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[[caption-width-right:300:[[TearJerker The feeling that you are not needed by anyone in this world...]]]]

** In ''Catseye'', Troy's refugee status causes embarrassment all around.

* Tom Riddle (a.k.a. Voldemort) vs. Literature/HarryPotter, and in a different direction, Snape vs. Harry. Tom was popular at school but bullied at home (much like Harry at first), while Snape was unpopular at school, and the victim of many -- including [[spoiler:Harry's own father]]. To be fair, it's never said that Tom was bullied. He was a {{loner|sAreFreaks}} but as far as we are told, Tom ''himself'' was the bully at his orphanage.

->''"They need you right now. But when they don’t? They’ll cast you out. Like a leper!"''

->They need you right now. But when they don’t? They’ll cast you out. Like a leper!
-->--'''The Joker,''' ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

* While not exactly abused, [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Arcueid]] was extremely isolated by the other True Ancestor vampires, even from themselves. They were glad she was around to kill Demon Lords, but she was so incredibly powerful that she unnerved them a bit so they never taught her anything and tended to reset her memory every now and then. Just when she finished wiping out the Demon Lords and they were getting ready to accept her and teach her, Roa comes along aaaaand... now there are no more True Ancestors except for her.

* From ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', [[spoiler:Haruka received this from her extended family. This was because her mother gave birth to twins from two different fathers after one of those fathers had assaulted her and her other husband. Therefore it was decided that the 'superior' twin would be considered the daughter of the good father and would receive all the benefits of the family. Haruka, unfortunately, was deemed to be inferior and so the child of the violent man, and therefore was constantly put down and mistreated. Later, Kanata invokes this at school by spreading around the details about her father. As a result the other kids at school start bullying her and spreading even worse rumours which clearly upset Haruka, but depressingly this is still much better than life at home used to be so she endures it without real complaint.]]

** Also shown in the episode where he and Wolfwood visit the flying city only to be hated by most of the inhabitants.

* Momo Adachi in ''Anime/PeachGirl'' is a victim of bullying by a few of her classmates, strangers, and '''Sae''', though Sae tries to make it seem like Momo is the one bullying ''her'', throughout the course of the series.

* Enforced in Fanfic/TokyoMewMewNoHopeLeft.

** [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale Gaz.]]

* ''Spookley the Square Pumpkin''

If a hero, the character will constantly [[SamaritanSyndrome show their virtue]] by putting up with it and saving their tormentors' lives again and again. Said tormentors will be [[GrudgingThankYou grateful]] for about five seconds [[AesopAmnesia (that is, until the end of the episode),]] and then [[EntitledBastard start it up again.]] There's only two settings for the hero. [[TheStoic Stiff upper lip]], or abandoning his tormentors completely. The hero's putting up with this borders on being masochistic. Few attempts are made to truly change their situation, unless it's "going too far and abandoning people entirely," (which they'll regret considering and go right back to it again.) It's not uncommon for a disillusioned hero, however, to undergo a TenMinuteRetirement as a result of such poor treatment. As a result of this, crime and mayhem will usually skyrocket, [[HoldingOutForAHero the Muggles and mundane authorities will be unable to cope]], and a slightly humiliating backtracking will be necessary as they beg the hero to come back and clean the mess up. Of course, once the hero ''does'' come back, [[UngratefulBastard they had better not expect gratitude]]; the {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s may immediately [[StatusQuoIsGod start picking on them again]] as soon as the mess is cleaned up. This is, unfortunately, sometimes TruthInTelevision; see below.

* The spirit-sensing heroine in a short manga story is ''viciously'' abused when her [[CursedWithAwesome "gift"]] is revealed. While she tries to be TheStoic, the ghostly schoolboy she's trying to help attempts to KillEmAll by showering them with glass. Ironically this causes the classmates to believe her and they apologize profusely.
** ''What'' short manga story?

** Also Kisara from the same series, who was bullied all her life because of her fair skin and [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl white hair]]. Then it turns out [[spoiler:that her mind is actually the Blue-Eyes White Dragon]].

** The R Movie has a scene that shows how ''all'' of the Inner Senshi were like this. Ami/Mercury was rejected for being a TeenGenius (and mistaken for an InsufferableGenius), Rei/Mars was shunned for her PsychicPowers, Makoto/Jupiter was feared for her SuperStrength, and Minako/Venus was thought less of for "[[YourCostumeNeedsWork pretending to be Sailor V]]." Then, [[TheMessiah Usagi]] came into their lives and saved them from their loneliness. The scene as a whole happens [[spoiler: when [[TheDragon Fiore]] is ''[[ToThePain torturing Usagi to almost death]]'' after she pleas for him to spare the kidnapped Senshi's lives... and they throw themselves at Fiore's feet and claim that, if not for her, they'd be alone in the world]]. ''[[TearJerker Heartbreaking]]''.

Related FantasticRacism, NeverAcceptedInHisHometown, InternalizedCategorism and KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect. Possible cause for DrivenToSuicide. If this is played as a positive aspect, then it's EnemiesEqualsGreatness.

** In ''Ice Crown'', the heroine is not taken seriously by her family.

* A lighter version of this is shown in ''SpiderRiders'' with Grasshop. He also qualifies as the ultimate ButtMonkey at times.

* Tamahome of ''FushigiYuugi'' reveals he was nicknamed "obake-chan" and tormented as a child because of the [[FacialMarkings mark]] on his forehead, which designates him as a Suzaku warrior (and hence somebody who will help save the entire kingdom).

* Film adaptations of Creator/StephenKing's ''{{Carrie}}'' as described in Literature.

* The teenage main character of Stephen King's ''{{Carrie}}'', whose torment at school and at home from her MoralGuardian zealot mother leads her to burn down the building at prom and later her own house with both her and her mother still in it.
* Tom Riddle (a.k.a. Voldemort) vs. Literature/HarryPotter, and in a different direction, Snape vs. Harry. Tom was popular at school but bullied at home (much like Harry at first), while Snape was unpopular at school, and the victim of many -- including [[spoiler:Harry's own father]]. To be fair, it's never said that Tom was bullied. He was a [[LonersAreFreaks loner]] but as far as we are told, Tom ''himself'' was the bully at his orphanage.

* [[TheLegendOfDrizzt Drizzt Do'urden]], for not being AlwaysChaoticEvil like his fellow Drow.

* The KoreanSeries ''BoysBeforeFlowers'' focuses on a poor OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who goes to an exclusive academy for rich kids and gets bullied.

* This trope is the fuel for {{Radiohead}}'s "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk Creep]]."

-->--'''The Joker,''' ''{{Film/TheDarkKnight}}''

-->--'''The Joker,''' ''[[Film/TheDarkKnight]]''

->''They need you right now. But when they don’t? They’ll cast you out. Like a leper!''
-->--'''[[Film/TheDarkKnight The Joker]]'''

* The Dinobots suffer this treatment in [[Fanfic/AChildShallLeadThem]], even when one of them, Swoop, gains the Matrix and becomes the next Prime.

Related FantasticRacism, NeverAcceptedInHisHometown, InternalizedCategorism and KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect. Possible cause for DrivenToSuicide.