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# LaconicTropeDistinctions.AToC: Only meant to scare him. IDidntMeanToKillHim: Only wanted him wounded. Murder by Mistake: Meant to shoot Carl.
# CynicismCatalyst.{{Literature}}: The accidental slaughter of three of Gawain's younger brothers turns his long rivalry with Lancelot into a vendetta. This fight between the two chief knights leaves the Round Table open to attack, letting Mordred worm his way in and destroy everything. (The theme of revenge is slightly subverted in that Gawain is the one who ends up dead.) Arthur doesn't attack Lancelot until he rescues Guinevere from being burned alive for adultery, and takes her to Joyous Gard, his realm. Sources debate on whether Arthur was counting on Lancelot rescuing the Queen or not.
# Characters.AstralCabalAARoster: A variation. In chapter two Akemi truly did not believe that she was Valentina's killer, as both her and Tina were sure that, with Akemi's help, Tina's death would count as suicide and only one innocent would be lost to the motive. That turned out to not be the case, as the mistrial showed.
# Series.{{Camelot}}: Merlin's trip to get a specially forged sword for Arthur results in the deaths of the smith and his daughter In his guilt, Merlin then provokes two random guys into beating him up.
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase21WritersBlocked: Jebediah says this word for word during his arrest, calling the murder an act of passion in a desperate attempt to salvage his work. Judge Powell seems to kinda agree with this, as she gives him a somewhat lenient sentence of 10 years.
# ImageSource.ComicBooksMToZ: Superworld Comics IDidntMeanToKillHim
# CynicismCatalyst.{{Literature}}: The accidental slaughter of three of Gawain's younger brothers turns his long rivalry with Lancelot into a vendetta. This fight between the two chief knights leaves the Round Table open to attack, letting Mordred worm his way in and destroy everything. (The theme of revenge is slightly subverted in that Gawain is the one who ends up dead.) Arthur doesn't attack Lancelot until he rescues Guinevere from being burned alive for adultery, and takes her to Joyous Gard, his realm. Sources debate on whether Arthur was counting on Lancelot rescuing the Queen or not.
# Characters.AstralCabalAARoster: A variation. In chapter two Akemi truly did not believe that she was Valentina's killer, as both her and Tina were sure that, with Akemi's help, Tina's death would count as suicide and only one innocent would be lost to the motive. That turned out to not be the case, as the mistrial showed.
# Series.{{Camelot}}: Merlin's trip to get a specially forged sword for Arthur results in the deaths of the smith and his daughter In his guilt, Merlin then provokes two random guys into beating him up.
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase21WritersBlocked: Jebediah says this word for word during his arrest, calling the murder an act of passion in a desperate attempt to salvage his work. Judge Powell seems to kinda agree with this, as she gives him a somewhat lenient sentence of 10 years.
# ImageSource.ComicBooksMToZ: Superworld Comics IDidntMeanToKillHim
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# LaconicTropeDistinctions.AToC: Only meant to scare him. IDidntMeanToKillHim: Only wanted him wounded. Murder by Mistake: Meant to shoot Carl.
# CynicismCatalyst.{{Literature}}: The accidental slaughter of three of Gawain's younger brothers turns his long rivalry with Lancelot into a vendetta. This fight between the two chief knights leaves the Round Table open to attack, letting Mordred worm his way inRecap.LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS12E18Bully: Justin accidentally shoves Ellen down after she rejected him, she hits her head and destroy everything. (The theme of revenge cuts herself on a wine glass. He is slightly subverted in extremely remorseful and tried to apologize, but then realized that Gawain is she was fatally injured.
# TearJerker.Munchausen2013: Despite succeeding at giving her son theone who ends up dead.) Arthur doesn't attack Lancelot until he rescues Guinevere from being burned alive for adultery, and takes her to Joyous Gard, his realm. Sources debate on whether Arthur was counting on Lancelot rescuing antidote, the Queen or not.
son succumbs to the sickness [[IDidntMeanToKillHim she caused]].
# Characters.AstralCabalAARoster: A variation. In chapter two Akemi truly did not believe that she TheLionKingSimba: Says this when Scar framed him for killing his father. Simba: The wildebeests, and... he tried to save me... It was Valentina's killer, as both her an accident! I-I-I didn't mean for it to happen! Scar: Of course, of course you didn't. No-one ever means for these things to happen.
# Characters.{{Hollyoaks}}: He was accidentally responsible for Sam andTina were sure that, with Akemi's help, Tina's death would count as suicide and only one innocent would be lost to the motive. That turned out to not be the case, as the mistrial showed.
# Series.{{Camelot}}: Merlin's trip to get a specially forged sword for Arthur results in theDanny's deaths in a road accident, then failed to stop at the scene. This becomes a huge source of guilt for him and he says the words almost verbatim when Leela discovers the truth.
# VideoGame.CriminalCase: Many murderers who commit accidental murders say something that boils down to this during their arrests. How sympathetic they are generally depends on the circumstances of thesmith killing itself. One of the most notable cases is Case 18 of Grimsborough. Julian Ramis and his daughter In his guilt, Merlin then provokes two random guys into beating him up.
friend Freddy Stewart stole various items from Alden Greene, including a rusty crossbow that fired on its own when Julian was holding it, killing Freddy in the process.
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase21WritersBlocked: Jebediah says this word TheKindaichiCaseFilesTarotMountainHutMurderCase: When a reporter who knows of the Dark Secret about Reika's father tries to Blackmail him for word money, he pushes the wrong button during the process by suggesting that he can reduce the price if he gets to have his arrest, calling the murder an act of passion in a desperate attempt to salvage his work. Judge Powell seems to kinda agree way with this, as she gives Reika. Reika's father strikes him a somewhat lenient sentence in anger with the intention of 10 years.
making him back down, but the force of the blow ends up killing him instead.
#ImageSource.ComicBooksMToZ: Superworld Comics IDidntMeanToKillHimCharacters.TheOuroborosProject: Well, that's true, it was completely unintended on her part, but according to Monocobra, getting pushed into someone means you're responsible for the fall damage.
# CynicismCatalyst.{{Literature}}: The accidental slaughter of three of Gawain's younger brothers turns his long rivalry with Lancelot into a vendetta. This fight between the two chief knights leaves the Round Table open to attack, letting Mordred worm his way in
# TearJerker.Munchausen2013: Despite succeeding at giving her son the
# Characters.
# Characters.{{Hollyoaks}}: He was accidentally responsible for Sam and
# Series.{{Camelot}}: Merlin's trip to get a specially forged sword for Arthur results in the
# VideoGame.CriminalCase: Many murderers who commit accidental murders say something that boils down to this during their arrests. How sympathetic they are generally depends on the circumstances of the
# Recap.
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# Series.KirginCicekler: Obviously, Kader never intended for her altercation with Yavuz to end with his death. She was just defending herself from being sexually assaulted and then it happened. She even drops the name of this trope word-for-word.
# VideoGame.{{Paradigm}}: Played for Laughs, thrice. The active murders Paradigm committed are essentially a water tank, a water cooler and a giant can of candiesnote which actually screamed in agony, which Paradigm seems to have no remorse for.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingCharlieAndHisFriends: Dagbert claims this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant to scare him but lost control.
# Film.SubjectTwo: The Hunter who shoots Adam in the chest.
# CSINY.TropesMToZ: In the second case in 'The Ride In,' a man is trying to form a union for costumed mascots. He accidentally kills a man when he flings a cigarette at him to prove that people in costumes get bullied and the union is meant to provide protection, not knowing that the man (who was part of a publicity stunt for a new brand of cigarette) had made his costume with flammable materials.
# Characters.BlakeSkyePrivateEye: Humility Shepherd: I didn’t mean to kill him! I was just mindin’ my own business... then he... zon hurt mer and or just reeg zon fin! Why are you udah wur? Oh donah, mita ray! Possa or fahn riss oh sunda!
# VideoGame.{{Paradigm}}: Played for Laughs, thrice. The active murders Paradigm committed are essentially a water tank, a water cooler and a giant can of candiesnote which actually screamed in agony, which Paradigm seems to have no remorse for.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingCharlieAndHisFriends: Dagbert claims this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant to scare him but lost control.
# Film.SubjectTwo: The Hunter who shoots Adam in the chest.
# CSINY.TropesMToZ: In the second case in 'The Ride In,' a man is trying to form a union for costumed mascots. He accidentally kills a man when he flings a cigarette at him to prove that people in costumes get bullied and the union is meant to provide protection, not knowing that the man (who was part of a publicity stunt for a new brand of cigarette) had made his costume with flammable materials.
# Characters.BlakeSkyePrivateEye: Humility Shepherd: I didn’t mean to kill him! I was just mindin’ my own business... then he... zon hurt mer and or just reeg zon fin! Why are you udah wur? Oh donah, mita ray! Possa or fahn riss oh sunda!
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# Series.KirginCicekler: Obviously, Kader never intended for her altercation Film.WhatRichardDid: Richard repeatedly insists Conor's death was a freak accident.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS8E13IncidentInLot7: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince Heyward to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As Willy tells her, he'd stuck withYavuz to end with Heyward for the long time it took for his death. She was just defending herself from being sexually assaulted career to take off, and then it happened. She even drops Heyward wanted to dump him the name of this trope word-for-word.
# VideoGame.{{Paradigm}}: Played for Laughs, thrice. The active murders Paradigm committed are essentially a water tank, a water cooler and a giant can of candiesnote which actually screamed in agony, which Paradigm seems to have no remorse for.
instant he wasn't necessary.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingCharlieAndHisFriends: ChildrenOfTheRedKingEnemies: Dagbert claims this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant to scare him but lost control.
#Film.SubjectTwo: The Hunter who shoots Adam AccidentalMurder.LiveActionTV: Features this in the chest.
episode "Twenty Two". In it the Villain Protagonist is ecstatic at being arrested for robbing a candy store with a toy gun because he believes it will give him respect and notoriety among his friends. His cell mate is horrified to learn that this is his first offense and pleads with him to apologize and promise not to do it again, but all of his pleas fall on deaf ears. Upon being questioned a second time, the officer asks Twenty Two why he had to hit the man he robbed. Only then does his smug and jovial demeanor start to crack and he tells the officer that he never harmed the owner until he started screaming and wouldn't shut up. He states that all they have to do is go to the hospital and ask him. The officer replies that he can't because the man died from a fractured skull. Twenty-Two enters a state of shock and constantly repeats "[[IDidntMeanToKillHim I Didn't Mean to Kill Him]]" while his cellmate says he sure picked a good offense for a first crime.
# CSINY.TropesMToZ: In the second case in 'The Ride In,' a man is trying Tropes0ToL: Several victims are killed due to form a union for costumed mascots. He accidentally kills a man when he flings a cigarette at him to prove accident or mistaken identity.
# Series.MareOfEasttown: During his confession, Ryan affirms thatpeople in costumes get bullied and the union is he never meant to provide protection, not knowing kill Erin.
# VideoGame.TwelveMinutes: Your wife explains how killing her father was just A Tragedy of Impulsiveness and that she never planned for it to happen. Subverted when it turns out that she didn't kill him, to begin with.
# Roleplay.PowerToTheMany: Did Longstreet kill Scook intentionally in their duel? It depends on political alignments: to Loyalists, it was a complete accident, to theman (who was part of other Columbians, he's a publicity stunt for a new brand of cigarette) had made his costume with flammable materials.
dirty murderer.
# Characters.BlakeSkyePrivateEye: Humility Shepherd: PokemonShadowOfTime: During a fight with Team Rocket, Ash accidentally kills a grunt during a fight when his opponent's gun goes off while it's pointing at the man's head.
# Series.{{Camelot}}: AccidentalMurder: Merlin's trip to get a specially forged sword for Arthur results in the deaths of the smith and his daughter [[IDidntMeanToKillHim In his guilt]], Merlin then provokes two random guys into beating him up.
# Film.SolomonKane: CameBackWrong: Marcus Kane, who is nothing more than Malachi's slave. Solomon: Ididn’t swear Father, I did not mean for Marcus to fall. [[IDidntMeanToKillHim I did not mean for him to die]]. Josiah: He did not die. Solomon: He did not? Then, thank God he is alive! Josiah: But it was not by God's will that he lived.
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase35BurningBridges: Timmy explains how he accidentally killed Bridget due to mistaking her for a gang member who wanted to rob him and how he didn't mean to killhim! I her.
# Characters.InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros: States this about accidentally leaving Sean to drown in Toluca Lake due a combination of not believing the Apex kid who wanted to kill Electvire wasjust mindin’ my own business... then he... zon hurt mer actually in trouble and or just reeg zon fin! Why are you udah wur? Oh donah, mita ray! Possa or fahn riss oh sunda!not having a Gastrodon for the kid to grab onto.
# Creator.AndrewVachss: AssholeVictim: Melissa Turnbridge from Terminal, a sexually abusive Fille Fatale. The perpetrators had only meant to Break the Haughty by raping her, not kill her outright. A favorite target of Burke's side scams as well.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS8E13IncidentInLot7: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince Heyward to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As Willy tells her, he'd stuck with
# VideoGame.{{Paradigm}}: Played for Laughs, thrice. The active murders Paradigm committed are essentially a water tank, a water cooler and a giant can of candiesnote which actually screamed in agony, which Paradigm seems to have no remorse for.
# Characters.
#
# CSINY.
# Series.MareOfEasttown: During his confession, Ryan affirms that
# VideoGame.TwelveMinutes: Your wife explains how killing her father was just A Tragedy of Impulsiveness and that she never planned for it to happen. Subverted when it turns out that she didn't kill him, to begin with.
# Roleplay.PowerToTheMany: Did Longstreet kill Scook intentionally in their duel? It depends on political alignments: to Loyalists, it was a complete accident, to the
# Characters.
# Series.{{Camelot}}: AccidentalMurder: Merlin's trip to get a specially forged sword for Arthur results in the deaths of the smith and his daughter [[IDidntMeanToKillHim In his guilt]], Merlin then provokes two random guys into beating him up.
# Film.SolomonKane: CameBackWrong: Marcus Kane, who is nothing more than Malachi's slave. Solomon: I
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase35BurningBridges: Timmy explains how he accidentally killed Bridget due to mistaking her for a gang member who wanted to rob him and how he didn't mean to kill
# Characters.InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros: States this about accidentally leaving Sean to drown in Toluca Lake due a combination of not believing the Apex kid who wanted to kill Electvire was
# Creator.AndrewVachss: AssholeVictim: Melissa Turnbridge from Terminal, a sexually abusive Fille Fatale. The perpetrators had only meant to Break the Haughty by raping her, not kill her outright. A favorite target of Burke's side scams as well.
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# Recap.CelebrityDeathmatchS01E12: Brandy says that she didn't mean for Courtney to get killed the way that she did.
# PlayingWith.DeadlyPrank: "I just wanted to prank her! I never wanted her to die!"
# Characters.Lupin2021Accomplices: While he, Assane and Keller are driving away following their ill-fated burglary of the jewelry store on the day of the 1998 World Cup final, Bruno shoots a police officer, having been ordered to do so by Keller (who threatened to kill Bruno if he didn't comply). After Keller crashes the car and Assane pulls Bruno out of the wreckage, Bruno stammers that he never meant to do it. Assane ultimately takes the gun from Bruno and puts it into the hand of a half-conscious Keller, who is arrested when the slain officer's colleagues arrive on the scene.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS5E20ThreeStrikesYoureOut: Mr. Sidell tells Jessica and Lt. Caceras that he didn't intend to kill Loretta Lee. After confirming her suspicions about Charley Holcombe, she tried to call the story in to the networks or the DA, only caring about the glory she would obtain from cracking the case and not how it would impact Charley or Siddell. The two struggled and he hit her, accidentally toppling her into the dresser.
# VideoGame.CriminalCase: Many murderers who commit accidental murders say something that boils down to this during their arrests. How sympathetic they are generally depends on the circumstances of the killing itself. One of the most notable cases is Case 18 of Grimsborough. Julian Ramis and his friend Freddy Stewart stole various items from Alden Greene, including a rusty crossbow that fired on its own when Julian was holding it, killing Freddy in the process.
# Film.TheLostCity: Loretta and Alan react in horror when a trap they set for one of the mooks chasing them on a motorcycle causes him to crash into another mook and run them both off a cliff to their certain death. They try to rationalize that they weren't actually responsible for those deaths, claiming that it was their faults for "being mean on a motorcycle".
# Recap.CastleS8E9ToneDeath: The murderer, Linda Weinberg's husband, confesses to pushing Robyn during an argument and insists it was an accident that she hit her head and died.
# WebAnimation.UltimateCartoonFighting: From round 1: SpongeBob: Alright buddy, you can go ahead and regenerate yourself. Patrick: Uh, SpongeBob? I don't think humans can do that. SpongeBob: Oh, Crap!...
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase27LittleMurderOnThePrairie: Vinnie justifies himself saying that his intent wasn't killing Benjamin, but the man lunged at him while he was holding the pitchfork to scare him off and accidentally impaled him.
# Recap.JAGS10E21DreamTeam: Ferro claims he was just standing up to a bully, to teach him a lesson, not kill him.
# Series.{{Baantjer}}: Often uttered. Most of those who do get manslaughter convictions. One or two suspects did mean to kill, but killed the wrong person.A concrete example of this would be the manslaughter in the episode "De Cock en de moord op het beest", where the killers only intended to beat up the victim (badly), but accidentally knocked him off a balcony instead, leading to his death.
# Podcast.RedPandaAdventures: Flying Squirrel says this about the Electric Eel, when her boomerang causes the Eel to lose control of his power and explode.
# Series.TheMethod: One killer is remorseful about the fact that his victims were killed by accident, he even plants trees over their otherwise unmarked graves. Sadly, the plural in there is what attracts Meglin to the case in the first place.
# Characters.TheWalkingDeadVideoGameTheFinalSeasonCharacters: If he's saved in Suffer the Children, he'll try to help Clementine, while she is struggling against Minerva, by grabbing the latter's crossbow. When Dorian suddenly shows up behind him, Louis turns around and kills her by accident. His reaction shows that he is clearly horrified by what he did.
# PlayingWith.DeadlyPrank: "I just wanted to prank her! I never wanted her to die!"
# Characters.Lupin2021Accomplices: While he, Assane and Keller are driving away following their ill-fated burglary of the jewelry store on the day of the 1998 World Cup final, Bruno shoots a police officer, having been ordered to do so by Keller (who threatened to kill Bruno if he didn't comply). After Keller crashes the car and Assane pulls Bruno out of the wreckage, Bruno stammers that he never meant to do it. Assane ultimately takes the gun from Bruno and puts it into the hand of a half-conscious Keller, who is arrested when the slain officer's colleagues arrive on the scene.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS5E20ThreeStrikesYoureOut: Mr. Sidell tells Jessica and Lt. Caceras that he didn't intend to kill Loretta Lee. After confirming her suspicions about Charley Holcombe, she tried to call the story in to the networks or the DA, only caring about the glory she would obtain from cracking the case and not how it would impact Charley or Siddell. The two struggled and he hit her, accidentally toppling her into the dresser.
# VideoGame.CriminalCase: Many murderers who commit accidental murders say something that boils down to this during their arrests. How sympathetic they are generally depends on the circumstances of the killing itself. One of the most notable cases is Case 18 of Grimsborough. Julian Ramis and his friend Freddy Stewart stole various items from Alden Greene, including a rusty crossbow that fired on its own when Julian was holding it, killing Freddy in the process.
# Film.TheLostCity: Loretta and Alan react in horror when a trap they set for one of the mooks chasing them on a motorcycle causes him to crash into another mook and run them both off a cliff to their certain death. They try to rationalize that they weren't actually responsible for those deaths, claiming that it was their faults for "being mean on a motorcycle".
# Recap.CastleS8E9ToneDeath: The murderer, Linda Weinberg's husband, confesses to pushing Robyn during an argument and insists it was an accident that she hit her head and died.
# WebAnimation.UltimateCartoonFighting: From round 1: SpongeBob: Alright buddy, you can go ahead and regenerate yourself. Patrick: Uh, SpongeBob? I don't think humans can do that. SpongeBob: Oh, Crap!...
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase27LittleMurderOnThePrairie: Vinnie justifies himself saying that his intent wasn't killing Benjamin, but the man lunged at him while he was holding the pitchfork to scare him off and accidentally impaled him.
# Recap.JAGS10E21DreamTeam: Ferro claims he was just standing up to a bully, to teach him a lesson, not kill him.
# Series.{{Baantjer}}: Often uttered. Most of those who do get manslaughter convictions. One or two suspects did mean to kill, but killed the wrong person.A concrete example of this would be the manslaughter in the episode "De Cock en de moord op het beest", where the killers only intended to beat up the victim (badly), but accidentally knocked him off a balcony instead, leading to his death.
# Podcast.RedPandaAdventures: Flying Squirrel says this about the Electric Eel, when her boomerang causes the Eel to lose control of his power and explode.
# Series.TheMethod: One killer is remorseful about the fact that his victims were killed by accident, he even plants trees over their otherwise unmarked graves. Sadly, the plural in there is what attracts Meglin to the case in the first place.
# Characters.TheWalkingDeadVideoGameTheFinalSeasonCharacters: If he's saved in Suffer the Children, he'll try to help Clementine, while she is struggling against Minerva, by grabbing the latter's crossbow. When Dorian suddenly shows up behind him, Louis turns around and kills her by accident. His reaction shows that he is clearly horrified by what he did.
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# PlayingWith.DeadlyPrank: "I just wanted to prank her! I never wanted her to die!"
# Recap.
# VideoGame.CriminalCase: Many murderers who commit accidental murders say something that boils down to this during their arrests. How sympathetic
# Film.TheLostCity: Loretta and Alan react in horror when a trap they set for one of the mooks chasing them on a motorcycle causes
# Recap.CastleS8E9ToneDeath: The murderer, Linda Weinberg's husband, confesses to pushing Robyn during an argument and insists it was an accident that she hit her head and died.
# WebAnimation.UltimateCartoonFighting: From round 1: SpongeBob: Alright buddy, you can go ahead and regenerate yourself. Patrick: Uh, SpongeBob? I don't think humans can do that. SpongeBob: Oh, Crap!...
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase27LittleMurderOnThePrairie: Vinnie justifies himself saying that his intent wasn't killing Benjamin, but the man lunged at him while he was holding the pitchfork to scare him off and accidentally impaled him.
# Recap.JAGS10E21DreamTeam: Ferro claims he was just standing up to a bully, to teach him a lesson, not kill him.
# Series.{{Baantjer}}: Often uttered. Most of those who do get manslaughter convictions. One or two suspects did mean to kill, but killed the wrong person.A concrete example of this would be the manslaughter in the episode "De Cock en de moord op het beest",
# Podcast.RedPandaAdventures: Flying Squirrel says this about
# Series.TheMethod: One killer is remorseful about the fact that his victims
# Characters.TheWalkingDeadVideoGameTheFinalSeasonCharacters: If he's saved in Suffer the Children, he'll try to help Clementine, while she is struggling against Minerva, by grabbing the latter's crossbow. When Dorian suddenly shows up behind him, Louis turns around and kills her by accident. His reaction shows that he is clearly horrified by what he did.
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# Film.WhatRichardDid: Richard repeatedly insists Conor's death was a freak accident.
# Film.InTheHeatOfTheNight: Ralph says this word-for-word in his confession scene.
# Film.InTheHeatOfTheNight: Ralph says this word-for-word in his confession scene.
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# Literature.DonJuan: Juan of the would-be-mugger who welcomes him to England.
# KarmaHoudiniWarranty.{{Literature}}: Go to Sleep (A Jeff the Killer Rewrite): Randy isn't arrested for [[IDidntMeanToKillHim causing Ben to drown as it was thought to be accidental]]. Getting bleach poured on Jeff and setting him on fire (although the fire was accidental), however, has Randy spend years in and out of jail for the assault after he outgrows JDC. Then Jeff and Ben get their revenge on Randy in the end.
# Series.HomicideHunter: This is sometimes used as a defense by the killer, who claim that they were just trying to scare or fend off the victim. At least one perp has made the mistake of using this defense after shooting a man they kidnapped at gunpoint. As Kenda points out in narration, felony murder doctrine means they just effectively confessed to 1st degree homicide.
# VideoGame.SonicExeSpiritsOfHell: DarkAndTroubledPast: Amy's parents were apparently killed by Robotnik. (In the unused dialogue, it gets revealed that they got killed either accidently to a Robbery Got Wrong, or they got killed on purpose when Eggman found out that they are not gonna come quietely.) This scarred her for life, leaving her with lingering psychological issues with Metal Sonic, and a dependence on psychiatric medication to stay stable.Accidental Murder: Tails in the Crazy Amy route : can try to vouch for Eggman's actions when Cream asks for Amy's past. He can respond that it was an accident, and that [[IDidntMeanToKillHim his intention wasn't to kill them,]] as when he looks at Amy, he can't feel anything but shame for what he has done to her. Or throw Eggman under the bus by saying that he did it out of selflishness and greed. Cream's father was a Freedom Fighter at one point, and died because an attempt of Cream's to help them fight off a robot attack had Gone Horribly Wrong.
# AssholeVictim.{{Literature}}: In the Andrew Vachss Burke book Terminal, it turns out that Melissa Turnbridge, the girl whose death Burke is supposed to investigate, was a sexually abusive Fille Fatale. The perpetrators had only meant to Break the Haughty by raping her, [[IDidntMeanToKillHim not kill her outright.]]
# Characters.GoodGirls: Following her sexual assault by Boomer, she makes a desperate attempt to leave with her kids in her minivan. However, he catches her and attempts to stop her, only for her to accidentally run him over with her car and killing him instantly... or so we thought. In the season 2 episode "Jeff", we learn Boomer survived and the chopped up body she gave to the ladies is her late husband Jeff who died of natural causes.
# Film.WhatRichardDid: Richard repeatedly insists Conor's death Munchausen2013: The mother never meant to kill her son. She only wanted to make him sick so he could spend more time at home with her.
# Roleplay.DanganRoleplayRoundTwo: Case 8's killer had been ordered to kill somebody, but the victim wasn't exactly who they'd have chosen if they'd been lucid about it.
# Recap.Lucifer2016S02E04LadyParts: Lily wasn't trying to kill her sorority sisters, just roofie them. She thought hemlock was an aphrodisiac.
# Recap.TheKindaichiCaseFilesKyotoBeautyFloristMurderCase: In this case, "her". The culprit confesses late in the case arc that killing Kaoruko was NOT the intent and that he was forced into killing her in self-defense when she tried to kill him for threatening to expose the truth about her murdering Sakurako and framing it as suicide.
# WebVideo.URealmsLive: Happens in The Sunswords, as Justin's character accidentally shot into one of his Allies, which directly knocks him out and indirectly kills him.
# Characters.TheWalkingDeadVideoGameTheFinalSeasonCharacters: If he's saved in Suffer the Children, he'll try to help Clementine, while she is struggling against Minerva, by grabbing the latter's crossbow. When Dorian suddenly shows up behind him, Louis turns around and kills her by accident. His reaction shows that he is clearly horrified by what he did.
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase27LittleMurderOnThePrairie: Vinnie justifies himself saying that his intent wasn't killing Benjamin, but the man lunged at him while he was holding the pitchfork to scare him off and accidentally impaled him.
# Music.SuperGhostbusters: The Ratman inadvertently escalates afreak home invasion into murder by shooting the Ghostbusters with his gun. Ratman: But I... have a gun, so I kill them instead, oh no, it's murder!
# Characters.{{Ann}}: Although not cornered by anyone in particular, just after strangling Hana to death, he says to himself that he did not actually mean to kill her, and that it was basically a spur-of-the-moment thing. It does not make her spirit any less mad when he tells this to her directly. I am sorry! Okay? I didn't mean to do it!
# Characters.WhoKilledMarkiplier: AccidentalMurder: The Colonel shoots the District Attorney while trying to pry his gun from their hands, after which they fall to their death. It's immediately Lampshaded by [[IDidntMeanToKillHim him.]] Colonel: It was an accident! I swear!
# Recap.StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E15GhostOfButterflyCastle: Mina accidentally petrified Manfred when he spitefully ate Eclipsa's porridge. Rather than accept blame, Mina believes that Manfred was forced to eat it.
# Characters.MurderByNumbers2020: She pleads to K.C. that her killing Oliver was an accident.
#Film.InTheHeatOfTheNight: Ralph Recap.CelebrityDeathmatchS01E12: Brandy says this word-for-word in his confession scene.that she didn't mean for Courtney to get killed the way that she did.
# KarmaHoudiniWarranty.{{Literature}}: Go to Sleep (A Jeff the Killer Rewrite): Randy isn't arrested for [[IDidntMeanToKillHim causing Ben to drown as it was thought to be accidental]]. Getting bleach poured on Jeff and setting him on fire (although the fire was accidental), however, has Randy spend years in and out of jail for the assault after he outgrows JDC. Then Jeff and Ben get their revenge on Randy in the end.
# Series.HomicideHunter: This is sometimes used as a defense by the killer, who claim that they were just trying to scare or fend off the victim. At least one perp has made the mistake of using this defense after shooting a man they kidnapped at gunpoint. As Kenda points out in narration, felony murder doctrine means they just effectively confessed to 1st degree homicide.
# VideoGame.SonicExeSpiritsOfHell: DarkAndTroubledPast: Amy's parents were apparently killed by Robotnik. (In the unused dialogue, it gets revealed that they got killed either accidently to a Robbery Got Wrong, or they got killed on purpose when Eggman found out that they are not gonna come quietely.) This scarred her for life, leaving her with lingering psychological issues with Metal Sonic, and a dependence on psychiatric medication to stay stable.Accidental Murder: Tails in the Crazy Amy route : can try to vouch for Eggman's actions when Cream asks for Amy's past. He can respond that it was an accident, and that [[IDidntMeanToKillHim his intention wasn't to kill them,]] as when he looks at Amy, he can't feel anything but shame for what he has done to her. Or throw Eggman under the bus by saying that he did it out of selflishness and greed. Cream's father was a Freedom Fighter at one point, and died because an attempt of Cream's to help them fight off a robot attack had Gone Horribly Wrong.
# AssholeVictim.{{Literature}}: In the Andrew Vachss Burke book Terminal, it turns out that Melissa Turnbridge, the girl whose death Burke is supposed to investigate, was a sexually abusive Fille Fatale. The perpetrators had only meant to Break the Haughty by raping her, [[IDidntMeanToKillHim not kill her outright.]]
# Characters.GoodGirls: Following her sexual assault by Boomer, she makes a desperate attempt to leave with her kids in her minivan. However, he catches her and attempts to stop her, only for her to accidentally run him over with her car and killing him instantly... or so we thought. In the season 2 episode "Jeff", we learn Boomer survived and the chopped up body she gave to the ladies is her late husband Jeff who died of natural causes.
# Film.
# Roleplay.DanganRoleplayRoundTwo: Case 8's killer had been ordered to kill somebody, but the victim wasn't exactly who they'd have chosen if they'd been lucid about it.
# Recap.Lucifer2016S02E04LadyParts: Lily wasn't trying to kill her sorority sisters, just roofie them. She thought hemlock was an aphrodisiac.
# Recap.TheKindaichiCaseFilesKyotoBeautyFloristMurderCase: In this case, "her". The culprit confesses late in the case arc that killing Kaoruko was NOT the intent and that he was forced into killing her in self-defense when she tried to kill him for threatening to expose the truth about her murdering Sakurako and framing it as suicide.
# WebVideo.URealmsLive: Happens in The Sunswords, as Justin's character accidentally shot into one of his Allies, which directly knocks him out and indirectly kills him.
# Characters.TheWalkingDeadVideoGameTheFinalSeasonCharacters: If he's saved in Suffer the Children, he'll try to help Clementine, while she is struggling against Minerva, by grabbing the latter's crossbow. When Dorian suddenly shows up behind him, Louis turns around and kills her by accident. His reaction shows that he is clearly horrified by what he did.
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase27LittleMurderOnThePrairie: Vinnie justifies himself saying that his intent wasn't killing Benjamin, but the man lunged at him while he was holding the pitchfork to scare him off and accidentally impaled him.
# Music.SuperGhostbusters: The Ratman inadvertently escalates a
# Characters.{{Ann}}: Although not cornered by anyone in particular, just after strangling Hana to death, he says to himself that he did not actually mean to kill her, and that it was basically a spur-of-the-moment thing. It does not make her spirit any less mad when he tells this to her directly. I am sorry! Okay? I didn't mean to do it!
# Characters.WhoKilledMarkiplier: AccidentalMurder: The Colonel shoots the District Attorney while trying to pry his gun from their hands, after which they fall to their death. It's immediately Lampshaded by [[IDidntMeanToKillHim him.]] Colonel: It was an accident! I swear!
# Recap.StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E15GhostOfButterflyCastle: Mina accidentally petrified Manfred when he spitefully ate Eclipsa's porridge. Rather than accept blame, Mina believes that Manfred was forced to eat it.
# Characters.MurderByNumbers2020: She pleads to K.C. that her killing Oliver was an accident.
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# ComicBook.SeasonOne: Loki backstabs Odin and allows the Frost Giants to invade Asgard, believing all the while that Odin will become a prisoner, as he is immortal, not knowing that Farbauti has Reginbanir, a sword that can kill even gods.
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# ComicBook.SeasonOne: Loki backstabs Odin and allows Fanfic.AHuntersNewHome: AntiMagic: The Mamono in MGE turn people into monsters by corrupting the Frost Giants to invade Asgard, believing all the while Mana that Odin will become a prisoner, acts as he every living thing's Life Energy. In Chapter 1, The Good Hunter seems to be completely immune to this. It is immortal, not knowing revealed in Chapter 6, that Farbauti has Reginbanir, a sword this is likely due to how any Mana that can enters her body gets destroyed. Then in Chapter 17, the Good Hunter uses this power to (possibly) heal one of her friends, and then [[IDidntMeanToKillHim accidentally kill even gods.a Mamono]] that broke into her house by absorbing the Mana in their bodies.
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# PlayingWith.CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: The argument reaches a Rage Breaking Point for Alice and she accidentally kills Bob in a way that definitely looks like a premeditated (or least mad-dog) assassination instead of manslaughter. The Argument Slayer decides they need to die for polluting the world with their nonsensical prattling.
# QuoteSource.FanWorks: The Victors Project Big Damn Reunion Cheshire Cat Grin Desperate Object Catch Droit du Seigneur A Family Affair Hoist Hero over Head IDidntMeanToKillHim Is That the Best You Can Do? It's a Long Story Knife-Throwing Act Lovable Alpha Bitch OvershadowedByAwesome.Fan Works Pummeling the Corpse Succession Crisis
# Characters.TownOfSalem: VigilanteMan: One of the only two Town roles (Three counting Vampire Hunter) that can kill a target of their choice. Jailor has the added benefit of Roleblocking his target (stopping said person from doing a night action), protecting them from other attacks, and being able to anonymously talk with the convict. Although this can lead to IDidntMeanToKillHim moments, when a Witch finds out that you have a high value target in your cell and makes you execute them.
# Film.LaStrada: AccidentalMurder: Zampanò only punches The Fool a few times, but after all, he is the strongman. He tries to explain to Gelsomina that he didn't mean to do it, but it doesn't help.
# Characters.InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros: States this about accidentally leaving Sean to drown in Toluca Lake due a combination of not believing the Apex kid who wanted to kill Electvire was actually in trouble and not having a Gastrodon for the kid to grab onto.
# Characters.DeusExHumanRevolution: He just wanted her to "shut her stupid mouth".
# QuoteSource.FanWorks: The Victors Project Big Damn Reunion Cheshire Cat Grin Desperate Object Catch Droit du Seigneur A Family Affair Hoist Hero over Head IDidntMeanToKillHim Is That the Best You Can Do? It's a Long Story Knife-Throwing Act Lovable Alpha Bitch OvershadowedByAwesome.Fan Works Pummeling the Corpse Succession Crisis
# Characters.TownOfSalem: VigilanteMan: One of the only two Town roles (Three counting Vampire Hunter) that can kill a target of their choice. Jailor has the added benefit of Roleblocking his target (stopping said person from doing a night action), protecting them from other attacks, and being able to anonymously talk with the convict. Although this can lead to IDidntMeanToKillHim moments, when a Witch finds out that you have a high value target in your cell and makes you execute them.
# Film.LaStrada: AccidentalMurder: Zampanò only punches The Fool a few times, but after all, he is the strongman. He tries to explain to Gelsomina that he didn't mean to do it, but it doesn't help.
# Characters.InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros: States this about accidentally leaving Sean to drown in Toluca Lake due a combination of not believing the Apex kid who wanted to kill Electvire was actually in trouble and not having a Gastrodon for the kid to grab onto.
# Characters.DeusExHumanRevolution: He just wanted her to "shut her stupid mouth".
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# PlayingWith.CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: The argument reaches Fanfic.PokemonShadowOfTime: During a Rage Breaking Point for Alice and she fight with Team Rocket, Ash accidentally kills Bob a grunt during a fight when his opponent's gun goes off while it's pointing at the man's head.
# Literature.{{Deryni}}: Late in The Quest for Saint Camber, this is Conall's response when Duncan asks him about Tiercel's death. Specifically, he says an argument degenerated into a shoving match at the top of a staircase.
# Manga.{{Keijo}}: TheParalyzer: Mio Kusakai is capable of completely freezing her opponents in place by swaying her breasts back and forth in away manner similar to hypnosis. Ujibe declared this move as forbidden because those who are affected and knocked out in the water [[IDidntMeanToKillHim could drown and die]] if the rescue crew don't reach them on time.
# Series.{{Clique}}: Holly didn’t think thatdefinitely looks like a premeditated (or least mad-dog) assassination instead of manslaughter. The Argument Slayer decides they need to die for polluting Lisa would actually jump off the world with their nonsensical prattling.
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#QuoteSource.FanWorks: The Victors Project Big Damn Reunion Cheshire Cat Grin Desperate Object Catch Droit du Seigneur A Family Affair Hoist Hero over Head IDidntMeanToKillHim Is That LetsPlay.MoogleFTW: When the Best You Can Do? It's a Long Story Knife-Throwing Act Lovable Alpha Bitch OvershadowedByAwesome.leader of the Assassins approaches [=DracoWrath=] after Draco killed his Adoring Fan Works Pummeling Moogle FTW said that he “Fell down the Corpse Succession Crisis
stairs.” (Yeah that explains the stab wounds)
# Characters.TownOfSalem: VigilanteMan: One of DanganronpaDespairTime: Her motive explanation in the only two Town roles (Three counting Vampire Hunter) that can first class trial's aftermath amounts to this, claiming the light switch was meant to knock Xander unconscious rather than kill a target of their choice. Jailor has the added benefit of Roleblocking him.
# Fanfic.WeekendAtBeloss: It's not like Hunter planned to kill histarget (stopping said person from doing a night action), protecting them from other attacks, and being able to anonymously talk with the convict. Although this can lead to IDidntMeanToKillHim moments, when a Witch finds out that you have a high value target in your cell and makes you execute them.
# Film.LaStrada: AccidentalMurder: Zampanò only punches The Fool a few times, but after all, he is the strongman. He tries to explain to Gelsomina that he didn't mean to do it, but it doesn't help.
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# Characters.InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros: States this Fallout4DiamondCity: Crocker was too obsessed with fixing Earl's face to worry about accidentally leaving Sean to drown in Toluca Lake due a combination of not believing HOW he was fixing it. Although one dialogue option has him reveal that he took some Jet before the Apex kid who wanted to kill Electvire operation, so he was in even less of an adequate state to be doing reconstructive surgery.
# TimeImmemorial.TropesHToN: ''Index entry or ZCE''
# Recap.SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E4NastyPattyIdiotBox: Played with. When they suspect the health inspector is actually a con artist pretending to be one, they decide to teach him a lesson by giving him an absolutely disgusting Krabby Patty. They think they fatally poisoned him by mistake, but introuble reality, he'd merely lost consciousness by hitting his head on a table when he slipped while choking on a fly.
# Recap.CastleS8E9ToneDeath: The murderer, Linda Weinberg's husband, confesses to pushing Robyn during an argument andnot having a Gastrodon for the kid to grab onto.
# Characters.DeusExHumanRevolution: He just wantedinsists it was an accident that she hit her to "shut her stupid mouth".head and died.
# Literature.{{Deryni}}: Late in The Quest for Saint Camber, this is Conall's response when Duncan asks him about Tiercel's death. Specifically, he says an argument degenerated into a shoving match at the top of a staircase.
# Manga.{{Keijo}}: TheParalyzer: Mio Kusakai is capable of completely freezing her opponents in place by swaying her breasts back and forth in a
# Series.{{Clique}}: Holly didn’t think that
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# Characters.
# Fanfic.WeekendAtBeloss: It's not like Hunter planned to kill his
# Film.LaStrada: AccidentalMurder: Zampanò only punches The Fool a few times, but after all, he is the strongman. He tries to explain to Gelsomina that he didn't mean to do it, but it doesn't help.
# Characters.
# TimeImmemorial.TropesHToN: ''Index entry or ZCE''
# Recap.SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E4NastyPattyIdiotBox: Played with. When they suspect the health inspector is actually a con artist pretending to be one, they decide to teach him a lesson by giving him an absolutely disgusting Krabby Patty. They think they fatally poisoned him by mistake, but in
# Recap.CastleS8E9ToneDeath: The murderer, Linda Weinberg's husband, confesses to pushing Robyn during an argument and
# Characters.DeusExHumanRevolution: He just wanted
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# LetsPlay.TheDeadbeats: Well, Phil did mean to prank Ross by filling his storage area with dirt, but he didn't think a creeper would spawn in the one patch of air he left.
# Characters.MurderByNumbers2020: She pleads to K.C. that her killing Oliver was an accident.
# Characters.TheOuroborosProject: Well, that's true, it was completely unintended on her part, but according to Monocobra, getting pushed into someone means you're responsible for the fall damage.
# Theatre.{{Drood}}: In the revised version of the show, this is Helena's rather feeble excuse during her confession ("I meant no violence that Christmas morn / I meant to silence this Edwin's scorn"; "I meant to gag him / But I did snag him / So I did drag him off to hell"). But the rest of the song makes it amply clear she feels no remorse for his death at all and might very well have had lethal intent all along, no matter what she says otherwise.
# Characters.TribeTwelve: After Mr. Scars shoots Mary Asher in the head, he breaks down sobbing while telling her corpse that the Collective made him do it.
# Recap.WhiteCollarS04E16InTheWind: After fatally shooting Pratt, James tells Peter that he did not mean to do that.
# Film.ABridesRevenge: When Rose protests that their plan was "just to scare [Ian and Miya]," Lori reminds her younger sister of how she burned down their father's house when he was inside, leading to a variant of this being said by the former in response. Lori: Are you saying you have a conscious about killing someone? After you killed our father— Rose: That was an accident! I just wanted to destroy his home like he did to ours! Lori: Okay! That's fine. We'll just make sure Miya also has an "accident."
# ComicBook.InjusticeGodsAmongUs: Said by Regime members so often in the comic that it's a dark Running Gag.Superman says it to Black Canary after he beats Green Arrow to death. Damian's reaction to killing Dick Grayson. Wonder Woman after she snaps Huntress's neck. The Flash says it after he kills King Shark.
# Characters.{{Ann}}: Although not cornered by anyone in particular, just after strangling Hana to death, he says to himself that he did not actually mean to kill her, and that it was basically a spur-of-the-moment thing. It does not make her spirit any less mad when he tells this to her directly. I am sorry! Okay? I didn't mean to do it!
# Characters.DefileCircles: Sariel's (permanent) killing of Mortuelel was entirely accidental; she had assumed the latter's Resurrective Immortality would save her.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS8E13IncidentInLot7: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince Heyward to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As Willy tells her, he'd stuck with Heyward for the long time it took for his career to take off, and then Heyward wanted to dump him the instant he wasn't necessary.
# Roleplay.TrustfellRoundOne: Tabby only meant to kill one person; she wanted Mordecai as a witness so she could be sent to the execution pit, but the wound she gave him was accidentally fatal.
# Characters.MurderByNumbers2020: She pleads to K.C. that her killing Oliver was an accident.
# Characters.TheOuroborosProject: Well, that's true, it was completely unintended on her part, but according to Monocobra, getting pushed into someone means you're responsible for the fall damage.
# Theatre.{{Drood}}: In the revised version of the show, this is Helena's rather feeble excuse during her confession ("I meant no violence that Christmas morn / I meant to silence this Edwin's scorn"; "I meant to gag him / But I did snag him / So I did drag him off to hell"). But the rest of the song makes it amply clear she feels no remorse for his death at all and might very well have had lethal intent all along, no matter what she says otherwise.
# Characters.TribeTwelve: After Mr. Scars shoots Mary Asher in the head, he breaks down sobbing while telling her corpse that the Collective made him do it.
# Recap.WhiteCollarS04E16InTheWind: After fatally shooting Pratt, James tells Peter that he did not mean to do that.
# Film.ABridesRevenge: When Rose protests that their plan was "just to scare [Ian and Miya]," Lori reminds her younger sister of how she burned down their father's house when he was inside, leading to a variant of this being said by the former in response. Lori: Are you saying you have a conscious about killing someone? After you killed our father— Rose: That was an accident! I just wanted to destroy his home like he did to ours! Lori: Okay! That's fine. We'll just make sure Miya also has an "accident."
# ComicBook.InjusticeGodsAmongUs: Said by Regime members so often in the comic that it's a dark Running Gag.Superman says it to Black Canary after he beats Green Arrow to death. Damian's reaction to killing Dick Grayson. Wonder Woman after she snaps Huntress's neck. The Flash says it after he kills King Shark.
# Characters.{{Ann}}: Although not cornered by anyone in particular, just after strangling Hana to death, he says to himself that he did not actually mean to kill her, and that it was basically a spur-of-the-moment thing. It does not make her spirit any less mad when he tells this to her directly. I am sorry! Okay? I didn't mean to do it!
# Characters.DefileCircles: Sariel's (permanent) killing of Mortuelel was entirely accidental; she had assumed the latter's Resurrective Immortality would save her.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS8E13IncidentInLot7: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince Heyward to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As Willy tells her, he'd stuck with Heyward for the long time it took for his career to take off, and then Heyward wanted to dump him the instant he wasn't necessary.
# Roleplay.TrustfellRoundOne: Tabby only meant to kill one person; she wanted Mordecai as a witness so she could be sent to the execution pit, but the wound she gave him was accidentally fatal.
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# Characters.TheOuroborosProject: Well, that's true, it was completely unintended on her part, but according to Monocobra, getting pushed into someone means you're responsible for the fall damage.
# Theatre.{{Drood}}: In the revised version of the show, this is Helena's rather feeble excuse during her confession ("I meant no violence that Christmas morn / I meant to silence this Edwin's scorn"; "I meant to gag him / But I did snag him / So I did drag him off to hell"). But the rest of the song makes it amply clear she feels no remorse for his death at all and might very well have had lethal intent all along, no matter what she says otherwise.
# Characters.TribeTwelve: After Mr. Scars shoots Mary Asher in the head, he breaks down sobbing while telling her corpse that the Collective made him do it.
# Recap.WhiteCollarS04E16InTheWind: After fatally shooting Pratt, James tells Peter that he did not mean to do that.
# Film.ABridesRevenge: When Rose protests that their plan was "just to scare [Ian and Miya]," Lori reminds her younger sister of how she burned down their father's house when he was inside, leading to a variant of this being said by the former in response. Lori: Are you saying you have a conscious about killing someone? After you killed our father— Rose: That was an accident! I just
# ComicBook.InjusticeGodsAmongUs: Said by Regime members so often in the comic that it's a dark Running Gag.Superman says it to Black Canary after he beats Green Arrow to death. Damian's reaction to killing Dick Grayson. Wonder Woman after she snaps Huntress's neck. The Flash says it after he kills King Shark.
# Characters.{{Ann}}: Although not cornered by anyone in particular, just after strangling Hana to death, he says to himself that he did not
# Characters.DefileCircles: Sariel's (permanent) killing of Mortuelel was entirely accidental; she had assumed the latter's Resurrective Immortality would save her.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS8E13IncidentInLot7: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to
# Roleplay.TrustfellRoundOne: Tabby only meant to kill one person; she wanted Mordecai as a witness so she could be sent to the execution pit, but the wound she gave him was accidentally fatal.
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# Film.{{Insomnia}}: The killer tells the detective who's investigating him (and whom he's blackmailing to help him pin the murder on someone else) that he "didn't mean" to beat his teenage victim to death. When he repeats the same nonsense later on, the detective points out that he knows it took him ten minutes.
# Recap.CriminalCasePacificBayCase43DeadSpace: Brad says this word by word whilst defending himself. Brad: I found the gun in the lab, and I decided to prank Nelson... I didn't expect to kill him for real! Laser guns only kill people in movies, <Player's Name>! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the hole in Nelson's chest... I didn't mean to kill him!
# Music.SuperGhostbusters: The Ratman inadvertently escalates a home invasion into murder by shooting the Ghostbusters with his gun. Ratman: But I... have a gun, so I kill them instead, oh no, it's murder!
# Characters.JordanronpaAnguishtoHope: This to Young Link.
# Characters.DawnOfANewAgeOldportBluesPlayerCharactersAndFamilies: Harriet suffers a severe mental break after she accidentally gives Devin a fatal wound. She feels simultaneously horrified and ecstatic, a wide grin on her face as she howls and then turns to attack Daigo next.
# Recap.TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan: Combined with Bait-and-Switch: Bart: Hey, Milhouse. I just want you to know I'm glad at least one of us got the part. ("Milhouse" explodes) Milhouse! (movie crew rushes over) Bart: (visibly upset) I didn't do it! I wished him well! I wished him well! (detached head falls into his arms) AHH! Crew member: (frustrated) Stupid dummy wasn't supposed to explode yet.
# NewGamePlus2022.TropesInAct2: Bakugo's reaction after he launches a powerful explosion against Stain, killing him, only because he was being trash-talked by him; Stain was otherwise restrained and defenseless. While he's sincerely shocked by what he did (and Tsukauchi confirms he had no killing intent), the power of the blast could have also killed or severely injured Ochako if it wasn't for Hanako's intervention, putting Bakugo in an even worse position.
# Manga.TheKindaichiCaseFiles: In a lot of cases, the culprit(s) didn't mean the victims harm (or at least not death) but things spiraled out of control.
# Series.{{Broadchurch}}: The killer never intended to murder Danny at all. Neither did Lisa's killer in series 2.
# Characters.{{Hollyoaks}}: He was accidentally responsible for Sam and Danny's deaths in a road accident, then failed to stop at the scene. This becomes a huge source of guilt for him and he says the words almost verbatim when Leela discovers the truth.
# Fanfic.PokemonShadowOfTime: During a fight with Team Rocket, Ash accidentally kills a grunt during a fight when his opponent's gun goes off while it's pointing at the man's head.
# Characters.GoodGirls: Following her sexual assault by Boomer, she makes a desperate attempt to leave with her kids in her minivan. However, he catches her and attempts to stop her, only for her to accidentally run him over with her car and killing him instantly... or so we thought. In the season 2 episode "Jeff", we learn Boomer survived and the chopped up body she gave to the ladies is her late husband Jeff who died of natural causes.
# Webcomic.CatPerson: Neko stabs Eleanor during an heated argument. She's visibly horrified after Eleanor drops to her knees and begins bleeding out.
# Roleplay.PowerToTheMany: Did Longstreet kill Scook intentionally in their duel? It depends on political alignments: to Loyalists, it was a complete accident, to the other Columbians, he's a dirty murderer.
# Recap.TheKindaichiCaseFilesTarotMountainHutMurderCase: When a reporter who knows of the Dark Secret about Reika's father tries to Blackmail him for money, he pushes the wrong button during the process by suggesting that he can reduce the price if he gets to have his way with Reika. Reika's father strikes him in anger with the intention of making him back down, but the force of the blow ends up killing him instead.
# Series.{{Tatort}}: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him - happens quite often
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase25MuddyingTheWaters: Anuj says this during his arrest and trial, as he only wanted to shake up Jordan by hitting him with the bat, but ended up accidentally killing him instead.
# Recap.CriminalCasePacificBayCase43DeadSpace: Brad says this word by word whilst defending himself. Brad: I found the gun in the lab, and I decided to prank Nelson... I didn't expect to kill him for real! Laser guns only kill people in movies, <Player's Name>! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the hole in Nelson's chest... I didn't mean to kill him!
# Music.SuperGhostbusters: The Ratman inadvertently escalates a home invasion into murder by shooting the Ghostbusters with his gun. Ratman: But I... have a gun, so I kill them instead, oh no, it's murder!
# Characters.JordanronpaAnguishtoHope: This to Young Link.
# Characters.DawnOfANewAgeOldportBluesPlayerCharactersAndFamilies: Harriet suffers a severe mental break after she accidentally gives Devin a fatal wound. She feels simultaneously horrified and ecstatic, a wide grin on her face as she howls and then turns to attack Daigo next.
# Recap.TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan: Combined with Bait-and-Switch: Bart: Hey, Milhouse. I just want you to know I'm glad at least one of us got the part. ("Milhouse" explodes) Milhouse! (movie crew rushes over) Bart: (visibly upset) I didn't do it! I wished him well! I wished him well! (detached head falls into his arms) AHH! Crew member: (frustrated) Stupid dummy wasn't supposed to explode yet.
# NewGamePlus2022.TropesInAct2: Bakugo's reaction after he launches a powerful explosion against Stain, killing him, only because he was being trash-talked by him; Stain was otherwise restrained and defenseless. While he's sincerely shocked by what he did (and Tsukauchi confirms he had no killing intent), the power of the blast could have also killed or severely injured Ochako if it wasn't for Hanako's intervention, putting Bakugo in an even worse position.
# Manga.TheKindaichiCaseFiles: In a lot of cases, the culprit(s) didn't mean the victims harm (or at least not death) but things spiraled out of control.
# Series.{{Broadchurch}}: The killer never intended to murder Danny at all. Neither did Lisa's killer in series 2.
# Characters.{{Hollyoaks}}: He was accidentally responsible for Sam and Danny's deaths in a road accident, then failed to stop at the scene. This becomes a huge source of guilt for him and he says the words almost verbatim when Leela discovers the truth.
# Fanfic.PokemonShadowOfTime: During a fight with Team Rocket, Ash accidentally kills a grunt during a fight when his opponent's gun goes off while it's pointing at the man's head.
# Characters.GoodGirls: Following her sexual assault by Boomer, she makes a desperate attempt to leave with her kids in her minivan. However, he catches her and attempts to stop her, only for her to accidentally run him over with her car and killing him instantly... or so we thought. In the season 2 episode "Jeff", we learn Boomer survived and the chopped up body she gave to the ladies is her late husband Jeff who died of natural causes.
# Webcomic.CatPerson: Neko stabs Eleanor during an heated argument. She's visibly horrified after Eleanor drops to her knees and begins bleeding out.
# Roleplay.PowerToTheMany: Did Longstreet kill Scook intentionally in their duel? It depends on political alignments: to Loyalists, it was a complete accident, to the other Columbians, he's a dirty murderer.
# Recap.TheKindaichiCaseFilesTarotMountainHutMurderCase: When a reporter who knows of the Dark Secret about Reika's father tries to Blackmail him for money, he pushes the wrong button during the process by suggesting that he can reduce the price if he gets to have his way with Reika. Reika's father strikes him in anger with the intention of making him back down, but the force of the blow ends up killing him instead.
# Series.{{Tatort}}: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him - happens quite often
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase25MuddyingTheWaters: Anuj says this during his arrest and trial, as he only wanted to shake up Jordan by hitting him with the bat, but ended up accidentally killing him instead.
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# Recap.CriminalCasePacificBayCase43DeadSpace: Brad says this word by word whilst defending himself. Brad: I found the gun in the lab, and I decided to prank Nelson... I didn't expect to kill him for real! Laser guns only kill people in movies, <Player's Name>! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the hole in Nelson's chest... I didn't mean to kill him!
# Music.SuperGhostbusters: The Ratman inadvertently escalates a home invasion into murder by shooting the Ghostbusters with his gun. Ratman: But I... have a gun, so I kill them instead, oh no, it's murder!
# NightmareFuel.PublicServiceAnnouncementsSafety: The second ad has a boy talk about how he played with his father's gun that he found in the garage, which accidentally discharged and shot his brother Omar ("There was a hole in his tummy.") who then died from the resulting gunshot wound. [[IDidntMeanToKillHim "I didn't mean to
# Fanfic.{{Epitaph}}: Zipper slams Kimber's head into the bumper of his car and then puts her in the trunk. When he checks a few hours later, he notices that she isn't breathing. His comrades ditch him upon learning a simple kidnapping has turned into a murder situation.
# Recap.JAGS10E21DreamTeam: Ferro claims he was just standing up to a bully, to teach him a lesson, not kill him.
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase26BoneOfContention: Kitty says this word for word during her arrest, claiming she only killed Penny in a fit of rage after she threatened to turn her in for kidnapping dogs. Nevertheless, Judge Powell still gives her a pretty lengthy sentence of 15 years.
# WebAnimation.MeatCanyon: Helga accidentally kills Arnold when she pushes him. When a police officer arrives to arrest her, Helga mentions her shrine as proof that she didn't intend on killing him.
# Fanfic.MyLittleDenarians: Twilight assumed that our moon has an atmosphere, as Equestria's does, when she casts a banishment spell. It takes summoning a corpse back to convince her otherwise and triggers a Heroic [=BSoD.=]
# Literature.TheScarletPimpernel: Marguerite with the Marquis de St. Cyr, in her Backstory.
# Characters.
# Headscratchers.LightsOut2016: One that's been bugging me - was Diane actually evil prior to her institutionalization? After all, it wouldn't be the first time a
# Webcomic.{{Gaia}}: Vivi accidentally
# Series.{{Tatort}}: ''Index entry or ZCE''
# Characters.TheGlory: After she ran into So-hee wearing the same outfit as her, Yeon-jin cornered her on a rooftop and
# Recap.TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan: Combined with
# NewGamePlus2022.TropesInAct2: Bakugo's reaction after he launches a powerful explosion against Stain, killing him, only because he was being trash-talked by him; Stain was otherwise restrained and defenseless. While he's sincerely shocked by what he did (and Tsukauchi confirms he had no killing intent), the power of the blast could have also killed or severely injured Ochako if it wasn't for Hanako's intervention, putting Bakugo in an even worse position.
# Manga.TheKindaichiCaseFiles: In a lot of cases, the culprit(s) didn't mean the victims harm (or at least not death) but things spiraled out of control.
# Series.{{Broadchurch}}: The killer never intended to murder Danny at all. Neither did Lisa's killer in series 2.
# Characters.{{Hollyoaks}}: He was accidentally responsible for Sam and Danny's deaths in a road accident, then failed to stop at the scene. This becomes a huge source of guilt for him and he says the words almost verbatim when Leela discovers the truth.
# Fanfic.PokemonShadowOfTime: During a fight with Team Rocket, Ash accidentally kills a grunt during a fight when his opponent's gun goes off while it's pointing at the man's head.
# Characters.GoodGirls: Following her sexual assault by Boomer, she makes a desperate attempt to leave with her kids in her minivan. However, he catches her and attempts to stop her, only for her to accidentally run him over with her car and killing him instantly... or so we thought. In the season 2 episode "Jeff", we learn Boomer survived and the chopped up body she gave to the ladies is her late husband Jeff who died of natural causes.
# Webcomic.CatPerson: Neko stabs Eleanor during an heated argument. She's visibly horrified after Eleanor drops to her knees and begins bleeding out.
# Roleplay.PowerToTheMany: Did Longstreet kill Scook intentionally in their duel? It depends on political alignments: to Loyalists, it was a complete accident, to the other Columbians, he's a dirty murderer.
# Recap.TheKindaichiCaseFilesTarotMountainHutMurderCase: When a reporter who knows of the Dark Secret about Reika's father tries to Blackmail him for money, he pushes the wrong button during the process by suggesting that he can reduce the price if he gets to have his way with Reika. Reika's father strikes him in anger with the intention of making him back down, but the force of the blow ends up killing him instead.
# Series.{{Tatort}}: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him - happens quite often
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase25MuddyingTheWaters: Anuj says this during his arrest and trial, as he only wanted to shake up Jordan by hitting him with the bat, but ended up accidentally killing him instead.
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# De.{{Tatort}}: Ich Wollte Ihn Nicht Toeten (IDidntMeanToKillHim)
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# De.{{Tatort}}: Ich Wollte Ihn Nicht Toeten (IDidntMeanToKillHim)Characters.BlakeSkyePrivateEye: Humility Shepherd: I didn’t mean to kill him! I was just mindin’ my own business... then he... zon hurt mer and or just reeg zon fin! Why are you udah wur? Oh donah, mita ray! Possa or fahn riss oh sunda!
# Series.KirginCicekler: Obviously, Kader never intended for her altercation with Yavuz to end with his death. She was just defending herself from being sexually assaulted and then it happened. She even drops the name of this trope word-for-word.
# Roleplay.TrustfellRoundOne: Tabby only meant to kill one person; she wanted Mordecai as a witness so she could be sent to the execution pit, but the wound she gave him was accidentally fatal.
# Characters.DeusExHumanRevolution: He just wanted her to "shut her stupid mouth".
# ComicBook.InjusticeGodsAmongUs: Said by Regime members so often in the comic that it's a dark Running Gag.Superman says it to Black Canary after he beats Green Arrow to death. Damian's reaction to killing Dick Grayson. Wonder Woman after she snaps Huntress's neck. The Flash says it after he kills King Shark.
# Film.InTheHeatOfTheNight: Ralph says this word-for-word in his confession scene.
# Recap.TheSimpsonsS10E3BartTheMother: Bart tries to explain to Marge that killing the bird was an accident. She doesn't buy it.
# Film.TheLostCity: Loretta and Alan react in horror when a trap they set for one of the mooks chasing them on a motorcycle causes him to crash into another mook and run them both off a cliff to their certain death. They try to rationalize that they weren't actually responsible for those deaths, claiming that it was their faults for "being mean on a motorcycle".
# Characters.DawnOfANewAgeOldportBluesPlayerCharactersAndFamilies: FreakOut: Harriet suffers a severe mental break after she [[IDidntMeanToKillHim accidentally]] gives Devin a fatal wound. She feels simultaneously horrified and ecstatic, a wide grin on her face as she howls and then turns to attack Daigo next.
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase59BestLaidPlans: Enzo says this on Giulietta's behalf during her arrest, declaring she didn't intent to kill Jaubert but he forced her to do so.
# Recap.Supergirl2015S6E11MxyInTheMiddle: Lena's mom and her friends wanted to just scare Margaret's husband, who was abusing her, but they ended up killing him instead.
# VideoGame.{{Geneforge}}: Barzahl in 2 says this in defense of Stanis after telling the PC he killed Shanti. Whether they believe them or not is, evidently, up to the player.
# Characters.DefileCircles: Sariel's (permanent) killing of Mortuelel was entirely accidental; she had assumed the latter's Resurrective Immortality would save her.
# Series.KirginCicekler: Obviously, Kader never intended for her altercation with Yavuz to end with his death. She was just defending herself from being sexually assaulted and then it happened. She even drops the name of this trope word-for-word.
# Roleplay.TrustfellRoundOne: Tabby only meant to kill one person; she wanted Mordecai as a witness so she could be sent to the execution pit, but the wound she gave him was accidentally fatal.
# Characters.DeusExHumanRevolution: He just wanted her to "shut her stupid mouth".
# ComicBook.InjusticeGodsAmongUs: Said by Regime members so often in the comic that it's a dark Running Gag.Superman says it to Black Canary after he beats Green Arrow to death. Damian's reaction to killing Dick Grayson. Wonder Woman after she snaps Huntress's neck. The Flash says it after he kills King Shark.
# Film.InTheHeatOfTheNight: Ralph says this word-for-word in his confession scene.
# Recap.TheSimpsonsS10E3BartTheMother: Bart tries to explain to Marge that killing the bird was an accident. She doesn't buy it.
# Film.TheLostCity: Loretta and Alan react in horror when a trap they set for one of the mooks chasing them on a motorcycle causes him to crash into another mook and run them both off a cliff to their certain death. They try to rationalize that they weren't actually responsible for those deaths, claiming that it was their faults for "being mean on a motorcycle".
# Characters.DawnOfANewAgeOldportBluesPlayerCharactersAndFamilies: FreakOut: Harriet suffers a severe mental break after she [[IDidntMeanToKillHim accidentally]] gives Devin a fatal wound. She feels simultaneously horrified and ecstatic, a wide grin on her face as she howls and then turns to attack Daigo next.
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase59BestLaidPlans: Enzo says this on Giulietta's behalf during her arrest, declaring she didn't intent to kill Jaubert but he forced her to do so.
# Recap.Supergirl2015S6E11MxyInTheMiddle: Lena's mom and her friends wanted to just scare Margaret's husband, who was abusing her, but they ended up killing him instead.
# VideoGame.{{Geneforge}}: Barzahl in 2 says this in defense of Stanis after telling the PC he killed Shanti. Whether they believe them or not is, evidently, up to the player.
# Characters.DefileCircles: Sariel's (permanent) killing of Mortuelel was entirely accidental; she had assumed the latter's Resurrective Immortality would save her.
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# Manga.{{Keijo}}: Mio Kusakai is capable of completely freezing her opponents in place by swaying her breasts back and forth in a manner similar to hypnosis. Ujibe declared this move as forbidden because those who are affected and knocked out in the water could drown and die if the rescue crew don't reach them on time.
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# Manga.{{Keijo}}: Mio Kusakai is capable Theatre.{{Drood}}: In the revised version of completely freezing her opponents in place by swaying her breasts back and forth in a manner similar to hypnosis. Ujibe declared the show, this move as forbidden because those who are affected is Helena's rather feeble excuse during her confession ("I meant no violence that Christmas morn / I meant to silence this Edwin's scorn"; "I meant to gag him / But I did snag him / So I did drag him off to hell"). But the rest of the song makes it amply clear she feels no remorse for his death at all and knocked out might very well have had lethal intent all along, no matter what she says otherwise.
# Characters.MarkiplierMajorCharacters: Wilford says this in “The Ned Affair” after instinctively shooting Ned. He first uses this phrase when he killed the District Attorney, which was indeed an Accidental Murder. It was an accident! I swear!
# Series.TheMethod: One killer is remorseful about the fact that his victims were killed by accident, he even plants trees over their otherwise unmarked graves. Sadly, the plural in there is what attracts Meglin to the case in thewater could drown and die if the rescue crew don't reach them on time.first place.
# Characters.MarkiplierMajorCharacters: Wilford says this in “The Ned Affair” after instinctively shooting Ned. He first uses this phrase when he killed the District Attorney, which was indeed an Accidental Murder. It was an accident! I swear!
# Series.TheMethod: One killer is remorseful about the fact that his victims were killed by accident, he even plants trees over their otherwise unmarked graves. Sadly, the plural in there is what attracts Meglin to the case in the
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# WebVideo.{{Ivorycello}}: Ivory after killing Chase for good, to Sven's despair.
# Fanfic.WeekendAtBeloss: It's not like Hunter planned to kill his evil uncle.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingEnemies: Dagbert claims this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant to scare him but lost control.
# TimeImmemorial.TropesHToN: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
# WebVideo.URealmsLive: Happens in The Sunswords, as Justin's character accidentally shot into one of his Allies, which directly knocks him out and indirectly kills him.
# VideoGame.TwelveMinutes: Your wife explains how killing her father was just A Tragedy of Impulsiveness and that she never planned for it to happen. Subverted when it turns out that she didn't kill him, to begin with.
# WebAnimation.TheFallOfLibertyCityHeroes: Niko ended up shooting the pilot fatally while he was testing his pistol.
# Characters.TheLionKingSimba: Says this when Scar framed him for killing his father. Simba: The wildebeests, and... he tried to save me... It was an accident! I-I-I didn't mean for it to happen! Scar: Of course, of course you didn't. No-one ever means for these things to happen.
# Film.Munchausen2013: The mother never meant to kill her son. She only wanted to make him sick so he could spend more time at home with her.
# Headscratchers.LightsOut2016: One that's been bugging me - was Diane actually evil prior to her institutionalization? After all, it wouldn't be the first time a parent overreacted to a child having an abnormal condition by all-but imprisoning them. Just look at the case of "Genie".I'm going to guess that she was "evil" before being institutionalized. Given that we get that quick flashback with a man (father?) lying on the couch dead, having written "Get out of my head" in blood, while she was in the corner. Yeah, I'd say she's always been evil.However, perhaps that was a case of Then Let Me Be Evil, or even IDidntMeanToKillHim - she could, after all, have been confined to the basement with minimal contact prior to manifesting that ability, and even then she might not have had strong control over that ability to start with.
# Recap.StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E15GhostOfButterflyCastle: Mina accidentally petrified Manfred when he spitefully ate Eclipsa's porridge. Rather than accept blame, Mina believes that Manfred was forced to eat it.
# Fanfic.{{Syngenesophobia}}: Lincoln (barely) survives his beating, but his sisters' reaction is more of the same.
# PlayingWith.ComedicSociopathy: The fall is hilarious at first, but then Bob doesn't get up. Dan is then racked with guilt over his prank while Bob spends several days in a coma, followed by months of recovery and physiotherapy. Infinitely more angst points for Dan if the prank led to Bob's untimely death. Alternative: Dan is a diagnosed Sociopath and is savvy enough to do actions when it's comically appropriate. Soon Bob and others find this out and seek to have him institutionalized and put into a place most appropriate for such people. Dan invokes several comedic sociopathy tropes that both run counter to the setting's established tone and avert Toon Physics. The results are horrifying and the failed comedy only makes it sicker.
# Characters.DoubtAcademyAlphaRoster: Her murder of Ayako was a complete accident.
# ComicBook.WhoIsSuperwoman: Supergirl tearing Superwoman's suit apart triggers a chain reaction which causes the suit to explode and obliterates its wearer. Seeing she has accidentally killed Superwoman, Kara falls to her knees and has a breakdown. Later, when she recounts the story, she swears she did not mean to kill Lucy.
# Roleplay.DanganRoleplayRoundTwo: Case 8's killer had been ordered to kill somebody, but the victim wasn't exactly who they'd have chosen if they'd been lucid about it.
# Film.TheDirtyDozen: Posey says this word for word when recounting the reason why he was locked up - he accidentally killed a man with his bare hands because he kept pushing him. The soldier who was hanged in the opening says "I didn't mean it" just before the MP pulls the lever to send him to his death.
# Recap.CriminalCaseWorldEditionCase33TheSweetEscape: Maya claims she just tried to stop Riaja from running away, and panicked before shooting her with the speargun when she had no other option.
# Series.{{Casualty}}: Lara hits a policeman over the head with a brick because he tried to rape her. I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF!
# Literature.ThePentagonWar: Or her, in this case.
# Literature.TheScarletPimpernel: Marguerite with the Marquis de St. Cyr, in her Backstory.
# Fanfic.FairyDanceOfDeath: Coper claims that murdering Yoshihara wasn't part of the plan. They'd intended to either force her to abdicate or rezz her before her remain light expired, but he got stabbed in the back by Krensh and all but two of his crew were killed in the process. He's lying. Killing her — and all the other candidates — was Mortimer's plan all along.
# Recap.FuturamaS8E6IKnowWhatYouDidNextXmas: This is Zoidberg and Bender's reaction when they seemingly murder Robot Santa.
# Characters.TheOutsiders: Bob. Good thing he did though, or else Pony would be dead instead.
# Fanfic.WeekendAtBeloss: It's not like Hunter planned to kill his evil uncle.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingEnemies: Dagbert claims this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant to scare him but lost control.
# TimeImmemorial.TropesHToN: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
# WebVideo.URealmsLive: Happens in The Sunswords, as Justin's character accidentally shot into one of his Allies, which directly knocks him out and indirectly kills him.
# VideoGame.TwelveMinutes: Your wife explains how killing her father was just A Tragedy of Impulsiveness and that she never planned for it to happen. Subverted when it turns out that she didn't kill him, to begin with.
# WebAnimation.TheFallOfLibertyCityHeroes: Niko ended up shooting the pilot fatally while he was testing his pistol.
# Characters.TheLionKingSimba: Says this when Scar framed him for killing his father. Simba: The wildebeests, and... he tried to save me... It was an accident! I-I-I didn't mean for it to happen! Scar: Of course, of course you didn't. No-one ever means for these things to happen.
# Film.Munchausen2013: The mother never meant to kill her son. She only wanted to make him sick so he could spend more time at home with her.
# Headscratchers.LightsOut2016: One that's been bugging me - was Diane actually evil prior to her institutionalization? After all, it wouldn't be the first time a parent overreacted to a child having an abnormal condition by all-but imprisoning them. Just look at the case of "Genie".I'm going to guess that she was "evil" before being institutionalized. Given that we get that quick flashback with a man (father?) lying on the couch dead, having written "Get out of my head" in blood, while she was in the corner. Yeah, I'd say she's always been evil.However, perhaps that was a case of Then Let Me Be Evil, or even IDidntMeanToKillHim - she could, after all, have been confined to the basement with minimal contact prior to manifesting that ability, and even then she might not have had strong control over that ability to start with.
# Recap.StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E15GhostOfButterflyCastle: Mina accidentally petrified Manfred when he spitefully ate Eclipsa's porridge. Rather than accept blame, Mina believes that Manfred was forced to eat it.
# Fanfic.{{Syngenesophobia}}: Lincoln (barely) survives his beating, but his sisters' reaction is more of the same.
# PlayingWith.ComedicSociopathy: The fall is hilarious at first, but then Bob doesn't get up. Dan is then racked with guilt over his prank while Bob spends several days in a coma, followed by months of recovery and physiotherapy. Infinitely more angst points for Dan if the prank led to Bob's untimely death. Alternative: Dan is a diagnosed Sociopath and is savvy enough to do actions when it's comically appropriate. Soon Bob and others find this out and seek to have him institutionalized and put into a place most appropriate for such people. Dan invokes several comedic sociopathy tropes that both run counter to the setting's established tone and avert Toon Physics. The results are horrifying and the failed comedy only makes it sicker.
# Characters.DoubtAcademyAlphaRoster: Her murder of Ayako was a complete accident.
# ComicBook.WhoIsSuperwoman: Supergirl tearing Superwoman's suit apart triggers a chain reaction which causes the suit to explode and obliterates its wearer. Seeing she has accidentally killed Superwoman, Kara falls to her knees and has a breakdown. Later, when she recounts the story, she swears she did not mean to kill Lucy.
# Roleplay.DanganRoleplayRoundTwo: Case 8's killer had been ordered to kill somebody, but the victim wasn't exactly who they'd have chosen if they'd been lucid about it.
# Film.TheDirtyDozen: Posey says this word for word when recounting the reason why he was locked up - he accidentally killed a man with his bare hands because he kept pushing him. The soldier who was hanged in the opening says "I didn't mean it" just before the MP pulls the lever to send him to his death.
# Recap.CriminalCaseWorldEditionCase33TheSweetEscape: Maya claims she just tried to stop Riaja from running away, and panicked before shooting her with the speargun when she had no other option.
# Series.{{Casualty}}: Lara hits a policeman over the head with a brick because he tried to rape her. I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF!
# Literature.ThePentagonWar: Or her, in this case.
# Literature.TheScarletPimpernel: Marguerite with the Marquis de St. Cyr, in her Backstory.
# Fanfic.FairyDanceOfDeath: Coper claims that murdering Yoshihara wasn't part of the plan. They'd intended to either force her to abdicate or rezz her before her remain light expired, but he got stabbed in the back by Krensh and all but two of his crew were killed in the process. He's lying. Killing her — and all the other candidates — was Mortimer's plan all along.
# Recap.FuturamaS8E6IKnowWhatYouDidNextXmas: This is Zoidberg and Bender's reaction when they seemingly murder Robot Santa.
# Characters.TheOutsiders: Bob. Good thing he did though, or else Pony would be dead instead.
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# WebVideo.{{Ivorycello}}: Ivory after Series.{{Baantjer}}: Often uttered. Most of those who do get manslaughter convictions. One or two suspects did mean to kill, but killed the wrong person.A concrete example of this would be the manslaughter in the episode "De Cock en de moord op het beest", where the killers only intended to beat up the victim (badly), but accidentally knocked him off a balcony instead, leading to his death.
# ARG.Project863: Deb when she finally confesses to accidentally killingChase for good, to Sven's despair.
Wes at the end of the second season.
#Fanfic.WeekendAtBeloss: It's not like Hunter planned to kill his evil uncle.
ComicBook.ThePlagueOfTheAntibioticMan: When Nam-Ek vanishes without a trace after getting a volcano tossed at him, Superman examines the lava, finds traces of Kryptonite, and becomes horrified thinking he has killed Nam-Ek by accident instead of stunning him.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingEnemies: Dagbert claims TownOfSalem: VigilanteMan: One of the only two Town roles (Three counting Vampire Hunter) that can kill a target of their choice. Jailor has the added benefit of Roleblocking his target (stopping said person from doing a night action), protecting them from other attacks, and being able to anonymously talk with the convict. Although this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant can lead to scare him but lost control.
# TimeImmemorial.TropesHToN:[[IDidntMeanToKillHim I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
Him]] moments, when a Witch finds out that you have a high value target in your cell and makes you execute them.
# WebVideo.URealmsLive: Happens in The Sunswords, as Justin's character accidentally shot into one of his Allies, which directly knocks him out and indirectly kills him.
# VideoGame.TwelveMinutes: Your wife explains how{{Ivorycello}}: Ivory after killing her father was just A Tragedy of Impulsiveness and that she never planned Chase for it good, to happen. Subverted when it turns out that she didn't kill him, to begin with.
# WebAnimation.TheFallOfLibertyCityHeroes: Niko ended up shooting the pilot fatally while he was testing his pistol.
# Characters.TheLionKingSimba: Says this when Scar framed him for killing his father. Simba: The wildebeests, and... he tried to save me... It was an accident! I-I-I didn't mean for it to happen! Scar: Of course, of course you didn't. No-one ever means for these things to happen.
# Film.Munchausen2013: The mother never meant to kill her son. She only wanted to make him sick so he could spend more time at home with her.
# Headscratchers.LightsOut2016: One that's been bugging me - was Diane actually evil prior to her institutionalization? After all, it wouldn't be the first time a parent overreacted to a child having an abnormal condition by all-but imprisoning them. Just look at the case of "Genie".I'm going to guess that she was "evil" before being institutionalized. Given that we get that quick flashback with a man (father?) lying on the couch dead, having written "Get out of my head" in blood, while she was in the corner. Yeah, I'd say she's always been evil.However, perhaps that was a case of Then Let Me Be Evil, or even IDidntMeanToKillHim - she could, after all, have been confined to the basement with minimal contact prior to manifesting that ability, and even then she might not have had strong control over that ability to start with.
# Recap.StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E15GhostOfButterflyCastle: Mina accidentally petrified Manfred when he spitefully ate Eclipsa's porridge. Rather than accept blame, Mina believes that Manfred was forced to eat it.
# Fanfic.{{Syngenesophobia}}: Lincoln (barely) survives his beating, but his sisters' reaction is more of the same.
# PlayingWith.ComedicSociopathy: The fall is hilarious at first, but then Bob doesn't get up. Dan is then racked with guilt over his prank while Bob spends several days in a coma, followed by months of recovery and physiotherapy. Infinitely more angst points for Dan if the prank led to Bob's untimely death. Alternative: Dan is a diagnosed Sociopath and is savvy enough to do actions when it's comically appropriate. Soon Bob and others find this out and seek to have him institutionalized and put into a place most appropriate for such people. Dan invokes several comedic sociopathy tropes that both run counter to the setting's established tone and avert Toon Physics. The results are horrifying and the failed comedy only makes it sicker.
# Characters.DoubtAcademyAlphaRoster: Her murder of Ayako was a complete accident.
# ComicBook.WhoIsSuperwoman: Supergirl tearing Superwoman's suit apart triggers a chain reaction which causes the suit to explode and obliterates its wearer. Seeing she has accidentally killed Superwoman, Kara falls to her knees and has a breakdown. Later, when she recounts the story, she swears she did not mean to kill Lucy.
# Roleplay.DanganRoleplayRoundTwo: Case 8's killer had been ordered to kill somebody, but the victim wasn't exactly who they'd have chosen if they'd been lucid about it.
# Film.TheDirtyDozen: Posey says this word for word when recounting the reason why he was locked up - he accidentally killed a man with his bare hands because he kept pushing him. The soldier who was hanged in the opening says "I didn't mean it" just before the MP pulls the lever to send him to his death.
# Recap.CriminalCaseWorldEditionCase33TheSweetEscape: Maya claims she just tried to stop Riaja from running away, and panicked before shooting her with the speargun when she had no other option.
# Series.{{Casualty}}: Lara hits a policeman over the head with a brick because he tried to rape her. I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF!
# Literature.ThePentagonWar: Or her, in this case.
# Literature.TheScarletPimpernel: Marguerite with the Marquis de St. Cyr, in her Backstory.
# Fanfic.FairyDanceOfDeath: Coper claims that murdering Yoshihara wasn't part of the plan. They'd intended to either force her to abdicate or rezz her before her remain light expired, but he got stabbed in the back by Krensh and all but two of his crew were killed in the process. He's lying. Killing her — and all the other candidates — was Mortimer's plan all along.
# Recap.FuturamaS8E6IKnowWhatYouDidNextXmas: This is Zoidberg and Bender's reaction when they seemingly murder Robot Santa.
# Characters.TheOutsiders: Bob. Good thing he did though, or else Pony would be dead instead.Sven's despair.
# ARG.Project863: Deb when she finally confesses to accidentally killing
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# Characters.
# TimeImmemorial.TropesHToN:
# WebVideo.
# VideoGame.TwelveMinutes: Your wife explains how
# WebAnimation.TheFallOfLibertyCityHeroes: Niko ended up shooting the pilot fatally while he was testing his pistol.
# Characters.TheLionKingSimba: Says this when Scar framed him for killing his father. Simba: The wildebeests, and... he tried to save me... It was an accident! I-I-I didn't mean for it to happen! Scar: Of course, of course you didn't. No-one ever means for these things to happen.
# Film.Munchausen2013: The mother never meant to kill her son. She only wanted to make him sick so he could spend more time at home with her.
# Headscratchers.LightsOut2016: One that's been bugging me - was Diane actually evil prior to her institutionalization? After all, it wouldn't be the first time a parent overreacted to a child having an abnormal condition by all-but imprisoning them. Just look at the case of "Genie".I'm going to guess that she was "evil" before being institutionalized. Given that we get that quick flashback with a man (father?) lying on the couch dead, having written "Get out of my head" in blood, while she was in the corner. Yeah, I'd say she's always been evil.However, perhaps that was a case of Then Let Me Be Evil, or even IDidntMeanToKillHim - she could, after all, have been confined to the basement with minimal contact prior to manifesting that ability, and even then she might not have had strong control over that ability to start with.
# Recap.StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E15GhostOfButterflyCastle: Mina accidentally petrified Manfred when he spitefully ate Eclipsa's porridge. Rather than accept blame, Mina believes that Manfred was forced to eat it.
# Fanfic.{{Syngenesophobia}}: Lincoln (barely) survives his beating, but his sisters' reaction is more of the same.
# PlayingWith.ComedicSociopathy: The fall is hilarious at first, but then Bob doesn't get up. Dan is then racked with guilt over his prank while Bob spends several days in a coma, followed by months of recovery and physiotherapy. Infinitely more angst points for Dan if the prank led to Bob's untimely death. Alternative: Dan is a diagnosed Sociopath and is savvy enough to do actions when it's comically appropriate. Soon Bob and others find this out and seek to have him institutionalized and put into a place most appropriate for such people. Dan invokes several comedic sociopathy tropes that both run counter to the setting's established tone and avert Toon Physics. The results are horrifying and the failed comedy only makes it sicker.
# Characters.DoubtAcademyAlphaRoster: Her murder of Ayako was a complete accident.
# ComicBook.WhoIsSuperwoman: Supergirl tearing Superwoman's suit apart triggers a chain reaction which causes the suit to explode and obliterates its wearer. Seeing she has accidentally killed Superwoman, Kara falls to her knees and has a breakdown. Later, when she recounts the story, she swears she did not mean to kill Lucy.
# Roleplay.DanganRoleplayRoundTwo: Case 8's killer had been ordered to kill somebody, but the victim wasn't exactly who they'd have chosen if they'd been lucid about it.
# Film.TheDirtyDozen: Posey says this word for word when recounting the reason why he was locked up - he accidentally killed a man with his bare hands because he kept pushing him. The soldier who was hanged in the opening says "I didn't mean it" just before the MP pulls the lever to send him to his death.
# Recap.CriminalCaseWorldEditionCase33TheSweetEscape: Maya claims she just tried to stop Riaja from running away, and panicked before shooting her with the speargun when she had no other option.
# Series.{{Casualty}}: Lara hits a policeman over the head with a brick because he tried to rape her. I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF!
# Literature.ThePentagonWar: Or her, in this case.
# Literature.TheScarletPimpernel: Marguerite with the Marquis de St. Cyr, in her Backstory.
# Fanfic.FairyDanceOfDeath: Coper claims that murdering Yoshihara wasn't part of the plan. They'd intended to either force her to abdicate or rezz her before her remain light expired, but he got stabbed in the back by Krensh and all but two of his crew were killed in the process. He's lying. Killing her — and all the other candidates — was Mortimer's plan all along.
# Recap.FuturamaS8E6IKnowWhatYouDidNextXmas: This is Zoidberg and Bender's reaction when they seemingly murder Robot Santa.
# Characters.TheOutsiders: Bob. Good thing he did though, or else Pony would be dead instead.
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# LaconicTropeDistinctions.AToC: Only meant to scare him. IDidntMeanToKillHim: Only wanted him wounded. Murder by Mistake: Meant to shoot Carl.
# CynicismCatalyst.{{Literature}}: The accidental slaughter of three of Gawain's younger brothers turns his long rivalry with Lancelot into a vendetta. This fight between the two chief knights leaves the Round Table open to attack, letting Mordred worm his way in and destroy everything. (The theme of revenge is slightly subverted in that Gawain is the one who ends up dead.) Arthur doesn't attack Lancelot until he rescues Guinevere from being burned alive for adultery, and takes her to Joyous Gard, his realm. Sources debate on whether Arthur was counting on Lancelot rescuing the Queen or not.
# Characters.AstralCabalAARoster: A variation. In chapter two Akemi truly did not believe that she was Valentina's killer, as both her and Tina were sure that, with Akemi's help, Tina's death would count as suicide and only one innocent would be lost to the motive. That turned out to not be the case, as the mistrial showed.
# Series.{{Camelot}}: Merlin's trip to get a specially forged sword for Arthur results in the deaths of the smith and his daughter In his guilt, Merlin then provokes two random guys into beating him up.
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase21WritersBlocked: Jebediah says this word for word during his arrest, calling the murder an act of passion in a desperate attempt to salvage his work. Judge Powell seems to kinda agree with this, as she gives him a somewhat lenient sentence of 10 years.
# ImageSource.ComicBooksMToZ: Superworld Comics IDidntMeanToKillHim
# Recap.StarTrekEnterpriseS04E05ColdStation12: Malik tearfully says that killing Raakin was an accident. Soong buys it hook, line, and sinker.
# Series.KirginCicekler: Obviously, Kader never intended for her altercation with Yavuz to end with his death. She was just defending herself from being sexually assaulted and then it happened. She even drops the name of this trope word-for-word.
# VideoGame.{{Paradigm}}: Played for Laughs, thrice. The active murders Paradigm committed are essentially a water tank, a water cooler and a giant can of candiesnote which actually screamed in agony, which Paradigm seems to have no remorse for.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingCharlieAndHisFriends: Dagbert claims this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant to scare him but lost control.
# Film.SubjectTwo: The Hunter who shoots Adam in the chest.
# CSINY.TropesMToZ: In the second case in 'The Ride In,' a man is trying to form a union for costumed mascots. He accidentally kills a man when he flings a cigarette at him to prove that people in costumes get bullied and the union is meant to provide protection, not knowing that the man (who was part of a publicity stunt for a new brand of cigarette) had made his costume with flammable materials.
# Characters.BlakeSkyePrivateEye: Humility Shepherd: I didn’t mean to kill him! I was just mindin’ my own business... then he... zon hurt mer and or just reeg zon fin! Why are you udah wur? Oh donah, mita ray! Possa or fahn riss oh sunda!
# Series.{{Cluedo}}: Heard a few times during the murderer's confession.
# Recap.CelebrityDeathmatchS01E12: Brandy says that she didn't mean for Courtney to get killed the way that she did.
# PlayingWith.DeadlyPrank: "I just wanted to prank her! I never wanted her to die!"
# Characters.Lupin2021Accomplices: While he, Assane and Keller are driving away following their ill-fated burglary of the jewelry store on the day of the 1998 World Cup final, Bruno shoots a police officer, having been ordered to do so by Keller (who threatened to kill Bruno if he didn't comply). After Keller crashes the car and Assane pulls Bruno out of the wreckage, Bruno stammers that he never meant to do it. Assane ultimately takes the gun from Bruno and puts it into the hand of a half-conscious Keller, who is arrested when the slain officer's colleagues arrive on the scene.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS5E20ThreeStrikesYoureOut: Mr. Sidell tells Jessica and Lt. Caceras that he didn't intend to kill Loretta Lee. After confirming her suspicions about Charley Holcombe, she tried to call the story in to the networks or the DA, only caring about the glory she would obtain from cracking the case and not how it would impact Charley or Siddell. The two struggled and he hit her, accidentally toppling her into the dresser.
# VideoGame.CriminalCase: Many murderers who commit accidental murders say something that boils down to this during their arrests. How sympathetic they are generally depends on the circumstances of the killing itself. One of the most notable cases is Case 18 of Grimsborough. Julian Ramis and his friend Freddy Stewart stole various items from Alden Greene, including a rusty crossbow that fired on its own when Julian was holding it, killing Freddy in the process.
# Film.TheLostCity: Loretta and Alan react in horror when a trap they set for one of the mooks chasing them on a motorcycle causes him to crash into another mook and run them both off a cliff to their certain death. They try to rationalize that they weren't actually responsible for those deaths, claiming that it was their faults for "being mean on a motorcycle".
# Recap.CastleS8E9ToneDeath: The murderer, Linda Weinberg's husband, confesses to pushing Robyn during an argument and insists it was an accident that she hit her head and died.
# WebAnimation.UltimateCartoonFighting: From round 1: SpongeBob: Alright buddy, you can go ahead and regenerate yourself. Patrick: Uh, SpongeBob? I don't think humans can do that. SpongeBob: Oh, Crap!...
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase27LittleMurderOnThePrairie: Vinnie justifies himself saying that his intent wasn't killing Benjamin, but the man lunged at him while he was holding the pitchfork to scare him off and accidentally impaled him.
# Recap.JAGS10E21DreamTeam: Ferro claims he was just standing up to a bully, to teach him a lesson, not kill him.
# Series.{{Baantjer}}: Often uttered. Most of those who do get manslaughter convictions. One or two suspects did mean to kill, but killed the wrong person.A concrete example of this would be the manslaughter in the episode "De Cock en de moord op het beest", where the killers only intended to beat up the victim (badly), but accidentally knocked him off a balcony instead, leading to his death.
# Podcast.RedPandaAdventures: Flying Squirrel says this about the Electric Eel, when her boomerang causes the Eel to lose control of his power and explode.
# Series.TheMethod: One killer is remorseful about the fact that his victims were killed by accident, he even plants trees over their otherwise unmarked graves. Sadly, the plural in there is what attracts Meglin to the case in the first place.
# Characters.TheWalkingDeadVideoGameTheFinalSeasonCharacters: If he's saved in Suffer the Children, he'll try to help Clementine, while she is struggling against Minerva, by grabbing the latter's crossbow. When Dorian suddenly shows up behind him, Louis turns around and kills her by accident. His reaction shows that he is clearly horrified by what he did.
# VideoGame.UntilDawn: This is pretty much how most characters except Josh and Sam react to the death of Hannah and Beth.
# Film.WhatRichardDid: Richard repeatedly insists Conor's death was a freak accident.
# Film.InTheHeatOfTheNight: Ralph says this word-for-word in his confession scene.
# Characters.TeenTitansBeastBoy: Madame Rouge and General Zahl, villains from the Doom Patrol, were responsible for killing the eponymous heroes of that series, and survived long enough for Gar Logan to catch up to them, with all his Unstoppable Rage in tow. At long last Gar finally catches Rouge and lethally wounds her, only to instantly regret it.
# ComicBook.SeasonOne: Loki backstabs Odin and allows the Frost Giants to invade Asgard, believing all the while that Odin will become a prisoner, as he is immortal, not knowing that Farbauti has Reginbanir, a sword that can kill even gods.
# Film.{{Stoned}}: Given Frank's behaviour and demeanour after Bria's death, it's easy to infer that he didn’t mean to kill Brian. Still, he does actively participate in the subsequent cover-up.
# PlayingWith.CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: The argument reaches a Rage Breaking Point for Alice and she accidentally kills Bob in a way that definitely looks like a premeditated (or least mad-dog) assassination instead of manslaughter. The Argument Slayer decides they need to die for polluting the world with their nonsensical prattling.
# QuoteSource.FanWorks: The Victors Project Big Damn Reunion Cheshire Cat Grin Desperate Object Catch Droit du Seigneur A Family Affair Hoist Hero over Head IDidntMeanToKillHim Is That the Best You Can Do? It's a Long Story Knife-Throwing Act Lovable Alpha Bitch OvershadowedByAwesome.Fan Works Pummeling the Corpse Succession Crisis
# Characters.TownOfSalem: VigilanteMan: One of the only two Town roles (Three counting Vampire Hunter) that can kill a target of their choice. Jailor has the added benefit of Roleblocking his target (stopping said person from doing a night action), protecting them from other attacks, and being able to anonymously talk with the convict. Although this can lead to IDidntMeanToKillHim moments, when a Witch finds out that you have a high value target in your cell and makes you execute them.
# Film.LaStrada: AccidentalMurder: Zampanò only punches The Fool a few times, but after all, he is the strongman. He tries to explain to Gelsomina that he didn't mean to do it, but it doesn't help.
# Characters.InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros: States this about accidentally leaving Sean to drown in Toluca Lake due a combination of not believing the Apex kid who wanted to kill Electvire was actually in trouble and not having a Gastrodon for the kid to grab onto.
# Characters.DeusExHumanRevolution: He just wanted her to "shut her stupid mouth".
# Recap.PetalsToTheMetalChapterFive: Magnus tries to backpedal on his declaration of swinging his axe to "cleft the guard in twain", saying that he meant it non-lethally. Griffin doesn't buy it.
# LetsPlay.TheDeadbeats: Well, Phil did mean to prank Ross by filling his storage area with dirt, but he didn't think a creeper would spawn in the one patch of air he left.
# Characters.MurderByNumbers2020: She pleads to K.C. that her killing Oliver was an accident.
# Characters.TheOuroborosProject: Well, that's true, it was completely unintended on her part, but according to Monocobra, getting pushed into someone means you're responsible for the fall damage.
# Theatre.{{Drood}}: In the revised version of the show, this is Helena's rather feeble excuse during her confession ("I meant no violence that Christmas morn / I meant to silence this Edwin's scorn"; "I meant to gag him / But I did snag him / So I did drag him off to hell"). But the rest of the song makes it amply clear she feels no remorse for his death at all and might very well have had lethal intent all along, no matter what she says otherwise.
# Characters.TribeTwelve: After Mr. Scars shoots Mary Asher in the head, he breaks down sobbing while telling her corpse that the Collective made him do it.
# Recap.WhiteCollarS04E16InTheWind: After fatally shooting Pratt, James tells Peter that he did not mean to do that.
# Film.ABridesRevenge: When Rose protests that their plan was "just to scare [Ian and Miya]," Lori reminds her younger sister of how she burned down their father's house when he was inside, leading to a variant of this being said by the former in response. Lori: Are you saying you have a conscious about killing someone? After you killed our father— Rose: That was an accident! I just wanted to destroy his home like he did to ours! Lori: Okay! That's fine. We'll just make sure Miya also has an "accident."
# ComicBook.InjusticeGodsAmongUs: Said by Regime members so often in the comic that it's a dark Running Gag.Superman says it to Black Canary after he beats Green Arrow to death. Damian's reaction to killing Dick Grayson. Wonder Woman after she snaps Huntress's neck. The Flash says it after he kills King Shark.
# Characters.{{Ann}}: Although not cornered by anyone in particular, just after strangling Hana to death, he says to himself that he did not actually mean to kill her, and that it was basically a spur-of-the-moment thing. It does not make her spirit any less mad when he tells this to her directly. I am sorry! Okay? I didn't mean to do it!
# Characters.DefileCircles: Sariel's (permanent) killing of Mortuelel was entirely accidental; she had assumed the latter's Resurrective Immortality would save her.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS8E13IncidentInLot7: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince Heyward to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As Willy tells her, he'd stuck with Heyward for the long time it took for his career to take off, and then Heyward wanted to dump him the instant he wasn't necessary.
# Roleplay.TrustfellRoundOne: Tabby only meant to kill one person; she wanted Mordecai as a witness so she could be sent to the execution pit, but the wound she gave him was accidentally fatal.
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase16BuzzKill: Prisha says this both during her arrest and her trial, to the point she didn't even know Beckett had died from being pushed onto the beehive until you broke the news to her.
# Film.{{Insomnia}}: The killer tells the detective who's investigating him (and whom he's blackmailing to help him pin the murder on someone else) that he "didn't mean" to beat his teenage victim to death. When he repeats the same nonsense later on, the detective points out that he knows it took him ten minutes.
# Recap.CriminalCasePacificBayCase43DeadSpace: Brad says this word by word whilst defending himself. Brad: I found the gun in the lab, and I decided to prank Nelson... I didn't expect to kill him for real! Laser guns only kill people in movies, <Player's Name>! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the hole in Nelson's chest... I didn't mean to kill him!
# Music.SuperGhostbusters: The Ratman inadvertently escalates a home invasion into murder by shooting the Ghostbusters with his gun. Ratman: But I... have a gun, so I kill them instead, oh no, it's murder!
# Characters.JordanronpaAnguishtoHope: This to Young Link.
# Characters.DawnOfANewAgeOldportBluesPlayerCharactersAndFamilies: Harriet suffers a severe mental break after she accidentally gives Devin a fatal wound. She feels simultaneously horrified and ecstatic, a wide grin on her face as she howls and then turns to attack Daigo next.
# Recap.TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan: Combined with Bait-and-Switch: Bart: Hey, Milhouse. I just want you to know I'm glad at least one of us got the part. ("Milhouse" explodes) Milhouse! (movie crew rushes over) Bart: (visibly upset) I didn't do it! I wished him well! I wished him well! (detached head falls into his arms) AHH! Crew member: (frustrated) Stupid dummy wasn't supposed to explode yet.
# NewGamePlus2022.TropesInAct2: Bakugo's reaction after he launches a powerful explosion against Stain, killing him, only because he was being trash-talked by him; Stain was otherwise restrained and defenseless. While he's sincerely shocked by what he did (and Tsukauchi confirms he had no killing intent), the power of the blast could have also killed or severely injured Ochako if it wasn't for Hanako's intervention, putting Bakugo in an even worse position.
# Manga.TheKindaichiCaseFiles: In a lot of cases, the culprit(s) didn't mean the victims harm (or at least not death) but things spiraled out of control.
# Series.{{Broadchurch}}: The killer never intended to murder Danny at all. Neither did Lisa's killer in series 2.
# Characters.{{Hollyoaks}}: He was accidentally responsible for Sam and Danny's deaths in a road accident, then failed to stop at the scene. This becomes a huge source of guilt for him and he says the words almost verbatim when Leela discovers the truth.
# Fanfic.PokemonShadowOfTime: During a fight with Team Rocket, Ash accidentally kills a grunt during a fight when his opponent's gun goes off while it's pointing at the man's head.
# Characters.GoodGirls: Following her sexual assault by Boomer, she makes a desperate attempt to leave with her kids in her minivan. However, he catches her and attempts to stop her, only for her to accidentally run him over with her car and killing him instantly... or so we thought. In the season 2 episode "Jeff", we learn Boomer survived and the chopped up body she gave to the ladies is her late husband Jeff who died of natural causes.
# Webcomic.CatPerson: Neko stabs Eleanor during an heated argument. She's visibly horrified after Eleanor drops to her knees and begins bleeding out.
# Roleplay.PowerToTheMany: Did Longstreet kill Scook intentionally in their duel? It depends on political alignments: to Loyalists, it was a complete accident, to the other Columbians, he's a dirty murderer.
# Recap.TheKindaichiCaseFilesTarotMountainHutMurderCase: When a reporter who knows of the Dark Secret about Reika's father tries to Blackmail him for money, he pushes the wrong button during the process by suggesting that he can reduce the price if he gets to have his way with Reika. Reika's father strikes him in anger with the intention of making him back down, but the force of the blow ends up killing him instead.
# Series.{{Tatort}}: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him - happens quite often
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase25MuddyingTheWaters: Anuj says this during his arrest and trial, as he only wanted to shake up Jordan by hitting him with the bat, but ended up accidentally killing him instead.
# VideoGame.ThePainscreekKillings: Matthew Brooks claims this in regards to Andrew Reed.
# De.{{Tatort}}: Ich Wollte Ihn Nicht Toeten (IDidntMeanToKillHim)
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS1E21FuneralAtFiftyMile: The four men claim they put Mestin on a horse with a noose around his neck to frighten him, but then the horse heard thunder and bolted, killing Mestin. Jessica points out that even if they didn't intend to kill him, they still did something that led to his death.
# Manga.{{Keijo}}: Mio Kusakai is capable of completely freezing her opponents in place by swaying her breasts back and forth in a manner similar to hypnosis. Ujibe declared this move as forbidden because those who are affected and knocked out in the water could drown and die if the rescue crew don't reach them on time.
# Fanfic.GhostGhostIKnowYouLiveWithinMe: Garrus was just planning to kill Zel'Aenik nar Helash, the quarian viral specialist, with normal bullets. Since he just couldn't help being sick and accidentally coughed on her, she died of infection almost immediately.
# WebVideo.{{Ivorycello}}: Ivory after killing Chase for good, to Sven's despair.
# Fanfic.WeekendAtBeloss: It's not like Hunter planned to kill his evil uncle.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingEnemies: Dagbert claims this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant to scare him but lost control.
# TimeImmemorial.TropesHToN: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
# WebVideo.URealmsLive: Happens in The Sunswords, as Justin's character accidentally shot into one of his Allies, which directly knocks him out and indirectly kills him.
# VideoGame.TwelveMinutes: Your wife explains how killing her father was just A Tragedy of Impulsiveness and that she never planned for it to happen. Subverted when it turns out that she didn't kill him, to begin with.
# WebAnimation.TheFallOfLibertyCityHeroes: Niko ended up shooting the pilot fatally while he was testing his pistol.
# Characters.TheLionKingSimba: Says this when Scar framed him for killing his father. Simba: The wildebeests, and... he tried to save me... It was an accident! I-I-I didn't mean for it to happen! Scar: Of course, of course you didn't. No-one ever means for these things to happen.
# Film.Munchausen2013: The mother never meant to kill her son. She only wanted to make him sick so he could spend more time at home with her.
# Headscratchers.LightsOut2016: One that's been bugging me - was Diane actually evil prior to her institutionalization? After all, it wouldn't be the first time a parent overreacted to a child having an abnormal condition by all-but imprisoning them. Just look at the case of "Genie".I'm going to guess that she was "evil" before being institutionalized. Given that we get that quick flashback with a man (father?) lying on the couch dead, having written "Get out of my head" in blood, while she was in the corner. Yeah, I'd say she's always been evil.However, perhaps that was a case of Then Let Me Be Evil, or even IDidntMeanToKillHim - she could, after all, have been confined to the basement with minimal contact prior to manifesting that ability, and even then she might not have had strong control over that ability to start with.
# Recap.StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E15GhostOfButterflyCastle: Mina accidentally petrified Manfred when he spitefully ate Eclipsa's porridge. Rather than accept blame, Mina believes that Manfred was forced to eat it.
# Fanfic.{{Syngenesophobia}}: Lincoln (barely) survives his beating, but his sisters' reaction is more of the same.
# PlayingWith.ComedicSociopathy: The fall is hilarious at first, but then Bob doesn't get up. Dan is then racked with guilt over his prank while Bob spends several days in a coma, followed by months of recovery and physiotherapy. Infinitely more angst points for Dan if the prank led to Bob's untimely death. Alternative: Dan is a diagnosed Sociopath and is savvy enough to do actions when it's comically appropriate. Soon Bob and others find this out and seek to have him institutionalized and put into a place most appropriate for such people. Dan invokes several comedic sociopathy tropes that both run counter to the setting's established tone and avert Toon Physics. The results are horrifying and the failed comedy only makes it sicker.
# Characters.DoubtAcademyAlphaRoster: Her murder of Ayako was a complete accident.
# ComicBook.WhoIsSuperwoman: Supergirl tearing Superwoman's suit apart triggers a chain reaction which causes the suit to explode and obliterates its wearer. Seeing she has accidentally killed Superwoman, Kara falls to her knees and has a breakdown. Later, when she recounts the story, she swears she did not mean to kill Lucy.
# Roleplay.DanganRoleplayRoundTwo: Case 8's killer had been ordered to kill somebody, but the victim wasn't exactly who they'd have chosen if they'd been lucid about it.
# Film.TheDirtyDozen: Posey says this word for word when recounting the reason why he was locked up - he accidentally killed a man with his bare hands because he kept pushing him. The soldier who was hanged in the opening says "I didn't mean it" just before the MP pulls the lever to send him to his death.
# Recap.CriminalCaseWorldEditionCase33TheSweetEscape: Maya claims she just tried to stop Riaja from running away, and panicked before shooting her with the speargun when she had no other option.
# Series.{{Casualty}}: Lara hits a policeman over the head with a brick because he tried to rape her. I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF!
# Literature.ThePentagonWar: Or her, in this case.
# Literature.TheScarletPimpernel: Marguerite with the Marquis de St. Cyr, in her Backstory.
# Fanfic.FairyDanceOfDeath: Coper claims that murdering Yoshihara wasn't part of the plan. They'd intended to either force her to abdicate or rezz her before her remain light expired, but he got stabbed in the back by Krensh and all but two of his crew were killed in the process. He's lying. Killing her — and all the other candidates — was Mortimer's plan all along.
# Recap.FuturamaS8E6IKnowWhatYouDidNextXmas: This is Zoidberg and Bender's reaction when they seemingly murder Robot Santa.
# Characters.TheOutsiders: Bob. Good thing he did though, or else Pony would be dead instead.
# LaconicTropeDistinctions.AToC: Only meant to scare him. IDidntMeanToKillHim: Only wanted him wounded. Murder by Mistake: Meant to shoot Carl.
# CynicismCatalyst.{{Literature}}: The accidental slaughter of three of Gawain's younger brothers turns his long rivalry with Lancelot into a vendetta. This fight between the two chief knights leaves the Round Table open to attack, letting Mordred worm his way in and destroy everything. (The theme of revenge is slightly subverted in that Gawain is the one who ends up dead.) Arthur doesn't attack Lancelot until he rescues Guinevere from being burned alive for adultery, and takes her to Joyous Gard, his realm. Sources debate on whether Arthur was counting on Lancelot rescuing the Queen or not.
# Characters.AstralCabalAARoster: A variation. In chapter two Akemi truly did not believe that she was Valentina's killer, as both her and Tina were sure that, with Akemi's help, Tina's death would count as suicide and only one innocent would be lost to the motive. That turned out to not be the case, as the mistrial showed.
# Series.{{Camelot}}: Merlin's trip to get a specially forged sword for Arthur results in the deaths of the smith and his daughter In his guilt, Merlin then provokes two random guys into beating him up.
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase21WritersBlocked: Jebediah says this word for word during his arrest, calling the murder an act of passion in a desperate attempt to salvage his work. Judge Powell seems to kinda agree with this, as she gives him a somewhat lenient sentence of 10 years.
# ImageSource.ComicBooksMToZ: Superworld Comics IDidntMeanToKillHim
# Recap.StarTrekEnterpriseS04E05ColdStation12: Malik tearfully says that killing Raakin was an accident. Soong buys it hook, line, and sinker.
# Series.KirginCicekler: Obviously, Kader never intended for her altercation with Yavuz to end with his death. She was just defending herself from being sexually assaulted and then it happened. She even drops the name of this trope word-for-word.
# VideoGame.{{Paradigm}}: Played for Laughs, thrice. The active murders Paradigm committed are essentially a water tank, a water cooler and a giant can of candiesnote which actually screamed in agony, which Paradigm seems to have no remorse for.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingCharlieAndHisFriends: Dagbert claims this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant to scare him but lost control.
# Film.SubjectTwo: The Hunter who shoots Adam in the chest.
# CSINY.TropesMToZ: In the second case in 'The Ride In,' a man is trying to form a union for costumed mascots. He accidentally kills a man when he flings a cigarette at him to prove that people in costumes get bullied and the union is meant to provide protection, not knowing that the man (who was part of a publicity stunt for a new brand of cigarette) had made his costume with flammable materials.
# Characters.BlakeSkyePrivateEye: Humility Shepherd: I didn’t mean to kill him! I was just mindin’ my own business... then he... zon hurt mer and or just reeg zon fin! Why are you udah wur? Oh donah, mita ray! Possa or fahn riss oh sunda!
# Series.{{Cluedo}}: Heard a few times during the murderer's confession.
# Recap.CelebrityDeathmatchS01E12: Brandy says that she didn't mean for Courtney to get killed the way that she did.
# PlayingWith.DeadlyPrank: "I just wanted to prank her! I never wanted her to die!"
# Characters.Lupin2021Accomplices: While he, Assane and Keller are driving away following their ill-fated burglary of the jewelry store on the day of the 1998 World Cup final, Bruno shoots a police officer, having been ordered to do so by Keller (who threatened to kill Bruno if he didn't comply). After Keller crashes the car and Assane pulls Bruno out of the wreckage, Bruno stammers that he never meant to do it. Assane ultimately takes the gun from Bruno and puts it into the hand of a half-conscious Keller, who is arrested when the slain officer's colleagues arrive on the scene.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS5E20ThreeStrikesYoureOut: Mr. Sidell tells Jessica and Lt. Caceras that he didn't intend to kill Loretta Lee. After confirming her suspicions about Charley Holcombe, she tried to call the story in to the networks or the DA, only caring about the glory she would obtain from cracking the case and not how it would impact Charley or Siddell. The two struggled and he hit her, accidentally toppling her into the dresser.
# VideoGame.CriminalCase: Many murderers who commit accidental murders say something that boils down to this during their arrests. How sympathetic they are generally depends on the circumstances of the killing itself. One of the most notable cases is Case 18 of Grimsborough. Julian Ramis and his friend Freddy Stewart stole various items from Alden Greene, including a rusty crossbow that fired on its own when Julian was holding it, killing Freddy in the process.
# Film.TheLostCity: Loretta and Alan react in horror when a trap they set for one of the mooks chasing them on a motorcycle causes him to crash into another mook and run them both off a cliff to their certain death. They try to rationalize that they weren't actually responsible for those deaths, claiming that it was their faults for "being mean on a motorcycle".
# Recap.CastleS8E9ToneDeath: The murderer, Linda Weinberg's husband, confesses to pushing Robyn during an argument and insists it was an accident that she hit her head and died.
# WebAnimation.UltimateCartoonFighting: From round 1: SpongeBob: Alright buddy, you can go ahead and regenerate yourself. Patrick: Uh, SpongeBob? I don't think humans can do that. SpongeBob: Oh, Crap!...
# Recap.CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase27LittleMurderOnThePrairie: Vinnie justifies himself saying that his intent wasn't killing Benjamin, but the man lunged at him while he was holding the pitchfork to scare him off and accidentally impaled him.
# Recap.JAGS10E21DreamTeam: Ferro claims he was just standing up to a bully, to teach him a lesson, not kill him.
# Series.{{Baantjer}}: Often uttered. Most of those who do get manslaughter convictions. One or two suspects did mean to kill, but killed the wrong person.A concrete example of this would be the manslaughter in the episode "De Cock en de moord op het beest", where the killers only intended to beat up the victim (badly), but accidentally knocked him off a balcony instead, leading to his death.
# Podcast.RedPandaAdventures: Flying Squirrel says this about the Electric Eel, when her boomerang causes the Eel to lose control of his power and explode.
# Series.TheMethod: One killer is remorseful about the fact that his victims were killed by accident, he even plants trees over their otherwise unmarked graves. Sadly, the plural in there is what attracts Meglin to the case in the first place.
# Characters.TheWalkingDeadVideoGameTheFinalSeasonCharacters: If he's saved in Suffer the Children, he'll try to help Clementine, while she is struggling against Minerva, by grabbing the latter's crossbow. When Dorian suddenly shows up behind him, Louis turns around and kills her by accident. His reaction shows that he is clearly horrified by what he did.
# VideoGame.UntilDawn: This is pretty much how most characters except Josh and Sam react to the death of Hannah and Beth.
# Film.WhatRichardDid: Richard repeatedly insists Conor's death was a freak accident.
# Film.InTheHeatOfTheNight: Ralph says this word-for-word in his confession scene.
# Characters.TeenTitansBeastBoy: Madame Rouge and General Zahl, villains from the Doom Patrol, were responsible for killing the eponymous heroes of that series, and survived long enough for Gar Logan to catch up to them, with all his Unstoppable Rage in tow. At long last Gar finally catches Rouge and lethally wounds her, only to instantly regret it.
# ComicBook.SeasonOne: Loki backstabs Odin and allows the Frost Giants to invade Asgard, believing all the while that Odin will become a prisoner, as he is immortal, not knowing that Farbauti has Reginbanir, a sword that can kill even gods.
# Film.{{Stoned}}: Given Frank's behaviour and demeanour after Bria's death, it's easy to infer that he didn’t mean to kill Brian. Still, he does actively participate in the subsequent cover-up.
# PlayingWith.CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: The argument reaches a Rage Breaking Point for Alice and she accidentally kills Bob in a way that definitely looks like a premeditated (or least mad-dog) assassination instead of manslaughter. The Argument Slayer decides they need to die for polluting the world with their nonsensical prattling.
# QuoteSource.FanWorks: The Victors Project Big Damn Reunion Cheshire Cat Grin Desperate Object Catch Droit du Seigneur A Family Affair Hoist Hero over Head IDidntMeanToKillHim Is That the Best You Can Do? It's a Long Story Knife-Throwing Act Lovable Alpha Bitch OvershadowedByAwesome.Fan Works Pummeling the Corpse Succession Crisis
# Characters.TownOfSalem: VigilanteMan: One of the only two Town roles (Three counting Vampire Hunter) that can kill a target of their choice. Jailor has the added benefit of Roleblocking his target (stopping said person from doing a night action), protecting them from other attacks, and being able to anonymously talk with the convict. Although this can lead to IDidntMeanToKillHim moments, when a Witch finds out that you have a high value target in your cell and makes you execute them.
# Film.LaStrada: AccidentalMurder: Zampanò only punches The Fool a few times, but after all, he is the strongman. He tries to explain to Gelsomina that he didn't mean to do it, but it doesn't help.
# Characters.InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros: States this about accidentally leaving Sean to drown in Toluca Lake due a combination of not believing the Apex kid who wanted to kill Electvire was actually in trouble and not having a Gastrodon for the kid to grab onto.
# Characters.DeusExHumanRevolution: He just wanted her to "shut her stupid mouth".
# Recap.PetalsToTheMetalChapterFive: Magnus tries to backpedal on his declaration of swinging his axe to "cleft the guard in twain", saying that he meant it non-lethally. Griffin doesn't buy it.
# LetsPlay.TheDeadbeats: Well, Phil did mean to prank Ross by filling his storage area with dirt, but he didn't think a creeper would spawn in the one patch of air he left.
# Characters.MurderByNumbers2020: She pleads to K.C. that her killing Oliver was an accident.
# Characters.TheOuroborosProject: Well, that's true, it was completely unintended on her part, but according to Monocobra, getting pushed into someone means you're responsible for the fall damage.
# Theatre.{{Drood}}: In the revised version of the show, this is Helena's rather feeble excuse during her confession ("I meant no violence that Christmas morn / I meant to silence this Edwin's scorn"; "I meant to gag him / But I did snag him / So I did drag him off to hell"). But the rest of the song makes it amply clear she feels no remorse for his death at all and might very well have had lethal intent all along, no matter what she says otherwise.
# Characters.TribeTwelve: After Mr. Scars shoots Mary Asher in the head, he breaks down sobbing while telling her corpse that the Collective made him do it.
# Recap.WhiteCollarS04E16InTheWind: After fatally shooting Pratt, James tells Peter that he did not mean to do that.
# Film.ABridesRevenge: When Rose protests that their plan was "just to scare [Ian and Miya]," Lori reminds her younger sister of how she burned down their father's house when he was inside, leading to a variant of this being said by the former in response. Lori: Are you saying you have a conscious about killing someone? After you killed our father— Rose: That was an accident! I just wanted to destroy his home like he did to ours! Lori: Okay! That's fine. We'll just make sure Miya also has an "accident."
# ComicBook.InjusticeGodsAmongUs: Said by Regime members so often in the comic that it's a dark Running Gag.Superman says it to Black Canary after he beats Green Arrow to death. Damian's reaction to killing Dick Grayson. Wonder Woman after she snaps Huntress's neck. The Flash says it after he kills King Shark.
# Characters.{{Ann}}: Although not cornered by anyone in particular, just after strangling Hana to death, he says to himself that he did not actually mean to kill her, and that it was basically a spur-of-the-moment thing. It does not make her spirit any less mad when he tells this to her directly. I am sorry! Okay? I didn't mean to do it!
# Characters.DefileCircles: Sariel's (permanent) killing of Mortuelel was entirely accidental; she had assumed the latter's Resurrective Immortality would save her.
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS8E13IncidentInLot7: The killer, Heyward's agent Willy Montego, tells Jessica he didn't intend to murder him. He just went to the Bates set to try to convince Heyward to reconsider firing him and struck out in anger when Heyward refused. As Willy tells her, he'd stuck with Heyward for the long time it took for his career to take off, and then Heyward wanted to dump him the instant he wasn't necessary.
# Roleplay.TrustfellRoundOne: Tabby only meant to kill one person; she wanted Mordecai as a witness so she could be sent to the execution pit, but the wound she gave him was accidentally fatal.
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase16BuzzKill: Prisha says this both during her arrest and her trial, to the point she didn't even know Beckett had died from being pushed onto the beehive until you broke the news to her.
# Film.{{Insomnia}}: The killer tells the detective who's investigating him (and whom he's blackmailing to help him pin the murder on someone else) that he "didn't mean" to beat his teenage victim to death. When he repeats the same nonsense later on, the detective points out that he knows it took him ten minutes.
# Recap.CriminalCasePacificBayCase43DeadSpace: Brad says this word by word whilst defending himself. Brad: I found the gun in the lab, and I decided to prank Nelson... I didn't expect to kill him for real! Laser guns only kill people in movies, <Player's Name>! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the hole in Nelson's chest... I didn't mean to kill him!
# Music.SuperGhostbusters: The Ratman inadvertently escalates a home invasion into murder by shooting the Ghostbusters with his gun. Ratman: But I... have a gun, so I kill them instead, oh no, it's murder!
# Characters.JordanronpaAnguishtoHope: This to Young Link.
# Characters.DawnOfANewAgeOldportBluesPlayerCharactersAndFamilies: Harriet suffers a severe mental break after she accidentally gives Devin a fatal wound. She feels simultaneously horrified and ecstatic, a wide grin on her face as she howls and then turns to attack Daigo next.
# Recap.TheSimpsonsS7E2RadioactiveMan: Combined with Bait-and-Switch: Bart: Hey, Milhouse. I just want you to know I'm glad at least one of us got the part. ("Milhouse" explodes) Milhouse! (movie crew rushes over) Bart: (visibly upset) I didn't do it! I wished him well! I wished him well! (detached head falls into his arms) AHH! Crew member: (frustrated) Stupid dummy wasn't supposed to explode yet.
# NewGamePlus2022.TropesInAct2: Bakugo's reaction after he launches a powerful explosion against Stain, killing him, only because he was being trash-talked by him; Stain was otherwise restrained and defenseless. While he's sincerely shocked by what he did (and Tsukauchi confirms he had no killing intent), the power of the blast could have also killed or severely injured Ochako if it wasn't for Hanako's intervention, putting Bakugo in an even worse position.
# Manga.TheKindaichiCaseFiles: In a lot of cases, the culprit(s) didn't mean the victims harm (or at least not death) but things spiraled out of control.
# Series.{{Broadchurch}}: The killer never intended to murder Danny at all. Neither did Lisa's killer in series 2.
# Characters.{{Hollyoaks}}: He was accidentally responsible for Sam and Danny's deaths in a road accident, then failed to stop at the scene. This becomes a huge source of guilt for him and he says the words almost verbatim when Leela discovers the truth.
# Fanfic.PokemonShadowOfTime: During a fight with Team Rocket, Ash accidentally kills a grunt during a fight when his opponent's gun goes off while it's pointing at the man's head.
# Characters.GoodGirls: Following her sexual assault by Boomer, she makes a desperate attempt to leave with her kids in her minivan. However, he catches her and attempts to stop her, only for her to accidentally run him over with her car and killing him instantly... or so we thought. In the season 2 episode "Jeff", we learn Boomer survived and the chopped up body she gave to the ladies is her late husband Jeff who died of natural causes.
# Webcomic.CatPerson: Neko stabs Eleanor during an heated argument. She's visibly horrified after Eleanor drops to her knees and begins bleeding out.
# Roleplay.PowerToTheMany: Did Longstreet kill Scook intentionally in their duel? It depends on political alignments: to Loyalists, it was a complete accident, to the other Columbians, he's a dirty murderer.
# Recap.TheKindaichiCaseFilesTarotMountainHutMurderCase: When a reporter who knows of the Dark Secret about Reika's father tries to Blackmail him for money, he pushes the wrong button during the process by suggesting that he can reduce the price if he gets to have his way with Reika. Reika's father strikes him in anger with the intention of making him back down, but the force of the blow ends up killing him instead.
# Series.{{Tatort}}: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him - happens quite often
# Recap.CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase25MuddyingTheWaters: Anuj says this during his arrest and trial, as he only wanted to shake up Jordan by hitting him with the bat, but ended up accidentally killing him instead.
# VideoGame.ThePainscreekKillings: Matthew Brooks claims this in regards to Andrew Reed.
# De.{{Tatort}}: Ich Wollte Ihn Nicht Toeten (IDidntMeanToKillHim)
# Recap.MurderSheWroteS1E21FuneralAtFiftyMile: The four men claim they put Mestin on a horse with a noose around his neck to frighten him, but then the horse heard thunder and bolted, killing Mestin. Jessica points out that even if they didn't intend to kill him, they still did something that led to his death.
# Manga.{{Keijo}}: Mio Kusakai is capable of completely freezing her opponents in place by swaying her breasts back and forth in a manner similar to hypnosis. Ujibe declared this move as forbidden because those who are affected and knocked out in the water could drown and die if the rescue crew don't reach them on time.
# Fanfic.GhostGhostIKnowYouLiveWithinMe: Garrus was just planning to kill Zel'Aenik nar Helash, the quarian viral specialist, with normal bullets. Since he just couldn't help being sick and accidentally coughed on her, she died of infection almost immediately.
# WebVideo.{{Ivorycello}}: Ivory after killing Chase for good, to Sven's despair.
# Fanfic.WeekendAtBeloss: It's not like Hunter planned to kill his evil uncle.
# Characters.ChildrenOfTheRedKingEnemies: Dagbert claims this when he drowns Tancred. He says that he only meant to scare him but lost control.
# TimeImmemorial.TropesHToN: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
# WebVideo.URealmsLive: Happens in The Sunswords, as Justin's character accidentally shot into one of his Allies, which directly knocks him out and indirectly kills him.
# VideoGame.TwelveMinutes: Your wife explains how killing her father was just A Tragedy of Impulsiveness and that she never planned for it to happen. Subverted when it turns out that she didn't kill him, to begin with.
# WebAnimation.TheFallOfLibertyCityHeroes: Niko ended up shooting the pilot fatally while he was testing his pistol.
# Characters.TheLionKingSimba: Says this when Scar framed him for killing his father. Simba: The wildebeests, and... he tried to save me... It was an accident! I-I-I didn't mean for it to happen! Scar: Of course, of course you didn't. No-one ever means for these things to happen.
# Film.Munchausen2013: The mother never meant to kill her son. She only wanted to make him sick so he could spend more time at home with her.
# Headscratchers.LightsOut2016: One that's been bugging me - was Diane actually evil prior to her institutionalization? After all, it wouldn't be the first time a parent overreacted to a child having an abnormal condition by all-but imprisoning them. Just look at the case of "Genie".I'm going to guess that she was "evil" before being institutionalized. Given that we get that quick flashback with a man (father?) lying on the couch dead, having written "Get out of my head" in blood, while she was in the corner. Yeah, I'd say she's always been evil.However, perhaps that was a case of Then Let Me Be Evil, or even IDidntMeanToKillHim - she could, after all, have been confined to the basement with minimal contact prior to manifesting that ability, and even then she might not have had strong control over that ability to start with.
# Recap.StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E15GhostOfButterflyCastle: Mina accidentally petrified Manfred when he spitefully ate Eclipsa's porridge. Rather than accept blame, Mina believes that Manfred was forced to eat it.
# Fanfic.{{Syngenesophobia}}: Lincoln (barely) survives his beating, but his sisters' reaction is more of the same.
# PlayingWith.ComedicSociopathy: The fall is hilarious at first, but then Bob doesn't get up. Dan is then racked with guilt over his prank while Bob spends several days in a coma, followed by months of recovery and physiotherapy. Infinitely more angst points for Dan if the prank led to Bob's untimely death. Alternative: Dan is a diagnosed Sociopath and is savvy enough to do actions when it's comically appropriate. Soon Bob and others find this out and seek to have him institutionalized and put into a place most appropriate for such people. Dan invokes several comedic sociopathy tropes that both run counter to the setting's established tone and avert Toon Physics. The results are horrifying and the failed comedy only makes it sicker.
# Characters.DoubtAcademyAlphaRoster: Her murder of Ayako was a complete accident.
# ComicBook.WhoIsSuperwoman: Supergirl tearing Superwoman's suit apart triggers a chain reaction which causes the suit to explode and obliterates its wearer. Seeing she has accidentally killed Superwoman, Kara falls to her knees and has a breakdown. Later, when she recounts the story, she swears she did not mean to kill Lucy.
# Roleplay.DanganRoleplayRoundTwo: Case 8's killer had been ordered to kill somebody, but the victim wasn't exactly who they'd have chosen if they'd been lucid about it.
# Film.TheDirtyDozen: Posey says this word for word when recounting the reason why he was locked up - he accidentally killed a man with his bare hands because he kept pushing him. The soldier who was hanged in the opening says "I didn't mean it" just before the MP pulls the lever to send him to his death.
# Recap.CriminalCaseWorldEditionCase33TheSweetEscape: Maya claims she just tried to stop Riaja from running away, and panicked before shooting her with the speargun when she had no other option.
# Series.{{Casualty}}: Lara hits a policeman over the head with a brick because he tried to rape her. I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF!
# Literature.ThePentagonWar: Or her, in this case.
# Literature.TheScarletPimpernel: Marguerite with the Marquis de St. Cyr, in her Backstory.
# Fanfic.FairyDanceOfDeath: Coper claims that murdering Yoshihara wasn't part of the plan. They'd intended to either force her to abdicate or rezz her before her remain light expired, but he got stabbed in the back by Krensh and all but two of his crew were killed in the process. He's lying. Killing her — and all the other candidates — was Mortimer's plan all along.
# Recap.FuturamaS8E6IKnowWhatYouDidNextXmas: This is Zoidberg and Bender's reaction when they seemingly murder Robot Santa.
# Characters.TheOutsiders: Bob. Good thing he did though, or else Pony would be dead instead.
