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== Comic Books ==
* Referenced in the Post-Boot ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]''. The crisis of the United Planets' [[Portal Network]] being subverted by an alien power and used to invade Earth is referred to as "Softgate."
* Popped up in Christopher Priest's run on ''[[Black Panther]]''. The Wakandan consulate sponsored a children's charity which was later revealed to be involved in embezzling and drug-running; one of the charity's wards ended up mysteriously dead. The resulting scandal was dubbed "Wakandagate."
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* Modelgate: The scandal on ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' involving Bob Barker, Dian Parkinson and many, many others that he fired as a result of what he did with Dian.
* On ''[[Community]]'', the main characters conspire to make "Star-burns" lose his job in a scandal. The school newspaper headline reads "[[Name's the Same|Star-Gate!]]" in big letters, and underneath reads "[[Lampshade Hanging|Headline in reference to Watergate, not]] [[Stargate (film)|the 1994 sci-fi film]]."
* Hugh Dennis on ''[[Mock the Week]]'' made a joke about this, calling a scandal about tapping the phones of celebrities "stargate" and one about politicians buying pornography "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|masturgate]]."
* ''TMZ'' is fond of blowing seemingly minor events out of proportion, often with the "-gate" suffix. For instance, they attributed the Los Angeles Lakers' troubles in the 2010 NBA Finals (you know, ''before'' the epic Game 7 close call) to the fact that many of their key players ate steak with heavy, buttery sauce the night before at Ruth's Chris Steak House. They dubbed it "Steakgate" and over the next few days made repeated reference to it. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on how funny each individual reference was.
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== Sports ==
* Crashgate: A [[Formula One]] controversy involving Nelsinho Piquet deliberately crashing his car to give his teammate Fernando Alonso enough of an advantage to win the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
* Footgate: Referring to New York Jets coach Rex Ryan's rumored foot fetish after a woman who resembles his wife, Michelle Ryan, appeared in a foot fetish video in 2010.
* Nipplegate: The infamous Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake [[Wardrobe Malfunction|"wardrobe malfunction"]] [[Nipple-and-Dimed|incident]] at the 2004 [[Super Bowl]].
* Puckgate: the mystery regarding the location of the 2010 [[Stanley Cup]]-winning puck. [[Serious Business|The FBI is on the case.]]
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* Bountygate: Former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was accused of rewarding his defensive players for intentionally injuring the opposing players from 2009-2011, as well as setting up a bounty program during his stints with the Saints, Redskins, and the Bills.
* Tripgate: In December 2010, Sal Alosi, the New York Jets' conditioning coach, formed a human wall with several Jets players along the sidelines then leaned towards the field to intentionally trip up Miami Dolphins player Nolan Carroll.
* Seatgate: The controversy involving several ticket holders being turned away at the gates of Cowboys Stadium during Super Bowl XLV, due to alleged seat shortages.
== Video Games ==
* Scandal involving an ''[[
* Bulletstormgate: A [[Fox News]] article<ref>Particularly, an attributed quote from a psychiatrist in the article.</ref> suggesting that the game ''[[Bulletstorm]]'' would encourage rape has lead to [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/15/bulletstormgate-lieberman-offers-evidence/ backlash from the video game community.]
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* A ''[[Home and Away]]'' storyline from 2005 centered on the paternity of Hayley Lawson's baby became unpopular with the fans, who were aware that Scott was the father from the beginning (the test results had been switched by the vengeful ex-girlfriend of the other prospective father, Kim) but were forced to sit through months of near misses with at least three other characters finding out but being prevented from revealing it for various reasons. The story is now dubbed "Paternitygate" on the Backtothebay message board.
* Sporegate: The fan reaction to EA's insistence on using severe DRM in ''[[Spore]]'' was not pleasant.
* A user on this forum is actually lamenting the loss of "gate" being attached to anything and everything. [http://www.uspoliticsonline.com/white-house/55462-notice-how-gate-has-disappered.html Link.]
* Gerstmanngate: Used by some video game sites to describe the scandal when Jeff Gerstmann was fired from Gamespot after his middling ''[[Kane and Lynch]]: Dead Men'' [[Four Point Scale|review]].
* Roomgate: [[The Nostalgia Critic]]'s review of ''[[The Room]]'' was taken down due to false copyright claims that didn't make the slightest bit of sense. The takedown notice turned out to be the [[Moral Event Horizon]] for Wiseau Films.
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** The last one is often referred to more succinctly as "Torturegate".
* Iguanagate. An Australian politician and his wife were forced to undergo anger management classes after yelling at the staff of a nightclub called Iguana Joe's.
** [[wikipedia:Utegate|Utegate]] is even stupider. At least it reminded us all that random emails might not be trustworthy.
*** Zunegate, however, tops them all. OMIGAWSH YOU GUIEZ, OBAMA UZEZ DA ZUNE OMG OMG OMG.
* Towelgate (Toallagate): In Mexico, around 2001, someone dug up public spending records of highly expensive luxuries for Vicente Fox's presidential manor, including several multi-thousand-dollar towels.
* [[wikipedia:Climatic Research Unit e-mail hacking incident|ClimateGate]], where the Hadley Climactic Research Unit's emails were hacked and certain content from within the center was made public and often quoted out of context. This [[Harsher in Hindsight|may remind people]] of certain elements of a [[State of Fear|recent bestselling novel]]. The significance of this event is (no pun intended) [[Flame War|hotly]] [[Edit War|debated]].
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* [[Fox News]] christened [[Sarah Palin]] being booed by an audience member at a taping of ''[[Dancing With the Stars]]'' "Boo-Gate."
* [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/16/crackergate/ Crackergate / Wafergate]: Catholics take communion very seriously. Not eating the host/cracker immediately resulted in one student being assaulted and receiving death threats. The overreaction resulted in another consecrated wafer being thrown in the trash.
* "GatesGate" was the name given to the scandal involving the arrest for disorderly conduct of (black) Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, who believed that the arrest was the product of racial discrimination and profiling.
* Iraqgate: Anneli Jäätteenmäki, then-Prime Minister of Finland, had acquired secret Foreign Ministry documents relating to the War on Terror in 2003 with the ensuing scandal eventually leading to her resignation.
* Aquagate: On January 31, 2007. Boston police officials were alerted of a suspicious object on a section of Interstate 93. Bomb Squad, and numerous other personnel were called into action. This [[Artifact of Doom|strange object]] was determined to possibly be an improvised bomb. They were determined to be [[Shocking Swerve|"hoax devices"]]. [[Kryptonite Is Everywhere|Several others]] were reported elsewhere. Turns out, the were promotional pieces (similar to litebrites, featuring the Mooninites) for the ensuing ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' movie, with devices stationed in 9 other cities with no incident. Of course, this revelation came after numerous streets in Boston, were closed. The people responsible were shortly arrested and charged with "...intent to panic the public." Boston quickly became a laughing stock with people with knowledge of the devices, and the series.
** There's more on [[wikipedia:Aquagate|That other Wiki]]
* Handleygate: An Iowa man named Christopher Handley served six months for possession of seven obscene manga. This scandal shook the entire otaku community in the United States, though on the ANN bulletin's announcement of the sentencing a blacklist was compiled consisting solely of all the obscene manga Handley was found in possession of, meaning nobody except those who owned any of the titles on the blacklist had to worry after all.
* Tokyogate: The internet has used this to the otaku community outrage that lasted for several months over the passage of Bill 156 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which grants it the power to restrict games and manga with the depiction of illegal sexual acts (read: [[Lolicon]]) and "sexual depictions between close relatives who could not legally get married" if done in an "unjustifiably glorified" manner. The Tokyogate title has also been used to refer to an earlier financial semi-scandal involving the Tokyo government.
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* Panthergate: The New Black Panther Party did acts of Voter Intimidation in Pennsylvania, with the voters they intimidated seen were caucasians. When confronted on the issue, Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the Department of Justice, refused to prosecute because he didn't want to prosecute "my people" (his words, in reference to the Black Panthers).
* Editgate: The name for the current scandal against a large amount of news media outlets regarding their tampering with the Trayvon Martin shooting case to make a racial-based narrative, including among other things editing a call to make it seem as though the reason Zimmerman felt Martin was suspicious was because of his skin color when, as the unedited tape revealed, the only time Zimmerman even mentioned Martin's race, period, was when the 911 operator asked what the suspect's race was (hence the name).
* Gloria-gate: More known in the Philippines as "Hello Garci". This refers to the implication of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo interfering in the 2004 national elections, judging by her being in contact with an official of the Commission on Elections during the vote counting. A recording of the conversation (from a wire-tap) was released to the public, sparking massive outrages, protests, and a clamor for former President Arroyo's opponent in that election, Fernando Poe Junior, to be declared as the winner of the election.
* [[Repetitive Name|Gate Gate]], a minor example in the UK. A problem with a style of gate led to a minor problem with hikers who struggled walking. It's since long been forgotten by anybody who didn't watch [[Have I Got News for You]].
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