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* ''Fanfic/WereNotFriendsKacchan'': This is all but outright stated to be the reason why none of Izuku's classmates did anything about Katsuki's blatant {{Barbaric Bully|ing}}. Since they didn't have the full context, they looked towards Aizawa and Kirishima for cues on how to handle the matter. Since Aizawa constantly criticized ''[[BlamingTheVictim Izuku]]'' while only ever giving Katsuki a slap on the wrist ''at most'', while Kirishima constantly insisted KAtsuki was a good guy despite his anger issues, the rest of the class collectively settled on staying out of it.
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* ''Fanfic/WereNotFriendsKacchan'': This is all but outright stated to be the reason why none of Izuku's classmates did anything about Katsuki's blatant {{Barbaric Bully|ing}}. Since they didn't have the full context, they looked towards Aizawa and Kirishima for cues on how to handle the matter. Since Aizawa constantly criticized ''[[BlamingTheVictim Izuku]]'' while only ever giving Katsuki a slap on the wrist ''at most'', while Kirishima constantly insisted KAtsuki Katsuki was a good guy despite his anger issues, the rest of the class collectively settled on staying out of it.
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* From ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeries1KidsEntertainment 1Kids Entertainment's Death Note The Abridged Series]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g5C0EvT01k&feature=PlayList&p=03389DC24AABE458&index=6]]:
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* From ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeries1KidsEntertainment 1Kids Entertainment's Death Note The Abridged Series]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g5C0EvT01k&feature=PlayList&p=03389DC24AABE458&index=6]]:com/watch?v=1g5C0EvT01k&feature=PlayList&p=03389DC24AABE458&index=6 here]]:
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22257007/chapters/58941091 Breaking The Bough]]'', Felicity Renoir, the teacher who replaced Caline Bustier, believes this is the main problem for all of Bustier's class. During her interview with Adrien, she discovers that despite being aware of both Chloe and Lila's problems, he has never tried to stop them beyond trying to make them a better person by being nice to them. She even gives the whole class an assignment on the Bystander Effect to hopefully teach them to prevent bullying and other harmful scenarios.
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22257007/chapters/58941091 Breaking The Bough]]'', Felicity Renoir, the teacher who replaced Caline Bustier, believes this is the main problem for all of Bustier's class. former students. During her interview with Adrien, she discovers that despite being aware of both Chloe Chloé and Lila's problems, the most he has never ever tried to stop do was some half-hearted efforts to "lead by example" by treating them beyond trying nicely, or briefly threatening to make withhold his friendship from them a better person by being nice to them. before caving in. She even gives the whole class an assignment on about the Bystander Effect to hopefully teach in hopes of impressing upon them to prevent bullying and other harmful scenarios.the importance of ''acting'' rather than leaving
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* In ''Fanfic/NotPowerless'', Izuku is the [[ParentalNeglect heavily neglected]] youngest son of [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Toshinori]], who ignores him in favor of his older children since Izuku is Quirkless. The only member of his family who cares about Izuku is his older brother Haru, who made no real effort to intervene. After Izuku [[TheRunaway runs away from home]], Haru is left guiltstricken over his failure to do more to protect him from their [[BigBrotherBully bullying sister]] or show how much he cared.
* ''Fanfic/WereNotFriendsKacchan'': This is all but outright stated to be the reason why none of Izuku's classmates did anything about Katsuki's blatant {{Barbaric Bully|ing}}. Since they didn't have the full context, they looked towards Aizawa and Kirishima for cues on how to handle the matter. Since Aizawa constantly criticized ''[[BlamingTheVictim Izuku]]'' while only ever giving Katsuki a slap on the wrist ''at most'', while Kirishima constantly insisted KAtsuki was a good guy despite his anger issues, the rest of the class collectively settled on staying out of it.
* ''Fanfic/WereNotFriendsKacchan'': This is all but outright stated to be the reason why none of Izuku's classmates did anything about Katsuki's blatant {{Barbaric Bully|ing}}. Since they didn't have the full context, they looked towards Aizawa and Kirishima for cues on how to handle the matter. Since Aizawa constantly criticized ''[[BlamingTheVictim Izuku]]'' while only ever giving Katsuki a slap on the wrist ''at most'', while Kirishima constantly insisted KAtsuki was a good guy despite his anger issues, the rest of the class collectively settled on staying out of it.
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* ''Fanfic/NotTheIntendedUseZantetsukenReverse'': Namedropped and averted. Soma says that part of the reason why maintaining the {{Masquerade}} is so difficult is because bystander syndrome is nowhere near as prevalent as most people think.
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* ''Fanfic/DemonInFodlan'': A combination of his defeat against Chaldea and being an [[TrappedInAnotherWorld outsider]] to the land of Fodlan, Goetia resolves to not get involve with the socio-political issues within Fodlan--choosing to be a neutral observer and will only act if something affects him. Several characters [[WhatTheHellHero call him out]] on this mindset, with Sothis pointing out that Goetia is [[YouAreWhatYouHate emulating the very thing]] he hates Solomon for. A part of his [[CharacterDevelopment development]] is to slowly growing out of this mindset and help others in ways that doesn't involve the Incineration of Humanity.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'' is a particularly ironic example. Being a superhero AU DeconstructionFic, half the characters are teenage superheroes who, despite the fact that they are being trained to be active problem-solvers in any crisis, are standing aside, permitting, and even reinforcing the psychological and emotional abuse of someone whom they once (and supposedly still do) considered their equal, friend, and family - because higher authorities responsible for this abuse have assured them it's for the best to treat them this way. For the record, the "higher authorities" in question is the teen superheroes' mentor, Kudo Yusaku, who is also the father of the victim, Shinichi, and the abuse leads to the superheroes actually impeding justice to prevent Shinichi from helping others and thus make him feel more powerless, up to and including Yusaku ''mindwiping Shinichi and controlling him like a puppet,'' having the police confiscate and then bury Shinichi's evidence of a string of 40+ child kidnappings, and then calling Shinichi's belief that these crimes occurred a "conspiracy theory." [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Unsurprisingly]], Shinichi comes to believe that the superheroes are corrupt and impeding real justice and aid to those who need it, [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal causing him to side with one of their enemies on account of this enemy somehow being more willing to help save these forty children]].]] The entire time, the teen superheroes claim to be Shinichi's friends (and one even his girlfriend, who still proclaims that she loves him), but stand aside and allow this abuse and injustice to happen. [[spoiler:Because of this, when the chance to save one of the children goes awry, there isn't enough time for another; Part 1 [[DeathOfAChild ends with a child's death]] in large part because of the delay in focus and aid caused by Yuusaku and the Irregulars setting up metaphorical roadblocks. And they only realize this at the last minute because they were so busy stranding around depriving Shinichi of aid and support that no one bothered to look deeper at what he was actually trying to accomplish until it was too late.]]
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* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'' is a particularly ironic example. Being a superhero AU DeconstructionFic, half the characters are teenage superheroes who, despite the fact that they are being trained to be active problem-solvers in any crisis, are standing aside, permitting, and even reinforcing the psychological and emotional abuse of someone whom they once (and supposedly still do) considered their equal, friend, and family - because higher authorities responsible for this abuse have assured them it's for the best to treat them this way. For the record, the "higher authorities" in question is the teen superheroes' mentor, Kudo Yusaku, who is also the father of the victim, Shinichi, and the abuse leads to the superheroes actually impeding justice to prevent Shinichi from helping others and thus make him feel more powerless, up to and including Yusaku ''mindwiping Shinichi and controlling him like a puppet,'' having the police confiscate and then bury Shinichi's evidence of a string of 40+ child kidnappings, and then calling Shinichi's belief that these crimes occurred a "conspiracy theory." [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Unsurprisingly]], [[spoiler: Unsurprisingly, Shinichi comes to believe that the superheroes are corrupt and impeding real justice and aid to those who need it, [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal causing him to side with one of their enemies on account of this enemy somehow being more willing to help save these forty children]].]] The entire time, the teen superheroes claim to be Shinichi's friends (and one even his girlfriend, who still proclaims that she loves him), but stand aside and allow this abuse and injustice to happen. [[spoiler:Because of this, when the chance to save one of the children goes awry, there isn't enough time for another; Part 1 [[DeathOfAChild ends with a child's death]] in large part because of the delay in focus and aid caused by Yuusaku and the Irregulars setting up metaphorical roadblocks. And they only realize this at the last minute because they were so busy stranding around depriving Shinichi of aid and support that no one bothered to look deeper at what he was actually trying to accomplish until it was too late.]]
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX San]]'s pathy for humans in distress if they aren't ones he cares about can be fairly described as "true neutral". During [[TwoBeingsOneBody his and Vivienne]]'s rampage through Jonah's base, Vivienne wants them to use their bio-electrical powers to help the revolting {{disposable vagrant}}s get out a distress call in the hopes that someone will come to rescue the vagrants, but San initially protests, not seeing why they should risk themselves going out of their way to help humans who've never done anything good to them first. Later, San doesn't care about rescuing a nearby capsized boat as Vivienne does, though he doesn't argue with her when she directs them to help it anyway.
* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX San]]'s pathy for humans in distress if they aren't ones he cares about can be fairly described as "true neutral". During [[TwoBeingsOneBody his and Vivienne]]'s rampage through Jonah's base, Vivienne wants them to use their bio-electrical powers to help the revolting {{disposable vagrant}}s get out a distress call in the hopes that someone will come to rescue the vagrants, but San initially protests, not seeing why they should risk themselves going out of their way to help humans who've never done anything good to them first. Later, San doesn't care about rescuing a nearby capsized boat as Vivienne does, though he doesn't argue with her when she directs them to help it anyway.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', [[AntiHero Kyril's]] main reason for fighting against [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores the Black Dogs]] is to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]], reasoning that he bears the shame of doing nothing if he stood by allowing them to cause harm to a nation that has done nothing to deserve its fate.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', [[AntiHero Kyril's]] Kyril's main reason for fighting against [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores the Black Dogs]] is to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]], reasoning that he bears the shame of doing nothing if he stood by allowing them to cause harm to a nation that has done nothing to deserve its fate.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', [[AntiHero Kyril's]] main reason for fighting against [[HiredGuns the]] [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Black]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Dogs]] is to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]], reasoning that he bears the shame of doing nothing if he stood by allowing them to cause harm to a nation that has done nothing to deserve its fate.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', [[AntiHero Kyril's]] main reason for fighting against [[HiredGuns the]] [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Black]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil the Black Dogs]] is to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]], reasoning that he bears the shame of doing nothing if he stood by allowing them to cause harm to a nation that has done nothing to deserve its fate.
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* ''Fanfic/TwoLetters'' has Marinette deciding to retire, passing on the Earrings to a questionable successor and washing her hands of the whole 'protecting Paris' thing. As far as she and Luka are concerned, akumas are no longer ''her'' problem to deal with; that's what the ''new'' Ladybug is for.
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* ''Fanfic/TwoLetters'' has this as a bit of a RunningTheme:
** Marinettedeciding to retire, passing on the Earrings to a questionable successor [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt quit being Ladybug]] after two years, in no small part because she felt [[DudeWheresMyRespect unappreciated]] and washing like others were taking her hands of the whole 'protecting Paris' thing. As presence and protection completely for granted. So far as she and Luka are she's concerned, akumas akuma are no longer ''her'' problem to deal with; that's what the ''new'' Ladybug is for.
** Most citizens in Paris have a bad tendency to keep HoldingOutForAHero, which contributed to Marinette quitting in the first place. It doesn't help that the new Ladybug encourages their dependence upon her, taking advantage of a certain incident where somebody ''did'' get involved with a fight to make said interloper out to be a GloryHound with ill intentions.
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** Most citizens in Paris have a bad tendency to keep HoldingOutForAHero, which contributed to Marinette quitting in the first place. It doesn't help that the new Ladybug encourages their dependence upon her, taking advantage of a certain incident where somebody ''did'' get involved with a fight to make said interloper out to be a GloryHound with ill intentions.
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* ''Fanfic/TwoLetters'' has Marinette deciding to retire, passing on the Earrings to a questionable successor and washing her hands of the whole 'protecting Paris' thing. As far as she and Luka are concerned, akumas are no longer ''her'' problem to deal with; that's what the ''new'' Ladybug is for.
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* ''Fanfic/DostThouEvenStealHearts'': [[VideoGame/Persona5 Ren and Morgana]] are utterly ''disgusted'' at how overdependent the residents of the ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' world are upon the superhero system, to the point that even ''Pro Heroes'' will stand by if they think they don't have the 'right Quirk' to handle a situation.
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* Discussed in ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'' when Apollo asks himself if he had spotted Klavier's abuse wounds at the pharmacy instead of the other way around. He admits that he probably would have ignored Klavier and left him to his [[DomesticAbuse fate.]]
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* Discussed in ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'' when Apollo asks himself [[WhatYouAreInTheDark what he would have done]] if he had spotted Klavier's abuse wounds at the pharmacy instead of the other way around. He admits that he probably would have ignored Klavier and left him to his [[DomesticAbuse fate.]]
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* ''Fanfic/APieceOfRebellion'': Bad Cop tells Good Cop that Lord Business' plans to [[spoiler:Kragle ''people'']] are "not our problem" and that they don't need to deal with that.
* ''Fanfic/APieceOfRebellion'': Bad Cop tells Good Cop that Lord Business' plans to [[spoiler:Kragle ''people'']] are "not our problem" and that they don't need to deal with that.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Anyone}}'': Izuku is ''electrocuted'' in front of an audience of his peers, with everyone else present either ignoring the tableau or simply watching.
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* ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'': In the final book, Narcissa declares that the reason why most members of the magical community aren't taking any action against Voldemort and the Death Eaters is because they see it as simply not affecting them. If being pureblooded is defined as simply "No non-magical grandparents", then the overwhelming majority still qualify as pureblooded, meaning they won't be targeted so long as they don't directly oppose Voldemort.
* ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'': In the final book, Narcissa declares that the reason why most members of the magical community aren't taking any action against Voldemort and the Death Eaters is because they see it as simply not affecting them. If being pureblooded is defined as simply "No non-magical grandparents", then the overwhelming majority still qualify as pureblooded, meaning they won't be targeted so long as they don't directly oppose Voldemort.
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* In ''Fanfic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades'', the Kamen Rider Club ''heavily'' blame themselves for not stopping Meteor from killing Fourze like in the original series. In the side story ''Tears to Shed'', the resurrected (and brainwashed) Gentaro [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls them out on this]] because they stood there while he got killed off and they never stepped forth to save him. Moreover, this trope is deconstructed with Yuki because all the antagonists will remind her on how she only cried "Stop!" just as Meteor gave Fourze the one-inch punch.
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* In ''Fanfic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades'', the Kamen Rider Club ''heavily'' blame themselves for not stopping Meteor from killing Fourze like in the original series. In the side story ''Tears to Shed'', the resurrected (and brainwashed) Gentaro [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls them out on this]] because they stood there while he got killed off and they never stepped forth to save him. Moreover, this trope is deconstructed with Yuki because all the antagonists will remind her on about how she only cried "Stop!" just as when Meteor gave Fourze the one-inch punch.
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* ''Fanfic/WhatIsAPersonWorth'': The rest of the family is too shocked by Lincoln [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling them all out]] to intervene in his fight with Lynn Jr. Later on, Lynn Sr. sadly admits that the fact they failed to step in was one of his and Rita's [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failures]] as their parents.
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* ''Fanfic/WhatIsAPersonWorth'': The rest of the family is too shocked by Lincoln [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling them all out]] to intervene in his fight with Lynn Jr. Later on, Lynn Sr. sadly admits that the fact they failed to step in was one of his and Rita's [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failures]] as their parents.
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* ''Fanfic/EnneaSeries'': The civilians present when [[spoiler:Hawks is kidnapped by [[SerialKiller Kaetsu]]]] do not attempt to help the victim. Some ignore what is happening while others wait around for someone else to call a Hero to help. The victim attempts to avert this by directly going to a couple for help but the kidnapper tricks them into thinking [[spoiler:the wingless Hawks]] is his drunk fiancee and pulls him away.
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* ''Fanfic/EnneaSeries'': The civilians present when [[spoiler:Hawks is kidnapped by [[SerialKiller Kaetsu]]]] do not attempt to help the victim. Some ignore what is happening while others wait around for someone else to call a Hero to help. The victim attempts to avert this by directly going to a couple for help help, but the kidnapper tricks them into thinking [[spoiler:the wingless Hawks]] is his drunk fiancee fiancé and pulls him away.
* ''Fanfic/WithConfidence'': Not only did Death Arms stand by while Katsuki was being attacked by the Sludge Villain, he attempts to scold Izuku for ''his'' intervention, spurring Izuku to [[WhatTheHellHero call him out]] on his inaction. This completely ''tanks'' the Pro Hero's reputation.
* ''Fanfic/WithConfidence'': Not only did Death Arms stand by while Katsuki was being attacked by the Sludge Villain, he attempts to scold Izuku for ''his'' intervention, spurring Izuku to [[WhatTheHellHero call him out]] on his inaction. This completely ''tanks'' the Pro Hero's reputation.
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* ''Fanfic/OneYearOnProbation'': Ann accuses Akira of this, not wanting to help her or anyone else deal with Kamoshida directly so long as he can stay out of it.
* ''Fanfic/OneYearOnProbation'': Ann accuses Akira of this, not wanting to help her or anyone else deal with Kamoshida directly so long as he can stay out of it.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':
** Anguirus says that he only fights to protect his own kind, the {{Kaiju}}, and doesn't care about humans. When dragons attack a pony camp, he ignores it until he realizes that since he's been turned into a pony, they are his kind.
** When Ponyville is overrun by a swarm of Destroyah babies, Discord can't be bothered to help because the only character he really cares about is Fluttershy and she's not in Ponyville right now. After the situation is contained, Fluttershy shames him into repairing the town with his powers.
* In crossover story ''Fanfic/EchoesOfYesterday'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] arrives at Winslow High to rescue [[Literature/{{Worm}} Taylor]] and finds a throng of girls gathered around the locker and standing still while listening to Taylor's cries and pleas for help.
* In ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'', Cyril struggles with this in Chapter 2. Witnessing the commotion of a noble kicking a fallen form of a young man with his hands up, he repeatedly tells himself not to get involved. [[SubvertedTrope Until]] Cyril sees red, that is.
* In ''Fanfic/InfinityLegionHeroesUnite'', the Observants refuse to do anything about the Darkentors, stating that they're too powerful to handle and should just be left to their own devices.
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* ''Legend Of The Rising Star'': Averted, for the most part. One prominent example - Shining Advent was founded by Lelus and Attemi for the very reason of protecting Crypton Province from all the crime and misery because they felt like they could make a difference.
* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', [[AntiHero Kyril's]] main reason for fighting against [[HiredGuns the]] [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Black]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Dogs]] is to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]], reasoning that he bears the shame of doing nothing if he stood by allowing them to cause harm to a nation that has done nothing to deserve its fate.
* In ''[[Creator/DetsniyOffSkiword Profesor Layton Vs Jack The Raper]]'', at one point, [[Manga/DeathNote Watari]] enters UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground, and pulls a sniper rifle on the receptionist, even firing a warning shot. Nobody else responds to this situation.
* The fic ''Fanfic/ShowaAndVampire'' has a very strange '''unintentional''' example. The multiple protagonists are all extremely powerful superheroes, for example possessing multiple powers that would, individually, be the hero's main gimmick in an action show. All of them have some kind of heroic lineage too, either from being the son of a powerful hero from a canon series or being [[TheChosenOne the chosen inheritor]] of the legacy of a series of superheroes. They know an organization of supervillains and cyborgs are out to take over the world. But the thing is, the fic spends so much time on these characters' personal baggage, their love lives and their high school hijinks, it never gets around to having the heroes actually do anything about this evil organization. They only fight it when its members show up at their school, to personally attack '''them'''.
* In ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'', the village of Shay-Lot is being terrorized by a murderer and has stopped all ship construction as a result. Marine Captain Malibu refuses to investigate the case as Shay-Lot is not directly affiliated with the World Government, and as such it's outside his jurisdiction. He instead spends more than a week complaining about how the giants are refusing to build his ship. When the Nerimans arrive and catch the murderer in less than a day, Malibu complains about how the giants prioritize giving their saviors a new ship over his crew.
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* Discussed in ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'' when Apollo asks himself if he had spotted Klavier's abuse wounds at the pharmacy instead of the other way around. He admits that he probably would have ignored Klavier and left him to his [[DomesticAbuse fate.]]
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* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': In "What if Tom's yeerk got the morphing cube from David first?", the teachers watch apathetically as Tom beats up David, and the students pay no more attention than a glance to them. The author said in the comments that it was inspired by the [[Series/{{Animorphs}} live-action TV show]], where a lot of drama went down in the school's corridors, but even non-Controllers turned a blind eye.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'' is a particularly ironic example. Being a superhero AU DeconstructionFic, half the characters are teenage superheroes who, despite the fact that they are being trained to be active problem-solvers in any crisis, are standing aside, permitting, and even reinforcing the psychological and emotional abuse of someone whom they once (and supposedly still do) considered their equal, friend, and family - because higher authorities responsible for this abuse have assured them it's for the best to treat them this way. For the record, the "higher authorities" in question is the teen superheroes' mentor, Kudo Yusaku, who is also the father of the victim, Shinichi, and the abuse leads to the superheroes actually impeding justice to prevent Shinichi from helping others and thus make him feel more powerless, up to and including Yusaku ''mindwiping Shinichi and controlling him like a puppet,'' having the police confiscate and then bury Shinichi's evidence of a string of 40+ child kidnappings, and then calling Shinichi's belief that these crimes occurred a "conspiracy theory." [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Unsurprisingly]], Shinichi comes to believe that the superheroes are corrupt and impeding real justice and aid to those who need it, [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal causing him to side with one of their enemies on account of this enemy somehow being more willing to help save these forty children]].]] The entire time, the teen superheroes claim to be Shinichi's friends (and one even his girlfriend, who still proclaims that she loves him), but stand aside and allow this abuse and injustice to happen. [[spoiler:Because of this, when the chance to save one of the children goes awry, there isn't enough time for another; Part 1 [[DeathOfAChild ends with a child's death]] in large part because of the delay in focus and aid caused by Yuusaku and the Irregulars setting up metaphorical roadblocks. And they only realize this at the last minute because they were so busy stranding around depriving Shinichi of aid and support that no one bothered to look deeper at what he was actually trying to accomplish until it was too late.]]
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* From ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeries1KidsEntertainment 1Kids Entertainment's Death Note The Abridged Series]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g5C0EvT01k&feature=PlayList&p=03389DC24AABE458&index=6]]:
-->'''[[Manga/DeathNote L]]:''' ...and in this footage you can see various pedestrians who clearly don't give a $h!t that somebody near them just collapsed and died.
* From ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteAbridgedDogface701 Death Note: The Abridged Series (Dogface701)]]'':
-->'''Raye Penber:''' I'm dying! Somebody help me!\\
'''Random Pedestrian 1:''' Shut up {{Emo}}!\\
'''Random Pedestrian 2:''' We have problems too, you know.
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* ''Fanfic/UnwantedFreeUglyTroll'' has this as the reaction to an abandoned young troll in a box on the street, even from the main character Dave. It's only when Dave is heading back through hours later, in the pouring rain and with no one else around, that he makes it his problem and rescues the little thing. The rest of the story concerns him adjusting to a life of abandoned trolls being his problem, and his attempts to make others care as well.
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* In ''Fanfic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades'', the Kamen Rider Club ''heavily'' blame themselves for not stopping Meteor from killing Fourze like in the original series. In the side story ''Tears to Shed'', the resurrected (and brainwashed) Gentaro [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls them out on this]] because they stood there while he got killed off and they never stepped forth to save him. Moreover, this trope is deconstructed with Yuki because all the antagonists will remind her on how she only cried "Stop!" just as Meteor gave Fourze the one-inch punch.
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* ''Fanfic/PictopiaII'': In the backstory, Nocturno was visiting Red Bumsteer, a friend's wife who had fallen on hard times, when Judge Doome and the Regulator came to arrest Red for prostitution. Nocturno was so frightened of those brutal vigilantes that he did absolutely nothing when they shoved him aside and took Mrs. Bumsteer away from her children, and he never forgave himself for it.
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22257007/chapters/58941091 Breaking The Bough]]'', Felicity Renoir, the teacher who replaced Caline Bustier, believes this is the main problem for all of Bustier's class. During her interview with Adrien, she discovers that despite being aware of both Chloe and Lila's problems, he has never tried to stop them beyond trying to make them a better person by being nice to them. She even gives the whole class an assignment on the Bystander Effect to hopefully teach them to prevent bullying and other harmful scenarios.
[[AC:''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'']]
* ''Fanfic/EnneaSeries'': The civilians present when [[spoiler:Hawks is kidnapped by [[SerialKiller Kaetsu]]]] do not attempt to help the victim. Some ignore what is happening while others wait around for someone else to call a Hero to help. The victim attempts to avert this by directly going to a couple for help but the kidnapper tricks them into thinking [[spoiler:the wingless Hawks]] is his drunk fiancee and pulls him away.
[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'']]
* In ''Fanfic/TheDarkSideOfTheMirrorVerse'', this is [[MirrorUniverse Mirror!Fluttershy's]] entire worldview. She doesn't see anything as worth doing unless she somehow benefits from it in some way, and does the bare minimum required to actually get by, so ignores bad things happening she could have stopped. [[spoiler:It's implied that this has to do with Mirror!Spitfire's treatment of anypony who stood up for Rainbow Crash.]] Deconstructed when [[spoiler:Captain Goodguy points out this can have a ''nasty'' ripple effect: if it isn't your problem now, it very well could become it if not taken care of, or the problem of somepony you care about.]] It's also implied that [[spoiler:Captain Goodguy ''used'' to have this, but [[MyGreatestFailure learned this lesson the hard way.]]]]
* ''Fanfic/PartingWords'':
** This mentality is part of why bullying has become such an issue: most who witness the CMC getting bullied assume their families are already aware of the issue, so they don't get involved. Making matters worse is that Apple Bloom has come to believe her big sister flat-out doesn't ''CARE'', as her attempts to tell her have gotten constantly blown off. Fixing the damage this has done to their relationship becomes part of the focus in the sequel, ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt''.
** On a funnier note, when going incognito Celestia and Luna wear absurd outfits (the one we see makes Celestia look like a member of a barbershop quartet, but they both have a closet ''full'' of things set apart to assemble strange outfits) and then apply the Not My Problem Spell, that makes people unwilling to think too hard about it and thus recognize the "unusually tall fellow" as a Princess. Still, they have to take care and not be ''too'' enthusiastic about it, lest they become effectively invisible and get run over by a carriage (nearly happened).
[[AC:''Series/OddSquad'']]
* ''Fanfic/AllMixedUp'': Olive and Otto ride the tubes and end up in the tank of Diesel, a [[MixAndMatchCritters dolphin-shark hybrid]] who proceeds to throw them around the tank before they even have a chance to breathe. Otto gets attacked first, and all Olive can do is watch in horror. Subverted when she snaps into action after a couple seconds and goes to help him out, only to get attacked herself.
[[AC:RealPersonFic]]
* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'', the G'heddi'onians and their guards appear to feel that the marauding hordes of the Black Tower and the impending death of the Pyar gods are Somebody Else's Problem—that is, these problems are there for the outworlders to fix. The four really resent being asked to do things that logically the city guards should have done (e.g., rescue a kidnapped baby), and eventually get to the point where they themselves feel that these things are Somebody Else's Problem.
[[AC:''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'']]
* In ''Fanfic/SonicOriginsRi2'', this was what made the culling go on without any objections until Shade stepped up and killed her own superior. Every single recruit was waiting for another one to oppose this plan, that and years of boot camp have made them too conditioned to disobey orders. Shadow explains just why it is so horrifying.
[[AC:''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'']]
* In ''Fanfic/SuperMarioWorldMaxLandis'', Queen Bean refuses to get involved in the war, seeing it as a Mushroom Kingdom problem.
[[AC:''Franchise/YuGiOh'']]
* In ''Fanfic/ThePrincessAndTheDragon'', Seto Kaiba once again embodies this trope. He lives in the vicinity of Hermos, has two fully-grown white dragons who obey him implicitly, and could have intervened far sooner than he does, but until Jou makes him an offer he cannot refuse, he is determined not to get involved. He's not a citizen of Chronas, so the affairs of the local royalty aren't his problem, at least in his eyes.
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Examples of BystanderSyndrome depicted in FanWorks.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':
** Anguirus says that he only fights to protect his own kind, the {{Kaiju}}, and doesn't care about humans. When dragons attack a pony camp, he ignores it until he realizes that since he's been turned into a pony, they are his kind.
** When Ponyville is overrun by a swarm of Destroyah babies, Discord can't be bothered to help because the only character he really cares about is Fluttershy and she's not in Ponyville right now. After the situation is contained, Fluttershy shames him into repairing the town with his powers.
* In crossover story ''Fanfic/EchoesOfYesterday'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] arrives at Winslow High to rescue [[Literature/{{Worm}} Taylor]] and finds a throng of girls gathered around the locker and standing still while listening to Taylor's cries and pleas for help.
* In ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'', Cyril struggles with this in Chapter 2. Witnessing the commotion of a noble kicking a fallen form of a young man with his hands up, he repeatedly tells himself not to get involved. [[SubvertedTrope Until]] Cyril sees red, that is.
* In ''Fanfic/InfinityLegionHeroesUnite'', the Observants refuse to do anything about the Darkentors, stating that they're too powerful to handle and should just be left to their own devices.
%%* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', any public act of violence seems to be accompanied by this trope.
* ''Legend Of The Rising Star'': Averted, for the most part. One prominent example - Shining Advent was founded by Lelus and Attemi for the very reason of protecting Crypton Province from all the crime and misery because they felt like they could make a difference.
* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', [[AntiHero Kyril's]] main reason for fighting against [[HiredGuns the]] [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Black]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Dogs]] is to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]], reasoning that he bears the shame of doing nothing if he stood by allowing them to cause harm to a nation that has done nothing to deserve its fate.
* In ''[[Creator/DetsniyOffSkiword Profesor Layton Vs Jack The Raper]]'', at one point, [[Manga/DeathNote Watari]] enters UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground, and pulls a sniper rifle on the receptionist, even firing a warning shot. Nobody else responds to this situation.
* The fic ''Fanfic/ShowaAndVampire'' has a very strange '''unintentional''' example. The multiple protagonists are all extremely powerful superheroes, for example possessing multiple powers that would, individually, be the hero's main gimmick in an action show. All of them have some kind of heroic lineage too, either from being the son of a powerful hero from a canon series or being [[TheChosenOne the chosen inheritor]] of the legacy of a series of superheroes. They know an organization of supervillains and cyborgs are out to take over the world. But the thing is, the fic spends so much time on these characters' personal baggage, their love lives and their high school hijinks, it never gets around to having the heroes actually do anything about this evil organization. They only fight it when its members show up at their school, to personally attack '''them'''.
* In ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'', the village of Shay-Lot is being terrorized by a murderer and has stopped all ship construction as a result. Marine Captain Malibu refuses to investigate the case as Shay-Lot is not directly affiliated with the World Government, and as such it's outside his jurisdiction. He instead spends more than a week complaining about how the giants are refusing to build his ship. When the Nerimans arrive and catch the murderer in less than a day, Malibu complains about how the giants prioritize giving their saviors a new ship over his crew.
[[AC:''Franchise/AceAttorney'']]
* Discussed in ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'' when Apollo asks himself if he had spotted Klavier's abuse wounds at the pharmacy instead of the other way around. He admits that he probably would have ignored Klavier and left him to his [[DomesticAbuse fate.]]
[[AC:''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'']]
* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': In "What if Tom's yeerk got the morphing cube from David first?", the teachers watch apathetically as Tom beats up David, and the students pay no more attention than a glance to them. The author said in the comments that it was inspired by the [[Series/{{Animorphs}} live-action TV show]], where a lot of drama went down in the school's corridors, but even non-Controllers turned a blind eye.
[[AC:''Manga/CaseClosed'']]
* ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'' is a particularly ironic example. Being a superhero AU DeconstructionFic, half the characters are teenage superheroes who, despite the fact that they are being trained to be active problem-solvers in any crisis, are standing aside, permitting, and even reinforcing the psychological and emotional abuse of someone whom they once (and supposedly still do) considered their equal, friend, and family - because higher authorities responsible for this abuse have assured them it's for the best to treat them this way. For the record, the "higher authorities" in question is the teen superheroes' mentor, Kudo Yusaku, who is also the father of the victim, Shinichi, and the abuse leads to the superheroes actually impeding justice to prevent Shinichi from helping others and thus make him feel more powerless, up to and including Yusaku ''mindwiping Shinichi and controlling him like a puppet,'' having the police confiscate and then bury Shinichi's evidence of a string of 40+ child kidnappings, and then calling Shinichi's belief that these crimes occurred a "conspiracy theory." [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Unsurprisingly]], Shinichi comes to believe that the superheroes are corrupt and impeding real justice and aid to those who need it, [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal causing him to side with one of their enemies on account of this enemy somehow being more willing to help save these forty children]].]] The entire time, the teen superheroes claim to be Shinichi's friends (and one even his girlfriend, who still proclaims that she loves him), but stand aside and allow this abuse and injustice to happen. [[spoiler:Because of this, when the chance to save one of the children goes awry, there isn't enough time for another; Part 1 [[DeathOfAChild ends with a child's death]] in large part because of the delay in focus and aid caused by Yuusaku and the Irregulars setting up metaphorical roadblocks. And they only realize this at the last minute because they were so busy stranding around depriving Shinichi of aid and support that no one bothered to look deeper at what he was actually trying to accomplish until it was too late.]]
[[AC:''Manga/DeathNote'']]
* From ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeries1KidsEntertainment 1Kids Entertainment's Death Note The Abridged Series]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g5C0EvT01k&feature=PlayList&p=03389DC24AABE458&index=6]]:
-->'''[[Manga/DeathNote L]]:''' ...and in this footage you can see various pedestrians who clearly don't give a $h!t that somebody near them just collapsed and died.
* From ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteAbridgedDogface701 Death Note: The Abridged Series (Dogface701)]]'':
-->'''Raye Penber:''' I'm dying! Somebody help me!\\
'''Random Pedestrian 1:''' Shut up {{Emo}}!\\
'''Random Pedestrian 2:''' We have problems too, you know.
[[AC:''Franchise/{{Homestuck}}'']]
* ''Fanfic/UnwantedFreeUglyTroll'' has this as the reaction to an abandoned young troll in a box on the street, even from the main character Dave. It's only when Dave is heading back through hours later, in the pouring rain and with no one else around, that he makes it his problem and rescues the little thing. The rest of the story concerns him adjusting to a life of abandoned trolls being his problem, and his attempts to make others care as well.
[[AC:''Franchise/KamenRider'']]
* In ''Fanfic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades'', the Kamen Rider Club ''heavily'' blame themselves for not stopping Meteor from killing Fourze like in the original series. In the side story ''Tears to Shed'', the resurrected (and brainwashed) Gentaro [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls them out on this]] because they stood there while he got killed off and they never stepped forth to save him. Moreover, this trope is deconstructed with Yuki because all the antagonists will remind her on how she only cried "Stop!" just as Meteor gave Fourze the one-inch punch.
[[AC:''In Pictopia'']]
* ''Fanfic/PictopiaII'': In the backstory, Nocturno was visiting Red Bumsteer, a friend's wife who had fallen on hard times, when Judge Doome and the Regulator came to arrest Red for prostitution. Nocturno was so frightened of those brutal vigilantes that he did absolutely nothing when they shoved him aside and took Mrs. Bumsteer away from her children, and he never forgave himself for it.
[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'']]
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22257007/chapters/58941091 Breaking The Bough]]'', Felicity Renoir, the teacher who replaced Caline Bustier, believes this is the main problem for all of Bustier's class. During her interview with Adrien, she discovers that despite being aware of both Chloe and Lila's problems, he has never tried to stop them beyond trying to make them a better person by being nice to them. She even gives the whole class an assignment on the Bystander Effect to hopefully teach them to prevent bullying and other harmful scenarios.
[[AC:''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'']]
* ''Fanfic/EnneaSeries'': The civilians present when [[spoiler:Hawks is kidnapped by [[SerialKiller Kaetsu]]]] do not attempt to help the victim. Some ignore what is happening while others wait around for someone else to call a Hero to help. The victim attempts to avert this by directly going to a couple for help but the kidnapper tricks them into thinking [[spoiler:the wingless Hawks]] is his drunk fiancee and pulls him away.
[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'']]
* In ''Fanfic/TheDarkSideOfTheMirrorVerse'', this is [[MirrorUniverse Mirror!Fluttershy's]] entire worldview. She doesn't see anything as worth doing unless she somehow benefits from it in some way, and does the bare minimum required to actually get by, so ignores bad things happening she could have stopped. [[spoiler:It's implied that this has to do with Mirror!Spitfire's treatment of anypony who stood up for Rainbow Crash.]] Deconstructed when [[spoiler:Captain Goodguy points out this can have a ''nasty'' ripple effect: if it isn't your problem now, it very well could become it if not taken care of, or the problem of somepony you care about.]] It's also implied that [[spoiler:Captain Goodguy ''used'' to have this, but [[MyGreatestFailure learned this lesson the hard way.]]]]
* ''Fanfic/PartingWords'':
** This mentality is part of why bullying has become such an issue: most who witness the CMC getting bullied assume their families are already aware of the issue, so they don't get involved. Making matters worse is that Apple Bloom has come to believe her big sister flat-out doesn't ''CARE'', as her attempts to tell her have gotten constantly blown off. Fixing the damage this has done to their relationship becomes part of the focus in the sequel, ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt''.
** On a funnier note, when going incognito Celestia and Luna wear absurd outfits (the one we see makes Celestia look like a member of a barbershop quartet, but they both have a closet ''full'' of things set apart to assemble strange outfits) and then apply the Not My Problem Spell, that makes people unwilling to think too hard about it and thus recognize the "unusually tall fellow" as a Princess. Still, they have to take care and not be ''too'' enthusiastic about it, lest they become effectively invisible and get run over by a carriage (nearly happened).
[[AC:''Series/OddSquad'']]
* ''Fanfic/AllMixedUp'': Olive and Otto ride the tubes and end up in the tank of Diesel, a [[MixAndMatchCritters dolphin-shark hybrid]] who proceeds to throw them around the tank before they even have a chance to breathe. Otto gets attacked first, and all Olive can do is watch in horror. Subverted when she snaps into action after a couple seconds and goes to help him out, only to get attacked herself.
[[AC:RealPersonFic]]
* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'', the G'heddi'onians and their guards appear to feel that the marauding hordes of the Black Tower and the impending death of the Pyar gods are Somebody Else's Problem—that is, these problems are there for the outworlders to fix. The four really resent being asked to do things that logically the city guards should have done (e.g., rescue a kidnapped baby), and eventually get to the point where they themselves feel that these things are Somebody Else's Problem.
[[AC:''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'']]
* In ''Fanfic/SonicOriginsRi2'', this was what made the culling go on without any objections until Shade stepped up and killed her own superior. Every single recruit was waiting for another one to oppose this plan, that and years of boot camp have made them too conditioned to disobey orders. Shadow explains just why it is so horrifying.
[[AC:''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'']]
* In ''Fanfic/SuperMarioWorldMaxLandis'', Queen Bean refuses to get involved in the war, seeing it as a Mushroom Kingdom problem.
[[AC:''Franchise/YuGiOh'']]
* In ''Fanfic/ThePrincessAndTheDragon'', Seto Kaiba once again embodies this trope. He lives in the vicinity of Hermos, has two fully-grown white dragons who obey him implicitly, and could have intervened far sooner than he does, but until Jou makes him an offer he cannot refuse, he is determined not to get involved. He's not a citizen of Chronas, so the affairs of the local royalty aren't his problem, at least in his eyes.
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