| 1 | %%% |
| 2 | %% |
| 3 | %% This page has been alphabetized. Please add new examples in the correct order. Thanks! |
| 4 | %% |
| 5 | %%% |
| 6 | [[quoteright:350:[[Series/MariaLaDelBarrio https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malditalisiada.png]]]] |
| 7 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Shut up, you damn cripple!"]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | An easy way to make a character [[HateSink loathsome]] is to have them ostracize or tease someone with a (usually physical) disability. Most [[TheBully bullies]] wouldn't mock someone for having a disability -- [[CondescendingCompassion it's seen as too mean]] to mock someone who is "[[DisabledMeansHelpless helpless]]" or someone who has an issue they have no control over -- so only [[CompleteMonster the most cruel characters do.]] Usually only [[KidsAreCruel younger]] [[TeensAreMonsters characters]] act this way, however adults and even [[AbusiveParents parents]] are also known to. Expect the ones who use this trope to later [[LaserGuidedKarma receive some form of punishment for their behavior]]. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | This is also a lesser-known part of fascist rhetoric in real life. In addition to the better-known racism, antisemitism, homophobia, [[LongList and more]], they also consider disabled people to be parasitic drains on society. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Compare to BuryYourDisabled and AbandonTheDisabled. SubTrope to KickTheDog and MoralEventHorizon. May be a reason for the disabled character HidingTheHandicap. Also compare to its approximate counterpart DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery. Contrast HandicappedBadass, where bullies ''should not'' mess with this disabled character or they ''will be'' disabled. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | !!Examples: |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 22 | * In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', [[{{Jerkass}} Katsuki Bakugou]] has been bullying [[TheHero Izuku Midoriya]] for no less than ten years, on the grounds that Izuku is a [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]] in a world where most people have superpowers (so, by the standards of that world, Izuku would be disabled). That, and Bakugou has somehow convinced himself that Izuku is looking down on him. Unfortunately, because of ValuesDissonance, Bakugou's bullying (going as far as a SuicideDare) is treated [[SchoolBullyingIsHarmless as no big deal]], even though realistically it would have terrible consequences. |
| 23 | * Ableism in Japan is a reoccurring theme in ''Manga/ASilentVoice'': |
| 24 | ** The manga is about a NewTransferStudent elementary schooler named Shoko Nishimiya who is bullied for being deaf. The protagonist, Shoya Ishida, is the worst of the bullies. He constantly makes fun of her, teases her, [[EarAche yanks her hearing aid off]], and [[WouldHitAGirl gets into a fight with her]]. After Shouko moves away, the class turn their bullying onto Shouya instead. Years later, a high school-aged Shouya learns sign language and tries to [[TheAtoner atone]] by befriending Shouko. [[spoiler:Despite this, it doesn't help [[StepfordSmiler Shouko's]] [[InternalizedCategorism feelings of inadequacy]] due to her deafness and the [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal thoughts]] she's had since elementary school.]] |
| 25 | ** [[AbusiveParents Shouko's own mother]] has acted cold towards her due to her deafness. However, she doesn't hate her daughter. Yaeko made Shouko stay in her elementary school so that she could [[ToughLove toughen up]]. When someone does complain about her daughter, she [[spoiler:[[MamaBear slaps]] her ''hard'']]. It turns out that [[spoiler:Yaeko's in-laws blamed Yaeko for Shouko's deafness and thought that it was the reason why Yaeko's husband divorced her]], giving a reason for her distant behavior towards her daughters. |
| 26 | ** Ueno is a ClingyJealousGirl who hates Shouko's guts for being close to Shouya. She takes out aggression on Shouko by mocking and bullying her, at one point even telling her [[spoiler:YouShouldHaveDiedInstead when Shouya saves her from [[InterruptedSuicide suicide]] and ends up in a coma.]] Unlike the other bullies, she shows no remorse towards it. Ueno even tries to shift the bullying away from herself. |
| 27 | * Hikaru from ''Manga/WithTheLight'' is autistic. He receives a lot of criticism and bullying because he's autistic. Sadly, his family is also on the receiving end of this, too. |
| 28 | * In ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'', Shizuku tried to help her elementary classmate Ruri, who often missed class, but what started out as somewhat tactless reassurance of Ruri escalated and became outright verbal abuse, as Shizuku believed that what she was doing was right due to virtually no one calling her out on her behavior. Five years later, Shizuku is horrified when she learns that Ruri had a chronic illness when she was younger, which was the cause of her missing class. |
| 29 | * ''Manga/ThatsMyAtypicalGirl'': Saito was the subject of intense bullying both at home and in her school life growing up because of her autism, leaving her with all sort of mental problems. |
| 30 | [[/folder]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 33 | * ''ComicBook/UltimateDaredevilAndElektra'': Trey is celebrating that the police dropped the investigation on him, so he took Matt's cane. |
| 34 | [[/folder]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 37 | * ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': Peter once punched out a bully who was making fun of his blind girlfriend Denise. Denise herself is initially miffed that Peter punched another student--then upon learning the reason why, she's miffed that Peter had ''only'' punched him. |
| 38 | * A week-long sequence in ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' had Odie bullying Garfield stuck in a body cast. Garfield when he recuperates gets his revenge by whacking Odie with the cast. |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 42 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Bubbles}}'', Derpy's mother abuses her for being disabled. Other foals also tease Derpy due to her impairments as well. |
| 43 | * ''Fanfic/BurningBridgesBuildingConfidence'': Through MaliciousSlander, Lila convinces most of her classmates that Cole is [[ObfuscatingDisability faking her vision problems]], despite the fact that she's [[EyeScream missing one of her eyes]]. This leads to her [[GullibleLemmings followers]] bullying and belittling Cole, even declaring that she ''deserves'' to have lost her eye. [[spoiler:This bites Alya in the ass when she assaults Cole, as her mother responds by getting the act labeled an ableist hate crime. Ms. Bustier and the school also face more serious consequences for allowing the bullying to go unaddressed for so long.]] |
| 44 | * Discussed in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Chloe's classmates, a GangOfBullies, were recorded and gloated at how they loved hurting Chloe. The ringleader, Sara, even states that anyone who was not considered normal deserved to be crushed...which ''also'' includes a student named Franklin Borage, who is autistic. Needless to say, this gets everyone in a lot of hot water as the public now assumes that Sara is willing to attack a special needs kid. |
| 45 | ** Also discussed in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus''. Patricia, the BetaBitch to Sara, had a talk with her grandfather in regards to everyone knowing she bullied Chloe and her brother. Said grandfather asks if ''he'' will end up on her list to bully. Then he pushes his wheelchair away from her. |
| 46 | * ''Fanfic/LadyFairyIDontKnowWhatsGoingOnEither'': Much like in canon, Chloé and Lila bully Marinette. Only in this fic, [[DisabledInTheAdaptation Marinette is blind]]. |
| 47 | * In ''Fanfic/LostFound'', Ryuuko touches upon this with a one-eyed Nui. According to her, the other kids at the "orphanage" liked to pick on Nui because, being blind in one eye, she wouldn't see them coming. |
| 48 | ** Something similar to Nui's situation also happens in ''Orange Juice'' with Ryuuko, who's visually impaired [[note]]Her vision is mostly "light, dark, and some color perception".[[/note]]. The store owner and clerk think it's funny to trick her into buying orange juice when she's trying to buy milk because the cartons feel the same and the colors on either aren't bright enough for her to see. |
| 49 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonAMarvelousJourney'': |
| 50 | ** The main character, Julia, often mentions that she was frequently bullied in school due to her autism, and many kids thought she was weird. Her second-grade teacher, Ms. Amoretto, also bullied her because she assumed Julia was some bratty kid whose parents didn't discipline her correctly. There was an incident where Julia was somehow trapped in a [=PokeBall=] storage shed in the midst of four Pokémon fighting each other. She was rescued, but Amoretto suspected she started it. This culminates in her trying to strangle Julia in front of one of the other teachers, several students, and a police officer visiting the school that day. Unsurprisingly, Amoretto got arrested, fired from the school, and was blacklisted from ever teaching again. Amoretto also got her butt sued off by Julia's '''''[[MamaBear VERY]]''''' [[PapaWolf pissed-off]] parents. |
| 51 | ** Her older sister, Amara, is especially hard on her, going from calling her names to blaming her for all of the family's problems. This is because Amara is struggling to cope with the death of a friend in a healthy way, and takes her aggression out on pretty much everyone, even when they haven't done anything to her. |
| 52 | ** BetaBitch Lakeisha Knowles, who bullied Julia, also bullies her younger sister Merlin (who is also autistic) due to the growing influence of AlphaBitch Kirsten. This peaks in Lakeisha recording a video of one of Merlin's meltdowns, without her permission or knowledge, and texts it to her friends in an attempt to show them that having an autistic sibling is horrible. It does not go well for her at all. All her friends are disgusted with Lakeisha for violating her sister's privacy like that, and then her former friend Cindy (whose mom is autistic) reports what happened to one of the teachers and the principal, getting Lakeisha in serious trouble both at school and at home. |
| 53 | * Averted in ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin''. Naruto mistakenly assumes this is happening when he spots Hinata being bullied by three kids who call her eyes creepy. After driving them away, he warns them to never make a girl cry again, "especially a blind girl". While Hinata is grateful for his help, she needs to clear up that she's not actually blind. |
| 54 | * The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' animation ''WebAnimation/Snowdrop2013'' involves a blind filly who is bullied due to her blindness. |
| 55 | * ''[[Fanfic/TheWolvesInTheWoodsMiraculousLadybug The Wolves in the Woods]]'': After Marinette transfers to another school, Alya tries to convince the rest of her classmates that they can 'get her back' by 'proving' that her ''new'' friends at St. Catherine's 'aren't worthy'. Her game plan for this involves spreading MaliciousSlander about all of said new friends; as part of this, she reveals that one of them is [[DelicateAndSickly frequently hospitalized]], mocking whatever condition causes her illness. This only serves to [[EverybodyHasStandards disgust the others]]. |
| 56 | * Chapter 19 of Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange reveals that [[spoiler: Nora got suspended for two weeks for beating up a wheelchair-using classmate because "she was hogging the entire hallway", and she almost kills her younger autistic brother, Julius, twice ''on the same night'' [[note]] She and Xander locking him out of the house without proper clothing when it was -2 degrees out when he came home early from a movie and saw them; thankfully, he had his phone on him and was able to seek shelter at a neighbor's house. Then, she shoved Julius into a table when attacking him for telling their parents, resulting in her getting arrested for assault [[/note]] ]]. |
| 57 | * ''Fanfic/YourMoveInstigatorDrawYourWeaponAndHoldYourTongue'' combines this with InnocentInaccurate when Sakura and Kiba reflect back on how Bekko-sensei's hands constantly shook while he was teaching them. They conclude that he must have had weak hands, and joke about how he's unlikely to survive for long on the front lines as a result. However, it's heavily implied that the ''real'' reason he struggled to keep his hands steady was his horror at how he was teaching four and five-year-olds how to kill, knowing that they'd be shipped out shortly as ChildSoldiers. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 61 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', this is used for DeliberateValuesDissonance. The townspeople take joy in Gaston trying to put the supposedly "insane" Maurice into an asylum, despite knowing he's not dangerous or helpless enough for it to be necessary. They mock him and think he deserves it. |
| 62 | * Discussed in the documentary ''WesternAnimation/MyDepression''. Liz is worried about random people finding out about her depression and judging her for it. She's then surrounded by a group of talking heads saying things about how she has it "too good" to be depressed, how depression isn't a serious issue, and how she needs to do little things to cure her depression. |
| 63 | * Tempest from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'' is a unicorn with a fractured horn. Her StartOfDarkness involves her friends abandoning her after she broke her horn. |
| 64 | * ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Vanellope is relentlessly bullied by the racers in her game for being a "glitch", which is treated as a disability in-universe.[[note]]Vanellope insists she has "[[InsistentTerminology pixlexia]]"[[/note]]. The way they mock her for it is painfully similar to how one would mock a person with epilepsy. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 68 | * The brain-damaged Nicky from ''Film/DominickAndEugene'' is a frequent target of this. Once some boys surround him, knock his groceries out of his arms, and try to force him to touch their boogers until Gino chases them away. |
| 69 | * ''Film/ForrestGump'': As a boy, Forrest Gump had to wear leg braces to help him walk after he got sick from polio. When a group of bullies threaten young Forrest and with Jenny's command "Run, Forrest, run!", he flees with such fervor that he shatters his braces and bolts away with astonishing speed. He also has a mental disability and gets called "stupid" for it, which he hates. Lieutenant Dan, who lost both legs from an injury while they served in Vietnam, flies [[BerserkButton into a rage over this and being called a "cripple"]]. |
| 70 | * In ''Film/{{Freaks}}'', this sort of prejudice is why the sideshow performers defend each other so fiercely. For example, the trapeze artist Cleopatra launches into a tirade disparaging the "freaks" -- which is especially shocking considering that she just ''married one of them'', namely the dwarf Hans. As it turns out, [[spoiler:she plans to kill Hans for his money and then shack up with the strongman Hercules, but the others in the sideshow figure out her plan and get their horrific revenge by [[KarmicTransformation mutilating Cleopatra until she's a "freak" too]].]] |
| 71 | * In ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'', Jason Voorhees was physically deformed and possibly mentally disabled. As a result, he was picked on and ostracized by other children when he was a boy, especially at the Crystal Lake summer camp where his mother Pamela worked as a cook. This abuse eventuall spiraled into a chain of events that led to an on-off murder spree that lasted ''decades''; first by Pamela, who was seeking revenge after Jason drowned in the lake because of the bullying and neglectful camp counselors, and then by Jason himself, seeking revenge for the death of Pamela after the events of ''Film/FridayThe13th1980''. |
| 72 | * ''Film/{{Recovery}}'' portrays the struggles of Alan Hamilton who suffers from brain damage. During a "trial day" at his job, Alan gets confused about what task a client wants him to do, leading to her yelling at his friend, who was supervising him, for employing an "incompetent lunatic", stating Alan as "not right in the head". Alan overhears this while hiding in the bathroom, crying, responding with "I BUILT THIS HOUSE, I MADE THIS HOME!!", before continuing to sob. |
| 73 | * In ''Film/Shazam2019'', Billy steps in to defend his disabled foster brother, Freddy, attacking the bullies with Freddy's own fallen crutch. It's implied that this was the event that led [[TheChooserOfTheOne the Wizard]] to pick him as [[TheChosenOne his new Champion]]. The bullies, who are both bigger than Freddy and going two-on-one, made a sneak attack on him in front of the whole school. Way to introduce yourself to the movie-going public, guys. |
| 74 | * In ''Film/Thir13enGhosts'', we find that in the Ghost Backstories, this is what happened to the Great Child, a mentally handicapped and infantilized circus freak. The end result was the circus destroyed and a lot of people axed after his mother was killed as a result of a prank, as well as the Great Child being torn apart by a mob and becoming a fairly dangerous ghost in the afterlife. |
| 75 | * ''Film/TheWhale'': Ellie frequently treats her morbidly obese father like dirt. At one point, she pushes his walker so that he must stand up even though he is unable to. |
| 76 | * ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'': |
| 77 | ** While she's not disabled in the usual sense other than her morbid obesity making her need a cane, the townsfolk gawk and make fun of Bonnie "Mama" Grape, with Gilbert even charging some of the kids for a peek at her through the windows and this is trope is why the Grapes [[spoiler: burn the house down after they discovered that she died in her sleep]]. |
| 78 | ** This trope is played with on Arnie's end. From what we see, people tend to be nicer and don't pick on Arnie, other than Ellen being rough with him, but some of that could be because of Gilbert's "Nobody Touches Arnie" rule. |
| 79 | [[/folder]] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 82 | * Stacey from ''Literature/TheBabysittersClub'' moved to Connecticut from New York because she was bullied for being diabetic. |
| 83 | * ''Literature/TheBalladOfTheSadCafe'': Marvin treats the hunchbacked Lymon like crap, calling him "Brokeback" and hitting him for no reason at all. This doesn't stop Lymon from worshiping the ground Marvin walks on. |
| 84 | * ''Literature/BlackBullet'': A bunch of jerks put different objects like soda can tabs into a blind beggar girl's bowl instead of money. Rentaro gives her real money, but he later comes back to find the girl being beaten up. Rentaro threatens them with his gun to make them stop. |
| 85 | * In ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', we learn that when [[Characters/CarrieChrisHargensen Chris Hargensen]] was in junior high, she put a firecracker in a classmate's shoe and nearly mutilated the poor girl's foot because she had a ''cleft lip''. |
| 86 | * ''Literature/TheDollsHouse'' Birdie is a cheerful and inexpensive modern doll made of celluloid, who is shown to have intellectual disabilities. She struggles to remember things she has been told, has limited speech patterns, and physically it sounds as though something is loose inside her head. She is supported by her loving family and generally is coping well until the antagonist Marchpane is introduced. [[spoiler: Marchpane specifically targets Birdie as the weak link of the family, undermining her relationship with her son, and ultimately bringing about her death when she rescues him from a fire Marchpane indirectly causes.]] |
| 87 | * Several characters in ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' aren't shy about either mocking Sunny for her weird looks or calling her "defective". [[spoiler:Sunny isn't deformed like everyone thought. She's a [=SandWing=]/[=NightWing=] mix]]. |
| 88 | * ''Literature/EarlyRiser'': Protagonist Charlie Worthing grew up in a "Pooled Parentage Station" (aka an orphanage), having been surrendered by their biological parents due to [[spoiler: a congenital facial deformity]]. Gary Findlay, one of Charlie's pool-mates, bullied Charlie mercilessly until Charlie snapped at the age of nine and bit Gary's ear off. |
| 89 | * Averted in ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' book ''Five go to Smuggler's Top''. On meeting Block, learning that he is deaf but can lip-read, George declares that it would be beastly to say things in front of him that one would not say if he was not deaf; this is before she has learned how sinister Block is. |
| 90 | * In ''Literature/FlowersForAlgernon'', Charlie's coworkers (at a factory in the original short story, and at a bakery in the later novel) take advantage of his intellectual impairment to play all manner of nasty pranks on him. Worse, he still considers those people his friends because he doesn't realize what's going on. After Charlie gets an experimental operation to [[FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome enhance his intelligence]], he's quite shocked when his supposed friends try to toy with him again and he finally gets a grasp on what they've been doing, and his coworkers soon feel so intimidated by his burgeoning genius that they get him fired. [[spoiler:After his newfound intelligence starts deteriorating and he can no longer continue his brief scientific career, he goes back to his old workplace, but hearteningly, his coworkers are genuinely friendly to him now; one even stands up to a new employee who was bullying Charlie.]] |
| 91 | * ''[[Literature/TouchingSpiritBear Ghost of Spirit Bear]]'': Keith and his friends target Peter for his limp and brain damage. And it's not just Peter; all the bullies at Minneapolis High School tend to pick on those who aren’t able to fight back, which means they bully the disabled as much as they bully others. For example, Cole sees a boy with Down Syndrome getting bullied at one point. |
| 92 | * ''Literature/IAmJ'': |
| 93 | ** As a child, J once got into a fight because other kids were bullying a girl for being in Special Ed. |
| 94 | ** PoliticallyIncorrectHero J internally pokes fun at a man with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome because he wears wrist braces. |
| 95 | * ''Literature/RedThreadSisters'': Shu Ling is subjected to quite a lot of mistreatment at the orphanage for having clubfoot, from new girls calling her a "cripple" in the showers to being called "defective" and denied an education by Director Feng. [[spoiler:All of this discrimination is one of the major factors that cause her to internalize being considered [[UnadoptableOrphan unadoptable]], and have a hard time letting new people into her life.]] |
| 96 | * In ''Literature/TheShipWho Won'' and ''The Ship Errant'', Carialle feels that [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Inspector General Dr. Sennet Maxwell-Corey]] is out for her in particular. Not for being a [[ManInTheMachine shellperson]], but for having endured serious trauma sixteen years ago and slowly recovered with the help of a lot of therapy. She can never go back to how she was before and PTSD lingers, but she's able to manage it by now. The Inspector General seems to approach her every time she makes stationfall and has what Carialle sees as an obsessive desire to prove she's unfit for service, demanding lengthy psychological profile sessions, prodding the PTSD that rarely bothers her otherwise, and fixating particularly on her {{LARP}} hobby as being irrational. Avoiding him kicks off the plot of ''The Ship Who Won'', as she and Keff hare off somewhere he's not going. |
| 97 | * "Something in the Rain" by Creator/SeananMcGuire has a post-apocalyptic world where there are only two people left alive in the town: the autistic and mentally ill protagonist, and the girl who bullied her in school. The bully tries to move in with her upon seeing that she's better off but eventually goes back to her old ways [[BullyingADragon despite the fact that she relies on her]]. [[spoiler:This culminates in her trying to kill the protagonist's cat and getting thrown out of the house, then being killed by the deadly rain when she tried to get back inside rather than run for cover]]. |
| 98 | * ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': |
| 99 | ** Shino was often bullied for her PTSD which led her to have a phobia of guns. A certain group of bullies used this to extort money out of her. She eventually GrewASpine and gets over her fear, preventing the bullies from ever taking advantage of her again. |
| 100 | ** When Kirito is rendered catatonic and wheelchair-bound, some jerks steal his sword and mock him when he falls out of the wheelchair and crawls after them trying to take it back. Fortunately, Alice steps in and forces them to back off and give the sword back. |
| 101 | * ''Literature/ATaleOf'': Maleficent's lack of wings is essentially a birth defect. She was teased and called a "wingless freak" as a child. |
| 102 | * ''Literature/WarriorCats'': Crookedstar was born "Stormkit". After breaking his jaw, his [[AbusiveParents mother]] renamed him "Crookedkit". Rainflower [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]] Crookedkit after he received his injuries (complete with moving to a separate den) and didn't even [[CatsHaveNineLives give him a life]] when he became TheLeader of his clan. It's implied that, on top of being horrified by his face, she refused to love a kit that would likely die. |
| 103 | * ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': During a photoshoot with a bunch of superheroes, Taylor's bullies made incredibly obnoxious comments about a disabled girl. This led them to [[WhatTheHellHero being chewed out]] by Glory Girl. The incident kickstarted Madison's realization of how awful she was. |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 107 | * At one point in ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', UsefulNotes/AlCapone is outraged to hear that his deaf son is being bullied at school, and demands to know what kind of bully is that low. His wife points out that the son goes to a special school for the deaf, so disability doesn't really factor into it, it's just a result of KidsAreCruel. |
| 108 | * ''Series/TheDailyShow'' referenced this during the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem 2012 election]] in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates, regarding a report that Republican candidate Mitt Romney was harsh to a "widow" who he encountered. Creator/JonStewart jokingly wondered if Romney had tripped a blind orphan too. |
| 109 | * In ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'', in the episode with Wiz Khalifa, Eric mentions that he and his friends used to feed LSD to a mentally disabled girl and screamed to her 'NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE'. [[BlatantLies And that cured her disability]]. |
| 110 | * In ''Series/EverythingsGonnaBeOkay'' Tellulah is not above this. She picks on Matilda, despite knowing full well that the latter is autistic. One episode sees her planning a party for Matilda as she waits to find out if she got into Juilliard... because she fully expects that Matilda will be rejected and suffer a meltdown in front of everyone. |
| 111 | * ''Series/FawltyTowers'': Played for laughs in "Communication Problems", with the deaf and demanding Mrs Richards. Basil mouths some words, causing Mrs Richards to bark "What?", and turn up her hearing aid. He keeps doing this until she turns it right up, then he yells into it, causing Mrs Richards to jump and bang her head on a shelf behind her. |
| 112 | * ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': |
| 113 | ** Zig-zagged with Reese's bullying of Stevie: while Reese still gives Stevie the occasional hard time, he makes it perfectly clear as the school's Alpha Bully that Stevie is off-limits ''because'' he's disabled, and when he performs said bullying he actually tries to accommodate Stevie's disabilities in order to make it fair (like numbing his legs so he'll remain seated during a fight challenge, so Stevie will be able to hit him back). |
| 114 | ** When Stevie's parents were about to get divorced, Stevie took a lot of steps backward, becoming unable to speak. Malcolm didn't believe he was really unable to speak and pretended to bully him in an attempt to get him to fight back, making himself [[NotWhatItLooksLike look]] like a colossal jerk to an onlooking crowd. |
| 115 | * ''Series/MariaLaDelBarrio'': Soraya Montenegro, Alicia's WickedStepmother, loves to attack and torture the disabled Alicia in creative ways. She has absolute contempt for her, and calls her "damn cripple!" |
| 116 | * ''Series/MrBean'': In the "Bus Stop" sketch, Mr Bean is determined to be at the front of the queue for a bus. When a blind man takes this position, Mr Bean walks along the road and imitates the sound of a bus approaching and the door opening, causing the blind man to walk straight into the road, in front of an actual bus. Another passenger grabs him. |
| 117 | * ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S3E5StreamOfConsciousness Stream of Consciousness]]", Mark frequently verbally abuses and condescends to Ryan Unger, who is unable to access the Stream due to brain damage. |
| 118 | * ''Series/TheSchoolNurseFiles'': In the final episode, the teachers make fun of Mr. Hong because he walks with a limp. |
| 119 | * In an episode of ''Series/QuantumLeap'', Al tells Sam about when he was a child and he came to the defense of a girl bullied for having Downes Syndrome, because "that's what big brothers are for." |
| 120 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Our Selena is Dying", Martha Brockman (while pretending to her daughter Diane) describes the deaf Orville as "our sort of combination handyman and village idiot." She does so in his presence but with her face turned away from him so he can't read her lips. Her niece Debra is shocked and disgusted. |
| 121 | * ''Series/WhatWouldYouDo'' presented a scenario where a man with a traumatic brain injury was belittled by a waitress after struggling to order and knocking over his drink. Without fail, the restaurant’s other patrons intervened to defend him, and several spoke to the manager (also in on the scenario) demanding that she be fired for her rudeness. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 125 | * Music/{{Eminem}}'s Slim Shady character often bullies disabled people. In "Greg", he beats a 'retarded' kid over the head with his wooden leg and has a long-running beef with Creator/ChristopherReeve which involves him doing things like throwing him into quicksand and making him drink piss. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 129 | * In ''Radio/TheManBornToBeKing'', Judas's mean-spiritedness is established when he teases John for his stutter. |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 133 | * Occurs in song form in ''Theatre/RideTheCyclone'', where six high school choir members who've died in a roller coaster crash make the case as to why they deserve a chance to [[BackFromTheDead return to the land of the living]]. As part of her IAmGreatSong, [[AcademicAlphaBitch Ocean]] belittles all of her classmates for their lack of potential and "personal failings" compared to her -- and with [[SicklyNeuroticGeek Ricky]], she pulls no punches when it comes to his disability. She confidently tells her classmates Ricky's "never gonna breed," and questions how much mileage he'd get out of a second shot at life with his degenerative disease (which, at the time of his death, had already made it impossible for him to speak or to walk unassisted). |
| 134 | -->'''Ocean''': Oh no, comic books? Spiderman?\ |
| 135 | This kid doesn't have the attention span!\ |
| 136 | What's he gonna do, solve a Rubik's cube?\ |
| 137 | How long's he got if they feed him through a tube? |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 141 | * Subverted in ''Videogame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', where [[GeniusCripple Bentley]] has to rile up [[BullyBulldog Muggshot]] into picking a fight with him, which turns out to be a bit harder since aside from being paranoid about the local security, [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's legitimately uncomfortable with picking on a guy in a wheelchair]]. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 145 | * ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': |
| 146 | ** Played with when it comes to most characters. While they have a history of being coddled and looked down upon for their disabilities, most haven't been outright mocked for them. |
| 147 | ** Shizune Hakamichi's father and her little brother don't see her as a worthy heir due to her deafness. Her father Jigoro never even bothered to learn sign language and mentions he has in the past hired tutors trying to get Shizune to speak. |
| 148 | ** Hanako Ikezawa has noticeable burn marks on her body that led to her being bullied growing up. |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 152 | * ''WebAnimation/AttackOnMika'': |
| 153 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alIu34O1jKs Ririna]] threatens Sakura for being the center of attention thanks to her prosthetic leg. A day later, she ambushes her in the school backyard and [[spoiler:breaks the latter's prosthetic leg in twain.]] |
| 154 | ** Rui's family [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og9JjMn0YeY became cold and dismissive towards her]] after she got an artificial eye to replace the one she got extirped for tumor surgery. However, her younger sister Misa actively mocks her and calls her "ugly" for it, even going as far as stealing her boyfriend Kaname from her. |
| 155 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYP4MWbg-N0 This story]] stars a blind girl being abused by her parents and older sister. This escalates to the point she leaves her home and almost gets taken advantage of by a drunk man had Namiko not shown up. |
| 156 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyv7cpE_Oso Miyura-kun]] bullies Yui Kashiwabara for being hard of hearing and orders the entire class to ignore her. |
| 157 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r60_7aUsVLQ Kasumi]] abuses her older brother Satoshi for being born with a three-fingered hand. Things escalate when she [[spoiler:takes a picture of him with notorious delinquent Rena Mikami]] and makes it look like the latter prostituted herself. This drives Satoshi to yell his heart out, with Rena exposing Kasumi's [[spoiler:usage of the school computers to doctor the accursed picture.]] |
| 158 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD1sTesco3M Lilian and her mom]] bullied Hinata to tears for her prosthetic leg. The second time the duo shows up, they steal Hinata's wallet when her brother Toma tried to pick it up.BadassBiker Namiko not shown up. |
| 159 | * ZigZagged in the ''WebAnimation/CyanideAndHappiness'' short "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3thQUC_tLY Gym Class]]". The short starts with a gym class being told that they're going to do an obstacle course. A kid named Brian snickers and suggests that Suzy, a classmate who is in a wheelchair, be the first one to do the course. The gym teacher starts to call him out on his shittiness, but Suzy agrees and [[HandicappedBadass does all sorts of incredible stunts and feats of strength to complete the course]]. Brian then attempts it himself... and we get a SmashCut to him in the hospital, sitting in a wheelchair, and his entire body bandaged up. The doctor informs him that he'll never walk again, and the gym teacher from before and the rest of the kids who joined him in mocking Suzy now laugh at Brian instead because he's disabled. |
| 160 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaSoprano'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeb5QjLhpbk Misuzu]] and her GirlPosse had a wheelchair-user Kanade plan their graduation trip for them, finally deciding on Disneyland. When the day comes, the bullies take the train early, leaving Kanade and Haru behind. Luckily, she arranged another trip with Haru to "Disney Sea" [sic]. |
| 161 | * ''WebAnimation/MangaWaido'': |
| 162 | ** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n97iCorTSs I saved Nezuko, but then an angry Shinobu Kocho appeared, and...]]'': Maika waved Michiru, who is [[invoked]][[DisabledCharacterDisabledActor hearing-impaired]], to leave the FanConvention where they cosplay as ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' characters, even when the latter tells Junta that her purse was in a locker. The other members claimed Michiru wanted them to leave her alone according to Maika's words, and when questioned, Maika herself said Michiru wanted her to leave. However, Junta showed the staff photographs of their last interaction, [[spoiler:showing Maika acting cold towards Michiru, which leads to the former verbally abusing the latter for being cuter than her. While this wasn't the first time she did things like these, her bullying of a disabled girl cost Maika her reputation.]] |
| 163 | ** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2dvjAwXT7Q On the club trip I got left behind by a girl who made fun of me for being disabled]]'': Reina Sasaki bullied wheelchair-user Ayano Hirose for being close to male school idol Toda-san. Her jealousy escalated to the point of taking Ayano away to the woods and leaving her there. Much to Reina's dismay, a bunch of Yakuza showed up to search for Ayano as [[spoiler:she was their boss' daughter. After the workers scared the crap out of Reina for her prank, she became a pariah for bullying a disabled girl.]] |
| 164 | ** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yG0wSv95WU What happened to my boss who treated me like an obstacle because I'm in a wheelchair]]'': Tsuda bullies and transfers Yuka to the warehouse for being wheelchair-bound. When Saito finds out about Tsuda's unfair treatment of Yuka, he later gets demoted and his co-workers start calling him "scum" and "bully of the disabled" which causes him to quit the company a few months later. It is revealed out that some of Tsuda's relatives were disabled and his wife also divorced him for what he did to Yuka. |
| 165 | ** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r67POpAK-WQ I was pushed down by the president's son who looked down on the disabled...]]'': Yuya starts bullying Keita for having a prosthetic leg after he found out that his crush has a crush on Keita. He eventually crosses the line by pushing Keita down the stairs, in addition, he doesn't even apologize for what he did. When he and his father failed to bribe Keita when he attempts to sue them for damages, the old man calls him a cripple and forces him to apologize. Unfortunately for the father and son, Keita immediately calls for help, attracting everybody in the company, including the manager of a major client. Because of the incident, the police started to investigate Yuya and his father and they eventually get fined for it. |
| 166 | * ''WebAnimation/ManiManiPeople'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dXaEC5ZNo Gin]] bullied Minato because the latter had a prosthetic arm. |
| 167 | * ''WebAnimation/MoniRobo'': |
| 168 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/7HE73IVbecY My family abandon me on a trip abroad because I am disabled]]": Noa lost one of her legs after a car accident. Her family especially her mother and sister bullied her mercilessly for it. They even ditched her on a family trip, but a man recorded the events of their horrible behavior during the trip and they became pariahs. |
| 169 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/EccE-xl2eWE My new wife was abusing my daughter behind my back]]": Kayoko abused and neglected her 11-year-old autistic stepdaughter Minori behind both her husband Tatsuya's and the housekeeper Mrs. Takeda's backs, with one incident leading to Minori leaving the house on her mother's orders. When Tatsuya confronted Kayoko for her abusive behavior, she showed her true colors by badmouthing Minori. Moreover, she demanded Tatsuya divide his estate when he asks for a divorce; it turns out she stole the money Tatsuya saved for Minori to spend on frivolities since she married him for his money. |
| 170 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/ASMa0nO_-qg My sister's fiancé doesn't want me at their wedding because I'm disabled]]": Koji became paraplegic after surviving a construction accident. When his sister Tomomi brought her fiancé Daisuke Nishio, he acted cold and dismissive towards Koji whenever she wasn't around. |
| 171 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/vItyUZRTudg I was being bullied for having a stammer]]": Ena was bullied since kindergarten for stammering (which was a result of partial brain damage). Even her mother lashed out at her for it until she was diagnosed. When she attended high school, she got ruthlessly bullied by a classmate named Mikio. |
| 172 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/UzvpY9g9v_Q Husband abandoned our autistic daughter and ran off with the younger brother]]": Sorao not only ignored his autistic daughter Sakura, but even mistreated her since his son Yuki was born. To make matters worse, he abandoned her with Nano and left with Yuki. |
| 173 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/xAahd3dc9fk Bully pushes a girl on wheelchair into the pool]]" [sic]: Akane Saito bullied wheelchair-user Mai Miyanohara for using prosthetic legs. Even when Mai tried to reach out to her, Akane didn't stop and even snuck behind her at the pool area while she watched the competitions and shoved her into the pool, laughing at her as she drowned. |
| 174 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cn1JyQQ4p4 I introduced my boyfriend to my toxic parents… Then…]]": Sakura's whole family bullied her boyfriend Masayoshi for being blind despite him being a hardworking man and her explaining how he lost his sight. Enraged with their bullying, she decides to cut ties with them and move with him. |
| 175 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSr4ZT99Mh0 Mother-in-law says that a disability is a disgrace to the family!]]": Charako's mother-in-law treated her like a slave for losing one arm in a car accident the MIL provoked for being distracted at the wheel. When she forgot to wear her gloves while buying the orange juice her MIL wanted, the other villagers found out and asked the MIL about it, causing the hag to bully her for anything and everything as she found it shameful that she had a prosthetic arm. |
| 176 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g_qfVdo99A My family made fun of my disability, until I became a CEO…]]": Ever since elementary school, Misaki Shoji was bullied by her parents and older sister Sakiho for becoming paraplegic from jumping off a mountain, which was a lie Sakiho said to cover up she shoved Misaki off the mountain. When both sisters were in high school, they sent Misaki to live with her grandparents, who were the only relatives who cared about her. |
| 177 | ** [[http://y2u.be/HVW7hDyCvcY "Family kicked me out of the house… Then…"]]: Yuki was ignored by his parents and sister after he became paraplegic from a car accident, for which they deemed him too useless to become the next CEO, on top of disowning him ''right after his graduation from high school'' to get rid of him. |
| 178 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt7pgXXVwLk "My husband went missing but I found him at my best friend’s wedding as the groom"]]: Toru became cold towards his wife Yoshiko after she announced having lost the use of her legs from a car accident at the hands of a sleepy driver, ''one week'' after they married. Therefore, he sent divorce papers for her to sign in response. Moreover, he married her best friend Kozue as part of the latter's revenge plot and the new couple started to bully her in front of the guests until her boss Mr. Akira showed up and revealed she was an affiliate for a famous blog and earning more than Toru. |
| 179 | * Most of the Sisters Steppe (minus Feather) bully Nothing (who has a limp due to an incident as a cub) in ''WebAnimation/MyPride''. |
| 180 | * ''WebAnimation/RevengeFilms'': |
| 181 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/NUBv4MkzO1E Bride kicks out my brother saying that he is a cripple]]": Kendra bullied and kicked Rhea's brother Stephen out of her wedding for having to use a cane to walk. She ends up paying for it dearly when her husband Maxwell threatened to divorce her and she was about to be fired since it's revealed Stephen was [[spoiler:Maxwell's best friend and the famous CEO of a huge company]]. |
| 182 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/Im0bT6-V6Co During a live broadcast of the Happy Family Project, I sent out an SOS signal]]": Connor bullied his paraplegic wife Ashley alongside his mother and forced her to do the chores even when heavily pregnant and disabled. The bullying worsened when she gave birth to her son William. While he was kind to her whenever his mom wasn't around, even this aspect of his completely vanished when his island company became popular. |
| 183 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/yWxw9Ozql3c I went to my fiancé's house to see his parents, but what they made me do was unbelievable]]": Charles accused the OP of this after she found out they wanted her to relieve his disabled brother Denny and got chased down by him while running back home. However, it falls flat on its face when he also allows his father to hit Denny for his tantrums. |
| 184 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3_c3HDpMO4 Passed out after falling while pregnant, waking up in hospital…]]": Melanie's mother-in-law bullied and shamed her for having a prosthetic leg. When she told her husband Skyler about this, he got livid and held his mom to task for it. When she became pregnant, the MIL became much nicer to her until she was in her last month of pregnancy, where Melanie fell off a chair while her MIL had her changing a lightbulb. |
| 185 | * ''WebAnimation/TroubleBusters'': Aiden who is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAap8r8nCCU Lucy's]] boss bullied her for being in a wheelchair. He poured wine on her in a restaurant, but it later turned out that she is the owner of the restaurant and she had reported him to HR, resulting in his dismissal. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 189 | * ''{{Webcomic/Appetite}}'': One of the bullies trips Dohoon while he's walking by with his crutch. |
| 190 | * In ''Webcomic/{{The Friendly Winter}}'', Da-Jeong's mother walked out ten years ago due to her daughter having a disorder that meant she'd [[OlderThanTheyLook permanently resemble a child]]. |
| 191 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Vriska ([[AnArmAndALeg who is disabled herself)]] bullies Tavros who is in a wheelchair. Then it's revealed that Vriska is responsible for Tavros being paralysed in the first place. |
| 192 | * ''Webcomic/IHopeSo'': Both of Hope's parents abuse her due to her disability, even going as far as to give her an insulting name (Hopeless) because of it. They're shown not to be any nicer to their able-bodied relatives either. |
| 193 | * ''Webcomic/SeeYouInMy19thLife'': Seo-ha's family is full of people who mistreat him for his hearing, especially his cousin Jun-ha, who locked him in a wardrobe when Seo-ha was little. |
| 194 | [[/folder]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 197 | * ''WebVideo/TreyTheExplainer'' discusses this and BuryYourDisabled in a video about how prehistoric humans treated their disabled. More specifically, he says it's actually [[ArtisticLicenseHistory more inaccurate]] to believe that prehistoric humans all ostracized their disabled than it is to portray "savage cavemen" as taking care of their ill. Not that being disabled during what was already a dangerous and violent era was in any way easy, it just wasn't an automatic death sentence as is usually portrayed. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 201 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': In "[[Recap/BeavisAndButtheadS7E33Breakdown Breakdown]]", when Principal [=McVicker=] becomes immobilized as a result of [[Characters/BeavisAndButtHeadTitularCharacters the duo's]] antics, Van Driessen sends them over to his facility to apologize. Of course, they [[LackOfEmpathy don't care in the slightest]] and continue to harass him, with Beavis [[{{Jerkass}} joking about kicking him in the nads and using a straitjacket]], prompting [=McVicker=] to strangle Beavis. As he is being wheeled in to receive [[ElectroconvulsiveTherapyIsTorture electroshock therapy]] by the staff, the duo ''continues'' to harass him. This leaves Van Driessen [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil appalled by their callousness]], [[HereWeGoAgain suffering a nervous breakdown himself in the process]]. |
| 202 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 203 | ** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS14E2PapaHasARollinSon Papa Has a Rollin' Son]]", Joe reveals he never told his father he's disabled because he always used to make fun of people in wheelchairs, calling them "spaghetti legs" and "angel-hair legs" [[note]] [[MakesSenseInContext he worked for a pasta company]][[/note]], [[spoiler: towards the end of the episode Joe's father [[HeelFaceTurn changes his attitude towards people with disablities]] after Joe reveals his disability to him]]. |
| 204 | ** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E11TheTanAquaticWithSteveZissou The Tan Aquatic With Steve Zissou]]", Peter decides to become a bully after encouragement from Kyle, a teenager who'd been tormenting Chris until Peter beat him up, and begins terrorizing his friends and family, including Joe, who he forces to act as a string puppet by holding him up with ropes tied to his arms. He later tries to get back at his own childhood bully Randy, only to discover that Randy has MS and can't move without his crutches. This doesn't stop Peter, however, and he only stops bullying when Chris stands up to him, though in the latter case it's because Peter doesn't know what MS is. |
| 205 | ** Joe's wife Bonnie is like this as she went from loving and supportive to seeing him as an inconvenience and someone who she could bully, cheat on, and harm. |
| 206 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', a flashback in "Derision" shows that Chloe used to make fun of Juleka's stuttering. In "Confrontation", she also takes away Sabrina's anxiety whistle in order to bully her into sabotaging her classmates' school forms (as an added kick, Chloe has Juleka's form re-written so that she'll have to repeat the grade.) |
| 207 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E5FlightToTheFinish Flight to the Finish]]", When Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's "blank flank" teasing fails to break the Cutie Mark Crusaders' spirits at being chosen to carry the flag at the upcoming Equestria Games, they decide to mock Scootaloo's inability to fly, with the intent of crushing her self-esteem and ultimately [[DivideAndConquer dividing the Crusaders]]. The show is intentionally vague on whether or not Scootaloo actually has a flying disability, but the point remains clear. |
| 208 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Pelswick}}'': The school bully, Boyd, is a recurring antagonist. He notes at one point that [[EvenEvilHasStandards he can't]] ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards physically]]'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards harm Pelswick]], and is pleased by the challenge of devising new ways to mess with him instead. Like stealing his bag lunch and leaving it at the top of the stairs. |
| 209 | * ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': In "The Coronation", Catra rips off the source of power of Hordak's armor, making him collapse. She uses that knowledge to keep him under her thumb and forces him to accept her as Horde's co-leader. Although Hordak was a total [[{{Jerkass}} jerkass]] to her, it's disturbing to see her taking advantage of his disabilities. More disturbing yet, many fans approve of it. |
| 210 | ** Entrapta is canonically autistic, which frequently makes her communicating with other people difficult. The others' reactions vary, from screaming at her (Catra), pulling her with vines (Perfuma), or being nice to her but condescending, like Bow and Scorpia. |
| 211 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Inverted in one episode, where a new student bumps into Nelson, who prepares to beat him up only to discover that the kid is blind. Nelson promises he'll take care of anyone who tries picking on the kid, only for the kid to say that everyone has been really nice so far because even in Springfield, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone that big a dick. Nelson insists on being his bodyguard anyway. |
| 212 | * Mentioned on the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E2KrazyKripples Krazy Kripples]]" Jimmy Valmer's parents had mocked students with disabilities back when they were teenagers, which had [[KarmicNod apparently resulted in Jimmy being born disabled]]. |
| 213 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS8E21SquiditisDemolitionDoofus Demolition Doofus]]", Mrs. Puff gets her inflation sac popped after [=SpongeBob=] fails another boating exam. As Mrs. Puff is in the hospital, [=SpongeBob=], oblivious about her situation, makes a joke about how Mrs. Puff should now be called "Mrs. Pop", which causes her to lash out at him until the doctor injects a needle to calm her down. [=SpongeBob=] then proceeds to tell the doctor Mrs. Puff looks better this way, causing him to be injected as well. |
| 214 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', Mike suffers from [[SplitPersonality dissociative identity disorder]]. Once his secret is out, [[BigBad Scott]] proceeds to rub his disability in and uses it to blackmail him by threatening to tell his girlfriend. |
| 215 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'': |
| 216 | ** Airachnid taunts Breakdown during a mission about his missing eye (making obvious puns about it). Made worse when you remember that he lost said eye when humans tried to dissect him...''while he was still conscious''. It's no surprise that he attacked her. |
| 217 | ** In the two-parter "Operation: Bumblebee", Bumblebee loses his T-cog (a Cybertronian organ/device that allows them to scan vehicles and transform) to MECH. Starscream (who allied himself with MECH) taunts him for not having the ability to transform ([[LaserGuidedKarma even though he ends up without]] ''[[LaserGuidedKarma his]]'' [[LaserGuidedKarma T-cog by the end of the episode]]). |
| 218 | [[/folder]] |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext Main / BullyingTheDisabled
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load
