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** Pope himself delivers a nice one in season 4 to a man accused of killing his wife due to past domestic abuse:
-->'''Chief Pope''': On behalf of the entire LAPD, allow me to say how sorry I am that you lied to us so much and that you knocked your wife around to such an extent that we considered you a suspect in her murder.
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* Squirt and Shimmer do this to each other in "Stumped" on ''MissSpidersSunnyPatchFriends'' after having a fight over a hollyberry. Holley demands that they stop fighting and apologize to each other. "Sorry your ugly scarecrow won't have a head," shouts Squirt and Shimmer retorts "And ''I'm'' sorry that you're the world's worst berry thief!" Later, the two apologize to each other for real after they cool off and realize the pettiness of their earlier behavior.
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* The "Soup Nazi" episode of ''{{Seinfeld}}'' spawned one of these. Apparently, Jerry Seinfeld and several writers went to the restaurant of the man (Al Yeganeh) that the character had been based on. He recognized them and launched into a rant about how the episode had "ruined his life" and demanded an apology. Seinfeld stood up and gave, to quote, "the most sarcastic, insincere apology" he'd ever heard. Yeganeh then yelled "No soup for you!" and threw them out of the restaurant.
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*In the English dub of SetoNoHanayome, Mawari apologizes after cockblocking two guys, saying "I'm sorry you guys thought you had a chance with them."
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Why would Alice be apologizing in the first place? Perhaps Bob [[YouBlockhead demands an apology]] for some tiny or imagined slight, and Alice just can't resist explaining how [[WhatTheHellHero it's all his fault]], instead. Perhaps Alice's boss is a BeleagueredBureaucrat or a CorruptCorporateExecutive who just wants to get the problem over with, and the easiest way to do that is to order Alice to apologize for something she didn't do. Or perhaps Alice really is in the wrong, but she's enough of a {{Jerkass}} to ignore this in favor of putting Bob down.

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Why would Alice be apologizing in the first place? Perhaps Bob [[YouBlockhead [[NeverMyFault demands an apology]] for some tiny or imagined slight, and Alice just can't resist explaining how [[WhatTheHellHero it's all his fault]], instead. Perhaps Alice's boss is a BeleagueredBureaucrat or a CorruptCorporateExecutive who just wants to get the problem over with, and the easiest way to do that is to order Alice to apologize for something she didn't do. Or perhaps Alice really is in the wrong, but she's enough of a {{Jerkass}} to ignore this in favor of putting Bob down.
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* the title character's apology in ''{{Patton}}'', which is based off something Patton did in real life.

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* the title character's apology in ''{{Patton}}'', ''{{Patton}}'' for slapping a solider under his charge, which is based off something Patton did in real life.
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* the title character's apology in ''{{Patton}}'', which is based off something Patton did in real life.




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* Plato's ''The Apology of Socrates'', making this trope OlderThanFeudalism.
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* [[DragonBallZAbridged Team Four Star's DBZ Abridged]]: Vegeta gets one in at the end of the first season, due to Goku's insistence that if Vegeta says he's sorry, he can leave Earth unmolested. The result?

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-->'''Vegeta:''' I'm sorry. Yep. ''Totally'' sorry. I just feel terrible. Yes, I'm very, very sorry...THAT YOU'RE ALL STILL ALIVE! SUCKERS!

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-->'''Vegeta:''' I'm sorry. Yep. ''Totally'' sorry. I just feel terrible. Yes, I'm very, very very, "very" sorry...(capsule door shuts) THAT YOU'RE ALL STILL ALIVE! SUCKERS!

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* In one episode of ''Wonders of the Solar System'', Brian Cox made an offhand remark that "astrology is a load of rubbish". After the show received complaints, he made a statement which sadly was not chosen as the BBC's official response on the issue:
-->''"I apologise to the astrology community for not making myself clear. I should have said that this new age drivel is undermining the very fabric of our civilisation."''
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* ''MeanGirls'':''MeanGirls'' has a scene where each girl is supposed to apologize and do a trust fall. One of the GirlPosse members makes this excuse for an apology, which leaves few willing to stand behind her to catch her when she falls:

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* ''MeanGirls'':
-->'''Gretchen:''' I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me... but I can't help it that I'm so popular.
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* After a reading with the surname Dork complained about a {{Dilbert}} strip using 'Dork' as an insult, Scott Adams printed a reply in which Dogbert apologised 'To all the Dorks who were offended'

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* Some guy just has been finally convicted. A reporter asks him what he thinks the reason is. The convict snarls: "Because half of the jury are assholes, that's why!" The judge interferes: "You will take this back immediately, or I'll take measures!" The convict: "OK, I take it back. Half of the jury ain't assholes!"



* BobAndGeorge [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040224c Oh, I'm sorry. Were you done?]]

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-->'''Vegeta:''' I'm sorry. Yep. ''Totally'' sorry. I just feel terrible. Yes, I'm very, very sorry...THAT YOU'RE ALL STILL ALIVE! SUCKERS!

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-->'''Vegeta:''' I'm sorry. Yep. ''Totally'' sorry. I just feel terrible. Yes, I'm very, very sorry...THAT YOU'RE ALL STILL ALIVE! SUCKERS!SUCKERS!
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* DaveBarry once wrote a column about telemarketers which included the phone number of a major telemarketing company. Over the course of the following week, that company got swamped with so many calls from people complaining about being harassed by telemarketers that they couldn't get any work done. Dave Barry's next column covered this reaction, and ended with a highly sarcastic apology to the telemarketing company for the trouble he caused them, which included the phrase "I probably should not say that your new phone number is..."

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* DaveBarry once wrote a column about telemarketers which included the phone number of a major telemarketing company. Over the course of the following week, that company got swamped with so many calls from people complaining about being harassed by telemarketers that they couldn't get any work done. Dave Barry's next column covered this reaction, and ended with a highly sarcastic apology to the telemarketing company for the trouble he caused them, which included the phrase "I probably should not say that your new phone number is...""

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* [[DragonBallZAbridged Team Four Star's DBZ Abridged]]: Vegeta gets one in at the end of the first season, due to Goku's insistence that if Vegeta says he's sorry, he can leave Earth unmolested. The result?
-->'''Vegeta:''' I'm sorry. Yep. ''Totally'' sorry. I just feel terrible. Yes, I'm very, very sorry...THAT YOU'RE ALL STILL ALIVE! SUCKERS!
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* BobAndGeorge [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040224c Oh, I'm sorry. Were you done?]]
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* In ''DonnieDarko'', when the independent minded teacher complains to the head about being fired, all he says is "I'm sorry you have failed."

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-->'''Derek:''' I'm sorry that good-looking people like us made you throw up and feel bad about yourself.

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-->'''Derek:''' I'm sorry that good-looking people like us made you throw up and feel bad about yourself. yourself.
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* There is a rule in the British Parliament that forbids personal insults. BenjaminDisraeli said "Half the Cabinet are asses.", He was ordered to apologize and he said "Mr. Speaker, I withdraw that remark, half the Cabinet are NOT asses." in a tone of voice that implied that the other half are asses. [[spoiler: Cabinet = committee of high-ranking Government Ministers.]]

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* There is a rule in the British Parliament that forbids personal insults. BenjaminDisraeli said "Half the Cabinet are asses.", He was ordered to apologize and he said "Mr. Speaker, I withdraw that remark, half the Cabinet are NOT asses." in a tone of voice that implied that the other half are asses. [[spoiler: Cabinet = committee of high-ranking Government Ministers.]]]]
* DaveBarry once wrote a column about telemarketers which included the phone number of a major telemarketing company. Over the course of the following week, that company got swamped with so many calls from people complaining about being harassed by telemarketers that they couldn't get any work done. Dave Barry's next column covered this reaction, and ended with a highly sarcastic apology to the telemarketing company for the trouble he caused them, which included the phrase "I probably should not say that your new phone number is..."
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* There is a rule in the Israeli Parliament that forbids personal insults. BenjaminDisraeli said "Half the Cabinet are asses.", He was ordered to apologize and he said "Mr. Speaker, I withdraw that remark, half the Cabinet are NOT asses." in a tone of voice that implied that the other half are asses. [[spoiler: Cabinet = committee of high-ranking Government Ministers.]]

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* There is a rule in the Israeli British Parliament that forbids personal insults. BenjaminDisraeli said "Half the Cabinet are asses.", He was ordered to apologize and he said "Mr. Speaker, I withdraw that remark, half the Cabinet are NOT asses." in a tone of voice that implied that the other half are asses. [[spoiler: Cabinet = committee of high-ranking Government Ministers.]]
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There is a rule in Parliament that forbids personal insults. BenjaminDisraeli said "Half the Cabinet are asses.", He was ordered to apologize and he said "Mr. Speaker, I withdraw that remark, half the Cabinet are NOT asses." in a tone of voice that implied that the other half are asses. {{spoiler: Cabinet = committee of high-ranking Government Ministers.}}

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* There is a rule in the Israeli Parliament that forbids personal insults. BenjaminDisraeli said "Half the Cabinet are asses.", He was ordered to apologize and he said "Mr. Speaker, I withdraw that remark, half the Cabinet are NOT asses." in a tone of voice that implied that the other half are asses. {{spoiler: [[spoiler: Cabinet = committee of high-ranking Government Ministers.}}]]
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-->'''Peter:''' Hey, That's my kid! I demand you aplogize!
-->'''Douchebag[[hottip:*:who looks like a guy but is really a stupendously ugly fat chick]]:''' OK, I'm sorry your kid is a fat screwup.

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-->'''Peter:''' Hey, hey, hey. Easy, fella. That's my kid! I demand you aplogize!
kid. Now apologize.
-->'''Douchebag[[hottip:*:who looks like a guy but is really a stupendously ugly fat chick]]:''' OK, Okay. I'm sorry your kid is kid's a fat screwup.
brain-dead stinking blue cheese fatass.
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* ''{{Zoolander}}'': Though it's entirely possible that in Derek's case, he was [[TooDumbToLive being genuine]].



---> Actually, I think Derek is being genuine. He's just an idiot who can't really understand what she was explaining.


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---> Actually, I think Derek is being genuine. He's just an idiot who can't really understand what she was explaining.


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* On ''TheColbertReport'', Stephen likes to invert this by proclaiming "I accept your apology" to someone who has not, in fact, apologized in any way.

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* On ''TheColbertReport'', ''TheColbertReport'': Stephen likes to invert this by proclaiming "I accept your apology" to someone who has not, in fact, apologized in any way.
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* StephenColbert likes to invert this by proclaiming "I accept your apology" to someone who has not, in fact, apologized in any way.

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* StephenColbert On ''TheColbertReport'', Stephen likes to invert this by proclaiming "I accept your apology" to someone who has not, in fact, apologized in any way.
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Click First, I'm sorry that [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife you have no life and spend all day editing tropes]].

Second, this is a subtrope of SarcasmMode, when a supposed apology is actually very unapologetic, and instead makes it very clear that either
the edit button person being apologized to is the one in the wrong, or that the apologizer prefers InsaneTrollLogic to admitting ''they'' are wrong. So when Alice is supposed to apologize to Bob, she instead says "I'm sorry you screwed up, Bob."

Why would Alice be apologizing in the first place? Perhaps Bob [[YouBlockhead demands an apology]] for some tiny or imagined slight, and Alice just can't resist explaining how [[WhatTheHellHero it's all his fault]], instead. Perhaps Alice's boss is a BeleagueredBureaucrat or a CorruptCorporateExecutive who just wants to get the problem over with, and the easiest way to do that is to order Alice to apologize for something she didn't do. Or perhaps Alice really is in the wrong, but she's enough of a {{Jerkass}} to ignore this in favor of putting Bob down.

Note that it's not enough for Alice to say "I'm not sorry." Her apology has to actively shift the blame to Bob. This may cause Alice to say ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules, to place HonorBeforeReason, or lead her to become TheLastDJ. Alternatively, this is just one more spat between Alice and Bob and there are no real consequences, other than Bob now being irritated with Alice.

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* In ''DonnieDarko'', when the independent minded teacher complains to the head about being fired, all he says is "I'm sorry you have failed."
* ''{{Zoolander}}'':
-->'''Derek:''' I'm sorry that good-looking people like us made you throw up and feel bad about yourself.
-->'''Mugatu:''' Oh, I'm sorry, did my pin get in the way of your ass? Do me a favor and lose five pounds immediately or get out of my building like now!

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* ''TheCarpetPeople'':
-->'''Owlglass''': He was sentenced to death for telling the Emperor that he was a blithering idiot who didn't have the brains of a meat pie.
-->'''Pismire''': Actually, I got sentenced to death for apologising.
-->'''Snibril''': How can you be sentenced to death for apologising?
-->'''Pismire''': I said I was sorry, and that, on reflection, he did have the brains of a meat pie.

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* ''TheCloser'': Assistant Chief Pope has received numerous complaints about friction between Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson and other legal departments, and so has ordered her to apologize to the offended parties.
--> '''Brenda:''' I'd like
to start with you, Ms. Powell. I'd like to say how sorry I am that I was unable to ignore your general level of incompetence in the wrongly obtained conviction in the case of Bill Croelick. And I'm sorry if you felt hurt and defensive about putting a man on death row for the wrong crime, and I certainly hope that that will never, ever happen again. Agent Jackson, I deeply regret that the FBI handed over two million dollars to a man on a terrorist watch list without the capacity to trace it, or managed to follow him for months without knowing his wife was having an affair with a doctor, and I hope you do much better in the future. Captain Taylor, I suppose I should apologize to you for not having been born in Los Angeles, but having seen you work up close now for several months, I can honestly say that try as I might, I can't think of any fair and reasonable system on earth where I wouldn't outrank you. There. I hope that clears everything up.
* On ''BabylonFive'', Sheridan's apology to the Centauri firmly cemented him as an awesome replacement to Sinclair. It's just a pity he never got to carry it out to them.
--> '''Sheridan:''' I apologize. I'm... sorry. I'm sorry we had to defend ourselves against an unwarranted attack. I'm sorry that your crew was stupid enough to fire on a station filled with a quarter million civilians, including your own people. And I'm sorry I waited as long as I did before I blew them all straight to hell! ...As with everything else, it's the thought that counts.
* From ''{{Scrubs}}'', after Carla tried to interfere in Perry and Jordan's relationship, Turk persuades her to apologise to Jordan:
-->'''Carla''': I didn't mean to upset you. Even though everything I said was true, and you know it.
-->'''Turk''': Baby, that is a God-awful apology. Just God-awful.
-->'''Jordan''': Yeah, that's 'cause she's not really sorry.
* StephenColbert likes to invert
this new page. by proclaiming "I accept your apology" to someone who has not, in fact, apologized in any way.
* ''SexAndTheCity'': Carrie apologizes to Big's trophy-wife for having an affair with Big, to which she reples "I'm sorry too: I'm sorry you cheated with my husband, ran around behind my back, and caused me to fall and break my tooth, requiring 27 stitches and hours of painful surgery."
* ''[[MontyPython Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'':
-->WE WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE WAY IN WHICH POLITICIANS ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS PROGRAMME. IT WAS NEVER OUR INTENTION TO IMPLY THAT POLITICIANS ARE WEAK-KNEED, POLITICAL TIME-SERVERS WHO ARE CONCERNED MORE WITH THEIR PERSONAL VENDETTAS AND PRIVATE POWER STRUGGLES THAN THE PROBLEMS OF GOVERNMENT, NOR TO SUGGEST AT ANY POINT THAT THEY SACRIFICE THEIR CREDIBILITY BY DENYING FREE DEBATE ON VITAL MATTERS IN THE MISTAKEN IMPRESSION THAT PARTY UNITY COMES BEFORE THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE THEY SUPPOSEDLY REPRESENT NOR TO IMPLY AT ANY STAGE THAT THEY ARE SQUABBLING LITTLE TOADIES WITHOUT AN OUNCE OF CONCERN FOR THE VITAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF TODAY. NOR INDEED DO WE INTEND THAT VIEWERS SHOULD CONSIDER THEM AS CRABBY ULCEROUS LITTLE SELF-SEEKING VERMIN WITH FURRY LEGS AND AN EXCESSIVE ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL AND CERTAIN EXPLICIT SEXUAL PRACTICES WHICH SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FIND OFFENSIVE.

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* This is a stock part of TrashTalk in professional wrestling, with Heath Slater's "apology" to Jericho being one of the more recent ones.

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* ''{{Sinfest}}'' [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1242 1242]].

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* A closing gag on ''TheSimpsons'' has Homer being chased by the mob. He then screams that he's sorry, [[RuleOfFunny causing them to stop and decide to leave him be.]] [[WhatAnIdiot He then invokes this trope and the chase resumes.]]
* ''TheBoondocks'':
-->'''Riley''':Mrs. Dubois, I'm sorry your cobbler look like throw-up with peas in it.
* ''FamilyGuy'': Mel Gibson's "apology" to the Jews, and also:
-->'''Peter:''' Hey, That's my kid! I demand you aplogize!
-->'''Douchebag[[hottip:*:who looks like a guy but is really a stupendously ugly fat chick]]:''' OK, I'm sorry your kid is a fat screwup.

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* During a televised awards show, reasonably popular stand-up comedian and breakfast radio host Dave Hughes refers to 'shock-jock' Kyle Sandilands as a "massive dickhead". Everyone laughs. Except Kyle Sandilands, who proceeds to underscore the statement by proclaiming on his show the following day: "I don't care if I go to jail for three months, that guy needs a punch in the throat. Simple." Hughes responded with a press release. In its entirety:
-->"Mr Dave Hughes has issued a public apology to Mr Kyle Sandilands, who has made comments in the past days in reference to remarks made by Mr Hughes at the 2007 TV Week Logie Awards. Mr Hughes said : 'I am sincerely and deeply sorry that Kyle Sandilands is a massive dickhead.' Mr Hughes hopes that this sincere and unreserved apology will put this ugliness to rest and stop Mr Sandilands from going to jail. Mr Hughes further remarked: 'No one deserves to go to jail just for being a massive dickhead. Massive dickheads have the same rights as normal people.' Mr Hughes is not available for further comment on this matter."
* On Fandom Wank, this is known as a [[http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Heidipology Heidipology]].
* KanyeWest's "apology" for the TaylorSwift incident spawned the [[http://www.atom.com/spotlights/kanye_west_apology/ Kanye West Apology Generator]].

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