History Main / SubvertedSuspicionAesop

* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': In a parody of ''Film/RearWindow'', Jimmy suspects that his neighbor is actually an evil [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes pickle]] lady. At the end, he turns out to be correct, and she becomes a recurring villain. Despite the fact that said episode ended with Cerby eating her.

See also CassandraTruth, NoMereWindmill, and ProperlyParanoid. Contrast SheepInSheepsClothing, where a person suspected of secretly being evil is actually good.

->'''Ron:''' Normally I'd say we learned that suspicion and paranoia is bad, except that's what saved us.\\

* ''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.

* In ''AlvinAndTheChipmunks Meet the Wolfman'', it is mentioned that Alvin's horror-movie obsession and tendency to accuse innocent people in town of being monsters has gotten the trio in trouble many times before. Most of the movie makes it look like his suspicion that their new neighbor is a werewolf might just be more of the same. Nope, he's actually a werewolf.

** In another episode, Peter makes a Muslim friend, who introduces him to a bunch of other Muslims. Yes, of ''course'' they're all terrorists, what did you expect? Especially {{egregious}} because they try to tack on a "don't judge people" [[AnAesop Aesop]] in a throwaway line despite this.

* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': Anyone who meets [[DevilInPlainSight Mayo Mitama]] will be put off by her intimidating face, then immediately feel they're [[FaceOfAThug being prejudiced towards her because of her looks]]. But she really ''is'' as malicious and violent, which no one will accept as the truth [[SelectiveObliviousness even if they see it themselves]].

* This happens every time Mayo Mitama appears in ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''. While one character will be initially suspicious of her, it's always completely dismissed based on her (evil) looks.

** In [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince the sixth book]],[[spoiler: Harry was right, Draco had replaced his father as a Death Eater and was responsible for the attempts on Dumbledore's life.]] Of course, it works a little better in that case, because [[spoiler: Harry had previously suspected Malfoy was behind the attacks on Muggle-borns in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets their second year]]]], and it was wasn't him.

-->'''Raven:''' IKnewIt. ''I knew it.'' We never should have trusted her!

* ''Cops And Robbersons'': 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 pu'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."]]

* Averted in ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''. Throughout the first arc, both Cerberus and Syaoran are distrustful of Kaho Mizuki, the magical newcomer to the neighborhood. Sakura, of course, doesn't understand their suspicion and proceeds to befriend her. Both boys then engage in a certain amount of investigating on Mizuki--Cerberus most noticeably--and for a while, it looks like this trope is going to be played straight, and Mizuki is going to end up being the BigBad. But in the end, it turns out she's on Sakura's side and it's really [[spoiler: Yukito Tsukishiro]] they should really have been watching out for.

* The BaileySchoolKids series seems to come close to this, but always ultimately opts for MaybeMagicMaybeMundane at the end.

* Happens twice in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', both times with Ron and his enemies. First was when he and Kim met Lord Monty Fiske. All the time they were helping him, Ron felt he was 'bad road', but Kim called him delirious. Turns out he was right as Lord Fiske would become his ArchEnemy Monkey Fist. The second time was when he re encountered his mutant enemy Gill, who had seemed to have returned to being a human and given up being evil. However, Ron remained suspicious despite everyone calling him crazy (and [[ProducePelting throwing rotten vegetables at him]]). It turns out that he was right as Gill wanted to become a mutant again. It was at the end of that ordeal that Ron provided the page quote.

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-->'''Scott Evil:''' I think he hates me. I really think he wants to kill me.
-->'''Counselor:''' Scott, we don't want to kill each other in here. We might say that we do sometimes, but we really don't.
-->'''Doctor Evil:''' Actually, the boy's quite astute. I really am trying to kill him, but, so far, unsuccessfully.

See also CassandraTruth, NoMereWindmill, and ProperlyParanoid.

** Cadence . Cadence/Queen Chrysalis in the season 2 finale turns out she's ''worse'' than Twilight thought, and has kidnapped and replaced the real Cadence for her own nefarious plot.

* ''WesternAnimation/LadyLovelyLocks'' plays with this in the episode where Hairball is kicked out of Ravenwaves' castle. He asks to work at Lady's castle, but only so so he can gather her hair and get back in Ravnewaves' good books. Maiden Fairhair is rightly suspicious of him, but when the truth is revealed Lady says that if he ''was'' serious about reforming [[ReformedButRejected and they didn't believe him]] they'd feel even worse than when he betrayed them.

* ''WesternAnimation/LadyLovelyLocks'' plays with this in the episode where Hairball is kicked out of Ravenwaves' castle. He asks to work at Lady's castle, but only so so he can gather her hair and get back in Ravnewaves' good books. Maiden Fairhair is rightly suspicious of him, but when the truth is revealed Lady says that if he ''was'' serious about reforming [[RefromedButRejected and they didn't believe him]] they'd feel even worse than when he betrayed them.

* [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince The sixth]] ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book; [[spoiler: Harry was right, Draco had replaced his father as a Death Eater and was responsible for the attempts on Dumbledore's life]].
** Of course, it works a little better in that case, because [[spoiler: Harry had previously suspected Malfoy was behind the attacks on Muggle-borns in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets their second year]]]], and it was wasn't him.
** And then double-subverted in the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows seventh]] HP book. Similar to [[spoiler: Draco, Harry had harbored a dislike and suspicion of Snape through the entire series, which, just like Draco above, was wrong every time until it seemed to be finally confirmed at the end of book 6. And then book 7 comes around and it turns out Harry was just being prejudiced, Snape was a good guy and a DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent for Dumbledore all along.]] Though admittedly, still a JerkAss to Harry.

* This happens every time Mayo Mitama appears in ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei''. While one character will be initially suspicious of her, it's always completely dismissed based on her (evil) looks.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', one of the Rubies (the one Steven calls "Navy") tells Steven and Garnet that she wants to defect to the Crystal Gems. Steven decides to take her to the barn where the recently-defected Lapis Lazuli and Peridot live, so they can ease her transition to Earth. Lapis doesn't buy Navy's story, saying her turnaround from enemy to ally was too quick. It only makes Lapis more frustrated when Navy takes an immediate liking to ''everything on Earth that she encounters''. Lapis vents to Steven and Peridot that it took way longer for her to adjust to life on Earth, and when Navy overhears, she apologizes and admits that there may even be an element of jealousy to her suspicions. But she was right: Navy was just playing along to take her ship back and [[ForTheEvulz to see the look on the Crystal Gems' faces when being betrayed]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'', 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 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]].

* This is the ending of the plot of the early Tom Hanks comedy ''Film/TheBurbs'', in which a few nosy suburbanites become suspicious of their new foreign neighbors. It almost feels like an AssPull after Tom Hanks' character gives a speech ending with: "We're the lunatics! Us! IT'S NOT THEM! It's us!" ...Cue the neighbor trying to kill Hanks and then they discover human remains in his car trunk.
** It feels like an AssPull because it was - the film was originally intended to end with Hanks' rant about this trope, but test audiences didn't like that and the film makers were [[ExecutiveMeddling forced to change the ending]].

* This is the entire plot of ''Film/AllAboutEve''. [[spoiler:At the beginning of the movie, Eve befriends Margot Channing, who starts out feeling sorry for her, but begins to suspect her of having ulterior motives. Margot's behaviour towards Eve becomes increasingly obnoxious -- something all her friends call her out on. The audience is lead to sympathise with Eve until two-thirds of the way through the movie, when it's revealed that she's even more manipulative than Margot suspected.]]

** After two episodes where Gumball's suspicions of [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Alan]] prove untrue, "The Vision" reveals him to a be TotalitarianUtilitarian who wants to TakeOverTheWorld and [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul brainwash people to force them to be happy]]. When Alan (rather absurdly) claims his plan was NotWhatItLooksLike, he's overheard talking about how it wasn't. [[NegativeContinuity Naturally, this isn't reflected by any future episode.]]

** After two episodes where Gumball's suspicions of [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Alan]] prove untrue, "The Vision" reveals him to a be TotalitarianUtilitarian who wants to TakeOverTheWorld and [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul brainwash people to force them to be happy]]. When Alan (rather absurdly) claims his plan was NotWhatItLooksLike, the . [[NegativeContinuity Naturally, this isn't reflected by any future episode.]]

** After two episodes where Gumball's suspicions of [[IncorruptiblePurePurenses Alan]] prove untrue, "The Vision" reveals him to a be TotalitarianUtilitarian who wants to TakeOverTheWorld and [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul brainwash people to force them to be happy]]. When Alan (rather absurdly) claims his plan was NotWhatItLooksLike, the . [[NegativeContinuity Naturally, this isn't reflected by any future episode.]]