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{{quote|'''Gus''': In these situations, we must emulate the Prime Minister.
'''Dave''': What, cock it up and then blame someone else?
|''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]], Pilot episode''}}
Most of the time, characters will [[It's All My Fault|blame themselves]] for things going south. But there are some cases where the character who ''really'' is to blame will blame everyone else instead. Common variations include:
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*** And this nearly gets Norman killed in the very first episode where he refuses to apologize to the Vulture for stealing his life's work-while he's being flown above the city and being threatened with a long drop to the pavement. It may be possible to be a [[Magnificent Bastard]] and still be [[Too Dumb to Live]], but you have to have to admire his dedication to that principle.
* ''[[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series]]'' has it's fair share (this being a Spider-Man cartoon and all). In the second episode, when Kingpin tricks Spidey into stealing a very important chip, Peter is kidnapped by an FBI agent who interrogates him, and confiscates a video tape of a science lesson that Peter recorded for Mary-Jane, accusing Peter of being involved in Bio warfare. The agent later calls Peter and berates him for wasting time giving him the tape.
* [[Recess]]: Dr. Phillium Benedict blames Principal Prickly for losing his job and his girlfriend. In truth, he lost his job and his girlfriend because he attempted to abolish Recess. Unfortunately, he didn't learn a lesson from that and he later became Secretary of Education so that he could abolish recess nation-wide. The president fired him for doing so.▼
** When his head scientist fails to move the moon to the position that the former principal wanted it to go, Benedict blames everything on him, even though he could have chosen a location that had more electricity to power up the beam in the first place. Though in his defense, Third Street Elemtnary was the LAST place that people would look for the stolen laser (and the police are apparently incompetent).▼
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' - Valerie in the [[Chained Heat]] episode, though at least Danny has the nerve to call her out on it:
{{quote|'''Valerie''': This is all your fault!
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* Governor Ratcliffe from ''[[Pocahontas]]'' who blames the Native Americans for not finding any gold and John Smith for [[Taking the Bullet]].
* In ''[[Moral Orel]]'', Clay Puppington practically lives by shifting blame. In one episode, he teaches Orel the same (thankfully, Orel didn't keep that lesson for long). Orel counsels Principal Fakey to do the same, regarding Fakey's infidelity. This extends to claiming he's been faithful and accusing his wife of cheating on him and giving him gonorrhea, while he's having sex with the woman who gave the disease, as she tells him it's not that bad. He then states there's no decency in the world and goes home from school to throw her out. With his pants around his ankles the whole way.
▲* [[Recess]]: Dr. Phillium Benedict blames Principal Prickly for losing his job and his girlfriend. In truth, he lost his job and his girlfriend because he attempted to abolish Recess. Unfortunately, he didn't learn a lesson from that and he later became Secretary of Education so that he could abolish recess nation-wide. The president fired him for doing so.
▲** When his head scientist fails to move the moon to the position that the former principal wanted it to go, Benedict blames everything on him, even though he could have chosen a location that had more electricity to power up the beam in the first place. Though in his defense, Third Street Elemtnary was the
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