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'''Bart:''' (Standing beside her) "What?"
'''Marge:''' "Sorry, force of habit. Lisa, [[Big No|nooooo!]]" }}
*:* In "Wedding For Disaster", Homer is kidnapped and Bart and Lisa, after finding a potential clue, assume Sideshow Bob is responsible. They track him down, but he is proven innocent of this particular crime. Ironically, one of the true culprits, Selma Bouvier, was a near-victim of Sideshow Bob in the past, along with her [[Psycho Lesbian]] twin sister, Patty Bouvier.
*:* Happens earlier in "Brother from [[Frasier|Another Series]]", where Bob goes to work building a dam with his brother Cecil's company. Bart suspects Bob is up to no good as usual, but this turns out to be the one time he isn't planning something evil - it's his brother cooking up an embezzlement (and technically revenge) scheme. When Wiggum shows up to arrest Cecil, he arrests Bob as well, mostly just out of habit.
{{quote|'''Bob:''' But I saved the children!
'''Cecil:''' [[Genre Savvy|Tell them they'll live to regret this]].
'''Bob:''' ''You'll all live to regret this!'' [[Sarcasm Mode|Oh, thanks a lot, now]] ''[[Sarcasm Mode|I]]'' [[Sarcasm Mode|look crazy]]! }}
*:* In the episode ''Two Dozen And One Greyhounds'', Lisa, Marge, and Homer wonder who was causing various problems within the house lately (such as tearing up all her test papers, a broken vase, and spreading garbage all over the neighbor's yard before Homer got the chance to, respectively). Bart quips that he was this time innocent of these, and felt they were simply senseless destruction without any of his usual commentary. Turns out, it was the dog, who was continuing his path of destruction even in the room where they were located discussing what's happening.
**:* Santa's Little Helper himself was implied to have this same trope applied to him in the same episode. When they discover some stuff buried underneath the house (specifically, Lisa's Bongo Drums, Bart's Strobelight, and Homer's "best of Ray Stevens featuring 'The Streak'" record) Homer guessed that it was the dog that buried all of their stuff. Marge's response to Homer implies that it was in fact she who buried at least one of the items that Santa's Little Helper uncovered.
** Bart has been expelled from Springfield Elementary School [[Recycled Script|twice]]. Ironically, both times it was for something that he didn't actually do.
* In the ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' episode "The Thing That Wasn't There," an electrical creature that [[By the Eyes of the Blind|only Maguro can see]] is causing havoc all over the city. Since the attacks all have to do with electricity, the rest of the Pack assume that Unagi, the electric eel member of [[Evil Counterpart|The Legion of Low Tide]] is up to no good. When they confront him, he denies having anything to do with it.
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** In another episode, a hit to the head makes Bubbles believe she is Mojo Jojo, stealing his clothes to match. The other girls instantly assume the latter is responsible, which leads to the priceless line:
{{quote|'''Mojo Jojo:''' "You have got to be kidding. I'm ''wet,'' I'm ''naked,'' your sister is wearing my clothes, and this is all part of some evil plot '''TO RULE THE WORLD AS A SOGGY CHIMP IN MY BIRTHDAY SUIT?!'''"}}
*:* Bubbles proceeded to beat up her sisters, get knocked on the head again by Mojo Jojo, wake up to see him standing over her sisters gloating, assume he did it and kick his ass for hurting her sisters.
* In ''[[Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?|Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego]]'', it often seems like the only time that the two protagonists Ivy and Zack actually do [[Series Goal|catch their nemesis Carmen]] [[Status Quo Is God|is when she didn't do]] [[Failure Is the Only Option|what they caught her for]].
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'':
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'''Owen:''' ''(also grinning)''. An intriguing development, sir.
'''Brooklyn:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Perfect]]. }}
*:* This happens to him a few times. In another episode, where the Gargoyles are looking into who stole the Scrolls of Merlin, and Broadway is missing, they immediately head to Xanatos, only to have Owen tell them Xanatos had nothing to do with it. He then helpfully suggests they try MacBeth, who ''was'' behind the theft.
*:* An interesting example in one episode, Sevarius and Xanatos create an evil clone of Goliath as an instrument in one of Xanatos' plans. A few weeks later, Sevarius recieves a message from the clone posing as Xanatos, telling him to steal several million dollars from Xanatos Enterprises and then meet Xanatos at an abandoned offshore oil rig. Sevarius does this without question, assuming it to be part of a "Machiavellian scheme against your (Xanatos') enemies", when Xanatos shows up and begins berating Sevarius for emebezzlement, his first assumption is that they're being watched.
* Inverted in one episode of ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'', where it turns out it really was [[Meaningful Name|Red Herring]] this time; naturally, it was the one episode where Freddie promised ''not'' to accuse of him of anything.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'':
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'''Ron:''' So, it ''wasn't'' you that busted out Drakken?
'''Shego:''' Who do you think I'm vacationing ''from?'' }}
**:* The same episode also had an inversion occur: In the scene Drakken was busted out of prison, the ceiling of his cell was blown up, and he initially thinks that its one of Shego's bailouts again. Another prisoner then reveals that the person in question is in fact trying to bust Drakken out.
*:* Also done in the first part of the two-parter series finale: Graduation Part 1. When several golf courses were undergoing eruptions, Kim Possible suspects Duff Killigan for the event. When confronted with the issue, Killigan explains that he wasn't involved, and even takes it a step further to reveal that his own golf course was defaced in a similar manner.
*:* Ron and Yori attempt to track down their sensei in one episode when it is believed that Monkey Fist kidnapped him. Turns out, not only did Monkey Fist have absolutely nothing to do with the kidnapping, but the actual kidnapper, Gorilla Fist/ {{spoiler|D.N. Amy}} actually kidnapped sensei in order to deceive Ron and Yori into trying to track down Monkey Fist so she could locate him (since Monkey Fist was attempting to flee from her).
*:* A more minor example: In one episode, items were stolen from a shop. When Kim and Ron question the Storeowner of who robbed the store, he explains that one of them was burly. Knowing that this was Senor Senior Jr., Kim and Ron deduce naturally that his father was also involved in the robbery. The storeowner corrects them and states the other accomplice was actually a woman producing green flames, a description that matched Shego.
* At the beginning of an episode of ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'', a bunch of important politicians are kidnapped. Buzz then videocalls Zurg to confront him. Not only does Zurg claim he has nothing to do with it (calling it too obvious), he steps aside to show that he was in a meeting with ''every other recurring villain on the show'' who deny it as well. However, Zurg also mentions his "great plans for the next fiscal year".
* One episode of ''[[Rugrats]]'' has Suzie blame Angelica for stealing her brand-new tricycle and punishes her by tying her doll to a balloon and letting it go. Despite the evidence against her, Angelica was ''completely innocent'' - Suzie's trike was under her porch, Angelica's trike was her own and Angelica's red hands (which Suzie thought was from opening her garage's painted doors) were actually from her finger painting an apology letter. Thankfully for Suzie, a miracle (or a low-flying plane) gets Angelica's doll back to her and everyone's happy again. Except for poor Chuckie, since it was ''his'' balloon tied to the doll. The lesson he learned that day was "Never let Suzie borrow your balloon".
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