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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': About a week after Shikimi's death, [[spoiler:Iijima]]'s corpse is found by the police buried near the roadway. While the investigation team suspects a connection to the disappearances of Kowase and Shikimi, it turns out Maria did ''not'' kill him ([[HeKnowsTooMuch she considered it]], but [[EveryoneHasStandards ultimately chose to spare him since he had nothing to do with Kiritaka's death]]). It ''also'' turns out Okaya and his gang weren't responsible for his death, either (while [[TheBrute Kinugawa]] did think [[MisplacedRetribution he was the one responsible for Shikimi's death]] and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes wanted to kill him in retribution]], he wasn't able to find him in time). Both Maria and Okaya independently conclude that [[spoiler:a third, unrelated party with questionable was responsible]].

* In a non-villainous version, the first plotline in ''[[Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove Haiyore! Nyarko-san W]]'' has two aliens ransack the [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Great Celaeno Library]] looking for a forbidden book. Mahiro suspects that they wanted Nyarko's overdue library book, because she (unwittingly) tends to be behind these events. When it turns out that ''he'' had the book they wanted[[note]]he was looking at it while in the library and shoved it into his jacket pocket without thinking with the aliens attacked[[/note]], he gives a BigNo and Nyarko says that it was unfair for him to instantly assume it was her.

* ''Manga/SPYxFAMILY'' has the Forgers' undergoing several SecretTestOfCharacter being administered to them by the school faculty to see if their daughter is "Elegant" enough to attend Eden Academy: Saluting the statue of the Schools' first Headmaster, Helping a boy stuck in a grate without getting their clothes muddy. Loid wonders how deranged the Academy is when a stampede of farm animals is charging right at them and other school applicants. [[EveryoneHasStandards Cut to said Headmaster wondering who exactly among his staff would take things this far]], only to have them respond that they thought he was the one that unleashed the farm animals.
--> '''Henry:''' You mean to tell me, this is an'' actual ''accident?!
* Happens with [[spoiler:Monaca]] in ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''. [[spoiler:Yes, Komaeda promised to teach her to become the next Junko Enoshima and she did KillAndReplace Gekkougahara with a robotic avatar of the Ultimate Therapist. However, she was [[EvenEvilHasStandards so disturbed over Komaeda's antics that she decides not to be the next Junko Enoshima]] and she only used Mecha!Gekkougahara (in which she killed during Komaeda's training into becoming the next Enoshima) to observe Makoto Naegi.]]
* ''Manga/FairyTail'': The Fiore Royal Family blames Zeref for Acnologia, convinced the former transformed the latter into a dragon. While Zeref is responsible for nearly every major event in series and a lot of strife in the characters' backstories (either due to his research and creations, people's desire to attain his power, and/or [[spoiler:[[{{Irony}} ironically]] his plan to defeat Acnologia]]), he is ''not'' responsible for Acnologia. Acnologia's transformation was actually a natural consequence of the use of Dragon Slaying magic -- if anyone is to blame for him becoming [[TheDreaded the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse]], it'd be [[spoiler:Spriggan 12 member Irene Belserion, who created Dragon Slaying magic]].
* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': When William and Sherlock happen upon a murder on a train they happened to be traveling on at the same time, it carries all the hints of being another one of William's killings. But it turns out he had nothing to do with it!
* ''Manga/ShiNiAruki'' starts with many people in Tokiko Kurosu's adoptive family dying mysterious deaths from accidents, and naturally, murder is suspected. [[spoiler:Sou Aoya, a journalist who wants to "purify" himself through killing "pure" people and consuming their blood]] turns out to be a murderer, but this person turns out to only have killed [[spoiler:one of the last victims, Rina Kurosu]]. Everyone else (outside three suicides) were just bizarre accidents that ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may or may not]]) have been the result of a supernatural curse.

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has a rather sad example in one chapter. Keroro is expecting praise for doing a good job cleaning the house, but is instead met with furious accusations by Natsumi and Fuyuki of screwing with computer networks across the city, and has a nervous breakdown when they refuse to believe his pleas that he's not responsible. The real culprits turn out to be [[ThePsychoRangers the Garuru Platoon]], as a prelude to taking over the invasion of Earth.

* In a non-villainous version, the first plotline in ''[[Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove Haiyore! Nyarko-san W]]'' has two aliens ransack the [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Great Celaeno Library]] looking for a forbidden book. Mahiro suspects that they wanted Nyarko's overdue library book, because she (unwittingly) tends to be behind these events. When it turns out that ''he'' had the book they wanted[[note]]he was looking at it while in the library and shoved it into his jacket pocket without thinking with the aliens attacked[[/note]], he gives a BigNo and Nyarko says that it was unfair for him to instantly assume it was her.
* Happens twice in ''Manga/DeathNote''. The first time, a man connected with the Kira investigation gets a (survivable) heart attack simply from the stress of the job; the second time, it's someone else running around with a Death Note supporting Kira's aims.
* In ''Anime/CrossAnge'', Ange blames a lot of things that Hilda did to her while she was at Arzenal and thus she can't trust her. As part of her ArsonMurderAndJaywalking accusations, one of said accusations was that the Perolina costume stinks, something Hilda never did. Ersha was the one wearing the costume, handing out the balloons before Ange stole it. Hilda even calls her out on that one.

* In an episode of ''Anime/CardcaptorSakura'', Kero attempts to convince Sakura and Tomo that Spinel Sun, not him, was the one who ate all of the school festival's sweets.

* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Vento of the Front invades Academy City and starts blowing up buildings and hurting people around the same time that Amata Kihara kidnaps Last Order. Touma Kamijou confronts Vento and orders her to release the child, only for Vento to say she has no idea what he is talking about.
* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': After multiple [[TheCorruption corrupted]] ayakashi attempt to kill Suzu, Matoi wrongly points to Shadow Mei as the most likely culprit because it seems like something she would be capable of. When Matsuri counters that Mei needs Suzu alive, she says Mei's behavior is too erratic to predict. (In Matoi's defense, Shadow Mei ''had'' attempted to kill Matsuri by setting an ayakashi on a rampage that almost killed Suzu as well.)
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': When all of the heart shaped balloons disappear from the culture festival overnight, Karen automatically assumes that the Tabletop Gaming Club must be responsible due to their reputation as troublemakers. [[spoiler:It was actually Shirogane (with Momo's help) who gathered them all up for his GrandRomanticGesture to Kaguya.]]

* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'':
** Koro-sensei is framed as a PantyThief in one arc, but when he initially protests his innocence, no one believes him, mostly because he's a total pervert who constantly ogles women and keeps dirty magazines in his desk. EveryoneHasStandards, however, and he considers stealing women's underwear to be a ''touch'' too gross, even for him.
** [[spoiler:Despite being a former ProfessionalKiller and possessing a skewed moral compass, Koro-sensei did not actually blow up the moon at the start of the story. Unlike the above, however, Koro-sensei has no issue taking credit for it, since he [[DeathSeeker wants his students to be properly motivated to kill him]].]]
* In the ''Anime/Moomin1990'' episode "Hurry Up Snufkin", Moominpappa and Snork catch Moomin and Snorkmaiden searching for Snufkin alongside Stinky, the resident {{Jerkass}} and troublemaker of Moominvalley. Since both of them had been warned not to hunt for Snufkin (especially Moomin, who was bedridden with fever), Moominpappa and Snork both assume that Stinky manipulated them into going. Stinky was actually hesitant to tell Moomin where to start looking for Snufkin, and only accompanied him to make sure he would stay safe.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In a flashback, a soldier under [[spoiler:Captain Yachiru Unohana]] reports to her saying he was unable to find a WorthyOpponent for her. He figures that the ''mountain of corpses'' she was standing by was her way of expressing frustration over this, but she denies having killed these people (with an undertone of having done something like that before) -- turns out it was [[spoiler:a young Kenpachi Zaraki]], also looking for a worthy opponent.

* In a non-villainous version, the first plotline in ''[[LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove Haiyore! Nyarko-san W]]'' has two aliens ransack the [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Great Celaeno Library]] looking for a forbidden book. Mahiro suspects that they wanted Nyarko's overdue library book, because she (unwittingly) tends to be behind these events. When it turns out that ''he'' had the book they wanted[[note]]he was looking at it while in the library and shoved it into his jacket pocket without thinking with the aliens attacked[[/note]], he gives a BigNo and Nyarko says that it was unfair for him to instantly assume it was her.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Vento of the Front invades Academy City and starts blowing up buildings and hurting people around the same time that Amata Kihara kidnaps Last Order. Touma Kamijou confronts Vento and orders her to release the child, only for Vento to say she has no idea what he is talking about.

* ''Manga/SpyxFamily'' has the Forgers' undergoing several SecretTestOfCharacter being administered to them by the school faculty to see if their daughter is "Elegant" enough to attend Eden Academy: Saluting the statue of the Schools' first Headmaster, Helping a boy stuck in a grate without getting their clothes muddy. Loid wonders how deranged the Academy is when a stampede of farm animals is charging right at them and other school applicants. [[EveryoneHasStandards Cut to said Headmaster wondering who exactly among his staff would take things this far]], only to have them respond that they thought he was the one that unleashed the farm animals.

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': After multiple [[TheCorruption corrupted]] ayakashi attempt to kill Suzu, Matoi wrongly points to Shadow Mei as the most likely culprit because it seems like something she would be capable of. When Matsuri counters that Mei needs Suzu's alive, she says Mei's behavior is too erratic to predict. (In Matoi's defense, Shadow Mei ''had'' attempted to kill Matsuri by setting an ayakashi on a rampage that almost killed Suzu as well.)

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' has the Forgers' undergoing several SecretTestOfCharacter being administered to them by the school faculty to see if their daughter is "Elegant" enough to attend Eden Academy: Saluting the statue of the Schools' first Headmaster, Helping a boy stuck in a grate without getting their clothes muddy. Loid wonders how deranged the Academy is when a stampede of farm animals is charging right at them and other school applicants. [[EveryoneHasStandards Cut to said Headmaster wondering who exactly among his staff would take things this far]], only to have them respond that they thought he was the one that unleased the farm animals.
--> '''Henry:''' ''You mean to tell me, this is an'' actual ''accident?!''

* ''Manga/WalkToDeath'' starts with many people in Tokiko Kurosu's adoptive family dying mysterious deaths from accidents, and naturally, murder is suspected. [[spoiler:Sou Aoya, a journalist who wants to "purify" himself through killing "pure" people and consuming their blood]] turns out to be a murderer, but this person turns out to only have killed [[spoiler:one of the last victims, Rina Kurosu]]. Everyone else [[spoiler:was a victim of a {{curse}} surrounding Tokiko.]]

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' has the Forgers' undergoing several SecretTestOfCharacter being administered to them by the school faculty to see if they are "Elegant" enough to attend Eden Academy: Saluting the statue of the Schools' first Headmaster, Helping a boy stuck in a grate without getting their clothes muddy. Loid wonders how deranged the Headmaster is when a stampede of farm animals is charging right at them and other school applicants. [[EveryoneHasStandards Cut to said Headmaster wondering who exactly among his staff would take things this far]], only to have them respond that they thought he was the one that unleased the farm animals.

'''Henry:''' ''You mean to tell me, this is an'' actual ''accident?!''