History UngratefulBastard / WesternAnimation

** Even when Mordecai and Rigby save his life, [[MeanBoss Benson]] will still threaten to fire them for the mess. Mother Duck calls him out on it in "[[Recap/RegularShowS04Ep19ABunchOfFullGrownGeese A Bunch of Full Grown Geese]]".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': In the episode "Carl Wheezer, Boy Genius" Carl, of all people, is this towards Jimmy even though Jimmy saved his and his girlfriend, Elke's lives, but Carl wanted Elke to believe the lies he told her in his letters, so he kept doing this until Elke admitted she was lying to him the whole time.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' had the Smiths forget it was Father's Day, leaving Stan depressed. They decide to make it up to him by celebrating Father's Day for him, doing whatever he wants and going the extra mile to make him happy; [[{{Jerkass}} Stan's]] immediate response is to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wipe their memories of it]] and force them to repeat the day over and over again until they "get it right", which he does over and over again until Christmas.

--->'''Beavis:''' Finally. That kidney sucked.

* Mindy's mother is this to [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter Buttons]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS2E12Babel Babel]]", Terry saves some zookeepers from some escaped animals. Later, when Shriek makes the whole city unable to understand each other, the zookeepers are among the people demanding that Terry turn himself in. Even Bruce is ticked off at this, but Terry -- in a truly [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Establishing Batman Moment]] -- simply says that [[BeingGoodSucks he doesn't do what he does for gratitude]].

** In "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E4OperationFOUNTAIN Operation F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N.]]", Sector V try to save a mysterious student named Leona from the Delightful Children, who kidnapped her to lead them to the FountainOfYouth so as to destroy it.[[note]]Leona had been using the fountain for three hundred years in order to stay young forever.[[/note]] After Sector V free Leona from their grasp and dump her into the fountain making her a kid again, she thanks them by shooting them with the fountain's water trying to [[MerlinSickness de-age them out of existence]] (which would literally kill them), ignoring Numbuh 5's attempt to talk her out of it. Subverted that she eventually does thank them and pulls a HeelFaceTurn in the end.
* Eustace Bagge from ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' certainly qualifies. Courage has saved this guy's life many times, and Eustace refuses to pay the dog any respect and show some gratitude. The fact that he went as far to hire Courage's worst enemies to ''murder him'' after everything the dog went through to save the old man only exaggerates this trope on Eustace's part.

* Dan from ''WesternAnimation/DanVs''.

** In "[[Recap/EdEddNEddyS1E16ABoyAndHisEd A Boy and His Ed]]", Kevin is about to offer the Eds something (which is eventually revealed to be jawbreakers) for once. How does Eddy respond? With a flippant retort saying that he's heard that one before.
** In "[[Recap/EdEddNEddyS3E23IfItSmellsLikeAnEd If It Smells Like an Ed]]", Jimmy invites the Eds to his Friendship Day festivities and he offers Eddy friendship. Eddy's response? He gives Jimmy a wedgie, causing everybody to laugh at the latter and eventually reducing him to tears.

** In "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS4E13ClassClown Class Clown]]", Timmy has just saved Trixie from being eaten by the seemingly harmless plant. Her response? To call him out on it and dump him.
** This actually kick-starts the plot of "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS5E10ItsAWishfulLife It's a Wishful Life]]". Timmy does a bunch of different things for people (painting a set for Mr. Bickles' play, doing his parents' lawn, buying AJ a brand new computer) only to have each of his efforts quashed either by petty reasons (Mr. Bickles was overly critical about the set), ContrivedCoincidence (he chose to beautify the lawn on the day of the Dimmsdale Worst Lawn Competition) and the person just being an asshole (AJ rejects the computer because it's apparently obsolete even though it just came out. He then smashes it and uses it as a doorstop that, in his words, "Doesn't work.") The entire episode in fact is just taking a great big dump on Timmy's ButtMonkey status (it's later found out in the plot that if he were never born, ''everyone he knows would be more successful.'')

* Mark's girlfriend [[TheScrappy Amber]] in ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' was a severe case. She constantly [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife gave Mark grief for showing up late to dates]], with it reaching a breaking point when he ditches her during an attack so he could come back in costume and save her. Later on when he finally works up the nerve to reveal his SecretIdentity to her, she reveals that she ''knew all along'' and [[NoSympathy berated him for not telling her when they were only together]] [[ItsAllAboutMe for a few months]]. While he brought her a Mars rock, worked his ass off to balance their relationship and his responsibilities, ''almost died'' trying to help the city, and saved her life, she constantly gaslit him and flirted with another guy at a party as a result of the relationship drama ''she caused''. And to make matters worse, [[TheUnfairSex everyone in Mark's life acted like it was his own fault]].

** Two words -- Peggy's. Mom. Not only is the reason for her sourness towards Peggy attributed towards Peggy's refusal to accept an arranged marriage with a neighboring rancher's son (and Peggy had no say in the matter) in an underhanded attempt to gain the property of the neighboring ranch, but even after Peggy saves her mom's ranch out of nothing but the kindness of her heart, her mother minimizes and brushes off the achievement as though it was nothing.
** If there's a character who exceeds even Peggy's mom in this department, it would be Buck Strickland. Not only is Hank [[HyperCompetentSidekick ultimately the one keeping Strickland Propane's business afloat while Buck is out gallivanting]], but in "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS4E13HankyPanky Hanky Panky]]", his wife Elizabeth finds out about his affair with his accountant Debbie and takes over Strickland Propane in their upcoming divorce, forcing Buck to have to rent out a crappy apartment with Debbie and her roommate, almost penniless. Hank invites Buck and his wife to Sugarfoot's where everything is settled peacefully. Literally the ''very'' next episode, "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS4E14HighAnxiety High Anxiety]]", [[spoiler:Buck frames Hank for Debbie's [[TooDumbToLive (self-inflicted)]] murder to divert suspicion from Elizabeth, who was actually innocent]]. The fact that Hank saved Buck's marriage ''AND'' his business over something that was his own fault and ''this'' is how he repays him speaks volumes about what a horrible person he is.

** In "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS2E6SlaveTheDayLosDosMojo Slave the Day]]", the Girls save Big Billy's life. He's so grateful that he tries to do everything he can for them, but this leads to him being a hindrance more than anything else, so they eventually [[UnwantedAssistance (rather bluntly) tell him to leave them alone]]. Hurt, Billy teams up with the rest of the Gangreen Gang to lure them into a trap, but he thinks many moments too late that he ultimately can't go through with it since [[IOweYouMyLife they still saved him regardless]] and betrays the Gang, saving the Girls at the last second. How do they respond? Beat him within an inch of his life anyway. To be fair, however, he did tie them to the tracks in the first place, so this is somewhat justified.

* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': When Shake gets sick, Ol Drippy (the sentient mold formed by Shake's mess in the kitchen) lets himself get eaten since his head is filled with penicillin. Despite Frylock having plenty of penicillin in his lab, Shake decides to eat his head anyway. After eating his head for three days, Ol Drippy is still alive but very weak. Shake, completely disregarding Ol Drippy, then goes outside and picks up an ad for wings on the street, ignorant of the truck driving towards him. Ol Drippy pushes Shake out of the way, getting hit instead. Later, while eating wings in Carl's pool, shows no graditude for Ol Drippy's sacrifice, arguing with Frylock about it and telling the grieving Meatwad that Ol Drippy said he never liked him when he pushed him.

* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': In "Allen Pt. 2", Meatwad decides to rescue Shake despite Frylock's protests, and Shake's constant abuse of him. Watching it on a monitor, Shake is touched for about a second, then immediately demands Allen blast him with lighting ForTheEvulz.

** The guy who [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward delivered a pizza to in "Pizza Delivery". He refuses to accept it because they didn't bring him a soda to go with it, which [=SpongeBob=] says he didn't even include with his order, and when he makes [=SpongeBob=] cry, [[EveryoneHasStandards Squidward is so repulsed]] that he slams the pizza in the guy's face and [[PetTheDog tells SpongeBob that the guy changed his mind and ate the whole thing in one bite]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' episode "Carl Wheezer, Boy Genius" Carl, of all people, is this towards Jimmy even though Jimmy saved his and his girlfriend, Elke's lives, but Carl wanted Elke to believe the lies he told her in his letters, so he kept doing this until Elke admitted she was lying to him the whole time.

** Zuko was an Ungrateful Bastard pre-CharacterDevelopment. Aang saves his life twice in the first season (though the first may have been a simple quid-pro-quo since Zuko freed him) and once in the second season. His uncle even points out to him that he's only alive because of the Gaang's mercy, but he still chooses to help bring him down in Ba Sing Se.
** Early in Season 2, Zuko was on the receiving end of this trope in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZukoAlone Zuko Alone]]". He comes into an Earth Kingdom town as TheDrifter, stands up to the bullying soldiers oppressing them, and saves the kid who [[HeroWorshipper hero worshiped him]], but because he does the last bit after revealing his identity, the entire town, including the kid, shuns him.
** Early on in the first season episode "Imprisoned", there's an Earth Kingdom village being occupied by the Fire Nation, which outlaws all earthbending. While Katara is talking with Haru, an earthbender who practices in secret, they find an old man who is trapped in a landslide. Haru saves his life using his earthbending, only to be repaid by the old man turning him in to the Fire Nation.
** Thankfully averted in the third season episode "The Painted Lady". After Katara (who has been masquerading as the eponymous spirit) drives the Fire Nation army away from the town and blows up their factory, one of the townspeople recognizes her. The rest of the town gets mad and it looks like they're going to get run out of town, only for [[BigBrotherInstinct Sokka to step in]] and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech yell at them about how ungrateful they're being]], since the factory is destroyed, the army is gone, and the people can make their village prosperous again.
** Played straight in "The Avatar and the Fire Lord"; Sozin and Roku are shown battling a volcano, the former having [[PetTheDog made a surprise appearance to lend aid]] considering how their last encounter went years before, and Roku saves Sozin's life when the Fire Lord nearly falls off the side of the erupting mountain from a tremor. How does Sozin repay him? By leaving him to die when Roku succumbs to the poisonous gases, so that the Avatar won't be able to oppose the Fire Nation's plans for expansion. Of course, from Sozin's perspective Roku betrayed ''him'' first by refusing to [[WeCanRuleTogether help with said expansion]] and going so far as to threaten to kill Sozin if he tried anything during the previously-mentioned last encounter. Either way, [[HeelRealization Sozin came to regret that choice]] by the end of his life.
** Played straight in the "Southern Raiders". Zuko has joined the Gaang, is teaching Aang firebending and has rescued Katara's father but she still treats him awfully since she can't let go of her grudge of him betraying her trust back in Ba Sing Se.

* In the episode "Babel" of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Terry saves some zookeepers from some escaped animals. Later, when Shriek makes the whole city unable to understand each other, the zookeepers are among the people demanding that Terry turn himself in. Even Bruce is ticked off at this, but Terry in a truly [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Establishing Batman Moment]] simply says [[BeingGoodSucks he doesn't do what he does for gratitude]].
* Classic Disney Shorts:
** In the “Pied Piper,” the city of Hamlen is swarming with rats. The mayor and his citizens are desperate to rid their city of rats. The titular piper helps them solve their rat problem by luring the rats out Hamlen with his magic pipe. Being the nasty people they turn out to be, the mayor and people have every nerve to mock the piper. They dismiss his efforts as a silly feat for playing a tune, insisting that the rats left their city by their own accord. The mayor reneges giving the piper the bag of gold he offered as a reward and tosses him only one coin. The piper immediately takes revenge by leading the citizens’ children out of Hamlen.
*** Piper: You’re dishonest and ungrateful. It really is a shame that the children in this city should grow up to be the same.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': In "Operation F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N", Sector V try to save a mysterious student named Leona from the Delightful Children, who kidnapped her to lead them to the FountainOfYouth so as to destroy it[[note]]Leona had been using the fountain for three hundred years in order to stay young forever[[/note]]. After Sector V free Leona from their grasp and dump her into the fountain making her a kid again, she thanks them by shooting them with the fountain's water trying to [[MerlinSickness de-age them out of existence]] (which would literally kill them), ignoring Numbuh 5's attempt to talk her out of it. Subverted that she eventually does thank them and pulls a HeelFaceTurn in the end.
** In "Operation T.E.E.T.H.", the [[RedHerring dentist]] Sector V spent the episode mocking when he kindly offered them a free checkup ends up defeating Knightbrace and saving Numbah One from him. When he reiterates the offer, the episode ends with the kids [[KidsAreCruel once again laughing at him]] and Numbah 4 calling him a freak.

* Much like Spidey or the X-Men, WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom comes up against a lot of this from the people he saves, [[FantasticRacism who are determined to see him as evil simply because he's a ghost]] if not worse, ghost hunters such as his own ''parents'' wishing to dissect him and completely destroying him. Saving the town from an invasion from another dimension convinces ''half'' of them that he's a good guy. Only half.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' would have these:
** "Dawn of the Eds": Ed saves [[JerkJock Kevin]] from the [[AbhorrentAdmirer Kankers]]. Kevin doesn't thank him and proceeds to call him a "space dork".
** "A Boy and His Ed": For once, Kevin was about to offer the Eds something (which is eventually revealed to be jawbreakers). How does Eddy respond? With a flippant retort saying that he's heard that one before.
** "Stuck in Ed": Jimmy gives Eddy a scam that could potentially work, but Eddy rejects the scam because of how childish it is. This ends up coming back to bite him when Jimmy pulls off the scam by himself and makes an abundance of money while the Eds are stuck with nothing.
** "Your Ed Here": Edd tries to console Eddy and reveals to him his own EmbarrassingMiddleName after Kevin reveals Eddy's middle name to the others. Eddy thanks him by doing the exact same thing that Kevin did to him, yelling Edd's middle name to everyone so that the kids can make fun of Edd instead.
** "If It Smells Like an Ed": Jimmy invites the Eds to his Friendship Day festivities and he offers Eddy friendship. Eddy's response? He gives Jimmy a wedgie, causing everybody to laugh at the latter and eventually reducing him to tears.

** This actually kick-starts the plot of "It's a Wishful Life". Timmy does a bunch of different things for people (painting a set for Mr. Bickles' play, doing his parents' lawn, buying AJ a brand new computer) only to have each of his efforts quashed either by petty reasons (Mr. Bickles was overly critical about the set), ContrivedCoincidence (he chose to beautify the lawn on the day of the Dimmsdale Worst Lawn Competition) and the person just being an asshole (AJ rejects the computer because it's apparently obsolete even though it just came out. He then smashes it and uses it as a doorstop that, in his words, "Doesn't work.") The entire episode in fact is just taking a great big dump on Timmy's ButtMonkey status (it's later found out in the plot that if he were never born, ''everyone he knows would be more successful.'')
** In "Class Clown", Timmy has just saved Trixie from being eaten by the seemingly harmless plant. Her response? To call him out on it and dump him.

** The Northwest Family were cursed for this; 150 years prior to "Northwest Mansion Mystery", they had asked local lumberjacks to build their mansion in exchange for a yearly party between the lower and upper classes. The mansion apparently took years to complete, with several workers dying from the unsafe working conditions; then, once the workers had finished and asked for their reward, the Northwests laughed at them and shut them out of the party. Worse still, the lumberjacks' leader was killed in one of the landslides that the aggressive construction had kicked off -- prompting a DyingCurse upon the Northwests.
** Grunkle Stan accuses [[spoiler: his twin brother]] of this. [[spoiler: Stanley spent three decades trying to get his brother back from an alternate dimension. Not only does Ford overtly refuse to thank him, he demands that Stan relinquish ownership of the Mystery Shack and move out. Granted, Ford originally owned the shack and is understandably miffed to discover that Stan turned his old lab into a tourist trap after the tussle, but he doesn't realize that kicking Stan out will leave him homeless.]] The lack of gratitude, while harsh, is justified, as [[spoiler:Stan risked the destruction of the ''entire universe'' to bring Stanford back]].

** In the episode "Let's Play Goodbye, Mr. Cat!", Mr. Cat's friends spend a lot of time and effort in helping him [[ItMakesSenseInContext stay in Smileyland]]. [[spoiler: Near the end of the episode, he manages to get invisibility powers and beats them all up.]]

** Stumpy is one to Kaeloo in Episode 128. The plot of the episode revolves around Stumpy using various schemes to trick people into giving him money to buy a video game. Each time he tries something on Kaeloo, she immediately sees through the trick, but gives him money anyway and compliments his creativity in coming up with the scheme. In order to get more sympathy from others and therefore more money, Stumpy goes on TV and narrates a completely false story about his life which portrays Kaeloo as a selfish and bossy {{jerkass}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': 2 words -- Peggy's. Mom. Not only is the reason for her sourness towards Peggy attributed towards Peggy's refusal to accept an arranged marriage with a neighboring rancher's son (and Peggy had no say in the matter) in an underhanded attempt to gain the property of the neighboring ranch, but even after Peggy saves her mom's ranch out of nothing but the kindness of her heart, her mother minimizes and brushes off the achievement as though it was nothing.
** If there's a character who exceeds even Peggy's mom in this department, it would be Buck Strickland. Not only is Hank [[HyperCompetentSidekick ultimately the one keeping Strickland Propane's business afloat while Buck is out gallivanting,]] but in "Hanky Panky", his wife Elizabeth finds out about his affair with his accountant Debbie and takes over Strickland Propane in their upcoming divorce, forcing Buck to have to rent out a crappy apartment with Debbie and her roommate, almost penniless. Hank invites Buck and his wife to Sugarfoot's where everything is settled peacefully. Literally the ''very'' next episode, [[spoiler: Buck frames Hank for Debbie's [[TooDumbToLive (self-inflicted)]] murder to divert suspicion from Elizabeth, who was actually innocent.]] The fact that Hank saved Buck's marriage ''AND'' his business over something that was his own fault and ''this'' is how he repays him speaks volumes about what a horrible person he is.
** In Accidental Terrorist", Hank is being questioned by police for the bombing of a car dealership, when it was really 3 college students he had met earlier that afternoon, and the video evidence of Hank putting up boycott flyers on the cars [[PoliceAreUseless somehow doesn't convince them.]] Tom Hammond, the owner of said dealership, actually comes to Hank's defense and bails him out, not even pressing charges against him (of course, he didn't really ''believe'' Hank was innocent at all - Hank would fight the charges, and Tom doesn't need that type of negative publicity for his business). Hank however, refuses to thank him, and simply gives him a scornful look before leaving. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] as Hank had just found out that Tom had been ripping him off for over 2 decades, and is understandably bitter, but still, he saved Hank from a potential ''life sentence!''

** Republic City and President Raiko are bitter and angry at Korra for the massive vines that plague their city, despite Korra having just saved the entire world from the Dark Avatar. However, this enters into JerkassHasAPoint territory, as the reason the vines are so hard to remove is that Korra left the Spirit Portals open, which was ''not'' necessary for saving the world, so the vines can't just be chopped down and removed. Given that these vines have clogged major roadways, disrupted the plumbing, and caused buildings to collapse, it would be unsurprising if people have died as a result. [[spoiler:By Book 4, they have reached a work-around, and the banishment that Raiko issued towards her is withdrawn thanks to her help fighting the Red Lotus]].
** The first time Korra saves Kuvira, specifically from [[spoiler:the Colossus exploding]], Kuvira throws a rock at her face and tries to kill her again with [[spoiler:the detached superweapon.]] [[spoiler:When Korra tanks a shot and saves her again, Kuvira is more willing to listen to reason, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood if a bit incredulous as to why Korra would save her again]], and stands down]].
* In the animated version of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 The Legend of Zelda]]'', Zelda comes across this way with her continuous refusal to kiss Link even after he saves her life/father/kingdom repeatedly. Granted, he has a tendency to request the kiss when they're not yet out of danger, but even after the threat has passed she often comes up with stupid reasons not to do it.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** Barnyard Dog's whole role from the short ''Daffy Duck Hunt'' amounts to this. His plan to catch WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck relied on being ungrateful by making him take pity on him through his claims that Porky would abuse him if he didn't get him and with the promise that if he plays dead and hands himself over he would release him afterwards. Sure enough, Daffy is uncharacteristically compassionate and plays along which ends with Porky putting the supposedly dead duck on ice. This suddenly makes the dog feel conflicted [[GoodAngelBadAngel (in typical cartoony angel-devil fashion)]] about betraying the one who helped him which makes him act on impulse and take him out of the freezer only to get a little warmth without even asking himself what is the point since he doesn't plan to let him go, but then he gives the answer on his own and blocks all exits, ultimately playing it straight.
** In the Babbit and Catstello short ''Tale of Two Mice'', Babbit orders Catstello to get him some cheese, even though the latter is frightened of the cat just outside and almost got killed by it. After Catstello nearly gets killed by the cat several more times, he finally gets Babbit the cheese he wants. Then Babbit tells him it's Swiss cheese, which Catstello ''knows'' he doesn't like. For Catstello, this is the last straw; [[TheDogBitesBack he slaps Babbit silly and starts literally shoving chunks of the cheese down his throat, telling Babbit he's gonna learn to like it]].
--->'''Catstello:''' ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall (looking into the camera with remorse)]]'' Ohhh, I'm a baaad boy!
** In ''WesternAnimation/AliBabaBunny'', Daffy's response to WesternAnimation/BugsBunny pretending to be a genie and saving him from Hassan's anger is to mock the rabbit's phony spell instead of saying "thank you". When Bugs saves him a second time, Daffy runs back to the cave to claim the treasure without a word of gratitude. He gets his comeuppance, however, when he discovers a lamp with a real genie inside and accuses the genie of trying to steal the treasure, trying to forcibly shove him into the lamp.
--->'''Genie:''' Duck, you have desecrated the spirit of the lamp! Prepare to take the consequences!\\
'''Daffy:''' Consequences shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich.
** In ''WesternAnimation/WellWornDaffy'', WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales and his mouse amigos are quite thirsty, but they spot a well full of water in an oasis, which, unfortunately, is jealously guarded by Daffy, who not only refuses to share the water, but who manages at every turn to foil the mice's attempts to take it. In the end, he decides to leave the oasis, taking some of the water for himself and his camel and [[IfICantHaveYou blowing up the well with dynamite to deprive the mice of their needed water once and for all]]. [[OhCrap However, Speedy manages to tie the lit dynamite to Daffy's camel's tail as they leave.]] With Daffy gone, the mice start drinking the water from the well, hooking the hose up to the well to get at it more easily. Daffy and his camel return, quite thirsty and pleading for water, just as Speedy and his friends had done. Speedy is happy to oblige Daffy -- by playfully spraying the water in his face with the hose. Daffy is none too pleased.
--->'''Daffy:''' There's only one thing worse than a smart mouse, and that's ''three'' smart mice!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'': Zigzagged with Peppermint Larry. He is one of the more decently behaving characters towards the title character but its still way less than enough if one considers all the things that Flapjack has done for him over the series. One egregious case is when Flapjack dragged his Candy Wife out of danger which led Larry to declare him a hero and claim that he was indebted to him. That still however didn't mean for him that he wouldn't laugh at and mock him when he became a laughingstock thanks to a ridiculous photo that he took.
** Played perfectly and putridly straight with the Sea Urchins a gang of no-good delinquents who see kindness as a weakness to be exploited, as they thank Bubbie and the others for inviting them to spend the night in her mouth by emptying from all of its possessions including her bells and K'nuckles membership tattoo.

** In "Return of the Raggedy Android" Jenny is kicked out of a popular teen hangout because [[BadBoss Mezmer]], the owner, [[FantasticRacism refuses to serve robots]]. Later on, she saves the shop from a gang of space bikers. Mezmer still kicks her out (and blames her for the property damage alongside them), but this time, the rest of the teens, who ''were'' grateful that Jenny saved them, get angry and disgusted with him and leave as well. He doesn't care until he immediately realizes there's no one left.
** In ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Troubles'', Misty and Jenny end up in a prank war with the Krust Cousins, which ends with them terrorizing them with their greatest fears, spiders, heights and worst of all, [[spoiler: [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking nerds!]]]] Jenny realizes they've gone too far and wants to stop but Misty decides to finish them off. Jenny tries to stop her but Misty gets to them and is only stopped when Vice Principal Razinski catches her in the act and expels her. The Krust Cousins walk up to her to acknowledge that they saw her trying to save them and calls her a sap for it.

** In the episode "Boast Busters", [[SmallNameBigEgo "The Great and Powerful"]] [[JerkAss Trixie]] claims to be able to defeat an [[EldritchAbomination Ursa Major]]. However, when an actual Ursa shows up, exposing Trixie's lies, {{T|he Hero}}wilight [[BadassBookworm Sparkle]] steps in and defeats the Ursa, saving hundreds of lives, including Trixie's. Trixie then proceeds to talk down to Twilight, claiming Twilight will NEVER be able to match up to her abilities before running off, much to the annoyance of Twilight's friend [[LeeroyJenkins Rainbow Dash]].
** In "No Second Prances", Starlight Glimmer gets upset with how Twilight Sparkle is treating her and calls her out for not wholly trusting her. Apparently letting all the genuinely villainous stuff she did slide without consequence, holding absolutely no grudges whatsoever, devoting much of her life to personally mentoring her, giving her a free home and a group of friends, and even helping her rekindle past friendships, isn't good enough. While Twilight is also being hypocritical for not applying the same to the comparably less vile Trixie, her reasoning to do so (fearing she'll be a bad influence on a [[HeelFaceTurn former villain]] who has proven quite easy to [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope poke off the slippery slope]]) is quite valid but apparently counts for nothing.
*** Trixie herself then comes off as this in an even worse sense when she revealed that she had actually been using Starlight to "get back" at Twilight, despite the fact that Twilight saved her from an Ursa Minor, and even pardoned her for the stunt she pulled with the Alicorn Amulet.
* The ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' episode "Soda Genie" involves K.O. finding a Soda Genie named Citrus Twisty, who causes trouble by [[JackassGenie deliberately misinterpreting K.O.'s wish to make Radicles a burger so that Rad is turned into a burger rather than having a burger appear for him to eat]]. Enid takes this to court and the case ends with Citrus Twisty going to jail. K.O. feels bad for Citrus Twisty and uses his second wish to [[FreeingTheGenie set her free]]. After realizing that Rad is still a burger, K.O. tries to use his third wish to return his friend to normal, but Citrus Twisty refuses on the grounds that wishing for her freedom has absolved her of her obligation to grant a third wish. Even when K.O. suggests that Citrus Twisty could return Rad to normal as a show of thanks for helping her out rather than as a request, the soda genie still refuses and rudely flies off.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In "Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?", after Phineas and Ferb switch back Candace and Perry's bodies and return them to normal, Candace refuses to let them off the hook and still wants to bust them to Mom.
* The archnemesis of ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' Bluto exemplifies this in some shorts. For example in "Abusement Park" after he provides a lot of the titular abuse, since he tries to force himself on Olive and then attempts to kill her for rejecting his advances and then Popeye too, he eventually ends up hanging on for dear life until Popeye swings him to safety. He warmly then says thank you for saving my life and with all the dissonance that this would entail, promptly kicks him in the face and tries to throw ''him'' to his doom.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''
** In "Slave the Day," the Girls save Big Billy's life. He's so grateful that he tries to do everything he can for them, but this leads to him being a hindrance more than anything else, so they eventually [[UnwantedAssistance (rather bluntly) tell him to leave them alone]]. Hurt, Billy teams up with the rest of the Gangreen Gang to lure them into a trap, but he thinks many moments too late that he ultimately can't go through with it since [[IOweYouMyLife they still saved him regardless]] and betrays the Gang, saving the Girls at the last second. How do they respond? Beat him within an inch of his life anyway. To be fair, however, he did tie them to the tracks in the first place. So this is somewhat justified.
** Princess in her debut episode "Stuck Up, Up and Away." On her second day of school, the girls remove a bomb from her before it can explode. Naturally, she doesn't learn to avoid the danger the girls get themselves in and goes home to complain about how "jealous" the girls are of her (as well as claiming they put the bomb on her).
** Buttercup in the episode "Down N Dirty" after she finally decides to take a bath after getting fed up with being insulted because of her smelling so badly. Rather than thanking Blossom and Bubbles for even being willing to be near her due to her smelling so bad, Buttercup just retorts on how she only took the bath so she could resume crime-fighting. Blossom even lampshades this.
--->'''Blossom:''' You know Buttercup. You may be clean, but your attitude still stinks.
** In "Paste Makes Waste", Ms. Keane comes Elmer's defense after he gets harassed by his classmates. After Elmer becomes a giant paste monster, [[MisplacedRetribution he assaults her during his rampage]].
** In "Fuzzy Logic", Fuzzy attacks people who touch his "property", even those that simply wanted to return his stuff to him.

** Even when Mordecai and Rigby save his life, [[MeanBoss Benson]] will still threaten to fire them for the mess. Mother Duck calls him out on it in "A Bunch of Full Grown Geese".

** Rigby, after being saved by his friends from a doppelganger, manages to be this in ''Temp Check".
--->'''Doug:''' [[VillainHasAPoint Rigby, I want you to know, a guy like me ain't got a lot to be thankful for, but you...you got friends, a job, a nice warm bed. You’ve got a good thing going here. Never forget that]].\\
'''Rigby:''' Wow! What a windbag! I thought he’d never shut up. I can’t believe you guys thought he was me. You must feel like idiots, am I right?

** In "Power Trip", Rocko and Filburt collaborate to repair the comic store and succeed in making tons of money selling the comics with the help of Really Really Big Man. When Mr. Smitty comes back, he demands Rocko to fire Filburt for no reason without so much of a "thank you". When Rocko refuses, explaining to Mr. Smitty that Filburt has helped him make all the money selling the comics, Mr. Smitty fires them both, which prompts Rocko to insult the boss right to his face for his ungratefulness.
** In "Cabin Fever", both the Bigheads and Rocko (with Heffer) have booked the same cabin for a vacation. Even though Ed is in the wrong (he booked the cabin for ''July'', and it's only ''January''), Rocko happily offers to share the cabin with the Bigheads. While Bev is grateful, Ed does nothing but gripe about having to share it with Rocko and Heffer and goes out of his way to try and ruin their good time...which backfires on him when he causes an avalanche that causes them all to be buried in a landslide.

* Senator Robert Kelly in the ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' "The X-Factor" has one when he constantly advocates for mutants to be oppressed and discriminated against until Jean Grey saves him from Magneto, only for Kelly to attempt to have her arrested all because of her mutant nature. This action justifiably turns all of his supporters against him and leaves his campaign in ruins.

Senator Robert Kelly in the ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' "The X-Factor" has one when he constantly advocates for mutants to be oppressed and discriminated against until Jean Grey saves him from Magneto, only for Kelly to attempt to have her arrested all because of her mutant nature. This action justifiably turns all of his supporters against him and leaves his campaign in ruins.

** In ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Troubles'', Misty and Jenny end up in a prank war with the Krust Cousins, which ends with them terrorizing them with their greatest fears, spiders, heights and worst of all, [[spoilers: [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking nerds!]]]] Jenny realizes they've gone too far and wants to stop but Misty decides to finish them off. Jenny tries to stop her but Misty gets to them and is only stopped when Vice Principal Razinski catches her in the act and expels her. The Krust Cousins walk up to her to acknowledge that they saw her trying to save them and calls her a sap for it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', "Return of the Raggedy Android" Jenny is kicked out of a popular teen hangout because [[BadBoss Mezmer]], the owner, [[FantasticRacism refuses to serve robots]]. Later on, she saves the shop from a gang of space bikers. Mezmer still kicks her out (and blames her for the property damage alongside them), but this time, the rest of the teens, who ''were'' grateful that Jenny saved them, get angry and disgusted with him and leave as well. He doesn't care until he immediately realizes there's no one left.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', Jenny is kicked out of a popular teen hangout because [[BadBoss Mezmer]], the owner, [[FantasticRacism refuses to serve robots]]. Later on, she saves the shop from a gang of space bikers. Mezmer still kicks her out (and blames her for the property damage alongside them), but this time, the rest of the teens, who ''were'' grateful that Jenny saved them, get angry and disgusted with him and leave as well. He doesn't care until he immediately realizes there's no one left.

*** This does ignore the actual reasons why the villagers might be mad: The higher ups are going to blame someone for the destruction of the factory, and that someone is likely to be the villagers. So Katara may have just screwed them over.
*** Averted by the ''actual'' Painted Lady, however. She was actually quite appreciative of Katara's efforts.