, she won't even talk to him; then she grabs the check before he can touch it, throws him a chilly "Happy Anniversary," and stalks out. But once you know that he's dead, it's: ''She's keeping his anniversary dinner X years after he died!!'']] Her entire character (in other scenes as well, such as where [[spoiler:it appears she's ready to cheat on him]]) changes based on that info.

* In ''Film/DaddysLittleGirls'', Monty is at a custody hearing for his daughters when the opposing lawyer brings up a police record showing that he had spent time in jail [[spoiler: for raping a teenager]]. His boss/lawyer/girlfriend is furious, and the judge immediately denies him custody, with neither of them (both of whom really ought to know better) giving him the chance to explain [[spoiler: that he had been falsely accused and later exonerated]].

* ''Series/EightSimpleRules'': John Ritter continuously berates one of his daughters for shoplifting. In reality, the friend she was shopping with did it.

* ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'': Whenever Doña Florinda is sure Don Ramon hurt or tried to hurt her son, she'll certainly slap him and never allows him to explain. She's lucky he WouldntHitAGirl.
* In the ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' episode "Moby & SCOBY", Jessie and Ravi are in a college class taking an exam. Jessie bothers Ravi during the exam and he tells her to stop bothering him, but the professor catches this and tells him to leave for disrupting class, cutting off every single attempt Ravi makes to explain that it wasn't his fault. Thankfully, Jessie admits that she was the one being disruptive and leaves in Ravi's place.
* One call on ''Series/NineOneOne'' is apparently a domestic dispute between a man and his British wife. She constantly refers to him having a sudden change in behavior and making wild accusations. When the man finally has a chance to speak, he reveals that his wife isn't actually British and she's the one who's had a change in behavior. A quick medical examination reveals she's having a stroke.
* In the ''Series/Zoey101'' episode "Quarantine", Quinn spills a virus she created in her, Zoey, and Lola's dorm room, which results in them getting quarantined (along with Chase, Logan, and Michael). Zoey has a date with a cute guy named Danny and has to miss it as a result, so she gets her brother Dustin to tell him why she can't make it. Unfortunately, there are [[OneSteveLimit two Dannys at PCA]], so he ends up talking to the wrong one. When Zoey finds out that Danny never got the message, she's about to explain why she had to miss the date, but he just assumes that she was standing him up, doesn't listen to her explanations and leaves angry at her.[[note]]Although, even if she did get the chance to explain, he probably wouldn't have believed the real story because of [[YouHaveToBelieveMe how ridiculous it sounds.]][[/note]]

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'', Chatot tasks you and your partner with getting Perfect Apples from Apple Woods for Wigglytuff, but Team Skull ends up sabotaging them and stealing all the apples. When you tell Chatot that you couldn't get any Perfect Apples, he immediately assumes that you two screwed up and accuses your partner of making "excuses" when they try to explain what happened. He [[DeniedFoodAsPunishment takes away your dinners as punishment]] and, to add insult to injury, makes you two watch everyone else eat their dinner.

* ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'': the Weasel berates I.R. Baboon for coming late for a motorcycle test and refuses to listen to whatever stupid explanation he has. He finds out too late he forgot the brakes to the motorcycle, leading to [[HilarityEnsues wacky hijinks]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseWorks'': Daisy's berating WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for (for example) dancing with her neighbor (the neighbor literally dragged Donald into it), while he's supposed to be building a brick wall at her house.

* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'', "Race Across New Zealand": Ray Rocket won't stop flapping his yap on how his son Otto doesn't like to lose to hear out his daughter Reggie's own grievance: that she managed a tie in the previous race, and the only thing Ray cared for was Otto's loss.
* Many ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts operate multiple gags on this premise, most notoriously "Bugsy and Mugsy", where Bugs is able to convince Rocky the Gangster that his sidekick, Mugsy, is trying to kill him.
* The first ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movie pulled off a two-sided version of this. Shrek half-overhears a conversation between Fiona and Donkey, but misses the most significant part: that Fiona turns into an ogre at night. The next day Shrek and Fiona both assume that Shrek heard the whole conversation and each jump to a false conclusion.
** The ''Shrek'' conversation is skillfully crafted to become two separate scenes based on whether or not you know the piece of information; the audience is aware of it at the time.
* A variation of this takes place in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (the film), when Hiccup tries to tell his father that he really can't kill a dragon. (He knows this to be so because he just had a golden opportunity to kill one, the Night Fury he later names Toothless, and couldn't bring himself to do it.) Stoick, his father, keeps brushing off his objections as fear and browbeats his son into agreeing to enter dragon training. Hiccup even lampshades the trope by noting that "This conversation is feeling very one-sided."

* Played and Lampshaded in the ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' episode "It Came From Beneath The Sea Duck" when Rebecca is berating Kit for taking Molly out of the house (for a number of convoluted reasons in reality). Baloo suggests letting Kit explain what happened, only for Rebecca to shush him as well.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' Boomhauer's brother is getting hitched, and quickly proves unfaithful and resorts to all sorts of sleazy antics, Boomhauer constantly attempts to stop and scold his brother, [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass but is constantly manipulated to look like the culprit himself]], leading to a long drawn chewing out from Hank, complete with the cliched booming of "BUT NOTHING!!!" whenever he tries to [[TheUnintelligible babble]] an explanation. Subverted later on when Hank, having had time to calm down, goes to Boomhauer and asks him to look him in the eye and tell the truth; Boomhauer does so, and Hank believes him.

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': A certain flashback in "Time's Arrow" has Butterscotch constantly getting interrupted by his wife Beatrice during an argument as he tries to say something throughout, to which he groans in frustration and eventually shifts the blame to "the goddamn baby crying all the time" (a young [=BoJack=]).

!!!It doesn't even have to be an argument, as long one character won't stop talking long enough to hear out the truth

* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke seems to have this going for him whenever anyone gets too direct about trying to convince him that someone has feelings for him. Many times, while they're in the process of trying to explain to him ''why'' someone is acting strange around him, he'll end up interrupting them before they get too direct, coming to his own outlandish conclusion as to the reason why. Most people just sigh and shake their head. This tends to happen the most in relation to Tessa.
* In ''Manga/{{Tsukigasa}}'', the facts everyone knows are that Azuma cut off Kuroe's arm and Kuroe ran away and joined a band of robbers. Everyone has their own idea of what actually happened and why it happened, many of which are misinformed because they are unwilling to just put it all out in the open. Eventually, all the pieces are dragged out one by one and things get resolved but it takes awhile.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', "Arnold & Lila": Lila won't stop talking long enough to allow Arnold time to say he didn't write "Arnold and Lila" on some wall. Helga had scrawled "Lila" in place of you-know-who to hide her dirty laundry... only to create this other dirty laundry.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', "Splitting Images": MonsterOfTheWeek (not really a monster, but who cares?) Poindexter believes Danny to be a bully after Danny dealt Dash (an actual bully) some much-needed humiliation, and, yep, won't even let Danny explain himself. Once the initial confrontation is over, it's just taken for granted that Danny apparently was wrong, in an {{Anvilicious}} "With great power ComesGreatResponsibility" {{Aesop}}. One that he [[BrokenAesop seems to forget]] on several occasions and has even has to visually re-learn within the first MadeForTVMovie.

* This is the basic schtick of [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Foghorn Leghorn]]. He goes on and on without letting the other characters get a word in edgewise, [[HypocriticalHumor then complains how they never listen to a word he says]]. On at least one or two occasions, the other characters have been seen [[BigShutUp yelling at the rooster to shut up]] and hit him on the head with a stick to knock him out.
* Twilight Sparkle did this [[TimeTravel to herself]] in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E20ItsAboutTime It's About Time]]''. She appears before herself to give herself a message, but Past Twilight wouldn't shut up and stop asking questions, so the spell timed out and returned Future Twilight to her proper time. Having only pure speculation based on her future appearance [[note]]a torn body suit, [[EyepatchAfterTimeSkip eyepatch]], bandana and damaged hair, and a cut on her face[[/note]] and the date (next Tuesday morning), Twilight proceeds to disaster-proof the entire town... and slowly drive herself insane with worry about the future. By the time she becomes her future self, we find out that the message was [[spoiler:for her to not worry so much about the future]].
* The page quote comes from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Catch 'Em If You Can", where Homer and Marge decide to go on a vacation away from the kids. Bart and Lisa get incensed over this and chase their parents down at every turn, until eventually Homer and Marge give up and resign themselves to another "family" vacation. However, after this happens the kids feel guilty and go to an amusement park to give their parents some privacy...but unfortunately Homer and Marge are there too, and when they run into each other they think that the kids are''still'' chasing them even as Lisa tries to explain and apologize.

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Alphonse suspects Edward gave him FakeMemories of his life and accuses him of not telling him. The events of consequence vary by adaptation; in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]], before Ed can get in a word Alphonse runs off, leading Ed for an episode-long hunt for him before he can finally ask his real question, whether or not he hated him for what happened to him. The manga and anime adaptation mercifully averted all of this by having Winry stop Alphonse and [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on not realizing how worried sick his brother had been every night in bed over him]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseWorks'': Daisy's berating DonaldDuck for (for example) dancing with her neighbor (the neighbor literally dragged Donald into it), while he's supposed to be building a brick wall at her house.

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'': After the events of the [[{{Technopath}} Iron Queen's]] occupation of New Mobotropolis, which briefly resulted in NICOLE being hijacked and forced to help trap citizens in their home, Mina, hoping to spread awareness regarding possible problems with NICOLE being compromised again, uses her status as an IdolSinger to her advantage to start spreading such messages with her music. It's only after her first song is sent that she discovers from Sonic and Sally that NICOLE had actually broken free from the Iron Queen's control, but was working undercover to protect as many people as she could, which Mina was not aware of beforehand. This, combined with a HatePlague generated by Ixis Naugus, eventually results in NICOLE being banished from the city, something Mina never intended.