History PlagiarismInFiction / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata'': The episode "Artic Invasion" has a new band called The Pengums taking Piñata Island by storm with their hit songs, with Hudson and Langston trying to ruin them for their own respective reasons (Hudson because he considers them hacks who stole his fame and Langston because the ice and snow they brought with them has rendered Pinata Central inoperable). In their attempts to do so, they inadvertently discover that not only have the Pengums [[ThatSyncingFeeling been lip-syncing their music the whole time]], they also ripped off all their songs from the band they used to be roadies to who wrote them four years prior under different names. [[BrokenPedestal The Pengums' fans are less than pleased with either of these revelations]].

* ''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata'': The episode "Artic Invasion" has a new band known as The Pengums taking Pinata Island by storm with their hit songs like "We Love Fish", with Hudson and Langston trying to ruin them for their own respective reasons (Hudson because they stole his fame and Langston because the ice and snow they brought with them has rendered Pinata Central inoperable). In their attempts to do so, they inadvertently discover that not only have the Pengums [[ThatSyncingFeeling been lip-syncing their music the whole time]], they also ripped off all their songs from another band that they used to be roadies to who wrote "We Love Fish" four years prior under a different name. The Pengums' fans are [[BrokenPedestal less than pleased with either of these revelations]].

* WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'s friend Francine accidentally plagiarizes a school report off not-Wikipedia, not knowing what plagiarism is until after she hands it in. Once her older sister Catherine finds out what she did, she enlightens her and advises she tell Mr. Ratburn. Francine later has a GuiltInducedNightmare of the original author of the article coming after for her, and decides to confess and present him with a paper she actually wrote, at which point he tells her that two crimes happen when someone plagiarizes: The original author is robbed of credit and the person who plagiarizes is robbed of learning something. She gets a "B" on the assignment she did herself, then kisses the paper. Arthur is confused at her pleasure, but she's happy because she ''earned'' the "B".

** The first time the Chipettes appeared occurred when the three main characters found out - accidentally - that this other band was using their name. Also accidentally. (While Dave did the smart thing and called his lawyer, Alvin decides to wager the name. (He loses, because the girls cheat.) The issue was resolved when the girls actually try to perform under the name, to an audience expecting Alvin's band. Uh-oh. (Fortunately for them, Alvin is very forgiving, jumping in and introducing them as guest musicians, who they quickly call the Chipettes.)

** In the episode "Weight Gain 4000", Cartman wins the essay contest, only for Wendy to reveal at the end that the paper is just ''Walden'' with Creator/HenryDavidThoreau's name replaced with his. The townspeople don't care[[note]]since the paper is what got Kathie Lee Gifford to come to town, only for her to flee when Mr. Garrison tried to shoot her for upstaging him when they were kids[[/note]] and she expresses her anger.
--->'''Wendy:''' I bet if ''Walden'' was a sitcom you'd all know what it was!
** The episode "Christian Rock Hard" has Cartman forming a Christian rock band with Tolkien and Butters called Faith + 1, with their music consisting of songs ripped off from other artists that have been rewritten to include Jesus's name. While nobody catches on, it does make the music executives backing them question if the band is really in it for God and not the money when they point out that their songs' lyrics make the boys look like they are actually in love with Jesus, with Cartman becoming defensive about it.

* WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'s friend Francine accidentally plagiarizes a school report off not-Wikipedia, not knowing what plagiarism is until after she hands it in. Once her older sister Catherine finds out what she did, she enlightens her and advises she tell Mr. Ratburn. Francine later has a GuiltInducedNightmare, and decides to confess and present him with a paper she actually wrote, at which point he tells her that two crimes happen when someone plagiarizes: The original author is robbed of credit and the person who plagiarizes is robbed of learning something. She gets a "B" on the assignment she did herself, then kisses the paper. Arthur is confused at her pleasure, but she's happy because she ''earned'' the "B".

-->'''Wendy:''' I bet if ''Walden'' was a sitcom you'd all know what it was!

* WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'s friend Francine accidentally plagiarizes a school report off not-Wikipedia, not knowing what plagiarism is until after she hands it in. Once her older sister Catherine finds out what she did, she enlightens her and advises she tell Mr. Ratburn. Francine has a nightmare, and decides to confess and present him with a paper she actually wrote, at which point he tells her that two crimes happen when someone plagiarizes: The original author is robbed of credit and the person who plagiarizes is robbed of learning something. She gets a "B" on the assignment she did herself, then kisses the paper. Arthur is confused at her pleasure, but she's happy because she ''earned'' the "B".

* WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'s friend Francine accidentally plagiarizes a school report off not-Wikipedia, not knowing what plagiarism is until after she hands it in. Once older sister Catherine finds out what she did, she enlightens her and tell her to tell Mr. Ratburn. Francine has a nightmare, and decided to confess and present him with a paper she actually wrote, at which point he tells her that two crimes happen when someone plagiarizes: The original author is robbed of credit and the person who plagiarizes is robbed of learning something. She gets a "B" on the assignment she did herself, then kisses the paper. Arthur is confused at her pleasure, but she's happy because she earned the "B".

** In another episode, police officer Reese arrives at the scene of an accident, where the two barely-alive victims mention that one's peanut butter got in another's chocolate, and vice versa. After Reese tastes the chocolate/PB mixture, he promptly shoots them both so he can steal the recipe.
** ''FG'' also has an accidental version, where Brian's (terrible) novel ''Faster Than the Speed of Love'' is 99% similar to the ''Film/IronEagle'' movies, which he says he's never seen. His attempts to prove that his novel is original [[DiggingYourselfDeeper only make things worse]], such as when he mentions a drug-smuggling ring (which, as Lois points out between hysterical laughter, was the plot of ''Iron Eagle III'').

** In the episode "Weight Gain 4000", Cartman wins the essay contest, only for Wendy to reveal at the end that the paper is just ''Walden'' with Creator/HenryDavidThoreau's name replaced with his. The townspeople don't care[[note]]since the paper is what got Creator/KathieLeeGifford to come to town, only for her to flee when Mr. Garrison tried to shoot her for upstaging him when they were kids[[/note]] and she expresses her anger.

** The episode "Christian Rock Hard" has Cartman forming a Christian rock band with Tolkien and Butters called Faith + 1, with their music consisting of songs ripped off from other artists that have been rewritten to include Jesus's name. While nobody catches on, it does make the music executives question if the band is really in it for God and not the money when they point out that their songs' lyrics make the boys look like they are actually in love with Jesus, with Cartman becoming defensive about it.

* ''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata'': The episode "Artic Invasion" has a new band known as The Pengums taking Pinata Island by storm with their hit songs like "We Love Fish", with Hudson and Langston trying to ruin them for their own respective reasons (Hudson because they stole his fame and Langston because the ice and snow they brought with them has rendered Pinata Central inoperable). In their attempts to do so, they discover that not only have the Pengums [[ThatSyncingFeeling been lip-syncing their music the whole time]], they also ripped off all their songs from The S'morepions, another band whom they used to be roadies to who wrote "We Love Fish" four years prior when it was originally called "We Love Sand". The Pengums' fans are [[BrokenPedestal less than pleased with either of these revelations]].

* ''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata'': The episode "Artic Invasion" has a new band known as The Pengums taking Pinata Island by storm with their hit song "We Love Fish", with Hudson and Langston trying to ruin them for their own respective reasons (Hudson because they stole his fame and Langston because the ice and snow they brought with them has rendered Pinata Central inoperable). It's later discovered that not only have the Pengums [[ThatSyncingFeeling been lip-syncing their music the whole time]], they also stole and rewrote all their songs from The S'morepions, another band whom they used to be roadies to who wrote "We Love Fish" four years prior when it was originally called "We Love Sand". The Pengums' fans are [[BrokenPedestal less than pleased with either of these revelations]].

* WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'s friend Francine accidentally plagiarizes a school report off not-Wikipedia, not knowing what plagiarism is until after she hands it in. Once older sister Catherine finds out what she did, she enlightens her and tell her to tell Mr. Ratburn. Francine has a nightmare, and decided to confess, at which point he tells her that two crimes happen when someone plagiarizes: The original author is robbed of credit and the person who plagiarizes is robbed of learning something. She gets a "B", then kisses the paper. Arthur is confused at her pleasure, but she's happy because she earned the "B".

** The episode "Christian Rock Hard" has Cartman forming a Christian rock band with Tolkien and Butters called Faith + 1, with their music consisting of songs ripped off from other artists that have been rewritten to include Jesus's name. While nobody catches on, the music executives point out that the songs' lyrics make the band look like they are in love with Jesus and question if they actually are in it for God and not the money, with Cartman becoming defensive about it.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Weight Gain 4000", Cartman wins the essay contest, only for Wendy to reveal at the end that the paper is just ''Walden'' with Creator/HenryDavidThoreau's name replaced with his. The townspeople don't care[[note]]since the paper is what got Creator/KathieLeeGifford to come to town, only for her to flee when Mr. Garrison tried to shoot her for upstaging him when they were kids[[/note]] and she expresses her anger.

** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS11E10BriansPlay Brian's Play]]", one of Stewie's criticisms about Brian's play ''A Passing Fancy'' is that in addition to having a simplistic plot filled with cliches, it contains numerous bits stolen from other works that Brian has allegedly never seen or read, one of them being a line from an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata'': The episode "Artic Invasion" has a new band known as The Pengums taking Pinata Island by storm with their hit song "We Love Fish", with Hudson and Langston trying to ruin them for their own respective reasons (Hudson because they stole his fame and Langston because the cold and ice they brought with them has rendered Pinata Central inoperable). It's later discovered that not only have the Pengums [[ThatSyncingFeeling been lip-syncing their music the whole time]], they also stole and rewrote all their songs from The S'morepions, another band whom they used to be roadies to who originally wrote "We Love Fish" four years prior when it used to be called "We Love Sand". The Pengums' fans are [[BrokenPedestal less than pleased with either of these revelations]].

* ''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata'': The episode "Artic Invasion" has a new band known as The Pengums taking Pinata Island by storm with their hit single "We Love Fish", with Hudson and Langston trying to ruin them for their own respective reasons (Hudson because they stole his fame, and Langston because the cold they brought with them has rendered Pinata Central inoperable). It's later discovered that not only have the Pengums [[ThatSyncingFeeling been lip-syncing their music the whole time]], they also stole and rewrote all their songs from The S'morepions, another band whom they used to be roadies to who originally wrote "We Love Fish" four years prior when it used to be called "We Love Sand". The Pengums' fans are [[BrokenPedestal less than pleased with either of these revelations]].

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E2TheWizardOfEvergreenTerrace The Wizard of Evergeen Terrace]]", Homer Simpson dreamed about becoming an inventor. After some ideas of his were rejected, he "invented" a chair with a special mechanism that prevented him from falling but he later found out UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison invented but didn't patent it. Homer and Bart went to the Thomas Edison Museum to destroy Edison's chair so there'd be no evidence Homer didn't invent it. There, they had a change of mind and left without destroying anything. Unfortunately, they also left Homer's electronic hammer, which, [[ItWillNeverCatchOn unlike what Marge thought, caught on]]. Thomas Edison was credited for the hammer and his "already wealthy" heirs got even more millions.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThundercatsRoar'': The episode "Panthro Plagarized!" has Vultureman trying to take over Third Earth with his latest invention, the gravity pincer. While the Thundercats work to stop him, Panthro is more upset over the fact that said invention is a ripoff of his gravity fork, which Vultureman stole the plans for while raiding their trash. Despite [[BlatantLies Vultureman's claims of having had the idea first]] ([[EvilIsPetty and later trademarking out of spite]]), Panthro becomes determined to get him to confess the truth, going so far as to threaten to ''[[ColonyDrop drop Third Earth's moon onto the surface of the planet]]'' if he doesn’t (which turns out to be just a bluff). It works, ending in Vultureman [[YoureInsane calling Panthro insane for having gone to such lengths]] and running off hoping that the latter ends up killing himself with one of his future inventions.
* ''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata'': The episode "Artic Invasion" has a new band known as The Pengums taking Pinata Island by storm with their hit single "We Love Fish", with Hudson and Langston trying to ruin them for their own respective reasons (Hudson because they stole his fame, and Langston because the cold they brought with them has rendered Pinata Central inoperable). It's later discovered that not only have the Pengums been lip-synching their music the whole time, they also stole and rewrote all their songs from The S'morepions, another band whom they used to be roadies to who originally wrote "We Love Fish" four years prior when it used to be called "We Love Sand". The Pengums' fans are less than pleased with either of these revelations.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThundercatsRoar'': The episode "Panthro Plagarized!" has Panthro inventing a gravity-manipulating device, only to discover that Vultureman stole his plans to make one of his own (which he trademarks, much to Panthro’s anger) despite [[BlatantLies the latter insisting that he came up with the idea first]]. Because of it, Panthro becomes determined to get Vultureman to confess that he was the one who ripped him off and not the other way around, going so far as to threaten to ''[[ColonyDrop drop Third Earth's moon onto the surface of the planet]]''. It works, although Vultureman [[YoureInsane calls Panthro insane for going to such lengths]] and runs off hoping that one of his future inventions ends up killing him.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThundercatsRoar'': The episode "Panthro Plagarized!" has Panthro inventing a gravity-manipulating device, only to discover that Vultureman stole his plans to make one of his own (which he trademarks, much to Panthro’s anger) despite [[BlatantLies the latter insisting that he came up with the idea first]]. Because of it, Panthro is determined to get Vultureman to confess that he was the one who ripped him off and not the other way around, going so far as to drop Third Earth’s moon onto the surface. It works, although Vultureman [[YoureInsane calls Panthro insane for going to such lengths]] and runs off hoping that one of his future inventions ends up killing him.

** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS11E10BriansPlay Brian's Play]]", one of Stewie's criticisms about Brian's play is that in addition to having a simplistic plot filled with cliches, it contains numerous bits stolen from other works that Brian has allegedly never seen or read, one of them being a line from an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.

** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS11E10BriansPlay Brian's Play]]", one of Stewie's criticisms about Brian's play is that in addition to having a simplistic plot filled with cliches, it contains numerous bits stolen from other works that Brian allegedly never watched or read, one of them being a line from an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.

** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS11E10BriansPlay Brian's Play]]", one of Stewie's criticisms about Brian's play is that it is partially filled with bits stolen from other works, one of them being a line from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', with Brian claiming that he never saw that episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': The episode "Misery Hearts" has Heloise reading a new romance novel, only to find out that the author, who happens to be Beezy under the PenName "Sir Gideon Writesalot", never finished it. She is then made by him to fulfill all sorts of ridiculous and humiliating requests to make him motivated and inspired enough to do it, until she finds out that Beezy actually didn't write the book and had just glued a picture of his face over the picture of the real author, Samy. Heloise is ''not'' pleased to say the least and forces Samy to finally finish his work by threatening to drop him into a shark-infested pool.