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| 6 | ->'''Giles:''' Remind me -- why should I help you?\ |
| 7 | '''Spike:''' Because. You're the goody-good guys. You're the freaking cavalry. |
| 8 | -->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E13TheIInTeam The I In Team]]" |
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| 10 | Heroes have to deal with a lot of obstacles on their quest, or even everyday life. Not just from the BigBad, but also fellow citizens. One of the most annoying is the UngratefulBastard, who won't thank the heroes over being rescued, or worse, [[ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike complains!]] Of course, there are worse bad habits out there. Chief among them is acting like an Entitled Bastard. |
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| 12 | The Entitled Bastard comes in two flavors: |
| 13 | * Someone who, despite being a {{Jerkass}} who [[TheBully bad mouths the heroes]], [[TheMillstone obstructs their efforts]] or is an outright villain, feels entitled to the heroes' unwavering loyalty and aid in a time of crisis. Once a threat comes around that can't be slimed out of by selling out an ally, he asks for and expects to be saved, possibly even before more deserving InnocentBystanders! He will be [[ItsAllAboutMe completely shameless]] about this, even if [[NeverMyFault he created the threat in the first place]] and perhaps even intended to use it against the heroes before it [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfired on him]]. |
| 14 | * A {{Jerkass}} who generally thinks they have the right to do or have whatever they want and nobody has any right to stop them, and expects special treatment from those around them despite doing nothing to deserve it. This may show up with people who say ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections, ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers, [[ScrewThisIndexIHaveTropes et cetera]]. |
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| 16 | Regardless, both types share defining traits: The Entitled Bastards usually think [[ItsAllAboutMe it's all about them]]; they have an inflated sense of self-importance, and neither feel the least bit sheepish about asking the people whose lives they've made hell for help nor [[UngratefulBastard see any reason to thank them for it afterwards]]. What happens to them depends on just how annoying or harmful they've been, and how [[IdealHero nice]] or [[AntiHero naughty]] the heroes are. If they've just been bad-mouthing a generally GoodSamaritan [[SamaritanSyndrome of a hero]], they'll be saved no matter what. If the hero has a sense of humor, they might leave them in a safe place... [[EmbarrassingRescue hanging by their underpants]]. On the other hand, outright murderous villains will likely die with a look of bewilderment as the AntiHero [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked refuses to help]] and [[MurderByInaction leaves them to their fate]]... or even ''speeds their death along.'' |
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| 18 | Compare the SpoiledBrat and {{Narcissist}}, who often displays entitled behavior themselves, as well as EntitledToHaveYou, when a character feels they automatically deserve sex or a relationship from another character. Usually a source of DudeWheresMyRespect, and often a case of VillainBall. Doubles as a form of [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]]. The vast majority of villains in general show this quality to some degree given that their way in life is getting whatever they fancy without caring about whether or not they have any rightful claim over it, and it's also one of the defining traits of TheSociopath. |
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| 20 | Not to be confused with literally entitled [[RoyalBastard bastard]], who holds a seat in the peerage of a kingdom despite the circumstances of their birth. |
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| 22 | If the hero actually does decide to save the jerk willingly, see SaveTheJerk. |
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| 24 | OffendedByAnInferiorsSuccess, a trope in which someone feels another ''isn't'' entitled to something is the [[InvertedTrope Inversion]] |
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| 26 | Not to be confused with VillainsWantMercy or AintTooProudToBeg, when a villain, or just a {{Jerkass}} ends up in a dangerous situation and begs the same people they victimized/mistreated for help. If the jerk is willing to act nice to get something out of their enemy, then its a case of FairWeatherFoe. |
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| 30 | !!Examples: |
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| 34 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 35 | * ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' showcases this with a worryingly large number of the wealthy, but best highlighted with Edward "Dimo" Reeves; during the Battle of Trost, he deliberately blocks off an emergency exit with his merchandise, flat-out tells Mikasa to her face that she and the rest of the military exist solely to die so people like him can live, and tries to pull ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections when she threatens him. |
| 36 | * ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': This is Syaoran's primary problem during the early part of the series. He believes that he is the rightful heir to the [[MacGuffin Clow Cards]] by virtue of being Clow Reed's descendant, whereas Sakura is, in his view, an incompetent weakling. His entire rivalry with Sakura is built on entitlement. [[CharacterDevelopment Fortunately, he grows out of it]]. |
| 37 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 38 | ** In the [[Manga/DragonBall first series]], during their first meeting with Master Roshi after returning his pet turtle, Bulma fully expects Roshi to give her a gift in exchange despite the fact that she blatantly refused to initially help Turtle return to the sea, and tried to persuade Goku to feed Turtle to the [[BearsAreBadNews Bear Thief]] to save her own hide; Turtle even outright says that Goku's the only one who ''really'' helped him. |
| 39 | ** During the fight against Frieza in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Vegeta gets himself critically injured by Krillin as part of a plan to get a power boost by having Dende [[HealingHands heal]] him (Saiyans become more powerful upon recovering from near-death experiences), and is genuinely shocked when Dende refuses to do so since Vegeta [[EvilVersusEvil was just as bad as Frieza]] and had slaughtered countless Namekians himself. He ends up doing so anyway after Piccolo, Gohan, and Krillin point out that they need Vegeta to stand a chance. For bonus points, the first thing Vegeta does after getting healed is punch Dende in the stomach for taking so long. |
| 40 | *** As a whole, this is Vegeta's FatalFlaw, along with his {{pride}} and wrath, before the final fight with Majin Buu. He believes he should be the strongest because he's the Prince of the Saiyans and born exceptionally gifted among his race, whereas Goku was born at the absolute bottom of the Saiyan pecking order. His entire rivalry with Goku is built on entitlement. |
| 41 | ** In ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'', Frieza offers Vegeta a high-ranking position back in his army if he kills Goku for him. Despite the fact that Frieza slaughtered Vegeta's entire species, destroyed his homeworld, belittled him at every turn while Vegeta served him, and tortured him to death for fun back on Namek, he's genuinely shocked when Vegeta shoots his offer down in favor of killing him. Vegeta even lampshades it: |
| 42 | --->'''Vegeta''': Use your head. Do you honestly think I would stay loyal to you after you blew up the planet I was destined to rule?! |
| 43 | * ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': |
| 44 | ** As God of the Zodiac and head of the Sohma family, Akito feels she has the right to do whatever she wants and no one has any right to stop her. No better is this shown with her relationship with the Zodiac members, expecting them to love her unconditionally [[AllTakeAndNoGive despite giving them nothing but abuse and spite in return]]. |
| 45 | ** Her [[AbusiveParents mother]] Ren is just as bad, if not worse, being nothing more than an overgrown brat who complains whenever someone else is getting even a bit of attention. She goes so far as to claim everyone should be revering ''her'' instead of Akito as it's been solely because of her that Akira was saved and Akito exists, despite the fact that she didn't even ''want'' to have Akito and went so far as to threaten to abort her unless she was RaisedAsTheOppositeGender. |
| 46 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Shou Tucker genuinely expected to be rewarded by the State Military for [[spoiler:turning his own daughter into a chimera]] for the sake of a research grant; when they instead place him under house arrest to eventually be decommissioned and court-martialed, he has the gall to gripe about how no one understands him and he got the short end of the stick. |
| 47 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 48 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': During his fight with Jotaro, DIO spouts rude, sexist comments at the cashier of a jewelry store he crashed into while also demanding her help, before killing her as well. |
| 49 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'': Yoshikage Kira truly believes he deserves to live a quiet and peaceful life without conflict or strife, with the full expectation that luck and good fortune is his right. What he never seems to realize is his merciless killing of anyone and everyone who so much as irks him denies him any right to such a life, something that is lampshaded by the heroes a couple of times. |
| 50 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'': Jobin's ill-thought schemes were primarily motivated under the conceit that his family wasn't as respected and rich as it ought to be. |
| 51 | * Haruka's mother Kumiko in ''Manga/KotouraSan'', who [[IHaveNoSon abandons her daughter]] and then goes to said daughter's apartment demanding food and booze. When said daughter is still underaged. |
| 52 | * The young Priestess Shion from ''Anime/NarutoShippudenTheMovie'' acts like this, a lot. [[spoiler:It turns out that she just does it to keep people from wanting to be around her, 'cause people who get close to her often end up dead.]] |
| 53 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 54 | ** There's a subversion: Post-TimeSkip, a group of impostors try to take advantage of the Straw Hats' infamy and recruit powerful pirates for their venture into the New World. Their captain, Fake Luffy, acts like this by using Luffy's reputation (especially his rather colorful heritage) to do what he wants -- since he isn't the real Luffy, he's a bastard, but not an actual ''entitled'' bastard. It's one of the main reasons why Sentoumaru was able to tell they were fakes; taking advantage of his reputation to bully civilians is something the real Luffy would ''never'' do. The real Luffy also cares very little for his heritage, to the point that he seems completely unaware of it at times. |
| 55 | ** The World Nobles. [[spoiler:Ironically, Donquixote Doflamingo, a ''former'' World Noble, is probably the worst of the lot. His actions boil down to him having a thirty-year long temper tantrum over the fact he was not allowed to return to Mariejois just because his father decided to uproot their family and make them live as commoners. That would be a mistake, as the country they moved to (which was completely unaffiliated with the World Government) found out about their status and, being victims of the World Nobles' cruelty, decided to take their revenge on them knowing that there would be no repercussions. While he does have a genuinely tragic past, that is no excuse for his deplorable actions. And -- something that is frequently pointed out out-of-universe -- it was ''because'' Doflamingo kept on acting like a SpoiledBrat that the citizens were tipped off about their heritage in the first place.]] |
| 56 | * In the manga ''Manga/PsychometrerEiji'' there was a character named Yoshio Oonuki who was involved in a gang rape where the victim ended up killing herself. When her grandfather goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge he is arrested and put in protective custody. When he started complaining that he wasn’t going to get into a good university, the main character called him out on not only his SkewedPriorities but him completely missing the point of what was going on. |
| 57 | * ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'': Miki never has any doubts about asking for help from the people she constantly bullies and abuses. |
| 58 | * In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' many of Ranma and Akane's old enemies/rivals/unwanted fiancé will often come to the Tendō dojo pleading their help with some problem. Notably Sentarō, from the Martial Arts Tea Ceremony episodes, whose antics include kidnapping girl-type Ranma off the street in order to marry her. When he does get Ranma and Akane to help him, he takes advantage of the situation by trying to run off with Akane. |
| 59 | * In ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', King Aultcray Melromarc embodies this trope, since even before Malty enacted her [[FalseRapeAccusation blatantly lie-filled scheme]], the King ''always'' opted to [[ChillyReception ignore]] the Shield Hero Naofumi, not even caring for him to introduce himself after the three other Cardinal [[FailureHero "Heroes"]] introduced themselves, that alone speaks volumes of his sheer dislike/hatred toward the Shield Hero; and it just [[SarcasmMode gets better from there]] as he constantly finds flimsy excuses to deprive him of whatever he has scraped together, even his own slave Raphtalia, which is a demi-human, and the King freaking '''hates demi-humans'''; not to mention knowing full well that demi-human slavery is prominent in Melromarc by his own decree no less, he just used the rigged duel on Naofumi to [[IrrationalHatred subtly vent his hatred on him]], getting joy when he sees the rigged duel seemingly worked. [[spoiler: Temporarily at least.]] Really says a lot about how shitty this Royal Asshat is. After all that, how exactly did he expect Naofumi to respond to his demand to explain how he got stronger than the other heroes despite the negative stigma and unfair handicaps he forced upon him? Aultcray ''still'' expected him to comply when it was clear that Naofumi '''will not''' respect, nor obey him by this point for all the crap he's done, and somehow looks shocked and angered when the former spells it out to him. [[spoiler:He does get better, unlike his daughter.]] |
| 60 | ** If you thought Aultcray was bad, Motoyasu is just as bad, if not ''worse.'' He blindly follows Malty around like a puppy, easily believing in [[FalseRapeAccusation all of her lies that makes Naofumi as the worst human being]] [[IRejectYourReality while denying any evidence that says otherwise]], starts unprovoked fights against Naofumi, accusing Naofumi of being a DirtyCoward who mistreats women [[{{Hypocrite}} when Motoyasu is doing just that to ALL women]], while believing Naofumi ALWAYS cheats in the duels ''he'' initiates even though Motoyasu only wins if Malty interferes while Naofumi plays fair and square. Once Malty frames Naofumi for supposedly killing Ren and Itsuki, Motoyasu wholeheartedly believes this and attacks Naofumi while denying all reasoning and refuses to be willing to listen to Naofumi’s side of the story. All it takes for Motoyasu to forcibly accept the truth is [[BigBad Bisca T. Balmus]] literally spelling it out to his face that he’s wrong on what he initially believed. Yet Motoyasu has the gall to immediately demand that Naofumi team up with him, who refuses his offer since the former just tried to kill him earlier. His annoyance turns into outright anger when Motoyasu tries to justify their team-up by saying, "You don't want to die with a crime you didn't commit tarnishing your name, do you!?", when he stupidly believed in the FalseRapeAccusation against Naofumi, along with the kidnapping frame-up and blindly going along with the claims that he brainwashes people and had killed Ren and Itsuki despite Malty's increasingly obvious bullshit reeking around her lies. This just convinces Naofumi that Motoyasu is just not worth saving on account of his LethallyStupid behavior and [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked prepares to simply let him die]]. It only takes Ren and Itsuki showing up and eventually convincing Naofumi to drop everything and save the world does he agree to team up. |
| 61 | * ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': |
| 62 | ** Sugou Nobuyuki/Oberon, the BigBad of the Fairy Dance arc, takes this to [[AGodAmI extreme levels]], believing he has the right to do whatever he wants, [[TakeOverTheWorld like rule the world]], and no one has any right to stop him. When he first reveals his [[BitchInSheepsClothing true colors]] to Kirito, he brags that it's his right to take advantage of Asuna, since RECTO took custody of her and the other 300 SAO survivors, and that he's entitled to compensation for keeping them all alive. Later, when Kayaba's VirtualGhost overrides his control of ALO and gives Kirito GameMaster privileges, Sugou [[PsychopathicManchild throws a screaming tantrum]] and rants that Kayaba ''always'' takes everything he considers rightfully his. |
| 63 | ** When Alice returns to Rulid Village with Kirito after the first half of the Alicization arc, the villagers shun her for being a criminal and force her to stay on the outskirts. Despite that, a few of the villagers make requests of her to do odd jobs for them, [[UngratefulBastard without showing her any real gratitude]] or changing their minds about her. |
| 64 | * In ''Literature/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil'', the hero clan, but especially Takashi Hayase, call Basara Tojo out on his involvement in the Brynhildr incident even though the incident scarred him much more than them and he was unable to control his powers at the time. Even though [[JerkassHasAPoint it's not without reason]], [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic they're just so vengeful about it that it's really hard to care]]. Mio Naruse [[WhatTheHellHero calls them out]] with a ShutUpHannibal after hearing this reason for the umpteenth time. |
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| 67 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 68 | * Sandorst from ''ComicBook/TheAutumnlandsToothAndClaw''. The city is in ruins so he orders a salvage in order to build a comfortable lounge '''for himself''' while the rest of the citizens huddle in the cold wreckage. |
| 69 | %%* ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'': {{Jerkass}} bystander Byron Brassballs. |
| 70 | * ComicBook/TheKingpin from ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' has a lot of this in his character and will pull DisproportionateRetribution on people who deny him his way. The Ultimate version was worse, ordering ComicBook/SpiderMan's school blown up while class was in session after Daredevil threatened to kill his wife. And during the threat, he kept pleading with Daredevil that he had done nothing wrong because it "wasn't personal" despite the fact that in the Ultimate continuity, Kingpin was the one who killed Daredevil's father. Made worse in triplicate by the fact that it was Spider-Man who talked Daredevil down. That's right, [[MoralEventHorizon The Kingpin was going to bomb a school full of teenagers to punish the guy who saved his wife from death right in front of his eyes.]] |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': In "Unthinkable", Dr. Doom used demonic possession to seize control over Reed's infant daughter Valeria, captured and tortured his family for days, and opened a portal to hell and threw his son into it. After Reed managed to save the day, he was able to trick Doom into insulting the demons who granted him his power boost, causing them to grab him and drag him into hell. After all this Doom ''still'' asked Reed to save him from an eternity of torment and claim he'd changed his ways but... It says a lot to how much suffering Doom had caused that Reed felt no guilt or shame at all in leaving him there to rot. |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': A story involved a young boy (around 10-years-old) whose father was extremely wealthy. The boy placed himself recklessly in danger, expecting the Legion to save him because (in the boy's view) they expected to be paid. He eventually learns his lesson after being scared half to death by a truly murderous maniac who hated the boy's father and would have killed the boy as revenge if the Legion hadn't prevented it. |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': A flashback showed the Plutonian being faced with a man who complained that his boat was damaged in a pirate attack the Plutonium just prevented. This guy ended up annoying the Plutonian (who was already having a rough day) to the point that he flew to the moon just to get a few minutes of peace and quiet. And then the events that would kickstart Plutonian's StartOfDarkness happened... |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Spidey's greatest and best-hidden foe does this quite often. Who is he? J. Jonah Jameson. He manages to publicly badmouth and ridicule him on a daily basis, has created two supervillains (the infamous Scorpion as well as C-lister The Human Fly) and a few evil robots in his quest to kill Spidey, gets into all sorts of fights and kidnappings by Spidey's other foes (who are jealous of him), and Spider-Man always, ''always'' pulls his bacon out of the fire... though he does put him in his place with purposely embarrassing rescues. He even gets to become the Mayor of New York, despite how often he's printed complete garbage about Spider-Man that he's later had to retract when it turned out that, yes, it really was Mysterio or Chameleon, and despite the fact he's known to have sponsored the creation of Scorpion, the Human Fly, and the Spider-Slayers. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 76 | ** In various continuities, this is Lex Luthor's attitude towards Superman. And pretty much everyone else's opinion of Lex himself. |
| 77 | ** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'', Sleazy journalist Cat Grant launched a smear campaign against Supergirl with the intention of driving her away from Metropolis. Cat calls Supergirl a reckless, out-of-control teenager, accuses her of spearheading a Kryptonian AlienInvasion, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking complained about her out-of-fashion]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dress]]'' and the ''length of her skirt''. During one year she told everyone over and again that the world doesn't need a Supergirl. And then she ran into trouble in ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'' and blackmailed Kara into helping her because she couldn't find Superman. And as they teamed up, Cat ''kept'' insulting her. |
| 78 | --->'''Supergirl:''' "The hero the world doesn't need," Cat wrote about me. Some days, though, it sure feels like it does. Though, if there weren't three kids missing, I'm not sure I'd help her. You can't say those kinds of things about a person then expect them to just fly up and give you a hand. |
| 79 | ** ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'': Belinda spends the whole school year bullying Linda and trying to drive her and Lena apart. Finally, she snaps, attacks the school and Supergirl, steals her inter-dimensional communicator, and overloads it with her out-of-control emotions. Her actions and choices lead to her being turned into a sentient statue, a development that she blames Supergirl for. Still, when Supergirl and Lena start arguing, Belinda complains about helping her not being a priority. And she calls ''them'' jerks. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': When Cheshire was part of Deathstroke's Titans team, she wanted to kill him for embarrassing her and tried to get Arsenal to help. This was after their daughter Lian was killed in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' and Roy fell back into his heroin addiction and became a violent antihero. Cheshire first tried to feign sympathy by telling Arsenal he couldn't bring their daughter back by hurting himself, then tried to play on his loyalty to the Titans by telling him Deathstroke was soiling their name. When that didn't work, Cheshire dropped all pretense by telling Arsenal she didn't care if his drug addiction killed him but he owed her for "Letting their daughter die." What's especially hypocritical about this is that Cheshire once conceived a replacement baby to get out of the ComicBook/SecretSix, even though it meant Lian might be killed in the process since her well being was used as a bargaining chip to keep Cheshire on the team. And Cheshire still treats Arsenal like crap while he's on Deathstroke's team with her when she's not sleeping with him to keep him under her thumb. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'': When the Autobots win the war and Cybertron is restored, many of the neutral Cybertonians return to the planet and try to take control, [[GodzillaThreshold forcing the Autobots]] to [[EnemyMine release the captive Deceptions]] to stop the attack. They also put blame on the Autobots [[UngratefulBastard even though it was the Autobots who fought and died to restore their world.]] |
| 82 | * Happens basically every second time the ''Comicbook/XMen'' save somebody. They are getting racial slurs thrown at them and are expected to save the same people. |
| 83 | ** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Longshot, as part of his AdaptationalVillainy. Being the luckiest man in the world, he is used to things just falling into his lap, and gets somewhat disagreeable and violent when they don't. |
| 84 | * ''Comicbook/{{Zatanna}}'': Benjamin Raymond, having [[DealWithTheDevil made a deal with Mammon]] to help him collect souls in exchange for [[ImmortalityImmorality extended life]], tries and fails to sacrifice Zatanna. This causes his own soul to be forfeit to Mammon, and he has the nerve to ask Zatanna to help him. She can't stop Mammon from claiming him, but takes pity on him and transforms him into an inanimate lump of gold so he won't suffer. |
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| 88 | [[AC:{{Crossover}}s]] |
| 89 | * In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Mysterio was once a special effects artist but was fired during the rise of {{CGI}} because his effects were just too expensive. Rather than adapt to the times or look for cheaper ways to do his specialty, Mysterio became a supervillain just to get the money he "deserved". |
| 90 | * ''Fanfic/BlueGreenEyes'': Soun Tendo proves to be this, treating his elder daughters like personal servants and focusing all his time and energy on [[ParentalFavoritism training Akane]]. Nabiki eventually [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on this]] when he tries to punish Ranma for something that didn't happen. |
| 91 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has this as a feature of many of its villains: Gravemoss thinks he ''deserves'' the power to conduct his heinous experiments; HYDRA think they ''deserve'' to rule the world (based on an unclear metric of being 'better' than everyone else); the Red Room believe they ''deserve'' to regain Russia's 'lost empire' (more specifically, Yelena Belova believes that she ''deserves'' to be the Black Widow); Sinister believes that he ''deserves'' the god-given right to treat anyone and everyone as a medical experiment; Surtur believes he ''deserves'' his power (stolen from [[spoiler: the Phoenix]]) and has the right to rewrite the universe according to his design (because everyone else is wrong, apparently); and Reynolds [[spoiler:a.k.a. the Void/the Parasite]] believes that he ''deserves'' [[spoiler: Clark's]] power because apparently he isn't using it properly. |
| 92 | * Viserys Targaryen from ''Fanfic/TheDifferenceOneManCanMake'' thinks the Norfolks will immediately grovel and obey him when he comes at First Forge seeking an army to give him the Iron Throne. When Harry bluntly says no and details why, Viserys is so infuriated he tries to draw his sword, and when his sister Daenerys stops him, his first reaction is to try to beat her. |
| 93 | * ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': After feeling overshadowed and ignored for years, [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]'s desire to be recognized twists into something toxic, as she latches onto the notion that others need to ''earn'' her forgiveness and runs away with it. To her credit, once her mother calls her out on it, she ''does'' acknowledge and works to address that flaw, realizing that she's got to solve her own problems rather than expecting others to cater to and coddle her. |
| 94 | * In ''Fanfic/TheLastSon'', many villains (most notably Cadmus and the Friends of Humanity) think they deserve access to Kryptonian technology, even after Superman explained they wouldn't be able to use them anyway (all Kryptonian technology is gene-locked so that only Kryptonians can use it, and most of it is so elaborate that humans don't have the resources to duplicate or power anything they might try to steal anyway). |
| 95 | * ''Fanfic/MutantStorm'' makes Magical Britain as a whole an example of this. Most witches and wizards treat Harry like dirt, particularly after [[FantasticRacism the fact that he is a mutant becomes public]], and yet they demand that Harry fight and stop Voldemort. |
| 96 | * ''Fanfic/TheSuperheroicsOfHaruhiSuzumiya'': Despite constantly insulting, belittling, and bullying Izuku, Katsuki still expects him to follow him to Aldera Middle School. When he learns that he's planning on attending the same school as Haruhi instead, Katsuki's completely shocked... and ''furious''. |
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| 99 | * In ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy'', Daryan fully expects for Klavier to get the murder charge off of him despite how he treats him. This works in Klavier's favor, as Daryan fails to consider that Klavier threw him under the bus. |
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| 102 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13383522/30/Alien-Nemesis Alien: Nemesis]]'', Zack Ryan basically [[AmbitiousButLazy wants to be top dog without being willing to put in the effort to actually get there]] and sees all women as "parasites" because he grew up in an area where he mostly saw women flocking around wealthy men. As a child, he was expelled from a criminal gang for never putting any work in, he was constantly arrested when he tried to gather resources to start his own gang afterwards, and his attempt to get an "in" with local junk traders leads to him joining Ripley's crew to track the aliens while dismissing her tales as stories due to his lack of respect for women. He ends up [[EyeScream having his eyes clawed out]] by Jones the cat when he tries to steal a rare tool from Newt, and subsequently refuses to accept the explanation that there is no equipment to repair the damage to his eyes. |
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| 105 | * ''Fanfic/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDenial'': Mahiru outright ''demands'' that Togami and Hinata protect her, even while constantly criticizing their efforts because they're 'useless men'. She eagerly throws them under the bus when the worst happens, blaming them for every single thing that goes wrong. Even seeing one of them [[BloodSplatteredInnocents covered in blood]] after they tried and failed to prevent [[spoiler: Akane's death]] elicits NoSympathy from her, treating it as a FailureToSaveMurder. |
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| 107 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'']] |
| 108 | * ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': {{Justified|Trope}}. Stella Bevier was raised in a wealthy family who taught her that her opinion matters more than "the commoners" believe and also to be mindful of her status. It's implied that this is the reason Stella always puts herself first and usually doesn't care how her words and actions affect others, all the while, still fully expects others to fulfil her whims and reacts in shock and anger when she doesn't get her way. To her credit, once she realizes that her actions have consequences (such as when she hurt her relationship with her daughter), she works very hard to make amends, showing that she is not irredeemable. |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[AC:''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'']] |
| 111 | * In ''Fanfic/TheBlacksmithsApprentice'', Snotlout makes it clear more than once that he has become this after being appointed heir, complaining when he has to do any work that doesn’t involve giving other people orders or beating someone up, in contrast to Hiccup’s willingness to serve the village in any capacity even after he’s been disinherited. |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[AC:''Franchise/KingdomHearts'']] |
| 114 | * ''Fanfic/KingdomHearts3FinalStand'': |
| 115 | ** Ansem's parents acted as such, believing themselves better than everyone else purely because they were of royal blood. |
| 116 | ** As revealed in ''Moons of Fate'', Minoru was no better, constantly going on about how he deserves more respect and recognition than he gets, and being [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of Yamato]] for getting all the glory when Minoru himself has basically done ''nothing'' to deserve any respect or recognition. It's to the extent that when he [[CantTakeCriticism slaps Rimi, the crown princess, for criticizing him]] and is dishonorably discharged by Ansem for doing so, Minoru continues to rant about Ansem showing favoritism to Yamato. |
| 117 | ** Braig as well. At the end of ''Re: Final Stand'', he bemoans that he'll never get a Keyblade now and that Xehanort promised him his own. Terra and Aqua tell him point-blank that an evil bastard like him would ''never'' be worthy of a Keyblade anyway. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[AC:''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'']] |
| 120 | * Veran, the BigBad of ''[[Fanfic/BoundDestiniesTrilogy Wisdom and Courage]]'', is an openly {{sadist}}ic {{Jerkass}} whose entire EvilPlan amounts to gathering power and then using it to commit random acts of destruction ForTheEvulz, and yet she believes she deserves to rule all worlds and [[AGodAmI even the]] ''[[AGodAmI Golden Goddesses themselves]]'' [[AGodAmI should bow down to her]]. Then she's genuinely surprised and furious when Link rejects the WeCanRuleTogether card when she pulls it during the final showdown; keep in mind that Veran has spent a significant portion of the story going above and beyond to make Link's life miserable and that she makes the offer mere ''seconds'' after [[spoiler:she inflicts a brutal ColdBloodedTorture on Link that ends with her ''[[EyeScream slashing out his right eye]]'']]. |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[AC:''Manga/LoveHina'']] |
| 123 | * ''Fanfic/EnteringTheLoveHinaWorld'': After Naru's behavior is reported to Tokyo U, getting her banned from her dream college, she demands that Keitaro help her out. When he refuses to do so, she's absolutely shocked, even asking what she ever did to ''him'' to deserve such treatment. Keitaro wonders how she could ask him such a thing after all the years of abuse. |
| 124 | * ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'': |
| 125 | ** Most residents of the Hinata House fully expected Keitaro to keep everything running smoothly and cover for all their various transgressions despite their constant mistreatment and abuse. When Keitaro [[GrewASpine decides enough is enough]] and walks out, the girls are forced to face the consequences of their actions. |
| 126 | ** By the end of the series, Naru has firmly established herself as this. After she [[spoiler:gets arrested for the second time, Granny Hina finally cuts her off, having realized how poorly she handled everything]]. With nowhere else to go, Naru tries to convince her father to take her in, and after this fails, heads back to her mother, expecting to be welcomed back with open arms despite [[CrossingTheBurntBridge how horribly she treated her mother and sister the last time she saw them]]. Unsurprisingly, Saori rejects her, and is disgusted by Naru acting as though [[NeverMyFault she didn't do anything wrong]], insisting that "I'm your daughter, so you ''have'' to forgive me!" She then has the nerve to turn to ''Keitaro'' and ask him to get back together, acting shocked and furious when he rejects her, despite how, the last time they met, she [[spoiler:had him kidnapped and beat him while he was tied up]]. |
| 127 | ** Sarah is also this in spades after Seta sends her to [[OffToBoardingSchool a strict boarding school]] in hopes of curtailing her SpoiledBrat attitude. When he goes to visit her, she rants about how much she hates him for putting her there, and how Naru and Granny Hina will help her out and [[StatusQuoIsGod make everything go back to normal]]. Though he attempts to explain to her that they're in no position to help her, she screams at him to get out of her life. Eventually, she learns that [[spoiler:Hina has lost control of the Inn and all of its tenants have been evicted]], at which point she's suddenly ''real keen'' on seeing Seta again in hopes of convincing him to take her back. [[spoiler:Haruka goes to visit her in his place, reminding her that ''she'' was the one who cut him off.]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | [[AC:''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'']] |
| 130 | * In the AccusationFic ''Fanfic/TheDaysOfReckoningAreUponUs'', Steve Rogers and the rest of the rogue Avengers feel that they deserve the highest praise and abject loyalty for their heroics, despite how many laws they've broken and the lives lost and property destruction that might have been avoided with better planning. |
| 131 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14851212/chapters/42598331 Two Spiders on a Web]]'': After ComicBook/SpiderMan and ComicBook/SpiderGwen start their own version of ComicBook/HeroesForHire where ordinary civilians can pay them to preform specific jobs such as babysitting and appearing at stores, it was inevitable that they receive such entitled requests. Some examples include people asking them to beat up people they don't like ''for free'' and a Pizzeria owner asking Gwen to work for him part time but offering her less than minimum wage ([[InsaneTrollLogic his reasoning being that she doesn't need that much money since she can swing around]]); but the crowning example has to be the RichBitch who orders Gwen to hand over her powers, and not being able to understand that doing so is physically impossible. |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'']] |
| 134 | * In ''[[Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral Chloé's Lament]]'', this proves to be one of her {{Fatal Flaw}}s several times over: |
| 135 | ** Firstly, her sense of entitlement is so bloated that she sincerely doesn't see anything wrong with the concept of turning everyone into her [[MindControl mindless thralls]] as Miracle Queen. When Adrien tries calling her out on it, she retorts that their lives are ''worthless'' unless they're personally catering to her every whim. This utter LackOfEmpathy and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishness]] spur Adrien to [[GrewASpine finally stand up to her]], inciting her to make the [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor reality-altering Wish]] in order to [[IRejectYourReality reject the]] {{Awful Truth}}s he's telling her. |
| 136 | ** Her Wish revolves around [[RoleSwapAU swapping places with Marinette]], expecting to become Ladybug in her place and have everybody's admiration and respect. But while Marinette ''earned'' her friendships and good reputation through compassion and hard work -- and the Earrings by passing a SecretTestOfCharacter -- Chloé simply expects them to be delivered to her. |
| 137 | ** Chloé is also so used to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections abusing her status as the Mayor's daughter]] that she doesn't know '''how''' to work for anything. It takes a ''long'' time for it to start sinking in that she's no longer got any servants to boss around, including her former BetaBitch Sabrina. |
| 138 | * ''Webcomic/DadVillainAU'': |
| 139 | ** Okay, so Kim played a ''horrible'' prank on Marinette on the very same day that her ailing mother fell into a coma from which she never reawakened. But ''who cares''? Why would ''that'' stop her from [[https://bigfatbreak.tumblr.com/post/733754507556798464/whats-the-biggest-difference-in-toms-character donating a bunch of free goodies]] to his swim team's upcoming bake sale? After all, [[JustJokingJustification it was just a little joke]]! It takes [[PapaWolf Tom getting involved]] for Kim to back off and stop pestering her. |
| 140 | ** Of course, Kim is just cheerfully oblivious to his own cruelty. ''Gabriel Agreste'', on the other hand, is fully aware of the impact of his actions. After all, he's the one who ''created'' this AlternateUniverse in the first place with [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy his selfish Wish]]. And while he ''could have'' avoided Emelie's original tragic fate by simply ensuring his family never got involved with the Miraculouses in the first place, or repaired the broken Peacock, he instead Wished for the magical backlash from the broken artefact to hit ''others'' instead, so that ''they'' pay the cost for Emelie's thoughtlessness. |
| 141 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26693095/chapters/83491480 Everything You Deserve]]'': Adrien is so [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] that he reacts to the prospect of the kwami being able to choose their own partners with horror because Plagg might not be willing to work with him if he wasn't ''forced'' to by the Ring. So he betrays Ladybug's trust to make a series of selfish Wishes, trying to [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy warp the whole world]] into being his idealized playground. Unfortunately for him, all his Wishes are granted in ways that don't quite fit his intentions, resulting in a lot of LaserGuidedKarma. |
| 142 | * ''[[Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral Gabriel's Lament]]'': |
| 143 | ** When Plagg first appears before him, Gabriel assumes that means he's been chosen to bear the Black Cat Ring. This is despite the fact that he previously terrorized all of Paris as Hawk Moth, stole the Earrings and Ring and used them to make a [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy reality-altering Wish]]. Plagg finds his presumption ''[[MyGodYouAreSerious hilarious]]''. |
| 144 | ** Gabriel also intends to track down [[spoiler:the original world's Ladybug]] in order to have ''them'' 'fix' the new reality... while preserving all the aspects he approves of. In other words, he wants to erase the consequences of his actions -- and if he can't do that himself, he expects somebody else to do it ''for him''. |
| 145 | * In Unmasked's [[AccusationFic Salt Fic]] ''[[https://unmaskedagain.tumblr.com/post/189653717042/happy-birthday-miss-bustier Happy Birthday, Miss Bustier]]'', Marinette gets her teacher a gift basket full of bath products, which Miss Bustier sees as the most impressive present she was given by any of her students that year. However, she also sees it as ''less'' impressive than the gifts Marinette had gotten for her ''before''. She deems this important enough to ask Marinette to stay after class and discuss matters with her. '''[[SkewedPriorities Much]]''' [[SkewedPriorities more important]] than addressing any of the bullying she had seen certain ''other'' students subjecting Marinette to. She then has the gall to try lecturing Marinette about how she should be helping those very same students after all the abuse they've heaped upon her, and is honestly ''shocked'' when she refuses. |
| 146 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30374208 He Can Only Blame Himself]]'' revolves around Adrien [[PlotIncitingInfidelity cheating on Marinette]] with Lila, ending a three-year relationship when Marinette catches them fooling around in ''her'' apartment. Lila smugly expects Adrien to kick ''Marinette'' out, gloating about how she intends to move in herself; hearing that it doesn't belong to him doesn't stop her. Only the revelation that [[HauntedHeadquarters the place is haunted]] and being attacked by the resident ghost changes her mind. |
| 147 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46817137/chapters/117923854 Hold on til May]]'': |
| 148 | ** Adrien turns out to be a BitchInSheepsClothing who sees his classmates as nothing more as {{Unwitting Pawn}}s who exist primarily to serve his every whim and let him play out the "perfect school life" of his dreams. When Marinette transfers to another school due to Lila's MaliciousSlander and bullying, he blames Chloé and rants about how they ''need'' to get her back -- so she can pull the class together and keep organizing fun picnics, outings and the like in a purely AllTakeAndNoGive relationship. |
| 149 | ** Despite going from Marinette's "best friend" to one of her biggest bullies, Alya still swans into the Dupain-Cheng bakery with Nino, Adrien and Lila expecting to be given the royal treatment. It [[NotHelpingYourCase hardly helps]] that she casually tells Sabine that "Marinette being a brat doesn't change how your pastries are the best in town!" When Sabine refuses to serve them, she throws a fit and has to be dragged out. |
| 150 | * ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': |
| 151 | ** Adrien takes his status as a [[RichInDollarsPoorInSense rich kid]] completely for granted, having absolutely no ability to [[LackOfEmpathy empathize with how]] his classmates don't have access to the same kind of resources. He firmly believes that the world runs on ProtagonistCenteredMorality and that ''he's'' TheChosenOne, meaning everything will ultimately turn out ''exactly'' the way he wants and he can do whatever he pleases. |
| 152 | *** This includes feeling [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to Ladybug's love]], glossing over her repeatedly rejecting him, and treating his superhero duties as [[NotAGame just a game]]. He even decides that Paris ''owes him money'' for his 'services' as [[TheLoad Chat Noir]] despite ''failing to show up'' for the FinalBattle '''AND''' trying to claim that Hawkmoth shouldn't be charged for all his crimes since the [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]] 'erased' all the effects. While his desire for financial compensation is fueled by how he can't access any of the family funds after [[spoiler:Lila cleaned out the emergency account]], and his father [[ThickerThanWater is the only family he has left]], these factors are undercut by how Adrien repeatedly insists that the world is ''meant to'' twist itself to his whims, dismissing every warning he receives about how reality ''doesn't work like that''. |
| 153 | ** Marinette's classmates [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity exploit her generosity]]. Instead of appreciating everything she's done to help them out as their 'everyday Ladybug', they simply assume that they're [[BornLucky lucky]] to get all the opportunities she's made for them. After [[spoiler:she's unmasked during the decisive battle with Hawkmoth]], only ''one'' of them has a JerkassRealization; the rest expect to continue benefitting from being her 'friends', only to find that she's StoppedCaring about them after how they [[FairWeatherFriend turned their collective backs on her]]. |
| 154 | ** The same applies to Miss Bustier and Principal Damocles, who expect Marinette to help them promote their school even after they wrongfully expelled her. |
| 155 | * ''Fanfic/LadyBugOut'': |
| 156 | ** The whole reason Marinette decides that Ladybug needs to [[StartMyOwn start her own blog]] is thanks to Alya claiming that there's nothing wrong with her [[ManipulativeEditing deliberately misrepresenting]] what happened with Oblivio for the sake of [[ShipperOnDeck pushing her ship]] and getting attention for her Ladyblog. According to her, that's just the price Ladybug has to pay for being a public figure. |
| 157 | ** Adrien defends how Alya presented the picture of Ladybug and Chat Noir KissingUnderTheInfluence of [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Oblivio's power]] by declaring that Chat Noir ''deserved'' that kiss, regardless of the circumstances. He continues pressing his unwanted advances onto Ladybug until [[spoiler:her yo-yo films him [[AccidentalPublicConfession ranting at her]], ruining his reputation and spurring Fu to confiscate the Ring]]. |
| 158 | ** Nadja shows this as well. When Marinette reveals that she helped Ladybug create the new blog, she gets ambushed outside the school by a MediaScrum. Nadja shoves her way through the crowd insisting that her connections to the Dupain-Cheng family give her 'dibs' on their daughter, clearly expecting special treatment from her. |
| 159 | * ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'' shows that Mme Bustier's class is filled with these: |
| 160 | ** [[RichBitch Chloé]] is used to [[SpoiledBrat always getting her way]], thanks to exploiting [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections her father's connections]] and [[MisplacedKindergartenTeacher her favorite teacher]] expecting her better-behaved students to serve as 'good role models' by [[TurnTheOtherCheek constantly forgiving]] all her bullying. Since Marinette is her favorite victim, she honestly believes she should still get free access to her after she transfers to another class, actively seeking her out and getting pissed off whenever anyone else steps in. |
| 161 | *** In a MythologyGag, she casually demands the Bee Miraculous in exchange for providing information about an akuma she helped create, insisting that she ''deserves'' to become a heroine since she's the mayor's daughter. She's completely aghast at being shut down. This amps up to the point that [[spoiler:she's akumatized out of sheer ''spite'' over being denied]]. |
| 162 | ** Adrien feels that because he's Chat Noir, [[EntitledToHaveYou Ladybug is destined to be his]], whether she ''wants'' to be or not. He sees nothing wrong with pursuing both her and her SecretIdentity against her wishes and gets annoyed whenever he's reminded that she has a life outside of him and doesn't return his interest. |
| 163 | *** Adrien is also shaken to learn that Marinette ''isn't'' one of his doting fangirls, as he's [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond used to being admired by everyone]], and tries guilt-tripping her into taking it back by [[PlayingTheVictimCard exaggerating how much his]] ''precious feelings'' were hurt by her disinterest. |
| 164 | *** [[RuleOfThree There's also]] his reaction when Ladybug gains a new power in Lucky Break, as he immediately starts grilling Plagg about why ''he'' hasn't developed new powers. Never mind that he [[TheLoad constantly slacks off during fights]] and cares more about cracking puns and flirting; he wants shiny new powers to play with too! |
| 165 | ** Alya feels entitled to Ladybug's SecretIdentity, believing that because there are American superheroes who have publicly revealed who they are, Ladybug should do the same. Note that by [[ExactWords her own words]], ''most'' American heroes have unmasked -- most, but not '''all'''. She also doesn't target ''Chat Noir'' with the same level of harassment. |
| 166 | ** Mme Bustier ''herself'' sees nothing wrong with asking Marinette to transfer back into her class. Why? Because Chloé is claiming she can't focus on her schoolwork without her favorite target around to torment. Bustier's convinced that, as one of her '[[ExtremeDoormat model students]]', Marinette will be more than happy to help the girl who's been bullying her unchecked for ''years'', and is sincerely surprised when she balks at the notion. |
| 167 | * ''Fanfic/MarinettesWeekOff'': Despite [[WeUsedToBeFriends breaking off her friendship]] with Marinette, Alya still expects her former bestie to be ready to shoulder a ''massive'' workload and help with various projects at a moment's notice. She is ''not happy'' to learn that she's currently taking a week-long vacation. |
| 168 | ** In the sequel, Alya switches gears the ''instant'' she learns that Marinette is starring in ''Disney's The Embers of Pirates and Mermaids'', immediately declaring that they're "besties" again. When Juleka [[ArmorPiercingQuestion reminds her]] of how she'd previously insisted that they'd never be friends again, Alya blithely states that she'd be willing to forgive her for an exclusive interview, as "that's the least [Marinette] could do, right?" |
| 169 | * ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30656462/chapters/75636383 Memory Serves]]'' has Su-Han follow through with his intent to strip Marinette of her Guardianship and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia memories of everything Miraculous-related]]. He then turns around and wants to reinstall her as Ladybug after realizing she'd done a far better job than he'd given her credit for, all while refusing to admit he'd wronged her in the first place. |
| 170 | * ''Fanfic/MiraculousLadybugSaltShots'' In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44607043/chapters/121613383 A Price to Pay]]'', Adrien [[FaceHeelTurn betrays Ladybug]], believing that he'll get everything he wants in the new reality created by [[TheBadGuyWins his father's Wish]]: not only will he get his mother back, Marinette will ''have'' to love him, right? After they learn the hard way that RealityWarpingIsNotAToy and that the Wish [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor didn't turn out how they expected]], Adrien expects Marinette to help him "fix everything" to his liking, even after learning that she [[RippleEffectProofMemory remembers the original reality]] ''and'' that ''her father'' was the one who got killed as the Wish's EquivalentExchange. He even accuses her of being petty for not [[EasilyForgiven instantly accepting]] his BackhandedApology ''while he's making it'', complaining about having to apologize in the first place. |
| 171 | * ''Fanfic/OfPatienceAndPettiness'': |
| 172 | ** Adrien feels [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to Ladybug's love]] despite her clear disinterest. When it ''finally'' sinks in that she's never going to give him what he wants, he turns bitter towards her, shifting his attention towards pursuing [[spoiler:Marinette]] instead... and proceeding to show the exact same sense of entitlement towards them. |
| 173 | ** After Lila's exposure, Alya expects to go right back to being 'besties' with Marinette as if nothing happened, despite publically renouncing their friendship and insisting that ''Lila'' was her best friend. She's ''deeply'' resentful over Marinette's refusal to [[EasilyForgiven easily forgive]] her, and [[GreenEyedMonster regards Kagami jealously]], seeing her as her 'replacement'. |
| 174 | * ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'': [[VillainProtagonist Chloé]] demonstrates her entitlement several times over: |
| 175 | ** The only reason she's willing to do anything as [[NominalHero Scarlet Lady]] ''at all'' is out of the belief that she ''deserves'' the attention and adulation of all of Paris. [[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight That doesn't mean she's willing to put in any effort.]] She much prefers for [[HypercompetentSidekick Chat Noir]] to do all the work so she can step in with her [[WorldHealingWave Miraculous Cure]] and soak up all the glory afterwards. |
| 176 | ** She believes that 'Adrikins' [[EntitledToHaveYou belongs to her]], ignoring his increasingly aggravated rejections of her [[AbhorrentAdmirer unwanted advances]]. |
| 177 | ** Her AllTakeAndNoGive attitude wears on [[BetaBitch Sabrina]] to the point that she finally breaks things off, spurring Chloé to hold some 'Best Friend Auditions'. She's ''deeply'' offended to learn that [[TheFriendNobodyLikes nobody's interested in becoming her new lackey]]. |
| 178 | ** Chloé crashes the concert on the ''Liberty'' after hearing that Adrien plans to attend, and complains about not getting the red carpet rolled out for her despite showing up unannounced and uninvited. When she's booted off the ship, she promptly goes and files a false noise complaint before the concert even begins. |
| 179 | ** All of this behavior can be traced back to how she's constantly enabled by [[PushoverParents her father]] and [[MisplacedKindergartenTeacher Mme. Bustier]]. André is not afraid to abuse and misuse his position as the mayor, with Chloé happily following his example and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections threatening to get him involved]] if others don't bow to her whim, while Mme. Bustier outright refuses to even ''try'' punishing her for anything, insisting that her classmates should "set good examples" by [[TurnTheOtherCheek Turning The Other Cheek]]. On top of this, she pressures them to involve Chloé in activities ''outside'' of school, explaining why she expected to be catered to when she attempted to crash the party on the ''Liberty''. Hence, Chloé simply ''does not understand'' the very ''concept'' of her actions having any consequences that she can't just shrug off. |
| 180 | * ''Fanfic/TwoLetters'': |
| 181 | ** The people of Paris grew so accustomed to Ladybug's presence that they started taking her completely for granted, complaining about the slightest slip-up while still expecting her to be constantly on guard and saving the day. This caused her to grow [[TheResenter resentful]], especially towards everyone who was getting akumatized -- particularly those who got akumatized for petty, trivial reasons, or repeat offenders like Xavier Ramier. In her eyes, they were treating Hawkmoth as little more as a way to vent their frustrations rather than a dangerous terrorist, while expecting her to clean up after them and ensure there wouldn't be any long-term consequences for their actions. |
| 182 | ** Chat Noir decided he wanted [[EntitledToHaveYou a romantic relationship with his 'partner']], and refused to take no for an answer. He also exploited the way Hawkmoth worked to goof off and do as he pleased; he knew that Ladybug was trying to avoid expressing too much negative emotion, for fear of getting akumatized herself, meaning that she couldn't call him out for being TheLoad or TheMillstone. |
| 183 | * ''Fanfic/{{What Goes Around Comes Around|MiraculousLadybug}}'': |
| 184 | ** As a RecursiveFanfiction of ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'', Adrien naturally shares this trait with his counterpart in that fic. Here, it's primarily centered around his [[EntitledToHaveYou expectations from Marinette]]; upon learning that [[TheUnmasking she's Ladybug]], he fully expects her to leap into his arms and become his girlfriend, despite the fact that she's happily dating Luka. To his mind, Luka is nothing more than a clear RomanticRunnerUp, while their Miraculouses mark them as 'soulmates' by virtue of being a matched set. |
| 185 | *** Adrien's thoughts also make clear that ''as'' his girlfriend, he expects Marinette to fully devote herself to ensuring ''his'' happiness above all else, moving heaven and earth to ensure things go exactly the way he wants them to. [[AllTakeAndNoGive Not that he has any intention of returning the favor]], as his [[BetrayalByInaction refusal to help her deal with Lila]] proves. |
| 186 | ** This sense of entitlement runs in the family, as both Gabriel [[AdaptationalVillainy and Emilie]] prove to be even worse about this. Not only do they regard Adrien's desire for freedom to be little more than a passing flight of fancy on his part, they show the same sick sense of entitlement towards his cousin, Felix. To Adrien's utter horror, they reveal that part of their EvilPlan involves [[spoiler:granting a [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor twisted version of his desires]] by Wishing for him to get married to Marinette... or rather, for her to marry their 'ideal son', the result of forcibly merging him with Felix to cherry-pick what they consider to be the best traits of both]]. |
| 187 | ** Alya also displays this. After Marinette's exposure, Alya complains about how she didn't share her SecretIdentity with her or make her a permanent hero, insisting that she needs to 'make it up' to her with ''extra'' exclusive interviews and content. She also expects her to hand over the Fox and Turtle Miraculous so that she and Nino can out themselves in a special video on her Ladyblog. ''And'' for Marinette to dump Luka so she can hook up with Adrien, [[ShipperOnDeck validating her ship]]. |
| 188 | ** Chloé, meanwhile, confronts Marinette and her parents on their way out of the hospital and demands that she hand over the Miraculous Box, threatening to have her father close down the Dupain-Cheng bakery if she doesn't comply. She's honestly ''astounded'' when Marinette rebuffs her. |
| 189 | * ''Fanfic/{{The Wolves in the Woods|MiraculousLadybug}}'': |
| 190 | ** Aside from Juleka and Nathaniel, the majority of Marinette's former classmates and '[[FairWeatherFriend friends]]' are portrayed this way, with the twist that ''Lila never actually promised them anything''. During a VillainousBreakdown, Lila admits to Ms. Mendeleiev and several other students that she told several {{Celebrity Lie}}s in order to impress them, only for everyone to ''assume'' that she would [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections use her connections to get them free stuff]]. |
| 191 | --->'''Lila:''' I told them I knew Clara Nightingale. I told them I knew Jagged Stone and Prince Ali. Please tell me ''what part of that'' means 'I'll do you these favors for free'?! Are they going to turn on me too?! Just like Marinette?! Am I just their wish-granter? Do they even see anyone as a friend?! |
| 192 | ** Ms. Bustier encouraged her class to [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity take advantage of Marinette's generosity]], and continues regarding her as 'her' student even after she transfers to St. Catherine's. She even leads her students to march on the bakery with the intent of pressuring and guilt-tripping Marinette into doing what she wants. |
| 193 | ** After everything that happened in Ms. Bustier's class is exposed in a trial, many of Marinette's former classmates scream at her to 'save them' from being punished for what they did to her. |
| 194 | ** Chat Noir feels [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to Ladybug's 'love']], and repeatedly berates her for 'denying their love'. |
| 195 | ** Even after spearheading the campaign of systematic bullying and abuse that led to Marinette's transfer, Alya continues to insist that she wants her 'bestie' back, attempting to [[PlayingTheVictimCard play the victim]] for her unimpressed parents: |
| 196 | --->'''Alya:''' I just want my best friend back... Is that really too much to ask?\ |
| 197 | '''Marlena:''' Considering you've disowned her, called her a bully, sent nasty messages to her phone, slandered her in court, and are alright with someone killing another in a twisted sense of 'justice'... Then yes. It is too much to ask. |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[AC:''WebComic/MobPsycho100'']] |
| 200 | * ''Fanfic/OffToTheRaces'': Fukuda treats everybody around him horribly, with the sole exception of Sho. At the same time, he still expects to be respected and given the regard he refuses to afford anyone else. It doesn't go well. |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[AC:''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'']] |
| 203 | * In ''[[Fanfic/AngelsEggMHA Angel's Egg]]'', there are several civilians who believe that All Might should focus on finding a family ''purely'' for the sake of siring a child and passing down his genes -- and Quirk -- to them so that he'll have a successor ready to go once it's time to retire. They also decry him for taking care of [[DoorstopBaby the titular egg]], believing that it's distracting him from finding a 'real family' or from his "heroic duties". |
| 204 | * ''Fanfic/{{Cain}}'': The moment he overhears All Might telling Izuku that he can help him become a Hero, Katsuki immediately decides that ''HE'' deserves to become his successor instead. Thanks to years of preferential treatment at Aldera, Katsuki is such a SpoiledBrat that he can't grasp the concept of ''not'' getting his way, and all his efforts to convince Toshinori that he's the better choice [[HisOwnWorstEnemy wind up having the opposite effect]]. |
| 205 | * ''Fanfic/CrimsonAndEmerald'': Even after being told outright why the Aery and Warren don't want anything to do with him, Bakugou marches to the Aery to ''demand'' that Hawks give him an internship. |
| 206 | * ''Fanfic/ErasedPotential'': After learning that Izuku has been training with Eraserhead to learn how to fight [[BadassNormal despite being Quirkless]], Bakugou immediately decides that he wants in, and goes to meet Aizawa fully expecting that the pro will agree to teach him as well. Though he ''does'' get a lesson out of it, it's far from what he was expecting, as Aizawa instead [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech takes him to task]] for his attitude problems. |
| 207 | * ''Fanfic/MidoriyaPlusThreeSixtyFive'': |
| 208 | ** After the [[PointOfDivergence one year older]] Izuku makes it into U.A., Katsuki ambushes him on one of his jogs, demanding to know where he got his Quirk from and insisting that "You ''OWE'' me!" that information. Izuku is so disgusted by his long-time bully's sense of entitlement that he [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech lets him have it with both barrels]]. |
| 209 | ** This also applies to the majority of his classmates, who are used to being given special treatment due to their Quirks being seen as powerful and impressive. U.A. provides a massive reality check, as unlike before, the staff there aren't so willing to overlook 'minor indiscretions' and brush their rule-bending -- and breaking -- under the rug. As a result, [[spoiler:most wind up being summarily expelled when they refuse to learn that their antics won't be tolerated]]. |
| 210 | * The ''Fanfic/SleeperHitAU'' has Bakugou, whose EstablishingCharacterMoment is pitching a fit when he places #38 in the first Hero Rankings held since his graduation from U.A. When Jirou questions whether he honestly expected to immediately hit #1, he claims that no, he didn't... but he expected Top 20 at the very ''least''. The sheer depths of his entitlement only become clearer as the story continues, especially after he realizes that the Quirkless Pro Hero Sleeper Hit (who is seven ranks above him) is none other than his former friend Midoriya. |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[AC:''Anime/MyHime'']] |
| 213 | * Sekai of ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'' thinks of her minions as expendable, in large part the result of her impatient and self-centered personality, which is enabled by her ability to [[PowerCopying steal the powers of her enemies]] with her Element. [[BigBad The Usurper]] also has elements of this, as he fully expects all the [[ParodySue SUEs]], who have their own self-centered agendas that are generally exclusive from each other's and his, to fall in line with his plan to destroy the Himes and reshape the world as he sees fit. |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[AC:''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'']] |
| 216 | * ''Fanfic/AMoonAndWorldApart'': |
| 217 | ** {{Discussed}} in Chapter 15, when Director Honey Spice dismisses the idea of entitlement based on bloodlines or social position with disgust. |
| 218 | ** [[spoiler:Blueblood]] is a full-on example, declaring in Chapter 27 that as Nobles, he and his allies deserve to be the ones controlling the "traitors" and their advances, simply because of their ranks as nobles. Celestia disagrees though. |
| 219 | |
| 220 | [[AC:''Anime/PrettyCure'']] |
| 221 | * Blaze and Shadow from ''Fanfic/PrecureMeetTheDreamTraveler'' bully [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Yuko]] for her love of food/cooking; calling her a "glutton," rolling their eyes and scoffing when she talks about food being love, call her "please be delicious" wish 'voodoo crap', and hit Megumi when she mimics this. And despite this, both of them demand that she cooks for them. |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[AC:''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'']] |
| 224 | * ''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act VI'': From chapter 27 onwards, when she accepts her role as Dark's guardian angel/mother figure and nothing more after spending most of her screentime being an AxCrazy {{Yandere}} over him, she becomes this to Mizore, demanding that Mizore actually shows her respect before she even considers giving her her blessing to marry Dark; considering the fact that Arial had previously savagely [[WolverineClaws clawed]] Mizore into LudicrousGibs in a jealous rage[[note]]Mizore was subsequently healed by Ceal[[/note]], stole her engagement ring right off of her hand while issuing death threats in the middle of the night, and is continuing to be nothing but a {{Jerkass}} to her despite all of Mizore's attempts to bond with her, and even after Mizore saved her ungrateful life, it's been pointed out at least once that Arial has done ''nothing'' to deserve respect from Mizore. |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[AC:''Franchise/{{Persona}}'']] |
| 227 | * In ''Fanfic/FallWithThePetals'', Kamoshida feels that his fame gives him free reign on the school grounds, letting him do whatever he pleases to whoever he wants. During his boss fight, he insists that his victims ''want'' attention from somebody of his stature. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[AC:''Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire'']] |
| 230 | * ''Fanfic/AGameOfVengeanceAndJustice'': In the sequel, ''After Vengeance and Justice'', this is the motive behind [[spoiler:Durran]]'s rebellion. While their leader is a WideEyedIdealist, his supporters are nothing more than a bunch of petty, self-absorbed aristocrats who hate the fact that Jasper's ironclad, autocratic rule prevents them from playing the game of thrones. They also hate how he keeps empowering Justicars to overrule them and assume their usual duties... despite how most ''neglected'' those same duties, which is why he's reassigning them in the first place. |
| 231 | [[/folder]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 234 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Kuzco is this in ''spades'' at the beginning. After being turned into a llama, he demands that Pacha escort him back to the palace ''while still openly intending to raze Pacha's village to build his summer home.'' [[spoiler:He gets better...[[FanonDiscontinuity unless you count]] ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' as canon, since Kuzco suffers AesopAmnesia there and returns to his egotistical ways.]] |
| 235 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': The Duke of Wesleton. From the very beginning, he makes it clear that he intends to take advantage of Arendelle's riches, and when Elsa's powers are exposed, he brands her a monster and tries to have her killed. In spite of all that, when all is resolved, he still demands an audience with Elsa... only to be shocked when Elsa not only refuses to meet with him but permanently severs all business ties between Arendelle and Weselton. |
| 236 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': Young Buddy Pine believed that being able to invent jet-boots and claiming to know Mr. Incredible's moves, fighting style and catchphrases automatically entitled him to become Mr. Incredible's ward. Even when he recalls the hurt he felt at Mr. Incredible rebuking him for his foolish decision to interrupt the confrontation between Mr. Incredible and Bomb Voyage, the audience sees the flashback is actually a SelfServingMemory; Bomb Voyage is completely missing in Syndrome's version, making it seem as though Mr. Incredible was dismissive of him for no reason at all. |
| 237 | * ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': Jack Horner. All he cares about is possessing and hoarding whatever magical item he can find. He also managed to find Excalibur and get it by unearthing it from the ground rather than pulling the sword from the stone. This ultimately shows how Jack views magical artifacts; he neither knows nor cares about the item's history, significance, or meaning as long as he can own it and not share it with anyone else. |
| 238 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Bowser believes that he has a right to do whatever he wants (i.e. conquering the world, forcing Peach to marry him, dominate everyone, and sacrifice a bunch of innocent people) and that no one has any right to stand up to him and oppose him. The moment he gets opposed without fear and without giving up, he throws a violent and screaming temper tantrum. [[spoiler:Even after being defeated, Bowser asks Peach for another chance despite everything he's done, which Peach rightfully denies and instead shrinks him down with a Mini Mushroom to be imprisoned. And later he tries to intimidate a Toad guard despite being locked up and said Toad being bigger than him]]. |
| 239 | [[/folder]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 242 | * ''Film/Aquaman2018'': David Kane demands Arthur to rescue his father from drowning, completely ignoring that his father had performed a BackstabBackfire on Arthur after the latter tried to spare him. Arthur [[ShutUpHannibal shuts him up for this]], saying that they deserve no mercy after they massacred a bunch of innocent Russian sailors. |
| 243 | * ''Film/TheBananaSplitsMovie'': Mitch had been unfaithful to Beth by cheating on her with his co-workers and neglecting her two sons. He later begs for Beth to take him back because [[BlatantLies he still loves her]], genuinely expecting Beth to return the favor. She then decks him and claims she wants a divorce. |
| 244 | * ''Film/BatmanBegins'': [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] when Ra's Al Ghul is trapped on a train bound to crash, but rather than expect to be saved he taunts Batman on whether he's learned the necessity of killing for [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans the greater good]]. Since his mercy earlier at the monastery allowed Ra's to torment him, he was implying that Batman's lack of desire to kill is self-invalidating and even in that case (where Ra's believes he is on the right and Bruce is on the wrong) he won't be able to stop him because his thinking is inherently flawed. Batman notes (pretty much shirking the issue and glossing over that he set up with Gordon's help the train to crash): |
| 245 | -->'''Batman:''' I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you. |
| 246 | * ''Film/BatmanForever'': During a meeting with Bruce Wayne, Edward Nygma revealed his invention, "the Box", which manipulates brainwaves to beam television signals directly into a person's brain. Bruce is initially willing to look into the technical schematics and set up a meeting through his assistant, but Nygma refuses to wait and demands a direct answer from Bruce himself, insisting he deserves it; he's [[FanDisillusionment subsequently crushed]] when Bruce turns the idea down and devotes the rest of his life to humiliating and killing him, becoming the Riddler. |
| 247 | -->'''Nygma''': You were supposed to understand. I'll ''make'' you understand! |
| 248 | * ''Film/{{Descendants}} 3'': Audrey is revealed to be this, though, in all fairness, it’s not all her fault. Being the daughter of Sleeping Beauty, she was constantly encouraged to win over Prince Ben, who was the heir to the supreme throne of Auradon, and become his Queen by her well-intentioned by entitled family. They raised Audrey from a young age to believe that she was the best candidate for Queen and that no one else deserved the title more than her, coming from an elite royal family on both sides and the daughter of a famous PrincessClassic. Thus, Audrey grew up [[EntitledToHaveYou believing that she was destined to marry Ben and become Queen of Auradon]]. When she fails to achieve such, her grandmother berates her in public for not being able to hold onto Ben, saying that she has shamed her family by failing to become Queen. Egged on by her grandmother’s harsh words and a lifetime of expectations wasted, Audrey snaps and [[FaceHeelTurn steals the throne of Auradon for herself, plotting to overthrow Ben]]. |
| 249 | * ''Film/{{Exam}}'': [[spoiler: White]] genuinely believes that he is better than everyone and should be the one to get the job. Dark mentions that this is one of the symptoms of his Narcissistic Personality Disorder. |
| 250 | * ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023'': Despite being a treacherous bastard of a man, [[BigBad William]] demands and expects full loyalty from Vanessa, the daughter he's traumatized with his abuse, and the animatronics, the children he has killed and trapped in miserable undeath. |
| 251 | * ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': Even though Umbridge sadistically tortured Harry and many other students by making them carve words into their own skin (in Harry's case, "I must not tell lies"), took over Hogwarts, and forced students to follow increasingly inane rules, she is genuinely shocked when Harry refuses to save her from a herd of Centaurs that ''she'' pissed off. Harry even gets to use an IronicEcho for her, which he didn't use in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the book]] ("Sorry, Professor, I must not tell lies"). |
| 252 | ** Harry gets to use it again in ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'' ("You're lying, Dolores, and one must not tell lies"). |
| 253 | * ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'': Gives us Peter Ludlow, a fairly stock CorruptCorporateExecutive who views all the dinosaurs on Isla Sorna as his company's personal property and disregards the wishes of his uncle John Hammond to go after them. |
| 254 | * ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'': Princess Vespa starts out this way but gets over it pretty quickly (she kinda lost the attitude along with the matching luggage). |
| 255 | * ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'': |
| 256 | ** The wrestling arena manager from the first film spitefully scams Peter out of his $3,000, yet once he himself gets robbed, he is genuinely surprised that Peter never helped him out. |
| 257 | ** As a whole, Harry Osborn is basically a rich kid, spoiled by his parents, and neglected by his father and he still expects stuff to come his way because of his upbringing and Dad's name. He expects Peter to be an ExtremeDoormat, MJ to regard him as the best thing that happened to her, and the fact that his father was a terrorist is a minor detail compared to his issues with him. Even before that, Peter and MJ reflect on Harry's utter ignorance about life for poor people and his subtle classism: |
| 258 | --->'''MJ''': I think he'd hate the idea of my waiting tables. He'd think it was low or something.\ |
| 259 | '''Peter''': It's not low. You have a job. You know, Harry doesn't live on a little place I like to call Earth. |
| 260 | * ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'': The fiancé actually uses a small child (just grabs her off the deck, and given that the boat tipped over and dumps most of its passengers, [[FridgeHorror chances are good that said girl got dumped too]]) to get a seat on a lifeboat, seeming like a KarmaHoudini, but then we learn he kills himself because of the 1929 Wall Street crash. |
| 261 | * ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'': ObstructiveBureaucrat Galloway, after repeatedly insulting Lennox, Epps, his troops, and the Autobots (even calling [[spoiler: the dead Optimus Prime a pile of junk]]), expected that Lennox would help him get to safety when there was a problem (actually rigged by the heroes to go help Sam) with the airplane. Of course, Lennox does us all a favor and shoves Galloway off the plane with only his parachute. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 265 | * ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': As an aristocrat, Glaves is certainly used to ordinary people being just there to cater to his whims -- and his position of regiment's commander (which he bought instead of actually earning) only further inflates his ego. He calls on his rank whenever he tries to get his way, like demanding the best cabin on a ship (never mind they're all occupied by passengers who ''paid'' for the trip) in order to get to Fort Dalhousie or trying to weasel out of a duel a Teetol he insulted challenged him to. |
| 266 | * ''Literature/BeastTamer'': This is a hallmark of many of the antagonists Rein has to face. |
| 267 | ** The hero's party unilaterally kick him out and call him a useless burden to his face at the start of the series. The moment they realize they actually need him for a quest, they go back with a BackhandedApology, every intention of kicking him out yet again after the job is done, and the expectation that he should be grateful for the opportunity. It takes a CurbStompBattle by Rein and his new allies to make them properly apologize, however insincerely. |
| 268 | ** Edgar Fromage was raised to believe he should get what he wants, when he wants, and is entitled to deliver violence to whoever he has to until he gets it, especially if that involves women who catch his eye. Naturally, he goes after Rein's TrueCompanions, and for the first time in his life, the violence '''fails.''' Rein retaliates with extreme prejudice since the guy states that he's not going to stop coming until he's in jail, or dead. |
| 269 | * ''Literature/DeadSilence'' has Jr. MegaCorp executive Reed. He spends the first half of the book fully convinced the protagonist Claire has murdered her entire ship's crew and is trying to take the entire reward for finding a GhostShip, alternating between bullying, gaslighting, and pretend empathy. When it's ultimately shown she was being honest and some of her crew survived, he's more disappointed than apologetic. When both are betrayed and left to die aboard the Ghost Ship, he fully expects to be able to boss her around and use his father's status as a powerful executive to get off, even immediately trying to betray her after she helps him escape. |
| 270 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 271 | ** ''Literature/FeetOfClay'' features a wealthy man who keeps writing to Commander Vimes to complain about all the minorities allowed in the Watch, even trying to gain some pull by claiming to be [[BlatantLies a friend of the Patrician]]. Later in the story, he shows up and pulls Vimes ([[ActuallyIAmHim thinking he's a normal Watchman]]) aside to deal with a golem (non-violently) obstructing his business. He fully expects Vimes to drop everything and help, even claiming he's a friend of the Watch Commander. |
| 272 | ** The Rust family are typical of Ankh-Morpork's nobility, in that if the glass-half-full test were applied to them (do you see it as half-full [''optimist''] or as half-empty [''pessimist?'']), they'd add a third option: loudly and indignantly demanding to know ''why'' it was half-empty and insisting somebody made it their business to keep it full, ''right now!'' Indeed, the Right Honourable Gravid Rust -- who [[Literature/{{Snuff}} later distinguished himself for selling goblins as slaves]] -- first came to Watch attention for whipping a servant who laid out his shoes the wrong way round. |
| 273 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Rudolph is both this and one hell of an ObstructiveBureaucrat. Despite the fact that he would have died long ago if not for Harry and Murphy, Rudolph takes every opportunity to give Internal Affairs information on Murphy and try to get Harry arrested. In ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', he is at his worst. Rudolph [[spoiler: gets the FBI to bring Harry in for questioning after his office is blown up, and has the FBI break down Harry's door. Oh, and he gets Murphy fired... ''after she helped to save him from Red Court Vampires.'' Rudolph is saved from imminent death at least twice in the book, in fact, which only seems to make him more rabid in his hatred for the heroes.]] |
| 274 | ** It's implied that there was probably some mind control or other manipulation applied to him in order to make life hell for our heroes in a subtle way. |
| 275 | * ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'': The witch Senna Wales believes that the other four main characters are [[WhatMeasureIsANonSuper magicless]] [[UnwittingPawn fools]] who should shut up and do exactly as she says and be grateful for it, and is herself totally ungrateful to anything that they do for her. She's a bit different in that she isn't an antagonist originally and even helps the main four characters as often as she troubles them, at least until [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope the very end]]. It helps that she's a well-documented {{hypocrite}}, with a ''huge'' helping of MoralMyopia. |
| 276 | * ''Free to Be You and Me'': One story on the record called "Ladies First" involved a girl who felt that she was entitled to anything she demanded just because she was a "''real'' little lady." When she went on a jungle expedition with some other kids and they were captured by talking tigers, she demanded to be released immediately, shrilling "Ladies first! Ladies first!" |
| 277 | -->''And so she was. [[ExactWords And rather tasty, too.]]'' |
| 278 | * ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': |
| 279 | ** Say hello to Marvolo Gaunt, who [[AbusiveParents abuses]] [[WouldHitAGirl his daughter]], Merope, regularly while forcing her to do all the menial housework without showing her any appreciation. According to Dumbledore, Marvolo, after a stint in [[TheAlcatraz Azkaban]], expects his abused daughter to dutifully await his return with a hot meal ready on the table and is genuinely shocked upon finding out [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she had run away from him instead]]. |
| 280 | ** Despite having put Harry through hell throughout Book 5, Corenelius Fudge still expects Harry to help him when the wizarding world calls for his resignation. Harry and Dumbledore are left disgusted by this. |
| 281 | ** In addition, this is how Harry comes to view the Ministry of Magic when Fudge's replacement Rufus Scrimgeour asks for his support after the Ministry did nothing while Fudge put him and Dumbledore through a smear campaign. Harry coldly tells Scrimgeour to shove it. |
| 282 | * ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': |
| 283 | ** Manticore's High Ridge Government could be the collective poster children for this trope (not least because they're all [[UpperClassTwit highborn idiots]]. They [[spoiler:put the Haven-Manticore War on pause just when their side has the decisive upper hand, spend years chopping their political opponents (who happen to be the statesmen and military officers who made that war winnable) off at the knees out of spite, antagonize their allies to the point where some start siding with Haven, and drag out peace negotiations for no reason than bolstering their domestic political position [[note]]Their parties all saw dramatic losses of support during the shooting phase of the war on account of their stupid policies, but the existence of a state of war means they don't have to call an election, so they want to drag out the peace negotiations and maintain the official state of war for as long as humanly possible to allow time for their vote-buying schemes and other corrupt activities to get the electorate back on their side [[/note]] (said treatment eventually pushes the Havenites to reignite the war). Sure, at the end of ''War of Honor'' they're given the boot and made political persona non grata, several are later arrested, and Descroix is murdered by Mesa, but considering the mess they've created (or made worse), it still feels like they're getting off light.]] Captain (later Rear Admiral) Michael Oversteegen is related to seemingly half of these idiots and pulls no punches when informing those relatives how much he detests them. |
| 284 | ** Reginald Houseman from ''The Honor of the Queen'' is another one -- demanding that Honor sacrifice the planet they're trying to open up diplomatic relations with to save his own ass. She [[OneHitKO reacted rather strongly]] to the suggestion... they don't get along so well these days. |
| 285 | * ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'': The empire of Calormen - located far to the south of Narnia - has a very rigid social hierarchy, and some members of the nobility display this attitude. |
| 286 | ** Anraddin, upon arriving at a poor fisherman’s hut, demands hospitality for the night, is not particularly impressed by the meal placed before him. He also attempts to purchase the fisherman’s adopted son as a slave (setting off the entire plot). |
| 287 | ** Rabadash, son and heir of the empire’s ruler, throws a hissy fit when he’s unable to force Queen Susan of Narnia to become his wife. Furious at her for slipping away, he attempts to invade her kingdom and kidnap her as revenge (to hilariously karmic results). |
| 288 | ** Aravis initially displays some haughtiness towards the lower classes, but she is a genuinely good person with strong morals and values. Her whole arc is kicked off by escaping an arranged marriage and she refuses to be kept down by an oppressive patriarchy. |
| 289 | * ''Literature/ImTheEvilLordOfAnIntergalacticEmpire'': Liam's parents decide to "gift" their title and lands to their five-year-old son in exchange for a hefty allowance so they can go live the easy life in the Empire's capital. As Liam later discovers, the family is heavily indebted and their lands underdeveloped, but (with the aid of a few decent advisors) he manages to turn things around and make his territory prosperous and strong, and he himself has become famous after defeating a dreaded pirate. When he meets his parents again, nearly fifty years later (humanity has changed so much that fifty-year-old Liam is just on the edge of puberty), Liam's parents ''and grandparents'' demand an increased allowance since Liam's now rich and they are indebted. When Liam cuts them off, his father demands the Prime Minister to restore the title to him (with the implication that he will have Liam killed once that happens, for the slight), only to be surprised when the Prime Minister denies his request on account that Liam is actually doing his job. |
| 290 | * ''The Outlaw Knight'': Upon their first meeting, Robert le Vavasour is described by the protagonist as having "too high an opinion of himself and too vociferous an opinion on everything else." Family-wise, he mentally abused his wife and kept her almost constantly pregnant in hopes for a son. When his only surviving child - a daughter whom he considers more of a tool to advance himself than anything else - is married for the first time, Robert tries to claim control of the sources of income her husband has given her as a wedding gift, insisting that she is too young and warns the man to keep her disciplined. Even years later, when his daughter has married the protagonist and given her father several grandchildren, his judgmental attitude and sexism remain (he apparently even holds King John in low regard for bathing every fortnight, and before his daughter’s second marriage briefly considered pimping her out to the king to get ahead). |
| 291 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': King Aerys II Targaryen. As explained in the backstory, after losing his mind and becoming TheCaligula, Aerys went out of his way to repeatedly insult and humiliate his NumberTwo, Tywin Lannister, through a string of petty slights, which eventually pushed Tywin to resign his position as Hand of the King. Despite this, Aerys still expected Tywin to come to his aid during Robert's Rebellion. He was disappointed, to say the least, as Tywin instead [[TheDogBitesBack sided with the rebels]] and conquered King's Landing in [[RebelLeader Robert Baratheon]]'s name. |
| 292 | * ''{{Literature/Speak}}'': Melinda befriends the new girl at school, Heather, only for Heather to ditch her as soon as she's able to get in with the popular Martha's clique because of Melinda's unpopularity with the rest of the school. Several months later, the Marthas' sky-high expectations have become too much for Heather, and she resorts to begging Melinda for help on a massive school project the Marthas expect her to complete. She's genuinely shocked when Melinda refuses. |
| 293 | -->'''Melinda's thoughts:''' She completely ignores the fact that I was never in and that she dumped me, banished me from even the shadows of Martha's glory. I feel like any minute, a guy in a lavender suit will burst into the room with a microphone and bellow, “Another alternate-reality moment brought to you by Adolescence!” |
| 294 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Borsk Fey'lya and much of his administration, particularly during the Yuuzhan Vong war. Even worse, since it's generally the military he's talking to, they actually ''are'' required to save him, no matter how much he's damaged the situation. |
| 295 | * ''Literature/ThisImmortal'': Everyone assumes Cort Myshtigo to be one. He's from an influential family, acts rudely, ignores whoever he wants, disregards Conrad's instructions, and still expects the latter to save him and guard his life. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that Myshtigo was a superb actor and considered this assignment his last great role, all while he was dying of some incurable disease.]] |
| 296 | * ''The Whipping Boy'': Deconstructed over the course of the story. Sheltered and privileged Prince Horace starts out as very much the embodiment of this trope, but as he endures life on the run and a greater level of discomfort than he’s ever experienced, all his haughtiness gradually fades away (at one point he even calls the experience the best time he’s ever had). |
| 297 | ** It’s also hinted early on that part of the reason for Horace’s constant pranks and misbehavior is to get attention from his father: While said father is not intentionally neglectful, his political duties lead him to constantly place time with his son at the bottom of the priority list. The disconnect is so extreme he never realized that his adolescent son was not able to write, and thought that he had been abducted rather than run away in a fit of pique. |
| 298 | [[/folder]] |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 301 | * ''Series/BarRescue'': Several owners or workers have such delusions of grandiosity it's a miracle Jon got through them. |
| 302 | ** The son and minority owner in Villagio Cinema was caught embezzling money from his father's business on frivolous expenses and still insisted he had value in the business even when Jon showed him the evidence to his and his father's face. |
| 303 | ** The owner of Caribe slacked off at the business that his wife gave up a career in medicine for, and flat out told him she was going to divorce him to his face and even gave him the papers. He still believes the next day after he sobers up that she wouldn't think of leaving him and Jon is of no service to him. |
| 304 | ** The owner of Galloping Goose cheated on his wife, had a baby while his wife was already pregnant and his wife actually wanted to give him a chance, and he had the gall to put in no effort and be mad at Jon for telling him the truth. |
| 305 | * ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': |
| 306 | ** Leonard's mother [[AbusiveParents Beverly]] has treated Leonard like dirt ever since the day he was born -- [[ItsAllAboutMe to such an extent that she wouldn't even let him have a birthday party on the grounds that giving birth to him was her accomplishment and not his]] (so every year Leonard sends her a card with money in it). Every single book she's ever written (such as ''"Needy Baby, Greedy Baby"'') is essentially a character assassination on Leonard, just for wanting normal motherly love. [[{{Hypocrite}} She couldn't be bothered to tell Leonard that she and his father were getting a divorce,]] and yet she feels it unfair that the son she spent over thirty years emasculating and his wife Penny, [[ObnoxiousInLaws whom she has done nothing but talk down to]], didn't invite her to their wedding. |
| 307 | ** Leonard's roommate, Sheldon Cooper, is basically Leonard's mother's SpearCounterpart. He makes ridiculous demands that have to be followed to the letter, such as making Leonard drive him wherever and whenever he wants, and participate in activities that only Sheldon finds appealing. If he gets called out on his selfish behavior, Sheldon will have a fit where he will explain why everyone else has to cater to his genius intellect, and why he has no such responsibility to care about anyone else. |
| 308 | ** Penny herself behaves like this sometimes. There are a number of instances where she doesn't realise that after she dumps Leonard, he is no longer obligated to pay for her food...or gas...or rent...[[ExtremeDoormat but he does it anyway]]. Most evidently in "''The Panty Piñata Polarization''", where the EscalatingWar the episode revolves around is arguably caused more by ''her'' sense of entitlement than Sheldon's. She helps herself to one of Sheldon's onion rings and refuses to get out of Sheldon's seat, so he kicks her out of the apartment. She then refuses to serve Sheldon at The Cheesecake Factory, so Sheldon complains to the manager, which he does have the right to do, because of Penny's bad customer service. Penny then tampers with Sheldon's food again and later throws a tantrum because Sheldon cut off her access to his Wifi. |
| 309 | * ''Series/BigBrother'': |
| 310 | ** In the US show, Rachel and Brendon (but mostly Rachel) are almost like Russell Hantz in terms of this trope. They are good at winning competitions but have a poor social game and come off as this, but Rachel especially. Both of them, but mostly Rachel push their way through the game without regards for how everyone else thinks of them, hurls insults and DisproportionateRetribution around like balls at a baseball game and are somehow ''surprised'' that people can't stand them and hate their guts and that [[RealityShowGenreBlindness there are targets on their backs]]. And despite all that, she won, thanks in part to the most blatant ExecutiveMeddling to date and other players picking up an IdiotBall. |
| 311 | ** Averted in the 2012 season -- Dan may have acted like he deserved to win, and showed traces of this, but wasn't sour about losing in a ''six to one'' vote. |
| 312 | * ''Series/DawsonsCreek'': Abby Morgan, particularly in the episode ''Full Moon Rising'' from Season 2. In a fit of jealousy, she calls Jen a bitch, a slut, and all other unpleasant things and she's actually ''surprised'' when Jen smacks her one. Afterwards, she breaks into Dawson's house to spy on Jen. To get back at Jen, she tries to seduce Dawson, who was dating Joey at the time. When Dawson refuses her advances and kicks her out, Abby takes it to the point of absurdity by asking him to tell Jen that they had made out. |
| 313 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 314 | ** The Weeping Angels. They spent two episodes chasing the Doctor and his friends, killing everyone in their way. At the end of the two-parter, the Angels discover that one of the cracks in the universe is threatening to absorb them and wipe them from existence -- so they have the ''nerve'' to tell the Doctor to sacrifice himself to save them. True, they say they'll spare River and Amy, but considering who we're talking about, they were probably lying about that. |
| 315 | ** Then there's Madam Kovarian who had the nerve to ask Amy to save her -- the very person whose child she kidnapped and raised into a psychotic LaserGuidedTykeBomb to have the Doctor (who happens to be Amy's best friend) assassinated, while outright taunting her about how she'll still save her since that's what the Doctor (whom Kovarian was, as stated before, trying to kill) would do. [[AntiHero Amy]] "kindly" reminds her that he isn't present and [[PayEvilUntoEvil gives her]] [[KarmicDeath exactly what she deserves.]] |
| 316 | * ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': |
| 317 | ** [[TheGhost Unseen character]] Maris is basically the queen of entitlement as she has lived a huge wealthy life with little to no restrictions and this has given her a spoiled personality. She once parked in a handicapped zone using her chocolate allergy as an excuse, cheats on Niles and soon wants him to take her back despite this. Whenever she is refused, she reacts how you would think a ritch bitch should. |
| 318 | ** Frasier dips into this in the season 8 opener. Despite his advice and subsequent actions having resulted in misery for Niles and Daphne, and a vicious argument, he still expects - nay, ''demands - Niles apologizes for yelling at him for it. Niles calls him on this and storms out. |
| 319 | * ''Series/FreshMeat'': J.P. [[BerserkButton attacks Kingsley]] for texting "his woman", Sam. Even though he [[LovableSexManiac didn't exactly respect Kingsley and Josie's relationship]]. He also seems infuriated that Kingsley stands up for himself. |
| 320 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Given the cutthroat nature and rigid social hierarchy of their world, Westeros has this in spades. |
| 321 | ** Viserys Targaryen, as the son of a deposed monarch and not used to roughing it, shows no gratitude to his benefactors and looks down his nose at almost everyone he encounters. In the end, he seems legitimately surprised that his sister Daenerys is unwilling to save him after he threatens her life and the life of her unborn child, and this is ''after'' a lifetime of other abuse. |
| 322 | ** Cersei Lannister is the epitome of this trope. Born to the wealthiest family in Westeros but constantly ignored by her domineering father, she developed an ego rivaled by few other characters. For most of the series she lacks any real political power, and although she certainly believes herself capable of wielding it, her short-sightedness and tendency to become embroiled in pretty squabbles ultimately prevents her from doing so successfully in the long term. |
| 323 | *** Her son Joffrey takes this to an even more cartoonish extreme, believing his status as king grants him carte blanche to do whatever he wants to whomever he wants. Even after his actions incite a multi-front civil war, he refuses to take any responsibility and continually demands blind obedience from his subjects (it does not end well). |
| 324 | ** While not "entitled" in the same way as most of his contemporaries, Walder Frey is no less of a bastard for it. As the in-universe equivalent of NouveauRiche and not usually taken seriously by the established nobility, his insecurity manifests as both extreme bitterness and a tendency to treat everyone - from his social superiors to his own family - as if they’re not worth the dirt on his boots. Also takes personal slights WAY out of proportion and has no qualms about openly breaking promises he’s made to others, while hypocritically calling others out for doing the same thing to him. |
| 325 | ** Partially inverted with Stannis Baratheon. While he’s perfectly willing to sacrifice others (sometimes many and/or important others) in pursuit of the throne he believes is rightfully his, he’s also self-aware enough to recognize his own mistakes and know when the odds are stacked against him. As such, there are certain lines that he’s unwilling - or at least extremely hesitant - to cross, and he occasionally compromises his principles or even advocates for the causes of others, if it means increased support for himself. Principled even in his final moments, he accepted his fate and openly encouraged his killer to fulfill their duty. |
| 326 | ** Daenerys Targaryen starts out as quite the opposite of this, being an exiled orphan with no real understanding of power or politics. As she gains more followers and influence, however, her entitlement begins to manifest in increasingly less subtle ways. While definitely savier, more sympathetic and more compassionate than her rival Cersei - plus having much greater military clout - Daenerys ultimately falls prey to her ego and believes that the only way to successfully rule is through fear. |
| 327 | * ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'': Riley Matthews, an incredibly naive girl, seems to think that just because she's such a nice person that she should always get her way. |
| 328 | * ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Peg is this trope in spades. She freely spends more money than Al makes on frivolous items and blames him for not making enough money even though she contributes less than nothing to the household. This even goes to their sex life where she expects sex despite showing no respect towards Al and doing nothing to deserve it. Even when they do have sex, she emasculates Al for not being good enough despite the fact it's her personality that makes him not want to put in any effort. |
| 329 | * ''Series/{{Misfits}}'': |
| 330 | -->'''Nathan:''' Come on, use your power, save us!\ |
| 331 | '''Simon:''' [[{{Jerkass}} After]] [[TheNicknamer everything]] [[MouthyKid you've]] [[KidsAreCruel done]] to me, you want me to save you?\ |
| 332 | '''Nathan:''' ''Yes!'' Get on with it ''[[NotHelpingYourCase you little freak!]]''\ |
| 333 | '''Simon:''' (''turns invisible'')\ |
| 334 | '''Nathan:''' You're gonna save yourself? ''You [[IResembleThatRemark selfish bastard!]] [[{{Hypocrite}} I'll]] remember this! [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter I thought]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese we were friends!]]'' |
| 335 | * ''Series/MySuperSweetSixteen'': The 16-year-olds (usually girls) that appear are usually the spoiled poster children for this trope. Their parents are usually incompetent, indulging wimps (the main reason kids turn out like this in the first place) and spend incredible amounts of money (''over $50k!'') on parties and cars, and the kids STILL have the audacity to throw temper tantrums, bicker and hate on their parents if even the smallest thing they don't like happens! |
| 336 | * ''Series/RobinHood'': Kate and her mother Rebecca, two peasants in Locksley, were this. The worst moment is when Rebecca blames Robin for her son's death and angrily asks him where he was when he died. You can almost ''see'' Robin thinking: "I was right next to him, watching as your stupid daughter kept messing up my plans to save him." |
| 337 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E13DejaQ}} Déjà Q]]", Q is [[BroughtDownToNormal stripped of his powers]] by the Continuum. Given a choice of what mortal form to take and where to be dumped, he chose to be placed in a human form onboard the ''Enterprise'' with the expectation that Picard & crew would protect him from all the beings he's [[{{Revenge}} pissed off]] with his JerkassGod behavior (despite the fact that Picard and crew have repeatedly been on the receiving end of said behavior). He's promptly disabused from the notion by Guinan spearing his hand with a fork to verify that yes, he's been stripped of his powers. |
| 338 | * ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'': |
| 339 | ** In episode six, Gen. Lane all but demands Supergirl's help testing out the Red Tornado android, [[NeverMyFault blames her when things go pear-shaped]], and doesn't thank her when she saves his life (along with Jimmy's and his daughter Lucy's). [[spoiler: It's discovered later in the episode that Red Tornado was developed to deal with Kryptonians like Kara and her cousin, and that the general was actually field-testing it against her with the intention of deploying it against Superman.]] What really sets him up for this is when he gets told by his daughter that he is wrong about her relationship with Jimmy holding her back, he has no HeelRealization, no VillainousBreakdown, no MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. He just says he hopes she realizes her mistake before her entire life has passed her by. A bastard par excellence. |
| 340 | ** Cat's mother also counts for a pure Muggle example. She has no interaction with any super or metahuman, but she does put Cat down from the moment she enters to the moment she leaves and expects Cat to take it. [[spoiler: Cat doesn't, tells her mother off, and defends Kara's on-the-job skill, if for no other reason than she feels [[HypocriticalHeartwarming she is the only one]] entitled to talk down to Kara.]] |
| 341 | * ''Series/{{Survivor}}'': |
| 342 | ** Russell Hantz considers himself among the ranks of the game's {{Magnificent Bastard}}s, like Richard Hatch and "Boston" Rob Mariano. But what they understand and he doesn't is that evicted players on the jury have to ''like'' you or at least ''respect'' you enough to vote for you to win. Russell just wantonly lied and bullied his way through the game -- twice -- and ended by asking "Who's the man?", to which both juries shouted '''''"NOT YOU!"''''' And then he had the gall, after his second loss, to argue that the rules were flawed ''because'' he didn't win, or because someone who had a drastically different playstyle [[TheCassandra (Sandra)]] could win ''twice''. Russell also cried and said that he respected the game too much to lose in Redemption Island, saying it was how a professional NFL player feels about playing with a bunch of "Peewee leaders" who "lost the challenge on purpose to get him out", and claimed that nobody else was there to play the game and was only there for fame. Never mind that he was doing the ''exact same things'' he did during the previous two times he played. Asking people to flip and be a third wheel, assembling the usual (Laker Girl) harem, searching for the idol recklessly (if you're idol hunting, MAKE SURE NOBODY IS WATCHING YOU first!!), even dumping out the tribe's rice while they were out fishing, without even considering that this time, he was playing with people who ''had the chance to see him in action.'' (And if you've seen those seasons, there's [[SpotlightStealingSquad absolutely]] [[CreatorsPet zero]] [[CharacterFocus excuse]] for not knowing his game inside and out.) |
| 343 | ** Jeff Kent a few seasons later was voted out and became the second member of the jury. While he was given a nice edit, in his EliminationStatement, he ''tears into'' everyone else and acts like he ''deserved'' to win when he already had made over $60 million playing baseball. According to the MLB, however, he's certainly a NiceCharacterMeanActor. |
| 344 | * ''Series/{{Victorious}}'': Jade has this dynamic with Tori. Despite treating her horribly, she often expects Tori to help her out, such as when she wants to get back together with Beck or when she needs to find funding for her play. Tori even points this out to her. Jade responds by promising to treat her better in the future, which never happens. |
| 345 | * ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'': George of Clarence, to the point that he winds up getting executed for treason. He continually whinges that he isn't being given enough power, land or money compared to his brothers, even after ''twice'' having been forgiven for rising up against King Edward IV. The latter occasion triggered another brief but bloody civil war that saw tens of thousands killed (including the kingmaker Warwick), his brothers forced into exile, and Queen Elizabeth stuck in sanctuary while bringing up a new baby. |
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| 348 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 349 | * ''Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'': The other reindeer who verbally abused and socially isolated Rudolph for his entire life expect him to use his glowing nose as a foglight for them. He does it, the poor sap, and everyone acts like the resulting fame makes up for how poorly treated he was. |
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| 352 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 353 | * Wrestling/PrinceNana, a RichBastard EvilPrince who didn't have to work for anything of necessity, eventually got tired of spending time in Wrestling/RingOfHonor and left. Given he had all but retired from the ring in favor of leading a PowerStable, his Embassy, whose sole two purposes seemed to be ruining the days of wrestler not a member and acting as a vehicle for Nana to flaunt his wealth, no one who wasn't an Embassy member was sad to see Nana go. But Nana came crawling back, disrupting shows with pleas to be rehired after he was cut off from Ghana's tax revenue. He was dragged off by security each time, so when he regained his wealth by way of a stimulus package technically not meant for him, he took revenge by hiring people to attack wrestlers who retained their ROH jobs by virtue of not quitting them. |
| 354 | * Andrea's reasoning for joining [=C4=] and ambushing Shine Wrestling's top baby {{face}}s was that the promotion did not reward her for her loyalty. Given she was hired specifically by [=SoCal=] Val to wreak havoc, you'd think she'd be thankful to have any employment from Shine, much less a continual spot after Val was disposed of. Incidentally, she does get banished from Shine, but only after four-fifths of Las Sicarias beat her down at the conclusion of a [[LoserLeavesTown loser loses a member]] match C4 foolishly agreed to. After that, she does show some gratitude to ''one'' staff member she had habitually harassed, [[IgnoredEpiphany for about fifteen seconds]]. |
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| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 358 | * ''Radio/OldHarrysGame:'' Thomas Crimp, who in life committed every possible crime it's possible to commit, with the after-effects continuing after his death, and is so disgusting even Satan himself is appalled, never gets why he's in Hell being tortured, and genuinely expects he should be exempt from it. |
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| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 362 | * At the end of ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'', Miss Hannigan expects Annie to vouch for [[BlatantLies how well she's always treated the orphans]]. Too bad she taught Annie to [[IronicEcho never tell a lie]]. |
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| 365 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 366 | * ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': In the Mysterious Console {{DLC}}, the Firmware AI begins its introduction by attacking Noni to prevent her from escaping, then after being beaten asks Noni to stop before getting hit with BulletDancing. |
| 367 | * ''VideoGame/CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII'': After starting a rebellion and hurting a lot of people, then revealing to Sephiroth the horrific truth of his origins and repeatedly calling him a monster, Genesis fully expects Sephiroth to save him from his cellular degradation by giving him some of his cells. Sephiroth understandably tells him to rot and leaves him. |
| 368 | * {{Prince Charmles|s}} of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII''. Not only do the heroes have to drag this lazy lout along on what's supposed to be ''his'' RiteOfPassage, he expects them to do all the fighting and slay an Argon Lizard for its heart... and after they kill one, he immediately decides "Oh, I should have an even ''bigger'' and ''better'' Argon heart -- ''You'' guys work on that!" He doesn't treat them with even the slightest ''shred'' of respect or dignity, expecting them to do everything for him because he's royalty -- the only physical exertion he puts himself through during the entire trip is [[spoiler:whipping Medea, then Trode]], and after '''THAT''' stunt the player will likely join the heroes in cursing the fact they can't just leave him in the reserve. To top it all off, after you finally secure a heart he deems acceptable and return to Argonia, [[spoiler:he finds a way to even more [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney flagrantly flout the rules]] by ''buying'' a heart in the Marketplace]] and ''expects you to keep this action a secret'' from his father! Towards the end of the game, he reasserts his bastardry by barring you and your party from the wedding. Yet, even after all of that, he's absolutely '''shocked''' when this comes back to bite him squarely on his big fat butt. |
| 369 | * ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' contains a similar example in the form of Delphine and Esbern. Despite being Blades, whose role is to serve the Dragonborn (i.e. you), they are perfectly happy to give you orders, disbelieve your findings, and expect you to be obedient to their every whim. They go so far as to demand that you [[spoiler:kill Paarthurnax for them, the dragon Master of the Greybeards who has spent the last three thousand years waiting for you, teaching the Way of the Voice, suppressing his nature to help overcome his inborn urge to dominate. The dragon who was instrumental in your defeat of Alduin the World-Eater, who willingly helps you learn a Shout that was specifically meant to take down dragons (the Dragonrend), and who has been protected from harm by the Greybeards and by the Emperors that the Blades served for the last few thousand years]]. And they refuse to help you until you do what they tell you to do. Many players seem to enjoy making Delphine and Esbern suffer a humiliating death for such an affront. Delphine and Esbern justify this by claiming that [[spoiler:Paarthurnax's draconic instinct to dominate (which even Paarthurnax will admit are as strong as ever) makes him too dangerous to be allowed to live. Esbern also states that justice demands that Paarthurnax answer for the crimes he committed as Alduin's former right-hand.]] Even [[spoiler:Paarthurnax himself]] will acknowledge that they are right not to trust him. |
| 370 | ** It says something about how '''reviled''' their "request" [[spoiler: killing Paarthurnax]] is among the fanbase that one of the most popular mods for the PC version is one that allows you to tell Delphine and Esbern to piss off [[spoiler: and allow Paarthurnax to live, and the Dragonborn demonstrates via his/her Thuum via nifty shaking/sfx so that they drop the subject, thus allowing you to rebuild the Blades without them bitching about their original "request" from before.]] |
| 371 | * Ethan Seed of ''VideoGame/FarCryNewDawn''. He's the son of [[SinisterMinister Joseph Seed]], the BigBad of [[VideoGame/FarCry5 the previous game]], and the ''de facto'' leader of Joseph's cult village of New Eden in his father's absence. He believes that due to being Joseph's son, he deserves to be the true heir of New Eden, and to have the power of [[{{Phlebotinum}} Joseph's tree of Eden]], which Joseph gave to [[PlayerCharacter the Captain]] instead of him. Ethan is [[{{Pun}} also]] a [[BastardBastard literal bastard]], due to his father never marrying his mother Megan. [[spoiler:Such is his feeling entitlement, Ethan betrays New Eden to the [[AnarchyIsChaos Highwaymen]] purely for personal gain. In his defense, he does seem to regret his actions and apologizes to his father right before he dies.]] |
| 372 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'': Bloom, the head of House Friege in the second generation, is one of the more ''entitled'' characters in the entire game. He abducts his sister and niece and imprisons them in the family home because it's his right as the head of the house. He seizes the Manster District from Travant, the man who actually disposed of its royal family, to rule as overlord. He boots his unwilling niece onto the battlefield with a line about how she owes it to him for his kindness after her mother's death ([[AccompliceByInaction caused by his wife's abuse, which he never intervened in]]). When the battle turns against him, he demands troops from Travant and fails to understand why Travant ignores his letters. He demands his daughter and heir Ishtar save him from the rebels, even though he's just lost his other child, while he remains holed up in his castle. And if his niece confronts him there, he calls her ungrateful ''again''. |
| 373 | * ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'': Despite having abandoned Kratos to fall into the River Styx after their initial attack on Zeus went badly, along with the fact that she flat-out ''told'' Kratos to his face that he was nothing more than a pawn of hers and the Titans and she had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no more use for him]], Gaia genuinely expects Kratos to help her up when she's later having trouble reclimbing Mount Olympus... only to be shocked when Kratos basically tells her to screw off before [[AnArmAndALeg cutting off her hand]], sending her falling to her doom. |
| 374 | * ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':'' Hero Of Leaf Valley'' gives an [[GameplayAndStorySegregation unintentional]] example. If the player's horse gets sick twice, [[DisproportionateRetribution Gwen will punch the player character in the face and accuse him of neglecting the horse,]] [[NoSympathy even if the player checks on the horse every day and it just randomly happens the next morning]]. It is possible for this to happen shortly before one of Gwen's story events, in which she asks for the player's help in protecting Snowball, so she can accidentally come across as one of these. |
| 375 | * ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheSeasons'': In Invasion mode, Lord Aldwol is introduced threatening King Frinch into abdicating his position of leadership in the war on Utania, only to lose anyways. In Invasion+ mode, Aldwol threatens Frinch into helping in the rematch against Utania's mercenaries, and has the gall to push all the responsibility for their loss on the latter. In Divine and Armageddon mode, Matria pulls the same routine on Frinch and Aldwol, [[spoiler:going as far as to blame them for their failed WolfPackBoss fight and non-lethally drain their power to achieve her OneWingedAngel form]]. |
| 376 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': This is one of Riku's character flaws in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]]; he's aware that ''he'' was meant to have the Keyblade, and became insanely jealous when it went to Sora instead, ultimately leading to a DealWithTheDevil. It didn't go so well for him, and his sense of entitlement is naturally absent afterward. |
| 377 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': At the beginning of the game, [[FairyCompanion Tatl]] genuinely expects Link to help her track down the Skull Kid, despite the fact that not only did she help the Skull Kid mug Link and steal his horse and ocarina, but also personally interfered with Link's attempt to pursue them after he was [[ForcedTransformation turned into a Deku Scrub]] (which is how they got separated in the first place). |
| 378 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': |
| 379 | ** [[AssInAmbassador Ambassador Udina]] takes every opportunity to badmouth, second-guess, and otherwise undermine you that he can get, culminating in [[TurnInYourBadge ordering the Normandy grounded]] simply because it's politically expedient. When you [[BigDamnHeroes come in]] and save the Citadel anyway [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs from a massive Geth attack]], the Systems Alliance either gets offered a seat on the Citadel Council or ''takes over'' the council, depending on how exactly you dealt with Sovereign and the Destiny Ascension. Either way, you're told that your recommendation will carry the most weight, and Udina seems to honestly expect you to recommend him over Captain Anderson, even after the shit he's piled on you. Of course, nothing's stopping you from doing just that, [[EasilyForgiven if you're the forgiving type]]. If. |
| 380 | ** Happens again in the sequel if you saved the Council. Depending on your choice of Anderson or Udina, you may get to meet them (two guesses which one will get you the audience?). But if you were hoping that proving them wrong and saving their asses the last time they ignored your warnings would get them to believe anything you say now, much less help... forget about it. |
| 381 | ** Administrator Anoleis on Noveria is obstructive and rude toward Shepard from the get-go, because he assumes (wrongly) that they're there to investigate his dirty laundry. If Shepard helps the internal affairs agent sent to actually bust his ass for corruption, he honestly still expects and ''demands'' Shepard help him. |
| 382 | ** The Krogan Rebellions started in part due to this, due to the krogan riding high on the wave of saving the entire galaxy during the Rachni Wars, feeling that they had earned the right to ask for ''anything'' as their boon. After their nature as ExplosiveBreeders caused them to overpopulate the worlds they were given after the Rachni Wars, only to be denied more worlds to settle on, they decided to seize those worlds by force and take the rest of the galaxy while they were at it. Ultimately, this led the unleashing of [[DepopulationBomb the genophage]] upon their species by the salarians and turians, leading to only 1 in 1000 births being successful. Wrex and Eve suggest that the salarians uplifting their species before they were ready was part of the problem, but admits that in retrospect, they did bring a lot of their misfortunes on themselves. |
| 383 | ** The asari in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' refuse to aid Earth (or any other race) during the Reaper invasion, only to ask Shepard to drop everything and head to Thessia when the Reapers are kicking down their door. The entire asari race also becomes this after the reveal that [[spoiler: the Protheans had interfered in their development with the intention that they would lead the fight against the Reapers in the next Cycle, even leaving them a fully-intact beacon to aid their development. However, the Protheans didn't count on the asari keeping their own beacon hidden (despite writing the laws that all races ''[[{{Hypocrite}} must]]'' share any knowledge gathered from other beacons) and became culturally and technologically stagnant, due to their long life-spans and reliance on using the knowledge data-mined from the beacon to maintain their technological supremacy over the other races in the galaxy]]. |
| 384 | ** Humanity is frequently accused of this by their detractors (especially turians), due to having entered galactic politics thirty years ago and thrown aside centuries of tradition to try and push and shove their way to the head of the table. Humanity [[DudeWheresMyRespect counters]] that they simply want to get involved and protect the galaxy, having demonstrated their considerable [[BadassArmy military strength]] during the First Contact War and pointing out that AsskickingLeadsToLeadership was precisely how the ''turians'' themselves got onto the Council in the first place. |
| 385 | * ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'': While Frost was already egotistical, willingly becoming a {{cyborg}} has put her arrogance over the top to the point of demanding others (Raiden, Sub-Zero, Kano, Shao Kahn, etc.) give her control of their respective organizations, insists Shang Tsung give her his soul powers, and even has the gall to ask Cetrion, an Elder God, to be made ''ruler of the realms.'' All of the other kombatants scoff at her demands and see her as nothing but a [[PsychopathicManchild bratty womanchild]]. |
| 386 | * ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'': The mayor from ''Advance Wars: Days of Ruin'', who constantly wants the main characters to save him and his town, only to kick them out after the danger is gone, constantly selling them out to save his own skin in dangerous situations. Thankfully, LaserGuidedKarma catches up to him when the BigBad gives him a supposed "cure" to a disease that was ravaging the town, which the mayor greedily drinks rather than waiting to share it with the rest of the town. The villain proceeds to give him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech as he chokes to death on the ground. |
| 387 | * ''VideoGame/Persona4'': [[spoiler:[[BigBad Tohru Adachi]]]] thinks that his hard work in his youth means that the world ''owes'' him success and an intimate relationship. Because he has neither, [[NeverMyFault he feels it's the fault of life, society, and the women around him]]. He also talks about his power to throw people into TV sets as if it was given to him to make up for his unsuccessful lot in life. |
| 388 | * In one of the middle chapters of ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'', a village chieftain hires Marona to deal with Raphael, leader of the White Wolf Army, who is causing trouble on the island. You eventually find out that the troublemaker is an imposter who has taken advantage of Raphael's name repeatedly, and the real Raphael (who, unlike nearly everyone else in the setting, actually likes and respects Marona) shows up to help you take the imposter down. When you return, the [[LoopholeAbuse chieftain stiffs you on the payment because the job instructions was, explicitly, to defeat Raphael, not an imposter]] (regardless of who was causing the problem). Marona is forced to accept... when the REAL Raphael, having overheard the exchange, starts up a ruckus in the village. The chieftain immediately requests Marona's aid and is genuinely surprised when she declines and wanders off instead. |
| 389 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': |
| 390 | ** The Horde under Garrosh. They believe its perfectly fine to invade anyone they choose for resources for themselves. They try to claim they need lumber for housing and... build a city out of a metal they seem to have imported from another continent and they seem to be building everything out of metal nowadays. They claim to be starving and yet they pollute their major hunting grounds that were right next to their one major population center just so they can strip mine the place for ...war. And no, they don't farm, they raise pigs and hunt. Their invasion of Ashenvale, a somewhat hilly forest really comes across as extremely selfish. And the justification for the invasion? The Night elves won't trade with them AS MUCH as before. |
| 391 | ** In the weekly Crumbled Chamberlain quest, you are tasked with reassembling the statue that houses the soul of a Mogu chamberlain, who proceeds to talk down to you, giving you patronizing praise at best while arrogantly insisting that you stop dallying at worst as you kill monsters on the island. Upon completion, he hands you your reward, a single Shan'ze Ritual Stone (which can more easily be found through other methods, and you need ''three'' for ''each'' of the three bosses in the weekly quest) and tells you not to tell his master Lei Shen what he did, lest you end up like him. The chamberlain's attitude is unsurprising, however, when you consider that he's a high-ranking member of a species that [[FantasticRacism sees all others as lesser beings]]. |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 395 | * ''WebAnimation/RevengeFilms'': |
| 396 | ** A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5e7AK_sbS0 woman]]'s sister-in-law looked down on her for living in the countryside and her brother did nothing to stop it. When the brother's house collapsed due to an earthquake, the sister-in-law demands the woman to pay to repair the house, but she refused. |
| 397 | ** In one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcuiKoYcjbA story]], the protagonist's brother-in-law demanded her inheritance after her parents died even going as far as to threaten her. His wife has had enough and she divorced him. |
| 398 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': |
| 399 | ** As a RichBitch, [[Characters/RWBYWeissSchnee Weiss Schnee]] acts as such early on. Best shown in "The Badge and the Burden," where she vocally complains about how she wasn't made leader of Team RWBY and tells Professor Port that Ozpin made a mistake making Ruby the leader. Port even sums her up as "a girl who spent her entire life getting exactly what she wanted", which Weiss admits isn't entirely wrong. |
| 400 | ** ''Everything'' [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]] does is built on entitlement; she pursues the powers of the Maidens relentlessly, and openly states that she's the only one worthy of them. [[spoiler:Volume 8 reveals this is a product of a [[DarkAndTroubledPast horrifically abusive childhood]], and she feels she's entitled to power and justified in taking whatever she wants because of her past suffering. Dr. Watts tears this apart, telling Cinder straight to her face that the world doesn't owe her a thing and if she wants power, she needs to actually ''earn'' it.]] |
| 401 | ** As revealed in Volume 7, a significant portion of [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Watts']] motives are because he felt General Ironwood took his genius for granted and denied him the respect and credit he felt was rightfully owed to him, despite the fact that he was a ''privileged elite Atlesian scientist'' who basically had everything he could have ever wanted. [[spoiler:The final straw was when Pietro Polendina's project was chosen over his own; Watts, out of [[DrivenByEnvy jealousy]] and [[EvilIsPetty spite]], joined up with Salem and devoted himself to getting revenge on Ironwood by any means necessary.]] |
| 402 | --->'''Watts''': You never appreciated my genius, James. You just stood atop it and called yourself a giant!\ |
| 403 | '''Ironwood''': I gave you ''everything'' you could have wanted!\ |
| 404 | '''Watts''': You chose that ''fat imbecile'' over '''''ME!!''''' |
| 405 | * ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'': In "Happy [=BirthdayWeen=]", Ruby acts like everything should go her way and everyone should do what she wants because it's her birthday, up to and including forcing Team JNPR to give her their Halloween candy as a present and stealing an entire bowl of candy left out by Dr. Oobleck. By the end of the skit, the rest of Team RWBY has gotten sick of it; when Ruby tries to convince them to buy a Halloween costume for her, they [[LaserGuidedKarma dress her up as a trash can]] complete with a sign saying "TRASH". |
| 406 | * In the ''WebAnimation/TeamServiceAnnouncement'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnjOCkoLbCQ Metal and Dispensers]]", the RED Soldier causes a ton of trouble for his team's Engineer by wasting a large ammo crate during the setup period to replenish ''a single rocket'', preventing the Engineer from [[TheTurretMaster setting up a proper sentry nest]]. Later, Soldier dashes to him demanding a dispenser... but the Engineer doesn't feel all that obliged. Soldier reacts to this by screaming at him. |
| 407 | [[/folder]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 410 | * In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' Thief goes on a rant about this to a random villager who wants a new shovel handle about how he can't be bothered to do the most trivial tasks because they might interfere with his "schedule of vigorous masturbation" while expecting them to interrupt their work of saving the world to help him out. Except that the guy ''wasn't'' asking them to do it for him, and is rather confused at having his shopping interrupted. |
| 411 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Duke Strinbeck on the Pink Airship. While the ship is under attack, he still demands the captain obey his orders -- at gunpoint -- [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080725 rather than evade the assault.]] Then a [[KarmicDeath most satisfying]] order comes to throw [[ExactWords useless objects]] overboard... the novels go one further, by revealing he was such an arse that when his cause of death was given as "TooDumbToLive", his family didn't question it. |
| 412 | * ''Webcomic/GrandMa'': The businessman that barges into Minh's shop in Episode 1. He scolds them for asking him to use his indoor voice, demands them to ignore the other customer's orders, and accosts them until their other costumer - a many-eyed monster - scares him off. |
| 413 | * Paracule from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. Plots to overthrow you and cries for your help the next day. |
| 414 | [[/folder]] |
| 415 | |
| 416 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 417 | * In ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', Bartémulius and Nostariat, the recurring InsufferableGenius QuestGiver pair. Their dialogue when they run into the protagonists can be summed up as: "You're a bunch of ignorant lowlife idiots. You'd better not be asking for our help. But since you're here, would you mind killing that monster that's after us / [[EscortMission being our escort]] / running an errand or two?" To top it off, they can also be found under UngratefulBastard. |
| 418 | [[/folder]] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 421 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': |
| 422 | ** Earl of Lemongrab acts like this towards Peppermint Butler. |
| 423 | --->'''Peppermint Butler:''' Thank you for releasing me from the dungeon early, Master Lemongrab.\ |
| 424 | '''Lemongrab:''' I determine what is early, and what is late, Mister ''Peppermint!''\ |
| 425 | '''Peppermint Butler:''' Yes, your Earlness.\ |
| 426 | '''Lemongrab:''' Also... I don't know where ''food'' comes from!\ |
| 427 | '''Peppermint Butler:''' My Lord, food comes from Ma--\ |
| 428 | '''Lemongrab:''' AAAAAAAH- DADADADADA, NOOOOOO! That is why ''I'' am royal, and ''YEEEEEEOU'' are ''SERVILE!'' |
| 429 | ** Deconstructed with Lumpy Space Princess as the show goes on. Yes, she's your BrattyTeenageDaughter [[ItsAllAboutMe par]] [[AttentionWhore extraordinaire]], but no one likes her much (except maybe [[AllLovingHero Finn]]) and she often suffers for her selfishness and frequent AesopAmnesia. Season 7 episode ''Be Sweet'' reveals that, deep down, she's aware of just how selfish she is, ''[[InferioritySuperiorityComplex hates herself]]'', is terrified that she cannot ever change (which is not an unwarranted concern) and even as she keeps demanding love and luxury, feels she doesn't deserve it. |
| 430 | * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': |
| 431 | ** No matter what he does to them, [[Characters/AmericanDadRogerSmith Roger]] always expects the Smiths to have his back. Whenever they push him aside for his deeds, he treats it like a great betrayal. |
| 432 | ** In the episode "[=LGBSteve=]," Hayley is genuinely shocked and driven to tears when the lesbian roller derby team she and Steve joined kicks her off the team, despite the fact that mere minutes before they do so, she exposed Steve as a boy to the others by pulling his pants down to expose his genitals right in front of them; as it turns out, the other girls [[EverybodyKnewAlready had known all along that Steve was a boy and didn't care]]. Or rather, they assume he's actually a transgender girl stuck in a biologically male body. But either way the team thought Hayley violated Steve's boundaries and was borderline transphobic because she was jealous of Steve. |
| 433 | ** Hayley also seems to have this with her family, especially Stan. It's reached the point where a lot of the things she claims as excuses for her behavior like Stan never saying he loved her or was proud of her were stuff she completely made up. She basically feels she has the right to do whatever she wants and her parents have no right to stop her. This is probably best exemplified in "Standard Deviation" where she calls Stan out for [[WellDoneSonGuy not accepting her for who she is]] which essentially involves mooching off of her parents and repeatedly dropping out of and re-entering college to the point where she’s trying to register using a fast-food menu. |
| 434 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler:After betraying Anne and her friends once again and sending King Andrias to the dungeon, Sasha acts nonchalant and friendly with Anne and Marcy immediately afterwards. When Anne is gobsmacked about this and voices her protests, Sasha says she's just being a SoreLoser and acts as if she should have seen this coming. This causes Anne to finally snap and give her a major TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.]] |
| 435 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': In the episode "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS2E19SneakPeek Sneak Peek]]", sleazy reporter Ian Peek, using a special {{intangibility}} belt, discovers Batman's SecretIdentity and plans to expose it on national television, but is forced to postpone it when he begins to suffer PowerIncontinence, upon which he calls Bruce for medical help. During the discussion, Peek reveals that he actually stole the belt from Dr. Taka, one of Bruce's associates at Wayne-Powers, and burned his lab down to cover his tracks, upon which a disgusted Bruce refuses to aid him and walks away. Even after all this, Peek still expects Bruce to help him, and only thinks of offering to give up the footage of Bruce and Terry in the Batcave when Bruce brushes him off again and he's getting desperate. |
| 436 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': [[Characters/BeavisAndButtHeadTitularCharacters Beavis and Butt-Head]] always expect others to bend over backward for them, no matter how ridiculous, unsavory, or vague their requests are. They are promptly disappointed when they don't. |
| 437 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Teddy, Gayle, and Gloria each share this trope by being totally demanding of Bob and Linda's attention and help. Teddy and Gayle do have some shred of humanity and demonstrate they genuinely care about the Belchers even though they're so selfish and obsessive, while Gloria is objectively the worse to the point she's totally incapable of showing ''any'' gratitude towards her oldest daughter or her son-in-law when they drop everything to do what she wants. Linda is used to their behavior and more willing to coddle them, while Bob has expressed at different points that they should maybe stop associating with all three. |
| 438 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'': Malloy continually calls Ethel a slut and generally treats her like shit. He still expects her to let him live with her in the governor's mansion if she is elected governor despite putting on a clear BitchInSheepsClothing act. Even worse, he had the audacity to become upset when she politely declined his advances. |
| 439 | * ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Vlad Masters/Plasmius, hands down. In the GrandFinale, after revealing his true nature and that he doesn't consider Jack a friend, he still genuinely expects Jack to help him after his plan to phase the [[KryptoniteFactor Ectoranium]] asteroid through the Earth backfires, only for Jack to leave him stranded in space. |
| 440 | -->'''Vlad''': Jack, you've got to help me! You wouldn't turn your back on an old friend, would you?\ |
| 441 | '''Jack''': An old friend? No. ''You? YES!'' |
| 442 | * ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': In Mandark's debut episode, he genuinely expects Dexter to help set him up on a date with Dee Dee, despite the fact that he had spent the entire episode one-upping Dexter and forced him to shut down his lab; Dexter only goes along with it because he realizes he can exploit Dee Dee's [[WalkingDisasterArea destructive tendencies]] to get back at Mandark and have ''his'' lab shut down. |
| 443 | * ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Eddy. One episode had him get clothes as Christmas presents, yet he believes he deserves more "good" stuff in spite of being a {{Jerkass}} all year round. |
| 444 | -->'''Eddy:''' Christmas is the one time of year your parents are ''supposed'' to buy you everything you want! |
| 445 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': [[AlphaBitch Connie D'Amico]] falls into this in the episode "Stew-Roids." She makes Chris popular, only for Chris to cheat on her and ruin her reputation. She asks Meg for help in knocking Chris down a peg, despite the fact that she has ruthlessly bullied Meg for ''years'' both on and off-screen; Meg points out that she has no reason to help Connie after everything she's done and tells her to screw off... but changes her mind after Chris throws a javelin into her shoulder for laughs. |
| 446 | * ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': The Duchess, an imaginary friend, is this. Every morning, she wants someone to ''open her eyes for her, carry her to her own personal bathroom, and pre-gargle her mouthwash for her,'' all while she openly and relentlessly insults everyone around her. And if she doesn't get her way, she is capable of producing a high pitched, shrill scream for an indefinite amount of time. |
| 447 | * A recurring gag in ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' is William Murderface's attempt to get songwriting residuals for the albums, which would give him a bigger cut of the profits. This is despite the fact that Murderface does not, in fact, write songs for the albums--in fact, an equally common recurring gag is that Murderface's contributions to the albums are [[NobodyLovesTheBassist low even by the standards of a bassist]] (his bass parts are usually rerecorded by Skwissgar or tuned down to inaudibility). What's more, Murderface happens to be the bassist for the most popular band in history, which means that while he doesn't get songwriting residuals, the cut of the profit he ''does'' get still handily makes him one of the richest men on the planet. |
| 448 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': [[PrinceCharmless Prince Blueblood]] pulls some of this with Rarity, expecting ''her'' to cover a puddle for him and using her as a pony-shield from flying cake. He spits Applejack's strudel out in disgust after learning it ''wasn't'' made by Canterlot's top chefs, calling it "common carnival fare". |
| 449 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': |
| 450 | ** In her early appearances, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] was [[ItsAllAboutMe focused on her own issues and didn't care about others' feelings]]. She nearly killed Luz for cheating, didn't care about her dream of becoming a witch, and didn't care about her embarrassment at the Covention. She [[{{Hypocrite}} called Luz a bully]] without understanding her explanation. Fortunately, [[CharacterDevelopment she grows out of this]]. |
| 451 | ** On a grander scale, there's also [[AbusiveParents Odalia Blight]] and [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]], who engage in an AllTakeAndNoGive with others. They are so narcissistic that despite promising to keep their word and being pleased when people fulfill their agreement, they absolutely lose it when others want them to uphold their word or, in Belos' case, if someone [[DisproportionateRetribution merely questions them]]. |
| 452 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 453 | ** Comic Book Guy acts like this. For example, in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E14TheItchyAndScratchyAndPoochieShow The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]": |
| 454 | --->'''Bart:''' What right do you have to complain [about an episode of ''Itchy and Scratchy'']?\ |
| 455 | '''Comic Book Guy:''' As a loyal fan, I feel they owe me.\ |
| 456 | '''Bart:''' What do they owe you? They provide you hours of entertainment for free. I mean, if anything, ''you'' owe ''them.''\ |
| 457 | (''{{beat}}'')\ |
| 458 | '''Comic Book Guy:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Worst. Episode. Ever.]] |
| 459 | ** Doctor Hibbert in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E17MySisterMySitter My Sister, My Sitter]]". Towards the end of the episode, when Bart is injured, Hibbert declares to the whole town that Bart's injuries were caused by bad babysitting, ruining Lisa's babysitting business. The next day, he calls Lisa up and asks her to look after his kids while he has Judo. |
| 460 | ** Lisa herself often falls into this with her need to be better than everyone she meets to the point of outright sabotaging her betters either directly or indirectly. She is at her worst in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E3BartVsLisaVsTheThirdGrade Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade]]". After spending the entire episode resenting Bart for getting higher grades, disregarding his advice, and demeaning him behind his back, she had the gall to say that it was Bart’s job to protect her. |
| 461 | ** Frank Grimes of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Homer's Enemy]]" has shades of this during his worst moments; adopting a self-righteous, borderline narcissistic attitude born out of resentment and petty jealousy. This ultimately overshadows his merit as a {{Determinator}} and makes the audience turn against him in favor of Homer, who despite his stupidity and irresponsibility, comes off as being the better person. |
| 462 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Due to the growing number of people moving to South Park in "City People", the rent on Cartman's house goes up, so in order to keep paying it, his mom Liane gets a job as a realtor. [[{{Narcissist}} Cartman]] [[AttentionWhore being]] [[ItsAllAboutMe Cartman]], however, means he's ''not'' thrilled about this, only caring that it means she won't be around to take care of him 24/7. Indeed, the very first thing out of his mouth after she tells him she got a job is "I'M your job". He spends the entire episode undermining Liane's real estate efforts, perfectly willing to get her fired if it means he'll have his mother's attention all to himself and refusing to listen when she says she ''needs'' the job to keep a roof over their heads. It's only after he forces her to quit and they have to move into a cramped hot dog stand that it ''finally'' dawns on Cartman [[IWarnedYou that Liane wasn't kidding]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone and that he majorly screwed himself this time]]. |
| 463 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E19TheSpongeWhoCouldFly The Sponge Who Could Fly]]", when [=SpongeBob=] runs away from [[UngratefulTownsfolk the Bikini Bottom citizens]] after having enough of [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity being taken advantage of by doing unnecessary chores for them]], the citizens still demand [=SpongeBob=] to do more stuff for them. |
| 464 | -->'''Kid fish:''' He's flying away! |
| 465 | -->'''Male fish:''' No! He owes us favors! |
| 466 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Sentinel Prime is always rude and condescending to non-Cybertronians and Cybertronians below him in rank. When he gets into trouble, he becomes slightly less insulting, but still feels the need to talk down to his rescuers and any gratitude he expresses is gone by the [[AesopAmnesia end of the episode]]. |
| 467 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'': Despite criticizing all white men (especially rich ones) as being like this, it's a perfect description of Velma herself since she treats the only friends she's got as her property and hates anyone drawing their attention away from her. She also blames society for supposedly mistreating her due to being a woman of color when she doesn't get her way. |
| 468 | * ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': The episode "[[Recap/YoungJusticeS1E10Targets Targets]]" did a great job with this. Red Arrow is going to protect the US ambassador at peace talks, and saves him from an assassin... and the man turns out to be ''Lex Luthor''. Lex [[SarcasmMode generously]] gets him out of trouble with the authorities (people thought he was with the assassin at first) and then makes comments throughout the whole episode about how ''glad'' he is that he has a superhero protecting him while Red Arrow can only grind his teeth. To Luthor's credit, he actually ''does'' offer to pay Roy handsomely for his efforts... |
| 469 | -->'''Red Arrow:''' [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules Your money has blood on it, and I'm not here to make a buck.]]\ |
| 470 | '''Luthor:''' [[HonorBeforeReason So, you'll provide your service, but for free?]] I can live with that. |
| 471 | [[/folder]] |
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| 473 | ->''What do you mean this is the bottom of the page?! I want more examples now!'' |
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