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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Hunter was essentially raised as a ChildSoldier, conditioned to obey Emperor Belos without question and having had little social interaction with anyone outside the Emperor's Coven. So when he takes it upon himself to find recruits for the Coven from among Hexside students and has to interact with kids his own age in a non-combat setting, [[NoSocialSkills he makes some... slightly-off assumptions]] about the typical teen mindset.
-->'''Hunter:''' Teens are probably into the same things as me. Like authority! And rules!

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** Jacob is a ConspiracyTheorist and actually has collected a solid amount of evidence that proves that witches and demons are real... Except thanks to online conspiracy circles he also thinks that they come from Mars and are trying to steal human teeth in order to fuel their time machines. The bonkers nonsense conclusion ruins any chance of anyone actually hearing out the reasonable first half.
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Hunter was essentially raised as a ChildSoldier, conditioned to obey Emperor Belos without question and having had little social interaction with anyone outside the Emperor's Coven. So when he takes it upon himself to find recruits for the Coven from among Hexside students and has to interact with kids his own age in a non-combat setting, [[NoSocialSkills he makes some... slightly-off assumptions]] about the typical teen mindset.
-->'''Hunter:''' --->'''Hunter:''' Teens are probably into the same things as me. Like authority! And rules!
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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': Once [[BullyHunter Maria]] makes it clear that she intends to kill him, Kowase immediately assumes that this is retribution for his {{bully|Brutality}}ing of [[ShrinkingViolet Yajima]]. To the very end, Kowase never realizes that Maria is the mother of Kiritaka Nagare, [[PlotTriggeringDeath whom Kowase and the rest of Okaya's gang killed two years ago]], and that [[BestServedCold she has been plotting]] to [[KnightTemplarParent kill them all ever since]].

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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': Once [[BullyHunter Maria]] makes it clear that she intends to kill him, Kowase immediately assumes that this is retribution for his {{bully|Brutality}}ing of [[ShrinkingViolet Yajima]].Yashima]]. To the very end, Kowase never realizes that Maria is the mother of Kiritaka Nagare, [[PlotTriggeringDeath whom Kowase and the rest of Okaya's gang killed two years ago]], and that [[BestServedCold she has been plotting]] to [[KnightTemplarParent kill them all ever since]].

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* Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer, had his own observatory and made dozens of accurate and groundbreaking observations. He observed and recorded supernovas, comets, planetary motion, and more. However, he still concluded that the solar system was geocentric (with Earth in the center) rather than heliocentric (with the Sun in the center, which is the correct model). He did conclude that the rest of the planets likely revolved around the Sun, but still believed the Sun and stars revolved around the Earth. Much of this was because, at the time, the belief was that if the Earth was moving, then the patterns of stars would visibly change over the course of the year due to looking at them from different angles, a process called parallax -- which Tycho could not observe. The idea that stars could be simply so far away from the Earth that its yearly cycle creates no visible parallax effect, even through the telescopes of the day, seemed utterly implausible.

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* Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer, had his own observatory and made dozens As explained in Literature/TheGreatPtolemaicSmackdown, up until the days of accurate and groundbreaking observations. He observed and recorded supernovas, comets, planetary motion, and more. However, he still concluded Sir Isaac Newton, it was the view of every remotely credible astronomer in the Western world that the solar system was geocentric (with Earth in sat at the center) rather than heliocentric (with center of the universe and the Sun in the center, which is the correct model). He did conclude that the rest of the planets likely revolved around the Sun, but still it. Most people nowadays assume this means that [[MedievalMorons those astronomers were stupid]], or, more charitably, [[BeliefMakesYouStupid only believed in geocentricism more for philosophical or religious reasons rather than scientific ones]]. However, to the Sun contrary, plenty of people had come up with various forms of heliocentricism since at least the time of Aristotle, and stars revolved it was ''these'' theories that were widely seen as steeped in philosophical nonsense rather than observable fact (i.e. "the Earth can't be at the center because fire is a nobler element than earth" or "planets must revolve around the Earth. Much of this Sun because then they'd have perfectly circular orbits, and the heavens are perfect"). This was because, at because astronomers had major evidence in favor of geocentricism--in particular, the time, the belief was concept of stellar parallax, that if the Earth was moving, then the patterns of stars would should visibly change move over the course of the year due to looking at them from different angles, a process called parallax -- which Tycho could not observe. The idea that stars could be simply so far away from if the Earth really was in constant orbit, and the question of how people can stay on the Earth without falling off from its constant motion--that heliocentrists mostly had to ignore or brush past. Tycho Brahe in particular, probably the best astronomer of his era, revised his own solar system model to fit new discoveries, but kept the Earth at the center simply because that its yearly cycle creates no visible parallax effect, even through was what made the most scientific sense. It wasn't until telescopes had advanced enough to detect stellar parallax and Newton published his Law of Universal Gravitation that geocentricism finally stopped working as a sensible view of the day, seemed utterly implausible.world.
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* ''[[ComicBook/AntMan2022 Ant-Man]]'' (2022): In issue 2, Skrull infiltrator Criti Noll has a private freak-out over Eric O'Grady stealing the G.I.Ant-Man suit, thinking he has discovered there's Skrull tech and is ready to blow the Skrull infiltration wide open. Eric O'Grady is a bungling, selfish, cowardly moron who doesn't have the first clue how his stolen suit works to begin with.
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* ''[[ComicBook/AntMan2022 Ant-Man]]'' (2022): ''ComicBook/AntMan'': In issue 2, ''ComicBook/AntMan2022'' #2, Skrull infiltrator Criti Noll has a private freak-out over Eric O'Grady stealing the G.I.Ant-Man suit, thinking he has discovered there's Skrull tech and is ready to blow the Skrull infiltration wide open. Eric O'Grady is a bungling, selfish, cowardly moron who doesn't have the first clue how his stolen suit works to begin with.
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* An early issue of ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' introduces a hack tabloid journalist who manages to uncover and piece together evidence that the residents of Fabletown have lived in the same New York neighborhood for over 200 years [[Really700YearsOld without aging a day]] -- thus making him the first [[{{Muggle}} "Mundy"]] ever to figure out the Fables' secret. And then he immediately jumps to the conclusion that they're all ''vampires'', threatening to expose them to the world if they don't turn him into one of them. Since they obviously can't do that (and they can't just tell him who they ''really'' are), the Fables have no choice but to [[TheCaper hatch a plan to steal and destroy his evidence]].
* In ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika'', young Allie Littleton is a fan of the titular adventuress, but when she meets Lady Mechanika in person, she asserts that she must be an impostor. After all, the ''real'' Lady Mechanika is a famous ActionGirl and would ''never'' wear anything as "frumpy" as the Victorian dress she has on at the time (which is her normal attire when she isn't on the job). She later "proves" Lady Mechanika is an impostor by asking a question about one of her adventures...except the adventure is from a penny dreadful Allie read about Lady Mechanika, and not one of her actual escapades. Lady Mechanika seems more amused by the whole misunderstanding than anything, though she does take a small amount of offense over the "frumpy" comment.
* In ''ComicBook/PaperGirls'' one of the four young girls delivering newspapers in the first issue (which is set in 1988) mentions that her father thinks that newspapers don't have much of a future. Indeed, starting shortly after the turn of the millennium, newspapers in the United States did start experiencing a sharp decline in customers and circulation as they did not adapt well to competition from online news sources and the loss of ad revenue when advertisers discovered that targeted online ads performed far better than those placed in newspapers. However, the girl's father isn't a visionary or prophet who thought newspapers would go downhill for these reasons, instead he believed it was because the world had nearly run out of trees to use for paper and everyone would be getting their information from broadcast TV networks.

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* An early issue of ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' An early issue introduces a hack tabloid journalist who manages to uncover and piece together evidence that the residents of Fabletown have lived in the same New York neighborhood for over 200 years [[Really700YearsOld without aging a day]] -- thus making him the first [[{{Muggle}} "Mundy"]] ever to figure out the Fables' secret. And then he immediately jumps to the conclusion that they're all ''vampires'', threatening to expose them to the world if they don't turn him into one of them. Since they obviously can't do that (and they can't just tell him who they ''really'' are), the Fables have no choice but to [[TheCaper hatch a plan to steal and destroy his evidence]].
* In ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika'', young ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika'': Young Allie Littleton is a fan of the titular adventuress, but when she meets Lady Mechanika in person, she asserts that she must be an impostor. After all, the ''real'' Lady Mechanika is a famous ActionGirl and would ''never'' wear anything as "frumpy" as the Victorian dress she has on at the time (which is her normal attire when she isn't on the job). She later "proves" Lady Mechanika is an impostor by asking a question about one of her adventures...except the adventure is from a penny dreadful Allie read about Lady Mechanika, and not one of her actual escapades. Lady Mechanika seems more amused by the whole misunderstanding than anything, though she does take a small amount of offense over the "frumpy" comment.
* In ''ComicBook/PaperGirls'' one ''ComicBook/PaperGirls'': One of the four young girls delivering newspapers in the first issue (which is set in 1988) mentions that her father thinks that newspapers don't have much of a future. Indeed, starting shortly after the turn of the millennium, newspapers in the United States did start experiencing a sharp decline in customers and circulation as they did not adapt well to competition from online news sources and the loss of ad revenue when advertisers discovered that targeted online ads performed far better than those placed in newspapers. However, the girl's father isn't a visionary or prophet who thought newspapers would go downhill for these reasons, instead he believed it was because the world had nearly run out of trees to use for paper and everyone would be getting their information from broadcast TV networks.



* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', Rorschach immediately assumes from the death of the Comedian that there's someone going around killing superheroes, and is more deeply convinced when Doctor Manhattan has a breakdown and leaves Earth. He's wrong; the Comedian was killed for knowing the truth about a conspiracy, and Doc was manipulated into his breakdown to keep him from uncovering it. They were taken out by the same conspiracy, but that was because of things about them and only them; every other superhero was (more or less) perfectly safe. Rorschach had the bad luck to tell his theory to the ''actual'' killer, who proceeded to orchestrate more fake attempts and disappearances to keep Rorschach on the wrong trail.
* A ''Webelos Woody'' comic from a 1989 issue of ''Boys' Life'' involves this trope. Woody is learning about air pressure and discusses many facts about air pressure in regards to a brick he's holding. He deduces that the brick is lighter than the air pressure pushing up on it and should therefore shoot upward when he releases it. The brick [[AmusingInjuries instead falls on Woody's foot]]. Text at the end verifies that Woody's facts were true and the math was correct. It gets explained though that Woody didn't understand that an equal amount of air pressure was pushing down on the brick too, cancelling both forces out. Gravity then took over and made the brick fall.

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Rorschach immediately assumes from the death of the Comedian that there's someone going around killing superheroes, and is more deeply convinced when Doctor Manhattan has a breakdown and leaves Earth. He's wrong; the Comedian was killed for knowing the truth about a conspiracy, and Doc was manipulated into his breakdown to keep him from uncovering it. They were taken out by the same conspiracy, but that was because of things about them and only them; every other superhero was (more or less) perfectly safe. Rorschach had the bad luck to tell his theory to the ''actual'' killer, who proceeded to orchestrate more fake attempts and disappearances to keep Rorschach on the wrong trail.
* A ''Webelos Woody'' Woody'': A comic from a 1989 issue of ''Boys' Life'' involves this trope. Woody is learning about air pressure and discusses many facts about air pressure in regards to a brick he's holding. He deduces that the brick is lighter than the air pressure pushing up on it and should therefore shoot upward when he releases it. The brick [[AmusingInjuries instead falls on Woody's foot]]. Text at the end verifies that Woody's facts were true and the math was correct. It gets explained though that Woody didn't understand that an equal amount of air pressure was pushing down on the brick too, cancelling both forces out. Gravity then took over and made the brick fall.
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* Late in ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'', the Neo Megas, a new subrace of the [[ArtificialHuman Neo-Sapiens]], come up with a plan to overthrow BigBad Phaeton, believing that Phaeton's increasing instability is dooming the Neo-Sapiens in their war against humanity. The plotters behind the coup get certain people, including fellow Neo Mega Galba, to cooperate with their plans by lying and saying that they plan to reach a peace deal with the humans once Phaeton is deposed, rather than that they just want Phaeton's power for themselves. When the plotters think the coup has succeeded, they order Galba imprisoned. Phaeton learns of Galba's arrest once the coup is put down and Phaeton has resumed control, and comes to the conclusion that Galba must have been arrested for remaining loyal to him. So Phaeton frees Galba and keeps him involved in the war effort, which allows Galba to sabotage his plans or pass along information to the humans on several occasions later.
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* In ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' by Music/RichardWagner, there is an upcoming singing contest [[EngagementChallenge with Eva Pogner's hand in marriage as the promised reward]]. Hans Sachs, a great favorite among the townspeople, suggests that the whole of Nürnberg should judge the contestant instead of just the Masters, a select few, and later sabotages the attempts of Eva's AbhorrentAdmirer Sixtus Beckmesser to serenade her. Then Sixtus finds a love song clearly addressed to Eva and in Sachs's handwriting, so he figures out Sachs wants Eva for himself. In truth, Sachs is [[ShipperOnDeck helping]] Eva get together with Walter, the man she really loves; the song was composed by Walter and just written down with slight editing by Sachs.
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* In the 1943 film ''Film/{{The Batman|Serial}}'', Dr. Daka, the BigBad, finds that Batman keeps interfering with his plans despite his minions repeatedly claiming they've killed him. He comes to the reasonable conclusion that "Batman" is the CollectiveIdentity of a group of agents working against him, so killing one just means another takes his place.
* ''Film/GetOut'': Chris is a black man dating a white woman in America. When they go to meet her rich liberal family in their nice country estate, they are a bit racist towards him, but he just thinks it's misguided BourgeoisBohemian ingratiation to him (such as celebrating African-American athletes and an Asian man wondering if BlackIsBiggerInBed). [[{{Gaslighting}} He even begins to wonder if]] the events are really that weird or [[EverythingIsRacist just manifestations of his own racial sensitivities and discomfort around white people]]. His girl insists that her parents are totally uncool but not at all ''racist'' or even conservative. [[spoiler:The truth is her family are a {{Cult}} who have found a way to BodySurf between people to experience life and youth forever, and they really do think black people are physically better than everyone else - which makes them perfect hosts for their "superior" white minds. And his girl? She's in on the plot.]]

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* In the 1943 film ''Film/{{The Batman|Serial}}'', ''Film/TheBatmanSerial'', Dr. Daka, the BigBad, finds that Batman keeps interfering with his plans despite his minions repeatedly claiming they've killed him. He comes to the reasonable conclusion that "Batman" is the CollectiveIdentity of a group of agents working against him, so killing one just means another takes his place.
* ''Film/GetOut'': ''Film/GetOut2017'': Chris is a black man dating a white woman in America. When they go to meet her rich liberal family in their nice country estate, they are a bit racist towards him, but he just thinks it's misguided BourgeoisBohemian ingratiation to him (such as celebrating African-American athletes and an Asian man wondering if BlackIsBiggerInBed). [[{{Gaslighting}} He even begins to wonder if]] the events are really that weird or [[EverythingIsRacist just manifestations of his own racial sensitivities and discomfort around white people]]. His girl insists that her parents are totally uncool but not at all ''racist'' or even conservative. [[spoiler:The truth is her family are a {{Cult}} who have found a way to BodySurf between people to experience life and youth forever, and they really do think black people are physically better than everyone else - -- which makes them perfect hosts for their "superior" white minds. And his girl? She's in on the plot.]]
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* In Season 1 of ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'', Kimmy falls under the impression that "''callate''"[[labelnote:translation]]shut up[[/labelnote]] is the Spanish word for "hello", because it's how Vera greets [[CloudcuckooLander her]] every day.

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