Quotes / Motive Misidentification

Sly: All this... because you can't fly. You're pathetic.
Arpeggio: Immortality! Immortality is what I seek! The other Klaww Gang members were much too short-sighted. They were satisfied using the Clockwerk Parts to drive their various trivial schemes. But not me, no. I saw them for what they really were –- the keys to life eternal!

— Sly 2: Band of Thieves

Randall: [chuckles darkly] You still think this is about that stupid scare record?
Mike: Well... I did. Right up until... you chuckled like that, and now I'm thinkin' I should just get outta here.

— Monsters, Inc.

[The Powerpuff Girls discover Mojo Jojo was the one wetting their bed by pouring water onto it]
Bubbles: So, it was you the whole time!
Buttercup: But why?
Mojo: [chuckles] Well, you see—
Blossom: I know why! You knew exactly what would happen! By pouring water on our bed and wetting our sheets, you knew we would misinterpret our situation.
Bubbles: With our confidence ruined...
Blossom: ...our sleep deprivation at an all-time high...
Buttercup: ...and our teamwork totally trashed...
Bubbles: ... you can take over the world!
Blossom: That's why you did it, Mojo, isn't it?
Mojo: No, I just don't like you.
[The Powerpuff Girls stare at Mojo in Stunned Silence]

— The Powerpuff Girls (1998), "Pee Pee G's"

Amy: It all makes sense. He knew that if he scared the Globetrotters away from the big basketball game, disappointed fans would flock to his Kabuki Theater.
Hermes: Of course!
George Takei: No, that's not why I did it.
Fry: Then, like, why did you do it?
Takei: I'm mentally ill.

— Futurama, "Saturday Morning Fun Pit: Bendee Boo and the Mystery Crew"

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