History Main / OrderedApology

* ''Series/TheBoys''

'''Korrd:''' maj. 'ej...? ''["Good. And...?"]''\\

-->'''Korrd:''' Kirk, my junior officer has something he wants to say to you. ''[turns to Klaa and shouts the Klingon equivalent of "Get on with it!"]''\\

'''Korrd:''' ''[adds the Klingon equivalent of "And...?"]''\\

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Eddy inadvertently disgraces Rolf's honor by throwing a sea cucumber ball. Double-D then makes Eddy give Rolf a potted plant as a way to apologize. Unfortunately, in Rolf's country, it's seen as [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo the Potted Shrub of Ridicule]] and Eddy ends up [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet getting challenged to a duel]] by an angry Rolf. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job, Double D]].

* In ''[[Literature/RamonaQuimby Ramona the Brave]]'', after Ramona destroys Susan's paper-bag owl at school (because it was copied from her own), teacher Mrs. Griggs brings her to the front of the room and makes her apologize in front of the whole class.

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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* In one of the later ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' Orange Island episodes, Ash asks the CharacterOfTheDay a rather InnocentlyInsensitive question. [[{{Tsundere}} Misty]] angrily snaps at him to apologize, but the CharacterOfTheDay jovially tells her that there's no need to apologize.

* Done indirectly in ''Manga/OnePiece'': In the aftermath of the Enies Lobby arc, Luffy learned that Usopp, who had previously left the crew following an argument, wanted to come back. Before he could go bring him back, Zoro stopped him, stating that they should only accept Usopp back into the crew if he apologizes for his insubordination towards Luffy. His reasoning is that a captain who {{Easily Forgive|n}}s disobedience and leaving the crew on a whim as Usopp did is unworthy of respect and, should that continue, ''he'' would leave the crew next. Though harsh, the others acknowledge Zoro's point and make no attempt to reconcile with Usopp. It's not until the crew has very nearly left Water Seven without him that Usopp finally swallows his pride and apologizes. ''Immediately'' after he does, Luffy gets Usopp aboard their new ship and they sail off together.

* Toward the end of ''Literature/{{Another}}'', Akazawa, the girl in charge of taking "countermeasures" against the curse, does this to Misaki, the student everyone was supposed to ignore in order to keep the curse at bay. Akazawa says that because Misaki failed to keep adequate distance from [[NewTransferStudent Sakakibara]], the "charm" against the curse failed, resulting in people dying, and Akazawa is furious that [[SugarAndIcePersonality Misaki]] seemingly shows no remorse. [[spoiler:In reality, the deaths actually started in April, before Sakakibara arrived, so Misaki isn't to blame at all]]. Misaki's friends- Sakakibara, Mochizuki and Teshigawara- immediately stand up and protest Akazawa scapegoating Misaki. Misaki notes that an apology won't do much good at this point, but complies.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' story "Monkey Business," Mojo Jojo gives up his life of crime and opens a restaurant that everyone loves. The girls aren't totally sold as they constantly disrupt things with unfounded claims of harm against the citizens. Mojo demands a printed apology each time to which the girls resignedly agree. When the girls actually taste Mojo's wares and find it delicious:
-->'''Mojo:''' (''angrily'') And do you taste any poison?? Are you dying?? Have I finally managed to bring down the Powerpuff Girls??\\
'''Girls:''' (''ashamed'') No.\\

[[folder:Film]]
* Wanda (the woman, not the fish) in ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'' demands that Otto apologize to Archie for assaulting him. This is while they're technically on the same side. [[TheUnapologetic He refuses to listen]].
** Well to be precise Otto does go to apologize, but Archie is too busy trying to escape from this nutter he eventually loses patience, draws a gun and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint forces Archie to listen to his 'apology'.]]

-->'''Castor:''' Say you're sorry.
-->'''Guy:''' I'm sorry!
-->'''Castor:''' Say it again.
-->'''Guy:''' I'm sorry!
-->'''Castor:''' Mean it.
-->'''Guy:''' I'm so sorry!

--> '''Korrd:''' Kirk, my junior officer has something he wants to say to you. ''(turns to Klaa and shouts the Klingon equivalent of "Get on with it!")''\\
'''Klaa:''' ''(sheepishly)'' I... apologize.\\
''(Kirk looks absolutely stunned.)''\\
'''Korrd:''' ''(adds the Klingon equivalent of "And...?")''\\
'''Klaa:''' ''(still sheepish)'' The attack upon your vessel was not authorized by my government.
* ''{{Film/Popeye}}'' uses this trope as an extended build-up to Popeye's first [[DinerBrawl brawl]]. A bunch of waterfront toughs overhear his {{Infodump}} to Wimpy and begin mocking him. When he can no longer ignore it, Popeye demands an "apologiky". The thugs oblige by coercing ''everyone else'' in the place to apologize one by one--everyone who didn't see a fight was brewing and flee, that is.

* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'': Karkaroff spits at Dumbledore's feet, and Hagrid hauls him off the ground, [[NeckLift pins him one-handed against a tree]] and snarls at him to apologize.
** Another in the final chapters of the same book is Dumbledore forcing [[SitComArchnemesis Sirius and Snape]] to [[TeethClenchedTeamwork shake their hands and work together]].
* In ''[[Literature/RamonaQuimby Ramona the Brave]]'', after Ramona destroys Susan's paper-bag owl at school (because it was copied from her own), teacher Mrs. Griggs brings her to the front of the room and makes her apologize in front of the whole class.
* In ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'' Carrot uses his sheer force of personality to make a Morporkian soldier and a Klatchian bandit apologise for calling the other a greasy dishcloth-head and a brother of a pig. Vimes and Ahmed then discuss how improbable the scene would otherwise be because the men are tough and nasty normally.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* Played with in the pilot episode of ''Series/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 granddaughter 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.
** In the final season Josh (who is heading up the Santos for President campaign) is pushed into a room where Donna (who worked for one of Santos' opponents in the primaries) is waiting.
---> '''Lou:''' I don't know what the problem is between you two, but she's great on television and I don't care if she worked for Francisco Franco in the primary. Right now it's all hands on deck, so work it out.
* On ''Series/BabylonFive'', Sheridan is ordered for political reasons to apologize to the Centauri for [[spoiler:defending the station against a Centauri attack]]. In the privacy of his quarters he gives a truly epic BackhandedApology in a MirrorMonologue which unfortunately is not what he can afford to say. When he's on his way to give the real apology however, circumstances intervene with an AssassinationAttempt.
* This is the focus of ''Series/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.

* In ''Series/{{House}}'', Cuddy nagged House incessantly to apologize to a patient (She'd actually seen Foreman over a cancer scare and he'd been wearing House's nametag at the time) . House finally "accidentally" stepped on the patient's foot with his cane and acted embarrassed and apologetic about that. Cuddy didn't see the "step on the patient's foot" part and assumed House's "I'm so sorry" was the apology she ordered.

--> '''Judge John Deed''': (Fully robed) What have you got to say for yourself?
--> '''Mr James''': [[RoyalWe We]] are very sorry for our contempt.
--> '''Judge John Deed''': It's not ''we'' who are in contempt, it's ''you''. However, I'll accept your apology.
--> '''Mr James''': We do require the papers.
--> '''Judge John Deed''': I'm not convinced you're sincere in your apology. Perhaps a night in the local remand prison would make you more contrite.
--> '''Mr James''': (hastily) My Lord, we are utterly, totally, absolutely, irrefutably sincere in our apology. Any offence we caused is wholly wrong, and we are sorry for it.
--> '''Judge John Deed''': If that's your last word, you can go. Mrs Cooper has been kind enough to photocopy the papers.
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': When Goldar finally learns that Rita used a love potion to make Lord Zedd marry her, he orders Finster to make an antidote. By the time Goldar uses the antidote on Zedd and denounces Rita to him, Zedd had already developed real feelings for Rita and doesn't believe Goldar, who is then ordered by Zedd to apologize. Goldar begrudgingly does as ordered and the issue is never brought up again.
* In the infamous ''Series/ICarly'' episode "iFred", after a whole episode of being ostracized and beaten up because of his opinion over not thinking Fred was funny, Freddie is dragged over to Fred's house and ordered to apologize by Carly and Sam. Even afterwards, when Fred reveals that he only pretended to take offense as a publicity stunt, Freddie is still tormented, with Sam shoving him out of Fred's treehouse.
* In ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', Tommy openly accuses sadistic [[SinisterMinister Father Hughes]] of passing information to Soviet spies, and in retaliation, Hughes unleashes a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown savage beat-down]] on Tommy and threatens his family. Tommy, having no choice but to temporarily toe the line, is forced to give a [[TheGrovel grovelling public apology]] wherein [[EvilIsPetty Hughes]] literally makes him recite the Catholic Act of Contrition with [[AGodAmI Hughes' own name in place of God's]].

* ''Series/TheBoys''
** An InvokedTrope in the first episode when Billy Butcher tells Hughie Campbell to insist that A-Train apologise in person before he signs the compensation deal for A-Train accidentally killing Hughie's girlfriend, because it will give them a chance to plant a bug in the Seven's headquarters. The Vought International lawyer refuses at first, but Butcher knows [[VillainWithGoodPublicity they'll force A-Train to play along]].
** After Starlight publicly reveals she was coerced by Deep into having sex with him, Deep makes a televised apology that's the usual Vought whitewash; he claims that he mistakenly assumed their sex with consensual, rather than Deep threatening to accuse Starlight of attacking him if she didn't have sex with him. However it marks the end of Deep's career as Vought has him ReassignedToAntarctica.

* In ''VisualNovel/SteinsGateZero'', after finding out that Daru and Maho rebuilt the time-leap machine, Okabe goes into an angry outburst (though they were planning on telling him about it) at both of them. He's especially harsher towards Maho, going so far to tell her that she'll become a murderer if she uses the machine, which pisses Daru enough to punch Okabe in the face and demand that he apologize to Maho.

--->'''Shepard''': Grunt, you apologize to the nice man for setting his car on fire.\\
'''Grunt''': Fine. I'm sorry for setting your car on fire...\\
'''Shepard''': (gives Grunt a look, as if telling him "Go on...")\\
'''Grunt''': ''... and I won't do it again.''
* Implied in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' when bartender Seth apologizes to Ellie for the homophobic slur he threw her way the night before. He only does so upon being prodded by the town's IronLady of a mayor, it doesn't sound particularly sincere, and the still-pissed off Ellie predictably [[RejectedApology refuses to accept it]].

[[folder:Webcomics]]

* In an episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Allen Gregory}}'', Allen Gregory found his biological mother and thought she was great until she made him apologize to his teacher.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Eddy inadvertently disgraces Rolf's honor by throwing a sea cucumber ball. Double-D then makes Eddy give Rolf a potted plant as a way to apologize. Unfortunately, in Rolf's country, it's seen as [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo the Potted Shrub of Ridicule]] and Eddy ends up [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet getting challenged to a duel]] by an angry Rolf. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job, Double D]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Squidward steals [=SpongeBob's=] diary and reads it to everyone in the Krusty Krab, leading to [=SpongeBob=] running out of the Krusty Krab crying and [[{{Hypocrite}} everyone else to shun Squidward for doing so]]. Mr. Krabs[[note]]Who was ''not'' one of the hypocrites laughing at [=SpongeBob's=] secrets[[/note]] demands that Squidward apologize to [=SpongeBob=], but Squidward [[TheUnapologetic refuses, saying SpongeBob will get over it]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "Paste Makes Waste", Buttercup makes fun of classmate Elmer for eating paste and throws a wad of it at his face. A furious Miss Keane orders her to apologize to him, but she CannotSpitItOut and instead says "You should have ducked". Buttercup finally does when Elmer mutates into a giant paste monster and she literally has no choice but to apologize in order to subdue him.
* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Rallo is forced to give one by Donna after he plays a practical joke on Junior in retaliation for having his dessert taken from him resulting in Junior missing a weekend retreat and being suspended from the [[ScoutOut Freedom Scouts]]: however, it backfires when Rallo hands out a string of [[BackhandedApology half-assed apologies]].
* An ''Abbott & Costello'' cartoon had the boys as wood choppers. Lou says something to insult their foreman so Bud tells Lou to say he's sorry to him.
-->'''Costello:''' You're the boss, and am I sorry!

** In "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS6E10TwinTrouble Twin Trouble]]", Donald demands an apology from Douglas when he accuses him of pushing him into Trevor's hay cart. Douglas refuses, and blames Donald for pulling him. Fortunately, the two do apologize to each other after Douglas rescues Donald when the latter falls into a ditch at the end of the episode.
** In "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS8E8ThomasEmilyAndTheSnowplough Thomas, Emily, and the Snowplough]]", when Emily comes to rescue Thomas from a snowdrift, Thomas demands that Emily apologize to him for her bossy attitude. What he gets from her is a BackhandedApology for not listening to her when she told him to wear his snowplow.
** An implied version occurs at the end of "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS18E5SignalsCrossed Signals Crossed]]". After James pushes Toby and Henrietta past a red signal, nearly causing them to crash into Gordon, Henrietta glares at James when it is discovered that Toby was right about his signal being red. James then apologizes to both Toby and Henrietta.
** At the end of "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS18E14NoSteamWithoutCoal No Steam Without Coal]]", Marion orders [[BrattyHalfPint Bill and Ben]] to thank Timothy for delivering their coal during a coal shortage, then she orders them to apologize to him for how badly they treated him just because he runs on oil instead of coal.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'':

** An InvokedTrope in the first episode when Billy Butcher tells Hughie Campbell to insist that A-Train apologise in person before he signs the compensation deal for A-Train accidentally killing Hughie's girlfriend, because it will give them a chance to plant a bug in the Seven's headquarters. The Vought lawyer refuses at first, but Butcher knows [[VillainWithGoodPublicity they'll force A-Train to play along]].
** After Starlight publicly reveals she was coerced by Deep into having sex with him, Vought has him make a televised apology though it's the usual Vought whitewash--Deep claims that he mistakenly assumed their sex with consensual, rather than him threatening to accuse Starlight of attacking him if she didn't have sex with him. However as Vought International are more interested in salvaging the PR disaster than salvaging Deep, they have him ReassignedToAntarctica after this.

* An InvokedTrope in the first episode of ''Series/TheBoys''. Butcher tells Hughie to insist that A-Train apologise in person before he signs the compensation deal for A-Train accidentally killing Hughie's girlfriend, because it will give them a chance to plant a bug in the Seven's headquarters. The Vought lawyer refuses at first, but Butcher knows [[VillainWithGoodPublicity they'll force A-Train to play along]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Squidward steals [=SpongeBob's=] diary and reads it to everyone in the Krusty Krab, leading to [=SpongeBob=] running out of the Krusty Krab crying and [[HypocriticalHumor everyone else to shun Squidward for doing so]]. Mr. Krabs[[note]]Who was ''not'' one of the {{Hypocrite}}s laughing at [=SpongeBob's=] secrets[[/note]] demands that Squidward apologize to [=SpongeBob=], but Squidward [[TheUnapologetic refuses, saying SpongeBob will get over it]].

* More of a downplayed trope with a job, a boss can just as easily fire you as accept an apology from you; though if you catch them in a merciful mood it's best to act on that mercy and apologize if you want to keep your job. This mindset is especially strict in a military setting as a soldier that misbehaves one too many times will be court marshaled. And God help you if you happen to be in politics and you get caught in a scandal.

# Jack is TheLeader, 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 MeanBoss forcing an underling to [[TheScapegoat take the blame]] for the boss' mistakes.

# Jack is TheLeader, 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 MeanBoss forcing an underling to [[TheScapegoat take the blame]] for the boss' mistakes.

* ''VideoGame/BugFables'': When Vi finally returns to the Bee Kingdom, revealing that she was the one who was rude to other bees in the Hive (especially to her own sister) instead of being the opposide as her friends (and the player) were led to believe, Leif and Kabbu insist that she must make amends with her sister. Initially, Vi [[TheUnapologetic refuses to do so]], believing that she doesn't owe her sister any apologies, 'cause she was mean to her too, but later, she agrees to apologize when Leif and Kabbu point out that one day [[PartingWordsRegret she may never be able to]].

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Rallo is forced to give one by Donna after he plays a practical joke on Junior in retaliation for having his dessert taken from him resulting in Junior missing a weekend retreat and being suspended from the [[ScoutOut Freedom Scouts]], however it backfires when Rallo hands out a string of [[BackhandedApology half-assed apologies]].

* In the infamous ''Series/ICarly'' episode "iFred", after a whole episode of being ostracized and beaten up because of his opinion over not thinking Fred was funny, Freddie is dragged over to Fred's house and ordered apologize by Carly and Sam. Even afterwards, when Fred reveals that he only pretended to take offense as a publicity stunt, Freddie is still tormented, with Sam shoving him out of Fred's treehouse.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Eddy inadvertently disgraces Rolf's honor by throwing a sea cucumber ball. Double-D then makes Eddy give Rolf a potted plant as a way to apologize. Unfortunately, in Rolf's country, it's seen as [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo the Potted Shrub of Ridicule]] and Eddy ends up [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet getting challenged to a duel]] by an angry Rolf. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job, Double D]]. Although in Double D's defense he did suggest giving Rolf cupcakes first, which as it turns out would have qualified as the Cupcakes of Sorryiness and Rolf ''would'' have forgiven him.

* In ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', Tommy openly accuses sadistic [[SinisterMinister Father Hughes]] of passing information to Soviet spies, and in retaliation, Hughes unleashes a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown savage beat-down]] on Tommy and threatens his family. Tommy, having no choice but to temporarily tow the line, is forced to give a [[TheGrovel grovelling public apology]] wherein [[EvilIsPetty Hughes]] literally makes him recite the Catholic Act of Contrition with [[AGodAmI Hughes' own name in place of God's]].