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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] had this before her CharacterDevelopment. While she does listen and obey her teachers, mentor, and other adults, she refuses to hear out her peers because of her {{Jerkass}} and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] attitude and [[OneSideOfTheStory not caring about other people's problems or trying to understand their perspectives]]. Even when Luz repeatedly apologized to her, wanted to make up and pointed out how she nearly got dissected by Principal Bump, tried to tell her that she didn't want to cheat in "Covention", attempted to explain that she was trying to stop the Blight twins from stealing her diary in "Lost in Language", or simply [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking trying to be nice and offered to help Amity with the library kids]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] Blight had this before her CharacterDevelopment. While she does listen and obey her teachers, mentor, and other adults, she refuses to hear out her peers because of her {{Jerkass}} and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] attitude and [[OneSideOfTheStory not caring about other people's problems or trying to understand their perspectives]]. Even when Luz repeatedly apologized to her, wanted to make up and pointed out how she nearly got dissected by Principal Bump, tried to tell her that she didn't want to cheat in "Covention", attempted to explain that she was trying to stop the Blight twins from stealing her diary in "Lost in Language", or simply [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking trying to be nice and offered to help Amity with the library kids]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] had this before her CharacterDevelopment. While she does listen and obey her teachers, mentor, and other adults, she refuses to hear out her peers because of her {{Jerkass}} attitude and [[OneSideOfTheStory not caring about other people's problems or trying to understand their perspectives]]. Even when Luz repeatedly apologized to her, wanted to make up and pointed out how she nearly got dissected by Principal Bump, tried to tell her that she didn't want to cheat in "Covention", tried to explain that she was trying to stop the Blight twins from stealing her diary in "Lost in Language", or even offered to help Amity with the library kids.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] had this before her CharacterDevelopment. While she does listen and obey her teachers, mentor, and other adults, she refuses to hear out her peers because of her {{Jerkass}} and [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] attitude and [[OneSideOfTheStory not caring about other people's problems or trying to understand their perspectives]]. Even when Luz repeatedly apologized to her, wanted to make up and pointed out how she nearly got dissected by Principal Bump, tried to tell her that she didn't want to cheat in "Covention", tried attempted to explain that she was trying to stop the Blight twins from stealing her diary in "Lost in Language", or even simply [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking trying to be nice and offered to help Amity with the library kids.kids]].

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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'' has Goh have this again as he nearly died because he didn't want to listen to Chloe's warnings to not catch a Vivillon over a running river. In fact, Chloe confesses that because her problems don't involve Mew, he doesn't need to be involved in them...like how she's imagining her suicide play out with her trying to talk to Goh one last time and he hangs up on her. The real Goh immediately screams that he would've gone back to save her.

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* ** ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'' has Goh have suffer from this again as again; he nearly died because he didn't want to listen to Chloe's warnings to not catch a Vivillon over a running river. In fact, a vision of Chloe confesses declares that because since her problems don't involve Mew, the only thing he ''really'' cares about, he doesn't need to be involved in them...them... like how she's imagining her suicide play out with her trying to talk to Goh one last time and he hangs up on her. The real Goh immediately screams that he would've gone back to save her.


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* ''Fanfic/MarinettesWeekOff'': Marinette makes sure to give plenty of advance notice before heading off on her week-long vacation, sending reminders to all of her friends and family, posting a flyer on the class bulletin board, and reminding Bustier that she'll be absent on the last day before her departure. All of this completely escapes the notice of Alya, Adrien and the rest of her [[FairWeatherFriend Fair-Weather Friends]], leading to a MassOhCrap moment when Nathaniel informs them in the middle of the week that no, she won't be sweeping in to solve all their problems for them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] had this before her CharacterDevelopment. While she does listen and obey her teachers, mentor, and other adults, she refuses to hear out her peers because of her {{Jerkass}} attitude and [[OneSideOfTheStory not caring about other's problems or try to understand their perspectives]], even when Luz repeatedly apologized to her, wanted to make up and pointed out how she nearly got dissected by Principal Bump, tried to tell her that she didn't want to cheat in "Covention", tries to explain that she was trying to stop the Blight twins from stealing her diary in "Lost in Language", or even offering to help Amity with the library kids.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] had this before her CharacterDevelopment. While she does listen and obey her teachers, mentor, and other adults, she refuses to hear out her peers because of her {{Jerkass}} attitude and [[OneSideOfTheStory not caring about other's other people's problems or try trying to understand their perspectives]], even perspectives]]. Even when Luz repeatedly apologized to her, wanted to make up and pointed out how she nearly got dissected by Principal Bump, tried to tell her that she didn't want to cheat in "Covention", tries tried to explain that she was trying to stop the Blight twins from stealing her diary in "Lost in Language", or even offering offered to help Amity with the library kids.

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'''Jason:''' Um...what? what?
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] had this before her CharacterDevelopment. While she does listen and obey her teachers, mentor, and other adults, she refuses to hear out her peers because of her {{Jerkass}} attitude and [[OneSideOfTheStory not caring about other's problems or try to understand their perspectives]], even when Luz repeatedly apologized to her, wanted to make up and pointed out how she nearly got dissected by Principal Bump, tried to tell her that she didn't want to cheat in "Covention", tries to explain that she was trying to stop the Blight twins from stealing her diary in "Lost in Language", or even offering to help Amity with the library kids.
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* Copen from ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvoltSeries'' absolutely ''refuses'' to listen from everything an Adept says to him, owing to his FantasticRacism towards them. This is most noticeable during his fights with Gunvolt where he urges him to stand down and appeal to the goodness of Adepts, which Copen scoffs at him.

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* Copen from ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvoltSeries'' absolutely ''refuses'' to listen from everything an Adept says to him, owing to his FantasticRacism towards them. This is most noticeable during his fights with Gunvolt where he urges him to stand down and appeal to the goodness of Adepts, which Copen scoffs at him.at.
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* In ''Series/{{Survivor}}'': Heroes Vs Villains, Russell Hantz. When his fellow Villains suggested getting rid of Sandra before the merge, he went after Courtney instead. When Parvati insisted Sandra would be more dangerous than Jerri in front of the jury, guess which of the two was the next one to go.

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* In ''Series/{{Survivor}}'': ''Series/{{Survivor}}: Heroes Vs Villains, vs. Villains'', Russell Hantz. When his fellow Villains suggested getting rid of Sandra before the merge, he went after Courtney instead. When Parvati insisted Sandra would be more dangerous than Jerri in front of the jury, guess which of the two was the next one to go.
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* Jenna in ''Series/ThirtyRock'' attempts active listening with Kenneth but very quickly gets distracted thinking to herself how good a job she's doing. She ends up singing her praises in her own head while Kenneth continues about his troubles unaware.
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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'' has Goh have this again as he nearly died because he didn't want to listen to Chloe's warnings to not catch a Vivillon over a running river. In fact, Chloe confesses that because her problems don't involve Mew, he doesn't need to be involved in them...like how she's imagining her suicide play out with her trying to talk to Goh one last time and he hangs up on her. The real Goh immediately screams that he would've gone back to save her.
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* Copen from ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvoltSeries'' absolutely ''refuses'' to listen from everything an Adept says to him, owing to his FantasticRacism towards them. This is most noticeable during his fights with Gunvolt where he urges him to stand down and appeal to the goodness of Adepts, which Copen scoffs at him.

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* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': When Marinette warns Adrien that she's on the verge of breaking due to Lila's deception successfully isolating her from the rest of their class, Adrien's response is to smile and 'reassure' her that [[BecauseYouCanCope she's strong enough to handle it]]. This only serves to drive home that [[LovingAShadow he's not the compassionate boy she'd thought he was]], as he completely ignored everything she'd just said.

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* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': ''Fanfic/JulekaVsTheForcesOfTheUniverse'':
** Alya is so convinced that she knows what's best for Marinette that she dismisses any evidence to the contrary, ''especially'' anything Marinette herself has to say on the matter.
** Adrien is even worse about this, especially as Chat Noir. No matter how many times Ladybug rejects his unwanted advances, he continues insisting that they're meant to be together BecauseDestinySaysSo. And by 'destiny', he means [[EntitledToHaveYou him]]. ''She'' doesn't get any say in the matter.
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When Marinette warns Adrien that she's on the verge of breaking due to Lila's deception successfully isolating her from the rest of their class, Adrien's response is to smile and 'reassure' her that [[BecauseYouCanCope she's strong enough to handle it]]. This only serves to drive home that [[LovingAShadow he's not the compassionate boy she'd thought he was]], as he completely ignored everything she'd just said.said.
** After Ladybug gives Chat Noir a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech during an interview gone wrong, Adrien complains to Plagg that she "never told him" how she felt before. Plagg retorts that she ''did''. Repeatedly. Several times.
--->'''Adrien:''' I can't believe this! If Marinette was that annoyed, she should have told me!\\
'''Plagg:''' She did. On multiple occasions.\\
'''Adrien:''' That's not what I mean. She should have made it clear that this was something more than a little tiff she'd just forgive.\\
'''Plagg:''' She did that too.\\
'''Adrien:''' You don't understand.\\
'''Plagg:''' Sure I do. You mean, she should have told you in a way that ensured you'd listen. Kid, you not listening isn't her fault.


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* ''Fanfic/TheOneToMakeItStay'': Alya's inability to ''listen'' when Marinette tells her that she's no longer interest in pursuing Adrien causes no end of problems, especially when she [[StagingAnIntervention stages an intervention]] after Marinette scuttles one of her {{Zany Scheme}}s.
* ''Fanfic/ThreesACrowdNaruto'': Team Seven seriously struggles with this issue after its formation. Not only does Sasuke refuse to listen to anyone due to his {{arrogan|tKungFuGuy}}ce, Uo mimics his IneffectualLoner attitude and acts just as stuck-up and high-and-mighty. Making matters even worse is that ''Kakashi'' opts to be a SinkOrSwimMentor, blithely ignoring all of Sakura's complaints about his refusal to ''do anything'' about the boys... and when he finally starts paying attention, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint completely fails to understand]] the ''root'' of her concerns.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Cain}}'': Trying to tell Katsuki anything that contradicts his beliefs is a complete waste of breath. At ''best'', he'll take it as evidence that Izuku is somehow "tricking" and manipulating the speaker into buying his supposed BitchInSheepsClothing act -- because so far as Katsuki is concerned, that's the ''only possible reason'' why somebody might not agree with his [[IRejectYourReality twisted take on reality]].
* ''Fanfic/DodgedABeetle'':
** Bella Stella concludes that Chat Noir is incapable of listening when he responds to one of her sarcastic quips by completely abandoning any semblance of strategy and attacks Stoneheart head-on. He doesn't exactly help his case by treating their battles as though they're nothing more than games.
** After Bella Stella's debut, Adrien asks Plagg if he might have been responsible for Ladybug's decision to quit. While Plagg lists off plenty of possibilities, Adrien promptly latches on the brief, passing acknowledgement that she ''might'' have decided she didn't like him, refusing to acknowledge any of the other options.
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* The Pointy-Haired Boss from Creator/ScottAdams' ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' is legendary in-universe for selective hearing. This can either frustrate his underlings, or in some cases, allow them to exploit this flaw.

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* The Pointy-Haired Boss from Creator/ScottAdams' ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' is legendary in-universe for selective hearing. This can either frustrate his underlings, or in some cases, allow them to exploit this flaw.
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "A New Weather Girl and a Stay-at-Home Coddler", Sheldon asks Drs. Linkletter and Strugis why they, as his advisors, didn't warn him about graduate school being so competitive. Flashbacks show that they tried, but Sheldon arrogantly dismissed them.

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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Bakugo often tunes out anything that isn't related to his interests, something that brings trouble. He doesn't even have the slightest patience to listen until they are finished, telling anyone he comes across to
STFU. When Izuku, who he demonizes, tries to have any say and/or swear he isn't anyone who wouldn't look down on there and genuinely wants to help people, he ignores it, accusing him of looking down on him and either tells him to drop dead or go away, rather than hearing him out. When he tells him he got his Quirk from All Might, he turns a deaf ear on his explanation, accusing him of mocking him. In the fifth season opened, he didn't listen to Suneater telling the drill is over, insisting he is a villain he has to defeat.

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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Katsuki Bakugo often tunes out anything that isn't related to his interests, something that brings trouble. He doesn't even have the slightest patience to listen until they are finished, telling anyone he comes across to
to STFU. When Izuku, who he demonizes, tries to have any say and/or swear he isn't anyone who wouldn't look down on there and genuinely wants to help people, he ignores it, accusing him of looking down on him and either tells him to drop dead or go away, rather than hearing him out. When he tells him he got his Quirk from All Might, he turns a deaf ear on his explanation, accusing him of mocking him. In the fifth season opened, he didn't listen to Suneater telling the drill is over, insisting he is a villain he has to defeat.
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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Bakugo often tunes out anything that isn't related to his interests, something that brings trouble. He doesn't even have the slightest patience to listen until they are finished, telling anyone he comes across to
STFU. When Izuku, who he demonizes, tries to have any say and/or swear he isn't anyone who wouldn't look down on there and genuinely wants to help people, he ignores it, accusing him of looking down on him and either tells him to drop dead or go away, rather than hearing him out. When he tells him he got his Quirk from All Might, he turns a deaf ear on his explanation, accusing him of mocking him. In the fifth season opened, he didn't listen to Suneater telling the drill is over, insisting he is a villain he has to defeat.

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* In ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'', Prince Raji Shenazard responds to Shirayuki returning to Tanburn and requesting the cure to the poison he used to poison someone who had helped her while she fled his attempt to force her to be his concubine by acting like she is deeply in love with him and that he is being magnanimous by letting her become his concubine instead of addressing the fact that he is giving her a ScarpiaUltimatum. She briefly wonders to herself if he's suffering auditory hallucinations but it seems he has just never been told "no" before in his life.



* Kyoko Hori from ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}, isn't a very attentive listener, something that brings trouble in numerous occassions. When she learns from Souta that Miyamura walked with a girl named Chika and then confronting him about it, she didn't listen to him explaining that he was simply carrying her because she twisted her leg and that she is Shindo's girlfriend, instead throwing books at him everytime he opened his mouth and left in a huff. During their bad boyfriend charade, whenever she received harsh treatment from Miyamura, she was too atonished over it to listen to his complains that it left a bad impression on them from other people.

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* Kyoko Hori from ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}, ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' isn't a very attentive listener, something that brings trouble in numerous occassions. When she learns occasions. After learning from Souta that Miyamura walked with a girl named Chika and then confronting another girl, she confronts him about it, she didn't refusing to listen to him explaining his explanation that he was simply carrying her because she Chika is ''Shindo's'' girlfriend and had twisted her leg and that leg. Every time he opens his mouth, she is Shindo's girlfriend, instead throwing throws books at him everytime he opened his mouth and left before leaving in a huff. During Later, during their bad boyfriend charade, whenever she received harsh treatment from Miyamura, she was too atonished astonished over it actually being treated harshly by him to listen to his complains that complaints about it left creating a bad impression on them from other people.to others.
* In ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'', Prince Raji Shenazard responds to Shirayuki returning to Tanburn and requesting the cure to the poison he used to poison someone who had helped her while she fled his attempt to force her to be his concubine by acting like she is deeply in love with him and that he is being magnanimous by letting her become his concubine instead of addressing the fact that he is giving her a ScarpiaUltimatum. She briefly wonders to herself if he's suffering auditory hallucinations, but it seems he has just never been told "no" before in his life.



* ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': When Marinette warns Adrien that she's on the verge of breaking due to Lila's deception successfully isolating her from the rest of their class, Adrien's response is to smile and 'reassure' her that [[BecauseYouCanCope she's strong enough to handle it]]. This only serves to drive home that [[LovingAShadow he's not the compassionate boy she'd thought he was]], as he completely ignored everything she'd just said.



-->'''Protagonist:''' Tell me everything.
-->'''Henry:''' It all started on the day I was born.
-->'''Protagonist:''' No, tell me everything ''about the email''.
-->'''Henry:''' It all started when I got my first email account.

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-->'''Protagonist:''' Tell me everything.
-->'''Henry:'''
everything.\\
'''Henry:'''
It all started on the day I was born.
-->'''Protagonist:'''
born.\\
'''Protagonist:'''
No, tell me everything ''about the email''.
-->'''Henry:'''
email''.\\
'''Henry:'''
It all started when I got my first email account.

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