History Main / UnsportsmanlikeGloating

Compare EvilGloating, CherryTapping, SecondPlaceIsForLosers, TauntButton, KickThemWhileTheyAreDown. Contrast GracefulLoser.

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* Azula after winning at volleyball in the BeachEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
-->''Yes! We defeated you for all time! You will never rise from the ashes of your shame and humiliation!''
** Sokka, Suki, and Toph engage in a little gloating at Ozai at the end of the GrandFinale.

** Marge objects after Bart wins a big soapbox car race and both he and Homer engage in this, even with Nelson being decidedly gracious in defeat. Bart defends his actions:
--->'''Bart:''' But Mom, I never won anything. And I'll probably never win again.
** The first half of the episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E8HomerAndNedsHailMaryPass Homer And Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]'' is about this trope: Homer does a ridiculous and over the top showboating dance after winning a carnival game, which gets recorded and uploaded to the internet, becoming a viral sensation. This causes many professional athletes to seek Homer in order to teach them how to showboat like that.

** [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]] embodies this trope. In fact, Kyle got him once by deciding not to be annoyed he lost and humbly acknowledging Cartman's victory. Cartman was furious.
*** Not only that, he seems to care more about the gloating rather than the reward itself. In "Christian Rock Hard" he was furious about the bet's ExactWords biting him on the ass, not caring about how successful his band had become.
** That jerk ''professional'' skier who challenged Stan to a ski race in the episode "Asspen" despite being many years older than Stan and being super-experienced (whereas Stan was just learning). Stan knew he was going to lose, he acknowledged that he'd lose, and he participated only so when he lost the other guy would leave him alone. That didn't stop the other guy from rubbing it in Stan's face. Of course, this was a parody of underdog sports movies.
** From "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E4ScottTenormanMustDie Scott Tenorman Must Die]]"
--->'''Cartman:''' "Yes! Yesss!! Oh, let me taste your tears, Scott! Mm, your tears are so yummy and sweet."\\
'''Cartman:''' "Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah! [[CrossesTheLineTwice I made you eat your parents!]] Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah!"
** And in addition to that, there's also Randy Marsh during the Pinewood Derby. He pretty much gloats and mocks the rival's father, who later suicides.
** In "Breast Cancer Show Ever" Cartman repeatedly humiliates Wendy. When she challenges him to a fight, he goes to pathetic lengths to keep that from happening. After getting her to promise not to fight him (by lying to her parents) he continues to gloat and humiliate her, which leads to his epic brutal beatdown at the hands of a girl.
* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
** In the episode "Driven to Tears," Patrick takes Mrs. Puff's driving test after [=SpongeBob=] fails it yet again, believing it to be rigged... and passes with a perfect score on his first attempt. From there, the entire episode consists of Patrick rubbing his new license and car in [=SpongeBob's=] face every possible chance he gets, declaring himself a "driving genius".
** "Skill Crane" had Squidward becoming obsessed with winning a prize from a crane machine. Once he gets one, however, he starts gloating like crazy.
--->'''Skill Crane''': You lose! [''Kid sighs'']\\
'''Squidward''': You didn't win the prize?\\
'''Kid''': No.\\
'''Squidward''': You know what that means?\\
'''Kid''': No, what?\\
'''Squidward''': It means... you have no skills and you're a loser! ''[laughs]'' ''I'm a winner, see my prize! You're a loser who sits and cries!'' [''laughs; then [[AgonyOfTheFeet kid kicks him in the shin]]''] Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

* [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Gravity Falls]]: Grunkle Stan seems to like to do this.
** Also, in the episode "Little Dipper', the reason why Mabel teases Dipper about being shorter than her is that he always rubs it in Mabel's face whenever she loses to him.
* In the second ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, Michelangelo will often do this after beating his brothers at something. He even uses this with a combination of BreakThemByTalking on Raphael when he was paired against him in the Battle Nexus Arc, and given Raphael's HairTriggerTemper, you can guess if it worked.
** In the ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012]]'' version, Raphael is usually AlwaysSecondBest to Leo. However, if Raph manages to get a win over Leo, he will take great pleasure in rubbing it in Leo's face. Even if it's for the majority of an episode!
* Mertle from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' just loves to do this after she wins.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
** Hank's old high school rivals won the state championship decades ago due to Hank breaking his ankle, and every day on the anniversary of their win, find every member of the old team (Hank especially) and gloat. To the point of barging into their home while eating dinner. Decades later.
*** In order to put an end to it, Hank [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether gets the team back together]] and challenges the other team to a rematch; they end up winning, and [[HypocriticalHumor a year later they're rubbing it in the other team's faces]].
** That same game was the reason why Hank himself is against this trope. When he scored a touchdown, he did a goofy victory dance which re-watching the footage as an adult [[OldShame ashamed him]]. He told Bobby that his ankle breaking, which cost the game, was "God punishing [him] for showboating".
** Another episode has Bobby and Peggy betting on mundane things. What are they betting on? Bragging rights, specifically the kind that let you act like a total jerk. Later they move to reverse bragging rights, meaning you need to shower the winner with praise.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' D.W. beats her brother at checkers and starts singing and dancing about "I was checker champ and Arthur checker chump!" -- for an ''entire year''.
* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny has an unfortunate habit of stooping to this level on occasion, which sometimes comes back to bite him in the tail, such as in ''WesternAnimation/BullyForBugs'' when it turns out Toro isn't quite as defeated as Bugs thinks.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has, in one episode via flashback, Big Macintosh loses a turkey call contest for the first time in six years... to Pinkie Pie, no less. When this revelation is made, [[JerkAss cue Pinkie Pie bouncing by and bragging about her victory, appearing solely to gloat-]]
--> '''Pinkie Pie:''' Lost his voice, ''and'' the title! ''[[[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown Bounces off, making more turkey calls as she leaves]]]''
** Season 6 episode "Buckball Season" had Applejack have Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Snails (yes, really) sub for them in a game against her cousin, Braeburn. After Ponyville wins in a very close game, [[GracefulLoser Braeburn and his team congratulate Ponyville on their win]]. Dash naturally soils this a bit by claiming "[Ponyville] whooped the hooves off them!". Again, it was a ''close'' game and both Pinkie and Fluttershy admitted that Breaburn's team was very good and really pushed them to their limits.
* AJ in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' partakes in this in the episode "Smarty Pants," openly bragging about his straight As and seizing virtually every opportunity to rub them in [[BookDumb Timmy's]] face. Timmy later turns this around after obtaining Nigh Omniscience via his Fairy Godparents, and rubs his own victories into AJ's face, causing the latter to [[HypocriticalHumor become furious with envy]]. Then finally, at the end of the episode, this comes back to bite AJ ''once again'' when he wins a trophy... and promptly spikes it into the ground in a show of gloating, breaking it.
-->'''AJ''': Aww, man! [[LampshadeHanging I really gotta work on the gloating.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In the episode "Game Over," every time Dee Dee beats Dexter at video games, she relentlessly rubs it in his face, dancing around the room and chanting "I won!"... and yet, [[HypocriticalHumor she has the audacity]] to call him a SoreLoser when he tells her he doesn't want to play games with her anymore.
** The episode "Game for a Game" has Dee Dee ask Dexter to play board games with her during a rainy day, and after she beats him at their first attempt and boasts that he can beat Dexter at ''any'' game, Dexter designs his own games. Not only does he stack the deck heavily in favor for himself, but he also acts like a douche about beating Dee Dee in games she really had no chance of winning.
* Not only is Quagmire a sore loser on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', but he's also a very poor winner. He's extremely competitive and hurls abuse at his opponents if he wins and his own teammates if they lose.
** Peter, when playing for the New England Patriots, would do this after scoring a single touchdown by singing [[Theatre/TheMusicMan Shipoopi]] ([[ExaggeratedTrope and having the entire stadium sing along, too]]), angering Tom Brady enough to kick him off the team.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': If Mr. Cat ever wins anything, the first thing he does is yell "I WON!" and make fun of the loser(s) of the game. An example is in Episode 85 where he wins a debate against Kaeloo (by cheating), and his response is to jump up from the table, [[BullyingADragon throw a mallet at Kaeloo]], and run around yelling about how he won.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lynn, as seen in the episode "Lynner Take All", is the undisputed queen of this trope. The plot has the rest of the Loud siblings team up to try to beat her at a board game, simply because they're that sick of her excessive gloating whenever she wins such as writing "loser" on her sisters' foreheads (and shaving it on Lincoln's head) and making confetti out of their homework.
* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'': Whenever Otto Rocket wins something, no matter who you are, even if you're his best friends, he will rub his victory in their face. This is due to him [[ItsAllAboutMe believing he's better at sports than anyone else and always believe he should be the center of the fame]]. Of course, if he ever loses at something, he usually [[SoreLoser doesn't take it well]]. If he feels like he is losing at something, he will go far to cheat in order to get his way. Fortunately, his [[CheatersNeverProsper cheating always comes back to bite him]].
* A case of this caused [[FallenHero Jingles Morgan's]] StartOfDarkness in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}''. In a duel against fellow lawman Salaman Bliss, Morgan lost badly and got knocked into the mud outside the ring. Bliss, not content with his victory, started laughing his ass off and [[BullyingADragon mocking Morgan]]... until Morgan, in a fit of rage over being humiliated like that, [[DisproportionateRetribution pulled his pistol and shot Bliss dead]]. Morgan ended up on the run for murder and became the very sort of selfish criminal he once fought.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/HarrietTheSpy'' had Harriet win against long-time rival, Marion Hawthorne (who always beat her in everything else), in a game of tetherball. Instead of shaking her competitor's hand, Harriet decides to just walk away with a smug grin on her face. Justified, since at the time, Harriet was angry and hurt at the thought of her nanny, Ole Golly, leaving her forever that very day, and she took her anger out on everyone else.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBXQlGNAx_Q This ping-pong match video]] starts with the score 10-0. Upon winning, the blue player launches into a minute-long singing, dancing, swaggering taunt of his opponent, culminating with getting in his face and saying "How does it feel to lose?" Subverted when the camera pans back to the judges' table [[spoiler:to show that [[LaserGuidedKarma the score is now 10-1.]]]]

A SisterTrope to SoreLoser, and they are often the same character because the more gloating and ungracious a character is in victory, the more sulky and ungracious they'll be in defeat. Ironically, UnsportsmanlikeGloating can also make a SoreLoser (if they're different people in question) look sympathetic InUniverse and out.

* "Sports Song" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic uses the traditional "fight song"-type marching band to deliver a version that goes just a bit too far. Particularly the "We're great, And you suck" refrain in the middle.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' allows and even encourages players to use emotes such as /laugh, /pity, and /hug on the bodies of their recently-deceased enemies. [[TheUndead The Forsaken]] can even ''eat'' the corpse. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential Corpsecamping the opponent]] can be considered a more extreme version of this, making sure that the enemy stays down. You can also teabag dead enemies, as mentioned below.
** Droppable banners were recently added to the game, which grant a buff to nearby players... or can be dropped on corpses to humiliate them. There even exists the Banner of Ownership, which shoves a banner with a mocking thumbs-down emblem into the corpse of an enemy.

* In the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' games, several of Little Mac's opponents will laugh evilly when they beat him. Overall Soda Popinski is probably the worst, doing so every time he even knocks you down, but Great Tiger and Aran Ryan in the Wii version ''really'' take the cake: Great Tiger deliberately conjures up extra illusions of himself so ''more of him'' can laugh at you, while Aran Ryan actually hovers over Little Mac and hurls insults while he struggles to stand:
--> You probably got cheeseburgers in those gloves, have ya Mac?!

* ''VideoGame/SonicColors''
-->'''Sonic''': ''(gloating over a defeated boss)'' Wow, sometimes I even impress myself! For a second there I wasn't sure I was going to pull it off... Oh, who am I kidding, we ''both'' knew how this would end.\\
'''Tails''': Uh, are you ''talking'' to the broken robot who can't hear you?\\
'''Sonic''': ...Maybe. That's between me and the robot.
* ''Everybody'' in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games do this, using their victory quote to gloat over their fallen and often visibly injured opponent.
* Since the TauntButton was implemented in Fighting Games, most of them do not permit taunting after a round is finished to avoid this behavior (in-game, of course). Notable exceptions include ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'', and the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series. In ''Guilty Gear'', however, taunting the opponent when a round is over will give him a full super meter the next round.
** Even before the taunt button most fighting game characters do a victory animation and/or voice-over after each win. While most of them just celebrate their victory, particularly villainous or anti-heroic fighters may insult the defeated opponent. Expect an EvilLaugh or very encouraging dialogue like "Weak!", "Too easy." or "Is that all you've got?"

* Expect this to happen on the Playstation Network or X-Box Live with certain gamers, ''especially'' if they win a measly round after losing multiple times to the same player.

* ''{{VideoGame/Aquapazza}}'', Ma-ryan is all about this, complete with an annoying NoblewomansLaugh.

* In ''Videogame/DarkSoulsII'' "Crown of the Sunken King", Black Phantom [[spoiler:Jester Thomas]] will mock you if he manages to kill you. No other Black Phantom does this.

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', Malva does this if she actually manages to defeat the player.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' had a rash of players chatting "gg ez" after winning a game, which Blizzard countered by having the comment automatically replaced with a phrase suggesting the player's lack of self-confidence and\or need for validation.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'' has a limited communication system with strangers, restricting you to one of six emotes by your hero. Use of this system veers toward this trope if a player spams it before going for the kill. Not helping matters is the subtly condescending voice acting each hero has with their lines (The "Sorry" emote was removed because it was the most easily interpreted as condescending). Other forms of this trope involve showing off as much as the player can do before closing in for the kill, including wiping the rest of the board. Such practices are known as BM (Bad Manners).
* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'':
** Squidbagging[[note]]or octobagging, if you're playing an Octoling[[/note]] (rapidly switching from squid to humanoid form after a kill) is highly frowned upon... in [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]]. It's rare for a PvE Salmon Run match ''not'' to end with a squid party (i.e., ''everyone'' on your team squidbagging in celebration).
** Callie engages in this after winning the "Naughty vs. Nice" Splatfest in the first game, as does Marie after winning the Early Bird vs Night Owl splatfest.
** Given MemeAcknowledgment in the second game's ''Octo Expansion'' campaign: [[spoiler:[[RogueProtagonist Agent 3]] will occasionally indulge in a bit of squidbagging, which makes their [[ThatOneBoss brutal difficulty]] that much worse]].
** Whenever Pearl wins a Splatfest, she accentuates her victory by rapping about her side being better than Marina's. Marina tried to let it slide for a while, but after losing three in a row, it's clear she had enough.
--->'''Marina''': ''(interrupting Pearl's rapping)'' [[BigShutUp OMG. SHUT UP ALREADY, PEARL!]]
** Marina has unused dialogue for the "Salsa vs Guacamole" Splatfest where, if Team Guacamole won, she would have bragged about her winning streak and cockily state that she'll win the next one as well, meaning all the idols have done this at some point.
** Shiver herself became notable for this after having won only the first two splatfests of [[VideoGame/Splatoon3 the third game]], boasting about it on the announcement of the third. Frye is less than amused how full of herself Shiver got so soon.
* In ''VideoGame/MaxAnAutisticJourney'', after Max finishes his homework, he plays with his older brother and stepsiblings. If he wins a race against his stepbrother Charles (which isn't all that hard), he ends up gloating until Charles gets upset and runs to Stef, Max's father.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Incineroar]] does this after connecting with a powerful attack. It's appropriate since it's based on a wrestling {{heel}}.
* ''VideoGame/BattleTech'': Finishing the "Extracurricular Activities" Flashpoint (wherein you hunt down the son of a political rival of your employer and humiliate him by killing his unit) ends with your employer mentions he's got to practice one of these for next time he meets his rival, adding that "the art of the gloat takes practice, and I intend to expose the bastard to a masterclass in ridicule".
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'':, at least the Battle Royale portion, the numerous emotes are used to rub in getting a kill or a Victory. Such emotes include "Take the L" where the player showboats with an L in their hand while distorted music plays, "Laugh It Up" where the player laughs loudly like a donkey. Even the several dances like the Floss or the Hype dance can make players upset when it's used against them.
* ''VideoGame/ClubhouseGames: 51 Worldwide Classics'' points out that some traditions allow winners of mancala to mock the loser as much as they want. The loser isn't allowed to get mad or say anything.
* ''VideoGame/BugFables'': After returning from Snakemouth Den with the artifact, Vi gleefully rubs it in Eetl's face, since he had been so opposed to her going. Kabbu and Leif even lampshade it.
* ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series:
** ''VideoGame/WarioWareGold'':
*** If you fail his games, Wario Deluxe give this response. Not so much for the others reacting to your failures, with them giving you a WhatTheHellHero response.
----> '''Wario Deluxe:''' Ha! Rookie!\\
'''Wario Deluxe:''' Aw, giving up!? (If you fail three microgames in a row.)\\
'''Wario Deluxe:''' Aw, too bad! (If your failure leaves you with one life left provided you cleared the previous microgame or the one before it.)\\
'''Wario Deluxe:''' Done so soon? (Game-over line.)
*** If you fail his Microgames, 18-Volt also ends up on the receiving end (saying, [[WhatTheHellPlayer "Whatcha doing?"]]) as 13-Amp performs her triumphant pose.
** ''VideoGame/WarioWareGetItTogether'': If you fail his microgames, the Wario Bug will wave his hands to taunt the player and even cause you to [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou hallucinate for the animation]] just to rub it in your face.
* In Chapter 2 of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', if you lose to Queen in her final boss fight, she'll teabag you repeatedly before letting out a NoblewomansLaugh at your face.
* ''VideoGame/MagicalTetrisChallenge'': When Donald wins a match, he points and laughs in a very exaggerated, mocking way.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Everyone's favorite {{Jerkass}}, Paul/Shinji. In one of his many dick moves, right after he battled Veilstone Gym Leader Maylene, [[CurbStompBattle took out her team with ease]] and received his Cobble Badge, Paul [[SarcasmMode gave a glowing critique on her skill as a Gym Leader]]:

** In the Unova arc, this is apparently the reasoning behind Burgundy's bitter resentment towards Cilan after he beat her in a Gym battle and decided to rub it in her face. He doesn't remember doing that at all, [[SelfServingMemory implying that Burgundy exaggerated her loss]].
** While not as bad as the two above, [[TheHero Ash himself]] could be prone to this in his worst moments during the first seasons, like when he beat Mandi in his first Indigo League match using only Krabby (which evolved to Kingler during the match, but still), he went to jump around overexcited and showing off to the camera. Thankfully, [[CharacterDevelopment over time he dropped this trait]].

-->'''Schlock:''' I'm sorry, but I don't have time to gloat.

* ''Webcomic/{{Original Life}}'': [[http://www.jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2009/09/034.html Here]], over volleyball.

* Azula in the BeachEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
** Sokka, Suki, and Toph engage in a little gloating at the end of the GrandFinale.

* In the 2017 Junior League World Series softball tournament, Atlee defeated host Kirkland 1-0 in the semifinal round, and proceeded to gloat about the shutout win on social media by posting a picture of the team flipping off the camera with the words "watch out host". The Little League was not amused by Atlee's stunt, and disqualified them from the tournament for unsportsmanlike conduct, giving their spot in the final round to Kirkland instead.

** Shiver herself became notable for this after having won only the first two splatfests of the third game, boasting about it on the announcement of the third. Frye is less than amused how full of herself Shiver got so soon.