History Main / ApologisesaLot

* Nina, the lead of BlackSwan, shows this trope in spades.

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* Canadians. And erm... sorry for the brevity of this assertion.
** As touched on above, Canadians will apologise instinctively for almost anything no matter the situation, but saying apologetic words and feeling at all sorry for anything are largely disassociated concepts here.
*** Oh, how true that is. Some of us DO mean it most of the time, though, when we know whatever we're apologising for is actually our fault and not something too trivial. Some of us.
*** Actually, I almost always mean it when I apologize to people for, say, stepping on my foot. I may have even meant it when I said 'Sorry' to a door frame - I'd walked into it, you see. I could probably even point you to friends who have done the same.
*** Parodied in this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPI0aicf4bU Heritage Minute Spoof]]
*** [[WeirdAlYankovic "Always hear the same kind of story, break your nose and they'll just say sorry, tell me what kind of freaks are that polite"]]
* Japanese culture. Learning the Japanese language means apologizing and excusing yourself every third sentence.
** Not necessarily apologies, but they do tend to be more self-effacing (which is considered more modest). There are situations where the Japanese are ''less'' likely to apologize than in, say, the U.S. (brushing past somebody, bumping into them on a train or subway, or the like).
** Apologies are often used to express gratitude in Japan.
** SUMIMASEN!!!!
** Apologies are also more formally ritualized. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG6oT5kYI0Y this video on the forms and causes for apologies]]. [[spoiler: It's parody, but funny because it's so ''true''.]]
--> ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqZcEwHBAk8&feature=related Let's put all our hearts into expressing our remorse!]]''
* British culture. We like to apologize. A lot. Sorry about that.
** [[MontyPython John Cleese]] observes that if a British person is your guest for breakfast, and he desires a slice of toast, he will almost certainly ask by gesturing sheepishly at the toaster and saying "sorry."
*** More like saying "sorry, but I want some toast." or "I'm tempted to have some toast. So can I?" This Troper Does not know, this troper is not British but does apologize a lot..
** A few years ago there was actually an experiment from the book ''Watching the English'' by anthropologist Kate Kox where a woman walked through a busy British shopping centre rummaging through her bag and purposefully banging into people. The results showed that nearly everyone apologized for her hitting them.
* Telephone Operators (they tend to start their messages with "I'm/we're sorry").
* And then there was the gentleman accidentally shot in the face by V.P. Cheney. [[SorryIFellOnYourFist ''He'' wound up apologizing to the Vice President.]]
** [[TooDumbToLive In fairness to them both one of the first things you're supposed to learn about hunting is DON'T FUCKING WALK DOWNRANGE OF THE SHOOTERS. Especially in cover.]]
* Averted in Korean culture where apologizing is typically avoided. In some instances, apologizing is a sign of losing face.
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* Yuna from ''FinalFantasyX''. She often apologises for doing stuff, even when Tidus walked in on her. For better or worse, she changes in [[FinalFantasyX-2 X-2]].

* Rina from ''FadingHearts'' apologizes to Ryou at the slightest chance of offence or disappointment she may have caused, especially when her behaviour becomes more evasive as the [[VisualNovel visual novel]] goes on.

* Rukia from ''{{Bleach}}'' gets ''punched'' in the face by [[CoolBigSis Kukkaku Shiba]] when she does this too much. Granted, she ''did'' have a good reason to want to apologize though...

* British culture. We like to apologise. A lot. Sorry about that.

*** More like saying "sorry, but I want some toast." or "I'm tempted to have some toast. So can I?" This Troper Does not know, this troper is not british but does apoligise a lot..
** A few years ago there was actually an experiment from the book ''Watching the English'' by anthropologist Kate Kox where a woman walked through a busy British shopping centre rummaging through her bag and purposefully banging into people. The results showed that nearly everyone apologised for her hitting them.

* Ritsu from ''FruitsBasket'' was a male [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdresser]] who basically had fits of BERSERK APOLOGIZING whenever anything whatsoever went the least bit wrong anywhere in his immediate vicinity. It was downright painful to watch. Apparently, he become that way from listening to his parents apologize for him throughout his childhood...

-->-- "[[http://consc.net/misc/moser.html This Is the Title of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times In the Story Itself]]", David Moser

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** Dean may be the absolute king of self-blame, but he doesn't actually apologize very often. It's <i>Sam</i> who stops in the middle of a fight to apologize for bumping into his brother (which, of course, leads to him getting choked).

* Bakura, from ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' sometimes did this, at least in the dub. When he accidentally set off a BoobyTrap in one scene, he started chanting, "I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry" etc. Maybe not the wisest thing to do while attempting an IndyEscape. Possibly related to the fact that in the dub, he has an IAmVeryBritish accent, and as the RealLife section attests, the British are notorious for excessive apologizing.

* Bakura, from YuGiOh, sometimes did this, at least in the dub. When he accidentally set off a BoobyTrap in one scene, he started chanting, "I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry" etc. Maybe not the wisest thing to do while attempting an IndyEscape. Possibly related to the fact that in the dub, he has an IAmVeryBritish accent, and as the RealLife section attests, the British are notorious for excessive apologizing.

* John Ritter's character in ''NoisesOff'' combines this with SoYeah. Christopher Reeve's character does a variant on the theme.