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* In ''Fanfic/MetalGearGreen'' (a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''[=/=]''VideoGame/MetalGear'' crossover), Principal Nezu admits that "Eraserhead" Aizawa has this within UA when prompted about the latter's [[SadistTeacher teaching methods]], because of his [[DePower Erasure Quirk]]. As Nezu puts it, better for him to have Aizawa on his side that to give the HSPC access to a powerful weapon.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Wally is a notorious slacker with a bad attitude, but has avoided being fired through a combination of office politics and the PointyHairedBoss' inability to judge the contributions of (or remember the identities of) his subordinates. Methods include: personal favors to the PHB, reporting his more ambitious colleagues to threatened superiors, having the PHB beaten on the occasion he *was* fired, tricking the PHB into signing favourable documents without reading them, and... just plain being lucky (the PHB admitted once that he's fired bald guys at least 7 times after mistaking them for Wally.)
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Wally is a notorious slacker with a bad attitude, but has avoided being fired through a combination of office politics and the PointyHairedBoss' inability to judge the contributions of (or remember the identities of) his subordinates. Methods include: personal favors to the PHB, reporting his more ambitious colleagues to threatened superiors, having the PHB beaten on the occasion he *was* ''was'' fired, tricking the PHB into signing favourable documents without reading them, and... just plain being lucky (the PHB admitted once that he's fired bald guys at least 7 times after mistaking them for Wally.)
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** Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/KevinNash, and Wrestling/ScottHall practically had this written into their contracts, and most of the other big names had protection that most unions would kill for. Hall was probably the worst offender, as instead of being fired or suspended (or punished at all) for his many public [=DUIs=] and other legal issues they were instead worked into his character. Bischoff got so fed up with Hall and Nash's [[TroubledProduction politicking and refusing to put anyone over]] that he punished them the only way he really could: by firing their friend Wrestling/SeanWaltman (Syxx/X-Pac, who unfortunately didn't have the kind of pull to get this sort of bulletproof contract) while he was recovering from a neck injury. Waltman would show why people weren't getting fired much, as he was immediately pushed by the WWF as soon as he healed up, and drew money. Hall would eventually no-show enough dates to give WCW cause to terminate his contract in February 2000.
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** Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/KevinNash, and Wrestling/ScottHall practically had this written into their contracts, and most of the other big names had protection that most unions would kill for. Hall was probably the worst offender, as instead of being fired or suspended (or punished at all) for his many public [=DUIs=] and other legal issues they were instead worked into his character. Bischoff got so fed up with Hall and Nash's [[TroubledProduction politicking and refusing to put anyone over]] that he punished them the only way he really could: by firing their friend Wrestling/SeanWaltman (Syxx/X-Pac, who unfortunately didn't have the kind of pull to get this sort of bulletproof contract) while he was recovering from a neck injury. Waltman would show why people weren't getting fired much, as he was immediately pushed by the WWF as soon as he healed up, and drew money. [[note]]However they didn't know when to ''stop'' pushing him because the act had grown stale, and that's why Mr. Waltman has [[XPacHeat a trope]] named after him.[[/note]] Hall would eventually no-show enough dates to give WCW cause to terminate his contract in February 2000.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'': In the first episode of the second season, Lieutenant Felina Feral obeys direct orders from [[InspectorJavert Commander Feral]] (who is also her uncle), despite his furious admonishments of "ThatsAnOrder" He grumbles that he ought to throw her out of the force, but A) his brother would never speak to him again, and B) she is genuinely '''that''' good at her job.
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* In UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, labor laws make it quite hard to outright fire an employee. So instead the company would gradually relieve the employee of duties (and the associated pay), until he resigns.
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* In UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, labor laws make it quite hard to outright fire an employee. So instead the company would gradually relieve the an employee of duties (and (or assign ones far below their status) in order to "encourage" them to leave, essentially deliberately invoking AbusiveWorkplace. Some examples include Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s treatment of Creater/GunpeiYokoi (who, despite inventing the associated pay), until he resigns.d-pad '''all''' gaming controllers today still use and helped develop the Platform/GameBoy, was tasked with manning a trade booth following the failure of the Platform/VirtualBoy... an ''entry-level'' job) or how in 2015/2016 it was revealed Creator/{{Konami}} went out of its way to make its gaming division's work life a living hell (by putting them under unwarranted and intrusive surveillance or using humiliating punishments like forcing them to do janitorial work for other divisions).
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** This was an issue even before the Hogan/nWo era, WCW in the early 90s was littered with guys on ironclad contracts, as long as they were willing and able to work they got paid regardless of if WCW actually used them. Knowing full well they'd get paid the exact same amount whether they put in any effort or not, most of them chose "not", and this is the main cause for the company's first AudienceAlienatingEra (that and not having Wrestling/RicFlair). Even just letting someone's contract expire didn't always mean you got rid of them: [=WCW's=] contracts would automatically renew unless either the wrestler or WCW gave their notice 90 days before it was to expire. Hilariously WCW ''forgot'' that they sent Wrestling/TheIronSheik home at full pay because he was so bad in the ring by then, and were forced to pay him another year's salary at $150,000 when they failed to give notice that they weren't renewing the contract.
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** This was an issue even before the Hogan/nWo era, WCW in the early 90s was littered with guys on ironclad contracts, as long as they were willing and able to work they got paid regardless of if WCW actually used them. Knowing full well they'd get paid the exact same amount whether they put in any effort or not, most of them chose "not", and this is the main cause for the company's first AudienceAlienatingEra (that and not having Wrestling/RicFlair). [[note]]Though the guys that actually did give a shit and wanted to get over, like Wrestling/SteveAustin, Wrestling/MickFoley, Wrestling/BrianPillman, and [[Wrestling/MarcMero Johnny B. Badd]] would later catch on with the WWF, and in the case of the former two become ''massive'' stars[[/note]] Even just letting someone's contract expire didn't always mean you got rid of them: [=WCW's=] contracts would automatically renew unless either the wrestler or WCW gave their notice 90 days before it was to expire. Hilariously WCW ''forgot'' that they sent Wrestling/TheIronSheik home at full pay because he was so bad in the ring by then, and were forced to pay him another year's salary at $150,000 when they failed to give notice that they weren't renewing the contract.
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** Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/KevinNash, and Wrestling/ScottHall practically had this written into their contracts, and most of the other big names had protection that most unions would kill for. Hall was probably the worst offender, as instead of being fired or suspended (or punished at all) for his many public [=DUIs=] and other legal issues they were instead worked into his character. Bischoff got so fed up with Hall and Nash's [[TroubledProduction politicking and refusing to put anyone over]] that he punished them the only way he really could: by firing their friend Wrestling/SeanWaltman (Syxx/X-Pac, who unfortunately didn't have the kind of pull to get this sort of bulletproof contract) while he was recovering from a neck injury. Even towards the end of WCW when the war was functionally over Wrestling/ScottSteiner earned himself a reputation for frequent roid-rages backstage that would at most be punished with a '''paid''' suspension, if at all. It got so bad that it was brought up on TV, with commissioner Earnest Miller once threatening to have people arrested "Because if I send you home someone from the office might pay you!"
** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was such an indispensable part of Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the mid-'90s that he got away, [[KarmaHoudini without punishment]], for the ultimate sin -- breaking {{Kayfabe}} by sharing a group hug with his departing friends [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]] and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]], as well as [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]], in the middle of the ring at the end of a live show in Madison Square Garden, despite the facts that, not only were Michaels and Ramon {{face}}s and Diesel and HHH {{heel}}s, but Michaels and Diesel had just finished a brutal steel cage match against each other. HHH, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky; while he avoided being fired for the incident, he did lose out on an opportunity to win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament (this instead went to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin) and spent some time doing penance as a {{jobber}}-to-the-stars. This was turned into a bit of a WorkedShoot later with Wrestling/DGenerationX openly flaunting this trope. Triple H of course would ''really'' invoke this trope after marrying Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, and as of 2024 with Vince resigning in disgrace (twice), Stephanie retiring, and WWE being merged with UsefulNotes/{{UFC}} he's the only one from the family left in the company.
** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was such an indispensable part of Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the mid-'90s that he got away, [[KarmaHoudini without punishment]], for the ultimate sin -- breaking {{Kayfabe}} by sharing a group hug with his departing friends [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]] and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]], as well as [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]], in the middle of the ring at the end of a live show in Madison Square Garden, despite the facts that, not only were Michaels and Ramon {{face}}s and Diesel and HHH {{heel}}s, but Michaels and Diesel had just finished a brutal steel cage match against each other. HHH, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky; while he avoided being fired for the incident, he did lose out on an opportunity to win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament (this instead went to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin) and spent some time doing penance as a {{jobber}}-to-the-stars. This was turned into a bit of a WorkedShoot later with Wrestling/DGenerationX openly flaunting this trope. Triple H of course would ''really'' invoke this trope after marrying Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, and as of 2024 with Vince resigning in disgrace (twice), Stephanie retiring, and WWE being merged with UsefulNotes/{{UFC}} he's the only one from the family left in the company.
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** Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/KevinNash, and Wrestling/ScottHall practically had this written into their contracts, and most of the other big names had protection that most unions would kill for. Hall was probably the worst offender, as instead of being fired or suspended (or punished at all) for his many public [=DUIs=] and other legal issues they were instead worked into his character. Bischoff got so fed up with Hall and Nash's [[TroubledProduction politicking and refusing to put anyone over]] that he punished them the only way he really could: by firing their friend Wrestling/SeanWaltman (Syxx/X-Pac, who unfortunately didn't have the kind of pull to get this sort of bulletproof contract) while he was recovering from a neck injury. Even towards Waltman would show why people weren't getting fired much, as he was immediately pushed by the end of WWF as soon as he healed up, and drew money. Hall would eventually no-show enough dates to give WCW when cause to terminate his contract in February 2000.
** As detailed in ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW'', by thewar was functionally over late 90's Wrestling/ScottSteiner earned himself was an unstable, rage-fueled crazy person who: got legitimately arrested multiple times, was almost certainly abusing steroids, ran down the company and his coworkers in unscripted promos on Nitro, threatened executives and came close to ''blinding'' Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage in a reputation for frequent roid-rages backstage that would at most shoot. As one of the last few remaining proven draws the company had during its dying years, he continued to be pushed as a main event star, and was often punished by short "suspensions" with pay, effectively receiving a '''paid''' suspension, if at all. It paid vacation every time his behaviour became ''really'' bad.
** This was an issue even before the Hogan/nWo era, WCW in the early 90s was littered with guys on ironclad contracts, as long as they were willing and able to work they got paid regardless of if WCW actually used them. Knowing full well they'd get paid the exact same amount whether they put in any effort or not, most of them chose "not", and this is the main cause for the company's first AudienceAlienatingEra (that and not having Wrestling/RicFlair). Even just letting someone's contract expire didn't always mean you got rid of them: [=WCW's=] contracts would automatically renew unless either the wrestler or WCW gave their notice 90 days before it was to expire. Hilariously WCW ''forgot'' that they sent Wrestling/TheIronSheik home at full pay because he was so bad in the ring by then, and were forced to pay him another year's salary at $150,000 when they failed to give notice thatit was brought up on TV, with commissioner Earnest Miller once threatening to have people arrested "Because if I send you home someone from they weren't renewing the office might pay you!"
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** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was such an indispensable part of Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the mid-'90s that he got away, [[KarmaHoudini without punishment]], for the ultimate sin -- breaking {{Kayfabe}} by sharing a group hug with his departing friends [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]] and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]], as well as [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]], in the middle of the ring at the end of a live show in Madison Square Garden, despite the facts that, not only were Michaels and Ramon {{face}}s and Diesel and HHH {{heel}}s, but Michaels and Diesel had just finished a brutal steel cage match against each other. HHH, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky; while he avoided being fired for the incident, he did lose out on an opportunity to win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament (this instead went to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin) and spent some time doing penance as a {{jobber}}-to-the-stars. [[note]]He'd win KOTR the following year after taking his run as a job guy without complaint.[[/note]] This was turned into a bit of a WorkedShoot later with Wrestling/DGenerationX openly flaunting this trope. Triple H of course would ''really'' invoke this trope after marrying Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, and as of 2024 with Vince resigning in disgrace (twice), Stephanie retiring, and WWE being merged with UsefulNotes/{{UFC}} he's the only one from the family left in the company.
** As detailed in ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW'', by the
** This was an issue even before the Hogan/nWo era, WCW in the early 90s was littered with guys on ironclad contracts, as long as they were willing and able to work they got paid regardless of if WCW actually used them. Knowing full well they'd get paid the exact same amount whether they put in any effort or not, most of them chose "not", and this is the main cause for the company's first AudienceAlienatingEra (that and not having Wrestling/RicFlair). Even just letting someone's contract expire didn't always mean you got rid of them: [=WCW's=] contracts would automatically renew unless either the wrestler or WCW gave their notice 90 days before it was to expire. Hilariously WCW ''forgot'' that they sent Wrestling/TheIronSheik home at full pay because he was so bad in the ring by then, and were forced to pay him another year's salary at $150,000 when they failed to give notice that
** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was such an indispensable part of Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the mid-'90s that he got away, [[KarmaHoudini without punishment]], for the ultimate sin -- breaking {{Kayfabe}} by sharing a group hug with his departing friends [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]] and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]], as well as [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]], in the middle of the ring at the end of a live show in Madison Square Garden, despite the facts that, not only were Michaels and Ramon {{face}}s and Diesel and HHH {{heel}}s, but Michaels and Diesel had just finished a brutal steel cage match against each other. HHH, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky; while he avoided being fired for the incident, he did lose out on an opportunity to win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament (this instead went to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin) and spent some time doing penance as a {{jobber}}-to-the-stars.
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* As detailed in ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW'', by the late 90's Wrestling/ScottSteiner was an unstable, rage-fueled crazy person who: got legitimately arrested multiple times, was almost certainly abusing steroids, ran down the company and his coworkers in unscripted promos on Nitro, threatened executives and came close to ''blinding'' Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage in a backstage shoot. As one of the last few remaining proven draws the company had during its dying years, he continued to be pushed as a main event star, and was often punished by short "suspensions" with pay, effectively receiving a paid vacation every time his behaviour became ''really'' bad.
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* The Wrestling/MondayNightWars were absolutely rife with this trope since both Wrestling/VinceMcMahon and Wrestling/EricBischoff knew that if they fired anyone that person would be on the other person's show the following week popping a huge number. People getting fired was so rare during this time period that on one of the rare occasions someone noteworthy ''did'' get fired[[note]]Sean Waltman by Bischoff, see below[[/note]] it was so unusual that Wrestling/JimCornette mentioned it in one of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjsuW-Vu6kc shoot promos]].
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* The Wrestling/MondayNightWars were absolutely rife with this trope since both Wrestling/VinceMcMahon and Wrestling/EricBischoff knew that if they fired anyone that person wrestler would be on the other person's promotion's show the following week popping a huge number. People getting fired was so rare during this time period that on one of the rare occasions someone noteworthy ''did'' get fired[[note]]Sean Waltman by Bischoff, see below[[/note]] it was so unusual that Wrestling/JimCornette mentioned it in one of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjsuW-Vu6kc shoot promos]].
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* The Wrestling/MondayNightWars were absolutely rife with this trope since both Wrestling/VinceMcMahon and Wrestling/EricBischoff knew that if they fired anyone that person would be on the other person's show the following week popping a huge number. People getting fired was so rare during this time period that on one of the rare occasions someone noteworthy ''did'' get fired[[note]]Sean Waltman by Bischoff, see below[[/note]] it was so unusual that Wrestling/JimCornette mentioned it one of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjsuW-Vu6kc shoot promos]].
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* The Wrestling/MondayNightWars were absolutely rife with this trope since both Wrestling/VinceMcMahon and Wrestling/EricBischoff knew that if they fired anyone that person would be on the other person's show the following week popping a huge number. People getting fired was so rare during this time period that on one of the rare occasions someone noteworthy ''did'' get fired[[note]]Sean Waltman by Bischoff, see below[[/note]] it was so unusual that Wrestling/JimCornette mentioned it in one of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjsuW-Vu6kc shoot promos]].
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* Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was such an indispensable part of Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the mid-'90s that he got away, [[KarmaHoudini without punishment]], for the ultimate sin -- breaking {{Kayfabe}} by sharing a group hug with his departing friends [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]] and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]], as well as [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]], in the middle of the ring at the end of a live show in Madison Square Garden, despite the facts that, not only were Michaels and Ramon {{face}}s and Diesel and HHH {{heel}}s, but Michaels and Diesel had just finished a brutal steel cage match against each other. HHH, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky; while he avoided being fired for the incident, he did lose out on an opportunity to win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament (this instead went to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin) and spent some time doing penance as a {{jobber}}-to-the-stars.
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* The Wrestling/MondayNightWars were absolutely rife with this trope since both Wrestling/VinceMcMahon and Wrestling/EricBischoff knew that if they fired anyone that person would be on the other person's show the following week popping a huge number. People getting fired was so rare during this time period that on one of the rare occasions someone noteworthy ''did'' get fired[[note]]Sean Waltman by Bischoff, see below[[/note]] it was so unusual that Wrestling/JimCornette mentioned it one of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjsuW-Vu6kc shoot promos]].
** Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/KevinNash, and Wrestling/ScottHall practically had this written into their contracts, and most of the other big names had protection that most unions would kill for. Hall was probably the worst offender, as instead of being fired or suspended (or punished at all) for his many public [=DUIs=] and other legal issues they were instead worked into his character. Bischoff got so fed up with Hall and Nash's [[TroubledProduction politicking and refusing to put anyone over]] that he punished them the only way he really could: by firing their friend Wrestling/SeanWaltman (Syxx/X-Pac, who unfortunately didn't have the kind of pull to get this sort of bulletproof contract) while he was recovering from a neck injury. Even towards the end of WCW when the war was functionally over Wrestling/ScottSteiner earned himself a reputation for frequent roid-rages backstage that would at most be punished with a '''paid''' suspension, if at all. It got so bad that it was brought up on TV, with commissioner Earnest Miller once threatening to have people arrested "Because if I send you home someone from the office might pay you!"
** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was such an indispensable part of Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the mid-'90s that he got away, [[KarmaHoudini without punishment]], for the ultimate sin -- breaking {{Kayfabe}} by sharing a group hug with his departing friends [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]] and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]], as well as [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]], in the middle of the ring at the end of a live show in Madison Square Garden, despite the facts that, not only were Michaels and Ramon {{face}}s and Diesel and HHH {{heel}}s, but Michaels and Diesel had just finished a brutal steel cage match against each other. HHH, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky; while he avoided being fired for the incident, he did lose out on an opportunity to win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament (this instead went to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin) and spent some time doing penance as a {{jobber}}-to-the-stars. This was turned into a bit of a WorkedShoot later with Wrestling/DGenerationX openly flaunting this trope. Triple H of course would ''really'' invoke this trope after marrying Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, and as of 2024 with Vince resigning in disgrace (twice), Stephanie retiring, and WWE being merged with UsefulNotes/{{UFC}} he's the only one from the family left in the company.
** Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/KevinNash, and Wrestling/ScottHall practically had this written into their contracts, and most of the other big names had protection that most unions would kill for. Hall was probably the worst offender, as instead of being fired or suspended (or punished at all) for his many public [=DUIs=] and other legal issues they were instead worked into his character. Bischoff got so fed up with Hall and Nash's [[TroubledProduction politicking and refusing to put anyone over]] that he punished them the only way he really could: by firing their friend Wrestling/SeanWaltman (Syxx/X-Pac, who unfortunately didn't have the kind of pull to get this sort of bulletproof contract) while he was recovering from a neck injury. Even towards the end of WCW when the war was functionally over Wrestling/ScottSteiner earned himself a reputation for frequent roid-rages backstage that would at most be punished with a '''paid''' suspension, if at all. It got so bad that it was brought up on TV, with commissioner Earnest Miller once threatening to have people arrested "Because if I send you home someone from the office might pay you!"
** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was such an indispensable part of Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the mid-'90s that he got away, [[KarmaHoudini without punishment]], for the ultimate sin -- breaking {{Kayfabe}} by sharing a group hug with his departing friends [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]] and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]], as well as [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]], in the middle of the ring at the end of a live show in Madison Square Garden, despite the facts that, not only were Michaels and Ramon {{face}}s and Diesel and HHH {{heel}}s, but Michaels and Diesel had just finished a brutal steel cage match against each other. HHH, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky; while he avoided being fired for the incident, he did lose out on an opportunity to win the 1996 King of the Ring tournament (this instead went to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin) and spent some time doing penance as a {{jobber}}-to-the-stars. This was turned into a bit of a WorkedShoot later with Wrestling/DGenerationX openly flaunting this trope. Triple H of course would ''really'' invoke this trope after marrying Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, and as of 2024 with Vince resigning in disgrace (twice), Stephanie retiring, and WWE being merged with UsefulNotes/{{UFC}} he's the only one from the family left in the company.
