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* ''JediAcademy'': {{Downplayed}} and then downplayed and {{inverted}} near the beginning. Kyle Katarn makes both [[PlayerCharacter Jaden Korr]] and Rosh Penin go through a training course. Rosh figures he can "win" by slowing Jaden down by setting a lightsaber training droid to attack him. Afterwards Kyle admonishes him and doesn't quite order an apology but shames Rosh into giving one. Jaden is disinclined to accept the apology, but Kyle persuades him/her (again, not quite orders) to do so anyway, making it an inversion as well.

# Jack is the {{Leader}}, or parent, or other authority figure and insists on it to smooth over relations. (Justly or unjustly. A BeleagueredBureaucrat or a CorruptCorporateExecutive frequently insist on it because it seems the quickest way to make a problem go away. Similarly, a parent or teacher who doesn't want to go to the trouble of figuring out who is actually at fault might order an unwarranted apology as well.) Another variation is a {{mean boss}} forcing an underling to [[TheScapegoat take the blame]] for the boss' mistakes.

In both cases, expect a deeply grudging apology that will manage to keep things going for at least a little while -- with TeethClenchedTeamwork. Jack may put his foot down on a BackhandedApology. Then again, he may not. You may be forced into this if you're MadeOutToBeAJerkass.

* ''JediAcademy'': {{Downplayed}} and then downplayed and {{inverted}} near the beginning. Kyle Katarn makes both [[PlayerCharacter Jaden Korr]] and Rosh Penin go through a training course. Rosh figures he can "win" by slowing Jaden down by setting a lightsaber training droid to attack him. Afterwards Kyle admonishes him and [[DownplayedTrope doesn't quite order]] an apology but shames Rosh into giving one. Jaden is disinclined to accept the apology, but Kyle persuades him/her (again, [[DownplayedTrope not quite orders]]) to do so anyway, making it an inversion as well.

** In another episode Penny tells Sheldon to apologize to Leonard for something, but he feels he has nothing to apologize for because he's right. She suggests that he apologize "sarcastically;' since he doesn't do sarcasm well it comes off like a regular apology.

* On ''BabylonFive'', Sheridan is ordered for political reasons to apologize to the Centauri for [[spoiler:defending the station against a Centauri attack]]. He prepares a truly epic BackhandedApology for them. It's just too bad he never gets to deliver it.

* ''JediAcademy'': {{Downplayed}} and then downplayed and {{inverted}} near the beginning. Kyle Katarn makes both [[Playercharacter Jaden Korr]] and Rosh Penin go through a training course. Rosh figures he can "win" by slowing Jaden down by setting a lightsaber training droid to attack him. Afterwards Kyle admonishes him and [[DownplayedTrope doesn't quite order]] an apology but shames Rosh into giving one. Jaden is disinclined to accept the apology, but Kyle persuades him (again, [[DownplayedTrope not quite orders]]) to do so anyway, making it an inversion as well.

* This is the focus of ''SportsNight'''s "The Apology". Dan gives a magazine interview in which he says marijuana should be legalized--on the grounds that drugs should be a health care rather than a criminal issue, but this is not how it comes off--and is ordered to apologize on air. The apology he ends up giving is to his brother, who's been dead for eleven years after getting into a car accident while high, due, Dan believes, to his own bad influence.

# Jack is the {{Leader}}, or parent, or other authority figure and insists on it to smooth over relations. (Justly or unjustly. A BeleagueredBureaucrat or a CorruptCorporateExecutive frequently insist on it because it seems the quickest way to make a problem go away. For that matter, a parent or teacher who just wants the problem to go away and doesn't care about what happened might order an unwarranted apology as well.) Another variation is a {{mean boss}} forcing an underling to [[TheScapegoat take the blame]] for the boss' mistakes.

# Jack is the {{Leader}}, or parent, or other authority figure and insists on it to smooth over relations. (Justly or unjustly. A BeleagueredBureaucrat or a CorruptCorporateExecutive frequently insist on it because it seems the quickest. For that matter, a parent or teacher who just wants the problem to go away and doesn't care about what happened might order an unwarranted apology as well.)

* In ''{{Bleach}}'', Ichigo's little sisters demand that he apologize to their cousin Tsukishima after he punches him. The messed up thing? [[spoiler:Tsukishima's the villain of the arc. They only think he's their cousin after he messed with their memories]].

* On ''BabylonFive'', Sheridan is ordered to apologize to the Centauri for [[spoiler:defending the station against a Centauri attack]] for political reasons. He prepares a truly epic BackhandedApology for them. It's just too bad he never gets to deliver it.

* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0128.html V is forced to apologize withOUT magic.]]

In both cases, expect a deeply grudging apology that will manage to keep things going for at least a little while -- with TeethClenchedTeamwork. Jack may put his foot down on a BackhandedApology. Then again, he may not.

* Played with in the pilot episode of ''TheWestWing''; after making a rude comment to a religious right figurehead about the lack of intelligence of her and her followers on national television, Josh is basically ordered to apologise to her by everyone he comes into contact with that day, and reluctantly agrees to do so despite feeling he was right and justified. After his apology, however, the woman's arrogance starts rubbing Toby up the wrong way until she makes a rather snide comment he interprets to be anti-semitic, at which point ''he'' starts getting into it with her, and the meeting quickly breaks down until the President basically shows up rather awesomely, reveals that his daughter has been targeted by pro-life extremists, and then tells the religious right representatives in no uncertain terms that there'll be no apology from the White House and, until they denounce the extremists within their ranks, they can pretty much get stuffed.
* On BabylonFive, Sheridan is ordered to apologize to the Centauri for [[spoiler:defending the station against a Centauri attack]] for political reasons. He prepares a truly epic BackhandedApology for them. It's just too bad he never gets to deliver it.

# Jack is the {{Leader}}, or parent, or other authority figure and insists on it to smooth over relations. (Justly or unjustly. A BeleagueredBureaucrat or a CorruptCorporateExecutive frequently insist on it because it seems the quickest.)

* In LMMontgomery's ''The Blue Castle'''s BackStory Valancy was ordered to apologize once to her cousin for something she didn't do. When Valancy is rude to her during the course of the book, her mother tries again, and Valancy says that that apology would have to do.

* In L.M. Montgomery's ''AnneOfGreenGables'', town busybody Mrs. Lynde comments on Anne's [[BerserkButton red hair]], which leads to Anne flinging all sorts of insults in her face. Marilla is horrified and orders her to apologize. Anne then presents Mrs. Lynde with one of the most melodramatic apologies ever thought up.

* In LMMontgomery's ''The Blue Castle'''s BackStory Valancy was ordered to apologize once to her cousin for something she didn't do. When Valancy is rude to her during the course of the book, her mother tries again, and Valancy says that that apology would have to do.

* Played with in the pilot episode of ''TheWestWing''; after making a rude comment to a religious right figurehead about the lack of intelligence of her and her followers on national television, Josh is basically ordered to apologise to her by everyone he comes into contact with that day, and reluctantly agrees to do so despite feeling he was right and justified. After his apology, however, the woman's arrogance starts rubbing Toby up the wrong way until she makes a rather snide comment he interprets to be anti-semitic, at which point ''he'' starts getting into it with her, and the meeting quickly breaks down until the President basically shows up rather awesomely, reveals that his daughter has been targeted by pro-life extremists, and then tells the religious right representatives in no uncertain terms that there'll be no apology from the White House and they can pretty much get stuffed.

* Played with in the pilot episode of ''TheWestWing''; after making a rude comment to a religious right figurehead about the lack of intelligence of her and her followers on national television, Josh is basically ordered to apologise to her by everyone he comes into contact with that day, and reluctantly agrees to do so despite feeling he was right and justified. After his apology, however, the woman's arrogance starts rubbing Toby up the wrong way until she makes a rather snide comment he interprets to be anti-semitic, at which point ''he'' starts getting into it with her, and the meeting quickly breaks down until the President basically shows up [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome rather awesomely, reveals that his daughter has been targeted by pro-life extremists, and then tells the religious right representatives in no uncertain terms that there'll be no apology from the White House and they can pretty much fuck right off]].

* In ''AnneOfGreenGables'', Marilla insists that Anne apologize to Mrs. Lynd. Though Anne manages to romanticize it before she does it.

* In ''The Vor Game'', while regaining control of the Denbarrii Free Mercenaries, MilesVorkosigan meets a demand that Tung apologize to another officer. Miles insists on it, and then insists on doing it for real after a BackhandedApology.

This trope comes in two forms.

# Tom is deeply apologetic to Jack, even though Harry was far more gravely wronged by the matter. Usually Jack refuses to accept his apology until he does it.

# Jack is the {{Leader}}, or parent, or other authority figure and insists on it to smooth over relations.

In both cases, expect a deeply grudging apology that will manage to keep things going for at least a little while -- with TeethClenchedTeamwork. Jack may put his foot down on a BackhandedApology.