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* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Samwell Tarly kills an Other with a dragonglass (obsidian) dagger after he gets separated from a group of fleeing Night's Watch Brothers. As no one is around to witness this feat except Grenn, few believe the story and jeeringly call him "Sam the Slayer".
* ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'': Jessica is usually a mediocre student. So when she gets a higher score on the SAT than her more studious twin Elizabeth, everyone assumes (wrongly) that she must have cheated.
* ''Literature/TheVampireLestat'': The defining experience of Lestat's youth is a harrowing fight in which he [[WrestlerOfBeasts kills]] a [[SavageWolves pack of eight wolves]]. When he limps home and tells the story, his BigBrotherBully coldly calls him a lying little bastard. The brother immediately realizes his mistake and starts VerbalBackpedaling, but the snub forever erases whatever love or kindness Lestat felt for him.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': Jake takes some pictures of himself in dragon form and delivers them to Rotwood. However, Rotwood thinks the pictures are fabricated, viewing Jake as too much of an amateur to have gotten close to a real dragon.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS4E7PresentTenseAnyGivenSundae Any Given Sundae]]", Lily, who, at the time, is only a baby of fifteen months, tricks her family into giving her her first ice cream by [[IntentionalMessMaking deliberately soiling her diaper]] so they'll take her to get it changed at the convenience store, then jumping onto the store's freezer. On the way home, her older sister Lisa wonders if she did it on purpose, but [[DramaticIrony their father Lynn Sr. tells her not to be silly as Lily is only a baby]].

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': When you complete your accelerated Jedi training and are sent off in pursuit of the Star Forge, Carth Onasi is increasingly bewildered by the fact that you've been judged competent enough to be sent on a mission that will save the galaxy after only a few days of study. In later conversations, he admits to being deeply suspicious - not just of you, but the Jedi Council, believing that some underhanded strategy is in play. [[spoiler: He's right, as it turns out.]]

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Samwell Tarley kills an Other with a dragonglass (obsidian) dagger after he gets separated from a group of fleeing Night's Watch Brothers. As no one is around to witness this feat except Grenn, few believe the story and jeeringly call him "Sam the Slayer".

The skeptic's reasons may vary. They may be a rival trying to discredit the other character or an authority with a beef against them. In more innocent cases, they may be someone trying to expose the accused as a fraud, someone who simply knows the accused as a slacker, weakling, coward etc which justifies their disbelief or simply think that a mistake was made resulting in the accused character getting credit for something they didn't actually do.

* ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'': In the very first case, the accompanying teacher tells Miyuki that several teachers suspect that she helped [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Kindaichi]] cheat on his entrance exams, since [[ApatheticStudent he hasn't shown any sort of academic ability at all throughout his high school life so far]]. A flustered Miyuki denies this, but the teacher tells her she's well aware, since she's come to the realisation that Kindaichi is BrilliantButLazy (plus, his score was actually significantly higher than Miyuki's). It's her murder that really causes Kindaichi to begin [[ItsPersonal investigating in earnest]]... [[ILetGwenStacyDie because he can't shake the feeling that if he'd bothered to sooner, she might have lived]].

* ''Literature/TheVampireLestat'': The defining experience of Lestat's youth ss a harrowing fight in which he [[WrestlerOfBeasts kills]] a [[SavageWolves pack of eight wolves]]. When he limps home and tells the story, his BigBrotherBully coldly calls him a lying little bastard. The brother immediately realizes his mistake and starts VerbalBackpedaling, but the snub forever erases whatever love or kindness Lestat felt for him.

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': When you complete your accelerated Jedi training and are sent off in pursuit of the Star Forge, Carth Onasi is increasingly bewildered by the fact that you've been judged competent enough to be sent on a mission that will save the galaxy after only few days of study. In later conversations, he admits to being deeply suspicious - not just of you, but the Jedi Council, believing that some underhanded strategy is in play. [[spoiler: He's right, as it turns out.]]

* ''Series/KenanAndKel'': In "IQ Can Do Better", Kenan and Kel take an I.Q test, scoring 3 and 96 respectively. Kenan refuses to believe that [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Kel]] scored so high and contests the results. The principal does a recount and it does turn out that an error was made -- Kenan got a 90 while Kel's real score is ''[[GeniusDitz 98]]''.

* ''Literature/TheVampireLestat'': The defining experience of Lestat's youth is a harrowing fight where he [[WrestlerOfBeasts kills]] a [[SavageWolves pack of eight wolves]]. When he limps home and tells the story, his BigBrotherBully coldly calls him a lying little bastard. The brother immediately realizes his mistake and starts VerbalBackpedaling, but the snub forever erases whatever love or kindness Lestat felt for him.

* ''Series/TheDropout'': In "Iron Sisters", Erika Cheung and Tyler Shultz send an e-mail to Elizabeth about the company's falsified blood tests. Tyler makes Erika take her name off the e-mail so she doesn't get fired. When both Tyler and Erika are called to Sunny's office, [[TakingTheHeat Tyler tries to take full responsibility for the e-mail]], but Sunny doesn't buy it for a second because of Tyler's average-at-best intelligence.

* ''[[Creator/PaulJennings Smart Ice Cream]]'': The narrator is a ChildProdigy and an InsufferableGenius, who is usually the only one in his class to get full marks in math. So, when his classmate Dadien also gets full marks, the protagonist, who believes all his classmates are dumb, thinks Dadien must have cheated.
* ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'': Jessica is usually a mediocre student. When she gets a higher score on the SAT than her more studious twin Elizabeth, everyone assumes (wrongly) that she must have cheated.

* ''Film/PatchAdams'': Patch doesn't just do well in his exams, but surpasses his roommate Mitch. Mitch, who sees Patch as a buffoon who treats medicine like a joke and has never seen him do any serious studying, accuses Patch of cheating.

->'''Hunter Patch Adams''': You told Walcott I cheated. I know you did it. Just tell me why.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In "[[Recap/KimPossibleS2E1NakedGenius Naked Genius]]", Rufus gains super intelligence and Ron has him do his algebra homework. This initially backfires when his teacher still gives him an F, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome since the homework was solved with advanced mathematical concepts well above what a high schooler struggling with algebra would be capable of]], though he's able to save face by having Rufus (hiding in his sleeve) make it look like he's writing complex formulae.

->'''Hunter Patch Adams''': You told Walcott I cheated. I know you did it. Just tell me why.
->'''Mitch Roman''': Look, cut the crap, Hunter. I live with you. I know how much you study, or don't study. And you do better than me? Give me a break.
-->--''Film/PatchAdams''

* ''Literature/TheVampireLestat'': The defining experience of Lestat's youth is [[WrestlerOfBeasts killing]] a [[SavageWolves pack of eight wolves]] in a harrowing fight. When he limps home and tells the story, his BigBrotherBully coldly accuses him of lying. The brother immediately realizes his mistake and starts VerbalBackpedaling, but the snub forever erases whatever love or kindness Lestat felt for him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Zigzagged at the end of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?". When it's revealed that [[spoiler:Maggie Simpson]] shot Mr. Burns, Marge says it was probably an accident since [[spoiler:Maggie is only a baby]], but at the end, we see a spooky close-up of her, indicating she ''may'' have done it on purpose. Ultimately, though, it's left ambiguous.