History Main / SubvertedSuspicionAesop

** Of course, it works a little better in that case, because Harry had previously suspected Malfoy in ''every single previous book'', and it was ''never'' him.

* The sixth ''HarryPotter'' book; Harry was right, Draco had replaced his father as a Death Eater and was responsible for the attempts on Dumbledore's life.

Despite being a BrokenAesop, it's a stock plot in Western Animation.

* ''TeenTitans''' adaptation of the Judas Contract: Raven has to learn to trust Terra; by the end of the season, it turns out she's a spy.
-->'''Raven:''' I knew it. ''I knew it.'' We never should have trusted her!
* Used in JimmyNeutron in ''The Egg-Pire Strikes Back,'' when the Yolkians come back and make peace with the people of Retroville. It's a bit different because the Yolkians were the main antagonists of the movie that started the whole series, and both viewers and Jimmy know that they are '''definitely''' up to no good- but everyone else tells Jimmy not to be so suspicious. When Jimmy is proven right at the very end, Jimmy makes them say "You were right and we were wrong" several times. Including in French and Chinese. (Although they fail at one of these)

* ''AdventureTimeWithFinnAndJake'': The one with Ricardio. Finn thinks he's evil, Jake thinks he's good. He's evil.

* ThePenguinsOfMadagascar, where the penguins are suspicious of Rhonda, a walrus, who was put in Marlene's pen, ([[FridgeLogic although what zookeeper in their right mind would put a GIANT walrus in the same pen as an otter?]]) because they think she's a spy bent on stealing their invention, but Marlene thinks she will be nice once she gets to know her. Once Marlene is upset about Rhonda's messiness, they have her PutOnABus. But, they realize that the bus is taking her to a polar bear reserve, and take the bus back and put her on a different one. It is then that they realize she has stolen the penguins' invention.

* AdventureTimeWithFinnAndJake: The one with Ricardio. Finn thinks he's evil, Jake thinks he's good. He's evil.
* MyLifeAsATeenageRobot

* In an episode of [[AmericanDragonJakeLong American Dragon: Jake Long]], Jake's school holds a fund-raising auction in which the girls auction on which boy they want to date. Jake rigs the auction so he would go with [[TheHottieAndTheNottie the Hottie instead of the Nerd Girl]]. Jake's friend warns him about being shallow. When there was a sighting of a Siren causing trouble, it took some convincing that the girl he was with was the culprit. [[spoiler: Turns out the nerd girl was the one who was the Siren]].

See also CassandraTruth.

You know how most times you see a Suspicion Aesop on TV? (Also known as the "don't judge a book by its cover" Aesop) It's about a new guy coming along. In this particular sort of Suspicion Aesop, everyone loves him. But someone thinks he's up to no good, (sometimes because that someone is jealous) and other people say [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong not to be suspicious about new people]]. [[BrokenAesop But it's almost always subverted because in the end it usually turns out he is bad after all]]. It's most often seen in Western Animation.

A reason why the trope is so often subverted would be that the writers don't want it to be a new main character, and even if he is good, he's usually PutOnABus. But, the trope may be played straight if the show is just beginning, and the writers are using it to introduce the character. Outside of that, the trope is more often DoublySubverted than played straight.

This is often used with aliens. When it isn't used for the sake of SpeculativeFiction, it's used because, after all, it could be ParanoiaFuel, and the writers don't want to use this trope without UnfortunateImplications on any real people, like the problem TooSmartForStrangers creates for your new babysitter. (In SpeculativeFiction, this can cause problems for InnocentAliens.)

Compare with the MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold, which also tries to get a Suspicion Aesop across, but different since ''everyone'' is suspicious about a guy who turns out to be good.

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* TheTwilightZone's famous episode "ToServeMan".

This is often used with aliens; after all, it could be ParanoiaFuel, and the writers don't want to use this trope without UnfortunateImplications on any real people, like the problem TooSmartForStrangers creates for your new babysitter. Or the writers might just want to do some SpeculativeFiction.

Compare TheBooRadley, which also tries to get a Suspicion Aesop across, but different since EVERYONE is suspicious about a guy who turns out to be good.

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* ''CopsAndRobbersons'': A running gag is cop-wannabe Chase getting bad service at a diner. Eventually he snaps and violently arrests the somewhat slovenly fellow (who never got his order right) and calls in the police(!); As veteran cop Palance apologizes profusely to the man, Chase stews in the back of Palance's car. On a whim, he put's the man name into the computer on the dashboard. The result: [[spoiler:countless warrants for Grand Theft Auto. Smug, Chase shows a printout to Palance, who arrests the career car thief. In Palance's words: "You got lucky."]]

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* SouthPark had a variation. A middle-eastern looking kid and his family move in, and Cartman is suspicious of him immediately. The kid's family itself was innocent, but Cartman's suspicion directly results in him saving the town by finding out about someone else's terrorist plot. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] at the end.

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* Used in JimmyNeutron in ''The Egg-Pire Strikes Back,'' when the Yolkians come back and make peace with the people of Retroville. It's a bit different because the Yolkians were the main antagonists of the movie that started the whole series, and both viewers and Jimmy know that they are '''definitely''' up to no good- but everyone else tells Jimmy not to be so suspicious. When Jimmy is proven right at the very end, Jimmy makes them say "You were right and we were wrong" several times.

* AdventureTimeWithFinnAndJake: The one with Ricardio. Finn thinks he's evil, Jake thinks he's good. [[spoiler: He's evil.]]

** There have notably been a few occasions where [[SubertedTrope Courage was wrong]]... notably, the pig chef (not a cannibal) and Kitty (not out to hurt anybody despite being an anthropomorphic cat in a creepy mask who hates Courage).

-->'''Becky''': Hey, no biggie. I * was* trying to steal your family. I even thought of a good place to bury you. Then I didn't have a shovel, so I went to the hardware store and they have six different kinds,and I was like, "later".
* InvaderZim is, in fact, an alien hell-bent on world domination. And only Dib can see it. Zim is, of course, the 'introduced in the pilot' version.

* The sixth ''HarryPotter'' book; Harry was right, Draco [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready had replaced his father as a Death Eater and was responsible for the attempts on Dumbledore's life]].

* ''TeenTitans''' adaptation of the Judas Contract: Raven has to learn to trust Terra; by the end of the season, it turns out she's a spy (YouShouldKnowThisAlready).

You know how most times you see a Suspicion Aesop on TV? (Also known as the "don't judge a book by its cover" Aesop) It's about a new guy coming along. In this particular sort of Suspicion Aesop, everyone loves him. But someone thinks he's up to no good, (sometimes because that someone is jealous) and other people say not to be suspicious about new people. [[BrokenAesop But it's almost always subverted because in the end it usually turns out he is bad after all]]. It's most often seen in Western Animation.

* Used in JimmyNeutron in ''The Egg-Pire Strikes Back,'' when the Yolkians come back and make peace with the people of Retroville. It's a bit different because the Yolkians were the main antagonists of the movie that started the whole series, and both viewers and Jimmy know that they are '''definitely''' up to no good- but everyone else tells Jimmy not to be so suspicious, probably because of all those alien toys the Yolkians gave them. When Jimmy is proven right at the very end, Jimmy makes them say "You were right and we were wrong" several times.

* Used in JimmyNeutron in ''The Egg-Pire Strikes Back,'' when the Yolkians come back and make peace with the people of Retroville. It's a bit different because the Yolkians were the main antagonists of the movie that started the whole series, and both viewers and Jimmy know that they are '''definitely''' up to no good- but everyone else tells Jimmy not to be so suspicious. When Jimmy is proven right at the very end, Jimmy makes them say "You were right and we were wrong" several times.