| 1 | [[quoteright:300:[[Recap/TintinTheRedSeaSharks https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sorryaboutthisbut_3711.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:Talk to your opponent before they have to TalkToTheFist.]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->'''Inigo Montoya:''' You seem a decent fellow; I hate to kill you.\ |
| 5 | '''The Man in Black:''' You seem a decent fellow; I hate to die. |
| 6 | -->-- ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Heroes are, at least for the most part, good people, with clear morals. However, they also have to dish out some punishment now and again, usually directed at [[{{Villains}} people who are decidedly less good]], and whose morals are rather lacking, so it's all good. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | However, [[ApologisesALot some heroes]] may feel bad about inflicting any kind of injury on another person, no matter how deserving that person might be. Under these circumstances, the least the hero can do is to let the villain know that, while they may be punching them in the face, they are at least sorry. Very sincerely sorry indeed. |
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| 12 | This is even more likely to occur when the character the hero is attacking is not really evil, but needs to be incapacitated for some reason. The hero will say something like "I'm really, really sorry about this," before [[TapOnTheHead whacking them over the head]] or knocking them out in some other way. (In extreme cases, it could even come to a MercyKill.) |
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| 14 | However, some people will apologize for attacking even the most deranged PsychoForHire, even if the psycho's actions left that person with no choice but to attack. Perhaps they're simply someone who ApologisesALot. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Alternately, the attacker might ''not'' be a good guy, but is still not exactly evil, and does not want to hurt whoever they're attacking. They might be controlled somehow [[CanOnlyMoveTheEyes but are still able to speak]], they might have [[TragicMonster transformed into something]] with a HorrorHunger that they can't redirect, or they might just be unhappy about attacking someone. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Compare ThankYourPrey, which can easily overlap; SorryIFellOnYourFist, where the victim apologizes; WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou, where the manipulative attacker merely pretends to feel guilty; and MyFistForgivesYou, where the attacker is quickly settling a score. If the attacker apologizes beforehand without explaining why, it's a PreemptiveApology. PeoplePuppets are usually this, if the puppetmaster still allows them to speak while controlling their body. |
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| 20 | !!Examples: |
| 21 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Audio Plays]] |
| 24 | * In the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' drama "Harvest of the Sycorax", the Sycorax use blood control to turn the Seventh Doctor into their champion, fighting the companion-substitute Zanzibar Hashtag as Earth's champion. The Doctor maintains a constant stream of apologies during the battle. |
| 25 | [[/folder]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 28 | * In ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', [[spoiler:Takashi]] hates using his PsychicPowers and specially to hurt others, but against someone who just won't give him the chance to explain himself and keeps attacking him ([[spoiler:Mozu]]), he decides to do so... and after the apology, he unleashes a fatal psychic attack. Not to mention he ''again'' apologizes to the person he just killed. |
| 29 | --> [[spoiler:'''Takashi''']]: "I apologize, but you don't leave me any other option... (kills [[spoiler:young Mozu]]) I'm so sorry." |
| 30 | * ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'': In her first appearance, Hyakurin steals a kimono from a woman as part of an assassination plot, leaving the woman and her husband bound and gagged in a closet. She actually thanks them for the outfit and apologizes for inconveniencing them before she leaves. |
| 31 | * In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Primera Espada Coyote Starrk apologies to Kyōraku while shooting him in the back with a Cero while the latter tries to attack Wonderweiss, stating the arrival of Wonderweiss means [[BigBad Aizen]] has lost patience. |
| 32 | * In ''Manga/BusoRenkin'', when Kazuki is about to [[spoiler:kill Chouno]], he says that he's sorry. [[spoiler:Chouno]] promptly sticks his tongue out and says, "Don't apologize, you hypocrite." Kazuki then kills him, proving that you don't need to apologize if the person you're attacking is going to be a dick about it afterwards. |
| 33 | * Syaoran does this to Yukito in the ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' manga, apologizing right before punching him in the gut to knock him out so Sakura can use her magic to capture the Firey card. |
| 34 | * In the SoBadItsGood anime ''Anime/ChargemanKen'', this is [[{{Narm}} hilariously]] done in episode 35, with Ken's infamous "Dr. Volga, forgive me!" line as he launches him at the enemy as a human bomb. |
| 35 | * In ''Anime/CityHunterShinjukuPrivateEyes'', searching for revenge after the Cat's Eye café gets wrecked, the [[Manga/CatsEye Kisugi sisters]] help Kaori Makimura get into the BigBad's building in the climax, by dispatching the roof guards with kicks. Rui apologizes to the guard she kicks the face of. |
| 36 | -->'''Rui:''' Sorry to get rough. I'm still [[TranquilFury mad]] about my café getting wrecked. |
| 37 | * In ''Literature/DirtyPair'' episode 20, Yuri apologizes to a train stewardess after [[BoundAndGagged taping up and gagging the woman]] and [[MuggedForDisguise stealing her uniform]]. |
| 38 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 39 | ** In the [[Manga/DragonBall early part of the story]], while the young Goku loves the act of fighting, he doesn't like to hurt opponents unnecessarily, even if a villain has kidnapped one of his friends (more due to him being naive enough to not realize they're villains in the first place). |
| 40 | ** Goku's gentle son Gohan is also this in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', particularly when training with Piccolo in the rare moment he actually lands an attack. He's also extremely hesitant to fight Cell, despite all the monstrous acts Cell has committed by the time that happens. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness This goes away once Gohan achieves Super Saiyan 2]]. |
| 41 | ** Also in ''Z'', Trunks apologizes to Goku before charging at him with his sword to see if he's the real Goku. |
| 42 | * Aries of ''Manga/FairyTail'' does this pretty much every fight she's involved in. |
| 43 | * In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Tohru hits Kyou with her bag because she thought he was a pervert. Tohru is a SorryIFellOnYourFist character and awkwardly apologizes to Kyou afterwards. |
| 44 | * ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'' |
| 45 | ** In ''Anime/{{Fullmetal Alchemist|2003}}'' episode 36, Edward says sorry to Kain Fuery after punching him out. |
| 46 | ** In [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the original manga]]: |
| 47 | *** Maria Ross apologized in advance before and after [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slapping Ed across the face]] for going into Laboratory 5 on his own. Justified since Ed's higher in rank than Maria and could give her and Denny Brosh their walking orders if he wanted to (of course, he doesn't). |
| 48 | *** [[spoiler:Hohenheim apologises before he stabs Izumi Curtis with his hand, although given his relationship with it, it's possible that he was apologising to his philosopher's stone.]] |
| 49 | * Quatre Raberba Winner of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]''. He always asks his enemies to surrender before he has to kill them, then he apologizes for having to kill them. In fact, most Franchise/{{Gundam}} pacifist pilots such as [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira]], [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Uso]], and [[Anime/TurnAGundam Loran]] say this and ask their enemies to get out of the mechs. |
| 50 | * Used for a CreepyChild moment for the brainwashed killers of ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. Rico flees an assassination only to run into Emilio, a bellhop she'd befriended earlier. As Emilio starts asking awkward questions, Rico wonders what she's supposed to say in this situation. Then she realises the answer. Taking out her silenced pistol, Rico cheerfully says, "I am sorry", [[LeaveNoWitnesses then kills him]]. |
| 51 | * In episode 9 of ''Manga/HappySugarLife'', Satou gently apologizes to Shouko before [[spoiler: murdering her out of fear that she'd go to the authorities about her inquiry]]. |
| 52 | * In ''Manga/HekikaiNoAiON'', [[spoiler:Yuzuki apologized at Seine while throwing her to the deep zone of a pool knowing she can't swim, but Shizuki ordered her to do it]]. |
| 53 | * When [[spoiler:Yukime goes MurderTheHypotenuse on Ritsuko]] in ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'', she's not exactly happy [[spoiler:since she's doing it in a desperate gambit coming after a BreakingLecture]], and repeatedly tells her victim things like "I'm so sorry", "it's not your fault", and "I wish there was another way to do things!" |
| 54 | * ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' Keiichi hugs Mion and apologizes [[spoiler: for killing her in an alternate reality]]. |
| 55 | * ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': |
| 56 | ** In her first appearance in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', [[DarkMagicalGirl Fate]] mutters an "I'm sorry" before blasting Nanoha to unconsciousness. This was the first clue that Fate wasn't as evil as her [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains appearance]] and [[KickTheDog actions]] indicated. |
| 57 | ** Hayate apologizes to the Book of Darkness' [[MechanicalAbomination Defense Program]] before taking part in the [[CombinationAttack Triple Breaker]] in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', seeing as it was more like a rabid beast that needed to be put down than a malevolent monster. |
| 58 | * [[MellowFellow Lucoa]] does this during the dodge ball match in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid''. While the manga just had it in a small panel, the anime ramped it up with a looming shadow, gratuitous bouncing, and an echoey laugh for maximum hilarity. |
| 59 | * In ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', Tenma profusely apologizes as he puts the gun to the head of one of Wulf's men. |
| 60 | * In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 61 | ** In the ''VideoGame/NarutoClashOfNinja'' games, [[ShrinkingViolet Hinata]] actually apologizes for using a counterattack. |
| 62 | ** The First and Second Hokage apologise to the Third Hokage for putting him through trouble, who in turn apologises to the former two for fighting them. It's a long story how they got into that situation. |
| 63 | ** Though it doesn't strictly count as an apology, the fifth Mizukage expresses regret before attacking [[spoiler: Sasuke]]. He notes that it's NothingPersonal, but enough ''other'' people want [[spoiler: Sasuke]] dead for it to be worth it. |
| 64 | ** Pain apologises to [[spoiler: Jiraiya]] before making the killing blow. |
| 65 | ** The undead [[spoiler: Second Mizukage and Third Raikage]] are very apologetic about fighting against the Joint-Shinobi force and even give warnings about what attacks they are about to use. Same goes for [[spoiler: former villains Itachi and Nagato]], who shout advice to Killer Bee and Naruto while being forced to attack them. [[spoiler:Before Itachi [[ItMakesSenseInContext accidentally brainwashes himself into switching sides]], that is.]] |
| 66 | * ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': |
| 67 | ** "Colonel Sanders" in the TournamentArc apologizes for using overpowered tactics and cheap tricks (that would be downright cheating if there were any rules) in battle. He's sorry for beating you up, but he just ''has'' to reach the final match. |
| 68 | ** Sayo also does this; she starts off her attack by warning her enemies of the imminent danger. |
| 69 | ** Earlier than that is when Negi and Asuna attempt to take out Chachamaru when she's alone, Negi really doesn't want to, to the point where he can't bring himself to do it and blows himself up instead. |
| 70 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': |
| 71 | ** During Shinji's battle with the possessed Unit 02, he apologizes before stabbing it - to Asuka, who he's well aware isn't even inside it at the time. This is because pilots do tend to get emotionally attached to their machines, particularly someone like Asuka, where piloting it is pretty much all she has to live for. He knew she'd be upset if he damaged Unit 02, so he apologized. |
| 72 | ** Toji does this when he beats Shinji up out of anger over his little sister getting injured during Unit-01's first fight. |
| 73 | * ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'': In the final episode, the host club is stopped from chasing after Tamaki by the private police force belonging to Kyoya's family. They apologize for standing in the way of the host club, stating that they must obey the wishes of Kyoya's father before his own. |
| 74 | * In the Whole Cake Island arc of ''Manga/OnePiece'', Carrot leaps at the pursuing Randolph and slugs his bird-like mount, causing it to throw Randolph. She quickly apologies to the mount. (But ''not'' to Randolph.) |
| 75 | * In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', Stocking apologizes for attacking [[spoiler:Panty, and cutting her up into 666 pieces,]] and provides a rather forced explanation. |
| 76 | * A variant occurs in ''Anime/PerfectBlue''. Mima's coworker isn't ''really'' attacking her, and she knows it; they're actors filming a TV show, and his character sexually assaults hers. Even though there's no real danger, it's emotionally taxing and a highly unpleasant experience for Mima, and during a pause in filming, the other actor whispers, "I'm so sorry," implying it's upsetting him as well. |
| 77 | * In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', forced to stop a rampaging Ryouga, Akane rips off a mooring post from the docks and bashes him over the head with it, yelling, "I'm sorry!" When this [[MadeOfIron fails to even faze him]] (indeed, the post ''bent'' in the shape of his head) she bashes him some more, punctuating each strike with "I'm sorry!" |
| 78 | * In ''Anime/RODTheTV'', Yomiko apologizes as she rifles the pockets of a {{mook|s}} that she and Anita knocked out. |
| 79 | * Ai Kaga from ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' actually attacks '''by''' apologizing in at least one instance, [[UseYourHead using her head and bowing a lot]]. |
| 80 | * Erytron of the Red Snappers fleet in ''Anime/StarshipGirlYamamotoYohko'' tearfully cries "I'm sorry!" every time she fires at her opponent. |
| 81 | * Cammy in ''Anime/{{Street Fighter IIV}}''; unlike her regular canon version, she is not only a TechnicalPacifist, but also a very devout Catholic, and as such she apologizes each time she lands a punch on her opponents. |
| 82 | * ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'': When the main characters regain their power for a short time, [[ShrinkingViolet Henrietta]] apologize while attacking Arsène's minions with her SuperStrength. |
| 83 | * In ''Manga/TheVoynichHotel'', [[spoiler: Mamiya's partner and sister]] attacks [[spoiler: Snark]] when she finds out that [[spoiler: the two ''and'' Mamiya were hired to kill Kuzuki]]. [[spoiler: Snark]] counters by [[spoiler: slicing the little girl into pieces with her FemmeFatalons]], but isn't exactly happy and says [[spoiler: she]] really didn't like the idea of [[spoiler: attacking a kid who's around her little sister Alice's age]]. |
| 84 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Toguro invokes this after ripping a monster in half on the order of his client Tarukane. |
| 85 | -->'''Toguro:''' Not even the best of contracts justifies killing as cruelly as I have just done. I apologize to this creature. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 89 | * On ''[[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Monty Python's Matching Tie & Handkerchief]]'', the Cheese Shop sketch differs from the TV edition in that it ends thus: |
| 90 | -->'''Mousebender:''' Have you got any cheese here at all?\ |
| 91 | '''Wensleydale:''' Yes sir.\ |
| 92 | '''Mousebender:''' Really?\ |
| 93 | '''Wensleydale:''' No sir, not really, sir.\ |
| 94 | '''Mousebender:''' You haven't.\ |
| 95 | '''Wensleydale:''' No sir, not a scrap. I was deliberately wasting your time, sir.\ |
| 96 | '''Mousebender:''' Well, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to shoot you.\ |
| 97 | '''Wensleydale:''' Righto, sir. ''[gunfire; we hear Wensleydale collapse to the floor]''\ |
| 98 | '''Mousebender:''' What a senseless waste of human life. |
| 99 | [[/folder]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 102 | * ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'': Mr. Nice, a minor villain, is not only apologetic but outright helpful to his victims, even going so far as to give money and his doctor's card to security guards he's tied up and beaten. |
| 103 | * In ''Air'' #1 (not the same as ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}''), the protagonist apologizes to a WellIntentionedExtremist before [[GroinAttack kicking him in the crotch]]. As with many instances of this trope, the victim thinks she's apologizing for something she already did. |
| 104 | * Subverted in ''ComicStrip/{{Nodwick}}'' when Artix and Yeager apologize to a villain (after they'd had fun fighting their way through his dungeon, unlike the one they'd just been in that they'd found boring) because Piffany was about to attack him. |
| 105 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Patoruzu}}'', Patoruzú hits Gaston the Frenchman hard enough to knock him unconscious. Isidoro points out that he may have killed him with his sheer strength. The moralistic Patoruzú is horrified by this and promptly apologizes to the unconscious Gaspar for hitting him so hard. It turns out that Gaspar was faking unconsciousness in order to make Patoruzú feel guilty so he could catch him off-guard. |
| 106 | * Ragdoll does this a couple of times in ''ComicBook/SecretSix''. |
| 107 | * ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': In "The Red Sea Sharks", Tintin does this to get a panicky passenger out of the pilot's hair so he can concentrate on his emergency landing. |
| 108 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 109 | ** In ''ComicBook/SupermanFamily'' #173, [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] realizes that Superman is infected with the virus that is wreaking havoc through Kandor. He mentally says "[[PreemptiveApology Sorry for what I'm about to do, pal]]" before knocking him out. |
| 110 | ** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'', Superman apologizes to her brainwashed cousin when he is forced to fight her. |
| 111 | --->'''Superman:''' This breaks my heart, Kara Zor-El. |
| 112 | ** In the ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' storyline, Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}'s temper overwhelms her every so often and she has to apologize after hurting someone or destroying something accidentally. |
| 113 | ** In the ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' story arc, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} apologizes to Jimmy Olsen after blowing him away, and to Dr. Light before knocking her out and making off with her Bizarro clone. |
| 114 | --->'''Supergirl:''' Dr. Light, I think you're going to be really mad at me later. And I'm really sorry.\ |
| 115 | '''Dr. Light:''' "Sorry"? What for --\ |
| 116 | ''Supergirl knocks her out with one uppercut.'' |
| 117 | ** In ''ComicBook/WarWorld'', [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]] forces Superman and ''ComicBook/MartianManhunter'' to fight each other: Kal-El pleads with J'onn not to force him to fight back. At the same time, J'onn regrets fighting him. |
| 118 | --->'''J'onn:''' Your approach was monitored long before you ever reached this planet — and certain precautions were taken! But I regret with all my heart that you've forced me to use them! |
| 119 | ** After winning, Kal keeps saying he's sorry: |
| 120 | --->'''Superman:''' I'm sorry about this, J'onn — you'll never really know how sorry! Now please -for both our sakes — just lie there till I'm gone! |
| 121 | ** In ''ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow'', Superman manages to enlarge the Kandorians shrunk by [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]], but their city crumbles down. When Superman says he wants to stay and help rebuild Kandor, Van-Zee thanks him. Then, apologizing for rejecting his selfless gesture, Van punches Superman out and asks Supergirl to take him away, since they need to succeed on their own. |
| 122 | ** In ''ComicBook/ThePlanetEaterTrilogy'', Superman apologizes before grabbing Brainiac and tossing him into his own planet-sized super-weapon. |
| 123 | * In the ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' comic ''Ianto's Tomb,'' a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent thrax]] apologizes to the main character Grunvik as it tries to drain the water from his body. It continues apologizing even as Grunvik cuts [[TragicMonster the creature]] down. |
| 124 | * In ''Fight Comics'' #56, Senorita Rio is forced to rob some people after being framed for murder and becoming a fugitive. A montage is shown of victims left with apologetic IOU signs, such as a BoundAndGagged carriage driver and a half-naked woman. |
| 125 | * The opening flashback of the Elseworlds tale ''ComicBook/NightwingTheNewOrder'' shows that after removing all of his friends' powers, Nightwing sincerely apologized to Superman for harming them all and assured him that ambulances were on the way to help the wounded. |
| 126 | * ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': When Tim is helping round up Arkham escapees in issue 167 he utters a not entirely sincere apology (he's really only sorry about damaging the truck) to Riot Act as he smashes in the windshield of the truck the man stole and knocks a couple teeth out with his staff; |
| 127 | -->'''Tim Drake:''' ''"Sorry about this, but I'm in a really bad mood, and you ''did'' just try to shoot me in the face!"'' |
| 128 | * ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Cyclops, a BoxedCrook of Weapon X, is forced to take part in a military operation against a stronghold in India. He told the soldiers that he was sorry and then took them down with an optic blast. |
| 129 | * ''ComicBook/Batgirl2011'' issue #6 opens with Characters/{{Batgirl}} fighting Bruce Wayne and unsure of how exactly she should treat the situation. Each time she manages to hit him she apologizes and explains that she did not mean to. |
| 130 | * In the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' storyline ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'', the Legion is fighting the Servants of Darkness in the Sorcerers' World. When Dawnstar feels four Servants heading towards her and her partner, Wildfire apologizes before grabbing her and hurling her far away to keep her safe. |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWomanDeadEarth'': Diana apologizes to the Haedras, [[spoiler:Amazons who have been mutated into attacking monsters]], before killing them in a CurbStompBattle. |
| 132 | -->'''Diana:''' I'm so sorry, my sisters. |
| 133 | * A villainous example in ''[[ComicBook/XMen Uncanny X-Men #217]]'', when Characters/{{Dazzler}} picks a fight with [[Characters/JuggernautMarvelComics the Juggernaut]]. It turns out Cain is a huge fan of her music, and when she confronts him he apologises and tries to leave without violence. When she eventually collapses from exhaustion he has a breakdown, thinking he's killed a woman he worshipped. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 137 | * ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'': Since the Sorting Hat was turned into an extra Horcrux, Harry had to destroy it in the first timeline, but he did apologize first. The Hat was quite understanding about the whole thing and complimented him on the ruse that let him get that far. In the second timeline, with more time to work, he hopes to find another solution. |
| 138 | * Ilia in ''Fanfic/RubyAndNora''. |
| 139 | * Blaine in ''Fanfic/SolarWinds'' has a tendency to apologize--or at least feel sorry for-- any {{Mooks}} he has to attack, at the beginning of the story. |
| 140 | * The protagonist of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]] apologizes to the detainee he is interrogating for pushing her on a delicate subject. |
| 141 | * [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Ghost!Fluttershy]] in Fanfic/SweetiesMansion is this when Sweetie Belle tries to hunt her in this ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' crossover. Ghost!Fluttershy is sorry for trying to turn Sweetie into a ghost but she's JustFollowingOrders from [[BigBad Specter]]. [[spoiler:Princess Luna has more of the horror version of this trope as she [[AndIMustScream can't stop her ghost self]] from trying to kill Sweetie Belle, all Luna can do is warn her of her ghost's next move when it tries to attack her.]] |
| 142 | * Wrong (a BrainwashedAndCrazy Rainbow Dash) in ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame''. |
| 143 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' fic ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'', Jackie and the rest of Jade's family after she goes bad. |
| 144 | * As Jaime Lannister in ''Fanfic/TheNorthRemembers'' tries to escape out of [[spoiler:the White Sword Tower after being put under arrest]], he kills [[spoiler:Qyburn]] by jamming his sword up through his spine. As he lies dying, he apologizes and tells him that it was NothingPersonal. |
| 145 | * The ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/GenderConfusion'' involves a fight between [[ShrinkingViolet Hinata]] and [[NiceGuy Juugo]], wherein ''both'' parties are less-than-enthused about fighting at all. |
| 146 | * Besides [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha the Heroine's]] legendary predilection for this, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, and Amaterasu from ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'' all dip into this at times. It's made clear from the get-go that they have absolutely nothing against the heroes, and in some cases outright respect and like them, but circumstances force them to fight. |
| 147 | * In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/khepri-golden-dawn-worm-future-past-au.285949/ Khepri: Golden Dawn]]'', Taylor doesn't want to hurt Armmaster but she doesn't want to be arrested, either. So she apologizes before attacking him. |
| 148 | -->Armsmaster's reaction was almost instant, his gear must have read and analyzed what I had said, or his instincts were fine-honed enough, even with his absolute lack of social grace, that he knew that I was apologizing for attacking him. |
| 149 | * During the battle for Karakura in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12394742/23/The-Defeated The Defeated]]'', Toshiro asks Orihime to surrender and when she refuses, admits that he doesn't blame her for siding against Soul Society after what they did but nonetheless, he has a duty to stop any threats to Soul Society and the Living World. Likewise, Orihime doesn't want to fight Toshiro as he's one of the few captains who didn't participate in her and Ichigo's torture. |
| 150 | * In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', Buffy apologizes to a vampire before feeding him to an EldritchAbomination. |
| 151 | -->With a cry of fury, Buffy ran back, slammed a great kick into the neck of one of the cantors, grabbed his book of spells, and sent it sailing over the edge of the roof. Then she grabbed the cantor, lifted him over her head, and ran with him protesting back inside the pentagram itself. She made sure of where she was going.\ |
| 152 | "No!"\ |
| 153 | "Sorry," she said, and pitched him towards M’nagaleh. |
| 154 | * In ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'', this is how Clayton typically starts an assassination. He politely apologizes to his victim, before brutally attempting to murder them regardless. Usually, he at least tries to give them a somewhat dignified death though. |
| 155 | * In the ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' fan comic from Website/DeviantArt, "[[https://fuyuflowga.deviantart.com/gallery/64893285/Cagney-is-a-Carnation Cagney Is a Carnation]]" by [[https://fuyuflowga.deviantart.com/ fuyuflowga]], during the battle for the Soul Contract [[TheWoobie Cagney]] [[DeathSeeker Carnation]] becomes apologetic, [[https://fuyuflowga.deviantart.com/art/Cagney-is-a-Carnation-page-8-717553443 telling the sibling protagonists Cuphead and Mugman to get out of the way of his thorns]] while apologizing to them inwardly. He then [[https://fuyuflowga.deviantart.com/art/Cagney-is-a-Carnation-page-9-717554651 sees that Mugman is so important to Cuphead since Mugman is his brother]]. Cagney, being NecessarilyEvil, reluctantly decides to kill Mugman in his effort to spur Cuphead to avenge him and destroy Cagney for the contract. As the flower ensnares Mugman and starts strangling him with his thorny vines in order to quickly end his life, it is played with when the flower outwardly yells out [[PrepareToDie "DIE!!"]], but inwardly he apologizes and asks the dying boy to forgive him. The next panel leads to some disturbing NightmareFuel, as a wall of "I'm sorry!" text appears on a red background while, in silhouette, you can see Monster-Cagney cry OcularGushers as he breaks Mugman's body into bits in a gory manner (he eventually gets better). Cue Cuphead's BigNo before he gets to his RageBreakingPoint... |
| 156 | * In ''Fanfic/ABriefHistoryOfEquestria'', Hurricane apologizes to Platinum and Puddinghead after knocking them out for trying to interfere in his duel with Pansy. |
| 157 | * ''Fanfic/{{Kaleidoscope}}'': Victor apologizes to Yuuri in his mind before killing Eros. |
| 158 | * Inverted in ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn''. After saving her friend Lena from several villains, Supergirl observes they have no issue with using super-strength on a normal woman and her little child, so... she isn't at all sorry about the beatdown she's about to deliver unto them. |
| 159 | -->"So you feel like using super-strength on a normal woman and her child," said Supergirl. "I don't have the slightest regret about what I'm about to do." |
| 160 | * In ''Fanfic/InfinityCrisis'', Beast and Sasquatch make it clear that they really don’t want to fight each other, considering they consider themselves of a similar breed, but they fight regardless. |
| 161 | * In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/GoldenThreadsTieUs'', Morgan apologizes to her sister Severa after putting her to sleep with a spell. |
| 162 | -->Morgan reached out and touched her fingers to Severa's, and her face looked oddly pinched, and her mouth moved but Severa couldn't hear the words she chanted. Severa tried to grab for Morgan's hand, she could put her into some type of hold, but Morgan suddenly blurred, or, wait that was--\ |
| 163 | Severa swayed from side to side. She felt like she had been struck with a hammer. Her head swam in and out, and her vision spotted.\ |
| 164 | "Morgan," she said helplessly.\ |
| 165 | "I'm sorry," Morgan said. Severa was distantly aware of Morgan dropping a staff to the ground. |
| 166 | * ''[[Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy Heart of Fire]]'': Though they don't exactly ''assault'' Kathryn, most of the Company of Thorin's dwarves (except Thorin and Dwalin) at least have the sense to be shamefaced about imprisoning her when they tie her up. |
| 167 | * In the first chapter of ''DC Universe'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DaughterOfFireAndSteel'', Jor-El and Lara are putting Kal-El into the rocket when Kara -who is under Zod's command at this point- barges into the place. Jor-El quickly knocks her out and then he apologizes for hitting her. |
| 168 | -->The words also had the intended effect as Jor used the opportunity to rush forward and slam his forearm into Kara's face. Stunned, Jor ripped the rifle from Kara's hands and knocked her to the ground. Jor brought the butt of the rifle down on Kara's head and everything started losing consciousness. "I'm sorry about this Kara," was the last thing she heard before everything blacked out. |
| 169 | * ''Fanfic/LostReflections'': The mysterious pony in Dinky's room at the end of Chapter 13 offers apparently sincere apologies to the sleeping pony they're about to harm. |
| 170 | * ''Fanfic/InvaderZimABadThingNeverEnds'': During their first fight, Skoodge apologizes to Dib for it, saying he'd prefer not to but has no choice due to being allied with Zim. |
| 171 | * ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': During the Soul Society arc, Shunsui makes it clear to the heroes that he'd rather not fight them if at all possible, but he absolutely will if they make him. Before the fight starts, he tells them he's sorry it came to that. |
| 172 | * In ''Fanfic/TorqueJakAndDaxter'', when [[spoiler:Jak]] catches Keira after her and Daxter’s stakeout and says he is taking her to the palace, she says she is sorry before hitting him with her eco glove, stunning him and allowing her to escape |
| 173 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' story ''Fanfic/UnmaskerUnleashed'' |
| 174 | ** After giving Unmasker a light kick to the stomach to break free from her hold, Cat Noir asks her to forgive him. |
| 175 | ** Unmasker, likewise, apologizes for hurting him enough to draw blood. |
| 176 | * ''Fanfic/{{Anyone}}'': Izuku defies this trope as he's about to apologize to [[spoiler:Gang Orca]] for attacking him, but cuts himself off when he realizes that an apology implies he won't do it ever again, and that's ''not'' in the cards for Izuku. |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Films — Animated]] |
| 180 | * A very creepy version occurs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', where the [[spoiler: badly-mutilated Other Father is strapped into the mechanical mantis and forced to attack Coraline, mournfully mumbling apologies as the mantis stalks her]]. |
| 181 | -->[[spoiler: '''Other Father:''' Sooo sorry . . . Mother's ''maaaaaking meeeeee! Don't waaaant to hurrrt youuuu. . .'']] |
| 182 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', after Oaken tosses Kristoff out of his trading post for making the mistake of [[BerserkButton calling him a crook]], he apologizes...to Anna, for having to witness an act of violence in his store. |
| 183 | -->'''Oaken:''' ''[cheerfully]'' I'm sorry about this violence! I vill add a quart of lutefisk so we have good feelings. ''[He places a jar of pickled lutefisk on the desk next to Anna's possessions]'' Just the outfit and the boots, ja?\ |
| 184 | '''Princess Anna:''' Uh... |
| 185 | ** One scene later, when Anna is tossing the satchels containing Kristoff's goods at his head to wake him up, she tosses the one containing his carrots a bit harder than intended, earning a pained reaction from Kristoff. |
| 186 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': |
| 187 | ** Phoebus does one of these to Esmeralda. |
| 188 | ** Victor drops a brick on a guard's head and immediately apologizes. |
| 189 | * Justified in ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown'', when Sid bites Diego on his tail to snap him out of his [[HeroicBSOD Aquaphobia]] when a prehistoric animal is about to eat them. |
| 190 | * Mr. Smee from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' every time he attacks or kidnaps someone he apologizes for it: |
| 191 | -->'''Mr. Smee:''' (stuffing Jane into a sack) My apologies miss. |
| 192 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei sarcastically apologizes to her mother as Mei dodges her as well as right before Mei lands her final blow. |
| 193 | * From ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''; [[ItMakesSenseInContext a bizarre life-or-death situation]] in which Sergeant Calhoun is reluctant to continue beating Fix-It Felix to bait the vines of Laffy Taffy so they can escape from the [=NesquikSand=] pit in ''Sugar Rush'': |
| 194 | -->'''Calhoun:''' Look, you're a nice guy, I can't just-\ |
| 195 | '''Felix:''' NO MA'AM!! The arcade is depending on us!! Now do your duty, that's an or-*punch*-''OWWW!'' |
| 196 | * A humorous semi-example in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'': Monkey tries to snap the jombie Mantis out of it, but he ends up latching onto his zombified friend, who starts attacking the remaining Furious Five members at the Jade Palace, with Monkey apologizing to them after each blow. |
| 197 | * During the climax of Creator/{{Sanrio}}'s second Unico film ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic'', when the [[Manga/{{Unico}} titular character]] confronts [[BigBad Lord Kuruku]], he tries his hardest not to physically attack him and chooses to fly away from him. He begs Kuruku not to force him to use his horn to actually hurt him until he starts casting a spell to kill him. Unico [[HornAttack swiftly rams into Kuruku's chest]] but thinks it didn't do that much damage. Once Kuruku tells Unico that his attack wasn't just a scratch, Unico actually apologizes to him for using that attack. Especially since Unico has already learned about [[TragicVillain Kuruku's past]] midway through the film. |
| 198 | -->'''Unico:''' I should have know, I've never had a chance against him.\ |
| 199 | '''Kuruku:''' What are you talking about? This is more than a scratch.\ |
| 200 | '''Unico:''' But I had no idea I hardly touched you. I'm sorry. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 204 | * In ''Film/SeventyOne'', Gary tries to comfort [[spoiler:Paul after fatally stabbing him]]. |
| 205 | * A violent and disturbing example occurs in the Extended Cut of ''Film/Alien3'' with the prisoner Golic. Already driven mad by the sight of the Xenomorph, he insists that he must see it again [[spoiler:after the other in-mates have successfully trapped it in a nuclear storage room, where it can't escape]]. Another prisoner is guarding the only door and warns Golic that it will kill him. Golic looks away, mutters an apology... [[spoiler:then cuts Arthur's throat with a single slash from another prisoner's shaving razor, babbling panicked apologies as the inmate quickly bleeds out]]. It's potentially creepier when you consider that Golic [[spoiler:appears to exhibit some religious reverence for the creature, and he asks it what to do, making one wonder if perhaps it's controlling or speaking to him somehow, making his apology seem all the more sincere]]. |
| 206 | * ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': Shortly after being bitten, Peter gets into a completely accidental fight with a subway car full of people. It starts when he rips a woman's shirt off because his hand sticks to the fabric. A couple of guys take a swing at him, but they trigger Peter's spider-sense and he reflexively knocks them to the ground, apologizing each time. A few more people try the same thing and get the same result, apologies and all. |
| 207 | * Played for laughs in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' when C-3PO's head gets knocked off and is fused to a battle droid's body, forcing him to open fire on the Jedi Knights, him frantically apologizing for every shot fired. (He never lands a single shot) |
| 208 | * ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': Reverend Johnson prays for forgiveness after attacking one of the bandits with his Bible. |
| 209 | * ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods''. [[spoiler:Dana is told that (as the FinalGirl) she must kill Marty, the only other survivor of their TargetedHumanSacrifice, to prevent the Ancient Ones from rising and bringing on TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Dana says, "I'm sorry" as she wills herself to shoot her friend. Mary, seeing a werewolf sneaking up behind her, says "So am I." Cue ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind.]] |
| 210 | * In ''Film/{{Cellular}}'', [[spoiler:Jessica]] apologizes to one of the bad guys after [[spoiler:she kills him by cutting his brachial artery]]. |
| 211 | -->'''[[spoiler:Jessica]]:''' [[spoiler:Tenth grade biology]]. Brachial artery... pumps 30 liters of blood a minute. There's only five in the human body. I'm sorry. |
| 212 | * In ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004'', Lord Vaako mutters, "Forgive me," before attempting to kill his boss, Lord Marshall, to [[KlingonPromotion take his place]]. His hesitation allows Marshall to dodge his attack. |
| 213 | * Done traumatically in ''Film/District9'' when Wikus is forced to shoot a chained-up alien. His hysterical, traumatized reaction is one of our first indications that he's not an outright VillainProtagonist, and that despite his employer's xenophobic propaganda he still views the aliens as ''people''. |
| 214 | * Subverted initially by the monk in ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'' as he's quoting humorous scripture while (non-fatally) shooting mooks with arrows, then plays it straight when he sees the BigBad, grunts out "Thou shalt not kill" while trying to fatally shoot him. |
| 215 | * In ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', Melina fires a bolt into a mook's shoulder as she and Columbo's men infiltrate St. Cyril's. She tends to his wound while Columbo checks to see if the coast is clear. Columbo lags behind when everyone leaves the basket room and gives Kristatos' henchman a quick "Sorry" as he knocks him out by hitting him with the barrel of his gun. |
| 216 | * In ''Film/ForceTenFromNavarone'', Maritza [[HitMeDammit demands that Barnsby hit her]] to make it appear that he and Mallory attacked her and got away. Barnsby apologizes and hits her weakly. She berates him and orders him to hit her harder. Mallory suddenly punches her hard and knocks her out. |
| 217 | * An example where both parties were equally neither bad nor good, in the film ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', in the battle scene where [[spoiler: Connor receives his mortal wound]] a priest slits the throat of a member of the opposing clan and then quickly offers last rites. |
| 218 | * ''{{Film/Interstellar}}'': [[spoiler:Dr. Mann]], while not exactly remorseful about murdering his colleagues, nevertheless tries to lionize his actions and misguidedly comfort the dying Cooper. |
| 219 | * In ''Film/TheKarateKid'', after Bobby (the most conscience-laden of Johnny's gang) deliberately injures Daniel's leg at the tournament under Kreese's order, he quickly apologizes to him. It's left ambiguous whether he's being sincere, or pretending it was an accident to save face. |
| 220 | * ''Film/LayerCake'': A distressed Sidney apologises after he guns down [[spoiler:the protagonist]]. |
| 221 | * In 1940's ''Film/{{The Mark of Zorro|1940}}'', BadassPreacher Fray Felipe apologizes as he knocks out the alcalde's soldiers with a club during the climactic melee. |
| 222 | -->'''Felipe:''' ''(WHACK!)'' God forgive me. ''(WHACK!)'' God forgive me. |
| 223 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 224 | ** In ''Film/IronMan2'', Rhodey, when his War Machine armor gets hacked and is used to attack his friends. |
| 225 | ** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': |
| 226 | *** Ultron apologizes after accidentally severing Ulysses Klaue's arm (though he'd done it in a fit of rage after Klaue assumed he was one of Iron Man's robots). |
| 227 | *** Tony throughout his confrontation with a [[MindControl mind-controlled]] Hulk. |
| 228 | ** ''Film/AntMan1'': Scott [[RunningGag repeatedly]] apologising to the Falcon during their fight at the Avenger's HQ. |
| 229 | ** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': The battle at the airport is a very reluctant and apologetic one (except with [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa]]), especially between Clint and Natasha. |
| 230 | --->'''Black Widow:''' We're still friends, right?\ |
| 231 | '''Hawkeye:''' Depends on how hard you hit me. |
| 232 | ** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'': [[spoiler: Black Bolt of Earth-838 is forced to kill his universe's Doctor Strange, and does so by [[SuperScream saying]], "I'm sorry."]] |
| 233 | * An example where the person being attacked isn't a villain occurs in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' when Seraph apologizes to Neo before attacking. |
| 234 | -->'''Seraph:''' You do not truly know someone until you fight them. |
| 235 | * In ''Film/MenInBlack'', the Arquilian battlecruiser that parks over Earth sends a simple message: |
| 236 | -->[[AC:M.I.B.]]\ |
| 237 | [[AC:Deliver the Galaxy or Earth will be destroyed.]]\ |
| 238 | [[AC:Sorry.]] |
| 239 | ::This is because, while the Arquilians are generally friendly, they're not willing to risk letting one of [[InsectoidAliens the Bugs]] steal [[MacGuffin the Galaxy]] and take it back to his planet. |
| 240 | * In ''Film/MinorityReport'', John goes out of his way to ensure the safety of his former colleagues when they're trying to apprehend him for a future murder. At one point, he disconnects one of them from his jetpack, and John makes sure that he has a firm grip on a ledge before continuing his escape. |
| 241 | * In ''Film/{{Monster}}'', serial killer Aileen Wuornos apologizes to a bystander before killing him, as she doesn’t see him as [[EvenEvilHasStandards deserving of this fate]] and recognizes she’s only doing it to get rid of an eyewitness in order to protect herself. |
| 242 | * There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it example in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''. Barbossa, pursuing Jack, misses his footing and slams face-first into a cavern wall. Jack looks back over his shoulder and shouts "Sorry!" It just makes Barbossa angrier, which may have been Jack's intention. |
| 243 | * ''Film/ThePrincessBride'': "You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you." "You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die." |
| 244 | ** And later, after his fights with Inigo ("Please understand I hold you in the highest respect.") and Fezzik ("I do not envy you the headache you will have when you awake. But for now, rest well and dream of large women."). |
| 245 | * The Operative in ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. River is also very apologetic after she beats Simon up in order to get to the bridge. |
| 246 | * ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'': |
| 247 | ** Shaun apologizes to [[spoiler: his zombified mother when he prepares a mercy kill: "Sorry, mum..."]] |
| 248 | ** Played for laughs when Shaun and Ed are planning how to rescue their friends and families. Philip, Shaun's stepdad, dies in all three iterations of the plan, with the apology getting less and less sincere with each iteration. |
| 249 | * In ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2|2022}}'', to save Sonic from a dangerous situation, Thomas Wachowski needs a ring that can be used for teleportation. Unfortunately, he is at a wedding when it happens, and finds out the ring got confused with the wedding ring. Because he has no time to explain this, he apologizes in advance and punches the bridegroom to get him to drop the ring. |
| 250 | * A variation in ''Film/SoylentGreen''. The assassin sent to kill William Simonson at the start of the movie relays an [[NothingPersonal apologetic message]] from the men who hired him (implied to be fellow board members of the Soylent Corporation). The assassin himself has no idea what the message means and is [[PunchClockVillain just doing what he's been told]]. |
| 251 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 252 | ** ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'': After nerve-pinching Dr. [=McCoy=], Spock tells him "Sorry, Doctor, but I have no time to discuss this logically.", before [[spoiler:mind-melding with him, passing on his katra, while he saves the ''Enterprise'']]. |
| 253 | ** In ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', Chekhov apologizes to the authorities on the ''USS Enterprise'' (the Navy's "nuclear wessel," not the starship) before attempting to stun them with his phaser in order to escape. The phaser doesn't work because of the radiation on board, so he tosses the phaser at them and high-tails it. |
| 254 | ** ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', Scotty apologizes to a security guard while on the USS ''Vengeance'' before he [[spoiler: opens the airlock to allow Kirk and Khan to enter the ship and let the guard exit the same way]]. |
| 255 | * Carlisle in the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film version]] of ''[[Literature/Twilight2005 Twilight]]''. |
| 256 | -->'''Carlisle''': "I don't relish the thought of killing another creature, even a sadistic one like James." |
| 257 | * ''Film/{{Thoroughbreds}}'': After a falling out with her friend Amanda, Lily invites her over a few days later and fixes her a drink. However, [[spoiler:she suddenly tells Amanda to stop drinking, and confesses to having spiked it with Rohypnol. Amanda is stunned, and Lily admits that she planned to wait until Amanda passed out, then go upstairs and kill Mark, leaving the weapon in Amanda's hand. Lily clearly regrets the plan, admitting she doesn't know what she was thinking, and apologizes to Amanda, promising she'll find another way... and then Amanda grabs the drink and chugs the rest of it, [[TakingTheHeat telling Lily to go ahead and carry out the original plan]]]]. |
| 258 | * ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'': When pacifist Dave Dillinger finally snaps and punches a marshal while being dragged away, he apologizes profusely. |
| 259 | * The key grip in ''Film/TropicThunder'' who is ordered to punch director Nigel Cockburn in the face "really fucking hard" by studio executive Les Grossman gives a quick "sorry man" just before he breaks Cockburn's nose. |
| 260 | * Wesley in ''Film/{{Wanted}}'' was a bit of a nebbish who apologized for everything. After he meets Fox, [[spoiler: and balks, asking what his target did to deserve being killed, the next target is apologized to, as Wesley still isn't morally committed even though he's otherwise committed]]. |
| 261 | * Columbus from ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''. He apologizes when he fights his zombified neighbor 406 and after he accidentally shoots [[spoiler:Creator/BillMurray]] for mistaking him for a zombie. In [[Film/ZombielandDoubleTap the sequel]], he becomes this to [[spoiler:Madison]] when he tries to MercyKill her in the woods, [[spoiler:though he never actually goes through with it]]. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Gamebooks]] |
| 265 | * In the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' gamebook ''Literature/BeneathNightmareCastle'', the Spiked Maiden is the Baron's daughter who's clad in possessed armour and is forced to lash out at anyone who approached her while she is fully aware of it. She will apologize repeatedly and beg you to get out while slashing at you. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 269 | * In ''Point Blanc'', book two of the ''Literature/AlexRider'' series, the Gentleman, an assassin, gets his nickname because he always sends flowers to the families of his victims. |
| 270 | * In the David Trilogy of Creator/KAApplegate's ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series, titular SixthRanger David expresses a modicum of regret towards [[spoiler:Rachel]] as he prepares to kill her. |
| 271 | * In ''Literature/AudreyWait'', Audrey's mom had to quit Taekwondo because "she was always apologising to the attack dummies". |
| 272 | * Lampshaded in ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', as Durnik the smith apologizes before removing an enemy's helmet and clonking him on the noggin. Belgarath is apparently torn between laughter and confusion. "Excuse me? EXCUSE ME?" |
| 273 | * Chloe from ''Literature/DarkestPowers'' is this whenever she [[spoiler:accidentally raises the dead]]. |
| 274 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 275 | ** In ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'', Sybil Vimes automatically says, "I'm terribly sorry!" just as she whacks a guard over the head with an iron bar. This is an interesting counterpoint to her original character, in ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', as an overpowering personality who takes no guff from anyone. In the rest of the series, she's far more polite and apologetic, despite taking just as little guff. |
| 276 | ** In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', Rincewind is puzzling out the apologetic note before he gets hit over the head. |
| 277 | ** Simony in ''Literature/SmallGods'' kills a guard who, while just doing his job, is also trying to shoot Didactylos. He makes a sincere apology to the dying man. |
| 278 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', Harry Dresden whispers "God forgive me" when [[spoiler:he kills Susan, the mother of his child. She had just turned into a full vampire and if he killed her on the altar, the powerful bloodline curse would run through the vampires and end them forever. Susan allows Harry to kill her to save her child from these monsters]]. |
| 279 | * In ''Literature/TheEmpressGame'', there's a degree of this from [[spoiler:Janeen after she betrays Malkor's team, as she]] keeps saying that it "wasn't supposed to be like this" and that nobody was supposed to get hurt. However, it's a pretty poor apology, since it's peppered with self-justification and blame-shifting along the lines of "if you'd only accepted it peacefully, it wouldn't have come to this". |
| 280 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'': |
| 281 | ** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', Harry, Ron, and Hermione apologize to Neville after using the Full Body-Bind curse on him because he was in the way. |
| 282 | ** Dobby is very much this in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' with the various things he does to try to protect Harry. |
| 283 | ** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Voldemort says "I regret it" when murdering [[spoiler:Snape]]. He might have even meant it too since he just lost his most capable servant. It's also a very minor version as there was no humanity behind the sentiment. |
| 284 | * In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy'', the two cops who let loose fusillades upon fusillades of Kill-O-Zap guns on our protagonists try to make it absolutely clear that they're really quite sensitive and intelligent guys and "firmly opposed to needless violence," and they most definitely don't enjoy gratuitously shooting up people. |
| 285 | ** From the rules of [[BloodSport Brockian Ultra-Cricket]], as briefly summarized in ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'': |
| 286 | --->Whenever a player scores a "hit" on another player, he should immediately run away as fast as he can and apologize from a safe distance.\ |
| 287 | Apologies should be concise, sincere and, for maximum clarity and points, delivered through a megaphone. |
| 288 | * ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': In the short story "Fanatic", the Marines ordered to beat up Yuri and Sharon are apologetic, and go as easy on the two of them as they dare. |
| 289 | * ''Literature/{{Hurog}}'': In ''Literature/DragonBones'' Ward is hit over the head a couple of times, and the attackers apologize for the inconvenience when he wakes up with a headache. |
| 290 | * ''Literature/JamesBond'': ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'' - one of Mr. Big's mooks is told to take Felix Leiter out and "hurt him considerably", but the two of them get on well thanks to their mutual love of jazz. The mook, not willing to cross his boss, apologetically hurts Leiter just a little. |
| 291 | * ''Literature/KnightsOfTheBorrowedDark'' has Vivian and [[spoiler:Grey]] apologise to ''each other'' before fighting - for context, [[spoiler:Grey is under [[PeoplePuppets hefty mind control]], and Vivian is about to deliver a CurbStompBattle]]. |
| 292 | * In the ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' series book ''Hero of Ages'', [[spoiler:Marsh]] tells Sazed, "I wish I understood why I have to kill you. I'm sorry." Then he attacks him. |
| 293 | * Jane Bennet, as represented in ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies'', has been reported to cradle zombies in her arms, apologizing for dismembering them, even as what remains keeps trying to bite her. |
| 294 | * In ''Literature/{{The Reader|2016}}'', Sefia does this after she kills the mercenary Palo Kanta, as she had never taken a life before. |
| 295 | * ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': [[spoiler:Blaggut's last words to Slipp]]: "You're bad all through, you'll never change, that's why I gotta do this. Sorry, Cap'n!" |
| 296 | * In Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' series, there is a successful assassin's guild called The Sorrowful Men, who always apologize to the victim for killing them just before the victim dies. |
| 297 | ** [[spoiler: [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Varys]] apologizes profusely to Kevan Lannister after he mortally wounds him with a crossbow, explaining that he had no choice but to kill him to keep the realm unstable and ready for the Targaryens to return.]] |
| 298 | ** There was also the fight that Ned Stark had with Ser [[KnightinShiningArmor Arthur Dayne]] of the Kingsguard years prior to the main events of the story. Ned remembers Dayne as having had a sad smile on his face before they began their fight. Given the events that preceded their fight,[[spoiler: in which Ned's father and older brother were murdered by the king Dayne was pledged to, which in turn led to a terrible war in which Dayne lost several of his closest comrades (including his best friend) as well as utterly failing in his mission as a Kingsguard, it's no wonder Arthur wasn't particularly eager to do battle against Ned]]. |
| 299 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': |
| 300 | ** ''Literature/XWingSeries'': Iella Wesseri's husband, thought to be dead for two years, was found in a prison when the New Republic captured Coruscant. Iella was delighted to have him back, and although he seemed quieter and weaker than he had been before this he was also glad to see her again. Later Iella, being a New Republic Intelligence officer, was assigned to escort an Imperial informant to safety only for her husband to [[HisNameIs shoot the informant]] and try to kill her. She [[ShootTheDog shoots her husband]], and as he's dying she finds that during his long absence [[ManipulativeBastard Isard]] turned him into a ManchurianAgent. Surprisingly, he doesn't say the word "sorry" at all during that, but regret is pretty heavy throughout what he says to her. |
| 301 | ** ''Literature/JediApprentice'' has a friend betray Obi-Wan for selfish reasons, though he'd still considered the young Jedi to be a friend. Obi-Wan responds to his apologies with "Save your sorrow. I don't need it." |
| 302 | * ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Szeth in ''Literature/{{The Way of Kings|2010}}'' doesn't want to kill people, but by the rules of his culture he has no will of his own; he has to follow every command of whoever holds his Oathstone, with the exceptions that he can't give up his [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Shardblade]] or kill himself. And if you have complete control over the world's only [[HealingFactor regenerating]] [[MasterSwordsman expert fighter]] GravityMaster with a sword that can cut through anything... what else are going to do with him? Over time he stops apologizing and comes to hate the people he fights for not being able to kill him. |
| 303 | * ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'': It turns out that this is the real way to use the eponymous Sword of Truth. Holding onto pure anger will get some mileage out of it, but holding onto pure ''forgiveness'' will cut through magical defenses. Naturally, true forgiveness is pretty hard to ''not'' express to some extent. YMMV on this one, as the first example overlaps with UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome. It makes sense in context. |
| 304 | * ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': Good King's Men will likely end up in a position where they have to arrest the Tourists. They will do so reluctantly and will tell their targets how much they regret doing this, but are far too competent and professional to let them escape. |
| 305 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': In ''The First Heretic'', part of the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' series, the main protagonist whisper "Forgive me" over the vox channel to a loyal captain during the famous Drop Site Massacre, right after he gave the order to open fire, causing thousands of the loyalists to die within seconds. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 309 | * ''Series/TwentyFour'': |
| 310 | ** Jack Bauer. For the "You're not evil, but you're in my way - therefore I'm going to incapacitate you rather than torture or kill you" version, anyway. |
| 311 | ** [[spoiler:Tony]] apologizes right before he smothers [[spoiler: Larry Moss]]. |
| 312 | * In the first episode of ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'', Captain Hunt's Nietzchean crewmate (who practices the species-wide belief of self-interest) sees that Hunt is at a disadvantage. He stands up, apologizes for his impending treachery, and then attacks the captain. |
| 313 | * PlayedForLaughs in the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS01E06SenseAndSensitivity Sense & Sensitivity]]". Angel is affected by a spell that makes him extremely emotionally sensitive and disinclined towards violence. When he realises he needs to resort to violence to rectify the situation, he very apologetically beats up several people. |
| 314 | * In ''Series/{{Bones}}'', [[spoiler: Agent Kenton]] apologizes to Brennan before preparing to murder her and frame it on a serial killer Booth is after in "Two Bodies in the Lab", saying he'll kill her before inflicting the serial killers signature mutilations. Brennan is understandably non-appeased by this and plus up a fight before Booth arrives shortly after he regains the upper hand. |
| 315 | * ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}''. In "You Found Me", Hughie Campbell (who unlike the rest of the Boys has [[NaiveNewcomer no experience in military or intelligence work]]) has to provide covering fire during their escape, screaming "I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!" as he blazes away with an automatic weapon at the GasMaskMooks shooting back at him. |
| 316 | * ''Series/BreakingBad'': |
| 317 | ** During an early episode, Walt breaks down crying and apologizing after more-or-less being forced to kill a captive drug dealer. In season 5, [[spoiler: Walt apologizes to Mike after fatally shooting him when he realizes the information Mike refused to give him could have been easily gotten from Lydia. Mike just tells him to Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace"]]. |
| 318 | ** While it's not verbalized, Jesse's TearsOfRemorse when he shoots [[spoiler:Gale]] clearly convey this. |
| 319 | ** After [[spoiler:Hank Schrader]]'s murder at the hands of Jack Welker, Jack's nephew [[spoiler:Todd Alquist]] has this to say to the man they spared: "Sorry for your loss". |
| 320 | * In the episode of ''La caméra explore le temps'' dealing with [[BavarianFireDrill General Malet's conspiracy]], the law student who was roped into the conspiracy apologises profusely as he and another accomplice of Malet's break into Prefect Pasquier's house and arrest him. |
| 321 | * [[MysteriousInformant Orwell]] in ''Series/TheCape'' does this in one of her few action-ish moments (she prefers to [[HollywoodHacking work]] behind the [[MissionControl scenes]]): "Sorry! Sorry." as she tases a guy in the neck. |
| 322 | * On ''Series/CriminalMinds'', a father and daughter are abducted and he's forced to fight other captives or both of them will be murdered. When the killer ups the stakes and orders him to beat a defeated opponent to death, he has no choice but to comply, moaning "sorry" with every reluctant blow. |
| 323 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 324 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionOfTheDinosaurs Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]": Sergeant Benton attacks his superior (who's on the wrong side): |
| 325 | --->'''General Finch:''' ''[with his hand in Benton's face]'' You'll be court-martialled for this, Sergeant!\ |
| 326 | '''Sergeant Benton:''' ''[while repeatedly slamming the General against a desk]'' Yes, sir! Very sorry, sir! |
| 327 | ** The Doctor would many times apologize on the rare occasions when he punched someone, such as the Fifth Doctor in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep Warriors of the Deep]]". |
| 328 | ** The Tenth Doctor [[ApologisesALot apologizes all the damn time]], and on several occasions "I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry" meant "I have run out of ideas for how to save you and your victims, so I'm going to kill you now." Obviously does not apply to beings such as Daleks. |
| 329 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel The Age of Steel]]": After shutting down the Cybermen's emotional inhibitors ''en masse'', the Doctor sadly says "I'm sorry" to a Cyberman who's reacting in horror to its reflection. |
| 330 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E3Gridlock Gridlock]]": Milo and Cheen, the couple who kidnap Martha, apologize to both her and the Doctor as they drag her away. |
| 331 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords Last of the Time Lords]]": One of the Tenth Doctor's biggest [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome moments]] involved playing this straight ''and'' inverting it when he OutGambitted TheMaster and temporarily made himself ''canonically'' a GodModeSue via the amplified thoughts of the human race. |
| 332 | --->'''The Doctor:''' I'm sorry. I'm ''so'' sorry. Because you know what I'm going to say to you.\ |
| 333 | ''[The Master backs away, almost whimpering, and the Doctor leans in close to his ear]''\ |
| 334 | '''The Doctor:''' I ''forgive'' you. |
| 335 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels The Time of Angels]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone Flesh and Stone]]": |
| 336 | *** River Song apologizes to a guard for breaking out when it's his first day on the job, using her psychic lipstick on him. |
| 337 | *** Angel Bob speaks with Sacred Bob's nervous and shy personality, but is a [[HumanoidAbomination Weeping Angel]], so he/it doesn't mean any of the apologies that Bob's character demands. |
| 338 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens The Pandorica Opens]]": [[spoiler:Auton Rory apologizes desperately to Amy as he's forced to kill her]]. |
| 339 | * ''Series/ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo'': In the episode "The Pied Piper," the defendant commandeered a school bus full of children [[WellIntentionedExtremist as part of a political protest against abusive schools and teachers]], and did so by drugging the bus driver's tea. When he meets the bus driver in court later, he very politely apologizes and admits he put him in a very bad spot, and he hopes he can understand why he did it. Hilariously, the bus driver does a DoubleTake at this and can only stammer out, "That's alright," clearly not expecting the kidnapper who drugged him to be so cordial. |
| 340 | * During the showdown with Crichton in the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Self-Inflicted Wounds", Pathfinder Neeyala remarks, "I have never before released my [[LovecraftianSuperpower bristles]] to kill. Your forgiveness." |
| 341 | ** During the "What was Lost" two-parter, Noranti decides that John has to die for the greater good, so she uses some sort of phlebotinum to convince him to jump off a cliff. She intersperses commands to John to walk toward the cliff with "Forgive me" and prayers to her god(s) to "receive his spirit." |
| 342 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 343 | ** Varys makes no attempt to disguise his distaste for his own actions while pretty much selling out Tyrion in the trial in "The Laws of Gods and Men". |
| 344 | --->'''Tyrion:''' You once said that without me the city would've faced certain defeat; you said, the histories would never mention me but you would not forget. Have you forgotten, Lord Varys?\ |
| 345 | '''Varys:''' Sadly my lord, I never forget a thing. |
| 346 | ** Tyrion sobs that he is sorry after strangling his former lover Shae to death, once he finds her in Tywin's bed and she attacks him. |
| 347 | ** Stannis asks forgiveness for what he's about to do in "The Dance of Dragons." |
| 348 | ** Qyburn makes sure to tell Pycelle that it's NothingPersonal before having a group of [[CreepyChild creepy children]] stab him to death, saying that he regrets it but feels it necessary. |
| 349 | * In the 2020 miniseries ''Series/TheHead'', [[spoiler:Maggie's boyfriend Aki comes across her sabotaging a Snowcat during her RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the people who covered up her mother's murder. He's entirely innocent of this crime, but [[YouKnowTooMuch she stabs him to death]] during a DeadlyHug while sobbing, "I'm sorry!" At the end, a hallucination of Aki asks Maggie if she really is sorry. She doesn't answer]]. |
| 350 | * In ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Hiro briefly bows and apologizes to Tracy before punching her in the face. |
| 351 | * ''Series/InFromTheCold'': Anya sobs and apologizes as she [[spoiler:strangles Faina's father and then Faina herself]]. |
| 352 | * Encouraged in the Rahmens parody educational series ''The Japanese Tradition'' episode about dating. If you are forced to fight, you should say "I'm sorry I have to do this" before dealing out justice. |
| 353 | * ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': Jessica Jones is this in spades, primarily since the majority of the time, the people she's fighting are acting on Kilgrave's orders. |
| 354 | * ''Series/KillingEve'': A downplayed example when Villanelle kills [[spoiler:Bill, Eve's best friend. She doesn't apologize to him, but afterwards, she sends Eve a bunch of expensive new clothes, and a note that says, "Sorry, baby."]] |
| 355 | * In an episode of ''Series/LazyTown'', [[PunBasedTitle aptly named,]] "[[Recap/LazyTownS1E2Defeeted Defeeted,]]" Sportacus is outfitted in a pair of [[TrickedOutShoes remote-controlled boots]] which control his feet while worn. When the footwear are activated, under the control of Robbie Rotten, the hero is forced into kicking the Mayor. This leads to him immediately apologizing whilst trying to gain back control. |
| 356 | * In a second season episode of ''Series/{{LOST}}'', Michael apologizes to [[spoiler: Ana-Lucia right before fatally shooting her]]. |
| 357 | * The husband on ''Man Woman Wild'' always apologizes to the animals he catches before killing them to feed himself and his wife. And thanks them after they're dead, too. |
| 358 | * The ''Series/{{MASH}}'' episode "Dear Sis" centered around Father Mulcahy feeling guilty for punching out an uncooperative and combative patient. Mulcahy's actions would be reasonably justified by the regular morals of planet Earth, especially since the other guy punched him first and Mulcahy decked him in self-defence. And the guy might have died if Mulcahy did nothing. Did the guy, perhaps, feel grateful for this afterward? Of course not. |
| 359 | * ''Series/TheMick'': Played for comedy when Jimmy starts getting bullied by a high school girls' soccer team. They fling a bottle at his head and then pepper him with kicks and punches. He begs them to stop fighting but eventually starts instinctively defending himself with full-strength haymakers and wrestling moves while apologizing profusely. |
| 360 | * ''Series/MsMarvel2022'': In Episode 6, "No Normal", after Kamala [[LetsGetDangerous "embiggens"]] and smashes the Department of Damage Control sonic cannon, she makes a point of asking the DODC agents in the truck that was hauling the cannon if they were okay. |
| 361 | * ''Series/TheMyth'': A soldier tries to kill Xiao Chuan, who throws him against a wall then apologises. |
| 362 | * On ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', Dylan made a point of doing this when he was coerced into an armed robbery. This more than anything convinced Stuart (if not his sergeant) that he was telling the truth, leading him to go undercover to get him exonerated. |
| 363 | * In ''Series/PrisonBreak'', Scofield does this quite frequently whenever forced to harm good people (often bystanders) to stick to his plans. [[spoiler:Justified in that he only starts doing this after witnessing an inmate hang himself, supposedly because Scofield didn't save him from T-Bag.]] |
| 364 | * ''Series/{{Psych}}'': In one episode, Lassiter visits his girlfriend in prison for insider information on one of her fellow inmates. To get in with that crowd, she apologetically punches him in the face and gets hauled off by guards. |
| 365 | * ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'': the sentient HumongousMecha apologize when they attack a monster whose power redirects attack on hostage Rangers and Ninjaman. |
| 366 | * In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Pilot, Pt. 2'', Jerry imagines such a person in a standup routine. |
| 367 | -->''Ever notice [[TheJeeves a lot of butlers are named Jeeves]]? You know, I think when you name a baby "Jeeves"... you've pretty much mapped out his future, wouldn't you say? Not much chance he's gonna be a hitman, I think, after that. "Terribly sorry, sir, but I'm going to have to whack you."'' |
| 368 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': |
| 369 | ** Chloe always apologizes when she is forced to subdue [[Characters/SupermanTheCharacter Clark]] with kryptonite, as shown in [[spoiler: "Splinter", "Hypnosis" and "Progeny", even under MindControl with the last case]]. |
| 370 | ** In "Freak", Clark shouts that he is sorry as he painfully burns a hole in Chloe's chest. [[spoiler:He is trying to get a dangerous device planted into her out, and it is under her request.]] |
| 371 | ** In "Upgrade", Chloe apologizes when she is forced to chloroform Lois. |
| 372 | * In the first episode of ''Series/SonOfACritch'', Mark gives Fox his Walkman in order to apologize for making fun of how poor her family is. Fox is genuinely grateful for the gesture, but later when they're both in public, she tackles him and pretends to steal the Walkman. She leans in close and apologizes for the beating, but says she can't have anyone, especially not her idiot brothers, finding out that she accepted a gift from the boy she's supposedly bullying. |
| 373 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries:'' |
| 374 | ** In the episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Kirk pauses to apologize to Gary Mitchell before smashing him with a rock. Mitchell just happens to get back his superpowers in that instant. |
| 375 | ** And in "Operation -- Annihilate!" a whole colony does this: they've been infected by {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s, and they apologize and beg their victims to run away even as they're attacking. |
| 376 | ** In "The Man Trap", [=McCoy=] says "Lord forgive me," as he kills the MonsterOfTheWeek, which had shapeshifted into his ex-girlfriend. |
| 377 | * In "Time's Arrow, Part 2" of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Riker says "I just want you to know that I have the utmost respect for the law" to a policeman, then punches him out. |
| 378 | * In season 2 of ''Series/StrangerThings'', [[spoiler: Will ends up becoming something like this. As [[EldritchAbomination the Mind Flayer]] takes over his mind, it starts forcing him to undermine the rest of the party, culminating in having him direct the soldiers at Hawkins Lab straight into [[HumanoidAbomination the Demogorgons]]. Will physically can't stop himself from doing it and tearfully apologizes as the lab is being swarmed. The rest of the party is eventually forced to tranquilize him to stop the Mind Flayer from forcing Will to reveal their location]]. |
| 379 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': |
| 380 | ** In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E19FolsomPrisonBlues "Folsom Prison Blues" (S02, Ep19)]], Dean apologizes to Tiny, a very large prisoner, he picks a fight with in order to [[WeNeedADistraction cause a distraction]]. |
| 381 | ** In [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E06IBelieveTheChildrenAreOurFuture "I Believe the Children Are Our Future" (S05, Ep06)]], Castiel apologizes to Jesse before going to stab him, since despite being the Anti-Christ, [[AntiAntiChrist Jesse is still just an innocent child]]. |
| 382 | * ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': Shane does this [[spoiler: before shooting Otis so he can escape a pack of walkers chasing both of them]]. |
| 383 | * Leonard Betts, a particularly memorable monster of the week on ''Series/TheXFiles'', apologizes every time he kills someone. "I'm sorry, but you have something that I need." That something is always a tumour. |
| 384 | * ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "A Resident Advisor and the Word 'Sketchy'", Dale apologizes to Dennis before punching him out and making a run for it. |
| 385 | [[/folder]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 388 | * Occurs in the backstory to the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Small Magic''. After being forced to wipe out most of the Oni and send the rest into a deep slumber, the Tenshi wept over their former friends and allies. |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 392 | * Wrestling/ShawnMichaels said "I'm sorry, I love you" to Wrestling/RicFlair at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania XXIV'' just before Shawn used his finishing move and pinned Flair. As a result of losing, Flair had to retire, [[strike:enhancing]] causing the emotional impact of the moment. This later got an IronicEcho during Shawn's stretcher match against Wrestling/{{Batista}} at ''One Night Stand''. The whole thing was essentially a squash match, with Batista finishing it by mouthing "I'm not sorry. I don't love you." Then plastering Shawn with the Batista Bomb. |
| 393 | * Played with by Wrestling/JeffHardy in his [[RealLifeWritesThePlot unintentionally brief]] gimmick as Immortal's champion, "TheAntiChrist of ProfessionalWrestling". His assaults tended to be followed up by MindScrew-ish half-apologies, half-[[NotSoDifferentRemark commentaries]] on his [[HumansAreBastards views of human nature]]. |
| 394 | * Wrestling/JohnnyGargano was semi-reluctant during his 2014 encounters with Wrestling/CandiceLeRae in ''Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla'' and ''Absolute Intense Wrestling''. Even after [[FlippingTheBird she flipped him off]], [[SpitefulSpit spat on him]], and [[GroinAttack tried to grab his balls]], he still said sorry as he kicked her in the head. |
| 395 | [[/folder]] |
| 396 | |
| 397 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 398 | * ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'': When Minor got turned evil, he tried to stop attacking the [=AGs=]. Key word there is ''tried''. |
| 399 | [[/folder]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 402 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', the Tau always claim to be apologetic attackers... as they commence orbital bombardment, then use a mix of sterilization, concentration camps, and possibly mind control on their new subjects. |
| 403 | * There's a spell in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' that forces its victim to bow and scrape and generally treat the caster like royalty. This doesn't prevent the victim from attacking the caster, but they apologize the whole time as they do so: "Forgive this unworthy one for daring to deliver this vile blow unto your radiant brow, oh great one." |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 407 | * ''Theatre/WesterosAnAmericanMusical'': At some point in the play, Tyrion's OnlyFriend Varys has to speak against him. Varys apologizes to Tyrion right after doing so. |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 411 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'' at Ride/UniversalStudios, Fiona apologizes to Thelonius after beating him off of the raft she's on. |
| 412 | [[/folder]] |
| 413 | |
| 414 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 415 | * ''VideoGame/ApeEscape: Pumped & Primed'' enacts this trope through Casi. She is likely to say sorry with her spinning Stun Club attack. The game mentions that nobody suffers real damage in the virtual world, but she's just really nice. It also might be worth noting how virtual reality is just reality to her since she's a digital being. |
| 416 | * [[{{Meido}} Fiona Mayfield]] of ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'', whose down-forward strong attack is accompanied by a heartfelt "I'm sorry!" as she smacks her opponent up into the air with her {{BFS}}. |
| 417 | * Creator/ArtixEntertainment games have rare occurrences where the heroes fight against someone only to find out after beating them up that they weren't really as bad as the non-player characters who sicced them on them made them think and they apologize to them before deciding to show those non-player characters who's boss for setting them up and using them. A good example is during the cutscene after the hero defeats Lord Ovthedance where they apologize to him for not realizing that the Great Godfather of Soul set him up and conned them into doing his dirty work. |
| 418 | -->'''Hero:''' The Great Godfather of Soul's conned me into doing his dirty work! That weasel!\ |
| 419 | '''Lord Ovthedance:''' Me glad you realize that. Would have been better if you realize it before you beat Lord Ovthedance down.\ |
| 420 | '''Hero:''' Yeah, sorry about that. We've got to get you down to that Dance-off so you can beat that liar for both of us!\ |
| 421 | '''Lord Ovthedance:''' Am you kidding? Me am not in the best shape, thanks to some random hero who decided to...\ |
| 422 | '''Hero:''' ...I said "I'm sorry". |
| 423 | * ''VideoGame/BioShock'': |
| 424 | ** Most of the Splicers in the series are pretty out of it, but the Pigskin from ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' occasionally realizes that you're not, in fact, his hated father. He's reluctant, but keeps hunting you because he thinks Ryan would do horrible things to him if he let you go: |
| 425 | --->''"He's an intruder... and--and they make us kill intruders."'' |
| 426 | ** At the end of ''VideoGame/BioShock2'', [[spoiler:Sinclair is turned into an Alpha Series Big Daddy and forced to fight you, apologizing the whole time and asking to be put out of his misery]]. |
| 427 | ** The [[TragicMonster Handymen]] from ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' will occasionally warn you to run away, and will scream "get off that thing!" before electrocuting the rail you're on. [[WarningMistakenForThreat Normally, this would be a simple boast]], [[spoiler:but it's later revealed that many Handymen were political prisoners charged with crimes including [[ActualPacifist pacifism]], and turned into war machines]]. |
| 428 | * ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': |
| 429 | ** Even though [[IllKillYou she threatens to kill Noel if she doesn't return to her post]] at first in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'', Tsubaki surprisingly ends up holding back and even begs for forgiveness whether she wins or loses. She also [[EasilyForgiven forgives her]] for the trouble she got her into since Noel is her friend, and therefore, she knows that she didn't want to fight against her. |
| 430 | ** Also, surprisingly enough, Tsubaki knew that she could never defeat her even though she didn't hold back. Then again, in fact, she herself didn't even know that Hazama was only using her to hurt her deeply enough to awaken the true successor to the Azure from within her... which, of course, causes Noel to [[ThisIsUnforgivable fly into a rage and refuse to forgive him when she realizes it during her encounter with him]]. |
| 431 | ** Litchi also has this line in her winquote against Bang because she thought he was a pervert but didn't know that he was really trying to impress her. |
| 432 | --->'''Litchi:''' I-I'm so sorry! You came out of nowhere, so I thought you were a pervert and smacked you! Are you alright? (He's completely out... but he looks really happy. Odd...) |
| 433 | ** In general, Litchi also counts. As she is a doctor and a very benevolent one, she really wouldn't like to fight unless the situation is really severe. A lot of her win quotes had her apologizing to her enemies, and in the Arcade Mode, she was clearly sorry for having to force her way through by beating her colleague Tager. She also goes so far as practically apologizing to Platinum if she beats her, or was beaten in Platinum's story. [[spoiler:And she also did this to Rachel in Rachel's story if she beat Rachel, apologizing about how she just beat her and still had to stick with NOL against Rachel's suggestion.]] |
| 434 | ** [[spoiler:By ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma Chronophantasma]]'', she does this even more often. Justified that as much as she's sticking with NOL, she's not very pleased with the prospect of beating those she deemed decent and friends with, but is ForcedIntoEvil. In fact, she's mostly borderline crying in win quotes to some close friends, like Bang.]] |
| 435 | * In ''VideoGame/BluePlanet'', the UEF pilots will often comment that they hope their opponent finds peace in death after shooting them down. The fact that they're not the aggressors in the conflict is a major reason for this. |
| 436 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bug|1995}}'' has a Mook that turns around and ''{{fart|illery}}s'' at Bug's face! While apologizing with a rather crude "Sorry" or "Sorry, just ate". |
| 437 | * Many of the robots in ''VideoGame/CosmicBreak'' apologize when making a kill (even when 'killing' trees and lifeless barrels). Mostly the more human ones. Some however like Baltheon invert the trope by laughing. |
| 438 | * In ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'' Stickbug apologizes to [[TheHero Moth]], as his new job as a boss requires him to fight him. |
| 439 | * ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': Losing to Grim Matchstick in his first phase has him saying he's misunderstood, and losing to him in the second phase has him apologizing for being forced to put the players in a hot seat. Even [[MultipleHeadCase his third phase]] has him suggesting the player run away. |
| 440 | * In the original ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'', one of Kasumi's win quotes has her kneel down and apologize to her fallen foe, asking if they're alright. |
| 441 | * In ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'', one of the lines sometimes spoken by the shadows when they attack is "I'm sorry!" |
| 442 | * Downplayed in ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'' when it comes to the Lootbugs, a bloated and non hostile alien bug that's full of minerals. Whenever a dwarf kills a Lootbug, they'll sometimes apologize for killing it or feel bad for doing so since they find it kind of cute, but they'll blame the bug for being full of materials that the dwarves need. |
| 443 | -->'''Dwarf:''' Sorry, little one, but it's your fault that you're full of goodies! |
| 444 | * ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'': |
| 445 | ** Some of the healer classes shout "Forgive me!" as a battle cry when you have them attack physically. At first glance, demonic healers appearing to feel guilty at attacking enemies is kind of... odd, until ''Disgaea DS'' points out they are actually {{fallen angel}}s from Celestia, making them not so different from Flonne ("Whoops, pardon me!"). Old habits die hard, it seems. |
| 446 | ** Seraph Lamington prefaces his ultimate attack, Armageddon, with a prayer for forgiveness. |
| 447 | * ''VideoGame/DoodleWorld'': In the Arid Mines vault, Zavier apologizes to [[spoiler:TJ, whom he is trying to erase]], claiming that the ends justify the means. |
| 448 | --> '''Zavier:''' I'm sorry... but [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans the ends justify the means]]. This is all to stop the same mistakes from occurring. [[RetGone Chronos, erase him]]. |
| 449 | * ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' has a great beginning world that partakes to this. The first dungeon has ''three'' bosses. A miniboss to enter, a second-in-command, and a world-sector boss. There is no break to heal or save in between the last two. Why does this fit? The World-sector boss is [[spoiler:Matilda]], who only asks you to kill them and free the world-sector. They only defend and the battle just turns into a TearJerker with bonus exp. |
| 450 | * In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', the Subjugated Ghosts in Rannveig's Fast are this, with lines such as "I'm sorry! This isn't what I want!" and "I don't have any choice! I'm sorry!" as they attempt to smash you into a pulp. Justified in that they're being controlled by a warlock who has been trapping people in a cage. Also, the draugr sometimes croak apologies at you in Ancient Nordic. |
| 451 | * ''VideoGame/EternalEvil'' combines this with MercyKill with Marcus muttering "sorry" after executing his zombified best friend, Hank, in a cutscene. Followed by, "For honor". |
| 452 | * Polka in ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' will apologize to enemies after hitting them, and one of her opening-battle quotes is something to the effect of "I'm sorry, but I'm in a hurry!" |
| 453 | * Fei-Xing from ''VideoGame/FaithOfDanschant'' have his moments. His first battle against a bunch of bandits ends with a cutscene where he tells them, "Sorry, I might've kicked your asses too hard..." before offering them some herbs. |
| 454 | * ''VideoGame/Fallout3'': |
| 455 | ** The [=RoboBrain=] enemy sometimes acts like this. |
| 456 | ** There's also Pvt. Jones, a Mister Gutsy robot in Rivet City. |
| 457 | --->'''Jones:''' Sir, you are not authorized to enter the armory. Sir! Please don't make me shoot you, sir! |
| 458 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 459 | ** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', Serah tends to apologize to the monsters she just killed. Her partner... not so much. |
| 460 | --->'''Noel:''' I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm not! |
| 461 | ** In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', after utterly destroying his opponent with Omnislash ver. 5, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] cares enough to apologize with a dry "No hard feelings." |
| 462 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': |
| 463 | ** Near the end of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Blazing Sword]]'', [[spoiler: the [[BackFromTheDead recently revived]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Ninian]] uses the remains of her ice powers to kill two Fire Dragons and severely wound a third. The poor woman is in tears as she does so, apologizing to them and telling them is not their fault while freezing them to death, as she knows that they only want to see their former home of Elibe but [[PowerIncontinence their mere presence can potentially destroy the whole continent]]]]. |
| 464 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', one of [[ShrinkingViolet Olivia]]'s quotes has her screaming ''"I didn't want to do this!"'' at the enemy whenever she crit-hits them. Or if she's re-classed into an Assassin/Swordmaster and [[OnehitKill Lethality]]/[[DeathOfAThousandCuts Astra]] activates. |
| 465 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', several characters apologize to their foes when they activate their {{critical hit}}s or skills. Among them is the mercenary Laslow, [[spoiler:who is actually Inigo, Olivia's son, who is now travelling through this world for very complicated reasons]]. A few other examples include Sakura and Subaki, who can say they're sorry during critical hits and skills; and Corrin, Kana, Ryoma, and Hisame, who can all apologize after defeating an opponent. |
| 466 | ** Bernadetta, Ignatz, and Marianne in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' can all apologize during critical hits. Marianne also says "I'm really sorry" as one of her post-battle quotes. |
| 467 | * [[RobotBuddy PROXY]] from ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'' has the "primary programming" directive of killing his master, Starkiller. However, being a very naive droid who literally doesn't understand the concept of death, he treats it like an ordinary task and is otherwise quite friendly toward him. In fact, every time he randomly attacks Starkiller and fails to strike him down, he apologizes for it. |
| 468 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': |
| 469 | ** Dizzy has two wings that do most of the attacking for her, and she apologizes for them (and tells them to stop) during battle. |
| 470 | ** Bridget's intro has her pull a DynamicEntry and trip her opponent ''before the fight starts''. She then turns, goes all "oops" and apologizes. |
| 471 | * In the text game ''[=GunMute=]'', the friendly robot barwoman in the saloon, Juanita, explains that she's been programmed to shoot you on sight. She's such a bad shot that there's no danger of her shooting you, but she still apologises. |
| 472 | * In ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'', Compa will occasionally apologize after dealing the final blow to an enemy. In the EnhancedRemake ''[[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1 Re;Birth1]]'', DLC character Plutia will sometimes do the same. |
| 473 | * ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'': In the prologue before the game starts, an alien invasion kills Iji's father and little sister [[spoiler:and almost the whole human population]], but even after she is transformed into a {{nanomachine|s}}-powered cyborg, she has no desire to kill her attackers and says a grief-stricken "I'm sorry..." when killing an enemy. This gets reversed if you shoot everything you see, however, which makes her yell "Why don't you just DIE!" or similar when shooting them. |
| 474 | * Some of the mercenaries in the ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance'' series are Apologetic Attackers, and others begin as such but grow hardened (or [[SociopathicSoldier develop a murder fetish]]) with experience. |
| 475 | * During the first battle with Jafar in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', he orders the Genie to attack you. Before every attack, the Genie yells "I'm really sorry about this!" or the equivalent ("Oh please, oh please let me miss!") as well as "Quick, get out of the way!", and if he does hit you, health orbs fly out of his fist to make up for it. |
| 476 | * ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'': When Tess, Joel, and Ellie are caught by a couple of military soldiers, they begin scanning them to see if they're infected. [[spoiler: Ellie knows that when they find out she's infected, they'll kill her, so she stabs the guy scanning her in the leg while shouting a brief, "Sorry!"]] |
| 477 | * In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', Lillia, the Bashful Bloom is a nature spirit in the shape of a [[OurCentaursAreDifferent fawn-centaur]] who is [[ShrinkingViolet shy to the point of neurosis]]. She has to psyche herself up to make herself fight and is prone to apologising to opponents for hitting them with her [[CarryABigStick censer-flail]], sometimes even when she's just talking to herself! |
| 478 | -->''"You can do this, Lillia! You are a strong, capable dream-fawn a—and you have a big stick and you hit with people with it but don't really mean it! Sorry..."'' |
| 479 | * ''VideoGame/LoveOfMagic'': Owyn apologizes to [[spoiler:Sarah as he removes the links connecting her to her backup body and her sources of power, saying that he shouldn't have lost his temper and fried her brain.]] |
| 480 | * Samara in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' often says "Find peace in the embrace of the Goddess" to her enemies before she dispatches them. It's most poignant when she says it to Morinth, [[spoiler:her daughter]]. |
| 481 | * In ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', while none of the Mighty Numbers ''want'' to fight you, almost all of them have succumbed to the virus by the time you reach them and crazily attack Beck. The sole exception is Brandish, who's only just starting to get affected when you reach his level. As a result, he spends most of said level begging for you to turn back because he doesn't want to hurt you when he loses control. When you fight him at the end, he apologizes, encourages you to stop him, and even occasionally yells out advice to you, such as warning you when he's going to perform an aerial attack. |
| 482 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}: Abe's Exoddus'', the only way to calm down a Mudokan who has been exposed to laughing gas is to give them a good hard slap. Slap them again and they get "angry" and have to be apologized to, or else they will refuse to listen to any instructions and even slap you (or any other nearby Mudokan) back. If you slap a "sad" Mudokan, you better apologize fast, or they will let out a pitiful little "no..." and start beating themselves to death with their own hands. |
| 483 | * Some of the ''Manga/OnePiece'' fighting games turn [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]] into this when fighting against a female opponent as a way to both reference and [[AcceptableBreaksFromCanon get around]] his extreme WouldntHitAGirl tendencies. |
| 484 | * In ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', Tressa is a Merchant and she prefers to barter and pay for the goods she receives. If she is given Thief as a secondary job, she apologizes when she uses Steal. |
| 485 | * ''VideoGame/Persona2'': Maya frequently apologizes in her victory quotes after a battle, though sometimes she sounds more teasing than actually sorry. Especially since all her othet quotes are clearly celebratory. |
| 486 | * In ''VideoGame/Persona3 Portable'', OptionalBoss Theodore is extremely apologetic when he fights the player character. His sister Elizabeth also apologizes occasionally when she hits you, but not nearly as often. |
| 487 | * In ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'', Grovyle is notably apologetic to the Lake Guardians about stealing the Time Gears, [[spoiler: which makes sense considering he's only stealing them to save the world in the first place]]. |
| 488 | * At the end of of ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', you'll end up having to battle against, [[VersionExclusiveContent depending on the version]], [[spoiler:Professor Sada or Turo, or rather, their {{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}} double, who is programmed to stop anyone who attempts to shut down the original Professor's time machine. The robot themself is actually a BenevolentAI [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming who wishes to stop the summoning of Pokémon from the distant past or future]] [[MorallySuperiorCopy due to the danger they are to present day Pokémon]], and as such warn you preemptively that starting the time machine's shutdown protocol will forcibly override their programming to make them fight you]]. |
| 489 | * The automated turrets from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' fit this trope. After being deactivated, they say things like "No hard feelings" and "I don't hate you". They may also apologize to ''each other'' if one turret collides with another. |
| 490 | * Alouette in ''VideoGame/LaPucelle'' occasionally apologizes after physically attacking a monster. She's a nun whose special attacks often involve beating enemies over the head with the game's [[CrystalDragonJesus Bible equivalent]]. |
| 491 | * The Pandora Artillery in ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheReds'', which fires neutron shells, has the line "May our children forgive us" as he is about to fire. When selected, he may also voice ethical concerns about using these weapons. |
| 492 | * ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheThirdPower'': Sparrow has a habit of apologizing to the people they're about to kill and even [[ChurchgoingVillain says a prayer]] for them to find peace with Empyrea. Later encounters reveal that they're genuinely sorry about their misdeeds, but they feel trapped in serving Arkadya as a spy. |
| 493 | * ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'': When initiating a [[CombinationAttack team-up attack]] as Unmasked!Akira, she shouts "Gomen nasai!" ("I'm sorry!") while she performs the initial hit. |
| 494 | * [[AnIcePerson Freudia Neuwahl]] and Liebea Palesch in ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}''. One can only predict the results when they go up against each other in the sequel. |
| 495 | -->'''Freudia:''' I'm sorry, Tia...\ |
| 496 | '''Liebea:''' Forgive me, Miss Tia... |
| 497 | * Shizumaru Hisame from ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' bows and apologizes to his fallen rival in one of his winning animations. If he performs his Zetsumei Ougi and kills his opponent, [[TearsOfRemorse he actually breaks down crying]]. Similarly, Mina Majikina throws her weapons to the ground and turns away in remorse after her own Zetsumei Ougi. |
| 498 | * ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'': TheSquad gets split into different sides of a CivilWar (with both protagonists being AnotherSideAnotherStory). Since members on opposing sides are still friends, there is a lot of apologizing when the two forces clash, especially from the ShrinkingViolet Tsugumi. |
| 499 | * ''VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration'''s system that lets you put any non-action girl into a mobile suit usually results in this. Tifa, Shekti, and other girls of their kind will apologize their opponent before blasting them up to bits. |
| 500 | * ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'': |
| 501 | ** Players receive a personal apology from the [[SatanicArchetype mysterious CEO]] of Faust Capital right before his boss battle; as much as he likes his newest guests, he's [[MagicallyBindingContract bound by contract]] to obey [[FallenAngel Samael]]'s orders without question, and his master wants the players stopped at all costs. [[spoiler:For good measure, said CEO is none other than Mephistopheles himself.]] |
| 502 | ** During one of the Halloween 2013 missions, it's discovered that Ellis Hill actually left an apology note on the corpse of [[spoiler:the ''real'' Ellis Hill]], claiming that "[[BlueAndOrangeMorality you put a man in the ground, you owe him an explanation for why]]." |
| 503 | * {{Superboss}} [[spoiler:Stephen]] in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' is generally considered one of the hardest bosses in his entire home series. He seems fully aware of this, given that his pre-battle quote is a ''genuine, sincere apology'' for pitting himself against you. |
| 504 | -->''"I might not be able to hold back. Apologies in advance..."'' |
| 505 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 506 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'': |
| 507 | *** One of the alternate playable characters in multiplayer is [[{{Pacifist}} Tikal]]. Every time she uses a special attack, she might say "I'm sorry." |
| 508 | *** Also from the same game, Knuckles apologizes to Rouge for going rough on her following their fight (''after'' she returns the Master Emeralds shards to him). |
| 509 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicRiders: Zero Gravity'' has Blaze, sort of. She sometimes says "Sorry" a bit timidly when she passes other racers. Funny how she doesn't when she hits others with an attack item. |
| 510 | * ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'': |
| 511 | ** Sophitia exclaims "I'm sorry!" after using the [[GroinAttack widow maker]] attack on a male opponent. |
| 512 | ** Talim is another example of this trope, apologizing during even basic attacks. |
| 513 | ** ''Soulcalibur IV'' has voices for custom characters which say stuff like that also. |
| 514 | ** [[TheHero Siegfried]] as well, moreso during his stint as TheAtoner in ''III'' and ''IV''. Considering that he once served time as the BigBad ([[BrainwashedAndCrazy thanks]] [[TheCorruption to]] [[EvilWeapon Soul]] [[ArtifactOfDoom Edge]]), this is understandable. |
| 515 | ** Patrokolos from ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' says "I'm sorry" quite often when fighting against his sister Pyrrha, who herself does this a lot due to being manipulated by Tira into becoming a killing machine (and a suitable vessel for [[EvilWeapon Soul Edge]]). |
| 516 | * In ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'', the characters break up into two superhero teams after an argument, with maybe [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friends]]/maybe [[OfficialCouple boyfriends]] Tweek and Craig ending up on different sides. In the battle that later follows, Tweek will apologize when attacking Craig. |
| 517 | * ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'': |
| 518 | ** A variant appears in ''VideoGame/SplinterCellDoubleAgent'' when you're ordered to kill the innocent helicopter pilot to [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten prove your loyalty]] to the terrorists. If you refuse or take too long, [[PsychoSupporter Jamie]] panics and does it... and then apologizes to you and the terrorists for it. |
| 519 | ** In ''VideoGame/SplinterCellBlacklist'', Briggs softly apologizes right before {{Mercy Kill}}ing [[spoiler:the Secretary of Defense]]. |
| 520 | * ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': |
| 521 | ** Rose will frequently ask her opponent, "Are you hurt?" or "Are you all right?" This trope is much more prominent in her FightingYourFriend situations. |
| 522 | ** Not as straight of an example, but Chun-Li's "gomen ne" taunt translates to "I'm sorry!" |
| 523 | ** Abel from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' straight up says "I'm sorry..." in one of his not-personalized victory quotes. |
| 524 | ** In the pre-fight cut scene for Asuka and Lili's rival match with Cammy and Chun-Li in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'', Asuka apologizes in advance for having to knock the two women out in order to keep them quiet. |
| 525 | * In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioParty'', many [=NPCs=] that penalize the player will be significantly less jerkish and more apologetic if that player happens to be Bowser or Bowser Jr.. Kamek in particular will shake like a leaf and beg for forgiveness if either of them lands on a Bad Luck Space. |
| 526 | * Despinis from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal'' is not just [[ShrinkingViolet chronically shy]], she always says "I'm sorry" before blasting you to smithereens or beating you to a pulp. True to that, [[spoiler:when she joins your party in OG Gaiden, she seems to be more proficient at support skills rather than direct combat]]. |
| 527 | * ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'': Some of the "hybrid" enemies will tell you to run or say "sorry" while shooting you. |
| 528 | * If Mint delivers the final blow in a battle in ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'': "Forgive me, please..." |
| 529 | * One of Estelle's opening-battle quotes in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' is "I'm sorry if I hurt you!" |
| 530 | * Kohak takes this role in ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' when you fight friendly but Zerom-possessed characters Rage Camellia ([[spoiler:Sergeant Morga]]) and Lonely Veronica ([[spoiler:Marin]]) as bosses. |
| 531 | * [[spoiler:Emil]] from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' eventually becomes this after he [[spoiler:seals his SuperpoweredEvilSide]]. |
| 532 | * ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': |
| 533 | ** The Engineer might apologize when killing a Pyro. This is mainly because Pyros [[EnemyMine are the natural Spy killers, and Engineers hate Spies]]. |
| 534 | ** On Halloween maps with a wheel, Merasmus will occasionally [[UrineTrouble coat both teams in Jarate]]... and interrupt his constant gloating to [[EvenEvilHasStandards apologize for doing that]]. |
| 535 | * In ''VideoGame/TelepathTactics'', Ebon Raban does it rather sarcastically (it's more of a BadassBoast), while Leon Hart is more sincere, as he's being coerced by a [[ContinuityNod slave bracelet]] |
| 536 | * Hampton from ''Tiny Toons: Defenders of the Universe'' apologizes when he throws something at an enemy. |
| 537 | * ''VideoGame/ToontownCorporateClash'': The Toons go after [[spoiler:Rainmaker because of her causing weather instability in Barnacle Boatyard, which she wasn't even aware was a problem]]. She actually wants to make friends with you, and only fights back because ''you'' provoked first. Her last words before the fight starts are "Sigh, I really don't want to do this." |
| 538 | * Shannon in ''VideoGame/UminekoGoldenFantasia'' is literally an example, as one of her moves is an apologetic bow. |
| 539 | * ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has a few examples: |
| 540 | ** The early {{Random Encounter|s}} Whimsun doesn't want to fight but feels they have to. Their battle dialogue consists of a lot of apologies, they can be spared right off the bat and their attacks don't even try to hit you. |
| 541 | ** The optional boss "So Sorry", as per his name, [[ApologisesALot apologizes for everything]]. He's not even trying to attack you at all, he's just incredibly clumsy. |
| 542 | ** [[spoiler:Asgore]] manages to be a {{downplayed|Trope}} version in his normal boss fight; he's less direct about it, but he still makes it clear that he ''really'' does not want to fight the protagonist. |
| 543 | ** [[spoiler:Asgore's Lost Soul in the TrueFinalBoss fight has lines like "Forgive me for this" and "This is my duty".]] |
| 544 | * ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'': |
| 545 | ** Susie Evans, being a staunch pacifist, will sometimes freeze up and stop moving if you order her to attack someone (regardless of how much AP she has left). She can, however, use Ragnaid on an ally and still move around fine. If ordered to attack someone, she will actually apologize. Depending on your sense of humour, this is either tragic or darkly hilarious. |
| 546 | --->'''Susie:''' ''[before shooting someone in the head]'' Sorry if this hurts!\ |
| 547 | '''Susie:''' ''[before throwing a grenade]'' I'm a ''pacifist''! |
| 548 | ** Also, one of the enemy lieutenants remarks how the protagonists seem like good people, and he's sorry he has to fight them. |
| 549 | * Avril Vent Fleur from ''VideoGame/WildArms5'' apologizes for the pain she's about to inflict with her attacks. |
| 550 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has a few like this. |
| 551 | ** Vaelastarsz -- a Red Dragon enslaved by Black Dragon Nefarian. |
| 552 | --->'''Vaelstrasz the Corrupt:''' Forgive me, [[[HelloInsertNameHere player]]]! Your death only adds to my failure! |
| 553 | ** Sir Zeliek -- a great Paladin turned into a [[PeoplePuppets marionette]] of the [[BigBad Lich King]], trapped inside his own body as the Lich King uses his own holy powers to commit atrocities. |
| 554 | --->'''Sir Zeliek:''' Forgive me! I-I have no choice but to obey! |
| 555 | ** In ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft'', any time Alexstrasza makes an attack, she states: "I will mourn your death." |
| 556 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'': |
| 557 | ** In Episode I, one of MOMO's battle end sayings is "I'm sorry, are you okay?" If they collapsed in a [[HighPressureBlood shower of blood]], they are pretty far from "okay." |
| 558 | ** Chaos is a more extreme case of this. In certain cases during battle in the second episode, he'll quickly say sorry before attacking. In Episode I, however, he has a pre-battle and battle-end quote in which he prays for the enemy's soul. |
| 559 | --->''"Poor lost souls... may you be reborn again anew!"\ |
| 560 | "May all your souls rest in peace..."'' |
| 561 | * Despite fighting otherworldly monsters or people corrupted by the Hollows beyond the point of sanity and hope, both known as Ethereals, Corin Wickes of ''VideoGame/ZenlessZoneZero'' is constantly apologizing to them while she tears them to bits with her [[ChainsawGood circular saw]]. To really emphasize the point, her switch-attack and ultimate are called "Sorry..." and "Very, Very Sorry!", respectively. |
| 562 | -->'''Corin Wickes:''' Aaaah, I'm sorry! |
| 563 | [[/folder]] |
| 564 | |
| 565 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 566 | * ''[[http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=19641&sid=fed821e788e0020013d4c0513247ed09 a2 ~a due~]]'': The flute player of the orchestra gets at least one moment of this. |
| 567 | --> '''Flute player:''' I- I'm really sorry about hitting you, b- but- but I can't let you hurt my friends! |
| 568 | * ''VisualNovel/GalaxyAngel'': In Chapter 3 of Eternal Lovers, Tact is forced to shoot down his girlfriend when her Emblem Frame is sabotaged and goes out of control, so she won't fall into the enemy's hands. After asking for the firing controls to be transferred to his terminal, he tells his girlfriend "Please forgive me!" before pulling the trigger. |
| 569 | * If you find the EasterEgg ending to the [[spoiler: Q-Team MexicanStandoff]] in ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'' [[spoiler: Sean]] apologizes before [[spoiler: killing Zero]]. |
| 570 | --> '''[[spoiler:Sean]]:''' I'm really sorry... |
| 571 | * In ''VisualNovel/SlayThePrincess'', the Narrator pulls a GrandTheftMe and forces you to attack the Princess if you free her. [[spoiler:If you keep trying to help/warn her despite the Narrator's insistence, the Princess will realize what's going on and her subtitles turn back to pink as she apologizes for being forced to kill you. The second demo turns this up to eleven, with the Princess openly sobbing as she stabs you (if you didn't take the pristine blade) or the Princess coldly making your death quick with a SlashedThroat (if you did).]] |
| 572 | [[/folder]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 575 | * ''Webcomic/OneHundredAndEightyAngel'': [[spoiler: Mazie]] apologises while holding a knife to [[spoiler:Sam's]] throat. |
| 576 | * ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': |
| 577 | ** Dr. McNinja [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p28/ has been shown]], in a throwaway gag to when he was younger and still working out the kinks in balancing his ninja and doctor roles, apologizing over and over and over to the body of an [[{{Mooks}} enemy ninja]] he'd just murdered. |
| 578 | ** He does the same thing [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p75/ here]] when he realizes that the only way to beat ConservationOfNinjutsu is to [[spoiler: team up with the single bad guy against all of the good mooks]]. |
| 579 | * In ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'', [[spoiler:Dr. Man]] apologizes for playing GateGuardian and attacking Fern, explaining that he can't tell whether Hospital's directive to detain her is either absolutely necessary or completely wrong, so he feels obligated to side with his existing loyalties. |
| 580 | * ''Webcomic/CriticalMiss'': [[https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-canadian-front/ snipers]]. |
| 581 | * In ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', the clone troopers apologise when they shoot all the Jedi. Heck, with his different characterisation here, Palpatine is even kind of apologetic about giving the order. |
| 582 | * The 'Fallen' Grace versus Damien battle in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' definitely qualifies. Damien threatens to kill all her friends, she goes CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass on him, rips him to shreds, then reverts to her ordinary personality and apologizes for beating him up, before asking him to surrender. Of course, he DOESN'T, but that's [[TakingYouWithMe another trope]]... |
| 583 | * In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', Mr. Mighty has to [[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/99 knock out]] Iron Jane after she attacks him... later, he has to knock her out [[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/113 again]] to prevent her from killing her former boss in revenge. |
| 584 | * ''Webcomic/ExplorersOfSouls'': [[spoiler: Renée]] when attacking Mel, uttering "No hard feelings, right?" and "I'm just doing my job!". She doesn't actually seem very sorry, though. |
| 585 | * ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' has a villainous example in the form of Psionic Minmax, who apologises to the Kin from [[AlternateUniverse his universe]] that his plans necessitated him to kill her 817 times. That doesn't stop him from killing her for the 818th time though. |
| 586 | * ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': [[https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-1235-battle-of-the-attocentury/ Harem apologizes to Sydney [[spoiler:possessed by Lapha]] before doing "something that everyone who's ever met you has wanted to do at one time or another." [[spoiler:Then two of Harem's doubles teleports in to grabs Sydney, and she tazes her.]] |
| 587 | * An unusual version in ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', where rather than apologize to their opponent angels have a prayer apologizing to YISUN for the violence they perform. |
| 588 | * Cale in ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' is convinced he has to kill an innocent child to save a kingdom. Up until this point, Cale has been bordering on StupidGood and hates the thought of even ''harming'' a single innocent - but eventually [[ShootTheDog goes through with it anyway]]. |
| 589 | -->'''Cale:''' I'm sorry... I'm sorry. |
| 590 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Roy and Belkar are in a gladiator arena in the Empire of Blood (complicated story), and when he sees a peg-legged man threatening Elan with a shiv, he punches him. Before this, however, he apologizes, saying "I just wanted to let you know that this in no way reflects my views on the differently-abled." |
| 591 | * ''Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus'': |
| 592 | ** PlayedForLaughs. Pixie is absolutely ''distraught'' at the notion that she might have hurt Brutus after she playfully throws a tiny toy batarang at him that doesn't even make him flinch. |
| 593 | ** In another comic, she makes sure to ask Randal the raccoon if he's okay after she "tackled" him while playing cops-and-robbers (i.e. she leapt harmlessly onto Randal's back, Brutus growled menacingly at him, and the raccoon hastily played along and pretended Pixie "got" him). |
| 594 | * Errol of ''Webcomic/{{Seekers}}'' profusely apologizes to the female Lizaar as he delivers a sound beating to her in a tournament. |
| 595 | * ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': Rachel's last words to [[spoiler: Bam]]: "Sorry. You have to die here." |
| 596 | * ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'' has Laura, a shy introvert who apologizes while attacking a BrainwashedAndCrazy general. |
| 597 | --> '''Laura:''' "I-i'm sorry I'm hurting you!." |
| 598 | * ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Duane really didn't want to kill the Mamalen Entek and apologises to the ancient being when he destroys it to protect Sette, who wouldn't stop antagonizing the thing since she thought there were treasures hidden inside. She's upset and unsettled to realize it was actually full of corpses. |
| 599 | [[/folder]] |
| 600 | |
| 601 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 602 | * In one of the videos made by ''WebVideo/AutisticCommunist'', [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Natsuki]] briefly apologizes to MC before [[spoiler: stabbing him to death and cannibalizing him after being made to go without food for three days]]. |
| 603 | * The ''Series/DoctorWho'' game ''Eye of the TARDIS'' from the BBC's website involves the Doctor's consciousness being trapped in the TARDIS computer, and the player is charged with the task of defeating virtual avatars of the Doctor's enemies (by jumping on them to destroy them), and gathering energy crystals so that he can escape. The game features David Tennant's voice, as the Doctor says "Sorry, I'm so sorry" to each enemy avatar as it is destroyed. By the time you get to the fourth level, he is saying this as he destroys ''Daleks''. |
| 604 | * In the "Fight Day" episode of {{WebVideo/Idiotsitter}}, Billie gets back at Gene for punching her at the beginning of the episode by socking her in the face. She is instantly and sincerely apologetic. |
| 605 | * Charlie freaks out and apologizes repeatedly to a villain she has just stabbed in ''WebVideo/KateModern: The Last Work''. |
| 606 | * In ''WebVideo/LG15TheResistance'' Chapter 5, Maggie apologizes to a [=LifesBlood Labs=] security guard, who thinks she is saying sorry for running away, before kicking him to the floor. |
| 607 | * ''WebVideo/NightmareTime:'' In the episode "Yellow Jacket" Hannah is in a fight with Spitfire in an underground fighting ring. For most of the fight, she plays defensively, until she realizes how much she needs the prize money, and apologizes before making her first attack. |
| 608 | --> '''Hannah:''' Sorry, I need to hit you now. |
| 609 | * WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic wanted a war with WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, but only when the Nerd had the time. |
| 610 | * The circumstances of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'''s White trailer haven't been revealed, but Weiss' [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/weisswhitetrailer_4448.png expression]] while fighting the Knight -- and her initial reluctance to go on the offensive -- strongly implies that she didn't want to do it. |
| 611 | * Bobby Jacks in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' apologizes to Ivan Roeghmills before cutting his throat. |
| 612 | * In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[VillainProtagonist Skitter]] apologizes to the superhero Triumph, after she nearly kills him. |
| 613 | ** Later, Dinah Alcott, the third most powerful [[{{Seers}} precog]] on the planet, leaves Skitter several notes. One of them reads "I'm Sorry." [[spoiler: Dinah later organizes an attack on Skitter that [[TheUnmasking exposes her civilian identity.]]]] |
| 614 | [[/folder]] |
| 615 | |
| 616 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 617 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "I Remember You", Ice King apologizes to Marceline twice after he pushes her. |
| 618 | ** The song in that episode has a retroactive and heartbreaking example: |
| 619 | --->''"Please forgive me for whatever I do... when I don't remember you..."'' |
| 620 | ** And Jake's mother. |
| 621 | --->'''Margaret''': Don't think you can trick me into thinking you're some kind of... baby... oh. Are you a baby?\ |
| 622 | '''Never Doubt The Blob''': ...Uh-huh.\ |
| 623 | '''Margaret''': OH, oh baby, I'm SO sorry *beat* FOR THIS!\ |
| 624 | * punches [[spoiler:Jake's biological mother]] to steal venom*\ |
| 625 | '''Margaret''': I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry... |
| 626 | * ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': |
| 627 | ** "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheEarthKing The Earth King]]": Katara apologizes to all the guards she has to water-whip out of the way when the Gaang's trying to get into the Earth King's palace. |
| 628 | ** "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePuppetmaster The Puppetmaster]]": Aang and Sokka attacking Katara while under [[spoiler:[[PeoplePuppets Hama's control]]]]. Katara herself apologizes immediately after freezing Aang in place. |
| 629 | ** "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E7TheAftermath The Aftermath]]:" When [[spoiler: Asami discovers her father Hiroshi is working for the Equalists]]. |
| 630 | ---> [[spoiler: '''Asami''']]: I love you, Daddy. *attacks* |
| 631 | ** "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS3E1ABreathOfFreshAir A Breath of Fresh Air]]:" When one of [[spoiler: the new airbenders]] discovers his new ability, he freaks out and airbends the people who try to help him, apologizing every time. |
| 632 | * Galen Cox apologizes to Victor Steiner Davion just before he punches him in the jaw in the ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' cartoon. Not only is Galen, a Hauptmann, punching his superior officer, a Kommandant, he's just knocked out ''the Crown Prince he swore loyalty to'', albeit on the (very understandable) orders of a general who wants to evacuate Victor from the world before he can be captured or killed when a battle turns against them very badly and Victor refuses to leave the unit behind. |
| 633 | * Silverbolt did this to Cheetor several times in a row once in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Cheetor commented on wanting to return the favor when the argument was made that Silverbolt was "acting in his best interests". |
| 634 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10 Omniverse}}'' episode "Something Zombozo Comes That Way", Ben is Upgrade [[FightingYourFriend fighting]] a [[TheVirus Zombie]] [[TheCorruption Clown]] [[NotHimself Rook]]. He fuses with Rook's Proto-Tool and knocks him out with an electrical shock as he says "Sorry that I have to do this to you, but it's for your own good". |
| 635 | * ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': In "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS4E5TheUnbearableBlightnessOfBeing The Unbearable Blightness of Being]]", Dr. Blight's scheme of the week involves swapping bodies with Gaia. After dealing with a crisis at a nuclear power plant, Captain Planet starts chasing Dr. Blight's aircraft, correctly assuming that Blight is to blame for the whole thing but having no idea of the FreakyFridayFlip. Thus, Gaia-as-Blight tells MAL that while they must defend themselves, the Captain is to be treated gently. |
| 636 | -->'''Gaia''' ''(softly)'': This is gonna hurt me more than it does you. |
| 637 | * In the climax of the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' movie "WesternAnimation/OperationZERO", Numbuh One is able to jury rig the Birthday Suits so they ''partially'' cure his teammates of the zombified condition. (He was in a rush.) As they use the manual controls to launch an attack on [[BigBad Granfather]], Numbuh Two kicks Numbah One in the ribs, and then says, "Uh, sorry! The lower half of my body is still evil." |
| 638 | * Joe Jitsu uses this when giving the villains the once-over on ''WesternAnimation/TheDickTracyShow'' ([[AsianSpeekeeEngrish "So solly. Excuse, prease"]]). |
| 639 | * ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In the episode "Busted", the gang is trying to fix Madame Foster's bust that Bloo accidentally broke before Mr Herriman finds out. Unfortunately, Frankie catches them in Mr Herriman's office and when they confess she angrily threatens to tell Mr Herriman about Bloo. To stop Frankie, Eduardo immediately knocks her out with a headbutt and locks her in a closet while screaming "I'M [=SORRY=]!!!! I'M SORRY!!!! I'M SORRY!!!" |
| 640 | * In ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'', when Xander Crews and Killface were forced to fight to the death. They had originally agreed to fake it and figured they'd think of something eventually, but when the audience wasn't buying it, Killface apologized to Xander before ''biting his ear off'', escalating the fight into actual to-the-death territory. |
| 641 | * In ''[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' (2002), a curse cast by King Hsss turns all of the heroes except He-Man and Roboto into Snake-Men, rendering them BrainwashedAndCrazy. (Roboto, being a robot, is immune, and Hsss apparently wanted He-Man to suffer more.) When a fight breaks out, Roboto slugs Mekaneck, saying, "My apologies, Mekaneck." |
| 642 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible|2021}}'': When [[spoiler: The Mauler Twins escape prison,]] they apologize to [[spoiler: Pete]] for having to attack him to do so, given he's been nice to them. They also spare his life. |
| 643 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In Episode 105, [[spoiler: Stumpy]] apologizes to the rest of the main four before [[spoiler: very nearly wiping them out of existence]]. |
| 644 | * ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': |
| 645 | ** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d and subverted in one episode. |
| 646 | --->'''Member of Team Impossible:''' I wish there was another way.\ |
| 647 | '''Ron:''' Really?\ |
| 648 | '''Member of Team Impossible:''' [[BrutalHonesty Not really, but that's what our lawyer told me to say.]] |
| 649 | ** In another episode Ron tries to make himself a better hero by using a cybernetic suit, only for it -- and thus his body -- to fall under villainous control. Besides apologizing as they attack each other, he and Kim also have a discussion about their relationship and the insecurities that made Ron think this was necessary in the first place while dodging each other's blows. |
| 650 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In "WesternAnimation/AHareGrowsInManhattan", Bugs Bunny shoves an apple pie in a bulldog's face. He apologies profusely, cleans the dog's face off, then shoves a cherry pie in it. |
| 651 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' in the episode "Robot Wars" Jenny was forced to fight other robots in an arena in which she apologized for each attack! |
| 652 | * ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'': |
| 653 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE12TheGhostOfParadiseEstate2 The Ghost of Paradise Estate, Part 2]]", Pluma -- a normally heroic person who has been forced to attack the main characters by a villain holding her grandfather hostage -- apologizes profusely for her actions, even as she traps the heroes and destroys their house, as she regrets what she's doing but sees no way to avoid it. |
| 654 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony, Part 2]]", Fluttershy is ordered to restrain a brainwashed Rainbow Dash, and proceeds to fly up to the sleeping Rainbow and... gently awaken her, then ask "I'm just wondering if it's okay if I hold you down against your will for a little bit." Twilight Sparkle's reaction is [[FacePalm predictable]]. |
| 655 | * In the French cartoon ''[[WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Once Upon a Time... Space]]'', the [[RobotWar Humanoids]] beg the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Cassiopeians]] to surrender during most of their battle, as they don't wish to [[CurbStompBattle obliterate them]]. |
| 656 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' episode "It's About Time" has Private apologizing to Skipper as he attempts to steal a vial of "Macguffium," a chemical that is supposed to power Kowalski's time travel device, the Chronotron, in order to destroy it under another Kowalski's orders. Private succeeds, but the real Kowalski just so happens to have a spare vial of Macguffium to foil Private's goal. |
| 657 | * After Him turned everyone evil in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'', they apologized after [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHim beating the snot out of everybody]]. |
| 658 | * In the TV version of ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'', the abbot smacks an invader on the head, apologizes, smacks another on the head, and asks for forgiveness after the second hit. |
| 659 | * WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack apologized to a guy for knocking him out and stealing his clothes after Jack's own clothes were stolen. |
| 660 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 661 | ** "Bye Bye Nerdie": [[TheBully Nelson]] apologizes as he is forced to attack Drederick Tatum who has been swabbed with "Poindextrose". |
| 662 | ** "Dogtown": Marge calls "I'm sorry!" to the alpha dog, the Van Houtens' chihuahua, when she literally kicks it out of the park to assert her dominance to the dog pack. |
| 663 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E08Veritas Veritas]]", [[GenkiGirl Tendi]] does this when she's mistaken for some badass secret agent and taken along on a classified mission. The rest of the team thinks that she's playing mind games with their enemies. |
| 664 | -->'''Ransom:''' Apologizing to the enemy? That's cold, Cleaner.\ |
| 665 | '''Black Ops Human Officer:''' You're playin' some real (bleep)ed mind games. |
| 666 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Starfire often acts regretful when attacking people, such as wondering if she blasted Plasmus too hard. In "Mother Mae Eye" Starfire does this when she is about to hit the Titans with a giant rolling pin so they regain their senses. |
| 667 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': Donatello got one of these while attempting to save a power plant worker from a cooling tower that he'd just rigged to [[StuffBlowingUp blow up]]. ItMakesSenseInContext... |
| 668 | -->'''Don:''' We don't have time for this! Please accept my apology!\ |
| 669 | '''Worker:''' For what?\ |
| 670 | '''Don:''' For this. ''[cue the use of his staff]'' |
| 671 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2012}}'' episode "Pizza Face", Mikey does this when he fights against his pizza-zombified brothers (except Raph). |
| 672 | -->'''Michelangelo:''' ''[to Donatello]'' Ooops... Sorry D.\ |
| 673 | '''Michelangelo:''' ''[to Leonardo]'' Oh man! Sorry, Leo!\ |
| 674 | '''Michelangelo:''' ''[to Raphael]'' Not sorry, Raph! |
| 675 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Despite competing in dodgeball to escape elimination, DJ apologizes to Gwen when he successfully gets her out. |
| 676 | [[/folder]] |
| 677 | |
| 678 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 679 | * Many people who are members of religions that respect animal rights, but who are forced to eat meat due to economic or health conditions, thank and/or apologize to the animal before eating it. |
| 680 | ** One argument as to why you shouldn't waste meat is because it takes significantly more time for something raised to be turned into meat and eaten to grow as desired; it is respectful to the animal to consume the meat in its entirety, or at least eat as much of it on your plate if you can, should you be someone who enjoys eating it. |
| 681 | ** Some more tribal-style minority religions that symbolically respected animals had separate rituals for this, in the lines of [[ThankYourPrey "Thanks for letting us eat you, no hard feelings. We're sending you back now (just kind of, um, thinner), come again."]] |
| 682 | *** Choi Min-sik, star of Korean film ''Oldboy'' is a Buddhist vegetarian - he said a prayer for every live octopus he had to eat during one particularly gross scene. |
| 683 | * UsefulNotes/{{Douglas MacArthur}} was once out driving at night after returning to the US from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI when a man tried to rob his car at gunpoint. [=MacArthur=] proceeded to get out of the car and tell the man that [[ThirdPersonPerson Douglas [=MacArthur=] wouldn't be robbed at gunpoint]], he'd only give up his money if he lost a round of GoodOldFisticuffs. The attacker immediately apologized, saying that he'd served in [=MacArthur=]'s unit during the war and let him proceed on his way. |
| 684 | * Attila Ambrus, a failed Hungarian hockey player, robbed post offices and banks at gunpoint. He would usually thank the teller, even though slightly drunk. |
| 685 | * In Norah Vincent's ''Self-Made Man'', she recounts second-hand an anecdote of this sort. The full paragraph is on the [[Quotes/ApologeticAttacker quotes page]]. |
| 686 | * Albert [=DeSalvo=] committed several (dozen) rapes in which he would apologize to his victims and show concern for their physical safety. Aside from, y'know, the raping bit. This is one reason why some modern profilers feel [=DeSalvo=] and the Boston Strangler were two different people, as the Strangler's victims were savaged by the killer. |
| 687 | * MMA fighter Creator/BasRutten went down to apologize after winning by KO in his first fight, as his opponent was a Japanese guy who he knew from the dojo. In fact, he hit him so hard that he thought he had killed him. |
| 688 | * In some places, the local customs dictated that executioners should apologize to their soon-to-be victims. i.e., the martyrdom of [[http://www.ruilclubgenk.be/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104 Blessed Maria Dolorosa van Brabant]] [[note]]Link is in Dutch[[/note]] (a young woman who was executed by being BuriedAlive and then ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice, for supposed theft and witchcraft) had the guy about to execute her apologize for it and then ask her to pray for him in Heaven, which she promised to do. |
| 689 | * In [[https://twitter.com/gryking/status/1270786621059760128 this 2020 viral video]] we see a guy standing up against a white supremacist who becomes increasingly more agitated until despite the former's attempts to de-escalate, the white supremacist becomes violent and the guy is forced to defend himself [[CurbStompBattle which ends badly for the racist guy]], after which you can hear the guy apologizing to his aggressor and even tries to move him away from the street. |
| 690 | * In ''Film/MonstersBall'', this occurred between actors Creator/HalleBerry and Coronji Calhoun during filming. Berry's character Leticia would physically and emotionally abuse her young son Tyrell--Calhoun's character--for being obese, but Berry felt awful shooting those scenes because Calhoun really was overweight and she was worried what kind of effect this would have on him. She always hugged and kissed him after filming and assured him that he was beautiful. |
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