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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 1, Teams RWBY and JNPR witness Velvet, a rabbit [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]], being harassed by [[TheBully Cardin Winchester]]. Despite being disgusted by Cardin's behavior and sympathetic to Velvet's plight, not one of them actually do anything to help her. Volume 5 has a CallBack to this when Ilia, Blake's EvilFormerFriend, states her reasons why she believes the [[AntiHumanAlliance White Fang]]'s violent acts of terrorism against humanity are justified and [[NecessarilyEvil necessary]]; humans either actively [[FantasticRacism hate Faunus]] or stand back and ''let'' the hate happen. Blake later turns it around by pointing out that the Faunus are ''just as guilty'' of enabling the cycle of hatred- the residents of Menagerie allowed the White Fang to become increasingly radicalized to the point where they attacked Blake's parents for ''not'' wanting to get their people killed for the sake of spiting humans. Blake is then able to spin this into a RousingSpeech encouraging the Menagerians to drop their neutrality and prevent the White Fang from destroying Haven Academy.

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 1, Teams RWBY and JNPR witness Velvet, a rabbit [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]], being harassed by [[TheBully Cardin Winchester]]. Despite being disgusted by Cardin's behavior and sympathetic to Velvet's plight, not one of them actually do anything to help her. Volume 5 has a CallBack to this when Ilia, Blake's EvilFormerFriend, states her reasons why she believes the [[AntiHumanAlliance White Fang]]'s violent acts of terrorism against humanity are justified and [[NecessarilyEvil necessary]]; humans either actively [[FantasticRacism hate Faunus]] or stand back and ''let'' the hate happen. This trope is {{reconstruct|ion}}ed when Blake later turns it around by pointing out that the Faunus are ''just as guilty'' of enabling the cycle of hatred- the residents of Menagerie allowed the White Fang to become increasingly radicalized to the point where they attacked Blake's parents for ''not'' wanting to get their people killed for the sake of spiting humans. Blake is then able to spin this into a RousingSpeech encouraging the Menagerians to drop their neutrality and prevent the White Fang from destroying Haven Academy.
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* A very sad (and realistic) variant occurs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': [[spoiler:when Alma harshly accuses Mirabel of causing the miracle to be ruined, Mirabel's older sisters Luisa and Isabela just stand cowed and silent while their grandmother rips into the young girl. This is behavior that can be expected from someone who's been the victim of abuse and/or dysfunction: being willing to stand by and let someone else, who was trying to help, take the brunt of the aggressor's anger, because otherwise it gets turned on ''you'']].

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