History Main / NoSympathy

* In ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', 14-year-old Renton's undying loyalty to the crew of the Gecko State is rewarded with a humiliating fake mission staged for their amusement. Told that it was of 'paramount importance', Renton ''doesn't even realize he's being mocked.'' As the 'mission' starts to fall apart, so does he. In tears, berating himself for his uselessness, the crew watches via secret camera as he delivers a lengthy speech about his admiration for them all, his happiness at being given this critical mission, and above all, ''his trust in them''. They stare, wide eyed, at the screen... and burst into laughter at how idiotic he is. Then they make the mission objectives more ridiculous, photograph him at the most humiliating point of his life, and publicize it on the cover of a globally read magazine. The entire mission is recorded. And shown to his girlfriend. It's actually meant to be amusing. [[DudeNotFunny It's not.]]
** And, for the record, Holland himself watches the video. The last words of the episode are him muttering to himself "I am so uncool."
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Despite hearing of the Ishvalan genocide at the hands of the State Military, and Mustang insisting Scar's quest for vengeance is justified, Ed blows it off and has no sympathy to spare for him; as far as he's concerned, Scar just likes attacking people because he's a bully that is masking his pain, stating outright that his quest is far from justified because he's still involving innocent people for the sake of his revenge and that he's just candy-coating it by acting self-righteous and calling himself "an instrument of God". Considering the facts that Scar tried to kill Ed and Al, who despite being State Alchemists were ''children'' at the time of the massacre and had nothing to do with it, as well as the fact that his very first victims were [[LoveInterest Winry's]] parents, who [[TheFarmerAndTheViper saved his life]], and what he [[MercyKill did to Nina]], Ed's [[JerkassHasAPoint far from wrong]].
* In ''Manga/NyanKoi'', the hero suffers from a bad cat allergy. His mother and sister know quite well that he's allergic to cats. They respond by sending their cat in to wake him up in the morning, having the cat sit and eat at the table with him, and complaining that everyone else in the family loves cats, as if his condition that could produce a deadly reaction was a matter of personal taste. No matter how much he clearly suffers, they continue to treat him as if he's just whining.
* Tends to happen in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', usually to anyone who isn't named Lina - she's generally the instigator. The most extreme cases range from ComedicSociopathy (using the chimeric Zelgadis as a boat anchor to catch a dragon in a lake, where he nearly drowns, gets hurt, and nearly eaten) to KafkaKomedy (using Princess Amelia as a bride for fish bait in order to survive on an island in a [[AudioAdaptation radio drama]]; before that she nearly died in the ocean, and in another drama Lina shows no concern for Amelia when she shoves her in a barrel to hide and forgets that she is drowning in a sewer) to genuinely sad moments (neither Lina or Zelgadis show care when [[OrphansOrdeal Sylphiel's father is killed]] or when Amelia's father is thought to have been assassinated).
* Hoo, man, ''Manga/{{Shitsurakuen}}''. The manga is based around ''insanely'' abusive boys with equally insane superiority complexes. It's actually a bit difficult to read, simply because a good amount are {{Karma Houdini}}s.
** Hey they're learning the meaning of feelings... well at least [[CharacterDevelopment some of them]]... [[MyGodWhatHaveIdone sort]] of.
* PlayedForDrama in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Fate Testarossa, only 9 years old, is told to collect magical artifacts of untold power by her mother, Precia. She throws herself at the task with reckless abandon, exhausting and injuring herself to dangerous levels. Her mother responds by whipping her until she collapses, furious at how slowly Fate's progress has been. It gets worse. [[spoiler:When it's found out that Fate is just a clone, Precia says something to the effect of "That's right. You're nothing but a fake. I never loved you ''once''. I ''despise you''." Fate STILL forgives her, and says that even if she's hated, she'll still protect her mother. Her mother smiles, and replies "How stupid."]]

* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin gets wounded in battle, and Kaoru yells at him for getting blood on her favorite scarf, which he happened to be wearing (never mind that the reason he was fighting in the first place was to ''keep his opponent from killing her'', [[TheLadysFavor and she forced him to take it even though he didn't want to]]). For further clarification, during battles she worries very much about Kenshin, even at the risk of her own life. It's only after the battles are over and the dust has begun to settle that [[{{Tsundere}} she fulfills this trope]].

* ''Manga/HotGimmick'': Hatsumi gets this a lot from her boyfriend Ryoki. In one scene shortly after she had her heart broken and was ''almost raped'' he berates her for crying about it, comes on to her too strong and forcibly kisses her despite her protests.
* In ''Manga/KitchenPrincess'', the main character, Najika, gets no sympathy from anyone except the two lead males and a cafe owner [[ChillyReception when she arrives at her new school]], the entire student body apparently having their ability to empathise surgically removed. Of course, this is to establish her as a PluckyGirl, but the students' levels of empathy continue to seesaw throughout the series.

* This happens disturbingly often in ''Anime/HellGirl''. At least early on in the show, the clients end up sending the target to hell out of sheer desperation since they believe otherwise the target will get away with murder. Why do they believe this? Because for some bizarre reason, the Japanese (as depicted in this show) are very quick to make pariahs out of people and assume ''the absolute worst'' about the client, turning on their supposed loved ones, friends, or acquaintances at the drop of a hat.
** Episode 1's client got photographed in town with a man? Everyone's first assumption is that she's a slut who deserves to be screamed at without being given a chance to explain herself.
** Episode 3's target manages to create the mere ''suspicion'' that the client is the one who murdered his friends? Everyone in town, including the client's family, automatically assumes the client is guilty with no more evidence than that, and the client is forced to run away from town in order to avoid being arrested for a crime he didn't commit.
** Episode 6's client's mother got ''raped'' as part of a blackmail scheme by the target to shut the client's mother up about the adultery the latter witnessed? The client's father's first assumption is that his wife was cheating on him, and he starts screaming at her about it without giving her a chance to explain.
** Episode 11's client's father is framed for murder by an editor? The ''client'' is punished for his father's supposed mistakes by losing his home and his money and basically everything required to function in society, and his friends treat him as a loser the second he no longer has money. For a show that hammers home the futility of holding grudges and angry feelings in one's heart, the Japanese (as depicted in this show) sure seem quick to point fingers and hold others up as shameful pariahs at the slightest provocation.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': Everyone at Tohru's school will participate on a marathon, including Yuki who has a flu, which Tohru was concerned for. Kyo hearing of the news about the marathon, he challenges the already sick Yuki to a race. Tohru tries to warn Kyo about Yuki's flu and he shouldn't force himself, he doesn't listen and prepares the challenge anyway. At the time of the school marathon, Kyo belittles and pressures Yuki, rather than being concerned he is coughing and tiring out due to his flu. He then gets rewarded with Hatsuharu's intervention and Yuki collapsing from fever.
* ''Manga/LoveHina'': This is one of the many things that happens to Keitaro PER EPISODE. Almost everyone refuses to listen to him in favor of believing he's some kind of lecherous asshole. [[TheWoobie He needs a hug, badly.]]
* ''Manga/KotouraSan'': It's almost comical how fast nearly everybody writes off Haruka as a monster after they find out she has {{telepathy}}. Other then the ESP club, people don't even show any curiosity about her powers!
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** At the end of the Saiyan Saga, Chi-Chi refuses to speak or even acknowledge Goku's existence despite him having every bone in his body broken. Even before then, she jumped over Goku to get to Gohan and ignored Krillin when he pointed out that Goku was badly hurt. Her justification, it was ''Goku's'' fault that Gohan was in battle and hurt. This is ignoring that Goku was dead for almost a year and it was Piccolo who trained Gohan without his knowledge. When he did get to the battlefield, he told Gohan to stay back and then sent Krillin and him away, wanting to fight Vegeta alone. Gohan returned to fight on his own and Goku only told Gohan to fight since he couldn't move anymore. So, she's blaming Goku for stuff he had no control of. She was called out on this by several characters. Despite this being PlayedForLaughs, it's so [[DudeNotFunny jarring and completely unfunny]].[[note]]The reason Chi-Chi is portrayed this way is because [[Creator/AkiraToriyama the author]] was trying to make a commentary on [[EducationMama "education mamas"]]. Here, Chi-Chi is being portrayed as a gross exaggeration of this type of character.[[/note]]
** Gohan himself gets this from Piccolo after he has a FreakOut in the midst of battle, chickening out of a combo attack on Nappa and cowering behind a rock. Piccolo furiously chews him out over doing so and calls him a coward, especially when Tien dies mere moments later. Krillin immediately tells him off, pointing out that Gohan is only five, has never been in a real battle before, and shouldn't even ''be'' there in the first place.
*** Piccolo gets another moment during the Buu Saga. When Buu continues going on a rampage even without Babidi to control him, Goku is [[SympathyForTheDevil somewhat sympathetic]] and remarks that [[ObliviouslyEvil killing may be the only thing Buu knows how to do]]. Piccolo immediately rebukes it and tells Goku not to make excuses for Buu, stating that even if it ''is'' true, [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse one's background doesn't excuse an act of evil]].
** Bulma also qualifies during the original series. She usually shows little to no sympathy for others, unless it concerns her.
** Vegeta gets this from Krillin during the Cell Saga after he gets his ass kicked by Perfect Cell, and in this case, it's completely justified, since Vegeta deliberately ''helped'' Cell become perfect for the sake of a good fight, [[WhatAnIdiot arrogantly assuming he could easily beat Cell no matter how strong he got]]. Krillin only decides to help Vegeta out for Trunks' sake, openly saying that he wouldn't care if Vegeta died, and as far as he's concerned, he ''deserves'' to be killed for being such an idiot.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' during the Greenback Jane arc. Jane has a massive case of ItsAllAboutMe going on and is offered no sympathy over her problems. When she explains why a Florida cartel is chasing her (namely that she bailed on them after going massively over budget and past the deadline after being hired as a counterfeiter), everyone agrees that the whole situation is her fault.
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', a case where it is PlayedForLaughs happens after defeating [[ArcVillain Kyogai]], Tanjiro and co. rest on and in. While doing so, Zenitsu asks Tanjiro about the demon he was travelling with, which he was defending from Inosuke's attack. When said demon comes out, it turns out to be a cute girl named Nezuko. Just after finding this out, what Zenitsu does? He becomes furious at him for traveling with a cute girl, jumping to conclusions and assumes them to be lovers. Tanjiro tries to tell him she is his sister, who was turned into a demon the same night the rest of his family was murdered, but when you start calling him names and try to attack him, explanations like that aren't going through. When he finally learns that she is his sister not too long afterwards, [[KarmaHoudini his treatment of him was never brought up]].
* ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', Episode 6, Souta, Kanade's younger brother, makes a mess in the kitchen while making her a present for White Day. Kanade first assumption is that he is fooling around and begins to scream at him about it without giving him a chance to explain. Hibiki was quick to call her out for that.

* In issue 22 of ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' Commissioner Gordon and Barbara hunt down a violent criminal who's broken out of prison...[[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas to see his dying mother.]] Due to their interference, he doesn't make it in time, and tearfully asks why they couldn't have given him a break so he could have had five minutes with her. [[GoodIsNotSoft Gordon's having none of it,]] and coldly tells him that if he wasn't a multiple murderer, he could have spent the last twelve years with her, and none of his victims got the chance to say goodbye to their loved ones.
* Unintentionally subverted in ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal]]'' after Roy Harper wakes up and learns he's lost both his right arm ''and'' his daughter Lian thanks to the villain Prometheus. While Roy's friends and family ''try'' to be sympathetic to his situation, they do an incredibly poor job and their efforts only make Roy's situation worse. While Roy's acting like a {{Jerkass}} due to the pain in his infected arm and reeling from the loss of his only child, it's galling that his mother figure ComicBook/BlackCanary barely does a thing to help before he goes off the deep end and essentially [[IHaveNoSon abandons him to rot]]. Later on in ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', Canary looks back on what she did with extreme regret and is at one point haunted by an image of Roy calling her out for abandoning him when he needed her help. It's implied her lack of sympathy was due to her own trauma of [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice the events leading to Lian's death]] causing her to want to cut Roy out of her life.

* Over the course of ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', [[JerkSue Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way]] feels little sympathy towards her own boyfriend Draco, often making completely absurd explanations for situations in which he suffers.

* In ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'', Dr. Ritsuko Akagi doesn't care at all about the pain she's put the [[ChildSoldiers pilots]] through.
%%* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'': Asuka has little sympathy for people target her and Shinji in the post-apocalyptic world, saying that she made her best and fought to the end to prevent it -even if she was fighting for herself-, and anyone can return if he or she has the will for it. Therefore: You beloved person has not come back from the Sea yet? No her fault and no her problem.
* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'': Shinji is very emphatic, but he has very little sympathy. He can understand other people's troubles but he does not usually give a damn about them, and he has little sympathy for those that whine about their troubles but do nothing to fix them.
* ''Fanfic/EpicTheThirdSurvivor'': In chapter 12, it's stated outright in the narration that Claire has no sympathy to spare for the mutated abomination William Birkin has become, since he infected Sherry with the G-virus and was responsible for the Raccoon City outbreak.

* The entire story of ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]]'' occurs because Chrysalis doesn't care if she has to use torture to achieve her ends, nor does she care what it does to her own underlings.
* The story described in [[http://community.livejournal.com/fanficrants/9759827.html this]] fanficrant.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' in some [=NaruHina=] fanfictions; his friends and the adults know that his childhood was hell but they're '''''constantly''''' mocking him and calling him dense for not noticing Hinata's feeling when she stutters and faints.
** Averted in some fics that have his childhood discussed and his friends discover how crappy he had it. Like in ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' where Naruto, Hinata, Lee, Tenten, Neji and Ino are undercover at a beach but are allowed to goof off (to keep their cover as teens on a school-trip):
--->'''Naruto:''' ''[enthusiastically]'' Come on guys! Let's build sand castles! It'll be fun!\\
'''Ino:''' Ugh. Sand castles, really? What are you, five?\\
'''Naruto:''' ''[defensively]'' NO! ''[quietly]'' I never got to be five. ''[awkward silence]''
** Other fics seem to imply it's more of a matter of not wholly comprehending or understanding the situation. In the fic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3183054/1/ ''Tempered In Water'']], Naruto requests another C-Ranked mission to help pay for expenses, much to the surprise of everyone (the premise is that Haku has survived ''her'' wounds and latches onto Naruto. She has moved in and thus putting a strain on his finances.) When Sakura accuses him of being greedy, he yells back that he's not before saying he ''needs'' the money (his insecure side showing), making Sakura have a revelation on what being an orphan truly entails, especially in a Ninja Village where becoming genin essentially means adulthood and not having the same availability to welfare as civilians would.

* A justified example occurs in ''Fanfic/{{Xendra}}'' when [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] complains about how all her boyfriends have been jerks. Xander has no sympathy for her because she only ever dates "bad boys" and is then surprised when they treat her poorly. He even notes that she dumped NiceGuy Owen for being "too caring, too smart, and too interested in what she did with her life".
* ''Fanfic/WeightOfTheWorld'': [[PsychopathicManchild Russia]] has no patience for America's PTSD, depression, trauma, and touch aversion. Nor does he have any interest in understanding the intricacies of mental illness. He tries to force America to get over it by roughly [[TraumaButton grabbing]] and attacking him. It doesn't work, and only makes America feel worse. Russia is annoyed by America's "weakness" and taunts him about it, saying he will continue with this "game" until America stops flinching at his touch. He also admits he is doing this out of boredom.
* ''Fanfic/TowardABrightFuture'': After an intense discussion involving the [[{{Seers}} psychic]] teaching assistant Y/N getting a vision about a dramatic final exam involving All Might, she gets another one, this time involving Present Mic. However, this time she just pats his arm comfortingly and reassures him that he's strong and he'll survive, [[NothingIsScarier without telling him what he's in for]]. His panicked demands for a change in student opponents goes ignored, much to the amusement of his colleagues; Eraserhead is particularly unapologetic.
-->'''Eraserhead:''' You’re the best suited opponent for them, so you’ll just have to deal with it. Besides, you heard her. You’ll survive, so what’s the problem?\\
'''Present Mic:''' Physically maybe so, but what about my mental health?! Does that not matter to you?!\\
'''Eraserhead:''' Meh.\\
'''Present Mic:''' SHOUTA!

* ''Fanfic/SinsOfThePast'': When Marinette confides in Adrien all of the hell that Lila has put her through, revealing how she threatened to completely isolate her and take all her friends away, and seems to be ''succeeding'', Adrien responds by scolding her. Doesn't she realize that if she exposes Lila, she'll cause her to get akumatized? Why, she's nothing more than a ''bully!''

* ''Fanfic/MegamiNoHanabira'': [[spoiler: Yuuna outright states she feels no sympathy for the Flock members still serving Phillips out of [[TheMobBossIsScarier fear of him]]. After everything the terrorists did over the week, as far as she's concerned by that point, they're just villains to be swatted aside who have no acceptable reason for what they're doing.]]

--> '''Gwen:''' I am literally THIS close to snapping! I mean, it’s bad enough that Courtney hates my guts, does she HAVE to keep harmonizing about me! ...And you know what’s sad? It’s been like this for two years! TWO YEARS!!! ''(growls)'' So uncool it burns!!

* ''Fanfic/AngerManagement'': Lynn Sr., Luna, Lana, and Lincoln's friends are all impressed that Lincoln "stuck it" to Lynn and barely seem to care that she's injured.

* In the Lifetime Movie ''Film/HomeByChristmas'', the main character is evicted from her apartment immediately after being mugged, robbed of her savings and hospitalized.

* In the Disney movie, ''Film/GoFigure'', the heroine is chewed out as a failure by her skating coach for not showing up to practice. The coach never gave her a chance to explain that the AlphaBitch locked her in a supply closet, despite the fact that she was covered in purple paint and had apparently been through something.

* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
** The biggest part of Mary Jane's [[TheScrappy scrappydom]] in the movies is her behavior in ''Film/SpiderMan2''. Even though Mary Jane does not know at this point that Peter is Spider-Man, you'd think most people would understand that a full-time college student who struggles to avoid falling back on rent for his studio apartment might not have as much free time as a retiree (Aunt May), a jobless loser (MJ's dad) or a wealthy heir (Harry) would to go and see her play, and yet she treats him very coldly and cruelly based on this fact alone and refuses to hear his legitimate reason for missing it (the usher refused to admit him, to say nothing of the fact that his motorscooter was ''destroyed in an accident'' that wasn't his fault, as he was dealing with two crooks being chased by police). Yeah, yeah, he promised her he'd see it, but you know what? Sometimes circumstances prevent people from keeping their promises, and [[ItsAllAboutMe grown-ups are expected to understand that]].
** It gets even worse in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', where she accuses Peter of this because he's happy that for the first time his life doesn't completely suck while she has to put up with getting a bad review and has to get another job.
* In ''Film/TheTimeTravelersWife'' movie, Clare chews Henry out for disappearing for about two weeks. Almost the entire plot is how Henry time travels involuntarily and frequently, and she is aware of this. And he has to go apologize afterwards.
* In ''Film/TheColorOfMoney'', Eddie teaches Vincent not to show any sympathy for the marks they hustle. When Vincent throws a pool game against a man with a tracheotomy, Eddie sets up a pool hall brawl to teach him a lesson.

* Subverted at the end of ''Film/SevenPsychopaths'', when the protagonist gets a phone call from one of the titular psychopaths threatening to kill him, because he forgot to insert a specific line into his script that the character had asked him to. The protagonist, still broken from the events of the film, responds with a resigned acceptance of his fate. Despite the caller being the kind of person you absolutely ''would'' expect to behave like this, he instead recognizes from the protagonist's tone that he's been through hell and takes it back.
* No one in ''Film/StickIt'' seems to care ''why'' the main character ducked out of the Worlds Competition a few years prior, only that her team lost, even people who weren't remotely involved in the competition. [[spoiler:She ducked out because moments before her routine, she learned her mother was having an affair with her coach and caused her parents to get a divorce]].

* ''Film/LatePhases:'' Officer Lang does not show any inclination to investigate things and compares the constant fatal "animal attacks" to an Act of God without a hint of shame.

* One ''Literature/ChickenSoupForTheSoul'' entry had a high school sophomore go on a date with a popular older student, and, owing to her inexperience, she accidentally bit him when she kissed him, to which he said was okay. However, the next night, some of the boy's female classmates appeared outside of her home, [[TeensAreMonsters yelling obscenities at her, egging the house and writing on her garage door, "You kiss like a horse"]], in ''chocolate syrup'' no less, and yes, it didn't wash off. Finally, after more bullying from her classmates including calling her a whore and harassing phone calls, she confronts the boy about why he caused all this, who then replied to her, [[NeverMyFault "Look, I don't know what your problem is, but it doesn't have anything to do with me"]] [[JerkAss and left her with her ruined reputation.]]

* Creator/JacquelineWilson's heroines usually have friends prone to this (and occasionally do it themselves). A blatant example is Literature/TheGirlsSeries heroine, Ellie. Throughout the series, Ellie has to bail out best friends Nadine and Magda when they pick up the IdiotBall and run with it... and in gratitude, they're quick to abandon Ellie in favor of whichever boy they're pursuing at the time. However, when Ellie tells them she's thinking about going to her boyfriend's dance rather than to a concert with Nadine and Magda, they get ''very'' catty and accuse her of abandoning them, despite the fact that Ellie shows far more regard for their feelings when they do for hers. Occasionally, this can verge on (non-)ComedicSociopathy, as when they accuse Ellie of overreacting when [[spoiler: she finds a drunken Magda lip-locked with Russell, Ellie's boyfriend, at a party]].
* The ''{{Literature/Caliphate}}'' series ends the secondary storyline on this note as Germany is strong-armed into becoming a Islamic state after its democracy is hijacked by radicals. The narrative's protagonist Gabrielle attempts to flee to the USA alongside her daughter (who was disfigured by thugs for not wearing a veil). Unfortunately, the [[AssInAmbassador American consulate]] turns them down in part because America has turned into a [[TheEmpire Christian theocratic empire]] and has cut ties with the European Union prior to this event. To twist the knife, the ambassador also chides her for not taking action in the first place and its their own fault they are in this current situation, abandoning her and her daughter in a [[NoWomansLand hell for women]].

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' give us Soren most frequently but [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Ike most famously.]][[note]]Which is completely out of character for the man who would even show sympathy to his father's killer.[[/note]]
** It makes more sense if you interpret Ike's [[MemeticMutation now-legendary]] "You'll get no sympathy from me" as something more along the lines of "I'll show you no mercy" (there was possibly some translation fudging involved), which would be true to how Ike was genuinely sympathetic toward many of his old allies and their plights in ''Dawn'' but unwilling to go easy on them as they now found themselves on opposite sides of a war. It would then also double as a MythologyGag to the Greil Mercenaries' run-in with slave traders in Chapter 14 of ''[=PoR=]'', where, after their leader Gashilama refuses to surrender, Ike states, "In that case, we've no choice. [[PreAsskickingOneLiner You'll receive no mercy from us!"]]
* Early in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', the kingdom of Damcyan is attacked. The king and queen die, as does Anna, Tellah's daughter and Prince Edward's love, and numerous {{Red Shirt}}s. When the party finds Edward, he's flattened with grief because everyone he loves is dead... so Tellah attacks him.[[note]]Which he was probably going to do ''anyway'' since he didn't approve of Edward and Anna getting engaged in the first place and now blamed him for getting her fatally wounded.[[/note]] When Anna gives her last words and dies, Edward is even more devastated. Rydia and Cecil immediately lay into him for being a selfish weakling, moping over the deaths of everyone he's ever loved when there are some strangers here who want a favor! [[JerkassHasAPoint While it's true that Edward is the ruler of Damcyan, thus needs to be strong to lead the country]], Rydia's reaction is a tad hypocritical -- her reaction to the same circumstances was to summon Titan to whoop Cecil and Kain's backsides, but apparently it is wrong for a man to be temporarily paralyzed by the deaths of everyone he's ever loved. Understandable, since she is JustAKid after all, and had underwent a bit of CharacterDevelopment.

* In the ending of ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', Sonic explains to Amy about how he missed their date due to being sent to Arthurian times. Amy thinks he's just making up excuses for missing their date and proceeds to chase him with her hammer. Granted, randomly being summoned to Arthurian times is a bit far-fetched.

--> Everyone pretty much thinks you're a jerk.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Boxbot only wants to help, but is hampered by the fact that he's a badly programmed box with arms. He is consequently terrible, a fact that the characters and author are extremely willing to share.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': Rayla is angry at Callum for using dark magic despite his saving her life, and spends her time in the last two episodes chastising him for doing so. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when she realizes how serious Callum's fever dream, or dark magic coma, actually was; she ends up clutching Callum in a bone-crushing hug, begging Callum not to die. Rayla's initial reaction is justified by the fact that dark magic is ''very'' SeriousBusiness for elves; the current divide in setting between humans and the mystical beings of Xadia is rooted in humanity's discovery and usage of dark magic to begin with, as it explicitly involves killing magical creatures to harvest their LifeEnergy and has severe corruptive effects on users. Humanity was exiled from Xadia for such things, so seeing a friend use dark magic would be incredibly upsetting for Rayla from a cultural standpoint.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In the GrandFinale, [[ItMakesSenseInContext Bobby joins a meat grading team]]. He is initially regarded as a prodigy. At the team's state qualifying tournament, he answers almost every question and single-handedly pulls his school into second place, thus qualifying for the state championship. He answers the last question of the tournament incorrectly, thus dropping his team into fourth place, which is still high enough to qualify for state. His teammates and coach immediately turn on him, declaring him an incompetent choke artist who will drag the school into the gutter. When a rival team hijacks their bus, Bobby is the only member of the team at the finals and performs flawlessly, but when the rest of the team shows up they shove Bobby aside and tell him to sit out before he ruins their chances. It isn't until Bobby asserts himself and keeps the rest of the team from making a tourney-losing mistake that they accept him again.
** A major snag with Hank and Bobby's relationship is that Hank often has trouble sympathizing with Bobby over any of his problems. It's played a bit more realistically than in many other examples on this page; Hank isn't necessarily being cruel or a {{Jerkass}} (at least not intentionally), but he and Bobby are so fundamentally different that Hank just can't understand it when Bobby is upset. When Bobby hates being a towel-boy for the football team, he hates it because he's yelled at by the coach, laughed at and mocked by the players, and stuck doing thankless, disgusting grunt work while everyone celebrates. Hank is happy he's at least "part of a team" and convinced the hard work will make him a better person, and is utterly baffled when Bobby quits. When Bobby is being stressed out to the point of having a panic-attack from studying for a Quiz Bowl, Hank finds him stressing over such a trivial thing ridiculous, stating that Bobby's life is so easy there's nothing for him to feel stressed about.
* The woman in front of Stan in line to the doctor in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' refused to let Stan cut in front of her, despite the fact that he was clearly heavily wounded and bleeding to death because "My elbow feel funny. My elbow feel ''strange.''"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E1ISecondThatEmotion I Second That Emotion]]", the crew became so annoyed with Bender's lack of sympathy for anyone, that they installed an emotion chip to his head, which made him feel everything Leela (whose pet, Nibbler he flushed down the toilet) felt. [[MoralMyopia Also applied to Leela herself]] that very same episode, as she showed no concern for Bender nearly getting cut by the can opener, getting angry at him for scolding Nibbler for the predicament, or Nibbler eating the cake Bender had made (which may not seem like much, but Bender had spent ages making it, and Nibbler ate it ''before'' anyone else had seen it), which partly led to the critter's flushing.
** Given the kind of show it is, the characters tend to show little to no sympathy for each other, depending on the situation. One can usually tell if a line has seriously been crossed, because one or more characters will feel sorry for another.
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]" Fry is in the middle of trying to pick up Nibblers monstrously heavy dark matter droppings when Officer Smitty orders him to pick it up. When Fry proves he clearly can't the officer still gives him a ticket.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', the girls challenge the boys to a sled race. They needed Cartman's weight for their sled to even move, and when he gets wrongly thrown in jail, the girls start gloating and saying that they'll never win without him. And even after [[OnceAnEpisode Kenny gets killed by a pile of bricks]], the AlphaBitch in charge continues to mock them and call them names.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' Baba Miao repeatedly makes Dongwa write scrolls without giving him ''any'' sort of break. Later, when he catches Sagwa doing Dongwa's work, he accuses Dongwa of making his sister do his work (despite the fact that Sagwa could have refused, but being generous, didn't) and worse, accuses Sagwa of "helping [Dongwa] decieve me", and then grounds them both. He never apologizes to Sagwa and only apologizes to Dongwa after a nightmare about his childhood in which, ironically enough, he was treated the same way.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' this ends up being the cause of Mark and Amber's breakup, as she constantly [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife holds his refusal to disclose his secret identity against him]] and acts like it's some kind of betrayal despite how obviously he's torn up about it. When he's hospitalized after losing a fight to a villain (with his cover story being that he was hit by a bus), she shows little concern for his well-being when he eventually gets out and instead complains about not being told which hospital he was at. [[spoiler: She does get better about it though, as she breaks into tears when seeing him get beaten to a pulp by his ArchnemesisDad and takes him back.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE25TheClockKing "The Clock King"]], Temple Fugate's StartOfDarkness begins after he arrives late to his hearing and the judge ruled against him for being late. Even when Fugate’s clothes were soaked and torn and he was obviously distressed and disheveled. (And what made it even ''more'' unfair was that Fugate had ''always'' been on time for appointments up to this point, and was [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin only late this time because Mayor Hamilton Hill (then a lawyer) had suggested he take a break for once]].) When Fugate looked at his lawyer, he simply shrugs it off and retires.
-->'''Fugate:''' ''No, you can't, I'll be ruined!''\\
'''Judge:''' Then perhaps this will teach you to be on time for a change.
* Every ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' "Buttons and Mindy" short ends this way. After [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter practically killing himself]] to save the life of his owners' careless daughter Mindy, Buttons would almost always get a verbal dressing-down for some minor fault incurred along the way, plus the loss of a treat. Shortly thereafter, Mindy would usually lavish a bit of toddlerish affection on Buttons, which seemed to comfort him at least a little. The earliest shorts didn't even have that silver lining but luckily, in [[WesternAnimation/WakkosWish the movie]] he was rewarded handsomely with a big 'ol plate of steak.
** Relatedly, a lot of the Creator/WarnerBros animation stable relies heavily on our KarmicTrickster lead(s) having no real boundary when it comes to revenge or just being jerks.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E16HerpeTheLoveSore Herpe, the Love Sore]]", Peter and friends run away from the guys who bullied them out of their booth. This earns them the scorn of the town and their families. Their attempt to take it back fails with them getting beat up. Even when they get the booth back, it's only because the guys who bullied them reveal themselves to be soldiers who are shipping back to duty the next day. Said guys are hailed as heroes, while Peter and the gang still get no respect.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has Lord Tirek, who is obviously this due to his [[ItsAllAboutMe greed]]. As he is overly focused on stealing all the magic from Equestria he insists that everyone surrender to him, ignoring any consequences that his enormous ego has caused.
** A minor example comes from the episode "Secrets and Pies", where Rainbow Dash laments over deceiving Pinkie Pie regarding her pies, but Twilight and Applejack don't offer their condolences on the matter, as Twilight points out she's not only lied to Pinkie, but the others as well. This prompts Applejack to ask Rainbow if she's lied about anything else, and the latter sheepishly admits she couldn't think of anything off the top of her head.
** Pretty much anyone who doesn't believe in ThePowerOfFriendship gets zero sympathy from the heroes. They were willing to let ''everything'' Discord, Starlight Glimmer, and Queen Chrysalis did, [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope which was a lot]], [[EasilyForgiven slide without consequence]] if they gave friendship a try (though Chrysalis [[RedemptionRejection soundly rebuked the offer]]), while they gave Cozy Glow permanent incarceration in [[DraggedOffToHell Tartarus]] without a second thought and later laughed about [[TakenForGranite sealing her in stone for all eternity]] after she effectively said "screw friendship" when her evil schemes were foiled.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': This is the root of the estrangement between Toph Bei Fong and her daughter, Lin. Toph's HandsOffParenting combined with her refusal to speak of Lin's father, who Lin wanted to know, drove them apart. The nail in the coffin was when Toph destroyed a police report to protect her other daughter Suyin from jail time then sent her away from Republic City, when Lin was the one that arrested her and earned a nasty scar in the process of doing so.
* A (likely unintended) driving pivot of the feud in ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone''. Most of Zordrak's Urpney minions (especially Frizz and Nug) hate their job, only going through with it due to Sgt. Blob and Urpgor press ganging them, or Zordrak threatening to ''execute'' anyone who defies him. The heroes seem aware of this (and the Urpneys are rarely shrewd about how unwilling they are) but still see the Urpneys as evil scum for trying to steal the Dreamstone and give them nightmares, usually handing them a righteous verbal lashing and cartoonish beatdown. Later episodes at least tried to make the heroes' treatment of the Urpneys more proportionate to the peril they put them through, but they remain firmly in this trope, their unwilling nature never remotely acknowledged.
* One episode of ''Literature/TheLittles'' had a one-off character whose father (an implied [[EducationMama "education parent"]]) had threatened to send her to a private school where her "friends (wouldn't) be such a bad influence on" her if she didn't get straight A's on her report card. After seeing one B and one C on her report card, she decides to [[TheRunaway run away]] from home, fearing that her father would give her this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': In the episode "Little Ed Blue", Ed, who is usually a NiceGuy, is in a bad mood and terrorizes the cul-de-sac kids. Edd and Eddy go to cheer him up, but with different ways. Whereas Edd tries to cheer Ed up kindly, Eddy really doesn't seem to care about Ed's predicament. He belittles him, shows him very little in the way of patience or empathy, and even causes him to reach his RageBreakingPoint by smacking him upside the head and telling him to get over himself. Eddy's [[OhCrap reaction]] afterwards shows he regrets pushing Ed too far.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E4DyingForPieImitationKrabs Dying For Pie]]", this is initially quite averted with Squidward, who is quite guilt-ridden to learn that [=SpongeBob=] will supposedly die at sunset because of him and willingly joins [=SpongeBob=] in a variety of ridiculous (and even dangerous) activities to make his last hours as meaningful as possible. However, when [=SpongeBob=] does not explode as expected, instead of being happy, Squidward is ''angry because his time was wasted.''
** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS7E11OneCoarseMealGaryInLove One Coarse Meal]]" has Plankton being driven insane by Mr. Krabs's relentless torment by dressing up as a whale (Plankton's biggest fear). Karen shows absolutely no sympathy whatsoever to Plankton's situation, instead acting like her usual DeadpanSnarker self.
* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'': In "Dirt Nappers", when Samson gets a new vacuum cleaner, he cleans up all the dirt in Camp Kidney, leaving the other Bean Scouts unable to do any activities on the leftover bedrock. Making matters worse is that without dirt, Chip and Skip will go into a century-long hibernation, so they need to get it back before that happens. When they see that the dirt was taken by the Squirrel Scouts for use for mud treatments, they explain their situation to them and Patsy cheerily informs the boys that they don't care.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Anytime Bob gets the short end of the stick on something, other characters will either make wisecracks about it or not make a big deal out of it like he does. PlayedForLaughs of course.

* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', the only response of the Five Elder Stars after [[spoiler:listening to the Straw Hats' horrific ordeal against Lily Carnation]] are how they'd lost a potential anti-pirate weapon, which didn't even take out one of the biggest thorns in their side. Even Sengoku, a man who is NecessarilyEvil while trying [[NeverMyFault to downplay or outright reject the "Evil" part]], is grateful the thing is gone.

* ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'' Lisbeth Salander subscribes to the "PayEvilUntoEvil" school of BlackAndWhiteMorality and is such a {{Determinator}} that other characters ''call'' her the Franchise/{{Terminator}}. As such, she's unsympathetic towards those who don't take matters into their own hands. In the first book, after the discovery that [[spoiler:Harriet Vanger faked her own death to escape a life of sexual abuse from her SerialKiller father and brother, which left the latter free to keep killing women]], Mikael is very sympathetic, while Lisbeth is totally contemptuous, since she would simply have dealt with her abusers herself. (And has.) Though she gets slightly better over the course of the books, Lisbeth generally remains intolerant of any weakness, and it takes ''a lot'' to get her to pity someone.
* Part of what makes [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]] a JerkWithAHeartOfGold is that when people don't heed his instructions and warnings he is not particularly sympathetic to their resultant plights, ''especially'' if they are [[SkewedPriorities compromising his factory's operations as a result]]. In the original novel, Mrs. Gloop is horrified to find him ''laughing hysterically'' after her son Augustus gets sent who-knows-where via the factory's pipe system. Still, if it's possible to save these fools (who are just plain jerks most of the time), he will put a rescue plan into action.
* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'': In book #12 (''The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal''), Dennis Hough's wife feels none whatsoever when she learns her husband (whom she was planning on divorcing) just killed himself out of grief over her rejecting him, and tells the police officer on the phone that she wants nothing to do with him, alive or dead.

* In ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', there is a side quest in which the player character, who is pretending to be a Sith student, is captured by an insane former Sith teacher who puts them through a sadistic test of Sith philosophy with pain and eventually death as the price for wrong answers. This being [[DarkSide Sith philosophy]], the right answer can always be found by choosing the most evil and cruel option, which the teacher will then rationalise as somehow being the most rational one in terms of maintaining your power. Hence, when one question is something like "You have a loyal and capable subordinate who hasn't failed you once before, but now does due to bad luck, what do you do?" the right answer is in the lines of "[[YouHaveFailedMe Kill them right away]], because we mustn't allow any weakness." In general, the Sith philosophy works like this elsewhere in the game and at least some parts of the Expanded Universe as well.
** Paradoxically and by contrast, Darth Bane in his own novels that tie in with the game and whose writer was involved in writing them bears no grudge over a failed attempt to ''assassinate him'', [[InevitableMutualBetrayal since that's what Sith are supposed to do]].

* Zig-zagged in ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''. This was Creator/JohnKricfalusi's original concept for Ren, and he is portrayed this way in some episodes, but ExecutiveMeddling on [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} the network's]] part forced him to tone Ren down into a more empathetic character in other episodes (especially in the infamous [[Recap/RenandStimpy2x07SonofStimpy Son of Stimpy]] episode). Ironically, after Kricfalusi was removed from the production, this mandate was removed, with Games Animation regularly playing Ren's callous antipathy for Stimpy at ''full throttle''. Often to the point that even Kricfalusi himself thought their dynamic had gotten too mean spirited.

* In ''Film/BecauseISaidSo'', the girl accidentally broke a glass that the RomanticFalseLead owned (and was his grandmother's as he related after the fact), who immediately insulted her, and gave her a cold shoulder despite her extremely sincere and distressed apologies, including offers to buy a replacement.

*** It's less about them not sympathizing with someone if they reject friendship, and more that they are willing to give anyone a second chance as long as they show that they feel remorse about their actions. They are extremely quick to forgive as long as the offender regrets what they did and wishes to do better, but they will show no mercy to those that are unrepentantly evil to the end.

* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', the only response of the Five Elder Stars after [[spoiler:listening to the Straw Hats' horrific ordeal against Lily Carnation]] are how they'd lost a potential anti-pirate weapon, which didn't even take out one of the biggest thorns in their side.

* In ''Fanfic/TheRivalPrefectsTrilogy'', [[spoiler:Moaning Myrtle shows no concern for the fact that Thomas, a boy she once flirted with, is now a statue. Also, Kate doesn't feel any sympathy for Simon because she finds him to be stuck up]].

* ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', Episode 6, Souta, Kanade's younger brother, makes a mess in the kitchen while making her a present for White Day. Kanade first assumption is that he is fooling around and begins to scream at him about it without giving him a chance to explain.

* ''Fanfic/AngerManagment'': Lynn Sr., Luna, Lana, and Lincoln's friends are all impressed that Lincoln "stuck it" to Lynn and barely seem to care that she's injured.

* This pretty much happens almost every time in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' as well as in ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' novels. Whenever there's an engine who laments about their unpleasant situations to others, they will always make belittling and smug insults to them about it. However, this mistreatment on the engine depends either if the engine [[LaserGuidedKarma brought it upon themselves due to their misbehavior]] or that the unsympathetic engine is being rude for their own sake, in which case something will likely lead them to get ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine shortly afterwards.

* Wrestling/BretHart towards Wrestling/{{Batista}} on the May 24, 2010 episode of ''Raw'' after the latter got badly injured losing to Wrestling/JohnCena in an "I Quit" match at ''Over the Limit'' the night before. Despite knowing he's badly hurt (and in a wheelchair no less), Bret offers Batista another shot at Cena for the WWE Championship if he qualifies for a fatal-four-way match at the pay-per-view of the same name against Wrestling/RandyOrton to be held ''right away''. When Batista twice points out his condition and threatens to quit if he continues to have him take the match, Bret names Orton the winner via forfeit and leaves, ignoring an enraged Batista's demand to return. Losing to Cena in three straight pay-per-views already made Batista angry enough but Bret's lack of concern towards his injuries was the [[VillainousBreakdown last straw]] for him to follow through with [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quitting the WWE]].

* The ''{{Literature/Caliphate}}'' series ends the secondary storyline on this note as Germany is strong-armed into becoming a Islamic state after its democracy is hijacked by radicals. The narrative's protagonist Gabrielle attempts to flee to the USA alongside her daughter (who was disfigured by thugs for not wearing a veil). Unfortunately, the [[AssInAmbassador American consulate]] turns them down in part because [[NotSoDifferent America has turned into]] a [[TheEmpire Christian theocratic empire]] and has cut ties with the European Union prior to this event. To twist the knife, the ambassador also chides her for not taking action in the first place and its their own fault they are in this current situation, abandoning her and her daughter in a [[NoWomansLand hell for women]].

** Piccolo himself gets a moment of this during the Saiyan Saga. When Gohan chickens out of a combo attack on Nappa and cowers behind a rock, Piccolo furiously chews him out over doing so and calls him a coward. Krillin immediately tells him off, pointing out that Gohan is only five, has never been in a real battle before, and shouldn't even ''be'' there in the first place.

* At the end of the Saiyan Saga in ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' Chi-Chi refuses to speak or even acknowledge Goku's existence despite him having every bone in his body broken. Even before then, she jumped over Goku to get to Gohan and ignored Krillin when he pointed out that Goku was badly hurt. Her justification, it was ''Goku's'' fault that Gohan was in battle and hurt. This is ignoring that Goku was dead for almost a year and it was Piccolo who trained Gohan without his knowledge. When he did get to the battlefield, he told Gohan to stay back and then sent Krillin and him away, wanting to fight Vegeta alone. Gohan returned to fight on his own and Goku only told Gohan to fight since he couldn't move anymore. So, she's blaming Goku for stuff he had no control of. She was called out on this by several characters. Despite this being PlayedForLaughs, it's so [[DudeNotFunny jarring and completely unfunny]].[[note]]The reason Chi-Chi is portrayed this way is because [[Creator/AkiraToriyama the author]] was trying to make a commentary on [[EducationMama "education mamas"]]. Here, Chi-Chi is being portrayed as a gross exaggeration of this type of character.[[/note]]

** Of course, in ''Series/TheWorstWeekOfMyLife'', absolutely ''everyone'' has NoSympathy for Howard Steele.

* Claptrap from the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' games is a ButtMonkey, being used as target practice by bandits, a torture doll by one of their leaders, having his entire product line exterminated by Handsome Jack making him the LastOfHisKind, being abandoned in a frozen wasteland, and having nobody but the Vault Hunter show up for his birthday party. Despite all he's been through, he is universally treated like an annoying (his voice is programmed to sound [[{{Keet}} that way]] -- he's actually quite depressed) pest. NoSympathy is the rule, rather than the exception, in Borderlands, which runs on ComedicSociopathy, but almost everyone steps up their game at least one more notch to crap on Claptrap.

* The ''F*ck My Life'' website is part catharsis, part concrete proof of NoSympathy. There are two buttons beneath each post - "I agree, your life sucks" and "You deserved it." Sometimes even the softest hearted reader has to admit they kind of did it to themselves, but even if the original poster was mugged, attacked, humiliated, heartbroken or injured, there will always be a few ''hundred'' people who click the "You Deserved It" button. (though there's [[ForumSpeak G.I.F.T]] to blame too) Especially if the poster has let slip that they are an AcceptableTarget in some way. Though this has been averted in more recent times where stories where the poster couldn't have possibly deserved it have the "You Deserved It" button replaced with "That Could Have Happened To Me". There are also a handful of inversions where people who were clearly at fault still have several people voting "Your Life Sucks" (on top of the fact that a sufficient amount of users had to agree with that statement for the post to make it onto the site to begin with).

* In ''FanFic/ThisBites'', the only response of the Five Elder Stars after [[spoiler:listening to the Straw Hats' horrific ordeal against Lily Carnation]] are how they'd lost a potential anti-pirate weapon, which didn't even take out one of the biggest thorns in their side.

* At one point in ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'', the eponymous [[NominalHero Nominal Heroine]] complains about Chat Noir keeping secrets from her, which he later passes onto Master Fu. Both of them completely shrug it off with a dismissive “sucks for her.” Completely justified in this case, as Chloe/Scarlet Lady is an incompetent glory-hound who’s more interested in looking good than actually doing her job, and thus cannot be trusted with the secrets of the Miraculous.

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* The ''F*ck My Life'' website is part catharsis, part concrete proof of NoSympathy. There are two buttons beneath each post - "I agree, your life sucks" and "You deserved it." Sometimes even the softest hearted reader has to admit they kind of did it to themselves, but even if the original poster was mugged, attacked, humiliated, heartbroken or injured, there will always be a few ''hundred'' people who click the "You Deserved It" button. (though there's {{GIFT}} to blame too) Especially if the poster has let slip that they are an AcceptableTarget in some way. Though this has been averted in more recent times where stories where the poster couldn't have possibly deserved it have the "You Deserved It" button replaced with "That Could Have Happened To Me". There are also a handful of inversions where people who were clearly at fault still have several people voting "Your Life Sucks" (on top of the fact that a sufficient amount of users had to agree with that statement for the post to make it onto the site to begin with).

* In ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' this ends up being the cause of Mark and Amber's breakup, as she constantly [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife holds his refusal to disclose his secret identity against him]] and acts like it's some kind of betrayal despite how obviously he's torn up about it. When he's hospitalized after losing a fight to a villain (with his cover story being that he was hit by a bus), she shows little concern for his well-being when he eventually gets out and instead complains about not being told which hospital he was at.

''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Anytime Bob gets the short end of the stick on something, other characters will either make wisecracks about it or not make a big deal out of it like he does. PlayedForLaughs of course.

''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Anytime Bob gets the short end of the stick on something, other characters will either make wisecracks about it or not make a big deal out of it like he does. PlayedForLaughs of course.