History Main / EnmityWithAnObject

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Odd Jobs", Timmy uses his fairies' magic to help his father find a new job. The second choice is being a professional wrestler; unfortunately, his pencil-themed costume earns him the ire of his opponent, who hates pencils because [[NeverMyFault he blames them for him failing elementary school]]. We're then shown a {{flashback}} of him as a kid, [[RuleOfFunny in full costume]], trying to write a test and destroying every pencil he attempts to write with because he DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength.

** And there's the [[MemeticMutation meme-worthy]] newspaper picture of Abe with the headline "Old man yells at cloud" from "The Old Man and the Key".

* In ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', Ralsei reluctantly gives the [[AnAxeToGrind ax-wielding]] Susie a WhatTheHellHero lecture about what kind of a hero she's being -- including not only being needlessly, counterproductively violent, in keeping with the well-established pacifistic themes, but having eaten an innocent man's cake. Susie has already asserted her opponents were ''enemies'' -- and, therefore, "FOR terrorizing" -- before here offering the rationale, "Cakes... are also my enemy." Ralsei gives her a deadpan DisapprovingLook.

* ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything:'' The Silastic Armourfiends of Striterax tried to channel their blood-thirsty nature into less violent pursuits. This meant their passing a law requiring every Armourfiend to spend forty-five minutes a day beating up a bag of potatoes. It worked for a while, until one Armourfiend suggested just ''shooting'' the potatoes, and so a week's worth of enforced peace, the longest in the Armourfiend's history, came to an end. Eventually, the Armourfiends managed to kill themselves, much to the relief of the potatoes, and indeed everyone else.

[[quoteright:350:[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ed_milk.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Edward Elric: Picking fights with [[DoesNotLikeSpam milk]] since 2001.]]

* The villain Annorax from the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' two-parter [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E8YearOfHell "Year of Hell"]] considers ''time itself'' to be his archenemy. And no, it's not meant in a mundane way like worrying too much about punctuality or about one's age or something.

* Among people who play tabletop games like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', it's common to blame the dice when unfavorable outcomes are rolled. Dice-sized dunce caps, time-out chairs, and jails are used to "punish" dice that made bad rolls. In more extreme examples, (such as the ''TabletopGame/{{Battletech}}'' incident that coined the term "Hellbie Dice" for an EpicFail of crappy rolls[[labelnote:Explanation]]The man involved, ''Battletech'' forum mod [=JadeHellbringer=], rolled ''seven'' Snake Eyes out of a possible ten in a single round, thus completely jamming most of his armament into uselessness thanks to the CriticalFailure involved.[[/labelnote]]), they're even [[YouHaveFailedMe outright executed]], be it thrown into the trash or [[KillItWithFire melted into a black puddle]].

* In episode 50 of ''Manga/FairyTail'', a misused potion cause Makarov to see alcohol as his rival, Ezra sees a pillar as hers, and at the end, Grey sees the horizon as his rival.

* On ''Literature/SitioDoPicapauAmarelo'', while almost everyone loves [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood Aunt Nastácia's berry cake]], Emília is resentful toward it because, as [[LivingToys a doll]], she can't experience flavor on the same level as them.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Sideshow Bob and rakes, after the extended "[[RakeTake rake tripping]]" scene from the "Cape Feare" episode. Bart even lampshades how Bob apparently equates that rivalry with the one between the two (mind you, Bart at that point got Bob sent to jail multiple times).
** In the episode "Deep Space Homer," Homer has an intense hatred for an inanimate carbon rod that was named Employee of the Month instead of him. After he accidentally saves the space shuttle crew (from a mess he himself caused, of course) by jamming it in a broken door while trying to bash his colleague with it, he's mad that the carbon rod he "used" to jam the door shut got the hero's welcome (including a TickerTapeParade) instead.
** And there's the [[MemeticMutation meme-worthy]] newspaper picture of Abe with the headline "Old man yells at cloud" from "The Old Man and the Key".
** One episode had Homer's special recipe for moonshine remind a hillbilly of his feud with a nearby tree.
** Mr Burns once mistook a candy vending machine for a working candy store, and when it failed to respond to his verbal request for a snack, he gave it a DeathGlare and said it had made a powerful enemy.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', when Perry fails to show up, Doofenshmirtz uses a potted plant as a stand in for Perry as he rants about his evil plans, and even ties him up. Due to a series of accidents, the potted plant ends up thwarting Doofenshmirtz and is even awarded a medal at the end for his heroic efforts.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness''. "My old enemy -- stairs."
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''. Odd vs. Vending Machine. Nicolas has struggled with it as well. Earlier, in the prequel "XANA Awakens", it was used by XANA to electrocute Jérémie.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Stewie Griffin and the toilet. Because it's funny when Stewie shows the ignorance of a real baby. Brian has a few bones to pick with it, too.
-->'''Stewie:''' So they DO make bigger diapers! That deceitful woman told me I had to learn to use the toilet! Well fah on the toilet! It's made slaves of you all! I've seen it sitting in there, lazy, slothful porcelain layabout... feeding on other people's doo-doos while contributing nothing of its own to society! (''runs to bathroom'') You get a job!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' has Norbert's NotSoImaginaryFriend Stump. Dagget has a fierce rivalry with Stump, especially in his first appearance episode.
* The police officer in ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' played by Andy Dick addresses a plastic cup of beer as though it were a WorthyOpponent.
-->"Well, well, well. If it isn't my old friend, Underage Drinking. So, we meet again. How are you, Underage Drinking? Besides ''illegal!''"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Hoss Delgado has a high school rivalry with a traffic cone named Kyle.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Nightmare Hospital", Mrs. Maheswaran threatens to use an abacus to figure out how long to ground Connie for bringing a sword into the house. When she leaves, Connie mutters a resentful "I hate that abacus".
* Captain Fanzone of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' hates machines (sentient or otherwise) to the point of it being his CatchPhrase. This includes his cell phone which, for added effect, is so obsolete it has a rotary dial.

* The B plot of the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episode "Stop Team Go" features Dr. Drakken becoming increasingly frustrated by the failure of his escalating attempts (up to and including blasting it with a death ray) to open an ImpossiblePickleJar.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "The Deepening", Teddy reveals he has an intense hatred for a shark prop from a movie he was an extra on. He reveals that when he was hitting on a lady extra, the shark operator made the prop knock into him and spill food all over her, causing her to reject him and spiraling him into a lifetime of overeating. Bob questions [[MisplacedRetribution why Teddy isn't angry at the operator]]. Teddy realizes Bob has a point but then insists the shark made him do it.
* On ''Literature/SitioDoPicapauAmarelo'', while almost everyone loves [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood Aunt Nastácia's berry cake]], Emília is resentful toward it because, as [[LivingToys a doll]], she can't experience flavor on the same level as them.
* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short ''WesternAnimation/BartholomewVersusTheWheel'' has the eponymous dog Bartholomew develop a vicious hatred towards wheels after his tail gets run over.

* ''Series/NewGirl'': Nick Miller is shown not being able to open a door due to anger/awkwardness and finally shouts "I hate doors !"

* In ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', Ralsei reluctantly gives Susie the ax-wielding Susie a WhatTheHellHero lecture about what kind of a hero she's being -- including not only being needlessly, counterproductively violent, in keeping with the well-established pacifistic themes, but having eaten an innocent man's cake. Susie has already asserted her opponents were ''enemies'' -- and, therefore, "FOR terrorizing" -- before here offering the rationale, "Cakes... are also my enemy." Ralsei gives her a deadpan DisapprovingLook.

* Among people who play tabletop games like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', it's common to blame the dice when unfavorable outcomes are rolled. Dice-sized dunce caps, time-out chairs, and jails are used to "punish" dice that made bad rolls.

* Among people who play tabletop games like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', it's common to blame the dice when unfavorable outcomes are rolled. Tiny dice-sized dunce caps and time-out chairs exist to "shame" dice that made bad rolls.

* In an example not played for laughs, [[JerkJock Tommy]] from ''Film/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark2019'' seems to ''really'' hate Harlod, the scarecrow in his family farm, who he'll often bash with his baseball bat or throw beer bottles at while insulting him. [[spoiler: Then Harold comes to life to show Tommy that the feeling is mutual...]]

If CompanionCube is the love someone will have for an inanimate object, this is the other side of that coin - a deep-seated, irrational hatred a person has for an object.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Tim does not at all care for the poster his girlfriend Stephanie has hanging over her bed, which pictures a winking, flirtatious ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}}. Made even more amusing by the fact that Superboy is one of Tim's best friends and Steph seems even more determined to keep the poster out of amusement at Tim's dislike of it.

* In ''{{ComicBook/The Transformers More Than Meets The Eye}}'', a RunningGag is that everyone in the crew besides Rodimus despises the "Rodpod", a dropship modeled after [[{{Faceship}} Rodimus' head]]. When exploring the ancient remains of a titan, they intentionally leave it unlocked in the hopes that someone will come by and steal it. When they wind up going in a circle, Whirl yells "I blame the frigging Rodpod!" and starts beating it with a stick.

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Vox Machina's enmity with doors became a RunningGag ever since a series of bad rolls resulted in a simple church door barred from the inside [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx-T1xeEBqg requiring an over-complicated plan and three spells to open]]. And their luck didn't improve with any later doors.

* In {{ComicBook/The Transformers More Than Meets The Eye}}, a RunningGag is that everyone in the crew besides Rodimus despises the "Rodpod", a dropship modeled after [[{{Faceship}} Rodimus' head]]. When exploring the ancient remains of a titan, they intentionally leave it unlocked in the hopes that someone will come by and steal it. When they wind up going in a circle, Whirl yells "I blame the frigging Rodpod!" and starts beating it with a stick.

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "The Deepening", Teddy reveals he has an intense hatred for a shark prop froim a movie he was an extra on. He reveals that when he was hitting on a lady extra, the shark operator made the prop knock into him and spill food all over her, causing her to reject him and spiraling him into a lifetime of overeating. Bob questions [[MisplacedRetribution why Teddy isn't angry at the operator]]. Teddy realizes Bob has a point but then insists the shark made him do it.

* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short “WesternAnimation/BartholomewVersusTheWheel” has the eponymous dog Bartholomew develop a vicious hatred towards wheels after his tail gets run over.

* Edward Elric in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' doesn't just [[DoesNotLikeSpam dislike drinking milk]], he actively despises seeing any because it is "an opaque, white liquid secreted by a cow". This is played as part of the [[RunningGag gag]] about Edward's [[TheNapoleon diminutive stature]], supposedly being the cause of it. In an interesting bit of trivia related to this: the writer Creator/HiromuArakawa grew up on a dairy farm, plus her AuthorAvatar is a bespectacled cow.

-->-- '''Creator/OscarWilde'''[[note]] [[AuthorExistenceFailure He lost.]] [[/note]]