History Main / SpitefulSpit

** Several chapters before the above scene, while Aoshi's on his way to Kyoto, he sees four of Shishio's mooks having a picnic around his deceased henchmen's gravestones. He tells the mooks not to desecrate the graves, in response to which one of them contemptuously spits on one gravestone. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Aoshi does not]] [[BerserkButton take it well]].

* In ''TheSimsMedieval'' Sims can be spit on during swordfights. This gives them the debuff "Spat On" which has the flavor text "[[ShoutOut So you think you can blind me and spit in my eye?]]"

* ''TimonOfAthens'': "Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!"

* Alyx does it to Dr. Breen in ''{{Half-Life 2}}''.

* ''KillBill Vol. 2'': The Bride spits blood in Budd's face after he shoots her. He responds by spitting back - except his spit is far more plentiful and laden with chewed tabacco.

* ''RurouniKenshin'': one of Shishio's {{Mook}}s get captured by the Kyoto ninja, and spits in defiance when questioned. The head ninja's response is to tell his assistants to break out the long nails and candle wax.

* Happens in the 2009 ''Film/SherlockHolmes'' movie with Robert Downey Jr, when his character is in a fight. He [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge does not take it well]].

* In ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' (1943) Kaunitz, who had been a German prisoner of war during the Boer War, has published accusations that [[{{TruthinTelevision}}the British have committed atrocities in South Africa]]; when the film's English hero, Candy, calls him out on it, Kaunitz spits in his face, and [[{{TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified}}Candy punches him.]]

* ''[[DrNo Dr. No]]''. After Bond has Miss Taro arrested for being Dr. No's spy/henchwoman, she spits in his face.
* ''FatalInstinct''. In the FlashBack BackStory, Max Shady spat in Ned Ravine’s face when the jury found him guilty.

* ''AClockworkOrange'': Alex's probation officer, Deltoid, spits on his face after he is arrested.

* In ''HarryPotter'', Amycus Carrow spits in Professor [=McGonagall=]'s face. This doesn't sit well with Harry.

* AlanDeanFoster's StarWarsExpandedUniverse novel ''SplinterOfTheMindsEye]]''. Captain-Supervisor Grammel insults the Yuzzem by saying that they stink. One of the Yuzzem retaliates by spitting a blob of saliva and hitting him on the back of the neck. Later, when Leia takes up Luke's lightsaber to fight [[spoiler: ''Darth Vader'' - yes, she is a {{Badass}}]], and he laughs at her, she spits at him.

* In ''LesMiserables'', Fantine, fallen as low as she can get (a whore, sick with tuberculosis, and arrested for attacking a bourgeois) spits in the face of the mayor, because his strict laws about moral conduct were what drove her to her state. The mayor, being TheMessiah, forgives her for it almost at once.

* ''{{CSI}}'': Dr. Langston gets a massive blob of phlem on the side of his face in the episode showing his first day after trying to assure a boy who turned his junkie mother in that he did the right thing.

* ''{{Angel}}'': While on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, Faith [[DefiantToTheEnd hocks a loogie of]] [[BloodFromTheMouth her own blood]] in The Beast's face.

* And a similar example on ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Willow almost manages to kill Glory. After she's used up all her magic and it looks like Glory will squash her like a bug, Willow spits in her face. Did I mention that Glory is a ''god''?

* ''{{Timon of Athens}}'': "Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!"
* Very common in ''{{Theater/Les Miserables}}'' when Fantine has been arrested and Valjean comes to her rescue, she reminds him that he wouldn't listen to her when she worked for him, so he's directly responsible for her plight now. Cue spit. (This also is in the novel.)

* Alyx does it to Dr. Breen in ''HalfLife2''.
* The GoldenEnding of ''HeavyRain'' has [[spoiler:Laura spitting on Scott's grave after discovering he's the Origami Killer]].

* TogainuNoChi; Akira spits at Shiki during one encounter on his route. Shiki is merely amused by his defiance.

-->Farquad: Tell me where they're hiding!
-->Gingerbread Man: [[UnhandThemVillain Eat me!]] (spits)
* In Disney's version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Esmeralda spits on Frollo's face. She does this while tied to a stake, ready to be [[BurnTheWitch burned]], and this is her answer to Frollo's proposal that she be released in exchange for being "his".
* ''TheSimpsons'': when Monty Burns is presumed dead, great leaders of peace gather to spit in his grave. They actually have to stop and suck out the pond of spit so they can continue.

* In Disney's version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Esmeralda spits on Frollo's face. She does this while tied to a stake, ready to be [[BurnTheWitch burned]], and this is her answer to Frollo's proposal that she be released in exchange for [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean being "his"]].

* ''{{inFamous}} 2'' would have Nix doing this to Bertrand [[spoiler:after he dies as the Behemoth]].

* AlanDeanFoster's StarWarsExpandedUniverse novel ''[[{{Ptitleulai44u8}} Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]''. Captain-Supervisor Grammel insults the Yuzzem by saying that they stink. One of the Yuzzem retaliates by spitting a blob of saliva and hitting him on the back of the neck. Later, when Leia takes up Luke's lightsaber to fight [[spoiler: ''Darth Vader'' - yes, she is a {{Badass}}]], and he laughs at her, she spits at him.
** In [[XWingSeries Solo Command]], a captured enemy scientist spits on Nawara Ven, who takes it in stride. It's rather satisfying; she's got a serious case of FantasticRacism, and he's a nonhuman who's been bearing up calmly under it.

* Very common in ''{{Theater/LesMiserables}}'' when Fantine has been arrested and Valjean comes to her rescue, she reminds him that he wouldn't listen to her when she worked for him, so he's directly responsible for her plight now. Cue spit. (This also is in the novel.)

* Used and subverted in [[TortallUniverse Protector of the Small]]. On one hand, Kel needs to find a gesture to show the Chamber that it won't break her with its nightmarish visions. On the other, it's later "an offering of herself" to appease any restless ghosts.

There are many ways to show how much contempt a person has for someone else. One classic way is through spitting. In general, spitting is considered a rather rude, disgusting and unsanitary habit. When somebody is forced to wear that spit on their face? Well...[[{{Understatement}} that can be a bit insulting]]. This can be used by any character, whether they be the protagonist or the villain.

* In ''HarryPotter'', Amycus Carrow spits in Professor [=McGonagall=]'s face. [[{{Understatement}} This doesn't sit well with Harry.]]

* ''DoctorWho'' has also used the "actually, it's an alien way of showing respect" subversion, in the episode "The End of the World."

* In ''LittleNicky'', Valerie does this to Adrien. He responds by [[{{Squick}} swallowing it]].

* This is a running gag in ''CornerGas'': residents of Dog River all reflexively turn their heads and spit on the ground (or floor) at the mention of their rival, neighboring town of Woolerton.

* In Disney's version of ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Esmeralda spits on Frollo's face. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Incidentally]], she does this while tied to a stake, ready to be [[BurnTheWitch burned]], and this is her answer to Frollo's proposal that she be released in exchange for [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean being "his"]].

* ''KillBill Vol. 2'': The Bride spits in Budd's face after he shoots her. He responds by spitting back - except his spit is far more plentiful and laden with chewed tabacco.