History Main / ShamedByAMob

* Happens to Amon in [[Western/AnimationTheLegendOfKorra]] after he's exposed as a waterbender to the Equalist crowd, people that had followed him hoping for equality between benders and nonbenders.

* Happens to Amon in [[Western/Animation TheLegendOfKorra]] after he's exposed as a waterbender to the Equalist crowd, people that had followed him hoping for equality between benders and nonbenders.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' has a bully who specifically goes after kids with "funny accents", targeting Dexter, along with two one shot friends, an Italian boy and an Irish boy. After punching them down in the schoolyard, he's immediately set upon by the entire school, who begin yelling at him in various different accents, distracting him enough that he walks right into the school statue face first, making his jaw swell up and screw up his own way of talking.

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'', the lions shame Scar after Simba returns, the hyenas and Scar shame Simba after Scar returns to his piece of equivocation, then after Scar gets confronted by his backstabbed hyena minions, they shame him before tearing him apart.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', when Kovu is mistakenly believed to have been part of the plot to try to kill Simba, and a huge crowd is singing about their hatred for him.

** In the 12th chapter, Celestia is brought along with Shining Armor, the Mane Five and Spike to a square for [[spoiler:Celestia]]'s [[PublicExecution hanging]]. They are insulted and reproached by Canterlot's angry citizens, the three original bridesmaids and Twilight [[CorruptTheCutie who's been manipulated to renounce them]]. The [[HeroWithBadPublicity discredited heroes]] try to expose [[CassandraTruth the truth]] about [[spoiler:Jewelius' true role in the invasion]], but everypony is too wrapped around [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Jewelius]]' hooves and too caught up in [[BrokenPedestal feeling betrayed by their failed protectors to believe them]]. Celestia even gets an egg thrown in her face by a filly who blames her for the Changelings hospitalizing her parents.

* Adverted in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'' were the Neo Arcadea refuges all tell off Zero and the Resistance for the war that ruined the planet. Zero gets fed up with them, [[ShammingTheMob and tells them that if they were so unhappy with the war then they shouldn't have left Neo Arcadea in the first place]].

* Adverted in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'' were the Neo Arcadea refuges all tell off Zero and the Resistance for the war that ruined the planet. Zero gets fed up with them, [[WhatTheHellTownspeople and tells them that if they were so unhappy with the war then they shouldn't have left Neo Arcadea in the first place]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In the episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBoldS2E11ChillOfTheNight Chill of the Night]]", Batman confronts, Joe Chill, the man who murdered his parents. Joe panics and runs to get help from the Gotham Rogues Gallary, and finds out too late that they ''aren't happy'' with how he basically create the man who makes their living hell.

Sometimes the cold stare of the mob can be directed at good characters, whether they [[NiceJobBreakingItHero messed something up]] or are mistakenly believed to have done something they didn't.

* In ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', when Kovu is mistakenly believed to have been part of the plot to try to kill Simba, and a huge crowd is singing about their hatred for him.

* ''Disney/GoliathII'' has the titular tiny elephant getting spanked by his mother for leaving the herd and getting disapproving glares from everyone, even by his parents. To the elephants, a deserter from the herd is branded a "scoundrel, a rogue elephant, a traitor to that high and imperial order of pompous pachyderms", and to make it worse, he had let his father down.

-->'''Lloyd''': Man, poor kid.\\

'''Offscreen Voice:''' HEY! YOU STINK!\\

** In the 12th chapter, Celestia is brought along with Shining Armor, the Mane Five and Spike to a square for [[spoiler:Celestia]]'s [[PublicExecution hanging]]. They are insulted and reproached by Canterlot's angry citizens, the three original bridesmaids and Twilight [[CorruptTheCutie who's been manipulated to renounce them]]. The [[HeroWithBadPublicity discredited heroes]] try to expose [[CassandraTruth the truth]] about [[spoiler:Jewelius' true role in the invasion]], but everypony is too wrapped around [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Jewelius]]' hooves and too caught up in feeling betrayed by their failed protectors to believe them. Celestia even gets an egg thrown in her face by a filly who blames her for the Changelings hospitalizing her parents.

** In the 12th chapter, Celestia is brought along with Shining Armor, the Mane Five and Spike to a square for [[spoiler:Celestia]]'s [[PublicExecution hanging]]. They are insulted and reproached by Canterlot's angry citizens, the three original bridesmaids and Twilight [[CorruptTheCutie who's been manipulated to renounce them]]. The [[HeroWithBadPublicity discredited heroes]] try to expose [[CassandraTruth the truth]] about [[spoiler:Jewelius' true role in the invasion]], but everypony is too wrapped around [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Jewelius]]' hooves to believe them. Celestia even gets an egg thrown in her face by a filly who blames her for the Changelings hospitalizing her parents.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' This happened to Steele when it was revealed that he was lying about what happened to Balto and the expedition group trying to bring home the medicine to save the town. When the dogs were leaving an anonymous one even slammed the door behind!

* ''Film/PansLabyrinth'', where even after Captain Vidal gave his son to the army waiting for him outside the maze, this was (understandably) not considered near enough to make up for his heinous evil deeds, [[spoiler:nor even close enough to it to convince people to respect his last wish; [[ShutUpHannibal he doesn't even get to finish expressing it]].]]

* Deconstructed on ''Series/LastWeekTonight''. During the segment on public shaming, Creator/JohnOliver points out how too often, [[GossipEvolution the transgression often gets warped out of context]], to the point that [[DisproportionateRetribution the backlash becomes highly excessive]].

(''The customers glare at Squidward as they begin leaving'')

** In the episode "Fools in April", Squidward plays a cruel prank on [=SpongeBob=] making him cry, which the other Bikini Bottomites express their disgust at the aforementioned, and they storm out of the Krusty Krab.
-->'''Tom''': April fools...jerk!\\

'''Offscreen voice:''' HEY! YOU STINK!\\
'''Squidward''': Wait! Wait! It was a joke! Uh-huh... (''looks around at the damage his prank caused he has made and winces and begins to feel ashamed of himself'') Why is it whenever I'm having fun, it's wrong? I didn't mean to make him cry. I guess this means I'd better tell [=SpongeBob=] I'm sor-eaach. (''makes weird face'') Huh? I guess this means I'd better apolo- (''gags and clutches his throat'') This is gonna be tougher than I thought.

'''Squidward''': Wait! Wait! It was a joke! Uh-huh... (''looks around at the damage his prank caused he has made and winces and begins to feel ashamed of himself'') Why is it whenever I'm having fun, it's wrong? I didn't mean to make him cry. I guess this means I'd better tell [=SpongeBob=] I'm sor-eaach. (''makes silly face'') Huh? I guess this means I'd better apolo- (gags and clutches his throat'') This is gonna be tougher than I thought.

'''Squidward''': Wait! Wait! It was a joke! Uh-huh... (''looks around at the damage his prank caused he has made and winces and begins to feel ashamed of himself'') Why is it whenever I'm having fun, it's wrong? I didn't mean to make him cry. I guess this means I'd better tell SpongeBob I'm sor-eaach. (''makes silly face'') Huh? I guess this means I'd better apolo- (gags and clutches his throat'') This is gonna be tougher than I thought.

'''Offscreen voice:''' HEY! YOU STINK!

** In the episode "Fools in April", Squidward plays a cruel prank on [=SpongeBob=] making him cry, which the other Bikini Bottomites express their disgust at the aforementioned, leaving the Krusty Krab.

* In ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic A Canterlot Wedding]]", [[ManipulativeBastard Prince Jewelius]] turns the entire city of Canterlot against the princesses as well as Twilight's brother and friends by revealing how they (unwittingly) let the Changeling invasion -- [[ForWantOfANail which Twilight just stopped]] -- take place. When Celestia is subdued by the Royal Guard, the wedding guests do nothing but shoot resentful glares at the once [[HundreadPercentAdorationRating worshipped]] princess. Crushed by this, Celestia wonders if she's feeling [[EtTuBrute the same way]] Twilight did when she was given the cold shoulder at the wedding rehearsal.

* In ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic A Canterlot Wedding]]'', [[ManipulativeBastard Prince Jewelius]] turns the entire city of Canterlot against the princesses as well as Twilight's brother and friends by revealing how they (unwittingly) let the Changeling invasion -- [[ForWantOfANail which Twilight just stopped]] -- take place. When Celestia is subdued by the Royal Guard, the wedding guests do nothing but shoot resentful glares at the once worshipped princess. Crushed by this, Celestia wonders if she's feeling [[EtTuBrute the same way]] Twilight did when she was given the cold shoulder at the wedding rehearsal.

* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' in the episode "The Texas Panhandler" a gang of panhandlers starts degrading Bobby for having a job when his father Hank makes him quit panhandling with them and has him go back to working. Bobby turns the tables on them when he starts revealing all these things that prove what useless freeloaders they are. The crowd he told looks at them with scorn and disappointment.

[[KarmaHoudini Some kinds]] of villains are so clearly undeserving of respect that the only appropriate response to them, after [[KickTheDog all that they have done]], is for that cold stare and unforgiving tone they are so fond of using themselves to be directed back at ''them'' instead. [[GoodIsNotSoft Especially]] from a large group of characters all at the same time, since the dramatic impact of combining their hatred with the prior reason for it ([[ItMakesSenseInContext at least to those who are familiar with the context]]) can create an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome especially epic feel]], though in a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and angrier]] way.