History Main / RejectedApology

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': In one episode, when Robin tries to apologize to John (a [[GeniusLoci magic sentient talking bathroom]]) for hogging him and making everyone fight, he replies, "Stuff your sorries in the sack!".

* ''Series/TheElectricCompany'': In a latter-season skit "Lettuce and Cabbage," a chef (Luis Avalos) [[IdiotBall forever confuses said two vegetables]], to the point where the restaurant owner (Skip Hinnant) has received multiple complaints from customers. (He had served lettuce in an Austrian soup while serving cabbage on [=BLT=] sandwiches). This is an apparent final straw incident in a series of major mistakes, as the chef tries to apologize but the owner tells him he's fired... leading into Avalos' song lamenting about how, despite being a talented chef, neither he nor any reasonable person can tell a cabbage and lettuce head apart.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', The Straw Hat Crew's ship Going Merry was beyond repair and Luffy came to the conclusion to discard it and buy a new ship. Usopp, who was injured by their former-enemy-later-crewmate Franky, objects to the idea and insists on keeping it, thus an argument breaks out. In a fit of anger, Luffy says that if Usopp won't accept his decision, he can just leave, leading Sanji to object and demand that Luffy think before he speaks. Luffy comes to his senses and apologizes, but the damage was done, and therefore, he refuses to accept his apology and walks out on the crew.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', The Straw Hat Crew's ship Going Merry was beyond repair and Luffy came to the conclusion to discard it and buy a new ship. Usopp, who was injured by their former-enemy-later-crewmate Franky, objects to the idea and insists on keeping it, thus an argument breaks out. Even Luffy goes as far as to kick him out of the crew, leading Sanji to object and demand him to apologize to Usopp. He does, but the damage was done, and therefore, he refuses to accept his apology and walks out on the crew.

* ''Comicbook/ActionComics'': At the climax of ''Comicbook/TheBlackRing'', Lex Luthor has achieved EnlightenmentSuperpowers and genuinely made the universe into a better place. And all he has to do to keep them is ''stop hating Superman''. When Superman realises this, he desperately apologises for anything he's done that ever upset Luthor, but that only makes him angrier.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7093738/1/Brutal-Harry Brutal Harry]]'', Dumbledore tries to apologize to Harry for leaving him with the Dursleys and Harry won't hear any of it, as the subsequent abuse he underwent at their hands goes beyond anything that could be forgiven within reason. Moreover, Harry also [[J calls out]] Dumbledore on being a hypocrite for apologizing for the abuse Harry went through, yet still enabling the exact same environment to occur in Hogwarts via turning a blind eye to the bullying problems and corrupt staff plaguing the school. The sequel, ''Hero Harry'', reveals that Harry still hasn't forgiven the man and likely never will.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7093738/1/Brutal-Harry Brutal Harry]]'', Dumbledore tries to apologize to Harry for leaving him with the Dursleys and Harry won't hear any of it, as the subsequent abuse he underwent at their hands goes beyond anything that could be forgiven within reason. Moreover, Harry also [[WhatTheHellHero calls out]] Dumbledore on being a hypocrite for apologizing for the abuse Harry went through, yet still enabling the exact same environment to occur in Hogwarts via turning a blind eye to the bullying problems and corrupt staff plaguing the school. The sequel, ''Hero Harry'', reveals that Harry still hasn't forgiven the man and likely never will.

** {{Downplayed}} with Adrien, who realizes just how bad his [[BetrayalByInaction failure to warn anyone]] about Lila was after hearing her laundry list of crimes. Unlike Lila, he accepts that he'll have to do more than simply apologize in order to make amends, and the rest of the classmates leave the conditions up to Rose.

* Played With to "Denied Permission to Feel Remorse" in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' with the main character Eren and his [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity rigid views of morality]]. When [[spoiler: Reiner]] [[HeelRealization expressed guilt]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone for his crimes]], it only enrages Eren even further, since he sees him as a monster who isn't allowed to feel remorse.

The opposite of RedemptionRejection, where the one who did wrong is offered a chance to be forgiven, but he turns it down. A super trope of ReformedButRejected. An extreme version of this trope is HeelFaceDoorSlam, which happens if rejecting an apology also involves killing the offender. Contrast EasilyForgiven, where it's a character forgiving those who don't apologize for their actions. Sometimes, the victim gives a FlippantForgiveness, where the victim accepts their offender's apology in a sarcastic, insulting way. If the character does accept their apology but is still upset by their actions, then it's ForgivenButNotForgotten. Contrast TheUnapologetic, where the wrongdoer refuses to apologize (for this case, having their apology rejected or [[GenreSavvy knowing that it will be rejected by the other party]] can be a reason why they refuse to apologize, especially if they know deep down they're not truly sorry for what they've done). See NoSympathyForGrudgeholders where this may or may ''not'' be a fitting response to the character's lack of forgiveness. This can often be part of the TheReasonYouSuckSpeech if the rejection is extremely harsh. VirtueIsWeakness might come to play in that the rejecter might see forgiveness is a sign of weakness. If the apologizer acts equally standoffish and recants their apology after being rejected (either due to arrogantly expecting forgiveness or hypocrisy on the refuser's end), ThenLetMeBeEvil is what they may commit. Often found in many {{Downer Ending}}s, and few {{Bittersweet Ending}}s.

* Played With to "Denied Permission to Feel Remorse" in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' with the main character Eren and his [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity rigid views of morality]]. When [[spoiler: Reiner]] [[HeelRealization expressed guilt]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone for his crimes]], it only enrages Eren even further, since he sees him as a monster that isn't allowed to feel remorse.
* In ''Manga/BloomIntoYou'', Sayaka Saeki had a GayRomanticPhase with Chie Yuzuki, her sempai from middle school, until Chie suddenly broke off their relationship one day, saying that they were getting too old for it. When the two met by chance while Sayaka was in high school, Chie apologized for getting Sayaka interested in girls, and hoped that she had gone back to normal. Sayaka then [[StealthInsult tells Chie that she shouldn't worry, since she doesn't know why she got interested in Chie in the first place]], an outwardly polite remark that expresses that she has not forgiven Chie.

* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': Smith apologizes to Rachnera for her placing her with a family that didn't fully accept her, but Rachnera brushes it off while saying her negligence and inconsideration to her needs was what got her into that mess, adding that the coordinator's apology had no sincerity to it.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Endeavor is an AbusiveParent that sees the errors of his ways and attempts to apologize to his family for what he has done. Out of them, Natsuo vocally refuses to acknowledge that apology, while Shoto is more or less neutral to it, unable to forget all that his father has done, but acknowledging that he's a great hero and that people can change. Then there’s his eldest son, who became the mass murdering villain Dabi. Endeavor attempts an apology to him but Dabi is having none of it and is basically out to destroy society as a whole along with the rest of the final villains.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', The Straw Hat Crew's ship, Going Merry was beyond repair and Luffy came to the conclusion to discard it and buy a new ship. Usopp, who was injured by their former-enemy-later-crewmate, Franky, objects to the idea and insist on keeping it, thus an argument breaks out. Even Luffy goes as far as to kick him out of the crew, leading Sanji to object and demand him to apologize to Usopp. He does, but the damage was done, and therefore, he refuses to accept his apology and walks out on the crew.

* In the FeudEpisode of ''Anime/SailorMoon Super S'', Minako ruins the decorations of Chibiusa's school's cultural festival, Makoto is so hurt at that she angrily breaks off their friendship and refuses to accept her apology. They do make up, though.

* In the graphic novel ''Kelly Green'' 1 ''The Go Between'' by Leonard Starr and Stan Drake, Kelly is kneeling beside the dying body of her husband's killer [[spoiler:It was Dan Green's partner, Angie]] who ask her to forgive him. She asked if he believes in God; when he affirms as much, she declares that means he can go to Hell and walks away.

* ''Fanfic/BringMeToLife'': Following a rather vicious argument, Buffy tries apologizing to Faith. Part of the reason why Faith rejects it is because Buffy herself admits that part of her didn't even ''want'' to apologize, and that Angel [[OrderedApology talked her into trying]].

** {{Downplayed}} during ''Ash V'': While Ash never outright rejects Parker's apologies, he realizes that his volatile temper and the toxic environment that Vermillion has become convinces him to leave the city.

** During the Feoh/Ur Arc, Alicia surrendered to the Black Dogs and their army, allowing them to [[RapePillageAndBurn take over the fortresses]]. Among the victims are a number of nuns, including Lily. When the two meet at Chapter 9 and Alicia apologises for her actions, she received a slap in the face from Lily, saying that she will never forgive Alicia for leaving her sisters to their fates.

** Prior to the story, Olga sacrificed a city to the orcs to recruit them and augment her forces to fight Celestine, leading to Grace losing her home and husband. While Olga tries to make amends with Grace at the end of Chapter 20, Grace explicitly states that if she were Sir Kyril, she would not hesitate to kill her, and hopes that he does the same if he knew what happened.

* ''Fanfic/MoralOfTheStoryNyame'': After being resurrected, Laurel rejects Oliver's attempts to [[MustMakeAmends make amends]], as he not only caused her to commit suicide, but also caused her to lose her sister again, as her death caused Sara to self herself back to the League of Assassins just for the opportunity to use the Lazarus Pit to bring Laurel back to life. Instead, she opts to throw him out of her life permanently and leave Starling altogether to start afresh in Gotham.

** At the end of the story, [[spoiler:Quentin tries to apologize for his actions to Laurel. Seeing as these actions include outing her as the Black Canary, hunting her down with his officers, and issuing a shoot-on-sight order on her in order to please an ''international terrorist'' (who Laurel, Oliver, and even Sara told him not to trust), in addition to the years of emotional abuse and heartbreak he's already put her through, she understandably does not accept his apology, and cuts him out of her life for good]].
** Subverted with Oliver and Laurel. [[spoiler:While Laurel does accept his apology for his previous bad treatment of her, she doesn't accept his apology for leaving, because she doesn't begrudge him taking his chance at a relationship with Felicity (who everyone, even him, thought he was in love with at the time) and because he probably did need the break after everything that happened the past year]].

* Happens twice in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9806609/1/What-a-Way-to-Fall What a Way to Fall]]'' (itself a [[RecursiveFanfiction a fan-written sequel]] to the infamous Financial Crisis Gangbang). First is when North Italy tries to apologize to America and Canada for his involvement in the incident[[note]]Canada shoots it down because he feels N. Italy has no right to apologize when the latter was being an ExtremeDoormat[[/note]]. Second is when England tries to kidnap the new America personification with the intention of turning the little girl into a ReplacementGoldfish[[note]]given England not only participated in the gang rape and refused to believe he did anything wrong until America's suicide, and then had the nerve to accuse Canada of being an unfit caretaker without any evidence, it's hard to fault Canada for rejecting this apology[[/note]]. The chapter is even titled "Sorry Is Not Good Enough".

** When Lynn finally apologizes to Lincoln about blaming him for her loss, she unintentionally makes clear that she doesn't ''really'' get what the problem was. Lincoln [[spoiler:slaps her face]] in order to make a point about how saying "I'm sorry" doesn't magically erase the hurt.

* ''Fanfic/{{Couturiere}}'': After recovering from being transformed into the titular akuma, Marinette takes a box of éclairs to Lila's place as an attempt to apologize for what she put her through. Lila stomps the box flat before slamming the door in her face.
* ''Fanfic/{{I See What You Do Behind Closed Doors|MiraculousLadybug}}'': After Lila's [[LiarRevealed true nature is revealed]], Mylene is the first to try apologizing to Marinette, claiming that there was ''no way'' she could've known the truth. Marinette blandly reminds her and everyone else that [[IWarnedYou she warned them]]. When the class then doubles down on insisting [[NeverMyFault they're not to blame]], Marinette decides that they're not worth forgiving -- not while they're not only refusing to admit what they did wrong, but are trying to convince ''her'' that it's ''her fault'' they [[CassandraTruth dismissed her warnings]] as being [[YoureJustJealous fueled by petty jealousy]].

* ''Fanfic/MastermindRiseOfAnarchy'': Almost everyone Inko meets hates her for being Mastermind's mother. When she visits the families of Izuku's victims to apologize for what he did, most refuse to even open their doors, and the ones that do cuss her out or throw things at her. The only person that actually hears her out is Rei, who doesn't think Inko should be apologizing at all.

* ''Fanfic/{{Bitterness}}'' revolves around Twilight deciding that she ''doesn't'' actually accept Applejack's causal, off-handed apology about how she and the others rejected her CassandraTruth during the Canterlot wedding. The more she thinks about it, the angrier she gets, accusing Princess Celestia, Shining Armor and her friends of being AllTakeAndNoGive and questioning whether they would've let her attend the wedding if she ''had'' been wrong.

** After Sakura accidentally overhears Hiashi's discussion with Neji, she advises him against forgiving his uncle; while it's true that Neji hadn't known the whole story about what happened to his father, that doesn't change all the ''other'' ways that Hiashi mistreated Neji and everyone else in the Branch House. Shortly afterwards, Hiashi's treatment of Neji during the Konoha Crush attempt leaves Neji convinced that his uncle's apology wasn't sincere.

* ''Fanfic/EarningHerStripes'': While Taylor recognizes that [[spoiler:Emma and Madison]] are sincerely remorseful for how horrifically they treated her, having had a HeelRealization about their actions, she also makes it expressely clear that she is ''far'' from forgiving them for any of it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Miriam initially rejects Mei's apology for betraying her, Abby and Priya. However, after returning Robaire Jr to Mei, she accepts the apology.

* ''Film/HalloweenEnds'': Played with. When Laurie Strode is grocery shopping, she meets a woman who starts yelling at her. Confused, she asks, "I'm sorry?" as in, "Who are you and what you talking about?" The woman gets even angrier and yells that sorry isn't good enough before revealing she is one of the many people who blame Laurie for Michael Myers' previous attacks.

* ''Film/{{Kruel}}'': Some time after Elliot goes missing, Jo goes to his mom to once more apologize for losing him (since he vanished while she was babysitting him). However, Elliott's mom bluntly tells her that her apology is meaningless because she's too hurt from Elliott's disappearance.* In ''Film/PitchPerfect'', Beca, the protagonist, goes all the way up to her love interest to apologize for being a {{Jerkass}} earlier. The love interest doesn't accept or even appear to want one, instead pointing out her flaws in driving people away.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': At the climax of ''Film/TheLastJedi'', Luke apologizes to [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil Ben Solo/Kylo Ren]] for failing him as a teacher, leading to Ben's fall to TheDarkSide. Ben doesn't even care anymore and says as much, making clear that nothing Luke has to say can dissuade him destroying the Resistance.

* ''Literature/TheSchoolForGoodMothers'': At an evaluation on a lesson about diversity, Frida is partnered with a father. She and her doll outperform Colin and his "son", as she is better informed on issues affecting African-American communities than he is about about Asian Americans communities, and he forgets to address sexism. Afterwards he accuses "Miss Ivy League" of messing things up for him. When she tries to apologize, he tells her to save it.

** In the episode "The One With The Baby Shower", Monica forgets to invite Rachel's mother to Rachel's baby shower, and spends the whole episode desperately trying to have her apology accepted. By the end of it, Monica loses her patience and lambasts her for holding a grudge over a simple mistake....before quickly turning back to beg for forgiveness again.

** In the episode, "The Betrayal", when Jerry continuously apologies to George for ruining his chances with a girl he had just met, George responds by saying [[RunningGag "Stick your sorries in a sack, Mister"]].

* ''Webcomic/DraculaRulerOfTheNight'': Minerva Westenra does this to the hunters, specifically Van Helsing [[spoiler:when Helsing apologizes for her being turned into a vampire and offers her "peace" (i.e staking). She shoots back that not only did he fail to protect Lucy from Dracula, but likewise kept what was ''really'' going on from her when she was under the impression Lucy's sickness was something standard. Minerva only found out otherwise ''after'' she was kidnapped by Dracula's brides, met Dracula himself, was bitten by her now vampirized daughter and became Dracula's most recent bride, and ''willingly'' joins Dracula's fight against the hunters stating that while Dracula may be a bloodsucking monster, at least he's honest in his intentions]].

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has Stan taking his family to his half-brother Rusty's place for Thanksgiving, believing it'll make his family be thankful for what they have, only to discover his brother's fabulously wealthy. Becoming jealous, Stan and his family attempt to take Rusty's place, only for them to be forcibly sent off with Rusty disowning Stan and threatening to kill him if he ever sets foot on his land again. The helicopter they're in then crashes and they're stranded in the desert. After going through hell and realizing that [[AnAesop family is more important than material possessions]], Stan attempts to make amends with Rusty, who found them in the desert, only for his half-brother to attempt to carry out his threat of killing Stan for still being on his land (he owned a lot apparently).

* A heart-breaking version in Netflix's ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'' as Shadow-san, who spent his youth angry at the brother who raised him for being content with being poor and joined the {{yakuza}} and a thief-ring when he stole a priceless sword from his brothers academic work, returns it. He attempts to apologize to his brother, bowing deeply. Though he also says his brother doesn't have to forgive him. He just wants to make things right. The brother silently walks away without even a word.

* A most vicious LostInTranslation example appeared in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. Eddy inadvertently disgraces Rolf by throwing one of his cucumber balls at a fence. When [[OrderedApology Double D forces Eddy to give Rolf a potted plant as a sign of being sorry]], [[NiceJobBreakingItHero it turns out to be]] [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo an even greater insult in Rolf's country]] and Rolf [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet challenges Eddy to a duel]]. In the end, Eddy finally says sorry, but since he didn't have the traditional "Cupcakes of Sorriness" ([[BrickJoke which had been earlier suggested as something to give to Rolf as an apology]]), Rolf still gave him a [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]] NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. [[MyFistForgivesYou At which point everything is cheerfully forgiven]] and Rolf invites the Eds to partake in the celebratory Eels of Forgiveness. Which involves pouring live eels down their pants. A beaten down Eddy decides to just go with it this time.

* The plot of the episode "Arnold Betrays Iggy", from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', Arnold learns that his friend Iggy wears bunny pajamas and promises not to tell. However, Stinky and Sid find out by guessing what Arnold learned and, despite Arnold asking them not to, they tell everyone at school about it, [[MisplacedRetribution resulting in Iggy blaming Arnold]]. Despite Arnold bending over backwards to make it up to him, Iggy still refuses to forgive him afterwards ([[ExactWords he never]] ''[[ExactWords said]]'' [[ExactWords he would if he did]]) and forces him to humiliate himself in public in the same bunny pajamas as the only chance of redemption. During the public spectacle, Iggy overhears that Stinky and Sid were responsible for his secret getting out and, [[JerkassRealization realizing he's punishing an innocent Arnold]], tries to stop the event, but is too late to save Arnold from humiliation. In the end, a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone guilty Iggy]] begs Arnold (who refuses to speak to him) for forgiveness, [[HourglassPlot reversing the roles]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{PJ Masks}}'': In "Owlette's Terrible Pterodactyl Trouble," Connor scares Amaya as a joke in a school trip, and Amaya spends most of the episode giving him the cold shoulder. Though Connor apologizes, Amaya refuses to accept it because it wasn't a "very big sorry," and ends up jeopardizing their mission to retrieve a pterodactyl model Romeo stole from the museum by refusing to follow his orders as a result. It's only when Connor loses control of the pterodactyl, which he was using to look for her, to Romeo and ends up in danger that Amaya finally accepts his apology, acknowledging that all of their problems could have been avoided had she just made up with him in the first place.

** {{Subverted}} in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E7BartVsThanksgiving Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]", in which Bart runs away from home after he's punished for causing a huge fight earlier in the day that caused Lisa's meticulously-crafted centerpiece to be destroyed and ruined Thanksgiving dinner. Even though it was technically an ''accident'', Bart stubbornly refuses to believe that he did anything wrong and insists that ''Lisa'' is to blame. He's convinced by some hobos to return home, but when he does, he has an ImagineSpot where he apologizes to Lisa only for her to reject Bart's apology and everyone to begin mocking Bart by blaming him for everything. As Bart grovels for forgiveness, everyone -- even Uncle Sam who accuses Bart of causing America to lose its way -- continues to chant "It's all your fault!". Thinking that's what will happen, Bart doesn't go in and tries to sneak into his room... only to end up on the roof after over-climbing. Lisa overhears him and, after some talking, Bart realizes he does indeed feel guilt for his actions and finally apologizes to Lisa to which she accepts, happy that her older brother is safe and back home.

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS12E9BreastCancerShowEver Breast Cancer Show Ever]]", Cartman repeatedly makes tasteless jokes about breast cancer in the midst of Wendy trying to promote breast cancer awareness, leading to a furious Wendy challenging him to a fight. Afterwards, Cartman tries to quietly apologize to Wendy for his actions, but Wendy refuses to accept it unless he apologizes openly, which Cartman refuses to do in order to keep up his "brave and hardcore" act. Also, it's made clear Cartman isn't actually sorry in the slightest, and is just trying to [[DirtyCoward get out of the fight]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': In the season 2 premiere, when her father got turned into a mutant bat, April gets upset with the Turtles and cuts all ties with the them. In "Target: April O'Neil," Donnie approaches her and tried to make amends with by giving her an apology but she refuses to accept it. However, April begins to reconsider her decision, after Casey informs her of a similar incident that cost him his own friendship with a former friend of his, remarking that some things just can't be controlled, which both he and Donnie said to her. [[{{Forgiveness}} Finally, April officially forgives the Turtles]] when they save her from the Foot Clan and gave them her ''own'' apology for being [[WasTooHardonHim harsh towards them]], especially to Donnie.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': Dr. Gregory Swofford and Dr. Mark Morgan tried to apologize to Optimus Prime after he used to Matrix of Leadership to destroy the Hate Plague that they unleashed. Galvatron, in a rare moment of calm, walked towards Optimus Prime as he pushed the two aside which made him to refuse their apology for good.

** In "Sundae Muddy Sundae", Courtney reveals a chart with all contestants of her choice, having already decided which one would be eliminated next and which one would she take to the finale: she chooses her boyfriend, Scott to take to the finale, over her bestie, Gwen, who she promises to take her to the finale. When the chart was exposed (just blame [[SplitPersonality Mal]]), Most contestants were disappointed on her for her attempt of betrayal, especially Gwen. During the challenge, Courtney approached and tried to apologize to her for it, but she refused to accept it, of course, unless Courtney agreed to vote for herself.

* Despite popular belief, Kouta did ''not'' accept Lucy's apology at the end of ''Manga/ElfenLied''. Understandable, since what she is apologizing for is basically ''the murder of his sister and father''. While he ''does'' say that he cannot hate [[BrokenBird Lucy]], he just can't forgive that she killed his family or condone her actions as a whole.

This results from someone holding a grudge that they refuse to let go of. Unfortunately, [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass this can make out someone who has a rightful reason to be angry into a cruel person if the apologizing party is sincerely guilty for their actions.]] [[JerkassHasAPoint On the other hand, it may not take away much,]] if any sympathy at all if the person who's apologizing has [[ThisIsUnforgivable committed wicked deeds that were too numerous]] or [[MoralEventHorizon too horrible to deserve forgiveness,]] and in extreme cases can even make the ''apologizer'' look like a total, selfish jerk for thinking one sorry is enough to make up for a lifetime of atrocities, especially if said "apology" was disproportionate and half-hearted. There are times when even the [[BackhandedApology apologies themselves]] could be an even bigger insult than the original offense, especially if they believe a single apology [[DisproportionateRestitution will undo all damages]].

* Perhaps one of the most heartbreaking examples was in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', where during the climactic battle between Shifu and Tai Lung, Shifu apologizes to Tai Lung for allowing him to go down his path of darkness, only for Tai Lung to reject it and demand the dragon scroll.
-->'''Tai Lung:''' I don't want your apology. [[SuddenlyShouting I WANT MY SCROLL!]].

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* RejectedApology/AnimeAndManga
* RejectedApology/FanWorks
* RejectedApology/LiveActionTV
* RejectedApology/VideoGames
* RejectedApology/WesternAnimation
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible apologizes to Syndrome for the slight that put him on the path to supervillainy. Syndrome answers "See? ''Now'' you respect me. Because I'm a threat," and continues monologuing. Mr. Incredible realizes that Syndrome can't be reasoned with, and starts throwing stuff at him.

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* In the graphic novel Kelly Green 1 ''The Go Between'' by Leonard Starr and Stan Drake, Kelly is kneeling beside the dying body of her husband's killer [[spoiler: It was Dan Green's partner, Angie]] who ask her to forgive him. She asked him does he believe in God. He says yes. She replies that he can go to hell in that case and walked away.

* When things go ''very'' wrong in ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'' as Fenris' plan to destroy everything seems like it will succeed, a dying Michael begs Lucifer to forgive him for everything that's happened between them. Lucifer refuses...because Lucifer blames his ''own'' mistakes for this. As far as he's concerned, none of this is Michael's fault.

''[Stitch then pushes Mertle off of her trike]''

* In ''Film/PitchPerfect'', Beca, the protagonist, goes all the way up to her love interest to apologize for being a {{Jerkass}} earlier. The love interest doesn't accept or even appear to want one, instead pointing out her flaws in driving people away.
* In the 2007 film ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'', Jess Aarons tried to apologize to his younger sister, May Belle, for pushing her because he was angry about [[spoiler:the death of Leslie Burke]] and told her he misses her talking to him, only for May Belle to ignore his apology by turning away from him.
* In ''Film/CrazyHeart'', Bad Blake tries to call his son after being absent for all of his life, only to find he wants absolutely nothing to do with him, and that during the time he had been gone, his ex-wife had died. [[DrowningMySorrows Blake doesn't take it well.]]

'''Trentino:''' ''[with a little chuckle]'' Oh -- you mean... worm?\\

'''Trentino:''' ''[thinking, then with a broad smile]'' Oh yes! -- UPSTART!\\

''[takes gloves from Trentino's breast pocket and [[GloveSlap socks him across the face]], and puts them in his own breast pocket; Trentino becomes apoplectic]''\\

* ''Film/{{Kruel}}'': Some time after Elliot goes missing, Jo goes to his mom to once more apologize for losing him (since he vanished while she was babysitting him). However, Elliott's mom bluntly tells her that her apology is meaningless because she's too hurt from Elliott's disappearance.

* ''Film/HalloweenEnds'': Played with. When Laurie Strode is grocery shopping, she meets a woman who starts yelling at her. Confused, she asks, "I'm sorry?" as in, "Who are you and what you talking about?" The woman gets even angrier and yells that sorry isn't good enough before revealing she is one of the many people who blame Laurie for Michael Myers' previous attacks.
* ''Film/PerfectAddiction'': Jax tries to apologize for cheating on Sienna, but she angrily rejects this.

* As quoted above, Music/OneRepublic's song "Apologize" is based ''entirely'' on this trope.
* Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's "All Cried Out".
-->'''Both:''' Don't you know the hurt will cause an inferno?\\
Romance up in flames, why should I take the blame?\\
You were the one who left me neglected.\\
'''Male:''' I'm so sorry.\\
'''Female:''' Apology not accepted, led me to the broken heart you collected.
* Despite her memories with him, Katy Perry burns up an (admittedly half-hearted) apology letter from her former boyfriend for something he did with another woman at the beginning of her ''Part of Me'' video.
* [=JoJo=]: "Too Little Too Late" is another song based on this trope because her likely narcissistic ex is now hoovering her as she is healing. "It's just too little too late, a little too wrong, and I can't wait. . ."

* In ''Theatre/{{Lizzie}}'', the title character does a variant of this. In her first solo song, "This is Not Love," she comments that her [[ParentalIncest sexually abusive]] father sometimes apologizes for his actions, but always ends up repeating them later. Lizzie understandably rejects these apologies, as well as his claims of loving her, albeit not to his face.

* ''Webcomic/DraculaRulerOfTheNight'': Minerva Westenra does this to the hunters, specifically Van Helsing [[spoiler: when Helsing apologizes for her being turned into a vampire and offers her "peace" (i.e staking). She shoots back that not only did he fail to protect Lucy from Dracula, but likewise kept what was ''really'' going on from her when she was under the impression Lucy's sickness was something standard. Minerva only found out otherwise ''after'' she was kidnapped by Dracula's brides, met Dracula himself, was bitten by her now vampirized daughter and became Dracula's most recent bride, and ''willingly'' joins Dracula's fight against the hunters stating that while Dracula may be a bloodsucking monster, at least he's honest in his intentions.]]

''[[[KickTheSonOfABitch Stitch then pushes Mertle off of her trike]]]''

* Averted in ''Film/VForVendetta'', where V's last victim is actually sorry for everything she has done to him. She expects him to use this trope, but he tells her it is never too late to apologize and gives her a painless death.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Miriam initially rejects Mei's apology for betraying her, Abby and Priya.