History Main / HypocriticalHeartwarming

* Hunter from ''Webcomic/GrimTrigger'' does this in book 5 when he exclaims that only ''he'' can hurt Tage.

* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', pretty much the whole team can be like this. It is part of what makes them TrueCompanions. For example, Tony gets to insult [[{{Nerd}} McGee]]. You don't get to insult [=McGee=]. Tony does. ''Not you.''

* ''Series/LifeWithDerek'': ''Nobody'' is allowed to make fun of Casey and talk to her so rudely except for the title character, Derek Venturi.

* From ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles Season 2]]:

* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Rin gets physical with Tohru, ever since their first meeting, e.g., grabbing her by the collar, roughly rubbing her head, etc. The moment Kagura punches Tohru (and accidentally knocks her out) in frustration [[spoiler:that she won't confess her feelings to Kyo so that Kagura wouldn't have to think about him anymore]], Rin gets the [[UnstoppableRage angriest]] anyone has seen her in the story. Contains some FridgeBrilliance in that Rin acts that way because of how different she and Kagura are. Both have bad tempers, but Kagura [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength does not know her own strength]] and frequently hurts others by accident when riled up. Rin knows that ''[[IllGirl she]]'' isn't a serious danger to Tohru, but she can't trust Kagura to have the same discipline.

* In the episode "Heavy Meddle" of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' when Lincoln's sisters confront the kid who is bullying him [[spoiler: (Or so they think. They're not nearly so [[BigBrotherInstinct protective]] once they find out [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale the bully is a girl]]).]]
--> '''Lori:''' How dare you bully our brother! Only ''we'' get to do that!
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'': In "A Pete Scorned", Pete has a fit of jealousy when he sees Mortimer Mouse relentlessly pranking Mickey.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Fluttershy's pet rabbit [[SpoiledBrat Angel]] frequently mistreats her, but he's there to slam the door on the Crusaders when their gossip makes her cry in "Ponyville Confidential".
** In "To Change A Changeling", Pharynx regularly [[BigBrotherBully picked on his younger brother Thorax when they were young,]] but he never let the other changelings bully him. His reason for doing so is because he considered it necessary to toughen him up.

** In one episdoe Mojo Jojo becomes enraged that an alien villain is destroying the city and doing so many of the evil things that he wanted to do. In the end, he ends up defeating the villain, but then hates it when the townspeople praise him for being a hero.

-->'''Samhain (holding Slimer):''' Surrender your weapons, or I shall be forced to do something...''unfortunate'' to your friend.
-->'''Peter: ''' Nobody picks on the spud but me, got it?

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': [[{{Catchphrase}} "Nobody messes with my dumb babies 'cept me!"]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Bart and Lisa Simpson have occasionally invoked this when anyone else goes after the other.
** And, of course, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E4ItchyAndScratchyLand Itchy and Scratchy Land]]", Homer Simpson told a bunch of rampaging robots "Nobody ruins my vacation except me! And maybe the boy!"
** A truly demented version occurs during "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]" where Bart and Lisa are drawn into an [[ShowWithinAShow Itchy and Scratchy]] cartoon due to a plutonium-powered TV-remote. They watch Itchy pull his lethal, gory assault on Scratchy, as always, and then laugh at it...but this time, the cartoon duo can hear them, and Itchy thinks they're being mean. Scratchy pulls himself together, and the two decide to teach Bart and Lisa a lesson, violent cartoon style, requiring them to run for their lives.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': In the two-part episode "The Main Man", ComicBook/{{Lobo}} is introduced going after the alien Squeek. Squeek's big brother Gnaww tries to stop Lobo.... because ''he'' wants to take the bounty on his head, himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'':
--> '''Rapunzel:''' Cass will be devastated!
--> '''Eugene:''' Yeah, the only guy who gets to mess with Cass is me!
* This is common in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoons for ''both'' of them. ''They'' are the ''only'' ones allowed to chase, attack and beat each other up the way they do. If ''anyone'' else tries it, the other ''will'' make him regret it.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Cool Guy", Lord Hater relishes the chance to hang out with Emperor Awesome, but when Awesome starts picking on Commander Peepers, Hater eventually decides he's had enough and rushes to the Commander's defense, shouting "NO ONE PICKS ON PEEPERS BUT ME!!"

* This is a staple of US military culture, particularly among the infantry. Soldiers who have served together, particularly in combat, have insulting nicknames for each other and sling profanities at each other like it's going out of style, no matter how grossly offensive the terms can be (and some of these can get pretty bad). Add to that that many of these insults back and forth will be meant ''sincerely'', rather than in jest, but just the same they will tend to form a unified front against outsiders, just as the different branches will (usually) put their differences aside to work together against a foreign foe. God help any outsider who tries the same thing, [[InterserviceRivalry especially if they're from the Navy]].
** This goes double for any military instructors, [[DrillSergeantNasty no matter how nasty they are]]. A guy like this will intimidate and insult the troops he trains with dirty language - because that's his job, frankly - but if ''anyone'' else insults his men, he shows that guy how nasty he ''really'' can be.
** The Marines take this to the next level, are known for being one of the most tightly-knit military organizations in existence, and will rag on each other relentlessly. But while the Marine Corps motto is Semper Fi, their fine print pretty much reads "[[AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll if you fuck with]] ''[[AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll one]]'' [[AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll of us, you'll have to deal with]] ''[[AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll all]]'' [[AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll of us]]."
* It's the same way with most sports teams. Team members can make fun of each other, but if ''another'' team insults your teammates...
** Similarly, opposing player frequently trash-talk each other, but if a player gets significantly hurt, expect both teams to rally around the injured player -- and they do ''not'' take it well if [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/49ers-the-wave_n_4097568 fans make light of the injury]]. In some cases, players will even intervene if one of their own teammates is being too rough with an opponent, especially if it's a between-plays incident.
* Many [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation New York Knicks]] fans are like this. They know their basketball team sucks. They know the team has sucked for decades, and they openly talk about it. However, they will get offended if a non-fan talks bad about their team, especially if the person is a fan of one of the rival teams.

* This type of phenomenon exists between Swedes and Finns, Swedes and Norwegians and Norwegians and Danes.
* Americans are allowed to make fun of Canadians. And ''only'' Americans. (At least, as far as the Americans are concerned.) As far as Canadians are concerned, however, Americans are ''not'' allowed to make fun of them, though Canadians will regularly make jokes out of Canadian stereotypes.
* Often true with residents of particular cities or states. We live here; so WE get to bitch about the transit system/city government/our fellow residents. But god help anybody else who tries because we will band together like the pack animals we are. See especially: New York City, and the John Rocker affair; or [[https://vimeo.com/70914835 this quintessential example via Lewis Black]].

* Japan and South Korea. Japan may treat South Korea like shit, but only THEY can do it.
* Very common among Brazilians, who generally make fun of and complain about their country all the time, but are famously not welcoming when foreigners do it. A TV ad played with this - two Brazilians are having a conversation about their country's shortcomings, but when an Argentinian joins in and agrees with them, they switch to saying "What are you talking about? This country's wonderful, man, there's nothing to complain about" and give him a DeathGlare.

** In the episode "My New Suit", Dr. Cox and Dr. Kelso have a brief moment of camaraderie, and then Kelso hates Cox more than ever. Dr. Cox can't understand what happened.

'''Jordan:''' No, you made fun of your kid, he made fun of his kid... and then ''you'' made fun of his kid.

* Vegeta's relationship [[WellDoneSonGuy with his father]] is shown as this through ''WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged'' and ''LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay'', but encapsulated best when he talks with Yajirobe.
-->'''Vegeta:''' You... you cut through my armor! This was a gift from my father!\\
'''Yajirobe:''' I'm sorry, I'm sure your father was a great man!\\
'''Vegeta:''' I ''hated'' my father!\\
'''Yajirobe:''' Oh, well then I'm sure he was a total prick.\\
'''Vegeta:''' ''[attacks Yajirobe]'' HOW ''DARE'' [[MortonsFork YOU TALK ABOUT MY FATHER LIKE THAT]]!?

* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', after Bowser frees the [[TheGoomba Goomba]] squadron imprisoned by Fawful, he says "Don't mess with my minions! Only I do that."
* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', one of Johnny Cage's intros with Sub-Zero is to mockingly call him "Grandmaster Blueberry Ice", to Sub-Zero's chagrin. When Comicbook/TheJoker makes the same crack, however, Sub-Zero is quick to tell him: "Only Johnny Cage may use that name and ''live''!"
* In one of the ExpandedUniverse ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' comics focusing on Junkrat and Roadhog, Junkrat is seen constantly insulting Roadhog for being fat, but as soon as one cop tells another to "keep an eye on the fat one", Junkrat immediately flies into a rage.
-->'''Junkrat:''' ''DID YOU JUST CALL MY FRIEND '''FAT''', YOU PIG?!''
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''
** During the Priestess Social Link, Yukiko's strongly considering leaving Inaba behind once she graduates from high school, rather than inherit her family's inn. However, she politely disagrees when a shady reporter calls Inaba "the dumps," and angrily calls him out when he proposes doing a sensationalist piece on the inn. Both instances, along with the numerous times she mentions how important her family and the inn's staff are to her help Yukiko to realize that the inn is important to her and convince her to stay in Inaba.

* ''Videogame/{{Portal 2}}'' has [=GlaDOS=] frequently calling Chell fat and mocking on the fact that she seems to be an orphan -- but when they [[spoiler: team up against Wheatley and he uses the same insults, [=GlaDOS=] responds with: "What exactly is wrong with being adopted? [...] Also, look at her, you moron. She's not fat."]] Subverted a few seconds later when she whispers to Chell that she ''is'' adopted, AndThatsTerrible, and that she's only defending Chell to annoy [[spoiler: Wheatley]], because his insults, while technically the same thing, are just crude compared to hers.
-->'''[[spoiler: Wheatley]]:''' Alright, it seems that being civil isn't motivating you, so let's try things ''her'' way! Huh? Fatty! Adopted fatty! [[BigStupidDooDooHead Fatty-fatty no-parents]]!
* The titular hero displays this behavior in the Rance h-game series. Rance will bully his slave girl Sill Plain from dawn 'till dusk and [[BlackComedyRape take liberties]] with just about every woman he meets, but if you hurt a woman "[[RapeAsDrama for real]]" when he's anywhere nearby, nothing that exists will save you from his UnstoppableRage. That last part is NotHyperbole: in ''Kichikuou Rance'', Sill is kidnapped and imprisoned and Rance is both willing and able to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the entire world]] just to get her back
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' a variation happens between [[TheCape Flynn]] and [[TheCowl Yuri]]. Flynn is noted to be the most humble of characters (even more so in the UpdatedRerelease which gives him more spotlight) and yet his reaction to Yuri doing the ''exact same thing'' as him is of ''sheer rage'' that he would put himself down. Yuri also sometimes slides into this when interacting with others due to his minor {{Tsundere}} nature - as Estelle notes often, Yuri isn't good at being honest with his feelings so tends to tease and give backhanded compliments to his TrueCompanions. But if anyone goes after his friends, he's the first one to their defence.

--> '''Vegeta:''' You... you cut through my armor! [[TragicKeepsake It was a gift]] from my ''father!'' \\
'''Yajirobe:''' I'm sorry, I'm sure your father was a great man! \\
'''Vegeta:''' I ''hated'' my father! \\
'''Yajirobe:''' Oh, well then, I'm sure your father was a big jerk! \\
'''Vegeta:''' HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT MY FATHER LIKE THAT!

-->'''Vampire Lord''': Oh you're one of THOSE people..."I can insult my friend as much as I want, but if someone else does it, that crosses the line!"
* In the ''WebAnimation/EddsWorld'' episode [="PowerEdd"=], Tom is [[spoiler:Transformed by an unknown force into a giant monster (possibly by Kate, [[CreepyChild the demonic little wizard girl]] from Creator/TomSka's "Crash Zoom".]] When he [[spoiler:smacks Edd into a wall, which {{depower}}s him]], [[ArchEnemy Eduardo]] retaliates with a KamehameHadoken and a PreAsskickingOneLiner.
-->'''Eduardo:''' No one hits my neighbor but '''ME'''!

'''Shay:''' Yeah! [[DoubleTake Wait, what]]? What the fuck?!\\

* From ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' Season 2:

* ''Webcomic/BadMachinery'': Jack's sister is quite clear about this after she realises that he's being bullied when he [[http://scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20100531 comes home with a black eye:]]

* In ''Webcomic/CheapThrills'', Jeordie is angry that Bruce's little brother threw a rock at his little brother, since if anyone's going to throw rocks at Faris [[http://cheapthrills.xepher.net/comics/comic156.html it'd better be him.]]
* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'':
** When we first meet Dominic's older brother Jacob, it turns out that ''he'' was the one who horribly mutilated [[EnsembleDarkhorse Lord Siegfried]] a few strips earlier. In his own words:
--->'''Jacob:''' He beat the hell out of my little brothers. Only ''I'' get to do that.
** This would be a lot less hypocritical and a lot more heartwarming if Jacob wasn't ''considerably'' more of a villain than Siegfried ever was; ol' Siggy might be an insensitive racist jerk with an anger-management problem, but you don't see ''him'' casually murdering people so he can play with AnimateDead. Dominic loudly calls Jacob out on this fact at the time.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Ellen's typical approach to Elliot, largely because [[OppositeSexClone she used to 'be' Elliot]]. Elliot actually feels worse when Ellen ''doesn't'' tease him because he counts on it to help him through the craziness that has taken over his life (as in "It can't be that bad if we're joking about it.")
* ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'': Erma's cousins tease her and frequently play mean-spirited tricks on her during her trip to Japan, [[https://tapas.io/episode/1332391 but are quick to stand up for her]] when another {{Youkai}} insults Erma and tears up her drawing. (One of the cousins even does gives the "if '''anyone''' was gonna rip up that ugly drawing, it was gonna be '''me'''!" line.)

* In ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'', Helen (not withour reason) fears Titus is going to tell Dave he's a mad genius, so she puts some fear of a mad scientist into him with a slam against the wall and a ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis NOBODY. TOUCHES. DAVE. BUT. ME.]]''

* Most of the core cast of ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' manifest this trope at various points, especially Davan, Aubrey and [=PeeJee=].

* Batman and Superman in ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'', as noted in this conversation.
--> '''Spiderman''': Wow. Supes must mean a lot to you for you to go all this trouble to find him.\\
'''Batman''': 'Supes' is a headstrong, naive idiot without the least bit of common sense for these situations.\\
''(Spiderman laughs)''\\
'''Batman''': But only ''I'm'' allowed to say that.\\
'''Spiderman''': ''(meekly)'' Yes sir.

* Parody Janeway from ''Website/SFDebris'' has a simple rule: Only she gets to make the lives of her crew a living hell. Anyone else trying to get in on it is in serious trouble, except possibly Neelix and that's because she gets to torment him too.
* ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'': In "The Call Of Duty Blackout", when [[TheLoad Brookyln Guy's son]] get hungry and starts whining, Black Yoshi tells him that "The only one that can mooch off Mario is me!"

--> "I may have held mercy for you, but there is only one fist that may bruise the face of my angel."
* In ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'', Draco insults Ginny, causing [[BigBrotherInstinct Ron]] To say "She may be a pain in the ass, but she's my pain in the ass."
* In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', [[CharacterNarrator Cecil's]] attitude towards Night Vale increasingly becomes this as the incursion from [[EvilInc [=StrexCorp=]]] continues: "Parade Day" has him claim "Tamika led a great revolt to rid our town of a terrible evil, and restore the original less-terrible evil that preceded it", and "Old Oak Doors Part B" has him defend Kevin's dismissive attitude towards the town's strangeness with "This is our town! And it is ''terrible''. But it is ours. And we... we are fighting for it!".
* Michael Buckly, in his webseries ''WebVideo/WhatTheBuck'', said something of this nature after reading harsh criticisms of Music/SelenaGomez.

* A non-sibling example in ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters''. Simon the Monster Hunter hires a trio of hunters to hunt down Ickis in the penultimate episode of the series. When the hunters decide to hunt Ickis for themselves, Simon saves Ickis and sends the hunters tumbling into a boat, stating that only ''he'' is allowed to hunt monsters.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "It Came from the Nightosphere", Ice King gets mad when he sees Marceline's father sucking the souls out of his penguin minions: "No one sucks the life from my penguins but ''me''! And maybe polar bears, because that's just nature, Gunther." He confronts Marceline's dad angrily, but [[SubvertedTrope ends up fleeing in terror]] when he sees the demon lord's NightmareFace.

--> '''Tommy:''' Lil disses Phil all the time, but she defends him when other kids do it.
--> '''Phil:''' ''(to Lil in surprise)'' You diss me?
--> '''Lil:''' Only behind your back.
--> '''Phil:''' Oh, okay.

--> '''Tara Marie:''' Daddy! I want this clumsy jerk out of here!
--> '''Brittany:''' Nobody, but nobody calls my sister a jerk!
--> '''Jeanette:''' But you do all the time.
--> '''Brittany:''' That's different! I love you!

** In one episode, the male and female members of the cast are split up and [[ItMakesSenseInContext hired separately by a husband and wife to seduce the other, respectively]]. After everyone spends the whole episode taking shots at each other's desirability, the husband refers to Pam as "Baby Huey"[[note]]a cartoon character who was considered fat, ugly, and dumb[[/note]], to which everyone immediately comes to her defense; Cheryl puts her hand on Pam's shoulder as she cries, and everyone else loudly calls him an asshole and demands that he apologize. When he refuses, Archer smashes a jar of germicide in his face and a huge fistfight breaks out.
** In "Edie's Wedding" when Barry is strangling Pam's sister Edie, [[BigBrotherBully who is comically evil to Pam and has viciously bullied her her whole life,]] Pam runs to save her, telling Barry, "No one strangles my sister's bitch neck but me!"
* In the "April 9th" episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', Arthur's class gets transferred to another school after a fire in their own, and a group of students from the other school pick on George. [[TheBully Binky]] approaches them and yells at them for it.
-->'''Binky''': Hey! You can't pick on George! He's in MY class! ''(George looks relieved)'' Only ''I'' can pick on George. ''(George looks sad and hands Binky his lunch money)''

--> '''Buzzcut:''' WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! THIS IS '''MY''' CLASS! I DO THE ASS-KICKING AROUND HERE!!!
* ''Franchise/{{Ben 10}}'': Ben and Gwen Tennyson when they were kids during the classic continuity. Seeing the other get mistreated or threatened are the only times in the [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 original 2005 series]] where they openly admit they care about each other.
-->'''Gwen''': "You can't treat my cousin like that!"\\
'''Ben''': "Thanks."\\
'''Gwen''': "Only ''I'' can treat my cousin like that!"
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''
** In "Bad Tina", when Tina runs around with her new friend, bad girl Tammy, siblings Gene and Louise blackmail her to keep her bad deeds secret from their parents - but when they find out Tammy is blackmailing her, they rally to her side.

** This is, in fact, a regular part of Louise's behavior. She can mock, embarrass, and screw with her siblings all she wants. ''You'' stay in your lane if you're tempted to do the same.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' has Diane hanging out with the Snatch Pack, a group of young actors who constantly rag on their friend Shitshow. When Diane tries to join in on the teasing, they tell her she hasn't earned the privilege.

* One moment in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', when a gang of villains smashes inside of a mall and a small piece of debris bounces off Dee Dee's head, mildly distracting her.
-->'''Dexter:''' Huh? Nobody clonks my sister but me!
-->''(Dexter promptly dispatches the mooks with his superhero gear)''
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', Doug is about to be beaten up by Mr. Bone's nephew, Percy Femur. As it turns out, Roger went and told Mr. Bone what was going on and he immediately went to put a stop to it. He explained he wouldn't let anyone pick on Doug unless he was doing it himself.

** In "The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!", Louie isn't happy to hear that a ConMan sold Launchpad a bunch of useless mountain-climbing gear with bogus stories about "ice fever", and says "No one cons my family but me!" as he plans to get even on Launchpad's behalf.
** In "[=GlomTales=]!", after his failed VillainTeamUp scheme causes Bigtime Beagle to run off crying, Ma Beagle whacks Flintheart Glomgold with her purse and reprimands him for essentially doing her job for her.
* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'', the Kanker Sisters drag [[spoiler:Eddy's brother into his trailer to give him some of their infamous ''attention'']] for beating the crap out of the Eds. [[spoiler:They were also outright disgusted at him for beating on them in the first place.]]
** Throughout most of the film, the Kankers were hunting down and capturing the other kids for having the temerity to even try and harm the Eds.
--->'''Marie:''' Ain't no one beating up on my man but me!

-->'''Edgar:''' (''to a JerkJock asking him to publicly humiliate Ellen'') That's my sister you want me to humiliate for your entertainment! And when I humiliate my sister, it’s for ''my'' entertainment only!
* The Murphy's in ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' are shown to have this kind of attitude towards each other, being a ''very'' dysfunctional family that still loves each other and all.
** The [[BigBrotherBully oldest child Keven]] and [[BrattyHalfPint youngest child Moreen]] both give the family's [[ButtMonkey unfortunate, middle child Bill]] a lot of crap throughout the series, but in the first season, their both shown jumping in at some point to save their brother from the resident bully... before punching him for inadvertently ruining his date and twice black mailing into giving her something, just to tear it up in front of him respectively.

** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E25Overclockwise Overclockwise]]", [[EvilMatriarch Mom]] says "WHAT? No one rips off my kids but me!"
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E23GameOfTones Game of Tones]]", Leela [[DreamWalker visits Fry's dream]] of the events of the pilot episode and is indignant when she watches him get dumped by his then-girlfriend Michelle.
--->'''Leela:''' Hey, you hussy! You can't dump Fry! [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor That's MY job!]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'', Scratch makes it clear that he --- and ''only'' he --- can crush Molly's spirits, and he exacts revenge against anyone else who does so.

--> '''Randy:''' Hey, it can't do that! Only '''I''' can do that!

* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Scary-Oke", Grunkle Stan quips "The only wrinkly monster that harasses my family is ''me''!" while protecting Dipper and Mabel from [[spoiler: a horde of zombies.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': This happens A LOT when it comes to Grim and his feelings towards Billy and Mandy. Sure, he can't stand them most of the time, but if ''anyone'' intends to [[WouldHurtAChild do them harm (or worse),]] you can bet that he'll step in for the save.
--> '''Grim:''' You keep away from those kids! If ''anyone'' is going to have their heads, it's going to be ''me''!
** Mandy gets this, too. If anything bad happens to Grim or Billy (especially Billy), she's the first to defend them or stand up for them.

** The Pataki sisters. Helga may not always like her sister Olga, due to the older sibling being the golden child that receives constant praise and thus takes some pleasure in her sufferings at times. But when push comes to shove, Helga will protect Olga if need be.
** Helga will tease and torment Arnold all day ([[LovingBully to cover up the fact that she's madly in love with him]]), but when someone else tries the same, she will come to his aid. In "Parents Day", her father called Arnold "Orphan Boy" within earshot. Helga apologized to Arnold (albeit, in a half-assed manner) and helped him defeat Bob in the Parents' Tournament. And in "Summer Love", she discovered that Arnold's crush Summer was using him to win a sandcastle competition in order to appear on a TV show so she showed Arnold her true intentions.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' episode "Johnny's Pink Plague", Susan and Mary have one of these moments when a trio of nerds bash their brother.

** [[CatsAreMean Mr. Cat,]] the show's VillainProtagonist, may act like a {{Jerkass}} [[WithFriendsLikeThese to his best friends]] Kaeloo, Stumpy and Quack Quack, and has threatened to [[NotHyperbole (literally)]] kill them on more than one occasion, but if somebody else tries to mess with them, he'll try to defend them.
--> '''Mr. Cat:''' ''(sees Quack Quack hurt)'' What's the big idea? Who whacked duck-face[[note]]One of [[TheNicknamer his]] nicknames for Quack Quack[[/note]] instead of me?!
** [[AlphaBitch Pretty]] constantly insults [[ExtremeDoormat her sister Eugly,]] but she gets angry if anyone else does. A notable example is in one episode where [[AntiHero Stumpy]] insults Eugly, and Pretty beats him up, but seconds later turns to Eugly and tells her Stumpy was right.

-->'''June:''' Now if you come near my family again, [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon they're gonna need a 10th-level Locator spell just to find what's left of you.]] Jerk.

* Romantic variation in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' (although given [[CasualKink the nature of Gomez and Morticia's relationship,]] this is open to interpretation):

* Invoked in the live-action ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' film. [[spoiler:When the [[JerkAss evil pet owner, Happy Chapman]] [[KickTheDog tortures Odie with a Shock Collar]]]], Garfield [[DudeNotFunny is visibly disgusted]] by Chapman's actions.
-->'''Garfield:''' Poor Odie. He faces a life of torture, neglect, and degradation. Hey, nobody gets to mistreat my dog like that except me!

* In the film adaptation of ''The Great Gilly Hopkins'', the eponymous character picks on her younger foster brother, William Earnest, constantly but immediately intervenes when he's targeted by bullies at school. She claims it's because she wants picking on William Earnest to be her sole purview, but it's actually the first hint that [[CharacterDevelopment she's beginning to care despite herself]]. In later scenes, she teaches him how to fight back against the bullies.

-->'''Damian:''' ''[outraged]'' Too gay to function?\\

* In ''Film/MoneyTrain'' Wesley Snipes' character will be the first to call his adopted brother a fuck up... but god help anyone else who does it in front of him. Hell, he won't even allow his adopted brother to say it about himself. He even angrily says to his adopted brother that he "keeps fucking up" rather than he "is a fuck-up" when his adopted brother admits he is one.

* In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', J. Jonah Jameson is, as always, intensely critical of Peter Parker's photos, tries to shortchange him whenever he can, and is just generally a caustic ass. But when the Green Goblin comes asking for the photographer to takes Spider-Man's photos, Jameson immediately makes up an excuse that he doesn't know who he is and that the photos come unmarked in the mail in order to protect Peter.

* There’s a children’s poem by Agniya Barto, where the narrator says how he’ll never allow anyone to hurt his little sister Lida. It concludes with: "If necessary -- I can beat her up myself!"

-->'''Bindy''': It's up to me to say, not you. I don't say mean things about your mum.\\
'''Janey''': What's to say? My mum is nice.

* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', Corelle has lots of complaints regarding her brother Jerin. He talks too posh, he doesn't wear the right clothes ... but when some woman dares imply that Jerin would be ''lucky'' if a noblewoman like her would deign to marry him, Corelle is enraged. Justified in that this is an insult to (social standing of) the whole family, but it's also clear that Corelle won't let someone outside the family insult her brother.

* A classic example, mixed heavily with {{UST}}, is Taran and Eilonwy's relationship in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain.'' Just one instance occurs in the second book when Taran is telling Eilonwy to StayInTheKitchen. [[{{Jerkass}} Prince Ellidyr]] comes in and has the temerity to ''agree'' with Taran, which sets him off, and he lectures Ellidyr on how [[ActionGirl Eilonwy]] has already survived great dangers and befriended [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Prince]] [[TheGoodPrince Gwydion]] himself, while Ellidyr's never done much of anything.

** Another ''Discworld'' example:

'''Ridcully:''' That is an order, Dr. Collabone![[note]]Archchancellor Ridcully was a great believer in retaliation by promotion. You couldn’t have civilians criticizing one of his wizards. That was his job.[[/note]]
** Carrot interprets Vimes' feelings about Vetinari as more or less this (kind of straddling the fine line between this trope and TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou):

** Another collective example for Vimes: one of the books has him infuriated at a party of human nobles for making speciesist remarks against trolls and dwarfs. His wife points out to him that [[NobleBigot he insults trolls and dwarfs all the time.]] Vimes' response is, essentially, that ''he'' is allowed to, because ''he'' spends his days surrounded by trolls and dwarfs and therefore knows for a fact that most of them are bastards, while the nobles are just being ignorant bigots.
** Annagramma Hawkin may treat Tiffany Aching like a spot of dirt that happened to be beneath her nose, but when the literal personification of all of winter, who is powerful enough to create an avalanche or snowstorm in a spilt second, [[spoiler: harasses Tiffany, she stomps up to him as if he were no-one more than Bob from the coffee shop, yells at him to leave her alone, and chucks a fireball at him. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulu She succeeds in melting him,]] albeit temporarily]].

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** In [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban the third book]], Ron ends up getting detention from Professor Snape, after critizing Snape for calling Hermione a know-it-all when she answers a question. It is mentioned that everyone in class has called Hermione a know-it-all at least once, and Ron calls Hermione a know-it-all about twice a week. But they all understand that it's far worse when a teacher does it.
** This trope gets overlapped with ParentalHypocrisy and HypocriticalHumour in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince the sixth book]]. A major reason Molly claims as to why she doesn't approve of Bill and Fleur's engagement is due to her belief that they're rushing into it out of panic now that [[BigBad Voldemort]] is back waging full-on war. Ginny, despite also not being a fan of Fleur, points out that Molly and Arther, her HappilyMarried husband, did just that when they themselves were younger. Molly quickly brushes it aside with: "Yes, well, your father and I were made for each other, what was the point of waiting?"
* The picture book ''Julius the Baby of the World'' by Kevin Henkes is built around this trope: the jealous older sister, Lily, comes to terms with her new baby brother when she hears her cousin insult him and springs to his defense.
* Yeah, only you're not allowed to criticize Mrs. Miller-Jones's cooking. On account of only ''Literature/JunieBJones'' can do that. So there. And I ''mean it!''

* When they first meet in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', [[BelligerentSexualTension Jaime and Brienne refer to each other exclusively as Kingslayer and wench, respectively]]. Later in their relationship, he only calls her a wench when she frustrates him. In the fourth book, after they go their separate ways, he encounters someone who knew her and has a variety of unpleasant things to say on the matter, including calling her a wench. So he punches the man out. With a metal fist, at that.
--> '''Jaime''': You are speaking of a highborn lady, ser. Call her by her name. Call her Brienne.

* In ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous'' Edina and Patsy constantly belittle Edina's daughter, Saffron. Patsy goes as far as wishing Edina had an abortion. But Edina is often a bitch to Saffy. However, when Saffy revealed that the man who was coming onto her was married and she didn't want his attention. Edina decked the man and yelled "STAY AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER"
* In the ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'' episode "Invasion of the Tweedle Snatchers," the Queen of Hearts says this when she thinks the Tweedles are being mind-controlled by aliens:
--> '''Queen:''' Nobody's going to tell my subjects what to think unless it's me!
* In ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', Archie is rude and uncouth, speaking down to Mike (who he calls "Meathead") frequently, calling Edith a "Dingbat" and yelling at her, and getting into nasty verbal conflicts with his neighbor George. But if ''anyone'' else insulted them, there'd be hell to pay.
* On ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', Michael gets this way when his new girlfriend/PR manager insults the other Bluths. Subverted in that he only defends her until [[PapaWolf she picks on his son]], at which point he leaves her at the mercy of his sister and his mother.

* ''Series/BlackBooks'' has a half-dying Bernard (having had to look after himself for a whole day) snap out of it when he hears that Manny is being bullied by his new boss. "[[WhoDares How]] ''[[WhoDares DARE]]'' [[WhoDares you?]] Don't you touch a hair on that boy's head! Have you no respect? He's mine! Get your ''own'' human plaything, you quartz-brained little cream puff!"

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E11Triangle Triangle]]", Willow and Anya have been constantly arguing, until they must unite to defeat a troll released by Willow's spell gone awry.
-->'''Willow''': I have faith in you, Anya. There is NOBODY you cannot piss off.
* In ''Series/ChariteAtWar'', Professor Ferdinand Sauerbruch acts like that to the entire staff of his hospital ward: He can belittle them and yell at them however he pleases, but if someone else disrespects one of his students or employees, [[AFatherToHisMen Sauerbruch puts the fear of God into them]].
* On ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', [[ConArtist Harry the Hat]] showed up frequently to swindle money out of the patrons and staff of the bar, but at times, he helped them out, partly out of sentiment, and partly to protect them from operators and crooks even more unscrupulous than himself, noting "I don't like the idea of someone else plucking my pigeons."

* In one episode of ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'', Ferguson becomes a victim of the school bully, and Clarissa stands up for him saying, "He's my brother. If anyone's going to clobber him, it's going to be me!"

* In ''Series/{{Community}}'', [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jeff]] declares that "Greendale is our toilet, and no one craps in it but us!" at one point to get the rest of the study group riled up to save the day. Also, the study group declaring Britta "the worst" or otherwise making fun of her is very common, but when Mr. Rad, the glee club teacher, yells it at her, the entire group snaps out of their [[ItMakesSenseInContext gleeful musical haze]] to defend her.
-->'''Jeff''': HEY!
-->'''Troy''': You do ''not'' get to call Britta the worst!
** Jeff may dislike the Dean but he took action after finding out he'd been kidnapped.

* Megan does this on two occasions in ''Series/DrakeAndJosh''. In the first, she helps acquit Drake of a prank he didn't commit, and when Drake asks why she's helping him, Megan replies, "Because you're my brother, and I can tell you're sad and scared and upset, and I can't stand to see you that way...unless I cause it." In the second, Megan initially didn't like Mindy before she became Josh's girlfriend because she made him miserable...and that's Megan's job.
* In ''Series/EvenStevens'' Ren never hesitates to call Louis an idiot. However, after failing a band audition (big time) the guy judging it called Louis an idiot. Ren then told him that the only person allowed to call him an idiot is her.
* There's an episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' where Ray ends up in a rivalry against Peggy, the obnoxious den mother of the [[ScoutOut Frontier Girls]] troop that Ray's daughter is a member of (to elaborate, Peggy has a history of bullying the other scouts' parents--to the point where they're terrified of her--in order to get choice spots to sell cookies, thus guaranteeing that she herself will win the top prizes). Ray is apparently the first parent to stand up to her, and she reacts by trying to pull his sales table away from him in public and push him onto the ground. Ray's wife Debra shows up and tells Peggy to back off. At first one is inclined to think that Debra, who usually bullies and physically abuses Ray a lot herself, is going to finally redeem herself... but then as soon as Peggy is out of sight, Debra goes back to bullying Ray, and starts sneering at him (and in later episodes such as "A Date for Peter", she uses the events of this episode to make fun of him in public). Apparently, she didn't really object to Ray being bullied... she merely objected to ''someone else'' bullying him, because she apparently views him as being her property (emphasized when she tells Peggy "if you've got a problem, you bring it up with me" as if Ray isn't his own person, and is merely just one of her possessions).
* In an episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters'', Laura dumps a boyfriend because he starts making fun of her brother the same way she does.

** Eddie is also like this with Urkel and Waldo. He will fight with Laura, but his protectiveness of her is more BigBrotherInstinct.
* In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', Mal calls Inara a whore all the time. But he's also the first to defend her if anyone else calls her (or implies she is) a whore. He later states that while he loathes and insults her job, he's not insulting the woman herself and actively tries to protect her professional reputation (just never to her face). On the other hand, the person who triggered his Hypocritical Heartwarming was treating Inara herself (instead of her job) like a whore, and even a slave. And mutually, their VolleyingInsults could range from [[InHarmsWay overprotectiveness]], a defensive mechanism against rejection, or just an [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple act to annoy each other]].
* While [[Series/{{Frasier}} Frasier Crane]] will happily mock, belittle and humiliate his little brother Niles all day long, he hates Niles's wife Maris with a burning passion because of ''her'' abusive treatment of her husband. Occasionally expressed by Frasier [[HypocriticalHumor encouraging Niles to stand up for himself, and then yelling at him and bossing him around while telling him precisely how to do so.]]
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Will picks on Carlton all the time and has made quite a few jokes about him being too "white". But he is quick to defend him against anyone who puts him down.

--> '''Monica:''' Chandler, what is wrong with your face? It's meant to say "Geller and Bing to be Married", not "Local Woman Saves Drowning Moron!"
--> '''Photographer:''' ''(laughs)''
--> '''Monica:''' "Hey! Don't laugh at him, he's ''my'' drowning moron."
--> '''Chandler:''' ''(smiles)''
* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Tywin Lannister despises his son Tyrion yet refuses to tolerate anyone else mocking or harming him. This has nothing to do with Tyrion and everything to do with the fact that anyone who wrongs him is defying the power and authority of House Lannister, which Tywin will not allow.
--> '''Tywin:''' He's a Lannister! Maybe the lowest of the Lannisters, but he's one of us. And every day that he remains a prisoner, the less our name commands respect.
--> '''Tyrion:''' ''(lukewarmly)'' Kind of you to go to war for me.
* In ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Rachel is tricked by her boyfriend Jesse into getting egged by [[OpposingSportsTeam Vocal Adrenaline]] -- genuinely upsetting for Rachel, since 1) she's a vegan and 2) Jesse took the opportunity to break up with her. The boys from New Directions immediately mobilize to go kick Vocal Adrenaline's asses - including [[TheRival Kurt]], who angrily insists that "Rachel is one of us! ''We're'' the only ones who get to humiliate her."
** And then there's the moment when all the Glee guys, even the ones who used to bully Kurt, defend him in front of Karofsky.

* In the pilot episode of ''Series/TheInspectorLynleyMysteries'', the fiery, sarcastic Detective Sergeant Havers -- who doesn't even ''[[FireForgedFriends like]]'' her partner DI Lynley at this point -- immediately takes offense at the accusations leveled against him by an old partner of Lynley's, with whom he had parted on rather unfriendly terms. And she does this while conveniently ignoring the fact that, just hours earlier, she had been levelling those same accusations at him! This proves to be an excellent indicator of their future relationship.

-->'''Mrs Chesterfeild:''' These revolting children were in my house?! How repugnant!
-->'''Bertram:''' Hey! Nobody calls these kids revolting and repugnant except ''me''!
* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': Ryuga Banjo has two instances:

** Only he can be a ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold minor]]) jerk to Misora Isurugi, mostly because he doesn't want to openly admit he cares about her. Everyone else will pay for hurting her.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': In the episode "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS3E3Zari Zari]]," there's this wonderful exchange between Mick and Ray.
--> '''Mick:''' If anyone's gonna kill Haircut, it's gonna be me, lady!\\
'''Ray:''' [''touched''] Oh, thanks, Mick!\\

** None of the kids get along too well with their mother Lois, and while they generally enjoy seeing her get taken down a peg when the ObnoxiousInLaws drive her to tears, they all immediately step up to get revenge on them.
*** Even earlier, the entire family engage in an [[CurbstompBattle Epic Curbstomping battle]] against a clown toope because one of the clowns called Lois fat to Hal's face. Lois, who for the entire episode had been trying to curb all the boy's bad behavior, can only look on as if the boys had just bought her a dozen red roses each to apologize while "[[SoundtrackDissonance You Light Up My Life]]" plays over the whole scene.
** It goes both ways. Lois is down right vicious to anyone who wrongs her children and is stupid enough to let her find out about it.

'''Mobeen:''' Thanks and that, [[LampshadeHanging but I'd prefer if you didn't speak to me like that as well.]]

** Al's attitude towards Peg is indifferent at best and rather insulting at worst; however, he has been known to react with violence towards anyone who insults or makes any indecent moves towards her. Peg returns the favor occasionally, in one episode giving a TraumaticHaircut to a woman she suspects of seducing Al. (Unfortunately, she did not.)
** Bud and Kelly show this too, fighting each other like CainAndAbel most of the time, Bud often making fun of how easy she is while Kelly mocks his bad luck with women, but in some episodes, they protect each other vigilantly. In one where a boy tries to get fresh with Kelly, only to be kicked out of her car and sent walking home, he meets Bud and consoles with him; Bud pretends to sympathize, then hugs him, not mentioning he had just been with a girl who had chickenpox. In another episode, Bud is set up for a PrankDate by a girl and humiliated; Kelly punishes the girl by tying her up in a school hallway wearing only a towel with Buck's leash tied to the towel (and then calling for Buck as she and the other students enter, at which point the end credits start).

* In ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' visiting circus conman [[Creator/MarkHamill PT Mindslap]] offers to buy Jonah and the Bots off of Kinga and Max. They refuse on the grounds they see through his scam (there is no actual circus performance and they'd be slaves in the kitchens) and if anyone is going to exploit them, it's Kinga.
* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', Tony gets to insult [[{{Nerd}} McGee]]. You don't get to insult [=McGee=]. Tony does. ''Not you.''
** Pretty much the whole team can be like this. It is part of what makes them TrueCompanions.
* One episode of ''Series/{{Outlander}}'' has Claire joining some [=MacKenzie=] men on a rent-collecting tour and constantly getting insulted and belittled by them along the way. Towards the end of the episode, when she's patching them up after a tavern brawl, it turns out that the brawl was caused by some other men insulting Claire's honour and all of them jumping to her defense. They explain that she is a guest of their Laird, so ''they'' can insult her all they want, but for anyone else to do is a slight against the [=MacKenzie=] clan as a whole.
* In ''Series/ThePhilSilversShow,'' Sgt. Bilko spends much of his time tricking and conning his men and colleagues. Should anyone else try to fleece them, however, Bilko will come down on the grifters like the wrath of god, usually with an elaborate scheme to turn the tables on them.
* ''Series/{{Reba}}'': In the episode "Sister Act", Kyra gets suspended for punching a girl who called Cheyenne a slut, even though Kyra pokes fun at Cheyenne's TeenPregnancy all the time. Though it later turns out to be a subversion. When Reba, Brock and Barbra Jean head down to the school to contest the suspension, Kyra admits that she wasn't defending Cheyenne nor is it her place to do so. She only punched the girl because she was tired of being bullied for Cheyenne's mistakes and wanted an excuse to get out of school for a while.
* The entire Reno Sheriffs Department on ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' will frequently make fun of Dept. Weigel, and at times, will play some rather cruel pranks on her, but if they're also very protective of her, and will go after anyone who they see as a potential threat to her safety [[TooDumbToLive (considering that she's usually not competent enough to see the threat herself)]].
* In the ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My New Suit", Dr. Cox and Dr. Kelso have a brief moment of camaraderie, and then Kelso hates Cox more than ever. Dr. Cox can't understand what happened.
-->'''Cox''': All I remember is we were both making fun of our kids, and bam, he stuck me with Ted.
-->'''Jordan''': No, you made fun of your kid, he made fun of his kid... and then ''you'' made fun of his kid.
** Also, while Cox is ''always'' insulting and belittling JD and Elliot, he smacks down any strangers who try to do the same thing and consistently defends them against Kelso. However, he doesn't care when their other superiors torment them (or in JD's case, [[ArchEnemy the Janitor]]).

-->'''Mycroft:''' Oh, shut up, Mrs. Hudson!
--> '''Sherlock and John''': ''[In unison, outraged]'' MYCROFT!
-->'''Mycroft:''' Apologies.
-->'''Mrs. Hudson:''' Thank you.
-->'''Sherlock:''' ''[To Mrs Hudson]'' Though do, in fact, shut up.

* In ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'', [[MeanBoss Cat]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Grant]] is the only one allowed to be mean to her employees. Everyone else had better damn well treat them with the respect they deserve, as her mother learns when she's rude to Kara.
* Borderline example. In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' no one is allowed to call Sam 'Sammy' except for Dean.
** "He's the only one who gets to call me that." ''Awwwww.''
*** The easiest way to identify bad guys is that they are people who call him "Sammy." Even [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] was sympathetic until he called Sam "Sammy." After that, he had to die.

--> '''Lucifer''': No one dicks with Michael... but me.
* In ''Series/That70sShow'', Hyde didn't like Jackie at all earlier into the series and would often insult her. But when a guy Jackie shows interest in to make Hyde jealous calls her a "bitch," Hyde punches the guy in the face.
* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': When Alan reveals that he plans to move in with Lyndsey, Eldridge and Jake object to the idea, with the former remarking that it's bad enough his mother is "sleeping with this loser", something the latter takes exception to.

* On ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' brothers Damon and Stefan Salvatore may hate each other and mess with each other all the time, but woe betide anyone else who tries to hurt or kill the other.
** Damon and Bonnie in the later seasons. They argue and bicker but if one of them is in danger, the other will be prone to protect. For example in Season 6, Damon attacks Kai in a shop after he threatened Bonnie despite their own conflict before. And Bonnie in return recovers her magic to defend him of Kai in the same episode.
* ''Series/{{Vicious}}'': In the finalé, Freddie ceases insulting his partner, Stuart, to stand up for him and admit his love for him when [[spoiler:Stuart comes out to his mother]] and she turns on him. The niceness between them lasts all of thirty seconds:
-->'''Stuart''': Did Freddie Thornhill just use the word ''love''?\\
'''Freddie''': You're so desperate, clinging to every kind word tossed you way. It's very unattractive, Stuart, so why don't you get us some drinks, and stop standing there with your mouth gaping open like a cheap Italian fountain?!
* In one episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' rumors fly that Bailey is having an affair with Johnny. At one point Andy and Venus find themselves laughing hysterically when she says an unintended double-entendre, much to her annoyance. But when another DJ makes a snide remark about the affair, they instantly grow serious and angrily tell him she’s a good person who shouldn’t be subjected to rumors.

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* The {{Music/Vocaloid}} song "You're a Useless Child" uses a much darker variation of this trope, with the mother singing to her child that he's the stupidest, most useless, most good-for-nothing child in the entire world, but she'll love and protect him anyway, because she's the only one who will. As he grows up, it becomes apparent that the psychological damage that she inflicts on him ''far'' outstrips any semblance of love or affection that she gives him, [[spoiler:and breaks him so thoroughly that he ends up killing himself]].
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* In ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'', Ron does noting but pick on Ginny, even calling her stupid. But when Malfoy calls her stupid, he [[BigBrotherInstinct doesn't hesitate to jump to her defense]], stating that she's ''his'' pain in the ass and no one else's.

* In ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoQogaKnellOfArCiel'', Aoto claims no one can bully [[{{Tsundere}} Finnel]] except him. This carries ''way'' more subtext than usual, [[spoiler:since Finnel is a hardcore submissive and ''gets off'' on being bullied.]]
* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', The Joker berates Batman for beating up Harley Quinn, only to state that it's '''his''' hobby.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', Colm repeatedly tells his childhood best friend she's useless and getting in the way on the battlefield, causing her to cry. Which is something nobody else is allowed to do, only he is allowed to make her cry.
* In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'', Delthea can be pretty rude to her older brother Luthier in their supports, and she also takes digs at him in her supports with Clair. However, once Clair [[InvokedTrope starts insulting Luthier too]], Delthea quickly steps in to defend him. It turns out that [[BatmanGambit Clair was counting on that reaction]].

* King Dedede in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'', as seen in the page quote.

->''"You can't be mean to my Waddle Dees! Only'' '''''I''''' ''can be mean to my Waddle Dees!"''

* In ''Manga/SevenSeeds'', most of [[LovingBully Semimaru]]'s behavior towards [[ShrinkingViolet Natsu]] comes across as this. He bullies her, but when [[SpoiledBrat Hibari]] talks down to Natsu and calls her a useless, spineless doormat, Semimaru gets pretty nasty. That's ''his'' prey, after all. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Not that Hibari believes 'prey' to be the right term.]]
* ''Manga/TheBeautifulSkiesOfHououHigh''

'''Yui:''' Because the only one allowed to make fun of you is '''me'''!
* Following the trend of characters saying things they don't mean and doing the opposite thing of what they say is ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. During "Jupiter Jazz", sessions 12 & 13, Jet tries to convince Spike not to go after a bounty that has relation to [[spoiler:The Red Dragon Syndicate and Julia, figures from Spike's past]], but when Spike goes anyway, Jet warns Spike he better not come back on the ''Bebop'' unless he catches the bounty. At the end of the session 13, [[spoiler:after Spike fails at catching the bounty, resulting in losing his trail on Vicious and Julia]], Jet tells him to get back on the ''Bebop''.
* In ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'', Nagatoro gets furious with her friends on several occasions for their mistreatment of Senpai, even though what they do isn't that different than what she does to him. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that, by the time her friends get a real introduction, Nagatoro has already started to get attached to Senpai, and her bullying has scaled down to [[TheTease teasing.]]
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
** Vegeta plays with this occasionally with regards to Goku. He occasionally becomes very, very slightly concerned for Goku's safety when Goku goes off to fight someone else, even offering occasional bits of help and support -- mostly because he believes if anyone's going to beat Goku in a fight, it should be him. This is most notable just before [[spoiler:Vegeta's death]] in the Frieza saga and the early stages of the Main Buu saga. [[StatusQuoIsGod He finally drops this attitude during the last part of the Buu saga.]]
** There's also one instance right after the Namek arc when Chi Chi hires a tutor for Gohan. This tutor happens to be quite abusive toward Gohan, and when he starts calling Goku a delinquent absentee parent (Goku is missing following the fight with Frieza), Chi Chi decides she's had enough and promptly defenestrates the tutor.
** ''Dragon Ball Super'' has this dynamic pop up between Beerus and Champa of the Universe Survival arc. After learning that the Kais of the other universes held a meeting without inviting the Kai of Universe 7, Champa engages his own meeting with the other Gods of Destruction to make sure they weren't planning anything underhanded, and gets notably stressed once the topic moves to Beerus, and by extension, Goku, since they're scapegoating the entirety of Universe 7 for putting them through the tournament and slating them for destruction if they loose when both Champa and Vados know that Zen'o was planning on destroying them anyway until Goku reminded him of the tournament. When this claim falls on deaf ears, he gets visibly irate at them disrespecting both his brother and Goku despite his intense rivalry with Beerus.
* Natsu and Gray from ''Manga/FairyTail'' start off as [[TheRival rivals]], but when Gray becomes TheLancer of the FiveManBand they still fight all the time unless someone else is threatening them, then they forget their squabbles and unify against whoever it is. Once Gray [[CharacterDevelopment calms down]] somewhat, Natsu starts doing this with [[spoiler:Gajeel.]]
* In Datto Nishiwaki's manga adaptation of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Shinji is still very much a BigBrotherBully to Sakura, but there's also a flashback where he defended her against the archery club president's bullying the previous year. It's part of a pattern of downplaying Shinji's worst behavior from the visual novel (including him not [[spoiler:raping Sakura on a regular basis like in the VN]]), leading up to him [[spoiler:pulling something of a HeelFaceTurn, accepting defeat in the Grail War and not dying like he did in most of the VN's routes.]]
* ''Manga/FoodWars'': In the Fall Classic semifinals, Soma gambles ''his whole career'' as a chef against Mimasaka in order to win the 100 cooking tools from other chefs (including Takumi's Mezzaluna). After Soma beats him, Mimasaka says he's going to quit cooking, but Soma calls him out on it, first telling him that it wasn't part of their agreement, and then lectures Mimasaka in a load of reasons why a cook shouldn't quit after a single loss. The others comment how rich this is considering Soma was risking on doing the exact same thing.
* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Rin gets physical with Tohru, ever since their first meeting, e.g., grabbing her by the collar, roughly rubbing her head, etc. The moment Kagura punches Tohru (and accidentally knocks her out) in frustration [[spoiler:that she won't confess her feelings to Kyo so that Kagura wouldn't have to think about him anymore,]] Rin gets the [[UnstoppableRage angriest]] anyone has seen her in the story. Contains some FridgeBrilliance in that Rin acts that way because of how different she and Kagura are. Both have bad tempers, but Kagura [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength does not know her own strength]] and frequently hurts others by accident when riled up. Rin knows that ''[[IllGirl she]]'' isn't a serious danger to Tohru, but she can't trust Kagura to have the same discipline.

'''Akira:''' ''[enraged]'' No matter how good you are, you're a first-dan when you start off. Don't look down upon Shindou just because he's a first-dan! ''[strides away indignantly]''

* Tomoe from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' is normally sarcastic, rude and highly critical of just about anything Nanami does. But should anyone else insult her and/or criticize her, he is quick to come to her defense.
* ''Manga/KissAndWhiteLilyForMyDearestGirl'' provides a non-bullying example. Yukina chastises Towako in private for [[spoiler:sabotaging the Gardening Club]], but refuses to let the student council say anything critical about her. Since Yukina and Towako are in the same hierarchy, this trope is given connotations of 'providing a united front'.
* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Sir Nighteye doesn't think very highly of Midoriya, considering him an InadequateInheritor of One for All compared to Nighteye's protégé Mirio. While Midoriya is out on patrol with Mirio, he has no choice but to let Eri go back to her [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] [[ArcVillain Overhaul,]] since Nighteye had ordered the heroes not to interfere with Overhaul while the investigation was in progress. When Midoriya gets back and tells Nighteye about the incident, Nighteye criticizes Midoriya for wanting to rush in and save Eri without a plan. Later, however, it turns out that not saving Eri was a much worse idea than even Midoriya thought,[[note]]Overhaul was using Eri's body to create bullets capable of destroying Quirks, so taking her away would have crippled his operation[[/note]] but when Rock Lock complains about what happened, Nighteye takes responsibility and defends Midoriya and Mirio, saying they were JustFollowingOrders and they feel the worst about Eri's situation.
* In ''Manga/NabariNoOu'', Raikou physically abuses Gau on a regular basis. When an unnamed mook hurts Gau, Raikou kills him and ''[[DisproportionateRetribution mutilates his dead body.]]''

** A Foreshadowing of sorts, this trope also (somewhat) applies to the LittleSisterHeroine Kirino herself. [[spoiler:When her friends Ayase and Kanako come over for a visit, they hear her constantly berating Kyousuke (which the poor man overhears), but once Kanako adds her own words, Kirino stays silent instead of agreeing with her.]]
* At the beginning of ''Manga/PandoraHearts'', Alice calls Oz her property and protects him from people who want to hurt him, but will consistently hit him herself.
-->'''Alice''': Nobody touches my PROPERTY! And Oz is my manservant--therefore, he is my property!

** Fredrica often bullies Marie. However, when someone else threatens her, targets her, and/or makes her cry, she goes [[UnstoppableRage ballistic.]]
** Inui, who cruelly beats his brother, Saburou, nearly constantly claims the world is too cruel for his brother, spouting, "I'm the only one allowed to hurt him!" But it comes out creepy as opposed to heartwarming...
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Ranma and Akane are one of Creator/RumikoTakahashi's most famous fictional couples, known for their BelligerentSexualTension, so it's no surprise that they've insulted each other more times than you can count. But when Kodachi's rival, Asuka, calls Ranma a fool, Akane gets ''pissed'' and actually has Ranma go out on a double date with Kodachi and Asuka to prove how handsome and cool he really is, despite being [[ClingyJealousGirl the jealous type.]] She even helps dress him up and follows them on the date to make sure everything goes smoothly! [[HilarityEnsues Which, of course, it doesn't.]]

* ''Manga/SkipBeat'' invokes this trope in chapter 88 of the manga. Sho and Kyouko ''were'' once friends, but no one could call their ''current'' relationship "friendly". Yet when Sho's position as a top musician is threatened by a new band, Kyouko lashes out at the face of the band, and yells "I am the only one allowed to defeat him!" He can fall to the darkest depths, sure, but ''she'' has to be the one to put him there. And Sho returns the favor by basically telling her she is the only one ''allowed'' to defeat him.
* ''Manga/Touch1981'': In the first chapter, Minami gets angry because her friends are dissing Tetsuya. When they remind her that she constantly complains about Tetsuya, Minami replies it is different when ''she'' does it (justified because her friends were just mocking him. Minami berates him because she knows he is ''not'' a useless idiot but he wants everyone thinking he is).

* In one episode of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Professor Chronos vehemently defends the Osiris Dorm from Napoleon, and then chews him out thoroughly for insulting them, yelling, "You had the nerve to call my worthless student worthless! Only ''I'' can insult those slackers!" RThis was the point where he went from a reluctant ally of the protagonists to a full-fledged one.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Mighty Little Defenders'' episode 36, Wolnie protects Wolffy from the wolf duo Rolly and Raoul who are seeking to turn him in for money. Wolnie tells them that, to paraphrase, "nobody can mess with Wolffy except for me!". Wolnie has [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale abused Wolffy]] for not capturing the goats ''a lot'' throughout the series, primarily in the earlier seasons.

* In an ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' story, Mr. Lodge and Smithers feel sorry for Betty over how [[RichBitch mean]] Veronica often is to her. Hoping to prevent further hurt, they conspire to make Betty think Veronica is shunning her. After setting the devastated Betty straight, Veronica furiously castigates her father and butler for what they've done: "If you can't insult your best friend, who ''can'' you insult? But not you! Me!"
* ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobin2009:'' "Nobody gets to kill my family but me." A darker take on this, because a.) this is coming from Victor Zsasz, who probably isn't kidding, and b.) he's talking to somebody who already ''did'' kill his brother.
* In ''Battlefields'', Garth Ennis has a storyline about a group of German soldiers during the invasion of Russia. One of them has a large nose, so the others in the unit call him "Kosher," and tease him endlessly, to which he always responds by telling them to ''fucking'' stop calling him that or he'll kick the shit out of the next person who does. Then one day a new soldier to the unit jokingly calls him Kosher. The newbie finds himself staring at a knife being held less than an inch away from his face. "See those assholes? They can call me that because they're my friends and I like them. I don't like you and you can't call me that." The squad sergeant had to break it up before the newbie got killed.

* The Franchise/MarvelUniverse crossover ''Maximum Security'' featured U.S. Agent, now working for a CapeBusters force called S.T.A.R.S., co-opting ComicBook/TheAvengers and being his usual abrasive self, utterly contemptuous of these so-called heroes. In the end, when he rejects [[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica Cap]]'s offer of friendship, one of his S.T.A.R.S. colleagues says "You told 'em, sir. Who do they think they are?" and gets slammed against the side of their aircraft. You do ''not'' talk like that about the Avengers to U.S. Agent.

* In ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', one of Marvel's first {{Crisis Crossover}}s, tensions rise between the ComicBook/XMen and the other Marvel heroes out of distrust (though most of them have worked with the X-Men in the past at least once, so they really should have [[AesopAmnesia known better]]). When Hawkeye gets in Cyclops' face, Wolverine cuts in and says, "Cyclops might be a jerk, but he's ''our'' jerk!"
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': J. Jonah Jamerson is a very loud and very verbally abusive boss to the Daily Bugle staff, but that is his right as the Editor and Chief. On the many occasions the Bugle has been attacked (more than one villain has realized that the Bugle's great pictures of Spider-Man mean someone there is friendly with the web head) if ol' JJJ isn't mouthing off to the supervillain, it's because he was home sick with laryngitis, thus preventing him from phoning in and giving the bad guy a verbal beat down for threatening his staff. This is largely due to J. Jonah Jamerson having a background as an investigative journalist: He had to drop many a story when his editors got calls from the very people he was investigating and forced Jamerson to back off. Now that he's the editor, he actually views a threat because one of his reporters was ticking off a person with power so much, they were resorting to threats to the paper as a badge of honor for that reporter. Doesn't matter if the power is political or super, J. Jonah Jamerson is going to turn all of his bluster against the villain and in support of his reporter... often with the reporter in the room at that time (and because he was being chewed out by JJ for something... JJ will yell because that particular day of the week ends with a "y", so the chewing out of the employee might not be warranted).
* ''ComicBook/XMen:'' The first sign of Wolverine mellowing from JerkWithAHeartOfJerk to JerkWithAHeartOfGold is when a demon attacks the X-Mansion ([[ItMakesSenseInContext long story]]), and insults Nightcrawler. Logan, who only a few pages prior had tried to outright ''murder'' Kurt for laughing at him, tears into the demon on the grounds that the elf is his buddy.

* In ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' nobody except Dagwood's MeanBoss Mr. Dithers is allowed to yell at, kick, fire, or otherwise abuse Dagwood, period. Dithers has been known to resort to violence to enforce that rule.

* In one Sunday ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' strip, Walt answers the phone, only for a female classmate of Jeremy's to go on a lengthy tirade about a homework assignment. When Walt is finally able to tell her that she's not speaking to Jeremy, but his dad, she responds "I know. I could never talk to Jeremy like that. [[NiceGuy He's too sweet.]] Just give him the message for me, okay?"

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' fic ''FanFic/ACureForLove'' Light becomes very angry and upset when someone ''else'' tries to kill [[WorthyOpponent L]].

-->'''Asuka:''' "Baka Shinji's mine, not some cheeky penguin's servant! I will not see him forced to slave at the whims of a bird!"\\
'''Misato:''' "But you're just fine with him slaving at your whims?"\\
'''Asuka:''' "Well, duh. That's the way things are supposed to go. He's mine. He belongs to me,"
* From the ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''Fanfic/ThoseWhoStandForNothingFallForAnything'':
-->'''L:''' No one takes the piss out of Light apart from me.
* Many (if not most) ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddparents'' fics that feature [[BelligerentSexualTension Timmy/Vicky]] have Vicky defending Timmy because only she's allowed to make him miserable.
* Mentioned in the ''South Park'' fanfic "How Cartman Stole Christmas".
-->Kyle was his to torment and his alone.
* ''Fanfic/TheKingNobodyWanted'': Every interaction NightmareFetishist Barb Bracken has with her timid sister Jayne involves her reveling in making her sister miserable, up until the scene where she furiously scares away their CreepyUncle for being even worse to Jayne than Barb usually is.
* Arthur is often rude to Merlin in ''Fanfic/TheStudentPrince'', but he gets protective when Lady Viva acts rudely to Merlin, promptly turning her down and shutting her out of their room.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7876901/24/Truthfully Truthfully,]]'' nobody is allowed to beat up on the Avengers without Loki's permission, nor without following his rules pertaining to it. God help you if you try actually killing any of them.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5989717/chapters/14068302 Name Drop]]'' has this exchange between Plagg and Tikki, though it turns into straight-up Hypocritical Humor by the end.

'''Plagg:''' Besides, if ''anyone'' is the idiot here, it’s Marinette!\\

* Another ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' story, ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8313295/chapters/19037116 Old Stories New Discoveries]]'', has Marinette, after she and the rest of the class have found out Adrien's secret, furiously standing up for her partner after Chloe calls him "that mangy cat", before muttering that she's the only one who gets to call him that.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11123742/30/The-Vanishing-Cabinet-Of-Time The Vanishing Cabinet of Time]]'':
-->'''Fred:''' Who poisoned [Ron]?\\
'''George:''' One of the Slytherins? We'll hex him. Nobody messes with our brother.\\
'''Fred/George:''' Except for us!
* In ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'', after hearing Weiss Schnee's description of Ruby Rose, Nero insults Ruby and calls her immature. Weiss warns her only she is allowed to talk about Ruby that way.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12855936/9/Harry-Potter-and-Libromancy Harry Potter and Libromancy]]'' Sirius offers to take care of the [[SoulJar Horcrux]] Regulus died retrieving.
-->'''Arcturus:''' Can you destroy it?\\
'''Sirius:''' I can do worse than that. I didn't see eye to eye with my brother but the only person that was supposed to kill my annoying pain in the ass little brother was me.
* Vegeta's relationship [[WellDoneSonGuy with his father]] is shown as this through ''LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay'' and ''WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged'', but encapsulated best when he talks with Yajirobe.
-->'''Vegeta:''' You... you cut through my armor! This was a gift from my father!\\
'''Yajirobe:''' I'm sorry, I'm sure your father was a great man!\\
'''Vegeta:''' I ''hated'' my father!\\
'''Yajirobe:''' Oh, well then I'm sure he was a total prick.\\
'''Vegeta:''' ''[attacks Yajirobe]'' HOW ''DARE'' [[MortonsFork YOU TALK ABOUT MY FATHER LIKE THAT]]!?

-->'''Sirius:''' I guarantee if you asked any of [my cousins] if they’d be happier as an only child, they’d probably hex you.\\

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10678690/7/You-ve-Cast-A-Spell-Over-Me-Nope-Just-A-Hex You've Cast A Spell Over Me, Nope, Just A Hex]]'':
-->"Potter, Potter, always trying to play the hero," Draco smirked, although he felt an odd tug of something like possession somewhere in his stomach. No one else should hex Potter - that was ''his'' job.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13010260/14/The-Second-String The Second String]]'' Mundungus Fletcher asks Harry if it's possible that Aberforth has a secret girlfriend.
-->"He can `ave me Vera!" a drunken Dalcop offered magnanimously.\\
"Ah, everyone who's anyone already has!" retorted Martial Sorner.\\
Harry had cursed them all as he mopped up the puddle from the tankard Dalcop had emptied over Martial's head for that one. Apparently Dalcop could say whatever he wanted about his wife, but no one else better dare to.
* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Bakugou warns Izuku not to fail the U.A. Entrance Exam because ''he'' is the only one who should get to beat him. Of course, he also says that he'll fuck Izuku up if he ''does'' fail the exam as "encouragement".
-->'''Bakugou:''' Stop standing around and move, Deku! \\
'''Izuku:''' ''[jumping]'' S-Sorry, Kacchan. But hey, l-let's just both do our best, okay?\\
'''Bakugou:''' Last I checked, ''I'm'' not the one who has to worry about that. If you fuck this up, I'll fuck ''you'' up, got it?

* ''[[Fanfic/TwoTwentyOneB 221B]]'': "Boswells Unite!" features Watson receiving a letter from the Strand informing him they're not printing any more of his stories for the moment because someone has been sending in "gutter-press" under his name. Holmes fumes that only he can criticize Watson's writing and immediately sets out to find the perpetrator and teach him a lesson for blackening his biographer's reputation.
* ''Fanfic/ForTheGloryOfIrk'': At one point, Zim firmly tells off [[RobotBuddy CB]] for silencing Skoodge, stating that only he can do that. Later, he says the same thing to Voel regarding being mean to CB.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' sees the Joker unintentionally invoke this, as far as part of his VillainousBreakdown, he [[spoiler: screams at Terry [=McGinnis=] that he isn't Batman.]] As far as the Joker is concerned, no matter how skilled or professional you are, and no matter how you piss him off, [[WorthyOpponent Bruce Wayne is the only Batman]].

* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Rin gets physical with Tohru, ever since their first meeting, e.g., grabbing her by the collar, roughly rubbing her head, etc. The moment Kagura [[BerserkButton punches Tohru]] (and accidentally knocks her out) in frustration [[spoiler:that she won't confess her feelings to Kyo so that Kagura wouldn't have to think about him anymore,]] Rin gets the [[UnstoppableRage angriest]] anyone has seen her in the story. Contains some FridgeBrilliance in that Rin acts that way because of how different she and Kagura are. Both have bad tempers, but Kagura [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength does not know her own strength]] and frequently hurts others by accident when riled up. Rin knows that ''[[IllGirl she]]'' isn't a serious danger to Tohru, but she can't trust Kagura to have the same discipline.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7876901/24/Truthfully Truthfully,]]'' nobody is allowed to beat up on the Avengers without Loki's permission, nor without following his rules pertaining to it. God help you if [[BerserkButton you try actually killing any of them]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': Out of the many [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] [[HotBlooded Ryuga]] [[DumbMuscle Banjo]] has, two fall under this:
** Don't insult [[TheHero Sento]] [[InsufferableGenius Kiryu]]. It doesn't matter if your insult is valid. It's the intent that counts. Only he can call him out on his crap because he aims for Sento to realize the pitfalls of his logic/actions/whatever, not to hurt him.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', Colm repeatedly tells his childhood best friend she's useless and getting in the way on the battlefield, causing her to cry. Which is something nobody else is allowed to do, [[BerserkButton only he is allowed to make her cry]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', Mojo Jojo becomes enraged that an alien villain is destroying the city and doing so many of the evil things that he wanted to do. In the end, he ends up defeating the villain, but then hates it when the townspeople praise him for being a hero.
** Generally, the girls are like this with each other. They bicker and fight, as sisters do, but [[BerserkButton Lord help you]] if you try hurting one of the Puffs and are not family. [[BigBrotherInstinct They will end you.]]

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', Mojo Jojo becomes enraged that an alien villain is destroying the city and doing so many of the evil things that he wanted to do. In the end, he ends up defeating the villain, but then hates it when the townspeople praise him for being a hero.

* Gareth's EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''Series/{{Chef}}'' is him delivering an epic rant to his subordinates, making it clear that he's SurroundedByIdiots, and then leaving the kitchen to deliver an even ''more'' epic rant to a customer for denigrating the work of these highly-trained and hard-working professionals.

* NWordPrivileges are based around this. It's okay to make fun of a group as long as you are part of it. A person foreign to that group? Better watch his back.

* There are cases where if you bully someone's little sibling and the older sibling, however abusive they are, gets wind of it, they will beat the living crap out of you. Often saying that "Only I'm allowed to beat up/insult her/him."

* There are cases where if you bully someone's little sibling and the older sibling, however abusive he and she is, gets wind of it, they will beat the living crap out of you. Often saying that "Only I'm allowed to beat up/insult her/him."

* ''Manga/{{Touch}}'': In the first chapter, Minami gets angry because her friends are dissing Tetsuya. When they remind her that she constantly complains about Tetsuya, Minami replies it is different when ''she'' does it (justified because her friends were just mocking him. Minami berates him because she knows he is ''not'' a useless idiot but he wants everyone thinking he is).

* In ''[[VideoGane/ArTonelico3 Ar Tonelico Qoga]]'', Aoto claims no one can bully [[{{Tsundere}} Finnel]] except him. This carries ''way'' more subtext than usual, [[spoiler:since Finnel is a hardcore submissive and ''gets off'' on being bullied.]]

** Throughout most of the Fantastic Four's history, the Thing was harassed and teased by his former gang on Yancy Street who tended to call him a "sell-out"; however, they often helped him and the rest of his team if a villain was giving them trouble on their turf, claiming "that's our job" on such occasions. (They really didn't mean it, anyway.) They also spent much of ''Comicbook/{{FF}}'' being ''genuinely outraged'' that some singer in an old Thing exoskeleton was replacing ''their'' Ben Grimm.
* The Franchise/MarvelUniverse crossover ''Maximum Security'' featured US Agent, now working for a CapeBusters force called S.T.A.R.S., co-opting Comicbook/TheAvengers and being his usual abrasive self, utterly contemptuous of these so-called heroes. In the end, when he rejects [[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica Cap]]'s offer of friendship, one of his S.T.A.R.S. colleagues says "You told 'em, sir. Who do they think they are?" and gets slammed against the side of their aircraft. You do ''not'' talk like that about the Avengers to US Agent.
* In ''Comicbook/TheSandman'', Cain goes absolutely berserk when [[spoiler:The Kindly Ones]] kill Abel. Abel dies a lot of times in the series, always killed by Cain, of course. Abel also takes the event very badly judging by his last words, since it's not like he ''likes'' Cain killing him on a near-constant basis, but that's the way their story has always gone. When [[spoiler:The Kindly Ones]] do it he gets upset, exclaiming that they don't even know him.

* ''ComicBook/{{Spiderman}}:'' J. Jonah Jamerson is a very loud and very verbally abusive boss to the Daily Bugle staff, but that is his right as the Editor and Chief. On the many occasions the Bugle has been attacked (more than one villain has realized that the Bugle's great pictures of Spider-Man mean someone there is friendly with the web head) if ol' JJJ isn't mouthing off to the supervillain, it's because he was home sick with laryngitis, thus preventing him from phoning in and giving the bad guy a verbal beat down for threatening his staff. This is largely due to J. Jonah Jamerson having a background as an investigative journalist: He had to drop many a story when his editors got calls from the very people he was investigating and forced Jamerson to back off. Now that he's the editor, he actually views a threat because one of his reporters was ticking off a person with power so much, they were resorting to threats to the paper as a badge of honor for that reporter. Doesn't matter if the power is political or super, J. Jonah Jamerson is going to turn all of his bluster against the villain and in support of his reporter... often with the reporter in the room at that time (and because he was being chewed out by JJ for something... JJ will yell because that particular day of the week ends with a "y", so the chewing out of the employee might not be warranted).

* ''Series/TheProudFamily'': Suga Mama routinely hits and insults her son Oscar (who almost always provokes her), but in the ProWrestlingEpisode where Oscar is forced to participate in a [[ProWrestlingIsReal very real]] wrestling match and yells at her for help, Suga Mama comes to his rescue and even says that nobody is allowed to beat Oscar up except her.

* In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', [[TheNarrator Cecil's]] attitude towards Night Vale increasingly becomes this as the incursion from [[EvilInc [=StrexCorp=]]] continues: "Parade Day" has him claim "Tamika led a great revolt to rid our town of a terrible evil, and restore the original less-terrible evil that preceded it", and "Old Oak Doors Part B" has him defend Kevin's dismissive attitude towards the town's strangeness with "This is our town! And it is ''terrible''. But it is ours. And we... we are fighting for it!".

** Annagramma Hawkin may treat Tiffany Aching like a spot of dirt that happened to be beneath her nose, but when the literal personification of all of winter, who is powerful enough to create an avalanche or snowstorm in a spilt second, [[spoiler: harasses Tiffany, she stomps up to him as if he were no-one more than Bob from the coffee shop, yells at him to leave her alone, and chucks a fireball at him. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulu She succeeds]].]]