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** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'':
*** Chantry zealots such as Petrice go out of their way to escalate hostilities against the hundreds of elite Qunari warriors who were shipwrecked in Kirkwall. The Qunari have done ''nothing'' against Kirkwall for years despite the Arishok's growing disgust with the WretchedHive of a city, [[spoiler:since they are busy looking for their sacred relic]]. They aren't even actively looking for converts to the Qun — people are joining them of their own free will. Near the end of Act II, [[spoiler:when Petrice murders Seamus Dumas after he joined the Qun]], the Arishok warns Hawke that the provocations that the Qunari suffered have finally worked [[spoiler:and later launches a full invasion of the city. Petrice, meanwhile, [[LaserGuidedKarma gets introduced to]] a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice spear-sized Qunari arrow]] for her troubles]].
*** Likewise, we routinely see Templars or Slavers threatening mages who don't have good control over their powers (or cause them to become desperate enough), so the only way out they see is to allow demons to possess them and become [[HumanoidAbomination Abominations]].
*** Despite being well-known as the Champion of Kirkwall by Act III, the amount of people who try to murder the person who defeated [[spoiler:the Arishok]] ''in single-combat'' is particularly baffling, [[CurbStompBattle especially if Hawke is a Mage]].
*** Several post-non-scripted-battle quips from your comrades fairly well lampshade this, usually different iterations of "When will they learn? Messing with us is suicide."

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'': Cynder gets a lot of grief from Sparx due to being the BigBad of the first game (though she was BrainwashedAndCrazy at the time) who made a HeelFaceTurn. This is despite the fact she's far larger than him and is nearly as powerful, if not ''as'' powerful, as Spyro himself. Several other characters also do this while referring to her by her old nickname [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Terror of the Skies"]]. Sure, she's not a gigantic monster anymore, but she's still tough enough she could beat the tar out of them without a second thought if she wanted to.

** At the beginning of the original campaign, [[spoiler:Amie Fern]] ends up StuffedIntoTheFridge after she fires off a ''magic missile'' spell at a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Githyanki]] mage who's giving her master Tarmas a hard time. A Githyanki with a clearly visible ''shield'' spell up[[note]]''shield'' is a complete NoSell against ''magic missile'', which is otherwise an [[UnblockableAttack Unblockable]] AlwaysAccurateAttack[[/note]]. The Githyanki basically rolls his eyes, then one-shots her.

* Aurelion Sol of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' is a judiciously powerful being. A celestial, star making dragon who makes the humans around him look like ants in a size comparison. The residents of Mount Targon thought that meant it was a good idea to slap a mind controlling crown on him, and make him do their monster killing for centuries. The crown is also starting to lose its effect. Suffice to say, Sol plans to wreak hell untold on Targon and the world when he's fully free.

* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', the climax of Primrose's Chapter 3 has her confronting the Right Hand of the Crow in revenge for murdering her father Geoffrey ten years ago. This Crow Man in particular is revealed to be Albus, the former captain of the city watch and a friend of her father's who [[FallenHero eventually]] [[EvilFormerFriend betrayed him]] for [[ItsAllAboutMe his own]] [[EvilIsPetty petty]] financial and political gain. For no good reason, Albus decides it would be a great idea to [[SpeakIllOfTheDead insult Primrose's deceased father]] [[MockingTheMourner in front of her]], claiming that Geoffrey spoke of how having faith was in itself enough to protect Noblecourt from any danger, and that his murder "goes to show what the faith of a fool is worth". Not only is Albus twisting Geoffrey's stance on faith (i.e. that it protects people against internal despair and lets them continue on the path they have chosen) into something [[BlatantLies completely untrue]], but he says this in front of a woman who is a skilled [[KnifeNut knife combatant]] and a powerful [[CastingAShadow dark magic]] user. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'': One of {{Tengu}} Man’s pre-battle taunts is “It’s just a kid; don’t make me laugh.” Note that he says this to ''VideoGame/MegaMan'', who is [[{{Irony}} not only]] the second oldest (after Blues) and most experienced Robot Master, but has [[OneManArmy ripped through]] Wily’s forces at least seven times before. Also counts as SuicidalOverconfidence to the max, as Tengu Man is often the first boss players go after, due to having the [[GlassCannon lightest armor]] and easy-to-read tactics.

* In ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'', this is the reaction of the bad guys in general, especially as the storyline goes on, falls under this. Despite being one of the most powerful Conduits in existence, capable of fighting small armies and giant monsters to at least a draw, and most likely rapidly taking over the city, random {{Mooks}} will still show up en masse and try to off Cole.

* In ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}}'', if you choose to take the [[KarmaMeter infamous route]], then average citizens (even unarmed women) will throw rocks and mock you (an amazingly powerful villain).
** In fairness, if you take that route, [[WhatTheHellPlayer you kind of deserve it]], making it less like bullying and more like standing up to the monster who's wrecking their city for no real reason.
** The reaction of the bad guys in general, especially as the storyline goes on, falls under this. Despite being one of the most powerful Conduits in existence, capable of fighting small armies and giant monsters to at least a draw, and most likely rapidly taking over the city, random {{Mooks}} will still show up en masse and try to off Cole.

* After a few days of lockdown in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', mobsters start to hunt down devil tamers. This either ends with killing a tamer who was trying to save them or a pissed tamer countering with summoned demons.

* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'': The thoughts running through every single street gangster's alleged mind must be: "I live in a city where people wielding earth-shattering powers run around dressed in bright-colored spandex. I'm bored and I have a baseball bat. Let's attack the very next person we see dressed like that!" The only question is whether it's dumber when they're attacking any hero they see or when they're entirely ignoring ''really'' powerful heroes bearing down on them as if they weren't even there.
** The second one is very clearly a useful survival strategy. Most of the time, heroes of a high enough level to mop the floor with a spawn of villains won't get enough XP from it for them to bother, but if the villains went around hitting first...
** "[[SurvivalMantra Just pretend he isn't there,]] [[EnemyChatter and he'll go away...]]"

* In the second and semi-third games for ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'', Edwin Odeisseron likes to boast that he's more powerful than [[CreatorsPet Elminster]]. His epilogue for ''Throne of Bhaal'' reveals he actually was stupid enough to try to prove it. He spends the rest of his days as "[[GenderBender Edwina]]", a lonely and bitter barmaid somewhere.

* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed:'' Far too many games have examples of random people deciding "hey, let's antagonise that person carrying enough weapons to kill a small army" and getting exactly what's coming to them. Which is usually a knife to the face. The Templars are particularly bad in this respect, if they encounter an Assassin, they usually seem to make it their goal to piss them off.

*** Chantry zealots such as Petrice go out of their way to escalate hostilities against the hundreds of elite Qunari warriors who were shipwrecked in Kirkwall. The Qunari have done ''nothing'' against Kirkwall for years despite the Arishok's growing disgust with the WretchedHive of a city, [[spoiler:since they are busy looking for their sacred relic]]. They aren't even actively looking for converts to the Qun -- people are joining them of their own free will. Near the end of Act II, [[spoiler:when Petrice murders Seamus Dumas after he joined the Qun]], the Arishok warns Hawke that the provocations that the Qunari suffered have finally worked [[spoiler:and later launches a full invasion of the city. Petrice, meanwhile, [[LaserGuidedKarma gets introduced to]] a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice spear-sized Qunari arrow]] for her troubles]].

*** Despite being well-known as the Champion of Kirkwall by Act III, the amount of people who try to murder the person who defeated [[spoiler:the Arishok]] ''in single-combat'' is particularly baffling, [[CurbStompBattle especially if Hawke is a Mage.]]

*** "[[SuicidalOverconfidence And people actually voluntarily attack you?]] Are they just stupid?" -- remark of Sergeant Kylon to the Warden[[note]]Who is, by all accounts, the high-fantasy equivalent to a '''super soldier''' who by this point may have achieved such feats as defeating a pack of ancient werewolves in a cursed Elvhen forest, journeyed to the deepest pits of the Deep Roads into the middle of a Darkspawn stronghold, and fought their way to the top of a mage tower overrun with demons and abominations[[/note]] after a side quest.

*** [[SecretPolice Blades]] [[TheSpymaster Spymaster]] and initial main quest QuestGiver Caius Cosades has a bit of a reputation in Balmora. If you ask around the South Wall Cornerclub, you'll learn that people who make the mistake of underestimating Caius tend to...disappear.

*** But really, the palm goes to the Freeside Thugs. We're armed with pool cues, razors, and maybe a baseball bat and clad in basic clothes. Let's pick a fight with the guy/gal with a weapon that can OneHitKill us, a decent armor, who is escorted by a floating robot with a laser on it/a cybernetic dog and a ColdSniper from the best outfit in the wasteland, identified by his beret/A gal with a PowerFist/a guy with a plasma pistol and [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw knife]]/a ghoul with a revolver/a drunk gal with a shotgun/a super mutant. That will end well...

*** [[https://gfycat.com/SourCommonGrison Summed up in a simple video here.]] A Railroad operative talks some smack to the player as they're leaving. Cue a quick save [[GatlingGood and....]]

** The first is Shinji, who only evades being killed because [[spoiler:it would upset Sakura, Rider's real master, otherwise Rider would have killed him before the story even began for the abuse he puts her and Sakura through]]. The second, Caster's [[NominalImportance unnamed]] original Master, is not so lucky and is in fact dead quite a while before the story starts. Caster's Master was jealous of how much better a magus she was, so he put a power limiter on her and then abused her. She got tired of it and tricked him into using up his Command Seals, then brutally murdered him.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': In "The Parting Glass", Teledji Adeledji makes the mistake of taunting Raubahn over [[spoiler: the apparent death by poisoning of Sultana Nanamo, to whom Raubahn was very close.]] This leads to [[spoiler: Raubahn flying into an UnstoppableRage and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cleaving Teledji clean in half]].]]

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', a group of slavers decides to attack a runaway Manakete -- a {{Shapeshifting}} humanoid (bonus points given that Manaketes' transformed form is a literal dragon) that they had previously enslaved. It goes about as well for them as you'd expect.

** There's also a straight example involving the player themselves in the level "Data Hive". If you've collected 29 audio logs and continued to follow your cop buddy after he tells you not to, [[spoiler:you'll find out that he's a DirtyCop on Kinsler's payroll. He then tells you that you know too much and have to die]]. Thing is, you're a member of the best non-[[SuperSoldier Spartan]] unit in the entire UNSC, wearing the best armor an unaugmented human can wear, ''and'' [[spoiler:that cop just saw you cut through a small army of Covenant. No points for guessing who wins this fight]].

--> Shut up Helmu-, Hey you're not Helmut Kruegur. Hey, bad form dude, you stole my idea! Look, maybe there's someone else you can emulate, err..I dunno, Jordan Cross, he's hot right?
-->...
--> Wooow, this is super embarrassing. At least we don't attend the same social circles right? [[VerbalTic Shut up]], we don't right?
--> [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections I...I've got connections!]] [[BullyingADragon I can make you disappear for good!]]

** Wrex says it best: "Anyone who attacks us is either stupid, or on Saren's payroll. Killing the latter is business -- [[TooDumbToLive killing the former is a favor to the universe.]]"

** During Grunt's loyalty mission in the second game, Gatatog Uvenk decides to pick a fight with Grunt, Shepard, and their squadmate... immediately after they have survived a fight on foot with a thresher maw (a hundred-foot-tall monster that spits acid and can crush buildings with a swipe of a tentacle). Especially stupid if, rather than simply surviving the fight, Shepard and co. actually ''kill the maw outright''. Even his fellow krogan think he's an idiot for trying that: his followers afterward are pissed off that he's dead... pissed off at ''Uvenk'', that is, for having picked a fight he couldn't win and making them look bad by proxy.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' doesn't have quite as many examples as the trilogy, but there are a lot of raiders on Kadara and Elaaden who think it's perfectly sensible to take pot-shots at the Pathfinder and their crew for the loot. A lot of criminals on Kadara, at least the more civilized parts, just restrict themselves to being rude to Ryder...

** After Drack's LoyaltyMission, it's possible to be part of a bar brawl, instigated when several humans try to pick a fight with the krogan because... he already beat up some of their friends for picking a fight with him. Drack beats them up too.

* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'': When the bad guys initially (try to) kidnap Max's principals, they could be excused for not knowing how much of a badass he was. When they attack his principal's office to kill him, specifically ''because'' he's killed so many of them, you start to wonder why on earth they're TooDumbToLive enough to be so bent on provoking him.

** Senator Armstrong is the BigBad of the story, but he's just a murderous and hawkish civilian who is served by a private army of cyborgs and super-soldiers that Raiden cuts through like butter. Despite this, he is not remotely intimidated by Raiden -- even after he destroys the latest Metal Gear with Armstrong piloting it -- and even decides to fight Raiden head on! [[spoiler: In a ''hard'' subversion, and to the total surprise of both Raiden and the player, Armstrong is totally justified in his confidence -- he is, and always has been, a superhuman thanks to being infused with nanomachines, and can completely mop the floor with Raiden in a hand to hand fight.]]

** At the beginning of the original campaign, [[spoiler:Amie Fern]] ends up StuffedIntoTheFridge after she fires off a ''magic missile'' spell at a [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Githyanki]] mage who's giving her master Tarmas a hard time. A Githyanki with a clearly visible shield spell up. The Githyanki basically rolls his eyes, then one-shots her.

** Also happens in the prequel, ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' when the Braithwaites kidnap John's son Jack. This makes Dutch round up the gang to attack Braithwaite Manor, raining all hell on the family.

* The endgame of ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' begins when [[MegaCorp Ultor]] tries to assassinate the Boss, who has just spent the entire game proving what a MemeticBadass he/she is by almost single-handedly annihilating the three rival gangs that previously controlled Stilwater and essentially taking over the city. (Granted, Ultor's own plans for Stilwater couldn't have worked with the Boss alive and uncooperative, but they don't even try to buy him/her off before sending in the mercs.)

** And still from the same game, after blaming the Saints for an act of terrorism commited by The Syndicate, you can find people with signs protesting for the gang to leave Steelport. Including ''in front of the Saint's Loft itself''. When the gang is led by someone who goes by the moniker "The Butcher of Stillwater", you really shouldn't be trying to provoke them...

* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' features quite a bit of this when it comes to the [[MegaCorp Orochi Group]]'s test subjects; time and again, the company research teams have dealings with powerful supernatural captives and ed up doing their level best to ''piss them off for no good reason.'' Needless to say, this frequently results in a great many casualties when the inevitable break-outs occur.
** [[LittleMissAlmighty Emma Smith]], another test subject, is frequently abused and mistreated by her Orochi [[WickedStepmother foster-mother Julia]], despite knowing full well just how powerful her ward really is. For the most part, Emma takes the dehumanizing remarks and the harsh restrictions without complaint. Then, in the intro to "Breached," Julia makes the mistake of grabbing her violently enough to hurt her -- and Emma instinctively retaliates with a blast of energy that [[BlownAcrossTheRoom sends Julia flying across the room]].
** [[PsychicChildren Jung]] was subjected to this as well -- ironically not by Orochi, but by the [[PathOfInspiration Fear Nothing Foundation]]. Following the Tokyo Incident, the FNF sent a henchmen to capture him, and the man in question didn't seem all that intimidated by word of Jung's powers; indeed, he actually sneered over how small and alone the "little freak" was. Jung responded by [[TranquilFury very politely]] [[PsychicAssistedSuicide telling the man to forget how to breathe]].
** The end of Issue #11 changes the equation when ''' ''you'' ''' end up bullying a dragon in the form of the Orochi Group. Having invaded their tower headquarters and made it as far the penthouse, you're warned by [[TheSpook Samuel Chandra]] that continuing on with your attempts to [[spoiler: kill his wife]] will result in disastrous consequences for both you and your faction of choice. Naturally, you ignore him -- despite the fact that he's the CEO of a multinational company with the political power to sway elections all over the world and surveillance systems integrated into every single product they sell. [[spoiler: He retaliates by having the security footage of your break-in leaked to the media, successfully framing you as one of the terrorists behind the Tokyo bombing -- and the only way to escape the repercussions is to have your face surgically altered, or risk assassination attempts by angry secret worlders.]]

* VideoGame/WatchDogs2 features this a lot, many missions are triggered by the antagonists taunting or harassing [=DedSec=], becomes more pronounced as the game progresses, even without prior street cred everyone who angers [=DedSec=] suffers humiliation at the hands of the group, so people should really learn. Special mention goes to the Bratva and Tezcas, who wind up in a total ''war'' with [=DedSec=] after [[spoiler: Marcus' kidnapping and near murder and Horatio's murder]] respectively.

* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'' has [[BigBadWannabe Frau Engel]] (an elderly, ordinary nazi officer with little to no real combat experience) taunting the hero [[BigGood B.J.]] (Basically a OneManArmy who leaves even hardened nazis soiling themselves in fear) repeatedly over the course of the game, not realizing that he has been killing nazis and eldritch abominations that were a bigger threat than her (B.J.’s most recent kill was Deathshead, possibly one of the last competent villains in the Wolfenstein games). Engel only got away with it because B.J. was crippled at the time and couldn’t fight back. Towards the end of the game, B.J. acquires a super soldier body after she arrogantly beheaded him and upon seeing him again, goes into a panic and tries to kill him in a [[WimpFight futile attempt with a small golden gun,]] only for B.J. to sever her arm with a hatchet and plant said hatchet right into the screaming nazi’s face.
** Also, an earlier, but plot-relevant example: B.J’s abusive, bigoted father, Rip, points a loaded shotgun in B.J’s face, knowing full well of what B.J is capable of and what he has done in the past and tries to kill him while bragging that he sent his Jewish mother to a nazi death camp. B.J [[TranquilFury calmly tells his father off]] and kills the abusive old man effortlessly.
* No matter the game, random street thugs seem bent on picking a fight with Kiryu Kazuma of the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series. An incredibly menacing, damn near impossible to kill former Yakuza captain known as "The Dragon of Dojima". It ends predictably bad for them every time.
** It's even worse for those punks that decide to go after Taiga "18 Counts" Saejima, an escaped death row inmate with 18 counts of murder on his rep sheet (he didn't actually do it, but that's another story) that makes Kiryu look like a twig.

* If you choose the "Earthborn" origin in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' (you were born on Earth, orphaned, and grew up on the streets), you eventually run into a former member of a gang you used to be a member of. Commander Shepard is both the commanding officer of a Systems Alliance black ops ship, and a Spectre, ''essentially given carte blanche by the Citadel Council to do whatever they want''. Your "friend" tries to blackmail you, because apparently he thinks revealing that you were a former gang member would ruin you; even though the Alliance and Council are willing to look the other way if you ''mow down mind-controlled civilians or exterminate an entire race''. You can choose to point out that you're legally authorized to execute him where he stands... or you can [[BlackmailBackfire just shoot him]].
** Really, regular mercs inexplicably trying to kill Shepard at every possible moment fit this trope, regardless of the origin. Harkin, a corrupt cop from ''1'' and ''2'', even taunts Shepard by asking if they think they can get him. There are also several small encounters where someone tries this on Shepard, who can sometimes point out either that a) They are Commander Shepard, aka the galaxy's biggest badass and just what the hell do they think they are trying, or b) They may not know they are dealing with Shepard (or may not believe it), but they can surely see how badass Shepard is, so shut the hell up.
*** As Wrex put it -- "Anyone who attacks us is either stupid, or on Saren's payroll. Killing the latter is business -- [[TooDumbToLive killing the former is a favor to the universe.]]"

** From ''Mass Effect 1'', there's Kaira Stirling, a biotic security guard on Noveria, who takes an instant dislike to Shepard the minute they step foot in the port, and figures it's a good idea to antagonise them even after they learn Shepard is a Spectre. Eventually, it can culminate in Stirling confronting Shepard after they've already mown down some other dirty cops, and trying to kill them. Doesn't matter if Shepard's party can include at least three other biotics, one of whom is a ''krogan'', she's hell-bent on picking a fight with them for no reason.
** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' doesn't have quite as many examples, but there are a lot of raiders on Kadara and Elaaden who think it's perfectly sensible to take pot-shots at the Pathfinder and their crew for the loot. A lot of criminals on Kadara, at least the more civilized parts, just restrict themselves to being rude to Ryder...

* Cynder from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'' trilogy gets a lot of grief from Sparx due to being the BigBad of the first game (though she was BrainwashedAndCrazy at the time) who made a HeelFaceTurn. This is despite the fact she's far larger than him and is nearly as powerful, if not ''as'' powerful, as Spyro himself. Several other characters also do this while referring to her by her old nickname [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Terror of the Skies"]]. Sure, she's not a gigantic monster anymore, but she's still tough enough she could beat the tar out of them without a second thought if she wanted to.

*** Chantry zealots such as Petrice go out of their way to escalate hostilities against the hundreds of elite Qunari warriors who were shipwrecked in Kirkwall. The Qunari have done ''nothing'' against Kirkwall for years despite the Arishok's growing disgust with the WretchedHive of a city, [[spoiler:since they are busy looking for their sacred relic]]. They aren't even actively looking for converts to the Qun — people are joining them of their own free will. Near the end of Act II, [[spoiler:when Petrice murders Seamus Dumas after he joined the Qun]], the Arishok warns Hawke that the provocations that the Qunari suffered have finally worked [[spoiler:and later launches a full invasion of the city. Petrice, meanwhile, [[LaserGuidedKarma gets introduced to]] a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice spear-sized Qunari arrow]] for her troubles]].

*** "[[SuicidalOverconfidence And people actually voluntarily attack you?]] Are they just stupid?" - remark of Sergeant Kylon to the Warden[[note]]Who is, by all accounts, the high-fantasy equivalent to a '''super soldier''' who by this point may have achieved such feats as defeating a pack of ancient werewolves in a cursed Elvhen forest, journeyed to the deepest pits of the Deep Roads into the middle of a Darkspawn stronghold, and fought their way to the top of a mage tower overrun with demons and abominations[[/note]] after a side quest.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', a group of slavers decides to attack a runaway Manakete — a {{Shapeshifting}} humanoid (bonus points given that Manaketes' transformed form is a literal dragon) that they had previously enslaved. It goes about as well for them as you'd expect.

*** As Wrex put it - "Anyone who attacks us is either stupid, or on Saren's payroll. Killing the latter is business - [[TooDumbToLive killing the former is a favor to the universe.]]"

** Senator Armstrong is the BigBad of the story, but he's just a murderous and hawkish civilian who is served by a private army of cyborgs and super-soldiers that Raiden cuts through like butter. Despite this, he is not remotely intimidated by Raiden- even after he destroys the latest Metal Gear with Armstrong piloting it- and even decides to fight Raiden head on! [[spoiler: In a ''hard'' subversion, and to the total surprise of both Raiden and the player, Armstrong is totally justified in his confidence- he is, and always has been, a superhuman thanks to being infused with nanomachines, and can completely mop the floor with Raiden in a hand to hand fight.]]

** [[LittleMissAlmighty Emma Smith]], another test subject, is frequently abused and mistreated by her Orochi [[WickedStepmother foster-mother Julia]], despite knowing full well just how powerful her ward really is. For the most part, Emma takes the dehumanizing remarks and the harsh restrictions without complaint. Then, in the intro to "Breached," Julia makes the mistake of grabbing her violently enough to hurt her - and Emma instinctively retaliates with a blast of energy that [[BlownAcrossTheRoom sends Julia flying across the room]].
** [[PsychicChildren Jung]] was subjected to this as well - ironically not by Orochi, but by the [[PathOfInspiration Fear Nothing Foundation]]. Following the Tokyo Incident, the FNF sent a henchmen to capture him, and the man in question didn't seem all that intimidated by word of Jung's powers; indeed, he actually sneered over how small and alone the "little freak" was. Jung responded by [[TranquilFury very politely]] [[PsychicAssistedSuicide telling the man to forget how to breathe]].
** The end of Issue #11 changes the equation when ''' ''you'' ''' end up bullying a dragon in the form of the Orochi Group. Having invaded their tower headquarters and made it as far the penthouse, you're warned by [[TheSpook Samuel Chandra]] that continuing on with your attempts to [[spoiler: kill his wife]] will result in disastrous consequences for both you and your faction of choice. Naturally, you ignore him - despite the fact that he's the CEO of a multinational company with the political power to sway elections all over the world and surveillance systems integrated into every single product they sell. [[spoiler: He retaliates by having the security footage of your break-in leaked to the media, successfully framing you as one of the terrorists behind the Tokyo bombing - and the only way to escape the repercussions is to have your face surgically altered, or risk assassination attempts by angry secret worlders.]]

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', one particularly humorous example occurs with a highwayman not far from the [[FirstTown starting town]]. He's meant to be a low-level encounter, but if you don't find him until late in the game, he'll still attempt to rob you. He's wearing only a few pieces of armor and wielding a weak blade while attempting to rob a ''god-slayer''.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' has the Joker (who is pretty much a normal human) pushing Superman's (effectively a god in human form) buttons to the extreme by planting a nuclear bomb in Metropolis that would explode if Superman's wife, Lois Lane, dies. He achieves his goal by tricking Superman via fear gas that Lois was Doomsday, which got him to take Lois into outer space where she and her unborn child died instantly. Superman, wracked with guilt over the death of his wife, his unborn child, and the millions of citizens from the nuked Metropolis, goes after the Joker and can barely restrain himself from killing him. The Joker taunts Superman further by saying that maybe his next family won't blow up this time. This puts Superman over the edge, as he literally rips out Joker's heart and kills him. Why did the Joker even do all this? [[WhatAnIdiot Because he got tired of always losing to Batman and decided to pick on Superman instead.]]

** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey:'' The "Legacy of the First Blade" DLC is caused by this one. The Order of Ancients learn there's a [[UnevenHybrid Tainted One]] running around Greece, and decide this will not stand, so they do everything in their power to get the Eagle Bearer's attention, even after said Eagle Bearer has settled down to a small village to raise a family. They still think it's a good idea to go after them, kill their spouse and abduct their baby. End result? The Order's entire Greek branch is eradicated in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

** And still from the same game, after blaming the Saints for an act of terrorism commited by The Syndicate, you can find people with signs protesting for the gang to leave Steelport. Including ''in front of the Saint's Loft itself''. When the gang is led by someone who goes by the monkier "The Butcher of Stillwater", you really shouldn't be trying to provoke them...