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6->'''Lisa:''' Wait, let me finish my sentence!\
7'''Homer:''' Never!
8-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Catch 'Em If You Can"
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10One character jumps to the most obvious conclusion from what they have 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.
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12May facilitate an OopsIDidItAgain plot. Should the culprit finally realize the truth, they might [[BreakTheHaughty possibly be humbled enough]] [[JerkassRealization to listen this time around]], or they might scold the victim for not saying anything [[{{Hypocrite}} even though they kept telling them to shut up]] (which may either be genuine due to them not paying attention or on purpose if [[NeverMyFault they don't want to admit they were at fault]]). The victim may call out IWarnedYou (or more specifically "I Tried To Warn You").
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14Compare with TheRashomon. See also YouKnowWhatYouDid.
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21* Happens in the latter part of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' when the Black Knights, having heard some convincing [[MetaphoricallyTrue half truths]] 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]].
22* 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/FullmetalAlchemist2003 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]].
23* ''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?"
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27* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': 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.
28* ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}}'': 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.
29* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': 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.
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33!!!{{Crossover}}s
34* ''Fanfic/AeonEntelechyEvangelion'': After reviewing footage of the Harbinger-4 battle, Asuka rips into Shinji, reaming him out for his dismal performance. She does so having assumed that he, like her, was given at least eight full years of training before his first battle.
35* In chapter 15 of ''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.
36* A RunningTheme throughout the ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomverse'' is how most of the cast will take whatever side of a given story they hear first as the absolute truth, and how much this [[PoorCommunicationKills complicates everything]].
37** In the {{Recursive Fanfic|tion}} ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainCrownOfHydrangea'', Goh turns this to his advantage after having been on the bad end of this throughout most of the original trilogy. Specifically, when the Red Lotus Quarto catches up to him, Lexi delivers a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech... with Goh repeatedly ''agreeing'' with him and pointing out that if he despises him so much, he should go ahead and kill him. He then uses the Nyx Circuit to broadcast a manipulated message throughout the whole Train, presenting himself as a hapless victim of the Red Lotus Quatro and turning many of their former supporters against them.
38* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'': From [[spoiler:Yamane]]'s perspective, the events surrounding Asakura's attempted murder of Kyon look like a LoveConfession that went horribly, horribly wrong. They saw Asakura leaving a note in Kyon's shoe locker, followed by her going into an empty classroom. Kyon entered after her; later, Taniguchi opened the door and promptly ran off while apologizing profusely for interrupting. [[spoiler:Yamane]] then headed home, missing everything that followed; the next day, their homeroom teacher announced that Asakura had moved overseas, with Kyon looking completely unsurprised and unfazed. As a result, [[spoiler:Yamane]] completely hates Kyon's guts.
39* In ''Fanfic/PromisesOfAWanderingHero'', it's revealed that Motoko's [[DoesNotLikeMen hatred of men]] runs much deeper. She didn't just come across a PrimalScene; she has RepressedMemories of witnessing her father [[spoiler:murdering her mother in an Inverted frenzy]]. The situation is much more complicated than that; however, due to said repression, Motoko is barely aware of ''her own'' side of the story, much less theirs.
40* ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'':
41** When Todd runs into Copper at the park, they talk about how Chief had beaten Todd up; however, as Copper as leaving, Todd blurts out that he'd been raped. Copper misinterprets this as him claiming ''Chief'' had raped him, spurring him to punch Todd in the face before storming off. In reality, Todd was trying to confess that somebody else had assaulted him. Being unable to clarify what he meant results in Todd attempting to kill himself.
42** Fleabag made reservations for dinner, but Spiffy didn't show up because he got attacked in their apartment. Since Spiffy didn't like being open about their marriage, Fleabag believed that he'd been stood up, so when Spiffy tried calling him to explain, he hung up on him. He only finds out what really happened when Oegwipali calls him.
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44!!!''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
45* ''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.
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47!!!''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist''
48* 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]].
49* 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]].
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51!!!''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''
52* 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.
53* ''Fanfic/{{Regrets}}'': Leni [[spoiler:was raped by Nick Lambert, one of Lori's friends, at his Halloween party]], causing her to 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]].
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55!!!''Manga/LoveHina''
56* ''Fanfic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima'': Ryuichi is convinced that Miyabi deliberately ruined his friend Ogi's life by getting him fired. Eventually, however, he learns that he didn't get the full story: Ogi had deliberately led Miyabi on, and had taken her to meet his fiancé while fully aware of Miyabi's crush.
57* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'': Frequently {{Invoked|Trope}} by Naru and Motoko. Both are prone to [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness impulsive reactions]] based on minimal information, and outright ''refuse'' to listen to anyone else's side of things, rejecting anything that [[NeverMyFault might suggest they were wrong]]. As far as they're concerned, ''their'' perspective is the only one that matters.
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59!!!''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''
60* ''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:
61-->'''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...\
62'''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''.
63* In [[https://nobodyfamousposts.tumblr.com/post/184218659010/i-think-the-worse-way-adrien-could-reject this what-if story]], Adrien rejects Marinette's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove because he doesn't like how she's been trying to warn the others about Lila. After he [[PossessiveWristGrab twists her wrist]] while trying to extract a promise to stop trying to expose the ManipulativeBitch, Marinette [[IndignantSlap slaps him]] in order to make him let go. Cue [[https://nobodyfamousposts.tumblr.com/post/734443964533489664/what-if-adrien-rejection-in-felix-culpa this follow-up]], where Adrien deliberately {{Exploit|edTrope}}s this by PlayingTheVictimCard, trying to convince the rest of the class that Marinette [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass hit him for no good reason]]. Unfortunately for him, [[SpannerInTheWorks Felix witnessed the incident]] and informs the others about how he'd manhandled her; as the class turns on Adrien, Felix notes to himself how they're willing to hear out ''his'' side of the story, but refused to give Marinette any chance to defend herself.
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65!!!''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
66* ''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.
67-->''Didn't Applejack always teach ya there are two sides to every story?''
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69!!!''Franchise/{{Naruto}}''
70* ''Fanfic/{{The Moon Cries in Reverse|Naruto}}'': PlayedForDrama in ''Lunar Lamentations'', where the whole plot is set into motion by Anko, Ibiki and Hiruzen convincing themselves that Shikamaru's intelligence is far too similar to Orochimaru's for their liking. Shikamaru and his teammates [[TeamMemberInTheAdaptation Naruto and Sakura]] are given no chance to defend themselves; even his own ''father'' gets drawn into their paranoia, however reluctantly, and doesn't try ''talking'' to his son to learn what's going on. Jiraiya is the first adult who gets involved in the whole debacle who actually takes the step of ''listening'' to what Team Ten has to say, and is disgusted to learn how horribly the trio was treated.
71* In the GenderFlip story ''Fanfic/{{Songbird}}'', Naruko witnesses Aiko and Hino kissing, triggering a GreenEyedEpiphany about her feelings for the latter. What she doesn't realize is that this wasn't mutual; Aiko [[ForcefulKiss forcibly kissed]] Hino, and Naruko ran off before she could witness him rebuffing her.
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73!!!''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
74* In ''Fanfic/SuckedIntoTheSmashUniverse'', Jeff gets frustrated at how nobody is aware of Tabuu's side of matters, treating Tabuu as though they were nothing more than evil incarnate. Eventually, he snaps at Master Hand for this, explaining that Tabuu was NotEvilJustMisunderstood: he was attempting to make a world for himself and the Primids to live peacefully, unaware of the consequences of taking parts from different universes.
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78* A variation of this takes place in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'', 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."
79* 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.
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83* 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]].
84* ''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.
85* 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.
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89* ''Literature/GodsPlay'': Happens when William tries to explain being a shifter to Toby when [[DistressedDude he's in a compromising situation]].
90* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Sirius Black spent years in Azkaban Prison because everyone who didn't know Peter Pettigrew was a Death Eater assumed Sirius betrayed the Potters and killed Peter Pettigrew and several muggles. It was eventually revealed Peter faked his death and framed Sirius with everything.
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94* ''Series/EightSimpleRules'': John Ritter continuously berates one of his daughters for shoplifting. In reality, the friend she was shopping with did it.
95* 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.
96* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': This causes the major climax in the Season 5 episode "Blood Ties" when Dawn discovers she's the mystical Key.
97** She overhears only the first part of a conversation between her mother and sister:
98--->'''Joyce:''' She yelled at a teacher. The things she said, Buffy, I mean she never used language like that.\
99'''Buffy:''' She probably feels like she can say or do anything right now. She's not real. We're not her family, we don't even know what she is.
100** Dawn immediately runs off into danger and totally misses the rest of the conversation:
101--->'''Joyce:''' How can you talk about Dawn as if she's a thing?\
102'''Buffy:''' I'm not! I'm just saying that's probably how she feels.
103* ''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.
104* 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.
105* Inverted in an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' wherein, rather than someone assuming someone else's guilt and not letting them get a chance to defend themselves, someone gets ''over''-defensive about something without letting the other person raise any questions, accusatory or otherwise. To set the scene, [[Series/{{Cheers}} Diane Chambers]] has re-entered Frasier's life and the two have begun spending time together, digging up Frasier's insecurities and confused feelings regarding Diane having pulled a RunawayBride on him years before. At one point, he meets Niles for coffee and begins to ramble about Diane, only to start preempting Niles's responses, presuming that he's going to lecture Frasier about the situation being unhealthy, getting increasingly defensive, and eventually having a full-blown shouting match before storming off in a huff, with Niles ''having never spoken a single word''.
106* ''Series/FullHouse'':
107** D.J. was trying to take a beer can away from three boys at a school dance when her uncle Jesse catches her in the hallway and wrongfully accuses her, until one of the boys who were drinking confess to Jesse (after he apologizes to D.J.). Slightly different in the respect that D.J. did get to tell her side of the story, but even after answering every one of Jesse's questions, he still didn't believe her and didn't even consider the possibility she was telling the truth.
108** Jesse himself became the victim of this trope the following season when he tried to borrow a truck to get to his wedding to Rebecca on time, only for the sheriff, who is also the driver's cousin, to arrest him for stealing the truck. LaserGuidedKarma, anyone?
109* An episode of ''Series/SuperiorDonuts'' has Randy involved in an arrest where she has to use force on a black suspect. The arrest is caught on video. Franco is very mad at her as a result, but Arthur tells him not to make a big deal of it. Franco refuses to let it go, even after Randy is shot while making another arrest. (She's hit in a non-lethal area.) The rift between Arthur and Franco continues until Franco argues that Arthur hasn't even seen the video. Arthur then asks to see the video and then sees why Franco was so upset: Randy was ''smiling'' during the previous arrest.
110* 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]]
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114* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' plays with this on multiple levels. The Charr in the first game are presented as an AlwaysChaoticEvil race of invading fire-worshiping hellcats who live to destroy and enslave, and like to eat their human prisoners, and that slaughtering and torturing the Charr is not at all a bad thing. Both the characters in-game and the players were lead to believe this was the truth. Cue ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' revealing that all that was only propaganda from the human kingdoms - the Charr are far more complex, never ate people, and the invasion was their struggle to reclaim their occupied homeland.
115* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Geth. For three hundred years every race in galaxy thought 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.
116* 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 eats their dinner.
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120* ''Webcomic/FeralnetteAU'':
121** After Ladybug [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls her out]] for posting [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila's]] unverified claims on her Ladyblog ''despite knowing'' about her [[BlatantLies supposed 'lying disease']], Alya latches onto the notion that the superheroine just doesn't know the whole story. This is shown to be purely her grasping at straws, desperate to come up with a scenario where ''Ladybug'' is completely responsible for their falling-out while Alya and Lila are [[NeverMyFault totally blameless]].
122** She also tells Felix that he doesn't have the whole story, only for him to point out that he's gleaned enough to see what she's [[SelectiveObliviousness willfully ignoring]].
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126* ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', "Brother, Can You Spare The Time?": Dil appears on a talk show, "What's Your Tragedy?", about Tommy abandoning him upon winning an award in filmmaking, prompting booing and jeers from the audience when Tommy shows up to explain his side (basically, that it's not the case at all).
127* In the Sadie Hawkins dance episode of ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', Darren thinks Ginger is jealous because Courtney invited him to the dance while Ginger is going solo (Ginger's actually trying to tell him that Courtney meant to invite his older brother Will).
128* ''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".
129-->'''Young [=BoJack=]:''' ''(confused)'' I'm not a baby! I'm ''six''!\
130'''Butterscotch:''' Yes, ''(mockingly)'' [[BabyTalk Wah-wah, gah-gah, goo-goo!]]\
131'''Young [=BoJack=]:''' I'm forming sentences!\
132'''Butterscotch:''' Oh, and ''I'' can't?! Everyone's a critic!
133* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': In "If It Smells Like an Ed", the kids do this when they find the Eds next to a tied-up Jonny with candy stuck to his body. When the Eds try to explain themselves, the kids ignore their explanations, deem the Eds guilty of what they did to Jonny despite not having any evidence.
134* ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'': The pig cops in the 1972 movie have a conversation like this in the synagogue. One of them desperately tries to inform the other that he saw Fritz, but the other keeps slapping him to make him shut up out of respect for his Jewish faith.
135* ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'': 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]].
136* 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.
137* 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.
138* ''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.
139* ''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.
140* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When Bart tells a dirty joke to Reverend Lovejoy, his wife and daughter while visiting them at home he is thrown out of the house. As Bart starts stuttering "but, but, but...", trying to explain himself, Helen Lovejoy thinks he is repeatedly saying the word "butt" and asks him to "make it stop!".
141* 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.
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148* In ''Literature/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.
149%% Needs Context * Almost every arc of ''Anime/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' runs on this trope.
150* The anime adaptation of ''Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'' has Rin getting into trouble with a police officer. He assumes she was bullying a young boy, and it isn't until they're at the station that he learns that she was actually helping the kid.
151* 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.
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155* ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', "It's Cupid, Stupid": Nicole won't stop being excited over Tommy long enough for Tommy to tell about Chuckie wanting to ask her out to a Valentine's dance (ImaginaryLoveTriangle).
156* ''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.
157* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', "Splitting Images": [[MonsterOfTheWeek 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.
158* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "Top Duck" has Launchpad become nervous because he's supposed to be taking part in an air show which his parents and sister are also supposed to attend. He's afraid that they see him as an embarrassment due to his [[CaptainCrash tendency to crash planes]] when they're actually proud of him for never giving up despite his repeated crashes. When they finally meet, Launchpad beats himself up verbally without letting his family speak. He's in the middle of doing it again at episode's end when his father holds his beak shut long enough to tell him how proud they are of him.
159* ''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.
160* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': this is the basic schtick of 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.
161* 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]].
162* 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.
163* 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.
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