History KangarooCourt / AnimeAndManga

* Pamela and [[spoiler:Ash]] are submitted to an unofficial one in ''Manhwa/TheTarotCafe''. Both are kidnapped by an insane group of religious fanatics who claim that the two are minions of the Devil. They first ask [[spoiler:Ash]] if he believes in wizards. When he says he does not, they [[InsaneTrollLogic twist his words]] to mean that he admitted to not believing in God (according to them, wizards are a sign of the Devil, thus denying the existence of wizards is to deny the Devil and denying the existence of the Devil is thus to deny the existence of God). When they ask Pamela the same question, she simply says "What if I do?", which they take to mean that she does believe in wizards and is thus an agent of the Devil. Partway through, Pamela is crushed by a giant statue, which the fanatics believe is a sign that God judged her...and then believe that she's evil because she survived (really, she's immortal).

* A young Edgeworth calls this out by name in the English dub of ''Anime/AceAttorney'' (a franchise very well known for this trope to begin with), shaming his entire class that believed Phoenix was guilty of stealing his money without any proof.

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--> '''Rossiu:''' Quiet in my courtroom, Legal Affairs Chief Kittan.

** [[spoiler:Aizen]] receives similar treatment, being sentenced almost immediately. When he lightly mocks the Centray 46, they add two thousand years to the sentence and have his eyes covered so he'll be blind the entire time. [[spoiler:In this case though, his crimes against Soul Society (and the rest of humanity, dead or alive) were actually legitimate with plenty of eyewitness and first-hand evidence. The sentence would have included an execution if [[CompleteImmortality he wasn't immortal at that point]].]] Still, Central 46 added an extra ''two millennia'' and ''enforced blindness'' to his sentence essentially for the crime of not bowing and scraping to the people who were sentencing him to an AndIMustScream situation.

* In ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'' before he's even captured, documents for Nyarlathotep's trial, conviction, and sentencing are drawn up and sent to Froleytia. The actual "trial" when he's brought into custody is immediate, lasts thirty seconds, and finds him guilty.
* In ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'', Azusa and her family end up being thrown into this at the behest of a corrupt official from a neighbouring town, Nascúte. Fortunately, they manage to just as quickly save themselves with overwhelming character references and even more powerful people than their accuser.
* ''Literature/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'':
** Show trials are pretty common in the Goldenbaum Dynasty, where nobles, flag officer, and the Department of Social Discipline can try and execute anyone regardless of evidence. [[spoiler:Reinhard does away with this system shortly after using it one last time to depose Marquis Lichtenlade in order to obtain absolute power in the Empire, which is then reformed by Kesler.]]
** Yang Wenli get subjected to this twice by the Alliance. The first one as an inquiry, which is considered questionably legal as a means of trying thin for treason while under the influence of Phezzan. The second one is [[spoiler:executing him to prevent the now conquered Alliance from being further subjugated, only for him to be reduce by Fredric’s and later defect with the 13th Fleet]].

* Simon gets put through one of these in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' when Rossiu needs a scapegoat. Kittan angrily protests at the verdict, pointing out, among other things, that they gave Simon the stupidest member ([[SingleMindedTwins or at least tied for stupidest]]) of the government for a defense attorney and packed the court with members of Rossiu's government (with Rossiu himself presiding as judge).

* Simon gets put through one of these in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' when Rossiu needs a scapegoat. Kittan angrily protests at the verdict, pointing out, among other things, that they gave Simon the stupidest member of the government for a defense attorney and packed the court with members of Rossiu's government (with Rossiu himself presiding as judge).

* In ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesForThreeHundredYearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'', Azusa and her family end up being thrown into this at the behest of a corrupt official from a neighbouring town, Nascute. Fortunately, they manage to just as quickly save themselves with overwhelming character references and even more powerful people than their accuser.