History Main / UnprovokedPervertPayback

* Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona:

* At one point in the ''Anime/StarshipTroopers'' OVA, Rico encounters Carmen on the Moon and, following the example of a training mate who got a nude pic from his girlfriend, asks her a picture, making sure to not mention the "nude" part. Before she can answer, the training mate arrives and, not noticing her, asks Rico if he got that nude pic, resulting in Carmen slapping Rico.

** In the Punk Hazard arc, Nami and Sanji switch bodies. After finally getting her body back, Nami quickly realizes she's not wearing the same jacket as before. She clobbers Sanji, assuming he took another opportunity to ogle at her body while they were apart. While Sanji certainly gave her reason to think so, he actually discarded the jacket while trying to rescue Kin'emon's torso from underwater.

-->-- '''Dave Riley''', ''Podcast/FastKarateForTheGentlemen'' [[https://daveandjoel.com/?p=809 Show #314: We Cracked the Case!]]

-->-- '''Dave Riley''', Podcast/FastKarateForTheGentlemen, ''We Cracked the Case!''

-->-- '''Dave Riley''', Podcast/FastKarateForTheGentlemen ''We Cracked the Case!''

** In ''VideoGame/Persona5Scramble'', the Phantom Thieves go to the same spa resort as the SEES team. When the boys hang out in the baths a little too long and realize the girls have shown up during the women hours, they quickly try to escape without being seen. Unfortunately for them, they are caught and quickly accused of being perverts, and are quickly dealt an ice-cold glass of ass-whuppin' for an honest mistake.

** The school [[HorribleCampingTrip camping trip scene]] in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' contains this trope, while Yosuke at least can be blamed for both hitting on Chie and Yukiko and calling them childish, the player character can actually be more complimentary in a way that can get on one of the girl's good side. Regardless you're given the options of agreeing that Chie and Yukiko are "fine" or disagreeing, it's a lose-lose situation because no matter what you're pushed OFF A CLIFF, into freezing water. The real kicker is that Kanji, who really said nothing the whole scene is pushed into the water because he gets a {{nosebleed}}, thus he must be punished [[AllMenArePerverts because nosebleeds are only caused by perverted thoughts]].

* Early on in ''Manga/BlackClover'' when Magna gives Asta and Noelle a ride on his broom he tells Asta to hold on, so he innocuously grabs Noelle's waist and she elbows him in the face, nearly causing him to plummet into the lake below. And she was still angry with him after almost killing him for no reason.

* ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'': Shu's alone in a room wearing only a towel in episode 5 after being knocked out by Ayase. Then, Ayase suddenly enters without knocking or anything and [[OhCrap shocks Shu into dropping his towel]], but he tries to cover himself. Cue an OhCrap and then an ArmorPiercingSlap from Ayase.

* In ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', Keima is helping Haqua make an AfterActionReport with a supernatural simulation device which uses dolls to represent people. Annoyed with Keima, Haqua tells the simulation that Keima is a pervert. When, in response, doll-Keima starts molesting doll-Haqua, Haqua starts beating up the ''real'' Keima.

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''4'' have other instances of this trope involving hot springs which is even worse because it usually has to do with the girls getting the time schedules mixed up or some other wacky misunderstanding that is exclusively their fault. Of course, they always blame the guys for being [[AllMenArePerverts lecherous little schemers]] even though, with the exception of Yosuke and Junpei, they don't really care and just want to relax in the springs.

** In ''Persona 3'', it's implied that Junpei and Ryoji deliberately came at the time when the hot springs switch from guys only to girls only so they could get a look at the girls, and claim that they didn't know when it switched over.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has the female Avatar attack Chrom after walking in ''on him'' bathing, although she did refrain from doing it when the situation was reversed previously. To be fair, she acknowledges the attack was unprovoked and sincerely apologizes.

* There are many incidents of this trope in ''Manga/LoveHina'', too.

Closely related to -- and generally intended to follow -- the AccidentalPervert, the Unprovoked Pervert Payback is a violent maneuver in which an offended girl screams "PERVERT!" and pounds the crap out of a guy for... smiling at her, or any of a hundred other things that are ''meant'' to be accidental pervyness, but just ''aren't''. Hell, chances are that ''nothing'' dirty happened, at all, or even close to it. Tough luck for that poor guy; he's suddenly an AccidentalPervert and ground-zero for the (self-)righteous bitchslap of his life!

** The entire second season is filled with this, as well as the male characters being tortured for ''anything'' that offends the girls. The closing credits has the male characters fleeing in terror from the kanji for female. Though the first season was ''worse'' at points.

** Another time, Tama-chan the turtle has gone missing, and Naru and Keitaro are looking for it. Shinobu has just got home and is changing her clothes, when she is scared by Tama-chan and comes running up to them clad only in her camisole, grabbing Keitaro in panic. He's too busy trying not to choke to notice her, yet Naru ''still'' hits him "just in case".

* ''Manga/Mx0'': The hero Kuzumi manages to avert this. His chivalrous, life saving actions, and good behavior save him twice in otherwise compromising situations.

* ''LightNovel/SeitokaiNoIchizon'' ends up falling into this, as Ken acts extremely perverted and deserving of the payback. However, he soon shows himself to be a much nicer and more caring person than he first appears, and even though the girls know this, he's constantly receiving a lot of abuse. One JustForFun/{{egregious}} example comes from the episode where he has to take care of the WiseBeyondTheirYears little sister of the newspaper club president. She pulls out some dolls and starts playing with them, but gives them a rather perverted story. She then tells him to join in, which he reluctantly does. As soon he says ONE line, the girls jump in and start lynching him and saying he's a bad influence on the little sister, even though they were around the whole time. This case was an {{Invo|kedTrope}}cation, as the little girl was intentionally probing at their jealousy: The girls are all attracted to him to some extent, but can't actually admit it and thus blame him. Of course, this doesn't stop the girls from looking like they have a personal vendetta against Ken and are looking for excuses to berate him, since nobody normal would have blamed him for this, invoked or not.

* In one issue of ''ComicBook/{{Futurama}}'' comics, Leela has been split into her baby, teen, and elderly selves. Her teen form gains a crush on Fry, and starts flirting with him, causing Leela to hit him even though he's clearly uncomfortable with a teen flirting with him.

--> "Another confusing thing was his reaction to physical contact. First there was Sakura's hug, then Hinata holding his hand, Shizune-nee-chan carrying him to Tsunade-baa-chan accidentally [[MarshmallowHell suffocating him in her chest]]. All these events in the past two days made up more physical attention and affection than he received in his entire life. Not sure how to deal with the resulting emotions, years of conditioning from Sakura came to the forefront as he kept his mouth shut so they wouldn't hit him for being a pervert."
* In the ''Manga/LoveHina'' fic ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'', Naru attacks a complete stranger she overhears teasing a woman he's walking with. RealityEnsues when said woman, his ''wife'', doesn't appreciate the 'rescue' and [[spoiler:has her arrested]].

* An optional scene in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' has Emil, a RareMaleExample of a ShrinkingViolet, bathing alone in thermal waters. While he's there, GenkiGirl and openly in love for him Marta enters the bath, which causes him to scream in surprise. Upon hearing him, the entire playable cast of the first game but Lloyd come checking out what's going on. Despite all of them knowing how Emil and Marta are, they all ''instantly start berating Emil and calling him a pervert'', and when Marta tries to say that, yes, she was the one that entered the bath and the perverted one, they tell her to ''shut up and not make excuses for Emil''. Yes, even the cool and rational Regal, Presea and Raine instantly believe the shy guy tried to sneak into the bath of the energetic girl and not the other way around and that's totally why he was the one that screamed! And just to drive the point home, the only one that believes Emil is Lloyd, and that's because Lloyd got caught in two AccidentalPervert moments and considers this to be the same. Except in those cases Lloyd DID look like a pervert, unlike with Emil where it's just absurd. Ironically, save for Zelos, who of course gives him kudos, the rational and mellow ones are the most upset, where Sheena, who's been peeped on before by Zelos, and usually gets pissed off from that sort of thing, simply says you can't blame him for his hormones, and Genis, instead of making a smart remark about what an immature horndog he is, is just amazed at how badly he supposedly wanted to bathe with her. Kind of feels like an [[OutOfCharacter out-of-character moment]] for everyone save Lloyd, Zelos, and those two.

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''4'' have other instances of this trope involving hot springs which is even worse because it usually has to do with the girls getting the time schedules mixed up or some other wacky misunderstanding that is exclusively their fault. Of course they always blame the guys for being [[AllMenArePerverts lecherous little schemers]] even though, with the exception of Yosuke and Junpei, they don't really care and just want to relax in the springs.
** ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' at least has Yukiko realize in middle of the misunderstanding SHE messed up with the schedules, but she continues insulting the guys anyway. Yukiko is possibly the nicest, most sensible girl in the cast. By comparison, in the game, she realizes after the fact, but the others decide not to tell anyone.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has the female Avatar attack Chrom after walking in ''on him'' bathing, although she did refrain from doing it when the situation was reversed previously. To be fair, she acknowledges the attack was unprovoked, and sincerely apologizes.

* A verbal variant: In ''The Starship Destiny'' by Squidi, the captain hires a female engineer and tells her he can't wait to get her back to the ship to see what she can do. She immediately laments how this happens every time, but since she's a cyborg and contractucally bound, she can't refuse an order. He's ''horrified'' and hurriedly clarifies that he meant for her to ''fix'' his ''ship''.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' is one of the very few anime out there that ''[[SubvertedTrope subverts this trope]]'' despite high amounts of {{Fanservice}}. The shining example would have to be [[spoiler: Koneko wanting to make out with Issei and Rias walks in. Issei expected that he was going to get smacked by Rias, but instead Rias just takes a look at Koneko's condition and says that she's sick.]] The only time Issei even gets beaten is if he actively does anything perverted.

* ''WebAnimation/FreedomToons'': In "Ben Shapiro REKS Ocasio-Cortez", democratic socialist up-and-comer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuses Ben Shapiro of cat-calling and even attacks him with mace after he takes her up on her claim that Republicans aren't willing to debate her ideas by offering her money for a public debate. Ben responds that she's just proving his point without costing him a dime. And gives her the EyeBeams treatment.

* An optional scene in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' has Emil, a RareMaleExample of a ShrinkingViolet, bathing alone in thermal waters. While he's there, GenkiGirl and openly in love for him Marta enters the bath, which causes him to scream in surprise. Upon hearing him, the entire playable cast of the first game but Lloyd come checking out what's going on. Despite all of them knowing how Emil and Marta are, they all ''instantly start berating Emil and calling him a pervert'', and when Marta tries to say that, yes, she was the one that entered the bath and the perverted one, they tell her to ''shut up and not make excuses for Emil''. Yes, even the cool and rational Regal, Presea and Raine instantly believe the shy guy tried to sneak into the bath of the energetic girl and not the other way around and that's totally why he was the one that screamed!
** Oh, and just to drive the point home, the only one that believes Emil is Lloyd, and that's because Lloyd got caught in two AccidentalPervert moments and considers this to be the same. Except in those cases Lloyd DID look like a pervert, unlike with Emil where it's just absurd.
*** Ironically, save for Zelos, who of course gives him kudos, the rational and mellow ones are the most upset, where Sheena, who's been peeped on before by Zelos, and usually gets pissed off from that sort of thing, simply says you can't blame him for his hormones, and Genis, instead of making a smart remark about what an immature horndog he is, is just amazed at how badly he supposedly wanted to bathe with her. Kind of feels like an [[OutOfCharacter out-of-character moment]] for everyone save Lloyd, Zelos, and those two.
* The school [[HorribleCampingTrip camping trip scene]] in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' contains this trope, while Yosuke at least can be blamed for both hitting on Chie and Yukiko and calling them childish, the player character can actually be more complimentary in a way that can get on one of the girl's good side. Regardless you're given the options of agreeing that Chie and Yukiko are "fine" or disagreeing, it's a lose-lose situation because no matter what you're pushed OFF A CLIFF, into freezing water. The real kicker is that Kanji, who really said nothing the whole scene is pushed into the water because he gets a {{nosebleed}}, thus he must be punished [[AllMenArePerverts because nosebleeds are only caused by perverted thoughts]].

* Subverted in ''Series/NewsRadio'' when Lisa loses her shirt in the office and slaps Bill as she's walking to get it back.

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* Played straight then subverted. Once in 1999, Wrestling/MichaelCole, a neutral character at the time, attempted to interview Wrestling/{{Ivory}}, and she told him, "Why don't you [[MyFaceIsUpHere pick your eyes up]] and put them back in your head, pervert?" She then said, "Besides, I'm too hot for you anyway. Thirty seconds with Ivory would set your world on fire."
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* ''Very'' common in fanfics featuring characters that are already {{Tsundere}}s in canon, due to {{flanderization}}. Akane from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' gets treated this way particularly often.

* In ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', Team MNVW is going through Izuku's mail while he studied in the library. Then they realize that his mom sent him an entire box of condoms out after learning that he is sleeping in the same room as three gorgeous women his age. His [[OpenMouthInsertFoot poor choice of words]] when he walks in on this scene causes Weiss to fly off the handle and attempt to strangle him even though ''she'' was the one rifling through ''his'' things.

** Played straight in the fourth season of the anime, where Koneko punches Issei in the gut for saying he didn't like "little girls" (which was a no-win situation for Issei, since he was denying [[WifeHusbandry getting friendly with a young kitsune]] because she had [[HotMom good genes]]). It actually ties into her characterization in the LightNovel, which is a subversion; Koneko is deeply insecure about being a [[ACupAngst completely flat]] member of a harem for someone who opening thinks BuxomIsBetter and tends to lash out when he says something that suggests she's not sexy, she's aware how unfair this is and she's ''not'' proud of her behavior.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', Bad Kaeloo throws the AmbiguouslyBi Stumpy in the air and he lands on the bathroom door just as Mr. Cat opens it. Mr. Cat [[BatterUp hits Stumpy with a baseball bat]] just for being outside the door when he was in the bathroom.