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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[The X-Files]]'': “War of the Coprophages”: Scully attempts to control the mob with a speech about how they are giving in to [[You Can Panic Now|panic]]. The mob ignores her and creates havoc. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150403051509/http://x-files.wikia.com/wiki/Bambi_Berenbaum
* The classic ''[[Star Trek]]'' episode, "The Devil in the Dark" had Kirk and Spock protect a horta from vengeful miners by telling them that the [[Monster Is a Mommy]] and had legitimate reasons for attacking them since they were inadvertently destroying her eggs. Fortunately, the combination of shame of the miners realizing the carnage they caused and the exciting proposal that the hortas can help them mine is enough to turn the mob around.
** Episode "[[Nightmare Fuel|Miri]]" had Kirk guilt a mob of ''kids'' out to lynch him. {{spoiler|They were [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|actually]] around 300 years old.}}
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* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080823.html here,] Bob chews out the angry mob (actually just four people, but Heywood had to form it on short notice) that has been hassling Molly, and they sheepishly agree to mind their own business.
* A character tries and fails in [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0356.html this] [[Darths and Droids]] strip.
* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20131024232619/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue4PAGES/ib079.html Mac tries this.]
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