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* ''WebAnimation/RefreshingStories'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmS-jKlDVIw "My idiot wife lied about a vacation and was cheating on me…"]]: It's revealed Kyoko called Auntie Junko to accuse Hiroshi of DomesticAbuse to cover up the abuse ''she'' [[HenpeckedHusband meted on him]] and even her affairs.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmp3PwOVZk "My girlfriend dumped me because I was poor, but a few years later..."]]: After Hiroshi's workplace shut down all operations and he had to live at a cheaper apartment, Riho dumped him for a richer guy named Masaya. She then proceeded to accuse Hiroshi of stalking her so that Masaya cows him into submission whenever he objected.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKelnpQbED8 "Wife leaves husband for earning less than her"]]: After Sarah meets Mr. Katakura at a bar and thinks he's rich, she hides the fact she's married to Hiroshi and accuses him of dumping all his debt on her before vanishing and kept with the lies so she could divorce Hiroshi and marry Sorao. However, her lies come back to bite her as Sorao calls her over to Hiroshi's factory to hold her accountable; it turns out he has done a background check on her and found out the truth.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OR_WipTPTc "My ex-wife is suing me, so I'm going to make regret it"]] [sic]: Oriko slanders Hiroshi as an abusive scammer and sleazebag to her second boyfriend Shigeru after Hiroshi catches her with a guy on the couch on his way home after the company he works at allows online work. When the lovebirds sue Hiroshi and take him to court, however, the Judge dismisses Oriko's case before having both her and Shigeru arrested for attempted fraud upon learning she made it all up.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vy_ubS-nOs "A colleague stole my girlfriend, became the CEO, and then fired me…"]]: When Hiroshi had to resign from the company and Temae was to be the next CEO, the former's girlfriend Miko accused him of being restrictive, controlling and [[FinancialAbuse constantly demanding she gives him money,]] to which Hiroshi objects, before switching to the latter.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpOPmZUAAzQ "I went to my coworker's wedding to find that he was getting married to my wife…!"]]: Ami manipulated Hiroshi into marrying her by claiming her parents held her hostage at home to have a free slave, when in reality, they constantly watched Ami because she was a chronic troublemaker at school and work. By the time Hiroshi learns about it, she accused Hiroshi of stalking and abusing her at her (illegal) wedding with his coworker, Kazuyuki.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmS-jKlDVIw "My idiot wife lied about a vacation and was cheating on me…"]]: It's revealed Kyoko called Auntie Junko to accuse Hiroshi of DomesticAbuse to cover up the abuse ''she'' [[HenpeckedHusband meted on him]] and even her affairs.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmp3PwOVZk "My girlfriend dumped me because I was poor, but a few years later..."]]: After Hiroshi's workplace shut down all operations and he had to live at a cheaper apartment, Riho dumped him for a richer guy named Masaya. She then proceeded to accuse Hiroshi of stalking her so that Masaya cows him into submission whenever he objected.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKelnpQbED8 "Wife leaves husband for earning less than her"]]: After Sarah meets Mr. Katakura at a bar and thinks he's rich, she hides the fact she's married to Hiroshi and accuses him of dumping all his debt on her before vanishing and kept with the lies so she could divorce Hiroshi and marry Sorao. However, her lies come back to bite her as Sorao calls her over to Hiroshi's factory to hold her accountable; it turns out he has done a background check on her and found out the truth.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OR_WipTPTc "My ex-wife is suing me, so I'm going to make regret it"]] [sic]: Oriko slanders Hiroshi as an abusive scammer and sleazebag to her second boyfriend Shigeru after Hiroshi catches her with a guy on the couch on his way home after the company he works at allows online work. When the lovebirds sue Hiroshi and take him to court, however, the Judge dismisses Oriko's case before having both her and Shigeru arrested for attempted fraud upon learning she made it all up.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vy_ubS-nOs "A colleague stole my girlfriend, became the CEO, and then fired me…"]]: When Hiroshi had to resign from the company and Temae was to be the next CEO, the former's girlfriend Miko accused him of being restrictive, controlling and [[FinancialAbuse constantly demanding she gives him money,]] to which Hiroshi objects, before switching to the latter.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpOPmZUAAzQ "I went to my coworker's wedding to find that he was getting married to my wife…!"]]: Ami manipulated Hiroshi into marrying her by claiming her parents held her hostage at home to have a free slave, when in reality, they constantly watched Ami because she was a chronic troublemaker at school and work. By the time Hiroshi learns about it, she accused Hiroshi of stalking and abusing her at her (illegal) wedding with his coworker, Kazuyuki.
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PropagandaPiece. A SuccessThroughSexAccusation can potentially be this.
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* The debated status of the main character of ''Webcomic/InvinceaAndTheWarriorsFromHell'' as a witchling leads to a lot of malicious rumors of her misdeeds, and of course there are plenty who are readily willing to believe them.
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* ''Film/GuyanaCrimeOfTheCentury'': This is how Johnson and his inner circle view the letters sent to Secretary of State by the concerned 75+ relatives of the people who live in Johnsontown and aren't allowed to leave (and many such relatives think that there are concentration camps for forced labour and punishments.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'': In the episode "[[Recap/MyAdventuresWithSupermanS1E07ZeroDayPartOne Zero Day: Part-1]]" Vicky Vale goes to the Daily Planet to get a job after leaving the Gotham Gazette, which she intends to do by exposing Superman as a dangerous vigilante who answers to no one but himself. Lois and Jimmy, who were assigned to help her, and the former who admires Vale, take Vicky to interview several people who had been helped by Superman to see that he's actually a hero who wants to help people, but then they talk to Alexander, an assistant to Dr. Ivo, who became Parasyte, and Alexander states that Superman is the sole reason his boss' business went bankrupt, putting him and thousands of others out of work (never mind that [[Recap/MyAdventuresWithSupermanS1E03LetsGoToIvoTowerYouSay another episode]] stated that the board of directors wanted to get rid of Ivo due to financial mismanagement) and also blames Superman for the destruction of the building they're in, despite Ivo being the one who started the confrontation after Superman saved an executive Ivo threw out a window, and alexander conlcudes the interview that Superman is "[[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke one bad day]]" [[BewareTheSuperman from going rogue]]. Back that Daily Planet building, [[BrokenPedestal Lois discovers that Vicky lied about looking for a new job]], and instead used her story to get a promotion at the Gotham Gazette, when she ignored the interviews of the people Superman saved and only used Alexander's words as proof that Superman is a threat to humanity that must be stopped for the greater good.
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* ''WebAnimation/MangaWaido'': In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZKqLpe1fFQ My ex was telling lies about me behind my back, so I…]]'', Mayu dumps Satoshi and accuses him of being an abusive delinquent before hooking up with a CEO named Ryo Akagi, whom she also dumped and accused of being a gambling maniac. Thankfully, her slander comes back to bite her at Shuichi's revenge party, [[spoiler:where Satoshi reveals himself as a police officer as Akagi reported her for slander. After her arrest, Mayu worked nonstop to pay the 5 million yen settlement offered by Akagi. Eventually, her constant begging for money turned her friends and family away.]]
* ''WebAnimation/MoniRobo'': [[https://youtu.be/9vgbUw04YsU Silas and Miss Veronica]] were anonymously slandered by Camila and Morogoni in retaliation for getting $20,000 of compensation money out of them. The latter couple even went as far as to post ''revenge porn'' of the former couple.
* ''WebAnimation/MoniRobo'': [[https://youtu.be/9vgbUw04YsU Silas and Miss Veronica]] were anonymously slandered by Camila and Morogoni in retaliation for getting $20,000 of compensation money out of them. The latter couple even went as far as to post ''revenge porn'' of the former couple.
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* Music/{{Qbomb}}: Part of the story of ''HYPERPUNK''. Early on, the singer's band becomes the subject of conflicting rumors, gossip, and "constant toxic shit" that he can't stop. Against his better judgment, he lashes back in an equally aggressive manner. Since he can't put a stop to the lies, he has a CreatorBreakdown[[invoked]] and decides to [[DisproportionateRetribution take revenge on everyone]] by [[OmnicidalManiac destroying all of Earth with a giant robot]].
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* Music/{{Qbomb}}: Part of the story of ''HYPERPUNK''. Early on, the singer's band becomes the subject of conflicting rumors, gossip, and "constant toxic shit" that he can't stop. Against his better judgment, he lashes back in an equally aggressive manner. Since he can't put a stop to the lies, he has a CreatorBreakdown[[invoked]] and decides to [[DisproportionateRetribution take revenge on everyone]] by [[OmnicidalManiac destroying all of Earth with a giant robot]].
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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}} 4: The Captain's Return'', Veniczar Fontana takes every opportunity to smear his ArchEnemy Kayto Shields, baselessly calling him everything from a murderer of children to a sexual deviant. When he captures Kayto late in the game, his PropagandaMachine paints Kayto as TheQuisling to [[spoiler:Crow Harbor]], claiming that Kayto would have sold the whole galaxy to [[spoiler:the time-traveling warlord]] just to set himself up as the petty dictator of his home planet Cera. The Ceran prime minister Miirage Foster gets in on the slander at the end of the game, warning her people that Kayto is a disgraced, glory-seeking womanizer willing to ally himself with tyrants and monsters in his quest to bring ruin to their world.
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* In the BBC show ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', the episode "The Reichenbach Fall" revolves around [[spoiler: Moriarty gradually destroying Sherlock's credibility, eventually leading the police to suspect that he made every case up just so he would look good when he "solved" them, and ending heartbreakingly with Sherlock's apparent suicide.]] [[WhamEpisode Quite the]] [[TearJerker depressing episode.]]
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* In the BBC show ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', the The ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode "The "[[Recap/SherlockS02E03TheReichenbachFall The Reichenbach Fall" Fall]]" revolves around [[spoiler: Moriarty [[spoiler:Moriarty gradually destroying Sherlock's credibility, eventually leading the police to suspect that he made every case up just so he would look good when he "solved" them, and ending heartbreakingly with Sherlock's apparent suicide.]] suicide]]. [[WhamEpisode Quite the]] [[TearJerker depressing episode.]]episode]].
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* The infamous ''Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot'' has it to where Wonder Woman has a press conference to accuse a rival businesswoman of illegally selling steroids with bad side effects, then openly admits she has no proof to back up this claim. Made even worse is the fact she admitted to committing a crime to stop a crime she can't even prove was committed. But thanks to her HundredPercentAdorationRating she gets away with this without any legal troubles.
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The HistoricalFiction novel ''Literature/TheSunneInSplendour'' takes place in the Wars of the Roses and most all the characters face slander of some kind. The most prominent victim is Richard III, who is maligned with rumors that he wants to marry his niece, had his wife poisoned and murdered his nephews. In the book, which is firmly Ricardian, none of this is true but becomes historical record thanks to Henry Tudor's propaganda machine. Richard's brother, Edward, is also dogged by false rumors that he is illegitimate. However, the rumors that Edward was not free to marry his wife turn out to be true. His wife is dogged by rumors she seduced him with witchcraft, which is also untrue. She's simply very beautiful.
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The HistoricalFiction novel ''Literature/TheSunneInSplendour'' takes place in the Wars of the Roses and most all the characters face slander of some kind. The most prominent victim is Richard III, who is maligned with rumors that he wants to marry his niece, had his wife poisoned and murdered his nephews. In the book, which is firmly Ricardian, none of this is true but becomes historical record thanks to Henry Tudor's propaganda machine. Richard's brother, Edward, is also dogged by false rumors that he is illegitimate. However, the rumors that Edward was not free to marry his wife turn out to be true. His wife is dogged by rumors she seduced him with witchcraft, which is also untrue. She's simply very beautiful.
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The HistoricalFiction novel ''Literature/TheSunneInSplendour'' takes place in the Wars of the Roses and most all the characters face slander of some kind. The most prominent victim is Richard III, who is maligned with rumors that he wants to marry his niece, had his wife poisoned and murdered his nephews. In the book, which is firmly Ricardian, none of this is true but becomes historical record thanks to Henry Tudor's propaganda machine. Richard's brother, Edward, is also dogged by false rumors that he is illegitimate. However, the rumors that Edward was not free to marry his wife turn out to be true. His wife is dogged by rumors she seduced him with witchcraft, which is also untrue. She's simply very beautiful.
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* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020117c How do you keep Dr. Light from realizing you're evil? Why, say the guy who says that has turned evil.]]
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* ''Webcomic/ComingUpViolet'': [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=29175 clouds of them]], after the date; [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/bdaniel/violet/series.php?view=archive&chapter=29348 Darrin had decided to keep an eye on his own rep]].
* ''Webcomic/TheDreamlandChronicles'': [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/lies/ You're in cahoots with the Nightmare Realms!]]
* ''Webcomic/TheDreamlandChronicles'': [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/lies/ You're in cahoots with the Nightmare Realms!]]
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* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/03-48.html the witch complains of this.]]
* In ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0267.html used to supplement]] a FalseFlagOperation.
* In ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0267.html used to supplement]] a FalseFlagOperation.
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* ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_C50px5H5g Akamatsu]] spreads false rumors about Tsutsuji as retaliation for not only rejecting him but also reporting him for sexual harassment. Both Tsutsuji and Yuzuriha stages a confession from him and exposes it to the manager, resulting in clearing Tsutsuji's name and getting Akamatsu fired and divorced.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVOySpeOpes In this story]], [[spoiler:Akane plants lolicon porn in Kuroki's room to falsely accuse him of fetishizing Yuzuriha, because Yuzuriha likes her uncle more than her own mother. None of his family wants to hear his perspective, and nobody believes in Yuzuriha's defense. Kuroki eventually vindicates himself, but since the irreparable damage is already done, he never wants to see his family again for gullibly believing Akane and accusing him.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_C50px5H5g Akamatsu]] spreads false rumors about Tsutsuji as retaliation for not only rejecting him but also reporting him for sexual harassment. Both Tsutsuji and Yuzuriha stages a confession from him and exposes it to the manager, resulting in clearing Tsutsuji's name and getting Akamatsu fired and divorced.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVOySpeOpes In this story]], [[spoiler:Akane plants lolicon porn in Kuroki's room to falsely accuse him of fetishizing Yuzuriha, because Yuzuriha likes her uncle more than her own mother. None of his family wants to hear his perspective, and nobody believes in Yuzuriha's defense. Kuroki eventually vindicates himself, but since the irreparable damage is already done, he never wants to see his family again for gullibly believing Akane and accusing him.]]
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