History Main / HumblePie

* This exchange between ''{{Megamind}}'' and [[ActionSurvivor Roxanne Ritchi]]:

There are many ways for a character to respond. Oftentimes the character will simply accept their failure, realize the error of their ways, and [[HeelFaceTurn change themselves]] to become a genuinely more tolerable person. Other characters simply cannot handle eating Humble Pie, and may react with anything from a VillainousBreakdown to something more [[DrivenToSuicide more]] [[{{Seppuku}} drastic]].

A similar phrase is "eating crow".

* At the end of ''{{Chicago}}'' (the movie adaptation), Roxie is acquitted, but literally moments later, a new heinous crime is committed and all the reporters rush out of the courtroom, leaving her all alone and without the fame and adoration she had been seeking.

* In ThePrinceOfTennis: Ryo Shishido's loss at the hands of Tachibana and being kicked out of the regular team. Both trigger his ImportantHaircut and CharacterDevelopment into a still harsh, but more kindhearted person.

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* At the end of ''{{Chicago}}'' (the movie adaptation), Roxie is acquitted, but literally moments later, a new heinous crime is committed and all the reporters rush out of the courtroom, leaving her all alone and without the fame and adoration she had been seeking.
* In ''TheDevilWearsPrada'', after being chewed out by her boss, Andy storms out of the office and goes down to Nigel to complain. Nigel answers with a thorough TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, forcing Andrea to admit that she doesn't appreciate her position enough.

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Humble Pie is a single, significant humiliating event that deeply affects a character. The subject is typically a [[SmugSnake particularly]] [[{{Jerkass}} obnoxious]] [[TyrantTakesTheHelm and/or]] [[SmallNameBigEgo self-important]] [[DrunkWithPower character]] who makes a [[DidntSeeThatComing serious mistake]] or suffers a defeat that forces them to reflect on their failure and their ego. This happens most often to antagonist characters, and is usually portrayed as being well-deserved.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', thee have been two examples.

* OlderThanSteam: The expression derives from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_pie 'umble pie']], which was a pie filled with liver, heart, and other offal. It was popular among British commoners in the 15th and 16th century.

* The expression derives from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_pie 'umble pie']], which was a pie filled with liver, heart and other offal. It was popular among British commoners in the 15th and 16th century, making it OlderThanSteam

* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', thee have been two examples.

Humble Pie is a single, significant humiliating event that deeply affects a character. The subject is typically a [[SmugSnake particularly]] [[JerkAss obnoxious]] [[TyrantTakesTheHelm and/or]] [[SmallNameBigEgo self-important]] [[DrunkWithPower character]] who makes a [[DidntSeeThatComing serious mistake]] or suffers a defeat that forces them to reflect on their failure and their ego. This happens most often to antagonist characters, and is usually portrayed as being well-deserved.

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* In ''TheDevilWearsPrada'', after being chewed out by her boss, Andy storms out of the office and goes down to Nigel to complain. Nigel answers with a thorough TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, forcing Andrea to admit that she doesn't appreciate her position enough.

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* At the end of ''InheritTheWind'' after Matthew Harrison Brady wins the case he wants to talk some more about God, the evils of evolution, and how good Christian folk have to be on their guard in today's permissive society, but the people in the courtroom were kind of sick of the whole business so they ignore him.

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--> '''Godot:''' Looks like, this time, I've been forced to eat crow.
--> '''Maya:''' I wonder what recipe crow-flavored coffee is...

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* Actress Kristen Stewart was described by several celebrity gossip mags as "eating humble pie" after she was forced to apologize for remarks in which she equated being famous with being a rape victim.

* In ''TheEmperorsNewGroove'', Kuzco is quite the KarmaHoudini until he dismisses and insults Pacha (okay, that happens quite a few times, but this time he means it), only to find out that Pacha was in fact looking out for him, and now he's all alone.

* In ''The Emperor's New Groove'', Kuzco is quite the KarmaHoudini until he dismisses and insults Pacha (okay, that happens quite a few times, but this time he means it), only to find out that Pacha was in fact looking out for him, and now he's all alone.

* Fans complained about a flashback scene in ''{{Lost}}'' that showed Charlotte Staples Lewis as an adult in the 70s, despite the fact that it had been established that the character was born in 1979. When producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof tried to somehow blame Rebecca Mader (the actress playing Charlotte Lewis) for the mistake, her reaction (as well as the public's reaction) forced them to issue a rather public and very humbling apology.

HumblePie is a single, significant humiliating event that deeply affects a character. The subject is typically a [[SmugSnake particularly]] [[JerkAss obnoxious]] [[TyrantTakesTheHelm and/or]] [[SmallNameBigEgo self-important]] [[DrunkWithPower character]] who makes a [[DidntSeeThatComing serious mistake]] or suffers a defeat that forces them to reflect on their failure and their ego. This happens most often to antagonist characters, and is usually portrayed as being well-deserved.

* The expression derives from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_pie 'umble pie']], which was a pie filled with liver, heart and other offal. It was especially popular among British commoners in the 15th and 16th century, making it [OlderThanSteam]]

* The expression derives from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_pie 'umble pie']], which was a pie filled with liver, heart and other offal. It was especially popular among British commoners in the 15th and 16th century, making it [[Older Than Steam]]

HumblePie is a single, significant humiliating event that deeply affects a character. The subject is typically a [[SmugSnake particularly]] [[JerkAss obnoxious]] [[TheUmbridge and/or]] [[SmallNameBigEgo self-important]] [[DrunkWithPower character]] who makes a [[DidntSeeThatComing serious mistake]] or suffers a defeat that forces them to reflect on their failure and their ego. This happens most often to antagonist characters, and is usually portrayed as being well-deserved.