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* This is apparently the reason that [[The Hangover|Alan]] from ''[[The Hangover]]'' is not allowed within 200 feet of elementary schools, parks, and Chuck E. Cheese's, though it's implied that this punishment was because he likes to pick fights with children, not molest them. It's also implied that he was mistakenly labeled a molester after some worried parents saw him play with their kids in the park.

* In ''[[God Bless America]]'', Roxy mistakes Frank for a pedophile when she first sees him spying on Chloe.

 

 

* ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'': In "Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender", Dennis tries making neighborhood relations to distinguish himself from the ex-con (who was put in jail for molesting children) who moved in nearby. Dee suggests he show the children fitness exercises, and take off his shirt to demonstrate how they worked on himself. Ego stroked, Dennis is convinced to do just that, and Dee goes directly to the fathers to point out the half-naked sex offender hanging around their children.

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' had "I don't want a girl, I just want a little boy!" and "Of all the women in New York you had to go out with an eight-year-old girl!"

* In one episode of ''[[First Wave]]'', a teenage boy who reads Crazy Eddie's website thinks his neighbor is an alien and gets Cade to come to his house. The kid's parents are quite worried when they find an adult man in their son's bedroom, become ''more'' worried when they find out they met on the internet, but luckily when Cade claims to be a reporter they buy it.

* On ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'', April sends Andy to pick up her little sister at school. Andy shows up two hours late, so when he arrives in his van, April's sister calls the school security guard and says she doesn't know him. The guard asks him if he is trying to lure this girl into his unmarked white van, and Andy replies, "Yes, that's exactly what I'm trying to do! But she won't get in!" Andy [[Saying Too Much|then clarifies]] that it's not actually ''his'' van; he stole it from a friend, and he really shouldn't be driving because his license is ''waaaay'' expired. Cut to Andy on his knees being read his rights.

* [http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/009589.html This quote] (sad/paranoid version) and [http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/007736.html this one] (comedy version) at ''Overheard''.

* On a [[Writing Excuses]] podcast on character voices, Howard Taylor described how, [[It's for a Book|in order to get the speech patterns right on one of his younger characters]], he paid attention to how his daughter and her friends talked to each other...

'''[[Schlock Mercenary|Howard]]''': NO! They came over to my house!<br />

'''Brandon''': That's EVEN WORSE!<br />

** At one point, Stewie also attempts to blackmail Brian by putting nude pictures of himself on Brian's laptop and threatening to pass it to the FBI.

** An earlier episode has Peter in a job interview when this happens:

'''Peter:''' (''thinks'') Don't say "doing your wife," don't say "doing your wife"... (''aloud'') Doing your... ''(looks at family photo on desk)'' son? }}

* ''[[American Dad]]'' did it too (surprise surprise). Steve decided to take some self-shot pictures in his underwear to give to a classmate he had a crush on. Then the police found them and assumed Stan took them.