History NotWhatItLooksLike / WesternAnimation

* In the GenderFlip episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', the Ice Queen has [[spoiler:disguised herself as Prince Gumball and taken Fionna up to the prince's bedroom, where the real Gumball is trapped in ice on the ceiling.]] Fionna fights off the Ice Queen but Cake, hearing Fionna shout, rushes upstairs to find Fionna and Gumball standing by his bed, Fionna's dress ripped from the fight. Cake jumps to the wrong conclusion, screams "Don't you touch her!" and [[MamaBear attacks him]].

** In the episode "Homecoming Upset". Bonnie forces Ron into a kiss just as Kim arrives on the scene. After getting over the shock of the sight, a ''very'' pissed off Kim has to be reassured by Ron that Bonnie forced the kiss onto him unwillingly. Turns out, Kim is well aware of this, but she's still angry all the same.

** "Ill Suited", where Ron is trying to explain why he stole Kim's battlesuit.

* ''[esternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'': Happens during a training session between Iceman and Shadowcat, with both rolling in each other's arms as Angel walks on them.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' gives an example in the episode "Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman", when the nature-loving Dr. Quymn stumbles upon Brock & the boys [[GetRichQuickScheme training an Orangutan to box]] as part of one of Rusty's schemes:

* ''[[WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009 Wolverine and the X-Men]]'': Happens during a training session between Iceman and Shadowcat, with both rolling in each other's arms as Angel walks on them.

-->I was not helping your mother with a leg cramp, I was not giving her a lying-down hug, I was not helping her look for her contacts. I was ''plowing'', Steve.

** In "I Am the Walrus", Stan makes sure that Steve [[PrimalScene sees him and Francine having sex]], then talks to him afterwards...where he completely destroys this trope, listing off several normal excuses (like the Heimlich Maneuver or "giving her a lying-down hug") and then saying "It was none of those things. I was having sex with her. I was plowing her" and so forth.

* Happens to ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' [[RuleOfThree three times]] in the episode "Sleepover at Johnny's" with Jillian Vegan as her evil villain OverprotectiveDad Dark Vegan catches them. In order to hide Jillian from Susan (who wants to kill Jillian for getting Gil's attention), Johnny pulls Jillian into the closet. Then, when trying to convince Jillian to leave, he spins a bottle as substitute for a coin flip. And finally, after a fall, Jillian ends up smudging her lipstick on Johnny.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark'' this trope is inverted. In "Night of the Living Kids," Courtney is about to gouge out one of Pugsley's eyes so she can use its powers to return home, only for Barney to walk into the kitchen at that exact moment. After being caught her response is "it's exactly what it looks like."
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|2017}}'' episode "The Ballad of Duke Baloney" has this as the origin of Glomgold's hatred for Scrooge, from back when he was a young shoe shiner named Duke Baloney. Scrooge was about to pay Duke at least a full dollar, since he reached for a bill in a large wad of cash in a gold money clip, only to visibly change his mind and toss him a dime instead. While the audience knows Scrooge was reminded of his younger self and wanted to inspire Duke to take the same path he took with the same symbolic gesture, from Duke's perspective it looked like an obviously rich duck changed his mind about paying him a fair price and shortchanged him instead.
* From ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'': Dilbert video-tapes himself while he's taking a bath because he ultimately gets all his engineering ideas in the bathtub. During one recording session he drops his soap and is reaching between his legs and says the unfortunate line "It's so small I can hardly feel it." When Dogbert ultimately distributes the tape to Dilbert's coworkers nobody thinks he's talking about soap.

* In ''Franchise/GIJoe'' when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlIWSfjYVMc Cobra Commander spots Destro and Baroness making out.]]

** The [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester & Tweety]] short "WesternAnimation/TweetAndSour" has Sylvester, who had been warned by Granny that he'd be sent to a violin factory if he laid one paw on Tweety, spend the majority of the short trying to retrieve Tweety after he had been captured by another cat. After getting the other cat out of the way ([[ChimneyEntry via a stick of dynamite attached to a balloon as he tries to enter the house through the chimney]]), [[AllForNothing his attempt to avoid Granny's threat is in vain]]. Granny walks in ''just'' as Sylvester's putting Tweety ''back in'' the cage. After briefly attempting to explain, the cartoon ends with Sylvester giving up.

'''Sylvester:''' (''tries to explain what really happened, but it's no use'') Ah, what's the use?! She'd never believe me! (plays Chopin's "Funeral March" on the violin before falling into the cello case as a coffin to his demise)

** The [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester & Tweety]] short "Tweet and Sour" has Sylvester, who had been warned by Granny that he'd be sent to a violin factory if he laid one paw on Tweety, spend the majority of the short trying to retrieve Tweety after he had been captured by another cat. After getting the other cat out of the way ([[ChimneyEntry via a stick of dynamite attached to a balloon as he tries to enter the house through the chimney]]), Granny walks in ''just'' as Sylvester's putting Tweety ''back in'' the cage. After briefly attempting to explain, the cartoon ends with Sylvester giving up and saying "Ah, what's the use? She'll never believe me."

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/TronUprising TRON: Uprising]]'' episode "Rendezvous", Tron walks in on Beck repeatedly replaying his memories of Paige, whereupon Beck explains that it's "not what it looks like" and that he's "gauging [his] opponent". Tron doesn't buy it (whilst refering to Beck and Paige's meeting as a date).

** The [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester & Tweety]] short "Tweet and Sour" has Sylvester, who had been warned by Granny that he'd be sent to a violin factory if he laid one paw on Tweety, spend the majority of the short trying to retrieve Tweety after he had been captured by another cat. After getting the other cat out of the way (via a stick of dynamite attached to a balloon), Granny walks in ''just'' as Sylvester's putting Tweety back ''in'' the cage. After briefly attempting to explain, the cartoon ends with Sylvester giving up and saying "Ah, what's the use? She'll never believe me."

* ''[[WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009 Wolverine and the X-Men]]'': Happens during a training session between Iceman and Shadowcat, with both rolling in each others arms as Angel walks on them.