History Main / Unishment

* Occurs in ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', when the girls bullying Taylor are given only a two-week suspension for an extensive campaign of abuse. Turns out to be subverted for some of them, as Sophia was also suspended indefinitely from the track team [[spoiler:and also got in hot water with the superheroes because she was herself a superhero on probation]], while Madison got in trouble with her parents. Also, Taylor specifically told the principal not to expel the bullies because the expulsion would result in them getting into a better school and that would be an unishment.oo

* In ''Series/Fallout2024'', after some misunderstandings result in Lucy attacking the dwellers of Vault 4, she is punished with death...by banishment to the surface, and they're only giving her two weeks' worth of food to take with her. They emphasize the dangers of above, but as she just came from there and was openly intending to go back as soon as Maximus recovered, she's a little bemused their punishment amounts to a resupply.

* The 1993-94 New York Rangers had, amongst their roster, hotshot winger Alexei Kovalev. One game in February saw him stay out on the ice longer than he was supposed to -- a hallmark ItsAllAboutMe superstar move -- so strict disciplinarian coach Mike Keenan forbade him from returning to the bench for the next shift...then the next shift...then the next shift...all the way to the end of the period.[[note]]Individual ice time wasn't kept back then, so depending on sources the exact amount of time Kovalev stayed on the ice was somewhere between 5 to 10 minutes -- save for goalies, shifts rarely last longer than one minute lest the player collapse in fatigue and cramps[[/note]]. Apparently, Kovalev concluded exactly the opposite of what Keenan intended and thought that he was being rewarded for good play, and at any rate, he did score a goal in that super-long shift.

** Misbehaving can lead to suspension, which means time away from school. However, schools eventually came to realize that the kind of student who would get suspended for breaking the rules that severely [[GettingSuspendedIsAwesome is also the kind of student who wouldn't see being forced out of school as a bad thing]]. This is why a number of schools have in-school suspensions, which is basically detention that lasts all day. However, this can still be Unishment for some because it means they're out of class all day and while they may be given work, they may not exactly be forced to do it. In fact, most ISS teachers don't care what the students do as long as they're quiet and don't use electronics. Students sometimes even go for this intentionally if they are antisocial, don't want to be at the mercy of school bells, or can't concentrate in a crowd, and so will be given a day of peace to focus on their schoolwork.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Mutants": in the 30th century, an Earth Empire Marshal intends to rule the tribal planet of Solos, because he is not only extremely bigoted against the population there, but also has thoughts of ruling grandeur. When the Doctor and Jo are sent there on a mission by the Time Lords, they find it is to help save the population. The thing is, the population is going through a mutation which they think is a disease. It's not, proven by a lengthy Solonian calendar, and a crystal stone which focuses and converts radiation emitted in a cavern. When the Marshal, back in power after being taken off for investigation by Earth control, starts to implement his plan, he throws Jo, along with other rebels including a Solonian, into a refueling bay, which uses the same kind of radioactivity, to kill them. What the Marshall doesn't realize is that the Doctor has given Jo the stone, and the stone and radiation is exactly what the Solonian needs to undergo his beneficial mutation...

* In ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'', after Draco provokes Neville into attacking him by making a vague reference to his parents' mental state, Professor Dumbledore questions them both after SNape attempts to give Neville detention for the apparent assault. Finding that Draco isn't willing to admit his own part, Dumbledore transfers Neville's detention from Professor Snape to Professor Sprout. Since Neville loves Herbology, the prospect of garden work isn't especially daunting.

* Calvin in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' tried to pull this on his babysitter Rosalyn, tackling Rosalyn while wearing his Stupendous Man outfit (pretending that she's yet another female supervillain), letting her chase him around the perimeter of the house, then sneaking back inside and changing from his mask and cape into pajamas. When Rosalyn finally confronts him, he appears to have been in bed the whole time, denying any knowledge of what "Stupendous Man" did. But even when Rosalyn tells him she knows he ''is'' Stupendous Man, Calvin tauntingly points out that she can't punish him anyway, since her punishment is always sending him to bed and he ''already'' is in bed. Rosalyn then makes him go downstairs a write a confession of his misdeeds for his parents to read when they return.

* Buying an item in bulk to destroy it as a protest strategy is a form of unishment for the company who sells the product. Most companies aren't going to care what you do with their products once you've purchased them. If anything, buying and destroying a product gives the company free publicity, especially after the TurnOfTheMillennium, if the protestor intended to show the action on social media. Meanwhile, the protestor destroying said product comes off as immature for "hurting" a company by giving the company their money.

** In 2017, Keurig withdrew sponsorship of pundit Sean Hannity for defending then-Senate candidate Roy Moore, who was accused of making unwanted sexual advances towards teenagers. Hannity's supporters responded by destroying their Keurig coffee makers out of spite. The "destroy Keurig" campaign was ridiculed since Keurig had already taken the protestors' money, and the people destroying their machines only screwed themselves over.

* Buying an item in bulk to destroy it (especially after the TurnOfTheMillennium, if you intended to show the action on social media) as a protest strategy. The problem is that most companies don't care what you do with their products once you've purchased them. If anything, buying and destroying a product gives the company free publicity, while the people destroying said product comes off as immature for giving away their money.

** In 2017, Keurig withdrew sponsorship of conservative pundit Sean Hannity for defending Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, who was accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward underage teenagers. Hannity's supporters responded by destroying their Keurig coffee makers out of spite. The "destroy Keurig" campaign was ridiculed since Keurig had already taken the protestors' money, and they only screwed themselves over for destroying property that they could've used or pawned.

** In 2017, Keurig withdrew sponsorship of conservative pundit Sean Hannity for defending Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, who was accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward underage teenagers. Hannity's supporters responded by destroying their Keurig coffee makers out of spite. The "destroy Keurig" campaign was ridiculed since Keurig had already taken the protestors' money, and they only screwed themselves over for destroying property that they could've used or pawned. Then some went so far as to buy Keurig coffee machines to destroy them.