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== Anime And Manga ==
* [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai|Oreimogate]]: A leakage forced ANN to suspend streaming of Oreimo ''and'' [[Togainu no Chi]] for a few weeks.
* [[Fractale|Fractalegate]]gate: The simulcast by Funimation was briefly put on hold due to a request by the Japanese rights holders to take down all unauthorized copies of the series before the simulcast can continue.
 
== Comic Books ==
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* In the mid-1990s, ''[[Eastenders]]'' ran a storyline nicknamed "Sharongate," whereby Sharon confessed to cheating on one of the infamous Mitchell brothers with the other brother.
* On ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'', a [[Sleazy Politician]] invented a sex scandal with Leslie in order to divert attention from the far more embarrassing sex scandal which he was actually involved in. Eventually, Leslie challenges him to provide proof of their affair on TV and he claims she has a mole in her buttocks. After a very fed-up Leslie shows her butt to the reporter, said reporter terms it "no mole-gate".
* In the first season of ''[[Glee]]'', the Glee Clubbers sometimes referred to their "first scandal"--Quinn—Quinn getting pregnant--aspregnant—as "Babygate".
 
 
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* In a ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' strip, where Calvin pretends that his dad is an elected official, Calvin mentions major scandals during Dad's administration, such as "Bedtimegate" and "Homeworkgate."
* In [http://gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/12/05/ this] ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'' strip, problems with using a Windows computer to upload a video of a horse trotting through a gate lead to the incident being dubbed "{{spoiler|Gates Gait Gate Gate}}".
* ''[[The Far Side]]'': In one cartoon, a caveman impresses the rest of his tribe with his invention of fire--exceptfire—except the fire in question is just a wooden cutout, painted to look like flames. The caption notes that he was exiled from the tribe over "the Firegate incident".
 
 
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