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A characterization trap here is that they sometimes come across as really being lecherous, but are too incompetent and cowardly to be open about it. They really are leering at female body parts; but are terrified of getting hit or yelled at -- orat—or more charitably, they're ''tempted'' despite realizing that it would be '''[[Chivalrous Pervert|wrong]]'''; in either case, the gropings are a type of Freudian slip. Of course, the girls will never believe him, and almost always believe the least charitable interpretation. Cue [[Armor-Piercing Slap]], shrill cries, and desperate attempts at redemption. In comic works, the slap is often replaced with the [[Hyperspace Mallet]] or [[Paper Fan of Doom]], and god help you if you have this character trait within striking range of a [[Tsundere]].
 
 
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Note the possible [[This Loser Is You]] implications.
 
Regularly results in [[Pervert Revenge Mode]]. See also [[Naked First Impression]] and [[Thanks for the Mammary]]. Overlaps with [[Not What It Looks Like]], except that [['''Accidental Pervert]]''' refers to a character type to which this kind of thing happens ''all'' the time, rather than just a few times. He's usually also the [[Unlucky Everydude]] to emphasize his sheer bad luck in scoring with girls. This can also happen to the [[Chaste Hero]] or [[Celibate Hero]], for the obvious [[Not So Above It All|comic value]]. When played straight, the Accidental Pervert has at least some elements of the [[Chivalrous Pervert]], which he may become outright if he gains enough confidence to come to terms with his libido. They can often be mistaken for [[The Peeping Tom]].
 
Sharply contrast [[Unprovoked Pervert Payback]] for when the guy didn't even get to see anything and the attack just comes out of nowhere.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Keitarō in ''[[Love Hina]]'' is by far the most [[Egregious]] example. The manga even has a filler chapter where Keitaro is so engrossed in studying he winds up dong several 'cool' things in front of the girls while studying (dodging attacks, defending them from turtles, and of course not 'peeping'). This spurs the girls into actually wanting to impress him to gain his affection, something which wouldn't be repeated until many, many chapters later. Of course, then he ruins it all in his enthusiasm as his success at studying. And of course the end of that chapter, pretty much everyone in Hinata Sou (yes, even Naru) is all like [[We Want Our Jerk Back|We Want Our]] <s>Jerk</s> [[Accidental Pervert]] [[We Want Our Jerk Back|Back.]]
** In an episode of the anime, the girls actually spot an impostor Keitaro when he catches a falling Shinobu without "tripping and falling and landing with his head up her skirt."
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': It happened several times, not only to Kouji (which is not surprising) but also to Sayaka. One example of it was original manga's episode 8 when they saw each other naked [[Hot Springs Episode|in the hot springs]]. Curiously there was not slapping or reproaching. After the initials screams they calmed down and apologized at each other. It was even cute.
** And in the Mazinger vs Great General of Darkness movie, Kouji accidentally walked in Sayaka when she was having a shower in one of the first scenes. This time he was slapped.
** In ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'''s [[Beach Episode]], Kouji accidentally undoes Sayaka's top;<ref>he was trying to grab her shoulder and missed</ref>; she's actually more upset by Boss getting a look at her breasts than she is by Kouji, even though he [[Distracted by the Sexy|weaponizes her boobs]] in order to escape the enemy fortress.
* Ranma in ''[[Ranma ½]]'' falls victim to this many times, especially when Happōsai is nearby. It appears that people often suspect further lecherous acts from him based on previous non-existent lechery. Akane is near-always the misinterpreter, which shouldn't be surprising given her character. He gets ratted on when Shampoo is near (does the girl exhale stupidity gas? Whenever she's around, everyone else cannot think of the obvious and jumps to dumb conclusion), and when he barges in on Akane's room, as well as the Happy scenes.
** Seems more prevalent for only Akane to misunderstand or for her to instigate the misunderstanding in the anime. In the manga, it's other people just as often, especially in the Hinako introduction arc.
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* [[School Shock|Ah-Xuan, Liu Li and Wang He]] had a situation where in the former to were lying on top of each other (with her knee in his crotch and [[Gun Slinger|her]] [[Fish Out of Water|gun]] on his chest while the other was lying naked on the floor tied to the chair in a schools storage room. Then a large group of people walks in. With photographic cellphones. It becomes a scandal. And it really wasn't what it looked like.
* Densuke from ''[[Eiken]]'' is as much a parody of this trope as ''Eiken'' is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Harem]] anime. It has happened so often, Chiharu (the other half of the [[Official Couple]]) has learned to recognize Densuke by ''how'' he gropes her breasts.
** The [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|nameless Teacher]] advising the club also tends to fall into compromising positions in front of Densuke -- ifDensuke—if she and Densuke collide, things get ''really'' [[Hentai|weird]]. (On the other hand, the Teacher is also a [[Covert Pervert]].)
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Negi occasionally falls into these situations. But because of his age, the girls are usually far more likely to blow it off or tease him about it than they are to get mad. Hell, they probably ''put'' him in the situation in the first place just to tease him! Okay, except for the billion or so times he [[Sneeze of Doom|sneezes]] and [[Clothing Damage|magically blows all their clothes off]].
** One of the most [[Egregious]] cases involves Negi falling over Asuna in a giant bathroom... while ''both'' are nekkid. Then there's the scene in Chapter 1 when he tries to erase Asuna's memories and ends up shredding almost all of her clothing except for her jacket.
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** This very much IS the plot of the first manga. It is enforced as fanservice to keep the series interesting. It is regularly discussed, and Rito tries to defy it without end, as he cannot handle it and feels extreme guilt over it, serving as a full deconstruction, a handful of characters, Momo in particular,intentionally try to drag him into more of these to help partially reconstruct this. One Savvy girl manages to side step him in a subversion, and several times the reverse has happened. Extended gags over this are well known in the series. Practically the only form of this trope that hasn't been exercised in the series is the double subversion.
* Subverted in ''[[Vandread]]'', where the females in the crew, being unused to sexual interactions with men, rarely seem to mind the protagonist walking straight into their [[Gainaxing|jiggling]] bosoms, often letting him loiter for a bit.
** The above example only has one practitioner, Jura, who is a tremendous flirt. But the trope also played to an extreme in the episode where Hibiki's Accidental Perversion gets Bart thrown into quarantine, and leads to a strange campaign to get rid of the men -- involvingmen—involving spacesuits worn as quarantine outfits. The girl he ended up in a compromising situation with is extremely reclusive and actually wears a full-size bear costume as her "uniform".
* As usual, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' subverts this trope with Shinji, whose forays into Accidental Perversion hint at the sexual frustration and confusion that add to his many psychological problems. The culmination of this subplot in ''[[Writer Revolt|End Of Evangelion]]'', when he {{spoiler|masturbates over Asuka's comatose body}}, has become a [[Never Live It Down]] moment for Shinji.
** Episode 5 of the TV series has Shinji dropping off stuff at Rei's apartment, when a naked-except-for-a-towel Rei steps out of the shower. Shinji trips and falls on top of her, his hand landing on her naked breast. Her only reaction? [[Emotionless Girl|Stoically]] ask him to get off.
** ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion|Rebuild]] 1.0'' also has this scene but this time, Rei is completely naked and she's [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|lying in a crucifixion pose]], giving him a good look at her features (the viewer on the other hand doesn't see more than a single -- [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|anatomically correct]], by the way -- breastway—breast).
*** Really, the Rebuild version isn't all that different from the TV series - in fact, it's shot-for-shot, pose-for-pose alike except for a single detail: they moved a [[Scenery Censor|critical table lamp]] about two feet to the left.
** ''Rebuild 2.0'' ups the ante several degrees. Remember the toothpick scene from ''1.0'' and the TV series? This time Asuka is on the receiving end (with [[Scenery Censor]] assistance, unfortunately) and Shinji happens to turn around. It takes her a few seconds to realize why he is blushing but when she does, does she bother to cover herself? Noooo, she runs up and '''kicks him in the face while stark naked''' then has the audacity to call him a "stupid pervert". Also, when Mari parachutes onto the school roof she lands on Shinji. It takes her a few seconds to realize she has a boy in [[Marshmallow Hell]].
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* In ''[[Detective Conan]]'', since Ran doesn't know [[Older Than They Look|Shinichi/Conan's real identity]], she's either undressed in front of the kid and/or taken baths with him. Eagerly lampshaded by his mother Yukiko, who after she manages to keep Ran from finding out his identity, eagerly tells him that Ran would be ''not happy'' to find out that the kid she took baths in front of was actually the love interest she's [[Tsundere]] for...
** ''Ran'' also played the role once, when she inadvertently {{spoiler|saw an important clue pertaining to the identity of the killer}} when she accidentally walked in on each male member of the Drama Club while they were changing.
* In the first arc of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', Goku -- beingGoku—being raised in the mountains until he met Bulma -- doesnBulma—doesn't know how to confirm gender by look, so he innocently pats the girls' privates for any... well, balls. This resulted from an interesting situation in episode 2 when he took off Bulma's undies while she's sleeping...
** Apparently cut out from the American version; Goku also pats Chi-Chi in that area with his foot when he first meets her, to confirm that she is indeed a girl. This, of course, leads to him being pushed off the Flying Nimbus by a very embarrassed [[Tsundere|Chi-Chi]].
*** It also leads, directly, to her deciding to marry him. A decision which she carries through with about seven years later.
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* Death the Kid in ''[[Soul Eater]]''. He will [[Never Live It Down|never live down]] his introduction episode. First, he goes off on a [[Super OCD|symmetry rant]] and without thinking about it, grabs both partner's breasts, to get an [[Armor-Piercing Slap]] from Liz... who was not complaining about being groped. Then later the same episode, Kid is going to go save them, but they had been [http://read.mangashare.com/Soul-Eater/chapter-000/page110.html all tied up at the moment]...and Kid was really not much help.
** Not to mention Soul. [[Ms. Fanservice|Blair]] [[Naked First Impression|really]] [[Marshmallow Hell|isn't]] [[Stripperific|helping]] [[Nosebleed|his]] [[Not What It Looks Like|relationship]] with [[Tsundere|Maka]].
* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''. Really, Tamahome, how much of an [[Accidental Pervert]] can you get?
* ''[[Pumpkin Scissors]]'': "Lieutenant, I need your breasts immediately!" Alice slapped his face and then noticed the crying baby he was holding.
* Kyōsuke in ''Ultimate!! [[Hentai Kamen]]''. A few other characters, but mostly him; possibly due to his [[Only Sane Man]] syndrome.
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* Since it's a harem comedy, this happens a few times to Maeda from ''[[Ai Kora]]''. Though given that Maeda ''is'' [[Loveable Sex Maniac|a raging pervert]], the girls can usually be forgiven for jumping to this conclusion.
* In the ''[[Kiss X Sis]]'' TV series, protagonist Keita often finds himself in these situations, usually to the despair of his [[Butt Monkey]] female classmate (to date he's ended up with his face up her skirt and accidentally fondling her breasts).
* [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': Gray is searching for Lucy in her house, decides that she might be taking a bath, and imagines a scenario in which he bursts into the bathroom, and Lucy, clad only in a towel, slaps him and accuses him of being a pervert. He then tells himself that it was bound to happen eventually and does it anyway. It's also mentioned that Gray is often considered to be an [[Accidental Pervert]] because he has a habit of [[Naked People Are Funny|subconsciously stripping to his underwear.]]
** Of course, there's also the first meeting with his love interest, a woman whose magic causes her body to be made entirely out of water. When trying to freeze her in the middle of battle he grabs the first thing he can get a hold of: her boob.
* Eiichirou from ''[[Baby Steps]]'' is referred to as a stalker and a pervert, much to his chagrin, starting when he was caught watching Natsu in secret while she was practicing for her tennis club.
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** First season episode 3: After Taro gets off a couch he accidentally falls into Mariel and gets a face full of [[Funbag Airbag]].
** ''La Verite'' episode 2: He accidentally looks up Ryuuka's skirt while she has her foot on his face.
** Two [[Suggestive Collision|Suggestive Collisions]]s in 'La Verite'' episode 7.
*** He's thrown onto Mariel during an earthquake and accidentally gropes her breasts.
*** The puppy Fenrir jumps on him and knocks him and Mariel down. He ends up lying face down on top of her.
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* The ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]'' has a [[Running Gag]] of Takato accidently groping Rika on multiple occassions.
** This is later mirrored by D.C and Eclipse.
* [[Sailor Moon|Ami]] from ''[[Dungeon Keeper Ami]]'' terrifies everyone, partially because of her fearsome reputation (up to this point, she's beaten [[Big Red Devil|a Horned Reaper]], what is possibly [[Mighty Glacier|the oldest dragon in the world]] and [[Game Breaker|the Avatar]], all in single combat). But the only thing that everyone seems to recall is her reputation for being [[Accidental Pervert|the biggest]], [[Not What It Looks Like|most depraved]] [[Malicious Slander|rapist]] [[Never Live It Down|ever]].
 
== Literature ==
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== Web Original ==
* Parodied in ''[[Tales of MU]]'', when Mackenzie walks in on a fully-clothed Amaranth, who -- beingwho—being a nymph -- displaysnymph—displays the typical outraged reaction of a human girl caught in a state of undress.
* Michael Garcia in ''[[The Impossible Man]]'' can never get a break with his female employees... except for one subversion in the entire story.
 
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== Real Life ==
* The paparazzi pictures of [[Hilary Duff]] accepting her marriage proposal from boyfriend/hockey player Mike Comrie were taken from an odd angle, as they were at an open window several floors above ground level. [[Hilarity Ensued]]. [http://www.thesuperficial.com/2010/02/hilary_duffs_guide_to_acceptin.php?bfm_index=3&bfm_page=0 See for yourself.]
* This happens often enough [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/science/19sell.html?_r=1 in stores] that companies have studied how to prevent it from happening. Customers who do this tend to leave the store quickly without buying anything. <ref>In his book “Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping” (2000), Mr. Underhill expounded on the dangers of “butt brushes” (if the aisles are too narrow and people brush up against each other when they pass, they tend to leave the store)</ref>
* [[Newsnight|Jeremy Paxman]] of all people became this in an interview while explaining how hard it can be to interview [[Boris Johnson]]. Explaining how Johnson tended to pat him on the arm repeatedly in interviews, he proceeded to miss the hostess' upper arm and immediately apologise.
 
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