History Main / EngineeredPublicConfession

* Done by Mike Wazowski to [[spoiler:Mr. Waternoose]] in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'':

Compare DidIJustSayThatOutLoud, IsThisThingStillOn, EndangeringNewsBroadcast, StagingTheEavesdrop, SpannerInTheWorks. and WereLiveRealization. Contrast MadeOutToBeAJerkass when a hero standing up to a villain results in this and AccidentalPublicConfession for cases without the prearranged recording/broadcasting element.

** In the final case of ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' duology, this is how the BigBad is finally taken down. [[spoiler:Lord Chief Justice Mael Stronghart]] has been exposed as the mastermind behind both the Professor and Reaper murders. However, given that the trial is closed to the public, [[spoiler:Stronghart]] appeals to the members of the judiciary to cover up the truth, claiming that they cannot afford to risk the public losing faith in the country's law enforcement. The culprit almost succeeds too, until [[spoiler:Ryunosuke calls upon Herlock Sholmes, who reveals that he's been broadcasting the entire trial to the Queen herself, and that she has stripped Stronghart of his position and decreed that he be publicly tried for his crimes]]. This cues that start of a truly spectacular VillainousBreakdown which ends with the villain covered in soot and ash.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Knowing that [[spoiler:Felix]] loves to [[EvilGloating gloat]], Tucker picks a fight he know he can't win and baits him into bragging [[spoiler:how he and Locus have been manipulating the Rebels and Feds into an unending civil war on Chorus with his helmet cam. Which Church/Epsilon then broadcasts to the Capital for everyone to see and hear]].

-->-- Rule #189 of the ''The EvilOverlordList''

* Done by Mike Wazowski to [[spoiler: Mr. Waternoose]] in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'':

[[spoiler:'''Waternoose:''' I'll kidnap a thousand children before I let this company die! And I'll silence '''anyone''' who gets in my way! ''(He knocks James out of his way)'']]\\
[[spoiler:'''Sulley:''' No!!]]\\
[[spoiler:''(Waternoose attempts to grab the kid, but it is revealed he is caught on camera in the simulation room from the beginning of the movie)'']]\\

-->'''Judy:''' "[[IronicEcho It's called a hustle, sweetheart.]] ''Boom.''"

* Linda Tripp, as stated above, taped Lewinsky's confession. Though she caught a lot of flack for it, it should be noted that a previous [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Clinton]] mistress had confided in Tripp and when Tripp had to go public with it, she was smeared in the press, and poked fun at [[AcceptableTargets with regard to her weight as in the latter example]] because it was her word against the president's. Call it CrazyPrepared, but it's not that crazy under the circumstances.

* The British Holocaust denier David Irving holds the unusual achievement of self-engineering his confession. When the Jewish-American historian Deborah Lipstadt wrote in her book ''Denying the Holocaust'' that he was a Holocaust denier and had deliberately falsified historical evidence, he sued her for libel. Unfortunately, Lipstadt's lawyers asked Richard J. Evans, one of the finest historians in Britain (if not the whole world) and a team of experts to go through Irving's work with a fine-tooth comb and found that it was patently obvious that he had lied and cheated in order to show Nazism in a better light. His personal diary also revealed numerous instances of anti-Semitic and racist screeds, which he wrote down ''and freely let them have'', seemingly not thinking they would manage to get through it all. At the end of a humiliating trial (ironic, because Irving had hoped to humiliate and financially ruin Lipstadt by suing her in the first place), he accidentally addressed the judge as "Mein Führer." [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity]], and a well-deserved comeuppance, ensued. He had to declare bankruptcy after the court ordered Irving to pay Lipstadt's fees for the suit.

* The British Holocaust denier David Irving holds the unusual achievement of self-engineering his confession. When the Jewish-American historian Deborah Lipstadt wrote in her book ''Denying the Holocaust'' that he was a Holocaust denier and had deliberately falsified historical evidence, he sued her for libel. Unfortunately, Lipstadt's lawyers asked Richard J. Evans, one of the finest historians in Britain (if not the whole world) and a team of experts to go through Irving's work with a fine-tooth comb and found that it was patently obvious that he had lied and cheated in order to show Nazism in a better light. His personal diary also revealed numerous instances of anti-Semitic and racist screeds, which he wrote down ''and freely let them have'', seemingly not thinking they would manage to get through it all. At the end of a humiliating trial (ironic, because Irving had hoped to humiliate and financially ruin Lipstadt by suing her in the first place), he accidentally addressed the judge as "Mein Führer." [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity]], and a [[KickTheSonOfABitch well-deserved comeuppance]], ensued. He had to declare bankruptcy after the court ordered Irving to pay Lipstadt's fees for the suit.

* Often, whenever a public figure or celebrity decides to confess to committing an action, [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled it is only because someone else has discovered it and is about to release the details]]. A prime example is Tom [=MacMaster=], who decided to reveal that his blog ''A Gay Girl in Damascus'' was a fraud only after his identity was uncovered by Electronic Intifada.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Tucker records [[spoiler:Felix saying how he and Locus have been manipulating the Rebels and Feds on Chorus with his helmet cam. Which Church/Epsilon then broadcasts to the Capital for everyone to see and hear]].

[[spoiler:'''Mike:''' Well. I don't know about the rest of you guys, [[IronicEcho but I spotted several big mistakes.]]]]\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Miguel's aunts man the camera at the Sunrise Spectacular and turn on the sound to reveal the crimes of [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Ernesto de la Cruz]] to the audience. Not only does the crowd hear of his past crimes, the cameras catch de la Cruz ''[[WouldHurtAChild throwing Miguel to his apparent death.]]'' Foruntely, Pepita rescues Miguel and throws Enresto the bell tower to punish him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Miguel's aunts man the camera at the Sunrise Spectacular and turn on the sound to reveal the crimes of [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Ernesto de la Cruz]] to the audience. Not only does the crowd hear of his past crimes, the cameras catch de la Cruz ''[[WouldHurtAChild throwing Miguel to his apparent death.]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'': After Scheck [[DestroyTheEvidence burns the document]] that declares the neighborhood, the location of the "Tomato Incident," as a national landmark in front of Arnold and Gerald, Arnold gets around not having the actual document by using [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Scheck's own security camera footage]] of him burning the document to reveal the truth to everyone about both the neighborhood and Scheck himself. After the boys show the townspeople the video, Scheck is forced to flee and tries to run over the angry mob, [[WouldHurtAChild including Arnold and Gerald]], but finds that [[VehicularSabotage his tires were stripped]], and he is then [[PutOnAPrisonBus arrested]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'': After Scheck [[DestroyTheEvidence burns the document]] that declares the neighborhood, the location of the "Tomato Incident," as a national landmark in front of Arnold and Gerald, Arnold gets around not having the actual document by using [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Scheck's own security camera footage]] of him burning the document to reveal the truth to everyone about both the neighborhood and Scheck himself. The end result: [[spoiler:after trying to escape the angry mob, only to find that [[VehicularSabotage his tires were stripped]],]] Scheck is [[PutOnAPrisonBus arrested]].

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Tucker records [[spoiler:Felix saying how he and Locus have been manipulating the Rebels and Feds on Chorus with his helmet cam. Which Church/Epsilon then broadcasts to the Capital for everyone to see and hear]].

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