Shaming the Mob in Western Animation.
- In Ben 10: Omniverse, during the episode, "Rad Monster Party," Scout does this to stop the mob from pursuing Ben. They're right back to chasing him in the very next episode, though.
- Camp Lazlo Downplayed example. An angry mob has run Almondine out of camp for not wearing a wig (don't ask), when Patsy and the rest of the Squirrel Scouts step between them and announce that it's not the wigs that make them pretty. They proceed to take off their wigs, hair, noses, eyes, etc. to show that they're still gorgeous on the inside. The mob isn't shamed, but they walk off out of disgust and annoyance anyway. Then everyone starts dancing.
- Family Guy:
- Used for Black Comedy in one episode. Jesus delivers the "let he who is without sin" line only to...cast the first stone.
- The tagline for fake film The Passion of the Christ 2: Crucify This. "Let he who is without sin...KICK THE FIRST ASS!"
- Exploited by O.J. Simpson. When the mob reaches the Griffin house to lynch O.J., he stops them by acknowledging his mistakes and concludes that he isn't perfect, then asks anyone else who isn't perfect to stand with him. Then when the entire mob has come to stand with him, he pulls out a knife, kills three of them, and runs off.
- Harshly defied and subverted in The D in Apartment 23. When the Griffins are constantly chastised and harassed by a mob of Social Justice Warriors after Brian posts a racist joke on Twitter, Brian attempts to apologize to the mob, only for their continued over-sensitivity to make him give up and tell them all off for their actions. This only angers them even further, to the point where the family is forced to kick him out of the house until the mob leaves them all alone.
- In an episode of Goof Troop that involved a parody of Frankenstein's Monster that resembled Pete, Peg asked the angry mob just what the monster had done to them, any of them, that would warrant them trying to kill it. They couldn't think of a single reason to justify harassing the monster and consented that what they were doing was shameful.
- On Jimmy Two-Shoes, Jimmy tries this on a mob that's trying to capture a space alien. It fails.Lucius: Hey, it is called Miseryville.
- In the Recess episode, "Mikey's Pants", after Mikey is found out to have ripped his pants by Ms. Finster and before he could be led away to her office to have them mended, TJ, Vince and Gus rip their own pants so Mikey wouldn't have to go through the humiliation alone. King Bob, as a result, is moved by this act and does this to the jeering kids:King Bob: ENOUGH! That was the single most courageous act this playground has ever seen! We won't jeer! We will show respect. (takes off his crown and lowers his head, and the entire student body joins him in doing this)
- The Simpsons:
- In "Rosebud", Maggie has a teddy bear that belonged to Mr. Burns, and Burns has taken away television and beer from the town until the bear is returned. An angry mob comes to confront Homer and takes the bear away, but when they see how Maggie feels, they remorsefully return it. As Dr. Hibbert laments, "We've given the word 'mob' a bad name." Then, at Principal Skinner's suggestion, they all head off to sing and volunteer at a hospital and head out with a cheery song.
- A variation appeared in "Bart After Dark". A mob of Moral Guardians is about to tear down the Maison Derriere, a burlesque house, when Homer leads the mob in a big song and dance number about how much it's a part of their history. It works on them, but in an odd variation, Marge, who wasn't there for the song, is unconvinced. She still promptly tries to re-incite the mob with her own song, but accidentally releases the brake on the bulldozer she had brought, destroying the place anyway.Homer: My friends, stop! Sure, we could tear this place down...[mob starts rampaging] WAIT! My friends, stop! Let me finish. We COULD tear it down, but we'd be tearing down a part of OURSELVES...
- In the episode "Whacking Day", Lisa, Bart, and Barry White manage to shame a mob who are about to gleefully club to death every snake in Springfield, as per the holiday tradition.
- In "The Boys of Bummer", when Marge shames and chews out the whole town for harassing Bart to no end for accidentally costing the town the Little League Championship and nearly drove him to suicide and landed him in a coma. Marge shames the town over their persecution of Bart and points out to a sign that says "Springfield: Meanest City in America" and their living up to it, the town gets the message (a "Bart Sucks" sign is replaced by "We're Sorry"), and everyone agrees to restage the game so Bart can win.
- Parodied in a Halloween episode where Marge is going to be pushed off a cliff for being a witch:Lisa: WAIT! Does the Bible not say, "Judge not lest ye be judged"?
Chief Wiggum: The Bible says a lot of things. Shove her. - In the episode "Radioactive Man", Mickey Rooney criticizes Springfield for bankrupting the movie crew which had set up shop, and which had to leave as a result of running out of money.Otto: [sniffles] Should we give them some of their money back?
Mayor Quimby: No.
- SpongeBob SquarePants:
- In "Hooky", after stirring up an angry mob of customers that are ganged up on him for terribly burnt (and boot-flavored) Krabby Patties, Squidward rebuffs " WHY DO YOU WANT TO EAT THIS STUFF ANYWAY?!" Their response? Beat up Squidward!
- Deconstructed in "The Sponge Who Could Fly". After one of his attempts at being able to fly fails, SpongeBob becomes the town laughingstock. One day when he's getting ridiculed by everyone, SpongeBob stands up for himself by telling off everyone that he's only trying to follow his dreams. The townsfolk however take offense to this and instead try to lynch SpongeBob for thinking that he's better than all of them.
- In Steven Universe episode "Political Power", Steven cuts in on the mob attacking Mayor Dewey over his empty promises that Beach City's electricity blackout would be over by sunset. While admitting the power might not come back for quite a while, he talks them down with a combination of this and Rousing Speech.Steven: But I know you're all going to be okay because I know each and every one of you. You're smart, and you're tough, and you're resourceful. And you all care about each other more than you care about microwave dinners or video games or being able to see in the dark. I know it will hurt your businesses. I know it will hurt your lives. But are we really going to hurt each other? (crowd mumbles to each other) Of course not! We'll face the night together, and we'll survive. Because we are the light of Beach City!
