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* ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'': After Ryuko has called her harsh attitude out during an argument, Asuka grumbles that nobody talks to her like that. Then Asuka hugs her daughter because she is proud that Ryuko is willing speak her mind, whether her mother likes her words or not.

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Aviendha, an Aiel being trained as a Wise One, finds herself assigned a long series of ever more pointless and embarrassing tasks until she snaps, refuses to comply, and tells them either to acknowledge her as a Wise One or send her away. They then reveal that she's passed the final test: a Wise One needs to exercise her own judgment and not accept anything unquestioningly, even from her peers.

** Three seasons later, Micheal Garibaldi, as the new CEO of a major pharmaceuticals company, tracks down a bunch of middle managers who had been giving intelligent complaints about the way the company was run and promotes them to the new board of directors. The previous board had tried to murder his wife, so they had to go away.

** When Londo Mollari gets imperial permission to divorce two of his three wives, two of them compete to be the most sickeningly sweetly loyal and subservient wives you could ever see. He divorces them both and keeps Timov, the one who found that beneath her dignity and continued honestly expressing her disdain for him, saying, "With you, I always know where I stand". The audience knows it was the right choice, too, since one of the other wives, Mariel, had been behind the attempt on his life in the episode and Timov had given him a life-saving blood transfusion (on the condition the doctor wouldn't tell Londo she saved him).

** When Londo Mollari gets permission to divorce two of his three wives, two of them compete to be the most sickeningly sweetly loyal and subservient wives you could ever see. He divorces them both and keeps the one who found that beneath her dignity and continued honestly expressing her disdain for him, saying "with you, I always know where I stand".
** Three seasons later, Micheal Garibaldi, as the new CEO of a major pharmaceuticals company, tracks down a bunch of middle managers who had been giving intelligent complaints about the way the company was run and promotes them to the board of directors. The previous board had tried to murder his wife, so they had to go away.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Baron Klaus Wulfenbach (pictured in the trope image) ''deliberately'' makes mistakes in unimportant things to make sure his son and heir, Gilgamesh (also pictured), is willing to call him on them. Gil finds the testing "tiresome", but he picks up similar habits himself, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120113 later promising to promote]] the one guard who tries to maintain proper security procedures against him.

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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Hannyabal, Vice Warden of [[HellholePrison Impel Down]], is so ambitious about being the Chief Warden that he sometimes calls Impel Down as "his", and generally be boastful about it. The Chief Warden, Magellan, is sometimes annoyed at Hannyabal for this, but he also believes that Hannyabal's a worthy successor for the position - no less because the latter's actually sincere in his efforts in keeping the criminals from harming the public. After the TimeSkip, Hannyabal eventually gets promoted.

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* In Muslim folktales (not quite canon), humans are God's children and heirs precisely because we can defy Him, unlike angels, who are perfect and therefore mere servants.

* Merchant Prince Etienne Avare in ''[[Literature/JoesWorld The Philosophical Strangler]]'' leaves his entire fortune to the first great-grandchild to assassinate him.

* Cornelius Stuyvesant, the richest man in the world, in ''Literature/TheGrimnoirChronicles'' makes Francis his sole heir, saying "You're the only one worth . . . a bucket of warm piss . . . in . . . in the whole lot". Their previous conversation was when Cornelius disowned him for taking a moral stand against the Imperium.

* A mild example in the Literature/HerculePoirot novel ''Cat Among the Pigeons'': Honoria Bulstrode, headmistress of Meadowbrook school, asks her chosen successor what she would change about the school. The would-be successor answers, "Nothing," disappointing Miss Bulstrode, who doesn't think the school should be run just out of tradition. Miss Bulstrode then asks another teacher the same question, and the other teacher says that their are lots of things she thinks should be done differently. It is this that persuades Miss Bulstrode to change her mind and name the second teacher as the new headmistress.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': [[JustTheFirstCitizen Baron]] [[EmperorScientist Klaus]] [[TheExtremistWasRight Wulfenbach]] (pictured in the trope image) ''deliberately'' makes mistakes in unimportant things to make sure his son and heir, Gilgamesh (also pictured), is willing to call him on them. It's said that if Gil fails, Klaus will "break him down for parts and try again". Gil finds the testing "tiresome". But he picks up similar habits himself, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120113 later promising to promote]] the one guard who tries to maintain proper security procedures against him.

* [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] wins the respect of [[TheFairFolk Queen Mab]], and to a lesser extent Donar Vadderung aka [[spoiler: Odin]] this way.

* One of the reasons [[Literature/TheWarGods Tomanak]] selects Bahzell as a champion is that Bahzell is willing to argue with him about anything. This tends to upset those who worship Tomanak in a more conventional fashion.

It doesn't have to go as far as hate and murder. Just being willing to defy, correct and generally stand up to the power figure can qualify.