History Main / ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne

* ''film/RobinAndTeSevenHoods'':

* In the Russian film ''Love and Pigeons'', a woman insults the seductress of her husband:

* In the Creator/ThoughtSlime video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXclb2alGvk Why is Twitter so toxic?]], Matt describes getting weird, venomous insults, like "This guy looks like he fucks bagels and then eats them."
--> '''Matt:''' And I certainly can't respond to those people. I can't be like, "No, I don't eat them."

* On a darker note, the [[ThoseWackyNazis first commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Höss Rudolf Höss]]. When accused of the murder of three and a half million people in the Holocaust, Höss replied, "No. Only two and one-half million--the rest died of disease and starvation."

* An anti-war British politician once called Creator/ChristopherHitchens "a drink-sodden ex-Trotskyist popinjay". Hitchens replied, "Only some of that is true." He later elaborated "He says that I am an ex-Trotskyist (true), a "popinjay" (true enough, since the word's original Webster's definition is a target for arrows and shots) and that I cannot hold a drink (here I must protest)."
* After Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot, the shooter was linked to a hate group known as American Renaissance. A government memo reported, "The group’s ideology is anti-government, anti-immigration, anti-ZOG (Zionist Occupational Government), anti-Semitic." The head of American Renaissance responded that his group was not anti-Zionist.

* Howard Hughes was a highly controversial figure due to his eccentricity and, to some extent, his wealth. His synopsis of his fame:

* Youtuber Steven Crowder set up a table declaring "MALE PRIVILEGE IS A MYTH CHANGE MY MIND". A whole bunch of people turned this into a meme in which the sign was digitally altered to say [[https://rare.us/rare-humor/man-defending-male-privilege-just-became-the-intenets-newest-photoshop-battle/?utm_content=inf_11_3427_2&utm_source=p-facebook&utm_medium=the-social-edge&utm_campaign=influencer&tse_id=INF_66be10301acd11e8831e8dbc9df7201c various things]], with some nice burns in there. The last one in the article is "NICKELBACK DESERVES ALL THE GRAMMIES CHANGE MY MIND". To that one, Crowder replied, "This is now beyond poor taste."

* John Cleese complained about his reception in Hasselt, Belgium, by calling the audience “lazy, fat, beer-sodden, pseudo-French bastards.” Plenty of them objected to “pseudo-French”, pointing out the lengths Flemings will go to to avoid French-speakers, and he agreed to change it to “pseudo-Dutch”.

--->'''Trixie:''' Self-absorbed?!

--->'''Trixie:''' Self-absorbed!?

** In "Covercraft", after Apu leaves Homer's cover band for a bigger, more successful one, Lisa accuses Homer of being jealous.
--->'''Homer:''' I'm not jealous, I'm envious! Jealousy is when you worry someone will take what you have. Envy is wanting what someone else has. What I feel is envy!\\

* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. 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.
-->'''Piper:''' Slut.\\

* John Cleese complained about his reception in Hasselt, Belgium, by calling the audience “lazy, fat,,beer-sodden, pseudo-French bastards.” Plenty of them objected to “pseudo-French”, pointing out the lengths Flemings will go to to avoid French-speakers, and he agreed to change it to “pseudo-Dutch”.

* Creator/JohnMulaney's routine on JJ Bittenbinder, a former police detective who gave somewhat impractical advice on avoiding murder and kidnapping, and wearing ridiculous outfits was well-receieved by JJ Bittenbinder himself, except that he found it somewhat insulting that Mulaney insinuated that he would wear a cowboy hat with a three-piece suit.

-->'''Original Roy:''' So, let me get this straight...while I was [[HumanPopsicle on ice]], you found [[CloningBlues another Roy Harper]], the sidekicks formed their own team, aliens invaded the Earth...and Ollie grew that dopey goatee?

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': During ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski'', Peter had a job as a high school science teacher. This exchange followed after he met a particularly troublesome student:
-->'''Student:''' I don't need some old nerd like you helping me out!\\
'''Peter:''' Old?\\
'''Student:''' I see you didn't argue with the nerd part...\\
'''Peter:''' ''Old?''

* In the Creator/DonRosa comic "Attaaack!", WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Scrooge are listening to somebody else's phone-call, trying to discover attack plans against Scrooge's money bin that way.

* In the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' {{Arc}} ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', a variant of this is done for Hal Jordan by someone else. Someone who, incidentally, despises Jordan.

* In ''[[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harley's Little Black Book]]'' #5, an alien conqueror tells Big Tony "Quiet, whimpering maggot!" Tony replies:

* In ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'', the titular character, during her confrontation with [[StarterVillain the Inventor]], proceeds to deliver him a spectacular TheReasonYouSuckSpeech describing in great details how sick she believes he is. He just stares at her blankly for most of the speech... until [[ItMakesSenseInContext she calls him a bird]], at which point [[BerserkButton he completely loses his shit]].

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. During JMS' tour on the comic, Peter had a job as a high school science teacher. This exchange followed after he met a particularly troublesome student:

* ''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!]]

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': One of the contestants in "Summarise Proust" lists his hobbies as [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty strangling animals]], golf and [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbating]]. This receives loud boos from the crowd, and the host comments "golf isn't very popular around here".

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': One of the contestants in "Summarise Proust" lists his hobbies as [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty strangling animals]], golf and [[ADateWithRosyPalms masturbating]]. This receives loud boos from the crowd, and the host comments "golf isn't very popular around here".

Compare: MyFriendsAndZoidberg, InsultBackfire, NonSequiturDistraction and WrongInsultOffence. This is a case of the character on the receiving end of ComicallyMissingThePoint.

* Nell Gwyn was the mistress of King Charles II of England. When an angry mob stopped her carriage, calling her a "Catholic whore" (they mistook her for Charles' ''other'' mistress, Louise de Kérouaille, a French Catholic from Brittany) she replied "Pray, good people, be civil. I am the ''Protestant'' whore." [[ValuesDissonance It worked. The mob began to cheer for her instead.]]

* When King Louis XVI was put on trial before the Convention during the French Revolution, his accusers read a long indictment containing thirty-three counts against him. He sat impassive during thirty-two of them, but during the final accusation, in which he was charged with causing the blood of Frenchmen to be spilled, he cried out, "I have never shed the blood of Frenchmen!"

* ''Fanfic/AManOfIron'': When attempting to stave her off, one of Yunkai's Wise Masters accuses Daenerys of having previously committed savageries against Astapor. She takes offense at this -- what she did to Astapor[[note]]Kill all the city's masters, absorb all the slaves and anyone else that wants to leave into her army, take everything of value that isn't nailed down and leave the remains of the city to anyone that doesn't want to join her.[[/note]] was far more than ''mere'' savagery.

* The ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MonstersInParadise'' features this exchange between Kanako and Suwako, concerning the recreation that the latter seems to enjoy:
-->'''Kanako:''' You're the size of the village children, and you're behaving like a crazed aerobics instructor. If it weren't for the power you emit, no-one would know that you ''were'' an elder goddess.\\
'''Suwako:''' "Crazed aerobics instructor"? Take that back! I'm not crazed, just unusual!

* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaAllStarsRewrite'' has a variation, as the person is reacting to someone ''else'' being insulted. After officially revealing himself to Gwen and Zoey, Mal taunts Gwen by mocking her attempts to threaten him "Just like your pathetic boyfriend [Duncan] with the stupid mohawk!" Gwen's reaction in the confessional?
-->'''Gwen:''' Ok, THAT’S IT!!!! You already crossed the line hurting my friends…. But NOBODY disses the mowhawk!! You know what, Mal? …BringIt!!

* In an episode of ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' Michael, Justin, Ted, Vic, and Debbie have been reading aloud a newspaper article in which Brian is accused of, among other things, being a pedophile and a "miserable example of a modern gay stereotype." After several of them criticize the article and its author, Brian says he's going to sue the author.

* In an interview on the show ''The Screen Savers'', Creator/JhonenVasquez (creator of ''Comicbook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'') responded to host Kevin Pereira's comment that fans considered him "a goth king", saying disdainfully: "King, yeah, but goth... I mean, that's just arrogant."

* The following exchange from the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' episode, "The End of Flutter Valley":
-->'''Sting:''' You're fat, greedy, and selfish, Bumble! You only think of yourself!\\
'''Queen Bumble:''' I am '''not''' fat!
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]", Spike has an ImagineSpot in which he confronts the Diamond Dogs who kidnapped Rarity:
--->'''Spike:''' Show yourselves, you dogs! You curs! Ah, there you are, you mangy mutts!\\

** Also done in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]". Twilight says Donut Joe is "big, gruff and messy" and he only yells "HEY!" after the last adjective.
** From the episode "Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3", Twilight attempts to teach Rainbow about reading and highlighting, but finds that Rainbow highlighted the entire book, as well as made an unflattering doodle of Twilight in the centerfold.
--->'''Twilight:''' Hey! I am ''not'' that tall!
** In "To Where and Back Again - Part 2", Trixie and Discord constantly [[SnarkToSnarkCombat argue back and forth with each other]] while on their rescue mission with Starlight and Thorax. While they are powerless without magic and arguing over which of them is more useful on the mission, Discord says once the throne is destroyed and he has his magic back, he'll be all-powerful again and be able to easily save their friends, while she'll still be "a self-absorbed, below-average illusionist".

* A visual version comes up in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''; Phineas mentions they've made a chariot for Candace that looks just like her...and is actually a repulsive gorgon. Candace responds while wearing a scowl that looks ''just'' like the chariot:

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s'' episode "The Captain and the Cats", the leader of the Three Mouseketeers calls Cooler a silly bumbling mongrel. It's being called a mongrel that gets Cooler mad.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'':
** From the episode "Down 'n' Dirty", where Buttercup tries to give up bathing:
--->'''Buttercup:''' Don't you know only big, fat sissies take baths?!\\
'''Bubbles:''' ''[hurt]'' I'm not fat.
** Bubbles does this again in "Insect Inside":

* In the ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'' episode "Phoniest Home Video", Daisy calls Kent Powers a bucket-headed old peabrain. The only part of the insult that gets to Kent is being called old.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'', Twister and his brother challenge each other to a go-kart race, featuring the following exchange:

* In ''Film/TheRoom'', combined with an ArsonMurderAndJaywalking. Though in all fairness, this was likely ''meant'' as "If you're lying about that, you might be lying about his hitting you" -- except we ''do'' see him drink.