Paedo Hunt: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[In the Heat of the Night]]'' an older male school teacher (with one count of a past sexual offense, as was found out) was accused of molestation by a child, and despite the lack of evidence, and partially thanks to an overzealous-for-sensationalism reporter, it quickly got out of control as people harassed him and shot at his house. Eventually the guy was driven to the point of killing himself. It was found out that his previous sex offender charge was a trumped-up issue from him ''mooning'' someone as a teenage prank, and in the end the child had only accused him to cover up the molestation actually done by his ''father''. Tragic stuff.

* Arguably [[Image Board|Anonymous']] [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: Getting Oprah [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stn_XCo_dyg to warn America] that there are [[Memetic Mutation|"Over 9,000 penises"]] raping kids across the country.

* In ''[[Dexter]]'' the titular [[Serial Killer Killer]] makes an exception to his "only kill killers" rule in order to kill a paedophile who is targeting his step-daughter, Astor.

* A more literal application of the trope happens in one episode of ''[[Without a Trace]]''. A young looking woman poses as underage bait, a fledging, wheelchair bound unofficial cop (an accident prevented him from getting a badge), and a cameraman (who was later revealed to [[Rape as Backstory|have been raped during a home invasion when he was 12]]) set up a sting operation to catch paedophiles, a la ''[[To Catch a Predator]]''. Unlike the Chris Hanson manned operation, this version is more vigilante based and not exactly full proof to prevent people from escaping, which one guy managed to do. The cop goes after him, and gives him a [[Reason You Suck Speech]], which [[Driven to Suicide|drove the pedophile to shoot himself with the cop's gun]]. To [[It Got Worse|make things even better]], when the cameraman realized the cop was about to tell the police about what happened, he tried to kill him to shut up, though was unsuccessful. By episode's end, the cop survived the assault but by killing the cameraman.

== Web Original ==

* Russian segment of [[LiveJournal]] once tried to pull it in the "best" American [[You Can Panic Now|Moral Panic]] style, with a deranged spearhead to look "moderate" in comparison and use as a scapegoat if things go too wrong. They had bad luck with it: before it gained much momentum, their trailblazer psycho ran with the standard "anyone who defends a witch is a witch" schtick straight into a member of Runet equivalent of [[Kibo]]logy. Which is to say, someone not easily impressed by internet lunatics, let alone intimidated. This helped to quickly attract a lot of attention to the whole affair - right at the part where the facts are being dug out and paraded, such as: this dude has a wife older than him, while Mrs. Psycho was divorced from a husband almost half her age. Naturally, [[Hilarity Ensues|much finger pointing and howling laughter ensued]]. And, of course, it became obvious that the "abuse team" sorta kind supports a crackdown, but is willing to be wonderfully tolerant and understanding when the rabid ones harass other users, which helped to start one more wave of [[Start My Own|exodus to other services]].

 

== Western Animation ==