History Main / ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne

'''Cowley:''' Permission denied. Anyway, it's inaccurate. [[HeroicSelfDepreciation I'm not brave.]]

* ''Series/TheProfessionals'':

'''Cowley:''' Permission denied. Anyway, it's inaccurate. I'm not brave.

* In ''ComicBook/{{JLA}}'', supervillain the Key has taken over the Watchtower and is offended that the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica's latest recruit has never heard of him.

Someone accused of ArsonMurderAndJaywalking responds, "How dare you? I would ''never'' jaywalk!"

After being given a LongList [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech of their flaws]] [[ListOfTransgressions and transgressions]], a character responds by selecting one of the flaws and saying "I am not (flaw)!" as if to imply that all the other flaws were all spot-on. For maximum comedic effect, offense is taken to the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mildest one in the list]], or the offended has to ask the offender to repeat the one he's insulted by ("Hey, I am NOT a... um, what was that last one again?") which insinuates that all of them may be accurate. Frequently, they'll be [[JustifiedTrope entirely justified]]. Despite the name, the character doesn't always pick the ''last'' one. If their BerserkButton comes up, it's going to offend them more than any other insult. It can be used sarcastically with [[LovableRogue affable 'scoundrel' characters]], and a staple of the DeadpanSnarker. Sometimes refuting the most easily refuted charge can discredit the whole string for an in-story audience.

In real life, it's done as an InsultBackfire, as they respond to the petty insult while ignoring the larger ones as if to say "It's not worth my time".

* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'':
-->'''Robert:''' [[YoureInsane You're crazy!]]\\
'''Narissa:''' No. Spiteful, vindictive, and [[OneWingedAngel very large]], but ''never'' crazy.

* In Episode 26 part 2 of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', Leman Russ calls Ex-Inquisitor Kryptmann "another one of Fyodor's irrational carnage cronies". Kyryptmann objects to two-thirds of that statement: He's perfectly rational, and his mass-murder is completely independent.

* Music/MileyCyrus said that she gets frequently called an ugly lesbian, but tweeted that she prefers not to be called ugly.

'''Abed:''' Something you and your puppies could only dream of, you non-miraculous son of a bitch.
'''Craig:''' ...Non-miraculous?!

* In an episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'', Dean Craig Pelton gets called a "non-miraculous son of a bitch."
-->'''Craig:''' Non-miraculous? Abed...

--->"When the Simpsons came to Rio, they encountered grinding poverty, rat-infested slums, pickpockets, kidnappers, and [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys wild monkeys]]. There are ''no wild monkeys'' in Rio."

* From ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'':
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/05/29/episode-998-happy-little-trees/ Thief is not creepy]]. A bit of a subversion, as Thief actually does notice the other half of the insult a moment later.
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/07/08/episode-439-everything-is-fighters-fault/ Black Mage has friends.]] Well, ''a'' friend.
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/01/05/episode-644-processing/ The 4th and 5th panels.]]
** [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/04/29/episode-985-playing-the-odds/ Sarda takes issue to his airships being called "flying coffins"]].

* In [[http://blankitcomics.com/2008/08/04/of-snakes-and-apples/ a strip]] of ''Webcomic/BlankIt'', the objector actually realizes his mistake.
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000508c Smelly?]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00456.htm they need a computer upgrade. It tried to kill Sam, twice, and it didn't succeed. Obviously a substandard computer.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Kaspall}}'', [[http://www.kaspall.com/comic/2009/11/08 Claudia objects to being called a "civilian" on the grounds that she is not civil.]]

* From ''Webcomic/LegostarGalactica'': [[http://www.legostargalactica.net/2009/11/27/11272009/ Skip is NOT adorable]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2004-09-03 Slick sold his soul to the Devil. He's evil... he's corrupt... he's wrong for America, wrong for the world... and he's short.]]

* Used in [[http://www.blue-uncia.nl/pages/SoL/SoL0049.shtml one strip]] from ''Webcomic/{{Stuff of Legend}}''.

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': When Mimi calls the chief Numemon a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal short slimy sewer-sliding sludge slinger]] in "[[Recap/DigimonAdventureE6PalmonAngrilyEvolves Palmon Angrily Evolves]]", he gets mad... because he's insulted that she called him short.

* In an episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Avery is detained in UsefulNotes/NorthKorea. Eventually, her captors let her appear on television to explain how she's being treated:
-->'''Avery:''' For the past three weeks, I have been honored to partake in a political reeducation regimen. I have voluntarily taken several floggings for being an arrogant American.\\
'''Jack:''' That's okay. She's tough. We do a lot of pirate-themed sexual role play. I'm a parrot.\\
'''Avery:''' Also, I spend eight hours a day breaking concrete blocks to learn to be an obedient worker.\\
'''Jack:''' No problem. She pays a thousand dollars an hour to do that with her trainer.\\
'''Avery:''' And I have concluded that capitalism may be flawed.\\
'''Jack:''' WHAT ARE THOSE MONSTERS DOING TO HER?!

* From the ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' episode "Give and Let Give":
--> '''Flam Mingo:''' You pot-bellied hooligans have threatened to attack us and go back on the deal!\\
'''Jeff:''' Who you calling a hooligan, bird legs?

* Suicida of Gangreen once called ComicBook/MarshalLaw, "A barbed-wire bondage freak, a leather-clad Tinkerbell, a posing asshole Soopah hero". His response? "Call me a fascist pig. Call me a barbed wire bondage freak. [[OverlyLongGag Call me a leather-clad tinkerbelle. Call me a posing asshole.]] Just don't call me a... a... ''that'' word." (The word "Superhero" is Marshal Law's BerserkButton. He ''really'' hates them.)

* In the ComicBook/LuckyLuke album ''Western Circus'', Zilch (the baddie) is raising concerns about Mulligan's circus including a lion. Zilch: Are you going to let a drunk and a dilapidated cage be the only safeguards of your children's lives? Mulligan: The cage is not dilapidated!

* ''ComicBook/ThorGodOfThunder'': When S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Roz Solomon accuses CorruptCorporateExecutive Dario Agger of building "toxic waste factories on wheels", [[SmugSnake Agger]]'s response is to claim the agent is misinformed: ''[[RefugeInAudacity their]]'' [[RefugeInAudacity toxic waste factories]] [[DistinctionWithoutADifference FLY!]]

* In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' Mal is offended at being called a "petty thief".
--> '''Mal:''' ''Petty!?''
--> '''Inara:''' I didn't mean petty.
--> '''Mal:''' What did you mean?
--> '''Inara:''' Suoxi?
--> '''Mal:''' That's Chinese for "petty".

** There's a similar incident in an episode of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. Simon complains about life aboard ship, including, but not limited to, the food, the captain and his sister. Kaylee only takes offence to his description of ''Serenity'' as "garbage". He was just being ironic, is what.

* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. A few times with Kelly, though she is justified in the second example, even though she is in the wrong on everything else.
** In "Kelly Bounces Back" (Season 5, Episode 6, original airdate October 28, 1990), Kelly and Piper Bauman (Creator/TiaCarrere) are competing to be the model in a car commercial. They insult each other, leading to this trope.

** In "The House That Peg Lost" (Season 3, Episode 16, original airdate, April 9, 1989), Kelly is having a slumber party with her girlfriends, which Bud ruins by revealing that Kelly slept with one of her friends' boyfriends, leading to a {{Catfight}} riot.
--->'''Tasha:''' You're seeing my Greg?\\

* In an episode of ''Series/FatherTed'', Ted and Dougal are trying to hide a huge amount of rabbits from Bishop Brennan, whose terrified of them:

* In the episode "Responsible" of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', a female teenage suspect tells Munch to "Shut up, you DirtyOldMan!"
-->'''Munch:''' Who are you calling Old?

-->'''Victoria Grall''': There are organizations out there that will arrange for the adoption of unwanted embryos.
-->'''Detective Lake''': That's great, especially for all those gay and lesbian couples in the market.
-->'''Victoria Grall''': They are only put in suitable homes.
-->'''Detective Fin''': Straight, Christian, and white.
-->'''Victoria Grall''': We're not racist! There are Christians of all colors.

--> "He called me a cheap whore and a thief!"
--> [=MacLeod=]: [just looks]
--> "I was NEVER cheap."
** There's also the incident where Amanda won a gambling club from its owner, and refused to give him the chance to win it back. The man loses his temper: "No thieving French harlot with a coiffure is going to cheat me out of my club!" Amanda slaps him hard, and says: "I'm not French!"

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
-->'''Benjen:''' ''[wrapping up an impressive rant]'' Half of the boys you saw training out in the yard are going to die come winter. Maybe it will be a wildling that gets them, maybe sickness, maybe just the cold. They'll die in pain, and they'll do it so that plump little lords like you can enjoy their warm summer afternoons down south in the capital.\\