History Main / DisappointedInYou

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Sarge tells Grif this in a voting PSA when the latter fails to cast the deciding vote on which team is best.

One character fails at something. Instead of being angry, another character is morose. They don't yell at the first character or ask them "WhatWereYouThinking" or anything dramatic like that. Instead, they calmly, sadly and often regretfully tell the other person that they've let them down. Someway, somehow, they've set the second character's hopes for them high and then failed to deliver. May be worded as "I'm disappointed in you," or "You disappoint me," or at a stretch "I expected better/more of you." However it's worded, the issue isn't one of outrage or indignation -- merely that the speaker has been let down by the other and they feel like a fool for believing there would be any other outcome.

-->'''Mufasa:''' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero You have let your family fall apart]], and in doing so, you have broken the Circle of Life.

** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': After Jadzia Dax went on an unauthorized mission with the elderly Klingons Kor, Kang, and Koloth to kill The Albino in the episode ''[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS02E19BloodOath Blood Oath]]'', Dax returns to DS9 to find Kira and Sisko looking at her with disappointment clearly visible on their faces.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Captain Janeway can fall into this trope if one of the crew screws up badly enough. The downside to being TeamMom is that when your crew-slash-surrogate-family lets you down, it hits ''hard''.

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* ''Fanfic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima'': Granny Hina tries guilt-tripping Keitaro into taking over the Inn by talking about how disappointed she is in the person he's becoming. This doesn't work. She also attempts the same tactic on his parents.
* ''Fanfic/AmbienceAFleetSymphony'': In chapter 105, [[spoiler:Murasame]] saying this to [[spoiler:Suzukaze]] is the cherry on top of the preceding EtTuBrute, the straw that breaks the camel's back and causes the latter to abandon the fleet.
* In ''Fanfic/BoysUndSenshado'', Miho expresses the sentiment to Mako when a mistake by Mako as driver [[spoiler:results in Miho almost getting run over by their Panzer IV]].
* Both Twilight Velvet and Night Light scold Shining Armor's actions at his sister in ''Fanfic/ACanterlotWeddingAftermath''.
* In ''FanFic/CardcaptorRad'', with Optimus being something of a TeamDad, both Hot Shot and Rad can attest they find when he's disappointed in them to be worse than if he got angry.
* ''[[Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral Chloe's Lament]]'': After sincerely believing that his ChildhoodFriend was simply misunderstood by her classmates and spending so much time defending her, Adrien is horrified to realize just how little regard she holds for others, to the point that she legitimately doesn't see anything wrong with the notion of {{Mind Control}}ling everyone to serve as her personal slaves. Chloe notices that he keeps giving her incredibly disappointed looks, but struggles to understand ''why'', even when he [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech spells it out for her]].
* In ''Fanfic/{{Continuance}}'', Souji Seta convinces his father, Yuuma to let him visit [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Inaba]] for Golden Week, under the pretext of gathering business information. Yuuma, upon seeing Souji's portfolio, says this is "far beneath what (he) expect(s) of" his son. Souji, unfazed, snarkily replies that Yuuma's been saying that ever since Souji was thirteen.
* After Yuugao almost kills Suzume for poisoning Naruto in ''Fanfic/{{Eroninja}}'', Naruto tells her he's disappointed in her, which Suzume notes nearly drives the Anbu captain to tears.
* ''Fanfic/FateBlackDawn'': The key turning point in Morgan le Faye's relationship with Shirou is how he takes her to task for being [[AbusiveParents a terrible mother]] to her homunculus Mordred. "She deserves a decent mother. And you deserve to be a great one." While Morgan has had people hating her and her ambitions her entire life, she's never had anyone disappointed in her because they expected her to do better.
* [[ItMakesSenseInContext After twelve years of inhabiting his son's body]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5571816/26/Win-Some-Lose-Some The Fire Quenched]]'', Kakashi notes that Minato doesn't seem so much angry with the village as deeply disappointed for how they treated "Naruto".
* Xander indirectly tells Buffy how disappointed he is in ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-8932-10/Psyckosama+Hunter.htm Hunter]]'' when after they both agree to share their dirty little secrets with the group (that Xander had Ethan Rayne mystically empower him and that Buffy has been hiding that Angel's back), he reveals his secret first and she refuses to say anything.
-->'''Xander''': Well, I guess no one else has anything to say. I guess we can all go back to our so not normal lives.
* ''FanFic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Miss April is deeply disappointed when she catches her student Sara snidely declaring that Chloe doesn't ''deserve'' to have anyone looking for her, and that she hopes she ''never'' comes back. This extends to the rest of the class for making Chloe so miserable in the first place, contributing to her disappearance.
* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'':
** After his father is exposed as Hawkmoth, Adrien tries to argue for a lighter sentence, claiming that most of his terrorist acts 'don't count' because Ladybug used her [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]] to repair the damage. His bodyguard fixes him with a deeply disappointed stare upon hearing this.
** Ladybug's disappointment in her after her stint as Miracle Queen proves to be the reality check Chloe needed to kickstart her CharacterDevelopment, as she [[HeelRealization finally realizes what a]] SpoiledBrat she was and starts making serious effort to change her ways.
* In ''FanFic/LadyBugOut'', [[MisplacedKindergartenTeacher Ms. Bustier]] attempts to talk Marinette into deleting the titular blog behind Ladybug's back (unaware that she ''is'' Ladybug). When Marinette refuses and calls her out on her bully-coddling, Bustier attempts to shame her by saying this. It promptly blows up in her face as most of her class proceeds to back Marinette up, [[WhatTheHellHero calling her out]] for her underhanded tactics.
* ''FanFic/MarinetteDupainChengsSpitePlaylist: Remix'':
** Marinette ''expects'' Adrien to pull this card after she transfers out of their school, since he'd told her to 'take the high road' and just ignore Lila's antics. Instead, Adrien apologizes to her, having realized that his advice wasn't the support she'd needed... or that he'd promised her.
** Chloé pulls this when she tries to guilt-trip Marinette into helping her take down Lila, regaling her with all the ways the ManipulativeBitch is exploiting their classmates. When Marinette doesn't cave, Chloé sneers that she thought she'd care more about her friends.
** Later, Adrien worries that Marinette will be disappointed if she learns that he's cooperating with Chloé to deal with Lila. This proves doubly ironic; not only is this part of his efforts to [[GrewASpine grow a spine]] and make up for his past mistakes, but he's unaware that [[spoiler:Marinette is cooperating with them as Ladybug]].
* ''FanFic/TheOneToMakeItStay'':
** After Alya accidentally ditches her babysitting duties, her older sister Nora is utterly ''furious'' with her. By contrast, her mother is much quieter and calmer, explaining why she's disappointed not just by this incident, but by how [[SkewedPriorities skewed Alya's priorities]] have become in general. While Alya has been incredibly stubborn up to this point, rejecting the idea that [[NeverMyFault she could be responsible for any of her problems]], this marks a turning point, as she finds herself more frustrated by how she ''can't'' blame them for being upset.
** Eventually, Alya admits to Ladybug that her fear of this was a major motivation behind how she was acting. In essence, she didn't want to admit her actions were wrong, or that [[spoiler:Lila wasn't who she believed her to be]], because acknowledging that would mean facing the idea that she'd disappointed everyone who trusted her. The irony of how this has only made matters worse [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone isn't lost on her]].
* ''FanFic/OfPatienceAndPettiness'':
** Ladybug uses this on both Lila and Alya at the same time after the former is akumatized into Volpina again, chastising her for falsely claiming that they were friends and chiding the reporter for providing an easy platform for her lies by posting them on the Ladyblog.
** Adrien ''attempts'' to guilt-trip Marinette and the rest of his classmates by expressing how deeply disappointed he is that she [[LiarRevealed exposed Lila's deception]] to everyone. This completely blows up in his face, as none of the others knew that he ''already knew'' about her true nature, and don't appreciate his high-handed moralizing.
* ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'': Lily ''attempts'' this with Jen, saying she's "better than this" when the latter admits that "if [she] can only stay afloat by pushing someone else under, then that's just the way it goes." Unfortunately for her, not only does Jen not care, Lily called her [[DoNotCallMePaul Jen]][[BerserkButton ny]].
* At one point in Cleolinda's ''Fanfic/TheSecretLifeOfDolls'' series, Cleo disciplines Edward simply by telling him she's disappointed in him.
* A nonverbal example occurs in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11639574/1/Sorting-Sideways Sideways Sorting]]'' after Draco Malfoy (who's a Hufflepuff in this story) talks trash about Harry's parents only to receive a look from Professor Sprout of "such grave disappointment that even Harry felt guilty." Afterwards, Draco doesn't insult anyone for three days.
* ''FanFic/SinsOfThePast'':
** When Lila successfully makes it look like [[WoundedGazelleGambit Marinette assaulted her]], several of their classmates tell their former friend they're disappointed that she's sunk so low. One comments that "I thought you were supposed to be our 'Everyday Ladybug'?"
** Adrien follows this up with an even ''nastier'' example. Marinette confides in him about how Lila threatened her, only for him to [[HolierThanThou lecture her]] about how disappointed he is that she's still trying to expose the liar, claiming that she's no better than a bully herself.
** Both of Kamela's parents are deeply ashamed after learning about how she had an altercation with Amicia.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11639574/1/Sorting-Sideways Sorting Sideways]]'', Malfoy winds up in Hufflepuff. He's his usual bullying self, and at one point insults Harry and Hermione's parents particularly horribly. Professor Sprout overhears but doesn't punish him, she instead gives him a look of such profound disappointment that even Harry feels guilty. Malfoy doesn't insult anyone for three whole days as a result.
* ''Fanfic/{{Syngenesophobia}}'': Lynn Sr. and Rita both express this to their daughters on how disappointed they are in them for beating their brother so bad to send him to the hospital.
** Lynn Sr. Loud angrily rip into his daughters for beating their brother so badly that he has to stay in the hospital for a month. He made it clear that he and Rita had trusted them to handle themselves without much injury. But since they show that none of them can be trusted, seeing how they went out of control very quickly. From now on, any time the girls start fighting with one another, he and Rita will handle it how they see fit. Lynn Sr. Loud admits that he lost a lot of trust and respect for his daughters.
** While her husband was talking with Dr. Lopez, Rita Loud ask her daughters how they had handed the Sister Fight Protocol; she was angry to discover that the whole thing started over something as petty as a dress, originally thinking the incident may have gotten started due to a legitimately serious argument. And she also angry to discover that the Sister Fight Protocol unfair to Lincoln. That they took his room without his consent, took his bedsheets even though they had spares in the basement, and on top of that, any time Lincoln asked about the protocol, they just told him it's a sister thing and to butt out. Rita, angry, rip into her daughters for the way they treated Lincoln; they should have known better than to act like that and for not seeing the flaws in their protocol from the very beginning. She told Lori and Leni how disappointed she was in them for arguing over something so trivial and angrily told Luna and Luan how disappointed she was in them for let themself get dragged into Lori and Leni argument, especially when it didn't concern them, and it was over something so petty.
* This is definitely the sentiment in a chapter of the Manga/OnePiece snippet series ''Specks of Seafoam'' titled ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5035240/34/Specks-of-Seafoam Advantages]]'', where Nami talks Sanji into retrieving a treasure from an underwater tunnel and almost ends up killing him as a result. The crew, especially Zoro, [[WhatTheHellHero are shocked at Nami for what she made Sanji do]], but it's not until Luffy says this phrase that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Nami realizes it]].
-->'''Luffy:''' Nami. I'm disappointed in you.\\
And in that moment, Nami felt like the world had ended.
* ''Fanfic/TalesOfKarmicLiesAftermath'': When Majestia learns how Alya conducted herself after Marinette was unmasked as Ladybug -- mainly by [[EntitledBastard acting entitled to exclusive interviews and other perks]] despite having [[FairWeatherFriend abandoned her for Lila]], then throwing a fit upon learning she'd been replaced and outing herself as Rena Rouge -- she doesn't [[WhatTheHellHero call her out]]. She simply expresses her disappointment, which proves to be enough to pierce through Alya's stubborn insistence that [[NeverMyFault she hadn't done anything wrong]] and [[JerkassRealization recognize her mistakes]].
* Twilight expresses her extreme disappointment over TD and Celestia's animalistic behavior in ''[[FanFic/TheNonBronyverse TD the Alicorn Princess]]'', which hits both quite hard. Celestia is also shown to be disappointed in herself.
* Unohana does this in chapter 35 of ''Fanfic/UninvitedGuests'', when she uses her TeamMom status to guilt trip Soi Fon into surrendering her hold on Soul Society.
-->With immeasurable sadness in her eyes, she said, "I just want you to know... I'm not angry, Soi Fon. I'm disappointed."\\
Soi Fon recoiled as if physically struck. "Wh-what... what was..." She muttered. What had just happened? Unohana had done nothing of note; she'd spoken a few words. They weren't even kido. And yet Soi Fon felt as though a spear of ice had been driven deep into her soul, a deep, crushing chill that permeated her entire being.\\
"I've done so much for you. I work tirelessly, day in and day out, to keep you and your little friends healthy and happy." Unohana said, still sadly. "I do this because I care, Soi, I really do. And to see you respond by treating me like this... it hurts."\\
Soi Fon fell to her knees. "S... stop it..." She muttered. "What are you... what are you doing to... to me..."\\
"Look me in the eyes when I talk to you, young lady." Unohana said firmly. "I want you to understand just how much your selfishness has hurt the people who care about you."\\
"Oh... oh God..." Soi Fon said weakly, tears in her eyes. What was going on? What was this woman doing to her? She hadn't been so much as scratched, but she felt so weak and terrible and... guilty.
* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1249882 Up And Apart]]'', a PatchworkFic written for the ''Franchise/{{Tron}}'' universe has Jet Bradley hanging a lampshade on this trope.
-->He has the mental image of his father staring at him over his spectacles, and the words ''"Jethro Eugene Bradley, I'm very disappointed..."'' When it comes to his dad, "disappointed" covers a lot of things other people use four-letter bombs to express.
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* In ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'', this is apparently the standard punishment for inmates at "Super Guantanamo." Cameron Campbell [[FauxHorrific finds it worse than torture and beatings]]. When David finally accepts his former mentor's true nature and tells him the same thing, Campbell has [[BigNo a full-on breakdown]] and flees into the woods.

* In ''Webcomic/PvP Online'', Francis, after revealing to Cole his plan to fool the world into thinking that he's waiting for ''Film/{{Star Wars Episode III|RevengeOfTheSith}}'' since Episode II's release with a robotic double of himself, expects Cole to [[WhatTheHellHero lay into him]] for this, but instead gets a simple statement that he's disappointed at him. As Cole walks away, Francis realizes that it's even more effective than yelling at him.
-->'''Francis:''' Please yell at me?
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Trickster mode naturally ends in self disgust. Jane's dad showing STERN FATHERLY DISAPPROVAL upon seeing Jane's antics. Subverted when Dirk expresses disappointment at Roxy falling OffTheWagon, he admits to Jane that he's actually [[SoProudOfYou proud]] of her for buckling down with the sobriety. Kanaya expresses both anger and disappointment [[spoiler: when Rose takes up drinking, as she feels that Rose is both wasting her talents and hurting herself.]]
* In ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'', during the climax of the Surreptitious Machinations arc, Ki finally succeeds in revealing Trudy's role in GPF's collapse, true plans and years of duplicitous behavior. In response, Nick calmly tells Trudy that since he can no longer trust her, he can't return her feelings for him, but [[{{Forgiveness}} he can forgive her]], and asks her to turn herself in. In response, Trudy pulls out a gun and points it at Nick, threatening to kill him the same way her future self did in the BadFuture, but backs down when he simply stares at her fearlessly and invites her to do what she has to do. Trudy's reduced to tears, and when Ki asks if Nick's angry or said, he says he's neither- "Just... disappointed," with a look on his face that haunts Trudy for a long time.

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole:'' Inverted during Campaign 3 Episode 10, after learning Dorian gave away one of their sending stones to [[spoiler: his brother]], [[KnightInSourArmor Ashton]] tells him, "I'm not disappointed, I'm just angry."

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* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': Prince Adam usually receieves some variation of this comment once per episode, normally from either his father King Randor or Teela. Both of them clearly love Adam, but they're frustrated since Adam seems to never take his duties as a prince seriously and is rarely around when danger strikes. Their views are understandable since they, unlike the viewer, don't know that Adam is secretly He-Man, who is responsible for saving the world a hundred times over. Furthermore, it's hinted that Adam's apparent lack of responsibility is him needing to relax during quiet moments in-between the various crisises that plague Eternia. Thankfully, there are times where Adam and not He-Man gets the credit he deserves and gets to make his father proud of him, most notably in the He-Man/She-Ra movie "Secret of the Sword".
* In "Arthur the Wrecker" on ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', Mrs. Read is "not mad, just disappointed" that Arthur disobeyed her by playing on her computer when she asked him not to. This isn't the only instance of her using this or a similar line in the series.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', Joker has gained reality warping powers and has Batman at his mercy. Harley asks Joker if he's going to take off Batman's mask, and Joker says "And reduce my primal enemy to a mere man? Harley my dear, I'm so disappointed in you! [[VillainSong Where's the fun in that?]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'':
** In a segment of the revived show, the two are watching an episode of ''Series/JerseyShore'' where Snookie talks about how someone saying they're disappointed in you hurts a lot worse than if they were just angry. Beavis disagrees. People say they're disappointed in him all the time, and it doesn't bother him none.
** In one episode the two end up at a feminist meeting, under the impression that they're a bunch of chicks who do it for free. Beavis asks Butt-Head why there aren't more guys there if they do it for free.
--->'''Butt-Head:''' Damn it, Beavis, we've got a room full of chicks here who do it for free, and all you can think about is how come there aren't more guys here?\\
'''Beavis:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Um, yeah, how come?]]\\
'''Butt-Head:''' Beavis, I'm a little disappointed in you.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', after Peter engages in some [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy alcohol-induced mischief]], Lois says that she isn't mad, just disappointed. Still blitzed out of his mind, Peter considers this a good thing.
* The Earth Empire from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has captured Zaofu, and [[AntagonisticOffspring Bataar Jr.]] tries to force his father and one of his brothers to bow to Kuvira. [[DefiantToTheEnd Bataar Sr.]], however, calmly retorts that he was disappointed in what he had done.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In the episode "Owl's Well That Ends Well", Spike was already on edge from being worried that Owlowiscious would replace him as number 1 assistant, and in turn, take away some of the admiration that went towards him, and when Twilight Sparkle finds out that Spike lied to her about the book he was asked to get, she says he is very disappointed in him.
** Princess Celestia throws this at Twilight Sparkle when she accuses Princess Cadance of being evil with flimsy, easily explained "evidence". This is after having, throughout the episode, expressed anger and resentment towards her brother about not being told about the wedding sooner, causing the whole thing to come off as petty and childish on Twilight's part. Once it turns out that [[spoiler:Twilight was ''correct'' and Cadance has been replaced by a villain, everypony's quick to apologize]].
** In the episode "Every Little Thing She Does", Twilight comes home to find her student, [[TheAtoner Starlight Glimmer]], has resorted to ''mind control'' in an attempt to make her friendship lessons go more smoothly. She tells Starlight that she's less mad than disappointed to find her taking such a huge step backwards.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** "Marge Be Not Proud", from Season 7: Marge is clearly at the end of her patience with Bart after he had been caught shoplifting a video game from a local discount store, but instead of yelling at or lecturing him, she just shuns him. The clear disappointment Marge has with Bart says far more than any punishment could.
** It happens again in "Bart the Mother", when Bart kills a bird. Even worse in that he was trying to ''miss'', but the sight on the pellet-gun was already off-mark.
** Parodied later, with an inversion of how the trope would normally go. Someone is forced to bring bad news to [[TheDon Fat Tony]], and says that he know Tony will be disappointed. Tony responds that "I am not so much disappointed as I am blinded by rage!"
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E19StormOverRyloth , "Storm Over Ryloth"]]: Anakin starts his sad lecture of Ahsoka after her refusal to listen to orders right away resulted in heavy losses by telling her he's disappointed in her. As it's clear she's disappointed in herself for the outcome of her actions he's not too harsh, and he acknowledges that part of the reason she didn't immediately follow orders is that he does the same thing but it still sends her deeper into her HeroicBSOD.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'':
** In the tie-in comic "No Sympathy", this is how Agent Kallus reacts when his former student Swain [[HeelFaceDoorSlam attempts to defect]] out of disgust for the Empire's cruelty. Considering that he [[spoiler:would later have a HeelFaceTurn for similar reasons]], this becomes HarsherInHindsight.
** On that note, in "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E15ThroughImperialEyes Through Imperial Eyes]]", at the end, Colonel Wullf Yularen is extremely disappointed that [[spoiler:Kallus, who was one of his best students]], has become TheMole.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'': In "Roller Ghoster Ride", [[spoiler:Chris says this upon learning her own sister Terry plotted against her.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', Batman's [[EvilCounterpart Justice Lord]] counterpart is giving Batman a tour of the universe to demonstrate the [[PoliceState peace and security]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist the Justice Lords had created]]. Batman remarks that their parents would be ''[[SarcasmMode so]]'' proud of him.
* In one episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Braceface}}'', Sharon gets caught shoplifting, and when she gets home, she expects her mom to be angry at her, but instead she looks sad and disappointed, but doesn't say anything. Naturally, this just makes Sharon feel even ''worse''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Console", when Gumball summons allies against the FinalBoss of ''[[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Inverted Paradox: The Enemy Within]]'', one of them is Nicole, whose attack is just a stare of disapproval titled "I'm Not Angry, Just Disappointed".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Bossy Boots", this is what Pearl feared would happen with her and Mr. Krabs.
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* ''Film/{{Spawn}}'': Wynn calls him a disappointment for having a conscience as a professional killer.

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* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'': Toward the end of the second case of ''Justice For All'', the Judge will ask why the culprit committed the crime. If you present the wrong piece of evidence regarding the culprit's motive, Mia tells Phoenix, "I feel embarrassed for you for even thinking of showing that piece of evidence," then provides a brief answer as to why the culprit committed murder.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', if Dorothea is recruited to the Blue Lions or Golden Deer and fights an unrecruited Ferdinand after the TimeSkip, she will call him out on what she perceives as his BlindObedience to [[spoiler:Edelgard, who became Emperor of Adrestia and declared war on the Church of Seiros]], and mentions that she "had real high hopes for" him.

-->He has the mental image of his father staring at him over his spectacles, and the words ''“Jethro Eugene Bradley, I'm very disappointed...”'' When it comes to his dad, “disappointed” covers a lot of things other people use four-letter bombs to express.

'''Simba:''' I know.

'''Nala:''' Good! At least one of us does.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Quiet expression of disappointment by those Loki cares about has more effect on him than any amount of angry shouting ever would. In ''Film/{{Thor}}'', when Odin condemns his actions with a LittleNo, he lets go of Odin's spear Gungnir and his former life, apparently committing suicide by [[DisneyVillainDeath letting himself fall to his death]], but [[BungledSuicide survives]] and then is JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''. In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', when Thor calmly admits that he once though the world of Loki but has given up on him because Loki refuses to change, Loki [[spoiler:makes a HeelFaceTurn]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': Prince Adam usually receieves some variation of this comment once per episode, normally from either his father King Randor or Teela. Both of them clearly love Adam, but they're frustrated since Adam seems to never take his duties as a prince seriously and is rarely around when danger strikes. Their view is understandable since they, unlike the viewer, don't know that tAdam is secretly He-Man, who is responsible for saving the world a hundred times over, and that Adam's apparent lack of responsibility is him needing to relax during the various crisises that plague Eternia. Thankfully, there are times where Adam and not He-Man gets the credit he deserves and gets to make his father proud of him, most notably in the He-Man/She-Ra movie "Secret of the Sword".