History Main / TheyDiedBecauseOfYou

** In the "Trial of a Time Lord" arc, the Valeyard not only blames the Sixth Doctor for Peri's apparent death, but outright accuses him of routinely getting his companions killed. However, though companions have been placed in life threatening situations throughout the series, the number that had actually died at that point could be counted on the fingers of one hand. What's more, [[MakesSenseInContext unless you believe the scenes shown towards the end of "Mindwarp" were not faked]], only one of those companions, Adric, was a series regular.

** In the "Trial of a Time Lord" arc, the Valeyard not only blames the Sixth Doctor for Peri's apparent death, but outright accuses him of routinely getting his companions killed. However, though companions have been placed in life threatening situations throughout the series, the number that had actually died at that point could be counted on the fingers of one hand. What's more, unless you believe what "Mindwarp" tells us, only one of those companions, Adric, was a series regular.

* Attempted by Rose in ''Series/DoctorWho'' against the titular Dalek. Doesn't work, because, well, it's a Dalek.

* In ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin'', this is said practically word for word by [[spoiler:Teru, to Saki]]. On the other hand, someone close to the speaker doubts whether she actually truly believes this.

* This happens in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' when [[spoiler: Hans tells Elsa she killed her sister with the intent of getting her to cross the DespairEventHorizon so that he can finish her off. Anna's not dead yet that that point, but she does freeze to solid ice a few moments later as a result of the freezing curse Elsa (accidentally) put on her; she is then saved by the act of love she performs to save her sister]].

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Delivered in a devastating, defensive rant by [[spoiler:Rey to Annie about why none of the psychopomps came for Annie's mother; Annie had been unknowingly draining her mother's lifeforce as she grew older until there was 'nothing left to take' to the afterlife.]] The effect is instantaneous, and doubles as a WhamLine.

* This happens in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' when [[spoiler: Hans tells Elsa she killed her sister with the intent of getting her to cross the DespairEventHorizon so that he can finish her off. He's lying in that Anna's not dead yet that that point, but she does freeze to solid ice a few moments later as a result of the freezing curse Elsa (accidentally) put on Anna, but is saved by the act of love she performs to save her sister]].

* ''StarWars: RevengeOfTheSith'':

* From the end of Episode XCVI to the end of Episode XCVII, ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' believes he is responsible for the death of mind-controlled alien children. The Omen even invokes this trope to try to get Jack to commit seppuku. The trope is subverted in both ways in that the children are alive and Ashi tells Jack so.

* Though it wasn't intentionally directed at her, Claire Cruz in episode 4 of ''LightNovel/ToaruHikuushiENoKoiuta'' is GenreSavvy enough to piece together the events that Kal-el tells her about his past to realize that [[spoiler:as her alter ego, Nina Viento, she was indirectly responsible for causing the overthrow of his royal family during a rebellion a few years earlier, and subsequently their deaths.]] She's shocked enough by this to be uneasy around him for the rest of the episode, and partly into the next one as well.

* Certain game-over conditions in ''NightTrap'' cause the MissionControl commander to blame [[WhatTheHellPlayer the player]] for the deaths of the heroine and the other victims.

** Karen Page's crusade in season 1 to expose Wilson Fisk is in part because she feels responsible for the death of the Union Allied coworker that Fisk tried to have her framed for murdering.
** After an attempted poisoning of Vanessa, Fisk feels that her simply being near him is the reason she ended up that way.

* In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]],'' Miles Edgeworth believes that he (accidentally) killed his father, Gregory Edgeworth, by throwing a gun that went off and hit him. When his former mentor, Manfred von Karma, decides to get rid of him by framing him for murder, he times it near the anniversary of that incident to reopen Edgeworth's emotional wounds, hoping he'll confess to it. (It works -- and then spectacularly backfires on von Karma, who was the real murderer).

** In ''Dual Destinies'', Edgeworth himself suggests that Athena Cykes could have accidentally killed her mother. It's left somewhat ambiguous whether he himself believed it to be true or just figured someone had to brave enough to put it on the table for Phoenix and co. to disprove.

* In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]],'' Manfred von Karma tries to convince Miles Edgeworth that he (accidentally) killed his father, Gregory Edgeworth, by getting angry and throwing a gun that went off and hit him.

-->--'''Prince Hans''', ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', if you go back to Altair and speak to Hilda after getting Gordon in your party the first time, [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything there is special dialogue]] between the two, where Hilda is infuriated with Gordon, saying that his cowardice caused Josef's death. To elaborate, they needed to get inside Kasuon Keep for a special torch, and the only way of entrance is either with a certain bell or the voice of a member of the royal family. On the mission to get the bell, the party encounters Borghen on the way out, and Josef pulls a HeroicSacrifice to save them from a boulder trap; the implication is that this all could have been avoided if Gordon had helped them.

* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fears that the [[ParentalSubstitute Crystal Gems]] hold the death of his mother and their leader Rose Quartz against him, since [[DeathByChildbirth she sacrificed her physical form to give birth to him]].