History BullyingADragon / WesternAnimation

** The show could practically be titled Taunting the Reaper. The entire premise requires that the Grim Reaper never snap under constant torment and do away with the kids.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Bobert is a robot with super strength, the ability to shape shift, and can shoot lasers and ''nukes'' at people. "The Robot" shows that the other kids love to mock him. This is justified by the fact that they all think he doesn't have feelings and therefore can't get mad at them.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Stan does something very very similar to a TheSimpsons example above. After searching for the perfect Christmas tree, he falls off a cliff and dies, with his family waiting in the car. Yet his car keys are in his pocket, and they are in the middle of nowhere freezing to death. Stan after losing a trial to determine whether he should be brought back to life, steals a gun that can kill Angels, bursts into God's office. And (Despite being a devout Christian himself) threatens to kill God if he doesn't bring him back to life and save his family. Though subverted, as God doesn't punish Stan (Aside from a sharp telling off) as he is touched that Stan cares about his family that much to do something so idiotic and blasphemous.

** Aang is a kid, so it's understandable that people might not think much of him. A much less justifiable example occurs between Avatar Roku and Fire Lord Sozin. Roku has finished his Avatar training, meaning he is straight-up the most powerful bender on the planet. Sozin had the nerve to start his country's war on the rest of the planet while Roku was still on the clock, and even acted like Roku should be working for him. Then he attacked Roku when Roku shunned him. Needless to say, a hilariously one-sided beatdown ensued, leaving Sozin minus a palace.

** [[AlphaBitch Bonnie Rockwaller's]] constant petty harassment of Kim- despite knowing full well that if Kim decided she'd had enough, her only choices would be "run" or "catch a beating." A cut scene in ''[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama So the Drama]]'' have Monique and Kim discuss this, where Kim decides that beating on Bonnie would make her a bad student, in comparison to, say, trying to kill Shego at the end of the film.

** Related to the above examples, a notable (non-flashback) {{invo|kedTrope}}cation of this trope comes up in the first episode of the second season, "The Avatar State." An Earth Kingdom General tries to [[StopHelpingMe help Aang reach]] the eponymous SuperMode, and when everything he tries ends in failure, he resorts to pushing his BerserkButton i.e. threatening Katara. [[UnstoppableRage It ends about as well as you'd expect it to,]] and the fort where it happens gets smashed to pieces.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Stan does something very very similar to a TheSimpsons example above. After searching for the perfect Christmas tree, he falls off a cliff and dies, with his family waiting in the car. Yet his car keys are in his pocket, and they are in the middle of nowhere freezing to death. Stan after losing a trial to determine whether he should be brought back to life, steals a gun that can kill Angels, bursts into God's office. And (Despite being a devout Christian himself) threatens to kill God if he doesn't bring him back to life and save his family. Though subverted, as God doesn't punish Stan (Aside from a sharp telling off) as he is touched that Stan cares about his family that much.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Stan does something very very similar to a TheSimpsons example above. After searching for the perfect Christmas tree, he falls off a cliff and dies, with his family waiting in the car. Yet his car keys are in his pocket, and they are in the middle of nowhere freezing to death. Stan after losing a trial to determine whether he should be brought back to life, grabs a gun that can kill Angels, bursts into God's office. And (Despite being a devout Christian himself) threatens to kill God if he doesn't bring him back to life and save his family. Though subverted, as God doesn't punish Stan (Aside from a sharp telling off) as he is touched that Stan cares about his family that much.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad!'' Stan does something very very similar to a TheSimpsons example above. After searching for the perfect Christmas tree, he falls off a cliff and dies, with his family waiting in the car. Yet his car keys are in his pocket, and they are in the middle of nowhere freezing to death. Stan after losing a trial to determine whether he should be brought back to life, grabs a gun that can kill Angels, bursts into God's office. And (Despite being a devout Christian himself) threatens to kill God if he doesn't bring him back to life and save his family. Though subverted, as God doesn't punish Stan (Aside from a sharp telling off) as he is touched that Stan cares about his family that much.

* In the Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQZSs-ceITQ My Little Duckaroo]], Daffy (as The Masked Avenger) repeatedly sees clear evidence that Nasty Canasta is far stronger and tougher than Daffy is, yet he still challenges Canasta to a fist-fight. After Canasta bursts his shirt clear off merely by flexing his muscles, Daffy still persists in accusing Canasta of being too chicken to fight, albeit with a look on his face which says "oh heck, I'm going to die."

* Like in the original movie, Adonis from the [=TV series=] of ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' doesn't realize the danger in bullying someone who can [[SuperStrength throw a mountain at you]]. It finally catches up to him when he antagonizes Gaia, who nearly kills him before he manages to appease her.

** "Stoop Kid" has the titular character finally growing the toughness to leave his stoop. Harold, who was not aware of this event, casually mocks the Stoop Kid for staying on his stoop...which promptly leads to the Stoop Kid jumping off of his stoop. Harold [[OhCrap freaks out]] and gets chased by the Stoop Kid.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''. Several episodes deal with people (usually Sid and Stinky), teasing either Harold or Big Patty, either of which can and will beat the crap out of them in retaliation.

** Amusingly enough, this isn't the first time Kevin is on the receiving end of this trope. His FreudianExcuse in the Original Series was all about him getting bullied and called a freak for having the ability to absorb energy and shoot electric blasts.

* The page quote is thanks to Mr. Candy from ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''. Keep in mind this guy was an even match for Mr. Van Driessen, and this time around he takes a swing at ''Mr. Buzzcut''. Cue army snare drums and the beating of Mr. Candy's life.

* Doctor Scratchandsniff of ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'' learnt the ''hard'' way to NOT scream "IT'S ALL FAKE" at ''Professional Wrestlers''... as in [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown "pulled onto the stage and literally bent into a human pretzel" hard way.]]

** Though admittedly he's desperate to save his sister[[note]]he's being blackmailed into capturing her[[/note]], the private investigator Yashimoto tries to capture Cyber Six with nothing more than a grappling hook staff thing. Keep in mind this is ''after'' he's watched her leap ''building to building''. The only thing that saves him from the beating of his life is that Cyber Six [[TookAThirdOption takes a third option]] and teams up with him to save the hostages.

** One of the dumbest examples, from "[[Recap/KimPossibleS4E22Graduation Graduation]]": Ron, who has just become the Mystical Monkey Master, throws Warhok across the landscape and manifests enough power to bring down a bunch of tripods, making the idiocy messing with him clear. Warhok and Warmonga still try to attack him.

** One of the dumbest examples: Ron, who has just become the Mystical Monkey Master, throws Warhok across the landscape and manifests enough power to bring down a bunch of tripods, making the idiocy messing with him clear. Warhok and Warmonga still try to attack him.

->''YOU JUST MADE A FATAL MISSTAKE, MR CANDY-ASS! I HOPE YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT!''

** Then there's Will Harangue, who is Ben's [[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} J. Jonah Jameson]], who devotes his life calling Ben a menace, if that were true then Ben would have gone alien and turned him to paste ages ago.

** [[spoiler: He still hasn't learned his lesson, as he repeats the same with the slightly smaller Skylynx and Darksteel. Again a literal example, since Skylynx is too a Cybertronian dragon. By the end of ''Predacons Rising'', Skylynx and Darksteel are allied with the aforementioned Predaking, and it's not clear if Starscream will survive the result.]]

** In an episode that has Gumby, Goo, and Prickle in ''The Big City'', a mugger (with an attack dog) tries to rob the trio in an elevator after Gumby buys a new guitar. Pickle stands up to the thief and threatens to incinerate his pooch if he didn't call it off. Thief doesn't. [[spoiler: Cue Prickle [[BreathWeapon breathing a huge plume of fire]]. The murderous mutt is reduced to a whimpering puppy, and the mugger runs away after the elevator reaches the ground floor]]!

** Peter visits Australia and during a walk, he comes up to a sleeping crocodile. He starts poking him with a stick, yelling "Wake up, sleepyhead!" Subverted when after a few pokes, a koala flies out of nowhere and latches on to Peter's face.

* [[WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}} Early Cuyler's]] response to being declared a protected species? Get drunk and pick a fight with a jaguar.
-->'''Early''': More like a ''fag''uar!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' episode "Nor Iron Bars A Cage", a prisoner named Trukk tries to push around Ultimate Kevin, completely ignoring the fact that Kevin is A)Bigger then him, and B)Breaking rocks with his bare hands. Lucky for him Kevin was not really interested, otherwise he would have ended up killed rather than just getting beaten up.

--->'''MIB''': Standard operating procedure is to show up unannounced, then demand you come with us. But we know we're dealing with [[OneManArmy Ben Tennyson]] so, we're ''asking''. Would you please come with us?
** Then there's Will Harangue who is Ben's [[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} J. Jonah Jameson]], who devotes his life calling Ben a menace, if that were true then Ben would have gone alien and turned him to paste ages ago.
** Then in Ben10Omniverse, [[NonActionBigBad Doctor Psychobos]], despite calling himself "[[InsufferableGenius the greatest mind in the entire universe]]", apparently thinks it's a good idea to act bossy around ''[[PsychoForHire Khyber]] [[BadassNormal the]] [[EgomaniacHunter Huntsman]]'' and try to MindRape him when he acts reluctant. [[TheDogBitesBack Guess how that turns out]].
--->'''Khyber''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Never. Do. That. Again!]]

** Yet another episode has an unwilling version by Nelson. After Lisa learns that nerd sweat causes bullies to beat them up, she swabs some on Mike Tyson. Nelson is thus compelled to bully Mike Tyson, all while begging him not to retaliate.
-->'''Tyson:''' [rolling up sleeves] I'm afraid you've left me little recourse.

** Then there's Will Harangue who is Ben's [[Franchise/Spider-Man J. Jonah Jameson]], who devotes his life calling Ben a menace, if that were true then Ben would have gone alien and turned him to paste ages ago.