History BullyingADragon / AnimeAndManga

* ''Anime/VariableGeo'': [[LipstickLesbian Yuuki's]] first match was nearly her last, after making the mistake of sexually harassing [[{{deuteragonist}} Satomi]], who happens to have one of the highest spirit levels on record. Satomi warns her to knock it off and fight her seriously, but when Yuuki [[ForcefulKiss decides to steal a kiss]], Satomi's patience [[RageBreakingPoint reaches its limit.]] She unleashes her [[KillItWithFire ultimate attack]][[note]]which is essentially her rendition of [[Characters/TheKingOfFighters94Part1 Kyo Kusanagi's]] "Ama no Murakumo" [[LimitBreak NeoMax]][[/note]], [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill incinerating the ring and Yuuki along with it.]] Yuuki gets singed with 2nd degree burns all over her body and is hospitalized afterward (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbdWdf_WoeU at 22:37-23:03 here).]]

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

** Also, some newbie Pokemon on the team get jealous of [[TeamDad Pikachu]], and try to antagonize him. Never mind that he is higher level than any of them (despite not evolving), and possessed of powerful ShockAndAwe abilities. Particularly [[WhatAnIdiot dumb]] when Oshawott does it, given that he's a Water type, and thus takes [[ElementalRockPaperScissors double the hurt]] from electricity.

** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': a group of carjackers try to mug Goku. While there's no reason to assume that they'd know of Goku's accomplishments, they ''do'' witness him effortlessly pick up their truck (which they'd pretended to crash to get Goku to pull over). Despite that display of tremendous strength, they still try to mug him.

* ''Anime/VariableGeo'': [[LipstickLesbian Yuuki's]] first match was nearly her last, after making the mistake of sexually harassing [[{{deuteragonist}} Satomi]], who happens to have one of the highest spirit levels on record. Satomi warns her to knock it off and fight her seriously, but when Yuuki [[ForcefulKiss decides to steal a kiss]], Satomi's patience [[RageBreakingPoint reaches its limit.]] She unleashes her [[KillItWithFire ultimate attack]][[note]]which is essentially her rendition of [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheRugalSaga Kyo Kusanagi's]] "Ama no Murakumo" [[LimitBreak NeoMax]][[/note]], [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill incinerating the ring and Yuuki along with it.]] Yuuki gets singed with 2nd degree burns all over her body and is hospitalized afterward (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbdWdf_WoeU at 22:37-23:03 here).]]

** Tohru, an actual dragon, confronts a trio of delinquents for loitering, having joined a neighborhood patrol. The tallest of the three retaliates by attempting to punch her lights out, only for her to casually dodge and then knock him out with a FingerPokeOfDoom. The trio later return with their whole gang to get even with Tohru, sending their largest and strongest member on her... [[CurbStompBattle only for her to promptly send him flying with a single punch to the face before wiping out the rest of the gang with one kick]].

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Kirito becomes a victim of this during the Alicization arc. Even after [[spoiler:Kirito beats him, [=PoH=] decides to mouth off to him, gloating that even if Kirito kills him in-game, he'll just keep coming after him and Asuna again and again until [[SlashedThroat he finally kills them for real as payback]]. Of course, this bites him in the ass immediately afterwards, since Kirito proceeds to make sure that [=PoH=] is in [[FateWorseThanDeath no condition to come after them, ever again]].]]

* Nico Robin of ''Manga/OnePiece'' was bullied by other children when she was young (who, when she retaliated, would go whine to their parents who chastise her. Of course, the kids were most likely lying as they picked on her first without provocation. Robin just wanted to be left alone) and abused by her foster parents (well, mostly the aunt; her uncle never did but was too weak-willed to stand up for Robin). I repeat, they abused a child who has the power to grow body parts wherever she wants, which, as she proves later when she single-handedly takes down about fifty Marines, is quite a dangerous and potentially deadly power.

*** 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 Fish-Man 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 Charloss.

*** Another, more minor example involving [=CP9=]: when DragonInChief Rob Lucci manages to overwhelm Luffy, Usopp challenges him. To put it in perspective, no antagonist before this had ever managed to beat Luffy when it was a question of who had the better CharlesAtlasSuperpower, having to use [[NighInvulnerability Logia]] or [[SuperpowerLottery Paramecia]] powers if they didn't have some other kind of weapon. Lucci is superhuman, but it's completely related to brute force, and his Devil Fruit power only amplifies that strength by giving him the ability to turn into a leopard. And he managed to beat Luffy, who was lying down in a bloody mess. Usopp, easily the weakest member of the Straw Hats, starts taunting Lucci, culminating in calling him a ''scaredy-cat.'' Of course, he was only doing that to provoke Luffy into getting up and finishing the fight. It works.

** There's also Naruto's mother, Kushina. When she first arrived in the Hidden Leaf as a kid, the other kids immediately took to mocking her for her red hair, and she didn't help things when she shot her mouth off about becoming the first female Hokage. Within minutes, she flipped out and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the living shit out of the bullies]]. One particular kid actually brought in his older brother to help him get revenge, and Kushina ''still'' kicked their asses.
*** It's not just Tailed Beast hosts, either. In ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', we see a group of bullies picking on Hinata for her eyes and calling her "Byakugan monster". While Hinata was 5 at the time, and therefore it was highly doubtful she could have fought back, she is still the heir to the Hyuuga clan, one of Konoha's most powerful and influential families. Bullying someone like that is simply asking for trouble.

** In fact, pretty much every village treats their hosts like crap. It's semi-justified in that it's only been a few generations since the Tailed Beasts were first sealed, and so far nearly everyone who is a host for their entire life has lost control, gone insane, or betrayed their village; it's only assumed that they'll ALL be that way. Of course no one points out that those hosts go bad largely ''because'' they were mistreated by their villages, and it's not until Naruto goes around [[DefeatMeansFriendship knocking sense into his enemies]], including the above-mentioned Gaara, that most of the world realizes "Oh, hey, they DON'T have to be despicable monstrosities?"
*** The Hidden Cloud is the only village at the start of the series that actually treats their hosts well, and that's only after Killer B actually ''befriended'' his sealed demon.

* Tomoe from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' is the heroine Nanami's familiar. He's also a {{Kitsune}} that is implied to be one of the strongest demons around and who, amongst other things, delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a ''War God.'' He is both disliked in the demon and divine world and looked down upon for his familiar rank.

* Many people in ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' ends up doing this to Gama and are defeated. Shown also with Baian Maki: in a flashback he fights alone against ten swordsmen who mock his use of the naginata. Baian hits their leader in the face so hard that it snaps his neck and kills him.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': During the final battle, Envy just can't resist revealing to Roy Mustang that he was the one who murdered Maes Hughes and then [[EvilGloating gloating]] about it. Mustang promptly launches into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, beating Envy so badly that the homunculus is reduced to ''begging for mercy''.

* This shows up in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. Saki Hanajima (aka "Hana-chan"), one of the main character's friends, is rumored -- correctly -- to be capable of killing people with her thoughts. The reaction of her peers? "Let's bully her!" Luckily for them, she turns out to be one of TheFettered, but still...
** In grade school, she almost killed a boy [[spoiler: after he forced her to eat a live newt to support the rumor of her being a witch]]. It came back to haunt her in middle school.

%%Needs context explaining why Renji should have expected Ichigo to be dangerous.** Abarai Renji provokes Ichigo during their training in the Urahara Shop to get him angry. Ichigo, depressed and terrified by his encounter with the Bount, is fighting extremely feebly, and Renji taunts him about his weak fighting to get him to fight with a clear head again. Renji momentarily regrets being so successful.

** Also, Kyouka of Tartaros learned the hard way that [[spoiler: torturing Erza]] might not be such a great idea after all...

*** Ironically, destroying Planet Vegeta was Frieza's attempt to ''avoid'' this, as the Saiyans are ProudWarriorRaceGuy personified, and though they didn't pose a threat to Frieza ''at the time,'' he feared their battle lust and unparalleled power growth. He even likened the destruction of the planet to [[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant killing a beast before it could wake up.]] Turned out he was ''right'' to do it, as the very next generation of Saiyans produced the individuals who defeated him.

* A small but plot-relevant example from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': Makuramon shows up during Beelzebumon's fight with Megidramon specifically to stomp on his BerserkButton by mocking him and calling him "pathetic" and "weak". Beelzebumon is a six-foot-tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-clad]] fallen angel who packs two shotguns, gets stronger everytime he kills someone and, coincidentally, needs a little boost in power to beat Megidramon. Makuramon is a monkey.

* In ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', regular folks tend to [[FantasticRacism hate and fear]] the eponymous Warriors of the Organization which generally manifests as mutters, dark looks or giving them a wide berth. Which is only understandable considering that even the weakest of the Warriors is a badass SuperSoldier who has ImplausibleFencingPowers, a HealingFactor and is strong enough to wield their signature claymore swords with just one hand. Then there are the geniuses who decide on trying to ''rape'' one. Luckily they chose [[TheFettered Teresa of the Faint Smile]] who convinced most of them to back off. If they had chosen [[AxCrazy someone like Ophelia]] on the [[KillEmAll other hand]]...

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Accelerator is the strongest esper in the world, with absurd powers that make him literally untouchable. After he's defeated thanks to Touma's AntiMagic ability, large gangs start regularly trying to attack him. They're so far beneath his contempt he doesn't even use his active abilities to fight them, yet despite the trail of twisted limbs he leaves behind him, they still attack. They also completely trash his apartment while he's away, but even that fails to get a rise out of him.
** In fact, the reason he goes along with the Level 6 project is to make himself so powerful that the very ''thought'' of challenging him would be ridiculous. He's been a target of dragon-bulliers all his life, to the point that flashbacks show him (as an 8-year-old child, mind) being assaulted by everything up to a tank division with air support. He knows he's not in any real danger from 99% of the people who try to kill him, but his greatest wish is that all these people would just ''leave him alone''.

* ''Manga/BlueExorcist'': Rin, the [[AntiAntiChrist son]] of {{Satan}} and a [[HalfHumanHybrid human]] woman, always felt [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer different from everyone else]]. Even before his full powers were unleashed, he had SuperStrength and other enhanced physical features. Because of these characteristics, other children picked on him and called him a demon. This resulted in Rin [[BerserkButton punching them in the face]] and giving them serious injuries.

** Cell is victim to this as well, as he emotionally torments Gohan to fuel his desire to fight him at full power. [[GoneHorriblyRight It works]], and Cell gets [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutally beaten]] by a Super Saiyan 2 Gohan.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Abarai Renji provokes Ichigo during their training in the Urahara Shop to get him angry. Ichigo, depressed and terrified by his encounter with the Bount, is fighting extremely feebly, and Renji taunts him about his weak fighting to get him to fight with a clear head again. Renji momentarily regrets being so successful.
** When Luppi replaces Grimmjow as the Sixth Espada after [[BloodKnight Grimmjow]] has his arm cut off, he taunts Grimmjow about his former title. When Orihime restores Grimmjow's arm, [[KickTheSonOfABitch the first thing he does is impale Luppi with it to get his old rank back.]]

* ''Manga/CodeBreaker'': [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Yuuki]], who can manipulate sound waves, tries to use their shared abusive pasts to [[NotSoDifferent reason]] with the poison (and other liquids -- she hides her many scars under a thick layer of "makeup")-secreting [[DarkActionGirl Lily]], to no avail.

** It's usually MuggingTheMonster when it comes to Shanks and Luffy. People rarely appreciate (or even believe) how strong these two are. Two notable examples, however, are Bellamy in the Skypeia arc and Hody Jones after the TimeSkip. Bellamy assumed Luffy was a weakling because Luffy wouldn't fight back over a simple insult (he didn't see it as worth the trouble). Then, after Bellamy robbed Luffy's friends, he got Luffy's wanted poster, with a bounty that's almost double his own meager sum. He dismissed it as a fake. When Luffy came back to get what he stole, Bellamy still refused to accept the truth. [[CurbStompBattle Cue getting faceplanted]] [[OneHitKill with just one punch to the face.]]

** Arguably the biggest example in terms of representative power levels in the series came in the first chapter, when the 8 million bounty mountain bandit Higuma bullied ''Shanks'', who was formerly a member of Gold Roger's pirate crew, and in canon, is one of ''the Four Emperors'', and easily on par with the Marine Admirals. It may be slightly justified in that Shanks showed no indication of such strength, that it was probably a secret that he was part of Roger's crew, and that reputations like that aren't typically known outside of the Grand Line.

* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': 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.
* ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'': Gen's backstory is being picked on for being half-ayakashi. They throw mud at him and then act surprised when he throws a boulder.

* Happens to [[spoiler:Robert Haydn]] in ''Manga/TheLawOfUeki''. Taunting a small child who can turn his arm into a six-foot cannon is not a good plan.
* Espers in ''Manga/PsychicSquad'' 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".]]
* This trope is the whole reason that Nagi Naoe in ''Anime/WeissKreuz'' is a member of [[ThePsychoRangers Schwarz]]. He was ostracized and tormented as a child due to his [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers]].
* A premise of ''Anime/TekkamanBlade II'', in which the events of ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' led to a segment of humanity gaining the power to become a sort of proto-Tekkaman. These "Primary Bodies" have partial Tekkaman powers, but are inexplicably persecuted, and twice during the series, the Primary Bodies revolt and try to convert themselves into full Tekkamen to take over the world.
** In at least "Teknoman" (the English dubbed version of Anime/TekkamanBlade), Ringo's constant attempts to pick fights with Blade in the first half-dozen or so episode could well count as this, seeing as how he's deliberately provoking someone he claims to consider unstable and whom he has seen effortlessly tear through dozens of Spider-Crabs (which are, themselves, killing machines capable of wiping out whole platoons of ordinary soldiers).
* This shows up in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. Saki Hanajima (aka "Hana-chan"), one of the main character's friends, is rumored--correctly--to be capable of killing people with her thoughts. The reaction of her peers? "Let's bully her!" Luckily for them, she turns out to be one of TheFettered, but still...
** In grade school, she almost killed a boy [[spoiler: after he forced her to eat a live newt to support the rumor of her being a witch]]. It came back to haunt her in middle school.
* ''Manga/CodeBreaker'': [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Yuuki]], who can manipulate sound waves, tries to use their shared abusive pasts to [[NotSoDifferent reason]] with the poison (and other liquids - she hides her many scars under a thick layer of "makeup")-secreting [[DarkActionGirl Lily]], to no avail.
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
** Examples from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'':
*** 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.
** In ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', it's justified for Kinomiya Kodo, a [[TheProfiler profiler duelist]] who becomes [[GothGirlsKnowMagic A]][[LadyOfBlackMagic ki]]'s opponent during Fortune Cup Semifinals in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''. He is tasked by Goodwin to awaken Aki's potential as [[TheChosenMany one of the Signers]] so he opts to taunt Aki, a person who can make [[PsychicPowers duel effects reality to the point of harming her opponents]], with her [[DarkAndTroubledPast horrible past experience]] [[FriendlessBackground with her power]] or by simply calling her witch who don't belong in society despite knowing what the consequence is (to be fair, he analyzed Aki's dueling style beforehand and came up with a way to counter Aki's ace monster effect so he is confident that he will win). She pays him back dearly by defeating and badly hurting him by the end of their duel.
** In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'', Sora incessantly mocks Shun Kurosaki during their duel, calling his Xyz monsters worthless and even confessing that [[spoiler:he's a member of the force that invaded Kurosaki's homeland and turned it into a war zone ForTheEvulz]]. Even when Shun keeps countering his moves and dealing massive damage to him, he doesn't let up. Yuya even asked if Sora was out of his mind and asked him to stop provoking him. Sora paid for it when Kurosaki's Raid Raptors - Revolution Falcon [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill carpet bombed the entire battlefield to the ground and made a building fall on him]].

* ''Manga/ElfenLied'': When you're pinned down by Lucy with the ability to rip you to shreds with her crazy invisible psychic arms, it's probably a good idea '''NOT''' to antagonize her. When one character threatens to kill Lucy next time he sees her, she solves that problem...[[EyeScream by gouging out the man's eyes]]. In other words, whatever you do, do '''NOT''' bully this tormented psychic girl.
* ''Literature/{{Gate}}'': When a mysterious "Gate" appears in the Ginza district of Modern Day Tokyo - Japan, a wave of classical roman/medieval troops proceeds to attack/slaughter the innocent civilians in it? Sure, [[TooDumbToLive go ahead.]] [[TemptingFate What could go wrong with that?]]
* Subverted in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' with Zelgadis the chimera. Most regular humans either run away in fear or ridicule him for his appearance (and it's also worth noting that he's {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le and a skilled sorcerer-swordsman), but he doesn't do a thing about it; rather, he either makes a snippy reply or he gets depressed. After he meets the other main characters, though, he begins to [[InsultBackfire take some insults in stride.]] In the novels, it seemed that he played it straight in the beginning (as "Rezo's berserker"), but it's hinted that Rezo was influencing/manipulating him.
** Played straight with most of the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Mazoku/Monster race,]] as well as a few other creatures, such as Beastmen (the fifth novel and the scuffle between Beastman Dilgear and Zelgadis early on say it all).
** Played very straight in the first episode of TV series 4. Lina is encountering some pirates, who at this point know that she is Lina Inverse, who has destroyed cities several times (one of them twice). While running away from her in fear, they for some reason decide to taunt her about her breast size, which they know is a BerserkButton. It doesn't end well, although fortunately the scene is meant as comedy, so they suffer AmusingInjuries rather than being killed.
* Pretty much the entire plot of ''Manga/WolfGuyWolfenCrest'' so far if you switch "Dragon" with "Werewolf". To be fair, the people bullying Inugami don't know that he's actually a super powerful werewolf at first. But when the first thing you see a guy do is to make his opponent stab himself with nothing but DeadlyDodging, your first thought should not be to try ganging up on him. When the second thing you see him do is break someone's hand with his face (the guy punching him hurt himself since Inugami is MadeOfIron) and you still want to fight him, you've officially become TooDumbToLive. Later, when Inugami ''does'' reveal his true self to BigBad Haguro Daoh, Daoh becomes crazily obsessed with him (since Inugami caused Daoh, a bonafide emotionless sociopath, to [[NotSoStoic feel a real emotion for the first time in his life]]: gut-wrenching fear) and deliberately provokes him in the hopes of getting Inugami to acknowledge him as a WorthyOpponent.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': During the final battle, Envy just can't resist revealing to Roy Mustang that he was the one who murdered Maes Hughes and then [[EvilGloating gloating]] about it. Mustang promptly launches into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, beating Envy so badly that the homunculus is reduced to ''begging for mercy''.
* A small but plot-relevant example from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': Makuramon shows up during Beelzebumon's fight with Megidramon specifically to stomp on his BerserkButton by mocking him and calling him "pathetic" and "weak". Beelzebumon is a six-foot-tall [[HellBentForLeather leather-clad]] fallen angel who packs two shotguns, gets stronger everytime he kills someone and, coincidentally, needs a little boost in power to beat Megidramon. Makuramon is a monkey.
** Impmon [[spoiler:(Beelzebumon himself)]] did this to Devidramon much earlier while he was in a Digital Field. Once he broke out, Impmon wisely fled.
* The entire (literal) plot of ''Manga/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.
* The nameless extras that populate many parts of ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln'' world are guilty of this trope as charged. You would think that the normal reaction, upon learning, that the dude in NiceHat right next to you is supposed to be TheAntiChrist and [[SuperpoweredEvilSide single-handedly massacred half a town worth of people when he was only ten]], should be ''fear'' and trying to get away/not to piss him off. Nope, not in this manga.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Ash Ketchum is an unarmed ten[[ComicBookTime (?)]] year old boy who has never let the fact that a [[OlympusMons Legendary]] or armed criminal could reduce him to greasy paste stop him from chewing them out if need be. He even once yelled at [[OlympusMons Palkia]], who just spent half the movie [[RealityWarper disintegrating space]]. And the first movie has Ash ''twice in a row'' futilely attempt to stop [[PhysicalGod Mewtwo]] by ''punching him in the face''. (Miraculously, Ash seems able to reason with these titans of the Pokémon world somehow and get them to back off... ''Most'' of the time.)
** For a mon-to-mon example, try the ''Advance Generation'' episode where Ash caught a [[PlayingWithFire Torkoal]]. Prior to being captured, said Torkoal is the target of literal bullying by [[ExtraOreDinary Steel-types]], which a Pokémon like Torkoal would have [[KillItWithFire no problem against]][[note]]for the uninformed, Fire has an advantage against Steel[[/note]].
** Also, some newbie Pokemon on the team get jealous of [[TeamDad Pikachu]], and try to antagonize him. Never mind that he is higher level than any of them (despite not evolving), and possessed of powerful ShockAndAwe abilities. Particularly [[WhatAnIdiot dumb]] when Oshawott does it, given that he's a Water type, and thus takes [[ElementalRockPaperScissors double the hurt]] from electricity.
** In ''Anime/PokemonGenerations'', Lance runs an op with Gold to deal with Team Rocket in Mahogany Town. The Rockets all notice the intruders and walk out, swaggering with undue confidence as they approach Lance and deploy their tool-of-the-trade Pokemon. Problem: this is [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Lance]] and his [[BadassAdorable Dragonite]] we're talking about. You can guess how this turns out.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', people at Shizuo's school (both middle and high school) were not the most intelligent lot. This is evidenced by the fact that they thought picking on ''[[SuperStrength Shizuo]] [[HairTriggerTemper Heiwajima]]'' was anything less than a phenomenally stupid idea. Even if they were being manipulated by [[ManipulativeBastard Izaya]], picking on a guy that can [[SuperStrength pick up street signs/vending machines/refrigerators (basically anything) and throw them at you]] and [[NighInvulnerability cannot only survive getting shot at point blank range but also act so casually about it,]] [[TooDumbToLive is a really bad idea.]] [[NighInvulnerability The guy can even get run over by a freaking truck and emerge unharmed]].
* Nico Robin of ''Manga/OnePiece'' was bullied by other children when she was young (who, when she retaliated, would go whine to their parents who chastise her. Of course the kids were most likely lying as they picked on her first without provocation. Robin just wanted to be left alone) and abused by her foster parents (well mostly the aunt. Her uncle never did but was too weak willed to stand up for Robin). I repeat, they abused a child who has the power to grow body parts wherever she wants, which, as she proves later when she single-handedly takes down about 50 marines, is quite a dangerous and potentially deadly power.

*** 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 Charloss.
** Special mention goes to Don Krieg, who picks a fight with Dracule Mihawk, who'd previously reduced his armada of battleships and army of pirates into one badly trashed battleship and a severely reduced and half-dead crew. Then showed up just to finish off Krieg's last battleship purely out of boredom. Which he did with one swing of his [[{{BFS}} giant sword]].
** Wow, Spandam! It sure was a [[SarcasmMode great idea]] to frame [[SecretPolice CP9]], seven of the deadliest assassins in the world, for the Enies Lobby disaster. It's not like they will want to go after your blood when they find out what you did to them! Oh…..

** Kaido's underling Jack, despite his absolutely monstrous strength, adamantine durability, and apparently limitless stamina, has a ''really'' bad habit of assuming that he's invincible and starting unreasonably difficult or outright impossible fights. His first fight against the Mink Tribe ends with [[spoiler:his use of one of Caesar Clown's [=WMDs=]]] because the fight was a hopeless stalemate on both sides; from there, he went on to attempt to bail Doflamingo out as he was being transported to Impel Down despite being guarded by [[HopelessBossFight Sengoku, Fujitora, Tsuru, Maynard, and Bastille]] (which ended with him [[spoiler:getting beaten to a pulp and losing a good deal of his fleet]]), and finished by attempting to [[spoiler:kill Zunisha and take down all of Zou (read: picking a fight with an elephant the size of a country with a fleet that could fit on the tip of its trunk)]], which cost him [[spoiler:his remaining fleet and has also left him stranded on the ocean floor]]. Jack is proof that unless you're truly inexorable, there will always be fights that you can't win, and punching outside your weight class will almost never turn out in your favor if you don't know when to back down.

* For reasons unknown, people challenge Kenshiro of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' even after he's just [[YourHeadASplode exploded someone's head]]. When the first {{Mook|s}} or batch of mooks provoke him, that could easily be explained as MuggingTheMonster. When the second batch tries, having seen the first wave get turned into [[LudicrousGibs fountains of blood and body parts]], then it slides right into this trope by virtue of them being TooDumbToLive.
* Played as FlawExploitation in the second episode of ''Manga/DeathNote'': How do you investigate a murderer who can kill you anywhere, anytime with a magic heart attack? Keep annoying him in the hopes he will try to kill you.
** Also Light frequently bosses Ryuk, a God of Death, around. Ryuk puts up with it [[spoiler: for a while]] because he thinks it's hilarious. And even so, Ryuk is only helpful insofar as he finds it hilarious; he outright won't help Light in numerous situations because it would be too easy.
** Also there's the instance when Misa is contemplating killing Rem, another God of Death, [[ImStandingRightHere in front of Rem.]] [[LoveMartyr Rem puts up with it because she loves Misa.]]
** There's also Mello yelling at Shidoh, another God of Death, [[TheDitz but Shidoh seems to be too stupid to realize]] he could easily hurt or kill the "scary human."
* ''Manga/BlueExorcist'': Rin, the [[AntiAntiChrist son]] of {{Satan}} and a [[HalfHumanHybrid human]] woman, always felt [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer different from everyone else]]. Even before his full powers were unleashed, he had SuperStrength and other enhanced physical features. Because of these characteristics, other children picked on him and called him a demon. This resulted in Rin [[BerserkButton punching them in the face]] and giving them serious injuries.
** That's not the stupidest thing they can do. See that shy, glasses wearing sickly kid over there? That's Rin's [[BigBrotherInstinct younger twin brother]]. Hurt him in any manner, and Rin will ''[[CurbStompBattle mop the floor]]'' with you. It stands even now. Though, this counts more as Bullying The Dragon's ''Brother''.
* Many people in ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' ends up doing this to Gama and are defeated. Shown also with Baian Maki: in a flashback he fights alone against ten swordsmen who mock his use of the naginata. Baian hits their leader in the face so hard that it snaps his neck and kills him.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
** Lots of people screw with half-demons, despite the fact that many half-demons openly possess enough raw power to destroy everyone in the towns that scorn them. True, demons scorn them as well, but even the weakest demon is, generally, much stronger than a human -- in other words, they have a decent chance of fighting back. Humans don't.
** [[WarriorTherapist Shishinki]] was an absolute idiot to try inflicting an HeroicBSOD on Sesshoumaru. It did not end well for him.
* ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'': Fei Long and T. Hawk make the mistake of picking a fight with RyuAndKen, respectively. Both end up regretting it in short order:
** Ryu gets shoved into the ring, while he's in Hong Kong, simply for commenting on the fight he saw. Then his would-be opponent taunts him by grabbing his dogi and jostling him... Ryu [[OneHitKO drops him with a simple headbutt.]] Fei Long decides that's his cue to step in and doesn't take "no" for an answer. He ends up with a broken arm and a dislocated shoulder.
** T. Hawk tries to gain fame and recognition by picking a fight with Ken, who tells him twice that he isn't interested. Then adds that Ryu was the only one capable of beating him, but T. Hawk doesn't listen. So Ken shows him why he ''should've'':
-->'''Ken: (pissed)''' "Watch out... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor when you ask for something...]] you '''[[IWarnedYou MIGHT GET IT!!]]''' [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVucrZRtFLE SHORYUKEN]]]]!!"

* It's commonly interpreted that Nanami in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has so much trouble with animals, and at one point actually [[BalefulPolymorph turns into a cow]] because she bullied Anthy in episode 3, and as it turns out, Anthy is among other things the proverbial fairytale Witch. An attentive viewer quickly notices that majority of the side-episodes focusing on Nanami's HumiliationConga show Anthy taking special interest in something related to the episode theme.
* In ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', Shinji does this after [[spoiler: Asuka is nearly killed]]. Enraged by Gendo's actions, he begins to attack the headquarters while screaming abuse at his father. Gendo is willing to let Shinji do this until the power runs out... right up until Shinji claims Gendo has never lost anything. Ten seconds later, Shinji is unconscious, without Gendo even moving.
* In ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', regular folks tend to [[FantasticRacism hate and fear]] the eponymous Warriors of the Organization which generally manifests as mutters, dark looks or giving them a wide berth. Which is only understandable considering that even the weakest of the Warriors is a badass SuperSoldier who has ImplausibleFencingPowers, a HealingFactor and is strong enough to wield their signature claymore swords with just one hand. Then there are the geniuses who decide on trying to ''rape'' one. Luckily they chose [[TheFettered Teresa of the Faint Smile]] who convinced most of them to back off. If they had chosen [[AxCrazy someone like Ophelia]] on the [[KillEmAll other hand]]...
** [[ButWaitTheresMore And then]], [[FromBadToWorse guess what]]? Those bandits soon come back to mess with her! They raid the town where Teresa left Clare with some Humans who would adopt her, Teresa goes back only to find the city on fire, the bandits killing and kidnapping the local inhabitants, [[WhatAnIdiot and one of them even carrying around an unconscious, badly beaten Clare boasting how he will take "care" of her and noting how she's cute when she screams Teresa's name, all of this done right before Teresa's own eyes]], firmly believing until the very end that Teresa would have not broken the rule that prohibit Claymores from harming Humans. The result of such unrepentant idiocy are a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge foregone]] [[KillEmAll conclusion]].
* In ''Anime/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'', pretty much everyone hates and fears [[MagicalEye Cursed Eye bearers]], which can do things like copy all magic used in front of them, dissolve people into dust, or any other number of fun activities. The main character, [[BrilliantButLazy Ryner Lute]], possesses the [[InstantExpert Alpha]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Stigma]], which is the copying version. However, when an Alpha Stigma bearer is [[BerserkButton driven over the edge]], they become homicidally insane and use all of that copied magic to tear the rest of the world a new one. People know this. [[TooDumbToLive And yet everyone insists]] [[FantasticRacism on treating Cursed Eye bearers like crap until the inevitable happens.]][[note]]The stupidity of the population is up for debate. The protagonist's SuperpoweredEvilSide is vastly more powerful than of any other Cursed Eye bearer in the setting. It has been shown that other possessed were quickly and quite easily dealt with. Additionally, the eyes of the possessed Cursed Eye bearer cost a fortune and a lot of those people don't even have an offensive abilities to begin with.[[/note]]
* Ranma Saotome of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has his moment with [[spoiler: Pantyhose]] Taro. Everybody briefly joins in on repeating his [[spoiler: embarrassing name]] despite his repeated demands for them to shut up...and the fact that he's got a winged minotaur as a cursed form. Which had been [[CurbStompBattle kicking their butts]] for the last two episodes. Despite the fact that they are in a cave with a waterfall outside. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Guess they knew it was five minutes before the end of the episode so the plot would be resolved somehow]] [[StatusQuoIsGod without their pulverization and in a way most likely involving the removal of Taro from their immediate locale]].
** Made worse in the manga, where the incident in question takes place about two and a half chapters before the end of that saga. Somewhat justified; the main characters of Ranma 1/2 are all, basically, idiots.
%%* ''LightNovel/OkamiSan'': Most attempts in attacking the title character [[MuggingTheMonster don't]] [[CuteBruiser end]] [[CurbStompBattle well.]]
* ''Manga/DontMeddleWithMyDaughter'': After years of battling [[FlyingBrick Athena]], you'd think Blowjob would know by now that they ''[[TemptingFate shouldn't]]'' underestimate her. And yet...
** In chapter 2, they release a giant plant monster that targets women to feed off sexual energy. It captures Athena and rapes her, not knowing about [[ManofSteelWomanOfKleenex her immense libido]], until the energy released by her orgasm causes it to [[OutWithABang spontaneously explode.]]
** The ''"MILF of Steel"'' epilogue begins with Athena being raped by her nemesis, Heavy Metal. He was so busy gloating about how he and his minions [[RapeAsBackstory gang raped her 20 years ago]], that it didn't occur to him that she could still fight back. Athena doesn't bother to stop him. Instead, she turns around to face him, [[MurderousThighs tightens her legs around his waist]], and [[RapeAndRevenge crushes his spine]] - while he was still ''[[CoitusUninterruptus inside her.]]'' Owned.
* ''Anime/RODTheTV'' has [[spoiler:Joker]] treat PaperMaster Yomiko's grievances with little respect, ultimately trying to scare her off by showing her [[ColdBloodedTorture exactly what he's done to her love interest]]. He also does this in the middle of his organization's massive library/headquarters, when her power is the ability to control paper. The outcome, while tragic, is hardly surprising.
* Tomoe from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' is the heroine Nanami's familiar. He's also a {{Kitsune}} that is implied to be one of the strongest demons around and who, amongst other things, delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a ''War God.'' He is both disliked in the demon and divine world and looked down upon for his familiar rank.
* It occurs with a few twists in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan.'' [[spoiler: Its played straight when the paranoid military police officials openly discuss executing Eren ''directly in front of him shortly after his powers manifest.'' Its then somewhat subverted when Levi delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Eren, upon which they [[OhCrap hilariously realize what could potentially happen if you engage in this trope.]] However, in a unique fashion, Levi not only lampshades this by pointing out their hypocrisy, but his engaging in this ultimately saves Eren, as it shows Eren can control his power, or that he can at least be incapacitated in the long run if the need arises, which was the best option they could hope for at the time.]]
* 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, Orga 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]]).
** Also, Kyouka of Tartaros learned the hard way that [[spoiler: torturing Erza]] might not be such a great idea after all...
* In an early arc of ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'', former EvilChancellor Stoffel von Spitzweig tries to curry favor with the protagonist Yuuri (recently made Maou/Demon King) by kidnapping him. That's actually not the bullying part - Stoffel was only doing it so he could have a chance to talk to the kid alone, and treated him well while he was there. But when Yuuri's retainers naturally objected to this, in the pitched battle that followed Stoffel chose to target the most frail-looking of them: Gunter von Christ, known as not only a powerful magic-user but one of the best sword instructors in the kingdom. It'd be understandable to assume the ridiculously-pretty skinny one was a weakling if it was anyone else, but Stoffel should have known damn well what Gunter could do.
* ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'': Ryoko is trying to have a nice, peaceful date with Kitano when some jerk tries to pick her up. When he gets grabby over her refusal, she curbstomps him. Once he wakes up again, he gets pissed off by the fact that a girl beat him up, and goes after her again. She curbstomps him ''again''. The pattern repeats (even as his more sensible friends beg him to cut his losses) until he and his friends corner her and she trips and sprains her wrist. Then Kitano shows up...

* At the start of ''Manga/TigerMask'', the title character is attacked first by a child and then by a knife wielding grown man. Tiger Mask is a wrestler in a world where ProWrestlingIsReal, and at the start of the manga was [[TheDreaded a heel infamous for the beatings he inflicted on his opponents]]. While Tiger Mask is willing to forgive the child because he is, after all, a child and the son of one of Tiger Mask's previous victims, the knife wielder is not so lucky, and [[MakeAnExampleOfThem Tiger Mask uses how he beat him up as example on why you shouldn't try and imitate the child]].
* You'd think upon learning that Saitama of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' has "the power of God in that body," as the Hero Association puts it, that people who learn this fact would leave him alone.
** It doesn't discourage "Snake Fist" Snek from trying to haze Saitama to make him leave the superhero business on his first day officially on the job. All he gets for his trouble is buried up to his waist in the ground, headfirst, while Saitama doesn't even break stride. Fittingly, the anime adds IdiotCrows to the scene to let everyone know what kind of an impulsive dumbass Snake Fist was being.
** Later on, Tanktops Tiger and Black Hole try to publicly defame Saitama after he destroys the meteor that would've annihilated cities and causes a lot of collateral damage anyway--when that doesn't work, they try to pretend to 'defend themselves' from his 'threatening stance' (really just him standing there confused) and jump him. They've seen this guy ''punch a meteor so hard that it exploded with the force of a nuclear explosion'' and they still challenge him in physical combat. Luckily for them, he merely slaps Tanktop Tiger over a building and then [[PunchCatch catches Tanktop Black Hole's punch]] and reduces him to a blubbering wreck while barely putting any pressure on it.
** In the webcomic, we see that Fubuki was bullied as a child, despite having psychic powers. However, it was her sister who made the bullies pay for it.
* ''Franchise/KagerouProject'': Several times across her long lifespan, Azami is attacked by humans. Humans who are well aware of her impressive set of magic powers, including the ability [[PerceptionFilter to make herself invisible to them]], [[CharmPerson hypnotism]] and [[TakenForGranite the ability to turn others into stone]]. [[spoiler:While the final attack made on her does lead to her shutting herself up in another world, she still manages to kill all but one attacker - who she lets go to warn the others to never come back]].
* ''Anime/VividStrike'' has this as part of Rinne's backstory. The fighting club full of {{Alpha Bitch}}es decided to make her their [[KidsAreCruel bullying target]] after Rinne turned down their offer to join their club and they learned that she was adopted. This, despite the reason that they were offering her to join their club was due to them learning that Rinne has the physical stats of a national-level athlete. When they eventually pushed things too far [[spoiler:by beating her to unconsciousness so [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye she wasn't able to make it to her beloved grandfather's side before he died]]]], [[BewareTheQuietOnes Rinne made them suffer dearly the following day]], [[spoiler:casually snapping the arm of one and busting the other two's heads open against the lockers]].
* It's generally regarded as suicide to tangle with [[TheMafiya Hotel Moscow]] from ''Anime/BlackLagoon''. Staffed by ex-Russian soldiers and led by the utterly ruthless Balalaika, everyone knows to not mess with them. [[AxCrazy Hansel and Gretel]] did not know this, and were quickly shown the utter hell that decision can bring. Especially Hansel, who [[spoiler:has his hand shot off and is left to bleed out, while Balalaika explains just what an idiot move it was.]]
* ''Manga/{{Nononono}}'': The top students of the General Curriculum despise Yuuta (actually Nono) for [[AcademicAthlete being an honor student despite being from the Sports Curriculum]], in addition to being the most popular [[WholesomeCrossdresser guy]] around. They decide to gang up on Nono while she's returning from her practice. Not only does she defeat them, but she humiliates their leader by giving him her barbell as a weapon... which he promptly drops on his foot, unable to handle the weight. Before that, convinced him the barbell wasn't too heavy... ''by swinging it with one hand''.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'':
** Saikawa ends up challenging some adults to a game of dodge ball, only to immediately realize that she got in way over her head. Fortunately, her best friend happened to be an actual dragon and got some other dragons to play in her stead.
** Tohru, an actual dragon, confronts a trio of delinquents for loitering, having joined a neighborhood patrol. The tallest of the three retaliates by attempting to punch her lights out, only for her to casually dodge and then knock him out with a FingerPokeOfDoom. The trio later return with their whole gang to get even with Tohru, sending their largest and strongest member on her... [[CurbStompBattle only for her to promptly send him flying with a single punch to the face before wiping out the rest of the gang with one kick]].
* Early on in ''Manga/HighSchoolDebut'', a bunch of seniors call out Haruna for spending so much time with Yoh [[spoiler: after the two of them start dating]]. This is after she's subjected to some StockShoujoBullyingTactics by the girls in question. However, when they finally call her out on the school roof, they make the mistake of trying to make it physical by shoving Haruna. Keep in mind that Haruna was an ActionGirl back in middle school and still regularly exercises and keeps up with her softball skills. So when they shove, she rolls up her sleeves and lets the girls know that, "if that's what it takes," she's more than willing to trade blows. She's in a four-on-one fight... and ''wins'' with just superficial scrapes on her face. Not only that, but in the next chapter, a flashback to her victory shows that at least two of the girls got injured when Haruna just [[MadeOfIron tanked their blows]].
* ''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...]]
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Kirito becomes a victim of this during the Alicization arc. Even after [[spoiler:Kirito beats him, [=PoH=] decides to mouth off to him, gloating that even if Kirito kills him in-game, he'll just keep coming after him and Asuna again and again until [[SlashedThroat he finally kills them for real as payback]]. Of course, this bites him in the ass immediately afterwards, since Kirito proceeds to make sure that [=PoH=] is in [[FateWorseThanDeath no condition to come after them, ever again]].]]
** Even as early as the Aincrad arc, when Rosalia and her Titan's Hand guild decide to pick a fight with him, one of them recognizes him as "The Black Swordsman", but Rosalia dismisses it as she doesn't think someone from the clearing group would come back down to the floor they're currently at. They naturally pay for it.
* 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.]]
* In ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', a variation of this happens with Maria Campbell, who was the protagonist of ''[[FictionalVideoGame 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 [[AlternateTimeline 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.
* ''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 ''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 first chapter of ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'', two of Minako's classmates say to her face that she has no chance with the sempai Higashi because she's too much of a tomboy, and get the stuff beaten out of the future MagicalGirlWarrior. While this may count as MuggingTheMonster as they may not know how strong she is, them ''repeating the comment and saying they'd like to see her cry just once while they're still lying down and with Minako still there'' is this trope - though thankfully she decides to not beat them up again.

* ''Manga/ElfenLied'': When you're pinned down by Lucy with the ability to rip you to shreds with her crazy invisible psychic arms, it's probably a good idea NOT to antagonize her. When one character threatens to kill Lucy next time he sees her, she solves that problem...[[EyeScream by gouging out the man's eyes]]. In other words, whatever you do, do NOT bully this tormented psychic girl.

%%* ''LightNovel/OokamiSan'': Most attempts in attacking the title character [[MuggingTheMonster don't]] [[CuteBruiser end]] [[CurbStompBattle well.]]