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*** 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.)

%%Needs more 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.

** 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.

** 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 since he's already wanted by the World Government anyway. [[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 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.

* In ''Literature/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 series proper, 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/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* 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]].

* Anyone who tries to bully Sōsuke in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''. Yeah, good idea trying to bully the [[TykeBomb boy]] that's carrying an automatic, who was seen sniping at people from the bushes, planting land mines around the school, and [[DisproportionateRetribution threw grenades at anyone who looked at him or Kaname funny]]. It's actually ''[[TooDumbToLive very]]'' [[TooDumbToLive surprising how many bullies try to antagonize]] the "[[PersonOfMassDestruction weirdo military freak]]", considering how outwardly violent he is with everyone, along with how he [[KarmaHoudini gets away]] with ''any'' crime he commits.

* 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.

* 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 series proper, 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.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', [[spoiler:The Meta Liberation Army blackmail the League of Villains into rescuing their broker Giran, intending to kill their small group as an example with the entirety of their Deika City division or get tipped to the top Pro Heroes with their location. This ends up with the League physically stronger than before with absolutely none of them killed by the Army, several troops including one of their head members killed, Deika City destroyed, Re-Destro's legs getting amputated which causes a problem for him later on and ultimately [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Shigaraki now the new head of the now-rebranded Paranormal Liberation Front]].]]

** In ''WebAnimation/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.

*** Despite knowing Gohan is the Great Saiyaman, a superhero famous for beating up dozens of guys with machine guns, [[NiceCharacterMeanActor Barry Khan]] starts threatening to expose Gohan and shouting threats of sending paparazzi after Gohan and his family after Videl [[NotGoodWithRejection rejects him a second time]]. In response, Gohan ''politely'' tells him to stop or he will [[PapaWOlf wake up Pan]]. Barry refuses to take the hint, snapping that Gohan's just a stuntman and can't tell him what to do while ''grabbing him by the collar''; Gohan grabs onto him, rushes him at hypersonic-speed, and stops just before a wall, scaring the living daylights out of him, before once more ''[[TranquilFury politely]]'' telling him to leave.

'''Son Goku:''' ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S30cBkGu1tc The way you did that Earthling? You mean Krillin!? '''YOU MEAN KRILLIN!?''']]"''

* 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.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':

* ''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...]]

** 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, 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 ''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]]''.

* It's commonly interpreted that Nanami in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' has so much trouble with animals, and at one point actually [[ForcefulTransformation 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.

* 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.

* 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.

** Special mention goes to Don Krieg, who picks a fight with [[WorldsBestWarrior 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]].

%%Needs more context about him being intentionally antagonized.* 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.

* ''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://youtu.be/5Z0VZzdtCs8 at 22:37-23:03 here).]]

* ''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''' abuse this insane psychic girl.
* 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 Happy, Nearly beating Lucy to death, Blackmailing her own guildmate, and torturing Milliana 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/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.
* 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]]).

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': 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.]]

** [[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]].

* Anyone who tries to bully Sōsuke in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''. Yeah, [[WhatAnIdiot good idea]] trying to bully the [[TykeBomb boy]] that's carrying an automatic, who was seen sniping at people from the bushes, planting land mines around the school, and [[DisproportionateRetribution threw grenades at anyone who looked at him or Kaname funny]]. It's actually ''[[TooDumbToLive very]]'' [[TooDumbToLive surprising how many bullies try to antagonize]] the "[[PersonOfMassDestruction weirdo military freak]]", considering how outwardly violent he is with everyone, along with how he [[KarmaHoudini gets away]] with ''any'' crime he commits.

** 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 has 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 ''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.

** 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.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries}'':

-->'''Ken: (pissed)''' "Watch out... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor when you ask for something...]] you '''[[IWarnedYou MIGHT GET IT!!]]''' [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVucrZRtFLE SHORYUKEN]]]]!!"

** 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 Paragus 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]].
** 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.
** 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... Not realizing that Buu repeatedly flying recklessly and endangering his life was him trying to ''kill him'' without risking being resealed. This continued until Goku scolded Buu for letting such a weak coward order him around, leading Buu to figure out that he could just choke Babidi to keep him from pronouncing the sealing spell. Babidi died less than a minute after Goku left.
** Then there's Dr. Gero, who repeatedly insulted and berated Androids 17 and 18, who were rebellious teenagers before he forcibly turned them into cyborgs. Cyborgs far stronger than he is, mind you. What happened to him was inevitable. And there's a double dose of TooDumbToLive in this example. See, when Dr. Gero built 17 and 18, he realized how difficult they would be to control, and so came up with a new design for future androids that, while still strong, were more limited in their power. Sounds pretty smart, right? Except that he then rebuilt ''his own'' body, and used the deliberately weakened design on himself rather than the fully powered one that might've enabled him to stand up to 17 and 18 (or better yet, to not even need them in the first place). Yeah, he's a genius, alright.
** 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, and it's only the fact Gohan prolongs the fight that Cell manages to [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum attempt to turn things around]], which costs Goku his life to fix.

** 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.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': During the final battle, Envy just can't resist revealing to [[ColonelBadass Roy]] [[PlayingWithFire Mustang]] that he was the one who murdered [[spoiler: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''.

%%Needs more context explaining why Envy should have expected Roy to be dangerous.* ''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''.