History Main / ChillyReception

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': As Po admits, his first few days after being declared as the Dragon Warrior were awful with all his heroes (except for Master Oogway) making it clear they hated him and wanted him gone. Of course, he starts impressing most of the Five with his tireless tenacity and good cooking and humor, Shifu turned around seeing how phenomenally quickly he is learning martial arts and finally Tigress changed her mind after he defeated Tai Lung.

* ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'': Hoo boy... Naofumi Iwatania AKA the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Shield Hero]] is on the recieving end of this trope '''right from the start'''. At first it seems like just a mild form of inconvenience for him... [[spoiler: until it drastically deteriorates completely after his little [[BitchInSheepsClothing "helper"]] who decided to join him earler only did so to later steal his belongings as he slept and then proceeded to double-whammy it with her FalseRapeAccusation. After suffering such a horrific turn of events like that, it's literally no surprise he permanently [[TookALevelInCynic became the polar-opposite of his formerly-jovial self.]]]]

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* ''Manga/GakuenAlice'': Mikan's introduction to the academy is basically out-and-out bullying. The Alice children are pretty messed up anyway, with clique-ish and arrogant behaviour being considered the norm, so a newcomer was always going to have a hard time fitting in. Mikan makes things worse for herself by not being an Alice (at least, as far as she knows) and berating the other children for their better-than-thou attitude. Her BlitheSpirit wins her classmates over.
* In the ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' OVA and [[Anime/SakuraWars2000 television series]], Sakura gets a chilly reception, particularly since she's a CountryMouse. At least Maria (the [[QuicklyDemotedWoman then-captain]]), gives her some credit despite the straight-talking, and gets Sakura on stage as soon as possible. See below for VideoGame examples

* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'': In the beginning, all the members of Gekkostate besides Eureka, treat [[TheHero Renton]] with apathy and disrespect, constantly mocking him, playing cruel pranks on him, blaming him for every little mishap, beating the crap out of him and generally treating him as the crew's resident ButtMonkey until he TakesALevelInBadass and stands up to Holland. Keep in mind Renton is fourteen, and almost everyone else on the ship is an adult.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19337503/chapters/46001422 Everyone Loves Mob]]'' Ritsu in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19337503/chapters/46782745 chapter 3]]'' gets a very chilly reception when he attempts to join the Body Improvement Club. This is justified as he is there to make sure that none of the guys are bothering Mob(gender-swapped) and has already threatened Onigawara to get him to stay away from her.

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* ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' by Creator/TamoraPierce. Kel hasn't even set foot in the castle for her Page training before she's being hazed, having been put on probation by her training master. Needless to say, the boys she trains with don't exactly improve matters. She makes friends and triumphs regardless

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': It takes a lot for anyone on Team Gibbs to warm up to any newcomer. Notably, [=McGee=] was more sympathetic to the new-newcomer, Ziva, since he was the old-newcomer.

* This happens to varying degrees in ''Series/StargateSG1'' and ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. How chilly the reception seems to be in direct proportion to how popular the preceding character was and how their exit was handled. Jonas Quinn was never really well-received by O'Neill or the audience. Ronon Dex was loved as soon as he showed up in Atlantis. Oddly enough, even though Richard Woolsey was designed to be a shifty character, everyone got over the chilly reception pretty quick and accepted him as expedition leader.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds''
** The team is so [[TrueCompanions close knit]] that it takes a couple of episodes for a new member to fit in with the dynamic.
** Prentiss is a notable example; she got the cold shoulder at first because she showed up in the BAU, and Hotch and Gideon didn't sign off on her transfer. Strauss only put her on the team so she could dig up secrets to bring down Hotch. Prentiss definitely proved herself later by not "whispering in Strauss's ear" and she was officially accepted by the rest of the team.
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' Season 3: After being gone from Rick's group for nine months, Andrea figures that they'll welcome her back happily. Instead, due to her ignorance about [[BigBad The Governor]]'s true nature, the group greet her with weapons drawn at her, frisk her of any weapons, and are rather angry at her for her remaining stay at the prison.
* This trope is used ''so'' many times on ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'', that it's almost [[StrictlyFormula expected]] by fans, but ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' is where new characters get it the worse, such as with Casey Novak's first day and both Benson and Stabler treated her like an incompetent who was constantly in their way and bungled their case. The fact that both working in Sex Crimes and dealing with both of them made her ''cry'' by the end of her night makes one wonder how she stuck to the job. She didn't win their respect until she was able to locate the missing girl who was hidden in a cooler but alive.
** The only other person who got it worse than her was Sonya Paxton, who from the very first day ''none'' of the characters hid their contempt for, especially Stabler, whose behavior towards her bordered on downright misogyny. Unlike Casey though, she was just as antagonistic towards the division and wasn't able to prove herself (but showing up intoxicated to court and wrecking what should have been a slam-dunk case after railing about how weak alcoholics are tends to undermine a person.) She did eventually return a few years later and was able to assist the detectives, [[RedemptionEqualsDeath but that came at too steep of a price.]]
** Also, it can be expected for the new character to make a derisive comment about the person they replaced, with or without this trope coming into play or even if ''they're'' the one doling out the unfriendliness (with one of the few exceptions being Fontana never having a cross word for Briscoe, for [[EnsembleDarkhorse obvious]] [[DueToTheDead reasons.]])
* When Will Bailey filled in for Sam on ''Series/TheWestWing'', he was put through some pretty humiliating scenarios. The entire speechwriting staff quit on his first day in protest of him getting the job over anyone on the inside, CJ and Josh seemed to enjoy "hazing" him by slipping olives in his pockets or filling his office with bicycles, and Toby was icy towards him because he didn't respond the same way Sam did when Toby needed his help.
-->'''Will:''' Seriously, Toby, you put me in that office and everyone on the speechwriting staff is going to resent me.
-->'''Toby:''' It's a West Wing office. Everyone who works in the White House is gonna resent you.
* The series premiere of ''Series/WithoutATrace'' was in-universe the first day for new team member Martin Fitzgerald. Supervisor Jack Malone lampshades this trope when introducing him, declaring, "Let's give him the frosty welcome every rookie deserves." He does get a bit of this--his father is a high-ranking official and it's assumed he got his position via {{Nepotism}} and that he's only using it as a stepping stone into a more prestigious assignment--to the point that Jack has to outright ''order'' fellow agent Danny Taylor to be nicer to him (which ultimately pays off, as the two become great friends).

* In ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', you're informed at the beginning that you're being brought in to replace a well-liked member of the team who the others would have preferred to honour by leaving the spot empty. This doesn't have much of an effect on gameplay, but in a couple of cutscenes, some characters are dismissive or just ignore you. Except [[GentleGiant Jorge.]] By the end of the game, this is of course entirely gone.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', the third chapter involves Mario competing in the Glitz Pit, which has two divisions- the minor league for fighters ranked #20 to #11 and the major league for fighters ranked #10 to #2- with the champion given a separate room. While most of the minor leaguers are friendly, the major leaguers greet Mario and Yoshi(who is Mario's partner by default in that scene due to being needed to defeat the Iron Clefts) with cold silence.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', the protagonist is met with distrust and hostility at his new student, Shujin Academy, due to word getting out about him being a juvenile delinquent who supposedly assaulted someone. Even some of the characters who eventually become party members are wary of him at first; Ryuji suspects the protagonist might rat him out to Kamoshida, while Ann is a bit standoffish, especially after noting that the protagonist lied about being sick that morning(since Ann saw him). The only exception is [[NiceGirl Ann's best friend Shiho]], who is kind to joker in part because she knows people ostracize Ann.

'''Sipowitz''': [[{{Catchphrase}} Hi, how ya doin'.]]\\

It sucks to be the [[NaiveNewcomer new guy]]. You're alone, you don't know the rules of this place, you have no idea how to deal with group politics, and you're still trying to work out where on earth the bathroom is.

* In the ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' OVA and [[Anime/SakuraWarsTV television series]], Sakura gets a chilly reception, particularly since she's a CountryMouse. At least Maria (the [[QuicklyDemotedWoman then-captain]]), gives her some credit despite the straight-talking, and gets Sakura on stage as soon as possible. See below for VideoGame examples

* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', this happens to [[spoiler:Homura, in the first timeline, in contrast to her being very popular in the main timeline. She isn't particularly good at sports due to being hospitalized for a long time and is also behind on her studies, so no one except Madoka likes her]].