History Main / EntertaininglyWrong

** In ''TheBatman'', a couple of far-future archaeologists who are excavating the Batcave have a few conclusions like this. They think Oracle's wheelchair belonged to Alfred, for example, and after seeing a portrait of the Wayne family (Bruce and his parents), they conclude that ''Thomas'' Wayne was Batman, and Bruce was Robin.

* Vampire+Rosario pulled this with Tsukeme's older cousin, she came to perfectly valid conclusion considering she didn't know about monsters being real prior to her arrival. Of course she was clearly not being entirely observant seeing as a succubus transformed right in front of her, a snow demon froze a goldfish in an unobscured line of site before her and a witch' magic kept dropping amusing weights on everyone that tried to talk to Tsukume
** That and a faerie like spirit came right out of the cursed mirror she was holding, and she was still in denial till All Hell broke loose at the MonsterAccademy she was visiting

Inverse of RightForTheWrongReasons. Compare AccidentallyAccurate, when the work's creators do something similar. Many examples of SureLetsGoWithThat and FutureImperfect are the result of the assuming party being EntertaininglyWrong.

Inverse of RightForTheWrongReasons. Many examples of SureLetsGoWithThat and FutureImperfect are the result of the assuming party being EntertaininglyWrong.

* ''Motel of the Mysteries'' by David Macaulay is all about future archaeologists getting present-day America entertainingly wrong.

A common feature of rational WrongGenreSavvy characters who don't think they're in a story. Or MasterOfDelusion characters.

* The premise of ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/wholestory.php?no=19932 No Place Like Eureka]]'', a ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''{{Eureka}}'' crossover fanfic, is that Dawn gets embodied in Eureka rather than Sunnydale. When the Eureka residents realize that something is strange about Dawn, they come to the perfectly logical -- and entirely wrong -- conclusion that she was born in the future and sent back in time for some inscrutable reason. Hellgods and mystical Keys aren't really on their radar...

* In ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'', the Riddler is convinced that {{Batman}} is a VillainWithGoodPublicity; he ''must'' be stealing money to fund his [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys Wonderful Toys]]. What he doesn't know is that Bats is legitimately filthy rich and has an R&D department he can nick stuff from.

* The entire plot of ''HotFuzz'' is this.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/15/Inviolate chapter 15]]'' of ''Fanfic/{{Inviolate}}'',[[hottip:*:For those who care, it's an AU set just after Luthor is impeached in the DCU continuity]] LexLuthor concludes that Bruce Wayne is backing {{Batman}}... but thinks that Batman is Matches Malone, and that Harvey Dent wore the cowl before him.

* The premise of the "[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/wholestory.php?no=19932 No Place Like Eureka]]'', a ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''{{Eureka}}'' crossover fanfic, is that Dawn gets embodied in Eureka rather than Sunnydale. When the Eureka residents realize that something is strange about Dawn, they come to the perfectly logical -- and entirely wrong -- conclusion that she was born in the future and sent back in time for some inscrutable reason. Hellgods and mystical Keys aren't really on their radar...

* Happens in the ''HarryPotter'' series, most prominently in ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' and ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''. In ''Half-Blood Prince'', Dumbledore and Harry both come to the perfectly valid conclusion that Voldemort had tried to get a job at Hogwarts in an attempt to get ahold of an item belong to a Hogwarts Founder for use as a SoulJar. In ''Deathly Hallows'', Harry realizes they had it backwards, and that Voldemort used the interview to ''hide'' one of his Soul Jars in a hidden room on the way to Dumbledore's office. Actually getting the job would've just been a bonus.

* ''Motel of the Mysteries'' by David Macaulay is all about future archaeologists getting present-day America entertainingly wrong.

Inverse of RightForTheWrongReasons. Many examples of SureLetsGoWithThat are the result of the assuming party being EntertaininglyWrong.

* In ''{{Kaspall}}'', [[http://kaspall.xepher.net/archive/pg261.html Sam concludes that the world would be a lot better]] if it was just humans, because there would be no FantasticRacism.

* In chapter 15 of ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/15/Inviolate Inviolate]]'',[[hottip:*:For those who care, it's an AU set just after Luthor is impeached in the DCU continuity]] LexLuthor concludes that Bruce Wayne is backing {{Batman}}... but thinks that Batman is Matches Malone, and that Harvey Dent wore the cowl before him.

* In chapter 15 of [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5536346/15/Inviolate Inviolate]],[[hottip:*:For those who care, it's an AU set just after Luthor is impeached in the DCU continuity]] LexLuthor concludes that Bruce Wayne is backing {{Batman}}... but thinks that Batman is Matches Malone, and that Harvey Dent wore the cowl before him.
* The entire plot of HotFuzz is this.
* The ''{{Discworld}}'' novel Discworld/MenAtArms pulls one of these on the reader (and Corporal Carrot). We're introduced to Angua, a new female recruit to the Night Watch, very much a BoysClub. Both Vimes and Colon complain about her being the worst of the new recruits brought in to diversify the Watch, because she's "a w-" before being interrupted by an explosion. As it turns out, they're not complaining about her being female, but about her being [[spoiler:a werewolf]].

* The ''{{Discworld}}'' novel {{Discworld}}/MenAtArms pulls one of these on the reader (and Corporal Carrot). We're introduced to Angua, a new female recruit to the Night Watch, very much a BoysClub. Both Vimes and Colon complain about her being the worst of the new recruits brought in to diversify the Watch, because she's "a w-" before being interrupted by an explosion. As it turns out, they're not complaining about her being female, but about her being [[spoiler:a werewolf]].

A common feature of rational WrongGenreSavvy characters who don't think they're in a story.