I couldn't think of a good title for this one.  Y'know what really grinds my gears?  When tv characters. particularly cartoon, don't simply speak up to clear up simple misunderstandings.  See, that still doesn't really make it very clear.  I can only do this through examples.

Imagine an episode of a cartoon.  The protagonist goes to a comic book convention.  She then loses a belonging, and said item is found by someone else, and that someone mistakes said item for a rare collectible (which it isn't), claims it for themselves, then takes it to be auctioned off at the comic book memorabilia auction.  The protagonist then goes to the auction and attempts to walk up and retrieve her belonging when the auctioneer stops her and says, "Where do you think yer goin', lil lady?"  Before she can get a word in edgewise, the auctioneer says, "Oh, no you don't!  You go sit down and bid like everyone else!"  Which she does.  She sighs, sits down, bids, and buys back her own f*cking belonging with the money she made that day by selling her own merch in her own booth.

Yeah, really specific premise, right?  In case you didn't figure it out, that was a real premise.  I was describing an episode of Littlest Pet Shop.  I made some simplifications because otherwise it would have taken too long to describe, but that was essentially the episode.  Why the f*ck didn't she stand up for herself, speak up, demand that someone listen, and explain that that item was in fact her property and not a rare mint condition collectible?  Because stupid reasons.

Here's another.  Also a Littlest Pet Shop.  In one episode, the protagonist loses her phone, and it's found by some pets that decide to make it the grand prize in their pet racing circuit.  The other pets who are the friends of the protagonist get wind of this plot, but instead of just walking up and explaining that the phone belongs to their friend and they need it back, what do they do?  Why, they train a pet to race in the circuit so they can win the phone back, of course!  What else? 

Probably the most egregious example I can think of is ye olde Equestria Girls with Twilight's crown.  Why didn't Twilight ever walk straight up to Principal Celestia and just say, "Hey, that crown actually belongs to me.  It's not the Fall Formal crown.  It's mine.  Sunset stole it, and I need it back."  Oh wait, that's right, she started to in that scene in Celestia's office, and then just stopped for no f*cking reason.    Why?  So the movie could happen, of course.  Better to buy into the Fall Formal bullsh*t and play a f*cking game while risking the safety and security of Equestria instead of just having a two-minute talk and returning to Equestria immediately, right?  I know, I know--you could argue how it was all destiny because the events led to the humane six and Sunset being superhero protectors of the human world.  That's not the point.  You're not listening.  The point is, why do characters play these asinine games instead of just being direct.  I mean, in the case of EG, I still don't understand why Twilight didn't just smash the case and grab the crown the first night she was in the school and then just run home and smash the mirror from the other side so this can't happen again.  's what I'd do.

But I digress.  In shows and movies like this, no one ever does the logical thing of just clearing up the misunderstanding with a few simple words.  They always play along with the ridiculous game so the story can happen.  Now, I'm not saying I didn't enjoy EG or LPS, I'm just saying that there must be a way to write these stories without the need for these glaring, annoying plotholes and contrivances.