History NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished / Film

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':

* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean:''
** ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'': Captain Jack would likely not have been arrested by Norrington if he hadn't rescued Elizabeth. Which is then [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Jack:
-->'''Elizabeth:''' Pirate or no, this man saved my life!
-->'''Norrington''': One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness.
-->'''Jack''': Though it seems enough to condemn him.

* In ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', Captain John Miller's decision to [[SparingTheFinalMook spare German soldier]] "[[NoNameGiven Steamboat Willie]]" comes back to bite him in the ass later on, [[spoiler:when the latter kills him]].

* In a brief moment at the beginning of ''Film/TheFugitive'', Richard Kimble's friend [[spoiler: Charles Nichols returns his keys to him and thanks him for lending him his car]]. Not until the end of the movie does Gerard realize and tell Richard that [[spoiler: Nichols used the keys to let the one-armed man into Kimble's home]]. Kimble laughs bitterly at this, realizing that his wife would still be alive had he not done something as common as loaning his friend his car.

* ''Film/JoeDirt'': While looking for his parents in a Louisiana town, Joe gets a part-time job at a local high school, where he meets the janitor, Clem. One day, Clem saves an entire class, but tells the press that Joe saved them, prom[ting Joe explains that the true hero is Clem. However, Joe is unaware that Clem was actually a gangster hiding with the witness protection program, so shortly afterwards, some gangsters go to his house and shoot him. Joe feels guilty about unknowingly getting him killed. Subverted when he realizes [[FakingTheDead Clem survived and is now moving away under another alias]].

* In ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', Captain John Miller's decision to spare Steamboat Willie comes back to bite him in the ass later on, [[spoiler:when the latter kills him]].

* I''WesternAnimation/MickeysOnceUponAChristmas'', Mickey foils Pete's attempt to con a poor family into buying a poorly-made 10-foot Christmas tree. Pete is ''anything'' but pleased at him and proceeds to take the money he would have gotten for the tree out of Mickey's paycheck, leaving Mickey broke, before literally throwing him off of the lot. Of course, Pete quickly suffers LaserGuidedKarma when he stupidly puts his lit cigar in his back pocket with the money, which [[RumpRoast burns his butt]] and leads him to run into the pots of flammable glue he used to make the 10-footers, sending flaming shrapnel down on the lot and burning it to the ground.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible stops a suicidal man from jumping off a building but accidentally injures the guy in the process. The dude "repays" the favor by suing him. This, and a buck of other lawsuits from people injured in the process of being saved, leads to a registration act that forces all superheroes into hiding. The actual person responsible for their injuries, Bomb Voyage, [[KarmaHoudini ends up getting away with it scot-free]], since it was his bomb that resulted in the railroad tracks they were on being destroyed and forcing Mr. Incredible, who was trying to save Buddy Pine from being blown to smithereens by that bomb, to stop the train from falling over the gap caused by the explosion.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MickeysOnceUponAChristmas'', Mickey foils Pete's attempt to con a poor family into buying a poorly-made 10-foot Christmas tree. Pete is ''anything'' but pleased at him and proceeds to take the money he would have gotten for the tree out of Mickey's paycheck, leaving Mickey broke, before literally throwing him off of the lot. Of course, Pete quickly suffers LaserGuidedKarma when he stupidly puts his lit cigar in his back pocket with the money, which [[RumpRoast burns his butt]] and leads him to run into the pots of flammable glue he used to make the 10-footers, sending flaming shrapnel down on the lot and burning it to the ground.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Woody and Buzz go out of their way to save [[spoiler:Lotso]] from getting shredded at the dump. What do they earn from this? [[spoiler:Lotso leaves them to get burnt to death in the incinerator.]] However, the toys ''do'' get saved at the last minute by [[spoiler:the Aliens, and Lotso gets his just desserts fair and square (he gets tied to a garbage truck and now has to deal with getting dirt and bugs onto him for the rest of his life]] until he eventually rots away and gets thrown away again).

* In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', the quote is stated verbatim when [[spoiler: the [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Green Goblin]] gets fed up with Peter's attempts to SaveTheVillain and convinces the other supervillains to turn on him before [[MentorOccupationalHazard murdering Aunt May]]. Peter tries to kill him in retaliation near the end but [[ThouShaltNotKill is stopped by]] [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Raimi Spider-Man]], who gets stabbed InTheBack by the Goblin for his efforts. [[HealingFactor He gets better]], though.]]