Times where somebody is Made Out to Be a Jerkass for reacting to an actual Jerkass in Anime and Manga.
- Bleach: The Lost Agent arc has Ichigo's little sisters demanding that he apologizes to their cousin Tsukishima after he punches him. That wouldn't be wrong except that Tsukishima is really a villain and he messed with their memories to make them think he's their cousin. So, basically he had that punch coming.
- At the beginning of Children of the Sea, Ruka is playing soccer when an Alpha Bitch on the other team trips her and causes her to skin her knees. In retaliation, Ruka elbows her in the face. Everyone, even Ruka's friends, turn on her and the coach kicks her off the team because she won't apologize for it while ignoring that the other girl started it.
- Digimon Adventure: At the beginning of the Myotismon arc, his lackey DemiDevimon tells lies to TK about his brother Matt in order to break his hope. When Tokomon tells him to stop lying, DemiDevimon mocks him cruelly, causing Tokomon to fire a bubble at him. Unfortunately, this was a Batman Gambit by DemiDevimon as TK saw Tokomon strike (not knowing that DemiDevimon started it) and abandoned him along with his crest and digivice.
- Elfen Lied: When Kohta's little sister Kanae tells him that she saw his friend Lucy commit mass murder at a festival, he tells her to apologize to Lucy for accusing her or else he'll "hate her forever". A second later, she's bifurcated by Lucy. This leaves Kohta with a double-heaping of Parting-Words Regret, as his final words to his sister were not only that he'd hate her forever, but he called her a liar when she was telling the truth.
- One episode of Freezing sees Satellizer el Bridget attacked and sexually assaulted by upperclassman Miyabi Kannazuki, who wants to make Kazuya Aoi her newest Limiter. Against the odds, Satellizer and Kazuya manage to fight back, only for Satellizer to get in trouble for the equivalent of attacking a superior officer. Adding insult to injury, Miyabi's peers then decide to send the resident Ax-Crazy Knight Templar after Satellizer, while Miyabi faces no penalties for her role in the violence.
- Late into Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru, this happens to Samart Sirinto when he forfeits his fight against Kaoru Hamada. Everyone was furious thinking he was looking down on karate because it was blatantly obvious that Hamada was no match for him. However, he was just afraid that if the fight went any further he would cause another Casualty in the Ring.
- One Piece:
- A crazy situation occurs when the Straw Hats arrive at their first stop along the Grand Line. The crew is greeted by the island's inhabitants with open arms and a party is thrown. After the Straw Hats fall asleep, however, it's revealed that the islanders are really bounty hunters working for Baroque Works. Zoro, having suspected something, was still awake and managed to take them all down. When Luffy woke up needing to use the bathroom, he discovered what had happened and attacked Zoro with intent to actually kill him for being an ingrate to the 'kind people', refusing to listen to Zoro's explanation, believing it to be lies. The truth does eventually get through to him eventually, after Nami smacks some sense into him.
- For a more heartbreaking example, in Sabo's backstory, when he got into a fight with a boy from a noble family after the latter made a cruel insult, Sabo's own mother, upon learning of what happened, ignored her son's injuries and in fact slapped him before apologizing repeatedly to the boy's family, seeing the social connection as more important than her own son.
- In one episode of Pokémon Chronicles, an Azuril sabotages Meowth's attempts to woo a Skitty, causing Meowth to justifiably chase him in anger. The Pichu brothers and their friends come to Azuril's aid and blow Meowth away.
- Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs: Anyone would get upset at the sight of the fiancee being with another girl and would want to protect their lover. Due to her temper, Marie's manipulations, and Julius' indifference towards her, Angelica instead ends up getting people turned against her by looking like a foolish and jealous woman. Thankfully, Leon is able to see through it.
- Wagnaria!!: Inami is so terrified of men, that she instantly punches out any man who is unfortunate enough to be near her, with her regular victim being Souta. Eventually, he gets fed up, calls her out on this, and everyone treats him as the bad guy and acts as if Inami didn't deserve being lectured by him like that.
