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* In ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', a variation of this happens with Maria Campbell, who was the protagonist of Fortune Lover. Since she got into the Magic Academy [[MageBornOfMuggles despite being a commoner]], is one of the best students in her grade and possesses the rare ability to use {{light|emup}} magic, some of her noble schoolmates are jealous, while some commoners in her hometown spread rumors about her being the illegitimate child of a nobleman. In the original game, Maria also attracted the ire of Catarina, the villainess of the game (and the protagonist of the main series), by virtue of winning the heart of Prince Geordo or Keith, respectively Catarina's fiance and adoptive brother. While [[NiceGirl Maria is not the type to retaliate against her bullies]], someone with her magical talent is likely to become powerful and respected, especially when the universe is effectively a {{magocracy}}, ''and'' especially if she marries into the royal family, so the bullies should know better than to get on her bad side.[[note]]In fact, in the light novel, the cast realizes that those who falsely accused Catarina of bullying Maria [[spoiler:had been controlled through dark magic]], because the accusers would know better than to antagonize Duke Claes' daughter.[[/note]] Of course, in the game, [[StupidEvil Catarina doesn't know any better]], which gets her exiled in Geordo and Keith's good endings and killed in their bad endings.

** Duel Academy is full of people like this (fans call them "Obelisk snobs") who think that Judai is a wimp simply because the red jacket signifies the Osiris Dorm (which he could have been promoted out of as early as the first season if he had wanted to). No matter how many {{Eldritch Abomination}}s he defeats and [[DeadlyGame Shadow Duels]] he survives throughout the series, the rich upperclassmen never seem to learn. (More than likely, most Obelisk students got there because they had rich parents.)
** In the dub, Chazz had to deal with a guy like this too shortly after being demoted to Osiris, despite formerly being one of the few competent members of the Obelisk dorm. The guy's name in the dub was "Reginald van Howell III"; a more generic name for a spoiled rich kid there ain't, and his deck was barely better than a Warrior Toolbox. Interestingly, in the original version the kid actually looked up to Manjoume.

* ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'': There are a number of humans who enjoy antagonizing liminals (monsters). Pretty stupid, since the monster girls of the series can easily hurt people just by accident. Sure, strict laws mean liminals could be deported for harming humans by fighting back, but that's not going to save you if a pissed-off lamia decides to crush your spine or an angry centaur puts a hoof through your skull. Rachnera shows off just how dumb having blind faith that the law will protect you from retaliation multiple times, since unlike the rest of the main characters, she ''doesn't'' care about obeying the law.

* ''Lightnovel/WorteniaSenki'' has this happen as national policy! All the countries in that world think that the best way to garner the loyalty of people they summon from Earth, precisely because they harvest "prana", a magical energy that makes them stronger the more they kill, far more efficiently than themselves is to slap them with [[InstantAllegianceArtifact a magic ritual that prevents them from even thinking about refusing orders or betraying them]]... fair enough... but then they go and abuse them, treating them worse than slaves, and if their lovers got brought with them? Rape said lovers until they're broken beyond repair ''right before their eyes'' and either kill said lovers, or "give them back" to the newly minted [[SuperSoldier Super Soldiers]] as broken dolls... [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Yeah...]]

** Duel Academy is full of people like this (fans call them "Obelisk snobs") who think that Judai is a wimp simply because the red jacket signifies the Osiris Dorm (which he could have been promoted out of as early as the first season if he had wanted to). No many how many {{Eldritch Abomination}}s he defeats and [[DeadlyGame Shadow Duels]] he survives throughout the series, the rich upperclassmen never seem to learn. (More than likely, most Obelisk students got there because they had rich parents.)

* In ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', a variation of this happens with Maria Campbell, who was the protagonist of Fortune Lover. Since she got into the Magic Academy despite being a commoner, is one of the best students in her grade and possesses the rare ability to use light magic, some of her noble schoolmates are jealous, while some commoners in her hometown spread rumors about her being the illegitimate child of a nobleman. In the original game, Maria also attracted the ire of Catarina, the villainess of the game (and the protagonist of the main series), by virtue of winning the heart of Prince Geordo or Keith, respectively Catarina's fiance and adoptive brother. While [[NiceGirl Maria is not the type to retaliate against her bullies]], someone with her magical talent is likely to become powerful and respected, especially if she marries into the royal family, so the bullies should know better than to get on her bad side.[[note]]In fact, in the light novel, the cast realizes that those who falsely accused Catarina of bullying Maria [[spoiler:had been controlled through dark magic]], because the accusers would know better than to antagonize Duke Claes' daughter.[[/note]] Of course, in the game, [[StupidEvil Catarina doesn't know any better]], which gets her exiled in Geordo and Keith's good endings and killed in their bad endings.

* ''Literature/{{Gate}}'': When a mysterious "Gate" appears in the Ginza district of Modern Day Tokyo - Japan, a wave of classical roman/medieval troops attack the innocent civilians in it? Sure, [[TooDumbToLive go ahead.]] [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong What could go wrong with that?]]

* ''Literature/{{Gate}}'': When a mysterious "Gate" appears in the Ginza district of Modern Day Tokyo - Japan, a wave of classical roman/medieval troops attack the innocent civilians in it? Sure, [[TooDumbToLive go ahead.]] [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong what could go wrong with that?]]

* ''Literature/Gate'': When a mysterious "Gate" appears in the Ginza district of Modern Day Tokyo - Japan, a wave of classical roman/medieval troops attack the innocent civilians in it? Sure, [[TooDumbToLive go ahead.]] [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong what could go wrong with that?]]

* ''Literature/Gate'': When a mysterious "Gate" appears in the Ginza district of Modern Day Tokyo - Japan, a wave of classical roman/medieval troops attack the innocent civilians in it? Sure, go ahead, [[WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen what could go wrong with that?]]

** It's not like they have any choice in the matter as their [[BadBoss bosses]] WILL kill them if they run away from Kenshiro. Sucks to be a mook in the world of Hokuto no Ken.

* ''Manga/UchiNoMusumeNiTeODasuNa'': After years of battling [[FlyingBrick Athena]], you'd think Blowjob would know by now that they ''[[TemptingFate shouldn't]]'' underestimate her. And yet...

* ''Manga/{{Daily Life With Monster Girl}}'': There are a number of humans who enjoy antagonizing liminals (monsters). Pretty stupid, since the monster girls of the series can easily hurt people just by accident. Sure, strict laws mean liminals could be deported for harming humans by fighting back, but that's not going to save you if a pissed-off lamia decides to crush your spine or an angry centaur puts a hoof through your skull. Rachnera shows off just how dumb having blind faith that the law will protect you from retaliation multiple times, since unlike the rest of the main characters, she ''doesn't'' care about obeying the law.

* Espers in ''Manga/ZettaiKarenChildren'' are treated with suspicion at best and as non-human scum at worst. So bad that one of said dragons will grow up to be the "Queen of Disaster" within the span of 10 years. The Children's previous handler, a representative from ''[[SadistTeacher the education department]]'', used ''shock collars'' on the girls in order to control them. [[spoiler:She had a FreudianExcuse, though: her own mother was equally sadistic and would lock her up if she wasn't "perfect".]]

** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Unlike his father who favored the carrot (cake), Babidi preferred to use the stick in controlling Buu. Whenever Buu showed some disobedience, Babidi would threaten to reseal the monster. This continued until Goku scolded Buu for letting such a weak coward order him around, and Babidi shortly thereafter found himself lacking a head.

* In ''The Ultimate Time Sweeper Mahoroba'', the country of Dokoku repeatedly picks fights with the titular ship for no other reason they consider all the oceans their home waters (even calling their navy the Earth Navy) and the ''Mahoroba'' supposedly trespasses simply by ''existing'', in spite of being humiliated at every encounter while their captain continues telling them "You aren't our enemy!". Eventually the ''Mahoroba'' reveals itself as an incredibly powerful space battleship capable of time travel, so Hellghost, the president of Dokoku, orders to leave it alone... And to investigate the remains of the battleship ''Musashi'', when the ''one thing'' the captain of the ''Mahoroba'' told them not to do being to come too close to the ship. ''This'' finally gets the ''Mahoroba'' to strike first and make an outright threat, as they didn't consider Dokoku a threat but [[BerserkButton they won't forgive anyone messing with the]] ''[[BerserkButton Musashi]]''.

* In ''The Ultimate Time Sweeper Mahoroba'', the country of Dokoku repeatedly picks fights with the titular ship for no other reason they consider all the oceans their home waters (even calling their navy the Earth Navy) and the ''Mahoroba'' supposedly trespasses simply by ''existing'', in spite of being humiliated at every encounter while their captain continues telling them "You aren't our enemy!". Eventually the ''Mahoroba'' reveals itself as an incredibly powerful space battleship capable of time travel, so Hellghost, the president of Dokoku, orders to leave it alone... And to investigate the remains of the battleship ''Musashi'', when the ''one thing'' the captain of the ''Mahoroba'' told them not to do being to come too close to the ship. This is the one encounter where the ''Mahoroba'' actually attacks first, following by calling Hellghost directly and threatening to come ''for him'' if Dokoku tries again.

* ''LightNovel/TheMisfitOfDemonKingAcademy'': Anos Voldigoad is ''insanely'' powerful and skilled. Some of his feats including disintegrating an opponent by snapping his fingers, then immediately resurrecting him over and over again, and ripping a castle out of the ground and hurling into the sky. Despite the fact that he is obviously way more powerful than most full-blooded demons, they still mock or antagonize him [[FantasticRacism just because he's a human/demon hybrid]].

* In ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', a variation of this happens with Maria Campbell, who was the protagonist of Fortune Lover. Since she got into the Magic Academy despite being a commoner, is one of the best students in her grade and possesses the rare ability to use light magic, some of her noble schoolmates are jealous, while some commoners in her hometown spread rumors about her being the illegitimate child of a nobleman. In the original game, Maria also attracted the ire of Catarina, the villainess of the game (and the protagonist of the main series), by virtue of winning the heart of Prince Geordo or Keith, respectively Catarina's fiance and adoptive brother. While [[NiceGirl Maria is not the type to retaliate against her bullies]], someone with her magical talent is likely to become powerful and respected, especially if she marries into the royal family, so the bullies should know better than to get on her bad side.[[note]]In fact, in the light novel, the cast realizes that those who falsely accused Catarina of bullying Maria [[spoiler:had been controlled through dark magic]], because the accusers would know better than to antagonize Duke Claes' daughter.[[/note]] Of course, in the game, [[StupidEvil Catarina doesn't know any better]], which gets her exiled in Geordo and Keith's good endings and killed in their bad endings.

* ''Manga/ElfenLied'': When you're pinned down by the monster with the ability to rip you to shreds with their crazy invisible psychic arms, it's probably a good idea NOT to antagonize them. When one character threatens to kill said monster next time he sees her, the monster solves that problem...[[EyeScream by gouging out the man's eyes]].

* In ''Manga/TheVoynichHotel'', even after being told by Ashkelon to watch his step around her, Holon taunts Helena about the diminished state of the Mothers when she confronts him after [[spoiler:he dismembers Berna]]. She smashes him across the room and then snaps off his remaining horn in contempt as he lies stunned and bloodied. [[spoiler:He only saves himself from getting killed by agreeing to close down his hotel and become a guest at the Voynich.]]

* The entire (literal) plot of SohryudenLegendOfTheDragonKings, which basically had the bad guys deliberately torment each of the four titular brothers to release their dragon nature, and then inevitably get their asses kicked by them when they did.

* During the [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games]] arc in ''Manga/FairyTail'', the members of Sabretooth keep doing this to a ridiculous extent. Whether it's Sting assuming he can beat Natsu despite seeing his strength and determination first-hand, Olga deciding that the best course of action would be to attack [[WorldsStrongestMan one of the Ten Wizard Saints]] head-on that days prior he witnessed surpassing his own MPF score ''twice over'', or Minerva kidnapping and torturing a mutual friend of her opponents despite knowing (and exploiting the fact) that the series runs on ThePowerOfFriendship (granted, she was counting on them both beating each other down and leaving the victor easy pickings), they never seem to learn until they're eventually defeated ([[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope with the exception of Minerva, who just gets worse]]).

* ''Manga/{{Daily Life With Monster Girl}}'': There are a number of humans who enjoy antagonizing liminals (monsters). Pretty stupid, since the monster girls of the series can easily hurt people just by accident. Yet, actually a semi-justified example, as strict laws mean liminals could be deported for harming humans by fighting back.

** A literal and double case of this happens in the Sabaody Archipelago arc with Saint Charloss, one of the World Nobles, a.k.a. the Celestial Dragons, living proof that AristocratsAreEvil. See, about 99% of ordinary civilians familiar with the Celestial Dragons would gladly form into an angry mob and lynch them without a second of hesitation if they could, but you can't attack a Celestial Dragon, because if you do, they'll call an Admiral and a warship to come attack you. So, Saint Charloss decided to shoot one of Luffy's new friends and enslave him, but he was unaware of two little details when he pulled the trigger: the one he attacked was Luffy's friend, and Luffy ''does not care'' about consequences. [[BerserkButton Attack his friends]], and you're on the fast track to death's door, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB-2pNWspRo here]].

*** The World Nobles in general are so convinced of their superiority over commoners that they'll continue to insist on it even when it makes no sense. The prime example is Saint Mjosgard, who, when some of his Fishman slaves escaped, went off to Fishman Island to demand that they be returned to him. He gets into a shipwreck along the way, which leaves him as the only survivor. Alone, injured, and with no way to contact the Admirals, he ''still'' feels the need to mouth off to the Fishmen, even though the World Government had every reason to think that he was already dead at that point, and the Fishmen could've done whatever they wanted to him without anyone ever knowing. It was only Queen Otohime's intervention that saved him from what would've likely been a very long and painful death. Not only that but it also humbled Mjosgard and opened his eyes on how rotten he and the rest of the Nobles had become. He returns the favor by rescuing Otohime's daughter from Charlie's.

*** The World Nobles in general are so convinced of their superiority over commoners that they'll continue to insist on it even when it makes no sense. The prime example is Saint Mjosgard, who, when some of his Fishman slaves escaped, went off to Fishman Island to demand that they be returned to him. He gets into a shipwreck along the way, which leaves him as the only survivor. Alone, injured, and with no way to contact the Admirals, he ''still'' feels the need to mouth off to the Fishmen, even though the World Government had every reason to think that he was already dead at that point, and the Fishmen could've done whatever they wanted to him without anyone ever knowing. It was only Queen Otohime's intervention that saved him from what would've likely been a very long and painful death.

** Frieza really, ''really'' has a bad habit of doing this, threatening the newly-christened Super Saiyan Goku to kill Gohan the same way he killed Krillin (which is what caused his Super Saiyan transformation in the first place), trying to take a potshot at ''Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan'' Vegeta by calling him the "Prince of No One", and in ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'', [[spoiler:he kills Pargus in an attempt to get an already berserk Broly to transform into a Super Saiyan... who proceeds to eventually beat Frieza to a bloody pulp for ''a full hour'' and probably would've died had it not been for Whis distracting him long enough for Gogeta to arrive]].

** Frieza really, ''really'' has a bad habit of doing this, threatening the newly-christened Super Saiyan Goku to kill Gohan the same way he killed Krillin (which what caused his Super Saiyan transformation in the first place), trying to take a potshot at ''Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan'' Vegeta by calling him the "Prince of No One", and in ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'', [[spoiler:he kills Pargus in an attempt to get an already berserk Broly to transform into a Super Saiyan... who proceeds to eventually beat Frieza to a bloody pulp for ''a full hour'' and probably would've died had it not been for Whis distracting him long enough for Gogeta to arrive]].