History Main / TragicBigot

* ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain Graydon Creed has this as his motivation to distinguish him from the other numerous anti-mutant villain characters. Despite [[MuggleBornOfMages being born an ordinary human, his parents were both mutants]], which might have been okay if they were two normal, well-adjusted people. Unfortunately for Graydon, his parents were ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}, two of the most evil mutants in history. Being mentally abused by Mystique for being "squeamish", and then abandoned in the streets of Europe once she realized he was not going to develop into a mutant, filled Graydon with a hatred of mutants that only increased when he found out [[SerialKiller who]] and ''what'' his DisappearedDad was. As an adult, he founds the anti-mutant hate group known as the Friends of Humanity, runs for president on an anti-mutant platform, and has every intention of rounding up mutants and sending them to internment camps upon being elected.

''Fanfic/{{Atonement}}'': Cassie Herren/Rune is an odd case. Her FreudianExcuse is that her parents and their associates were horrible racists, so she became a racist out of habit, ''even when she doesn't want to be''. She genuinely wants to redeem herself, but she accidentally sabotages her chances because she genuinely doesn't realize that casual racism ''isn't normal''. If Madison hadn't seen her as a kindred spirit and offered to help coach her on social skills, she'd probably have backslid to villainy.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}'' the young Enzo Matrix ends up becoming a Guardian and has to defend Mainframe from the virus Megabyte, who was on the verge of conquering the entire system. After a TimeSkip, an adult Matrix has an intense hatred towards all viruses.

** Teyrn Loghain mac Tir hates Orlais because of the years Ferelden spent subjugated under them and his experiences in the war that won his country's independence. It gets to the point that he would rather [[spoiler:betray King Cailan and become the BigBad]] than accept their help in fighting the darkspawn. It's tragic because he genuinely believes he's protecting his beloved homeland.

* On ''Series/{{Haven}}, [[SinisterMinister Reverend Driscoll]] hates the [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Troubled]] because he believes one of them killed his wife with their uncontrollable Trouble. He convinces himself they are cursed because they are outcasts of God and seeks to cleanse the town of them. The kicker is [[spoiler: his wife ''isn't'' dead. She faked her own death and took on a new identity because he was abusive.]]

The Tragic Bigot is a character who has developed an IrrationalHatred of a demographic, race, species, subculture or other group, as the result of a traumatic and tragic incident involving said group in the character's past. This typically manifests as the death of one or more of the bigot's loved ones, the utter ruination of the bigot's life, or something similarly horrible. As a good rule of thumb, the Tragic Bigot would be a straight-up [[TheWoobie woobie]] if they had come out of the incident without holding it against their tormenter's kind.

Another important distinction of the Tragic Bigot is that they aren't likely to resort to bullying or mockery like a standard bigot would. The Tragic Bigot doesn't see their hated demographic as inferior, but as evil.

* Rayet Areash from ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' is a remarkable version of this trope, being a Tragic ''BoomerangBigot'' . She herself is Martian, but after her father, one of the Martian agents on Earth responsible for the assassination of Princess Asseylum, is murdered by his superiors for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outliving his usefulness,]] she decides that [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal "all Martians are the enemy".]]

* Due to Future Trunks' backstory in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', he's very mistrusting of any Android, and refuses to help Android 16 when he is damaged for the simple reason that he's an Android. When he returns in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' he seems to have gotten over his issues, since he interacts with Android 18 peacefully and is glad to hear that she found happiness by settling down with Krillin.

*** Fisher Tiger (see page image) is particularly tragic. In his early years, his prejudice against humans was relatively mild, but after he was MadeASlave, he began to hate them despite himself. In his mind, he knew all humans weren't alike, and realized that hating them all was a horrible thing to do. He even freed both human and fishman when he attacked his former masters. But ultimately, he could never let go of how he was treated. He ''tried'', but he still couldn't stop himself from hating them. [[spoiler:To the point he died because he refused a blood transfusion from humans, much to his own disgust. He knew he'd die without it, he knew humans would gladly save him, but he ''still'' couldn't accept having human blood in him. However, he begged his crew not to tell the people of Fishman Island of his past as a slave or the ambush that killed him, hoping to stop the cycle of hate between the races.]]

** This is subverted by Hody Jones, the BigBad of the Fishman Island arc. [[spoiler: What did humans do to him (personally) to make him hate them? As Hody himself explains, "nothing." He has, however, witnessed everyone he cares about being mistreated and decided to style himself as the spirit of Fishman Vengeance, lashing out against not only humans, but even any fishmen sympathetic to humans.]]
** Jimbei and Hatchan think Nami is this, since she has a bad childhood with Arlong (their former comrade). However, thanks to Hatchan's general kindness and Jimbei's story (as well as the incident in Sabaody involving Camie the mermaid), Nami had lost all of her negative opinions towards fishmen as a whole by the time the Straw Hat Pirates arrived on Fishman Island. She still hates Arlong and the likes of Hody, but only because of their personal actions and not because of their species.

* Quite a few characters in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' developed hatred for the opposing species as a direct result of a personal trauma.

** Ayato was once a gentle and timid child, until their old human "Auntie" invited the Kirishima siblings into her home and promptly turned them over to [[HunterOfMonsters Investigators.]] The children barely escaped with their lives, and were forced to flee onto the streets where Ayato came to believe only the strong survive and humans are untrustworthy scum.

* Nighthawk from ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' is kind of a double whammy. His parents were murdered by white supremacists so he hates white society, but he ALSO targets people like black drug dealers or pimps because he considers them race traitors who prey on their own kind. He also doesn't like fellow black superhero Blur, and considers him an [[UncleTomfoolery Uncle Tom.]]
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': There are several Amazons who just can't get over their misandrist views even after Themyscira opens its borders, however, they are woman who were abused and murdered by men and then given new life in clay-formed bodies, and then betrayed by ComicBook/{{Hercules|Unbound}} and his men and turned into sex slaves before spending centuries in an isolationist state, and their experiences have understandably colored their opinions.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain Graydon Creed has this as his motivation to distinguish him from the other numerous anti-mutant villain characters. Despite [[MuggleBornOfMages being born an ordinary human, his parents were both mutants]], which might have been okay if they were two normal, well-adjusted people. Unfortunately for Graydon, his parents were ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}, two of the most evil mutants in history. Being mentally abused by Mystique for being "squeamish", and then abandoned in the streets of Europe once she realized he was not going to develop into a mutant, filled Graydon with a hatred of mutants than only increased when he found out [[SerialKiller who]] and ''what'' his DisappearedDad was. As an adult, he founds the anti-mutant hate group known as the Friends of Humanity, runs for president on an anti-mutant platform, and has every intention of rounding up mutants and sending them to internment camps upon being elected.

* In the ''Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}}'' series, Tom hates [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerks]] because he suffered with being controlled by two particularly cruel ones for three years.

* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'''s Killmonger. As the abandoned son of a Wakandan prince, Killmonger not only learned from his mother's side, of the African slave trade that oppressed black people in America until the Civil War (with the Wakandans refusing to help), but also grew up poor in the inner-city black ghetto of Oakland, where he experienced racism firsthand (including the deterioration of race-relations in America). What he plans to do is to rile up African nations and take over the world using Vibranium weapons, enslaving other races (primarily whites, but essentially anyone who is not black), let alone killing them once he takes power as the king of Wakanda.

* Rene Vorbretten in ''Literature/ACivilCampaign'' hates Cetagandans for killing his father in battle only to find that one of his ancestors was a Cetagandan. Tragic bigotry toward Cetagandans is not an uncommon attitude in Barrayar because of the brutal occupation and because bigotry is a common vice (if less fashionable in Gregor's reign then in earlier times) among Barryarans anyway. Komarrans are often bigoted toward Barrayarans for conquering them as well.

* The medical drama ''Series/TheFlyingDoctors'', which is set in Australia, had an episode where a [=WW2=] veteran rallies a campaign to prevent a Japanese business venture from setting up shop in the area, which is eventually revealed that its because he hates the Japanese for his brothers brutal death in the war. Nevermind that the businessmen in question were born decades after the war, it's a grudge he simply can't give up, and it's not resolved at the end of the episode, the business venture is simply forced to cancel its plans as they had no interest in trying to purchase land in a hostile area.

* The AntiVillain on one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' was a young man who, convinced he had been denied entrance to medical school because of affirmative-action quotas, went on a rampage of murdering every single woman he saw [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill with a machine pistol]] which he converted to full-automatic through Hollywood Engineering, all the while muttering crude misogynist slurs under his breath. We're allowed to feel at least a little sorry for him, however, because he's clearly insane, he cries when the police corner him, and he appears pretty remorseful and well-behaved at his trial. In fact, the theme of that episode was not actually affirmative action or hate crimes, but gun control. The case in that episode was based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecole_Polytechnique_massacre this real life murder spree]], for those curious.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} setting. In Rudolph van Richten's BackStory his son Erasmus was kidnapped by a [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} Vistani]] clan and sold him to a vampire. Van Richten tracked down the Vistani and (with a little help) killed all of them in a rage. When he found Erasmus, he learned that his son had been turned into a vampire and killed him. He hated all Vistani for years thereafter but eventually learned that not all Vistani are evil.

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' Plays this straight and also defies it. It's played straight for Dracula, who hated the humans after they took his (also human) wife, Lisa, and burned her alive because they thought she was a witch. However Alucard, Dracula and Lisa's {{Dhampyr}} son, was there when they killed her, and her last words [[DefiedTrope made sure that he at least would not go down the same path]]:

** There's also Zathrian, the Elven Keeper, who is extremely bigoted against humans and werewolves, since the werewolves are actually descendants of a group of humans who killed his son and raped his daughter centuries ago, [[spoiler:and whom he personally cursed to turn them into monsters]].

** The Enclave themselves could be seen as this, if you're willing to keep a ''[[ANaziByAnyOtherName really]]'' open mind. They were the descendants of members of the United States federal government, and found themselves in the ruins of the world's most dominant superpower surrounded by people who had little to no concept of the ideals their ancestors died to uphold. As a result, they considered themselves to be the [[MasterRace only true Americans]] and saw the wastelanders as mutated trespassers. Despite not having the numbers to repopulate the country on their own, they were blinded by HonorBeforeReason and decided [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum they'd rather let humanity die than watch America fall completely]]. The PlayerCharacter of ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' can help the creator of their genocide virus, Lt. Col. Dr. Charles Curling, break through this delusion, upon which he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes what he's done]] and turns on his own brothers to save humanity. After this and the destruction of their oil rig, the survivors are hunted down relentlessly by the New California Republic and Brotherhood of Steel. In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', RetiredMonster Onion Moreno was devastated by the loss of everything he had ever known and stated "kiss America goodbye, boys" as they were forced to flee Navarro.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', the Al Bhed are societal outcasts due to their use of machina technology, which the world-wide religion Yevon teaches are blasphemous and anger Sin, the EldritchAbomination that roams the world. That alone would probably make ReligiousBruiser Wakka opposed to them, but he didn't start hating the Al Bhed until his younger brother Chappu (who Wakka [[PromotionToParent practically raised after their parents died]]) was killed by Sin trying to fight alongside them using machina weapons rather than the sword Wakka tried to give Chappu.
** Meanwhile, in sequel ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', the Youth League has become an opposing faction to New Yevon because of the revelation that old Yevon [[spoiler: kept all of Spira in MedievalStasis and kept pointlessly sacrificing Summoners to stay in power]]. Thankfully, the Gullwings intervene before things get too dicey.

** There's also Panne the [[KillerRabbit Taguel]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', who is the [[LastOfHisKind sole surviving member]] of her race of shapeshifting giant rabbit monsters. Her entire warren (tribe/family/group) was slaughtered by a band of humans, and her mother, like Lisa above, told her not to hate all humans for this. Unlike Alucard, however, Panne didn't immediately take this plea to heart, and took quite a while to warm up to her human companions. She does eventually move past her hatred, however, and possibly has a child with one of the human men in the group.

* It's no secret that Machias of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' loathes the nobility with a burning passion, and always goes out of his way to express how they are the scum of the earth, despite several of his classmates being of noble blood. Thus begs the question of what happened that made him think that way. During the field study in Heimdallr, he tells the group that when he was a kid, his older cousin had an intimate relationship with a nobleman, and they were engaged to be married, but his family did not approve and spread rumors in order to split them apart. However, the rumors continued to circulate even after it was over, and Machias' cousin could no longer handle the slander she suffered, leading her to take her own life. Machias hated the noble and his family for causing his cousin's death, but it soon evolved into hatred towards the nobility in general. However, by the time he tells this story he states that his time with Class VII has taught him to deal with this and that Rean and Laura have shown him that nobles are capable of being good people.

** Just to make this one a tiny bit worse: It's implied that Shepard may have met both of her daughters on the Citadel. One was the Presidium receptionist; the other worked for the asari Consort..

** Rosie grew up in an area heavily-populated by Darcsen people, the game's [[FantasyCounterpartCulture equivalent to Jews/Gypsies]]. She's revealed in a bonus chapter to have lost her family to Darcsen hunters, after they burned her home to the ground thinking there were Darcsens inside it. She ultimately concluded that if there had been no Darcsens in her life, her family would be alive. By the time in the story this has been revealed, she's gotten over it from her experiences with Darcsen injustice and cruelties throughout the war.[[note]]There is a famously dark scene where Squad 7 witnesses a Darcen concentration camp (children included) having been burned to the ground by the fleeing Imperials, something Rosie found disgusting.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Alleria Windrunner. Despite being a good person in general she hates orcs passionately, mainly due to have last lived on Azeroth during the time of ''Warcraft II'', when the orcs were all [[AlwaysChaoticEvil bloodthirsty assholes]]. However, this was all because of the [[TheLegionsOfHell Burning Legion]] corrupting them (which no one on Azeroth knew about at the time), and they are no longer under their control. Despite this, she still hates them for what they did even after [[TheBusCameBack returning]] in ''Legion''.

** In turn, most members of the White Fang also qualify, since the group was created to combat the discrimination and oppression the Faunus faced at the hands of humanity. The reason the Schnee Dust Company is one of their primary targets is because the corporation routinely exploits the Faunus for what is effectively slave labor.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}'' the young Enzo Matrix ends up becoming a Guardian and has to defend Mainframe from the virus Megabyte, who was on the verge of conquering the entire system. After a TimeSkip, an adult Mtrix has an intense hatred towards all viruses.

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* While many British characters in ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' are racist without any excuse (due to DeliberateValuesDissonance), Barok van Zeiks is the only one who fits this trope. Late into the first game, he reveals that he hates the Japanese because he once had a Japanese friend who "betrayed" him, though he doesn't elaborate further. The sequel reveals that [[spoiler: this friend was convicted of being a SerialKiller. The same serial killer who ''murdered his brother''.]]

** [[TheLancer Major Kira]] bore quite a strong grudge against Cardassians thanks to her time as a member of the Bajoran resistance. Driven home when she has a few NotSoDifferent moments (given the Cardassians were basically [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Space Nazis]]). She got better about it over time, even becoming the best friend and biggest supporter of the half Bajoran, half Cardassian Ziyal.

* Pretty much ''everyone'' who hates humans in ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' has had a tragic encounter with them in one way or another. The biggest example is probably Ruby, whose tragic backstory (her parents both dying in a car crash with a human truck driver), while tragic, didn't reflect overly poorly on humanity (who else would there be to crash into, exactly?). However, she remains sympathetic because her Tragic Bigotry was actually nurtured and encouraged for her entire life by her psychotic witch mentor who wanted to use her in her plan to kill as many humans as possible.

->'''Eddie Valiant:''' Get this straight, meatball! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! Don't! Work! For Toons!]]\\

* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'''s Killmonger may count. As the abandoned son of a Wakandan prince, Killmonger not only learned from his mother's side, of the African slave trade that oppressed black people in America until the Civil War (with the Wakandans refusing to help), but also grew up poor in the inner-city black ghetto of Oakland, where he experienced racism firsthand (including the deterioration of race-relations in America). What he plans to do is to rile up African nations and take over the world using Vibranium weapons, enslaving other races (primarily whites, but essentially anyone who is not black), let alone killing them once he takes power as the king of Wakanda.

* While many British characters in ''VisualNovel/DaiGyakutenSaiban'' are racist without any excuse (due to DeliberateValuesDissonance), Barok van Zeiks is the only one who fits this trope. Late into the first game, he reveals that he hates the Japanese because he once had a Japanese friend who "betrayed" him, though he doesn't elaborate further. The sequel reveals that [[spoiler: this friend was convicted of being a SerialKiller. The same serial killer who ''murdered his brother''.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Krusty the Clown's one-time girlfriend and the mother of his daughter Sophie in the ''Simpsons'' episode "Insane Clown Poppy." After Krusty [[NiceJobBreakingItHero botched her assassination of Saddam Hussein]], she proclaimed right then and there that the only good clown is a dead one, as evidenced by the artwork she decorated her apartment with. Sophie, on the other hand, doesn't feel the same way.

The Tragic Bigot is a character who has developed an IrrationalHatred of a demographic, race, species, subculture or similar group, as the result of a traumatic and tragic incident involving that group in the character's past. This typically manifests as the death of one or more of the bigot's loved ones, the utter ruination of the bigot's life, or something similarly horrible. As a good rule of thumb, the Tragic Bigot would be a straight-up [[TheWoobie woobie]] if they had come out of the incident without holding it against their tormenter's kind.

->'''Eddie Valiant:''' Get this straight, meatball! I! Don't! Work! For Toons!\\

The Tragic Bigot is a character who has developed an IrrationalHatred of a demographic, race, species, subculture or sililar group, as the result of a traumatic and tragic incident involving that group in the character's past. This typically manifests as the death of one or more of the bigot's loved ones, the utter ruination of the bigot's life, or something similarly horrible. As a good rule of thumb, the Tragic Bigot would be a straight-up [[TheWoobie woobie]] if they had come out of the incident without holding it against their tormenter's kind.

The Tragic Bigot is a character who has developed an IrrationalHatred of a demographic, race, species, subculture, etc., as the result of a traumatic and tragic incident involving that group in the character's past. This typically manifests as the death of one or more of the bigot's loved ones, the utter ruination of the bigot's life, or something similarly horrible. As a good rule of thumb, the Tragic Bigot would be a straight-up [[TheWoobie woobie]] if they had come out of the incident without holding it against their tormenter's kind.

This also, however, can make a Tragic Bigot far more hurtful. Since the Tragic Bigot is often an otherwise good person, this gives their remarks far more sting because the characters who are the subjects of their bigotry can't simply dismiss them as a JerkAss and a lost cause they should just ignore. In fact, depending on how tragic the Tragic Bigot is and just how many of that group took part, it can sometimes cause characters in that group to doubt themselves and maybe even fear that the Tragic Bigot could be right about them. Unless said demographic is [[HumansAreBastards humans]], however, this rarely if ever lasts very long.

* ''Manga/AoNoFlag'': Kensuke is a deeply homophobic person, so much that [[spoiler:when he overhears his best friend coming out to a third party, he flies off into a rage and the two fight.]] He regrets that, but when he talks with Taichi, he reveals that [[spoiler:he was molested by a gay man in his youth. While he is aware that not every gay person is a molester and that his friend is an individual separated from the group, he still has a hard time separating the group from the incident.]]

* Rayet Areash from ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' is a remarkable version of this trope, being a Tragic ''BoomerangBigot'' . She herself is Martian, but after her father, one of the Martian agents on Earth responsible for the assassination of Princess Asseylum, is murdered by his superiors for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outliving his usefulness]], she decides that "[[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal all Martians are the enemy]]".
* ''Manga/AoNoFlag'': Kensuke is a deeply homophobic person, so much that [[spoiler:when he overhears his best friend coming out to a third party, he flies off into a rage and the two fight]]. He regrets that, but when he talks with Taichi, he reveals that [[spoiler:he was molested by a gay man in his youth. While he is aware that not every gay person is a molester and that his friend is an individual separated from the group, he still has a hard time separating the group from the incident.]]

* Acnologia from ''Manga/FairyTail'' became a [[TheDragonslayer Dragon Slayer]] who drove dragons to virtual extinction after they ate his family, burned down his hometown, and [[WouldHurtAChild attacked an innocent girl]] before his eyes, which ironically [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie transformed him into the very creature he despises]]. While that's the most the manga ever divulges, the [[AdaptationExpansion anime adaptation]] delves deeper than that: [[spoiler:He used to be TheMedic for the dragons of his home, which was protected by another dragon named Acnologia. When this dragon was nearly killed by Dragon Slayers, he went mad with fear and turned the other dragons against the humans without a second thought. This [[EtTuBrute sudden betrayal]], mixed with his utter powerlessness to save anybody, led the current Acnologia to take the treacherous dragon's name for himself to ensure that all dragons would suffer the same way he did.]]

*** Fisher Tiger (see page image) is particularly tragic. In his early years, his prejudice against humans was relatively mild, but after he was MadeASlave, he began to hate them despite himself. In his mind, he knew all humans weren't alike, and realized that hating them all was a horrible thing to do. He even freed both human and fishman when he attacked his former masters. But ultimately, he could never let go of how he was treated. He ''tried'', but he still couldn't stop himself from hating them. [[spoiler:To the point he died because he refused a blood transfusion from humans, much to his own disgust. He knew he'd die without it, he knew humans would gladly save him, but he ''still'' couldn't accept having human blood in him. However, he begged his crew not to tell the people of Fishman Island of his past as a slave or the ambush that killed him, hoping to stop the cycle of hate between the races]].

* {{Deconstructed}} with King Aultcray Melromarc in ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero''. He has a deep hatred for demihumans because they killed his family and took away his younger sister from him, and in turn also despises the Shield Hero because demihumans worship him as a god. As a result, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem he constantly goes out of his way to abuse his authority]] to make things harder for Naofumi, ranging from denying him support or rewards for his efforts to actively making him out to be a criminal, even risking war with other countries simply because of petty revenge [[MisplacedRetribution against a guy who hadn't personally slighted him in the least or even]] ''[[MisplacedRetribution knew]]'' [[MisplacedRetribution about what happened to him]].

** Ayato was once a gentle and timid child, until their old human "Auntie" invited the Kirishima siblings into her home and promptly turned them over to [[HunterOfMonsters Investigators]]. The children barely escaped with their lives, and were forced to flee onto the streets where Ayato came to believe only the strong survive and humans are untrustworthy scum.

* Nighthawk from ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' is kind of a double whammy. His parents were murdered by white supremacists so he hates white society, but he ALSO targets people like black drug dealers or pimps because he considers them race traitors who prey on their own kind. He also doesn't like fellow black superhero Blur, and considers him an [[UncleTomfoolery Uncle Tom]].
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': There are several Amazons who just can't get over their misandrist views even after Themyscira opens its borders, however they are woman who were abused and murdered by men and then given new life in clay formed bodies, and then betrayed by ComicBook/{{Hercules|Unbound}} and his men and turned into sex slaves before spending centuries in a isolationist state and their experiences have understandably colored their opinions.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain Graydon Creed has this as his motivation to distinguish him from the other numerous anti-mutant villain characters. Despite [[MuggleBornOfMages being born an ordinary human, his parents were both mutants]], which might have been okay if they were two normal, well-adjusted people. Unfortunately for Graydon, his parents were ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}, two of the most evil mutants in history. Being mentally abused by Mystique for being "squeamish", and then abandoned in the streets of Europe once she realized he was not going to develop into a mutant, filled Graydon with a hatred of mutants than only increased when he found out [[SerialKiller who]] and ''what'' his DisappearedDad was. As an adult he founds the anti-mutant hate group known as the Friends of Humanity, runs for president on an anti-mutant platform, and has every intention of rounding up mutants and sending them to internment camps upon being elected.

* ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'': Weiss is untrustworthy of [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]] and looks down upon them because many White Fang members have killed her family's peers and extended family. However, most of her bigotry stems from [[spoiler:trying to place the blame of her [[AbusiveParents father's abuse]] on anyone but her father]]. After joining RWBY and especially befriending (and [[InterspeciesRomance more]]) Blake, Weiss becomes a FormerBigot.

* Ending up far worse than Derek was Remy, the AntiVillain (and, believe it or not, one of the three protagonists) of Creator/JohnSingleton's ''Film/HigherLearning'' (1995). At the start of the film, he's actually the most sympathetic character (largely because of his [[TheWoobie Woobieness]]), but after too much bullying from the black kids in his college dormitory, and then [[PretenderDiss nonstop taunting from fellow skinheads]] who mock him for constantly ranting about doing something to avenge the white race but having never even fired a gun before, he buys a sniper rifle and [[spoiler: murders three students, the last of which is [[DrivenToSuicide himself]]]]. Remy never even believed in white supremacy [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex (and how could he have, using himself as an index?)]]; he just wanted to live in a fantasy world where his otherwise irrelevant existence automatically had meaning.
* Det. Spooner in ''Film/IRobot'' is an unrepentant bigot against robots, seeing them as cold, unfeeling {{Straw Vulcan}}s who would never understand the importance of emotion to the lives of humans. This stems from an incident where he was in a car accident and both vehicles ended up in a river; he was trapped in one car while the other had an eleven-year-old girl. A bystanding robot leapt to the rescue, but [[SadisticChoice calculated it would not have enough time to save both]] and chose him because his odds of survival were somewhat higher. A human, Spooner believes, [[HonorBeforeReason would have tried to save the child anyway]].

* In ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', Kirk can't keep up with the softening Federation attitude toward the Klingons, because he can't forgive them for killing his son. Unfortunately this puts him on the same page with the war hawks who'll do anything to prevent peace. The conspiracy sees him as the perfect patsy for assassinating Klingon Chancellor [[TheIdealist Gorkon]]. The Chancellor's dying words to Kirk, begging him to save the peace process, give him a HeelRealization.
* Eddie Valiant from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' used to love Toontown and the toons who lived there until a toon killed his brother, which left him bitter and resentful towards toons in general (aside from WesternAnimation/BettyBoop, who is the only toon he still seems to care for and have respect for), especially since he never found out which toon it was [[spoiler: until he finally confronts and defeats said toon at the end of the movie]].

* Near the beginning of ''Literature/TheMouseWatch'', we learn that Bernie Skampersky wants to join the titular HeroesRUs organization because she saw a rat kill her brother, causing her to hate and fear the entire species. When she's teamed up with another rookie, a rat named Jarvis Slinktail, she alternates between repeatedly accusing him of being [[TheMole a spy]] and starting to like him in spite of herself. When she learns that [[spoiler:the actual traitor is another mouse]], she has a JerkassRealization, apologizes to Jarvis, and accepts him as a friend and partner.

* Tobias Whale in ''Series/BlackLightning'' hates black people an awful lot, despite actually not being white as he might first appear but [[BoomerangBigot in fact an albino black man.]] The reason is that his [[ParentalAbuse abusive father]] always made sure to rub in that Tobias' white skin meant he wasn't a "real" black person. Partially [[JustifiedTrope justified]], as albinos of African descent tend to be looked down upon at best and murdered as disease-carriers or for their organs (something his boss, Lady Eve, lampshades in one episode) at worst.