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** And now that he's been bumped up to co-publisher, it's likely he'll get a lot more Mis Blame (Bob Harras is now DC's editor-in-chief while Geoff Johns is Chief Creative Officer).

* And it's pretty much the same as [[Joe Quesada]]. Again, he did do some really bad stuff, just that many other things are the fault of others like Miller and Bendis. His antagonistic statements to fans don't help either.

* ~Dwayne McDuffie~ during his run on ''[[Justice League of America]]''. Fans would blame McDuffie for every change that happened in the series, such as John Stewart's inclusion over fan favorite [[Green Lantern|Hal Jordan]]. In response to these complaints, McDuffie started a question and answer thread on message boards, where he would answer fans' questions. It was here that he revealed a lot of roster changes were the result of [[Executive Meddling|Editorial Interference]]. Though, after all his comments were [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21073 compiled], DC Staff were not happy and he was promptly taken off the title.

* [[Dwayne McDuffie]] during his run on ''[[Justice League of America]]''. Fans would blame McDuffie for every change that happened in the series, such as John Stewart's inclusion over fan favorite [[Green Lantern|Hal Jordan]]. In response to these complaints, McDuffie started a question and answer thread on message boards, where he would answer fans' questions. It was here that he revealed a lot of roster changes were the result of [[Executive Meddling|Editorial Interference]]. Though, after all his comments were [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21073 compiled], DC Staff were not happy and he was promptly taken off the title.

** What's especially odd is that he got the job after doing so well on the cartoon, but not allowed to do much in the comic. Neither fans nor staff forgave him for this.

* Ken Penders for fans of the ''[[Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comics. Whether it was for the much disputed events of Endgame, the [[Dork Age]] that some plagued the comic, or his later attempt to sue Archie for ownership of the characters he created despite them being derivative of Sega's creations, he attracts a lot of vitriol in the fandom. This tends to overshadow his contributions which were once widely appreciated by the fandom and still have an impact on the book today.

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== Western Animation ==

* This phenomena, a lot like what happens in [[Real Life]], is lampshaded in ''[[A Bug's Life|A Bugs Life]]''

{{quote| '''Hopper''': "First rule of leadership: ''Everything'' is your fault."}}

{{quote|'''Hopper''': "First rule of leadership: ''Everything'' is your fault."}}

* [[John Kricfalusi]] is widely blamed for the failures of [[The Ripping Friends]] and [[Ren and Stimpy]]: Adult Party Cartoon--ignoring that the former show suffered from horrific meddling (which included throwing out all of the custom poses that Spumco is known for), and the latter show was pushed to be [[Darker and Edgier]] due to Spike TV wanting it to be another money maker along the lines of [[South Park]].

* Showrunner Mike Scully is usually blamed for ''[[The Simpsons]]''' nadir in quality and [[Flanderization|characterization]] in seasons 9-12. Of course, the fans have been saying the most recent season is the worst ever more or less since the series began (Comic Book Guy's catchphrase "worst episode ever" was coined in relation to ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in response to a fourth season episode, the fourth season now being considered to be something of a Golden Age). Also, the last episode he wrote was "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" - which first aired in ''2002''.