History Main / DontYouDarePityMe

** After a brutal beatdown by Umaga, he has to be helped from the ring but shoves everyone away after getting his feet to the grown. Unlike Summerslam, he's legitimately injured and has no choice but to accept the help when he collapses after a few steps.

** His beatdown from Wrestling/KevinNash yields the same response. Hunter is being helped to the back but rasps for them to get off & pushes everyone away. The [=EMT=]] & doctor tell Hunter to let them help, but he insists he's okay. Like in the previous example, he collapses after a few steps & is told again to let them help him.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': Shifu apologizes to Tai Lung for having failed him as his father, which actually stuns him for a second. But the moment passes, and he angrily rejects it.

* Winged elves in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' are a rarely-seen subrace of elves with large, beautiful eagle's wings. They take great pride in their wings, and a winged elf who loses his or her wings in a battle or accident is pitied by the other members of the community. However, elves do not accept pity from ''anyone'', so such an elf usually leaves his community and becomes a loner.

* The lyrics of Music/RickAstley's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2xel6q0yao Cry For help]]'' are about a man getting frustrated because his girlfriend is the poster girl for this pose.

** [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_2060.php Comic #2060]]: Regina Darkblood has a sudden mood swing in the middle of geeking out over the fabrics in a Being-run dress shop, lamenting that none of that matters to "real" demons, then beating herself up for "crying like a deadweight baby. "When her uncle Aleph (Dark Pegasus) tries to calm her down, she cuts him off:
--->'''Regina''': '''NO!''' DON'T YOU SAY IT!\\

You don't get to tell me I'm not! you don't get to act like you understand! You did everything right! You'll always be considered a demon! No matter what you do! you'll never have your friends all you because you were no longer important! You-- You'll never have someone tell you they love you only to reject you the moment you fail to meet their perfect little mold!! You'll never!! I'm a failure of demon! A reject! Worthless! Anything I do doesn't matter at all because I'm a loser who [[BlueAndOrangeMorality can't rampage!]]\\

And... I... I hate so much! All of them! And him! I hate him! And...\\

And! I hate that despite all that I still want them to care about me again!

* In Abel's Backstory of ''[[Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]]'', Abel learns that another character's mother and father left him/died. Abel begins to say something along the lines of 'Sorry, I didn't know.' when he is cut off by the other person who complains that he wasted enough time pitying himself and wanted no more.

* The rallying cry of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_rights_movement autism rights movement.]] It was started by Jim Sinclair with xyr essay [[http://www.autreat.com/dont_mourn.html "Don't Mourn for Us."]]

* Parodied in ''Film/ScaryMovie2'' with Dwight, a man who uses a wheelchair and gets offended every time someone offers to help him with anything. He does this even when it would be ridiculously hard to do by himself, like crawling up two flights of stairs. When the BrainlessBeauty offers to "help him out downstairs" to get his keys, he responds by [[ScrewYourself auto-fellating himself]].

* In ''Webcomic/LavenderJack'', the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Black Note]] is offended by pity due to seeing it as insincere.
-->'''Note''': All I've sacrificed... All that... death... It can't just mean '''nothing...!''' How could anyone live with all that?\\
'''Jack''': ...You didn't plan on making it through this, did you? The heart of the city was going to come crashing down into these caves, with you underneath it all...\\
'''Note''': Ah. There it is '''again.''' The aristocrat's '''pity''', and the hidden '''sneer''' that slides in with it. Oh, I can only imagine how '''nice''' it must have been. Growing up in a world that wanted you in it.

** This carried over into the match; Flair was obviously unable to put up an actual fight, but he refused to simply lay down and be beaten. Shawn had (apparently legitimate) as Flair stood there, wobbling, fists barely up and yelling at him to "pull the trigger". Shawn's response? "I'm sorry. [[TearJerker I love you]]." [[MercyKill Superkick]].

** When Brock almost re-breaks his arm at Summerslam, the refs & {{EMTs}} come to help him get up, but he shoves them away & leaves the arena on his own.

** His beatdown from Nash yields the same response. Hunter is being helped to the back but rasps for them to get off & pushes everyone away. The {{EMT}} & doctor tell Hunter to let them help, but he insists he's ok. Like in the previous example, he collapses after a few steps & is told again to let them help him.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': Po tries to offer [[BigBad Tai Lung]] some SympathyForTheDevil during their fight, but the latter angrily rejects it, saying "I don't want your apology. I want my scroll!".

This is most likely to come from a character who does not deal well with sympathy, even in the best of times. The BrokenBird, TroubledButCute, The {{Tsundere}}, the JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and the [[DefrostingIceQueen Ice Queen]] are particularly likely to react this way. Indeed, it may develop that their touchy character stems from this and [[CharacterDevelopment can be resolved]] if it is. TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask doubly so, since anything for which she can be pitied is a weakness and danger. The StoicWoobie is often this trope embodied. Getting them to [[TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason fess up about it, much less confront it, can be a difficult prospect]].

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': "I don't want your apology. I want my scroll!" Interrupting a SympathyForTheDevil moment, for that matter.

* The disputed tale of Alexander the Great and Diogenes the Cynic has elements of this. In the story, Alexander approached Diogenes with his entourage and offered to grant him any wish he desired because he respected him as a philosopher. Despite standing in front of a man who had conquered 6 countries and was halfway through his conquest of Persia, Diogenes simply and rudely asked Alexander to step aside because he was standing in front of the sun. While Alexander's entourage found the interaction hilarious, Alexander stated “If I were not Alexander, I would want to be Diogenes.” causing Diogenes to allegedly reply "If I were not Diogenes, I too would wish to be Diogenes." The tale of Diogenes and Alexander is commonly perceived as a lesson on who is happier; the man who has everything but has so many social conventions to abide by and so many expectations to live up to, or the man who has nothing but is free from societal expectations and conventions. While enlightening, the more likely explanation is that Diogenes was fully aware that Alexander the Great was just using him as a charity case and chose to mock him instead of feeding his ego. Alexander the Great was an egotistical man who named 70 cities after himself and wanted to use Diogenes to further show off his wealth and power.

* [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] kept his HIV/AIDS diagnosis secret throughout the late '80s until shortly before he passed away in 1991 partly because he was afraid people would buy Queen albums only out of sympathy. (The other reason was that he was an intensely private man and felt that it was none of the public's business.) This still hasn't stopped people from criticizing him for hiding it until the end.