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11->'''Copen:''' Now, you'll pay for your crimes!\
12'''Gunvolt:''' Seriously...? "Crimes"?!\
13'''Copen:''' Our human world is infested with freaks, fiends, inhuman terrors... That is exactly what all of you Adepts are. Your mere existence in our world is a crime.
14-->-- ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt''
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16Bob is not free, or so he thinks. On the contrary, he considers himself to be very oppressed. Because there is a certain kind of people that he doesn't like, and they... ''exist''. He's not free [[FinalSolution to kill them]] or otherwise remove them, thus he's not free at all.
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18At best, this is PlayedForLaughs, often running on RuleOfCreepy. (In this version, the "oppression" may come in the form of IHaveBoobsYouMustObey and be portrayed as real.) At worst, it may make the character come across as a bigoted monster.
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20In either case, death threats or "[[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide liberation]]" is optional. Whining about how the open existence of other people in itself infringes on one's freedom is enough. Note that it does ''not'' count to claim that the other group may pose an actual threat in the future.
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22An EvilOverlord of the ManipulativeBastard kind may use this trope as a strategy to cling to power, directing his subjects' yearning for freedom into a racist yearning for "[[FinalSolution liberation]]" from the existence of another ethnic group.
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24Far more often, this is expressed as a stock complaint of hyperpatriotism or chauvinism or just plain bigotry in general. For example, "foreigners" are taking over one's country (or community, or whatever) and are going to outbreed or even replace the native people—and, worst of all, just might be plotting to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent turn everyone else into]] ''[[OurVampiresAreDifferent them]]'', whether genetically or just culturally.[[note]] Some anti-immigrant partisans have sardonically noted that it was (and is) okay for American Indians to feel this way about the European settlers, in part because their fears happened to be well-founded. [[/note]]
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26Sometimes done by {{Racist Grandma}}s, {{Heteronormative Crusader}}s, or {{Troubled Sympathetic Bigot}}s. The latter may have homophobia or similar as an actual clinical [[CategorismAsAPhobia phobia]] rather than just [[AggressiveCategorism categorism]]. See also WhiteMansBurden, which suggests being "oppressed" by another group's weakness or neediness. May overlap with StopBeingStereotypical if that trope is used as an excuse—if the "oppressee" argues that [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer the stereotypes are true]], the group is ''[[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou making]]'' him hate them with their obnoxious behavior, and that therefore [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming the group is deserving of any mistreatment they get]] (an anti-heroic version of this character might like ''some'' members of the group if they [[YouAreACreditToYourRace "don't act like the stereotype"]]).
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28When this destructive hatred is not focused solely on one group but every human being, it's KillAllHumans. The next step up is the AbsoluteXenophobe, who wants to destroy all other sentient life not part of their own group, human or otherwise. The final one is the OmnicidalManiac, who wants to kill and destroy literally ''everything''.
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30And while this belief is sadly very much TruthInTelevision, obviously Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease
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37* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', the [[spoiler:Eldians living in Marley's ghettos]] blame the [[spoiler:Eldians living behind the Walls]] for their current situation. The most radical among them literally believe their mere existence makes their lives worse, and want a FinalSolution to be carried out.
38* In ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'', Lord Demon believes that "The Strong Destroy The Weak" is the law of the monsters. He knows [[PunyEarthlings humans]] have been surpassed in power by Digimon and thus wants to destroy them, but can't because {{God}} designed the Digimon World to be free of humans. So Lord Demon spends the events of the series basically destroying enough of the Digimon World as he can so that humans can come in and give him a way to Earth, where he can finally exterminate the species with his virus. Most other monsters regard humans somewhere between snack food to beneath notice altogether, so they tend to be [[DisappointedByTheMotive nonplussed]] when Demon's true motivations become clear to them.
39* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
40** This is Frieza's attitude towards Goku from the Namek Saga onward. In ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection 'F']]'', he comes right out and says that he can't stand to live in the same ''universe'' as Goku, and won't even be able to sleep at night as long as he's still alive.
41** Vegeta's attitude towards Goku for much of the series fits as well; the fact that he, the Saiyan Prince, is constantly AlwaysSecondBest to a low-class Saiyan drives him crazy, which eventually leads him to make a DealWithTheDevil by selling his soul to Babidi in exchange for power. During their subsequent fight, Majin Vegeta goes on a rant while beating Goku up, declaring that that Goku's very ''existence'' is an insult to him and a stain on his honor.
42** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', this is how Zamasu feels about all mortal life. He eventually enacts a "Zero Mortals Plan" to exterminate all mortal life in the multiverse.
43* The BigBad [[spoiler:(the real one)]] of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' wants to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life in the universe]] because he [[TimeAbyss predates it]] and thinks all of that life is too noisy. He wants the universe to be a nice and quiet void again.
44* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
45** Robin's [[HeKnowsTooMuch forbidden knowledge]] of the language of the Poneglyphs makes her a prime target for execution by the World Government, while Spandam and [=CP9=] consider her mere existence a crime punishable by death. [[CreateYourOwnHero In a roundabout way, this witch-hunt is partially why she made herself an intentional threat to the World Government]].
46** Played for laughs with Kalifa, who considers her boss [[SmugSnake Spandam's]] mere ''existence'' as sexual harassment.
47** Hody Jones, ArcVillain of the Fishman Island arc, absolutely despises humans with a passion. He preaches to his fellow Fishmen and Merfolk about vengeance on humanity and considers anyone who is friendly with or seeks peace with humans to be NoTrueScotsman. Yet when Prince Fukaboshi demands to know what humans did to him to make him such a monster, [[spoiler:Hody's response is "nothing". Unlike other Fishman villains such as Arlong, Hody has ''never'' personally suffered at the hands of humans, and was just raised to hate them without even knowing ''why''.]]
48* ''Anime/PsychoPass'': In Season 3, the influx of foreigners from wartorn countries migrating to Japan is one of the societal issues in the show where the Japanese public feels intimidated by their presence. For example in Episode 3, an old man complains to the hospital's receptionist about waiting in line and when he sees Kei and his wife, he insults them for being immigrants and tells them to get out. Even after Kei shows him his PSB badge and warns him not to cause trouble, the old man still insults him and complains about foreigners taking over the country.
49* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': After being defeated by Tsukune, Kuyou dedicated himself to training and growing stronger solely to defeat and kill him. When he returns in Season II, he rants about he never had to train or expend any effort in his life beforehand, and that he considers the humiliation of losing to Tsukune a FateWorseThanDeath.
50* In ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'', the inhabitants of [[spoiler:Barian World are apparently enemies of the inhabitants of the Astral World, and plan nothing less than genocide against them. Their leader, known simply as Barian, seems ObviouslyEvil, but his servants come in varying degrees of evil, from Gilag, who is pretty much DumbMuscle, to Alit (who seems to be a NobleDemon).]]
51** [[spoiler:It's more complicated than it appears. Barian and Astral world were once one and the same, with Astral world's desire to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence leading it to expel everything in it that contained Chaos. This led to Barian World's creation. It's also revealed that Astral was specifically born to destroy the Barian World and that Astral World's goals are slowly killing the remaining inhabitants, who need chaos in order to live. Otherwise, they become sick and slowly die.]] In other words, [[spoiler:both sides literally cannot survive while the other exists]].
52* In ''Manga/YuriIsMyJob'', Kanoko feels this way toward Mitsuki, who threatens her status as Hime's OnlyFriend. They start out on civil terms, but Kanoko's pent-up resentment toward Mitsuki eventually grows so strong that she can't stand to be around Hime as long as Mitsuki is also present.
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56* In one drunken rant, ''ComicBook/ArneAnka'' claims to be a victim oppressed by the existence of beautiful women.
57* In ''ComicBook/BitchyBitch'' and ''ComicBook/BitchyButch'', this trope is a stock complaint from various versions of TheFundamentalist, feeling oppressed by the existence of Atheists and Gays and so on. Even when the Atheists and Gays are simply minding their own business. We also have Butchy herself, who feels threatened by the mere existence of men and heterosexuals.
58* In ''ComicBook/ChickTracts'', the [[StrawLoser non-Christians]] ([[NoTrueScotsman which includes Catholics]]) do this quite often. They feel insulted, threatened, even oppressed... not by how the Christians treat them, but by their very existence. Of course, the Christian characters are ''always'' loving and righteous {{Soulsaving Crusader}}s, and ''never'' this trope.
59* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
60** Lex Luthor wants to solve mankind's problems and save the world, but he can't because of ''that alien'', who keeps standing in the way of his quest for human betterment just by ''existing''! Obviously, the reality is that Superman is undeniably good and Luthor is just opposing him because he's a threat to [[TakeOverTheWorld his own aggrandizement]] (along with [[GreenEyedMonster no small amount of anger]] that ''he'' isn't considered the "super-man"). When Lex finally ''does'' get a chance to put his money where his mouth is, when Superman vanishes for one whole year in ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'', Luthor does... precisely nothing (to be exact, he created the "Everyman Project" to give people superpowers en masse and then sabotaged it himself out of petty spite, followed by him digging up a Kryptonian superweapon so that he could attack Metropolis). When Superman returns to action (having spent the last year powerless after an intense battle) and Lex tries pulling this excuse again, Clark brings up exactly what actually happened.
61** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'' Lena Thorul proves she has been listening too much to her big brother when she rants about super-beings trivializing the effort of normal humans only by existing. She even attempts to gun down [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} her best friend]] when she finds out Linda is a Kryptonian. They do eventually make up with each other, though.
62* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Spidey bothers Norman Osborn greatly by for his continuous presence and existence, even though Osborn was the one who attacked Spider-Man first.
63* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': In the chaos after the last alien invasion, some New Yorkers have taken to attacking aliens for "stealing their food" when said alien refugees are merely walking by.
64* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The X-Men as a metaphor for persecuted minorities and outsiders deal with this a lot.
65** When the second group of X-Men joined up, Angel and Iceman of the first group got really territorial. [[LightningBruiser Thunderbird I]] was quick to set them straight.
66** The whole franchise has a lot of mutant-haters who feel this way about all mutants (often because mutants, "Homo Superior", ''technically'' pose a "threat" to baseline humans, "Homo Sapiens", as the [[EvolutionaryLevels "next step" in evolution]]). This sentiment and the persecution it inspires lead some mutants to feel this way about all ''baselines.''
67** ''ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge'' puts in sharp relief just how many individuals will never tolerate mutants even existing as they almost all move to an island in the middle of the Pacific and disengage from the world save giving life-giving medicines. Nevertheless, they undergo constant attacks by outside forces determined to wipe them out.
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72* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]] despises Ash for how easily he charmed her father Professor Cerise and [[ChildhoodFriend Goh]], as well as being a [[TheAce talented trainer and lover]] of Pokémon while she's... not that interested in them. When Ash tried reaching out to her, she rejected his efforts. Over the course of her adventures on the Train, she gradually realizes just how irrational her grudge towards him is.
73* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': [[JerkJock Dash Baxter]] believes that anyone ''he'' deems to be an unpopular loser managing [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan to find love]] "goes against the natural order". This spurs him to harass Danny whenever the opportunity arises, such as making a beeline straight for Danny and his friends during Michelle's party in ''TMDDF: After Many Dates: Danny and Jen''.
74* In the ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' stories in which [[AdaptationalVillainy she's a villain]] (notably many written by [=OrionPax09=]), [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Sohryu]] develops this attitude about the titular superheroines once they inevitably start trying to help during Angel battles and pulling her fat from the fire both in and out of the Eva (which Asuka deems [[HelpingWouldBeKillStealing kill-stealing]] and [[UnwantedRescue unwanted rescuing]], both unforgivable insults to her person in her book).
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77* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13310518/1/In-Extremis In Extremis]]'': Malloy the leader of Humantown isolates the humans from the rest of Ooo and only allows other humans like Finn to enter. He soon reveals his hidden distain towards the current world claiming that humans live in the shadow of the Candy Kingdom [[UngratefulBastard despite the fact that Princess Bubblegum helped set up their colony out of the goodness of her heart]]. With his goal to take back the world involves wiping out everyone in the land of Ooo that he views as mutants or genetic dregs to make humans the true rulers of the world.
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80* ''Fanfic/ALittleDinnerScandal'': Alma absolutely ''despises'' Mirabel for [[MuggleBornOfMages not being Gifted]], leaping upon any chance to criticize and tear her down. Mirabel comes to realize that the only reason she hasn't kicked her out of the family entirely is that she's such a ControlFreak that she can't stand the thought of anyone in the Madrigals having any say in their own life, ''especially'' the powerless BlackSheep.
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83* In ''Fanfic/TheResurrectionOfRose'', Rose the Hat comes to despise Abra so much, she decides to outright [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out the multiverse with a black hole]] because she couldn't stand living in the same universe as her.
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86* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': This is Henry the Sinister's attitude towards pagans and especially towards Jews. He raises an army by playing on Francian Christians' bigotry and slaughtering the Jews of Caen.
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89* ''[[Fanfic/TheLamentSeriesChaoticNeutral Chloé's Lament]]'' highlights how Chloé is ''obsessed'' with making Marinette miserable.
90** She finds herself [[PyrrhicVictory completely unable]] to enjoy [[TheBadGuyWins her victory as Miracle Queen]] because the mind-controlled Marinette is incapable of reacting or expressing her emotions, meaning Chloé can't [[EvilGloating rub it in her face]].
91** She Wishes to [[RoleSwapAU swap places with her]] with every expectation that Marinette will be the same kind of LonelyRichKid HatedByAll that ''she'' was, eagerly looking forward to seeing her isolated and alone. She doesn't take learning that Marinette is actually SpoiledSweet and well-liked well.
92** While she ''could'' make something out of her new life despite having traded away her family's fortune and authority, Chloé maintains her own SelfInflictedHell by [[NeverMyFault refusing to admit any of her own mistakes]] and continuously trying to tear Marinette down.
93** She goes through a VillainousBreakdown when Marinette defies her expectations and doesn't enter [[spoiler:the hat-making contest]] because she wants to avoid any perception of using [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections her connections]] to her advantage.
94* ''Webcomic/DadVillainAU'': Gabriel despises Ladybug so much that he hates the fact that she '''EVER''' existed -- his Wish centered around [[RevengeBeforeReason punishing her]] for having ever opposed him, despite how reality was altered so that she never became a superheroine in the first place. He also [[BerserkButton flips out]] over anything that reminds him of Ladybug, partly out of paranoia -- part of his Wish was that he'd be the only person with RippleEffectProofMemory, so even the ''suggestion'' that others might recall the original timeline outrages him.
95* ''Fanfic/JulekaVsTheForcesOfTheUniverse'': Adrien/Chat Noir feels this way about the other Miraculous heroes, seeing their very ''existence'' as a threat to his "special connection" with Ladybug. He makes a point of repeatedly stressing the notion that they're all ''temporary'' holders, and that they're much less experienced than him and "his lady", while refusing to take his heroic responsibilities seriously -- as far as he's concerned, akuma attacks just give him the chance to [[SkewedPriorities flirt with Ladybug]] and try strongarming her into a relationship she ''clearly'' doesn't want... including using his "[[TheMillstone cooperation]]" or [[AchillesInHisTent lack thereof]] as leverage. Naturally, he [[NeverMyFault refuses to acknowledge]] that part of the reason she relies so much upon other heroes is that he's repeatedly demonstrated that she ''can't'' rely upon him, instead [[BlamingTheVictim blaming her]] for not giving in to his advances and the other heroes for giving her breathing room.
96* ''Fanfic/ThePathOfLilasKarma'': Karma, the GreaterScopeVillain of ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'' and ''Fanfic/KarmicBacklash'', dismisses Plagg and the Black Cat Miraculous as useless in saving people in favor of the Miraculous Cure and thinks the world would be better off without them. Though since he can't get rid of Plagg without incurring the wrath of the other Kwamis, he instead [[RevengeByProxy sets up Plagg's wielders like Adrien to be corrupted and set up for horrifying downfalls]] which has apparently happened 7 other times.
97* ''Fanfic/TrustingEachOther'': Lila immediately attempts to get rid of Marinette the moment she transfers to her school and tries to turn the latter's classmates against her despite seemingly having no real reason to hate her. Fortunately, all of Marinette's classmates immediately realize the transfer student's manipulative intentions and make it clear that if she tries to hurt their Class Princess, they will make her pay gravely for it.
98* ''Fanfic/{{The Wolves in the Woods|MiraculousLadybug}}'': When they meet the Iberian Heroes for the first time, Chat Noir reacts poorly due to this -- he doesn't ''like'' Ladybug having '''any''' allies other than himself, seeing them as a potential threat to their "special bond". So he immediately turns upon her, [[PossessiveWristGrab grabbing her arm]] while angrily demanding to know why she called upon them, and why she [[LockedOutOfTheLoop didn't let him know about them sooner]]. In reality, ''Ladybug'' hadn't known about them either, and all Chat Noir accomplishes is spurring Morrighan to leap to her defense; in the resulting scuffle, [[spoiler:he attempts to Cataclysm the Wolf Hero and has the Ring wrenched off his finger, revealing his SecretIdentity to a horrified Ladybug]].
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101* A common plot in fanworks is [[TheBully Bakugo]] taking this attitude towards [[TheHero Izuku]], either because he has a better Quirk or because he still tries to be a hero in spite of being [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]].
102* ''Fanfic/OneHundredPercentRiot'' has Izuku adopted by the Bakugous after his mother is killed. Katsuki viciously abuses him, blaming Inko's death on how he was born Quirkless. Not only do his parents refuse to intervene, it's implied they share their son's belief and resent having to take care of Izuku.
103* Throughout ''Fanfic/{{Cain}}'', Katsuki [[BelievingTheirOwnLies convinces himself]] that Izuku is [[DoubleThink simultaneously]] an utterly pathetic, worthless, [[FantasticAbleism Quirkless loser]] whose efforts to become a Pro Hero are doomed to failure ''and'' a ManipulativeBastard effortlessly tricking everyone into being caught up in his webs of deception, including All Might. After repeatedly trying to break through Katsuki's twisted leaps of logic and toxic mindset, Toshinori ultimately concludes that he is simply so [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] that he can't accept the possibility of his favorite victim ever being ''happy'', and is obsessed with destroying anything that might bring Izuku even the slightest bit of joy.
104* In ''Fanfic/{{Dekugate}}'', Izuku discovers an entire online community built around despising him, as they [[IRejectYourReality refuse to believe]] that All Might and Parakeet are HappilyMarried or that [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Izuku is their biological son]]. They insist that the whole shebang is a sham created by the Hero Commission, and that Izuku is nothing more than a product they're trying to sell the world to further their own agendas. [[FromBadToWorse And then he discovers that]] there are members of this community who wish (and soon afterwards, attempt) to [[DisproportionateRetribution murder him]].
105* ''Fanfic/QuirklessSoldierGetsAHaremIzukuYagi'': Katsuki takes it ''extremely personally'' that a "Quirkless loser" like Izuku has become an ARC Captain who was assigned to protect him and the rest of the students attending U.A. Monoma realizes that this serves as a major BerserkButton and naturally [[ExploitedTrope mashes on it]] during the Calvary battle:
106-->'''Monoma:''' My, my, you really don't like Midoriya do you? Does it make you sad knowing that even though he's quirkless, he's still a better person and hero then you? Or are you jealous that your girlfriend seems to be getting closer to him?
107* ''Fanfic/WereNotFriendsKacchan'':
108** Due to his SelfServingMemory, Katsuki tends to generously reinterpret everything Izuku does and doesn't do in the most unflattering fashion possible. He insists that his {{Barbaric Bully}}ing is completely justified because Izuku is 'constantly annoying him', yet is ''also'' offended if Izuku ''dares'' to avoid him.
109** Eventually, he expands this mentality to the entirety of Class 1-A, as well as U.A.'s whole staff. It's not ''his'' fault if his grades are starting to slip; he's being distracted by his stupid classmates, ''and'' the teachers are being unfairly hard upon him!
110* ''Fanfic/WhisperedTribulation'': Despite Izuku [[PointOfDivergence ending up in Gen Ed rather than the Hero Course]], Katsuki is so infuriated by the fact he's attending U.A. at ''all'' that he [[spoiler:breaks into Izuku's holding cell]] with the intent of administering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. He shows [[TheUnapologetic absolutely no remorse]] for this when caught, insisting that Izuku ''deserves'' to be hurt for the crime of ''existing'' in the same space as him. Nezu doesn't agree and promptly expels and blacklists Katsuki from ever getting a hero license.
111* In ''[[Fanfic/ThinkBeforeYouSpeakMHA Words May Hurt]]'', Katsuki honestly believes that the best way to defend his reckless behavior during their first training exercise is to [[BlamingTheVictim blame Izuku]], declaring that the only reason why he ignored All Might's direct orders to stand down and used excessive force (which [[spoiler:put Tenya in the hospital]]) is because he was targeting Deku. He doesn't understand why nobody at U.A. considers this to be a valid reason.
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114* ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'':
115** Many generations ago, the kingdom of Cunabala sent its Knights of Harmony out to spread their doctrine of friendship and harmony, only to be thwarted by Discord turning the other nations against them. This led them to ''despise'' the draconequus, a grudge that has persisted over hundreds of years. Despite how Discord has reformed, the [[KnightTemplar Knights of Order/Tyranny]] still tout him as [[TheScapegoat an excuse]] for their zealotry and extreme actions.
116** The Nature Giants are extreme isolationists who see Legate Anela as living proof that her mother violated their code, as Legate is half Giant of Light on her father's side. This led to her and her mother being exhiled from their Grove and mistreated by their peers. Even after Legate saved them from a monster, the {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s continue despising her for ''existing''.
117** Valefor, the Dark Dragon, is a FallenHero who's come to despise everything that isn't '''him''', transforming him into an OmnicidalManiac hellbent upon destroying the Cycle and everything with it.
118* ''Fanfic/EarthAndSky'': Diamond Tiara is so [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] that she takes ''anypony else'' getting attention for any reason whatsoever as a personal insult. ''Especially'' when it's Apple Bloom, whom she's hated ever since she was [[EvilIsPetty forced to share her toys with her]] back when they were both babies.
119** She also betrayed her former best friend Silver Spoon and publicly humiliated her after Silver Spoon was named prom princess instead of her.
120* ''Fanfic/AGreatAndPowerfulHeart'': The [[TownWithADarkSecret village of Promise]] was founded by members of the supremacist group Filli Terram, who despise all non-Earth ponies.
121* ''Fanfic/AMoonAndWorldApart'': Back in the days before the Longest Night, many ponies were offended by the existence of the night and the fact that others preferred it over the day, and harassed them over it until Luna had finally had enough and took her followers to the moon. When talking to Twilight in the first chapter, she says they still feel the same way, even a thousand years later.
122* ''Fanfic/OneWingedAlicorn'': As the [[MadeOfEvil embodiment of disharmony]], Shades of Grey declares that he absolutely despises "all things harmonious".
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125* ''Fanfic/{{sunflower|Naruto}}'':
126** General Okami, Kakashi's direct superior in ANBU, absolutely ''despises'' him, seeing him as a living reminder of how [[spoiler:his father Sakumo rejected her mother's proposal to marry and unite their clans]]. She draws considerable pleasure in baiting Kakashi by hitting his {{Berserk Button}}s, eagerly seizing upon any excuse to insult, belittle and tear him down.
127** Kakashi himself takes a similar attitude towards [[spoiler:young Naruto]], seeing them as nothing more than an unpleasant reminder of everything he's lost. He even seriously contemplates [[spoiler:''killing'' the poor boy]].
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130* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Part of the reason Rei develops into a severe {{Tsundere}} towards Kaworu is because she was biologically designed and programmed to despise him and all of his kind for ''existing''. Another factor is that her primary model of what's considered normal behavior for teenage girls is ''Asuka''.
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133* ''Fanfic/AtTheFoodCourt'', being a TakeThat to the works of Cori Falls, removes the ProtagonistCenteredMorality from her stories and shows [[DesignatedHero Jessie and James]] as delusionally convinced that Ash ruined their lives for having the temerity to not give up Pikachu the first time they demanded without a fight. They hate him so much that they [[spoiler:beat him so badly that he suffered permanent brain damage]] and yet still are convinced [[NeverMyFault that they have never done anything wrong in their lives]].
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136* In ''[[http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,4895.0.html Rising Star]]'', an OriginsEpisode for the cast of ''[[VideoGame/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject Undefined Fantastic Object]]'' written by the author of ''Fanfic/DolphinRiderKoishi'', it's made clear during Ichirin's backstory, and all but stated outright during the confrontation with the Hakurei shrine maiden who seals Byakuren, that youkai are not feared because of the threat they pose, but the threat they ''could'' pose. In the minds of humans, even youkai that supposedly ''don't'' hurt humans could decide to start at any time, and that's justification enough for them. It takes the Spell Card system and years of youkai-human confrontations not ending in death for either (and isolation from the rest of the world, resulting in a much smaller human population amidst the youkai) to get them to see reason, and by the story's end (just before the events of UFO), relations between humans and youkai have improved enough for the two species to be on speaking terms, as it's become a common human assumption that youkai are not only highly intelligent but make for wonderful conversational partners.
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140* In ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Gaston easily convinces the villagers that the Beast's existence is a threat to their lives and children. Of course, he wanted to kill the Beast because he deduced that Belle loved the latter over him, but regardless, the villagers promptly side with him, not caring that the Beast had never done anything to harm them. Their bigotry against anything they don't consider normal (including Belle and Maurice) is expressed well in The Mob Song:
141-->''' Villagers''': ''We don't like\
142What we don't understand\
143In fact it scares us\
144And this monster is mysterious at least''
145* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': Judge Claude Frollo is a particularly disturbing example. Right from the moment he is first introduced, he is persecuting gypsies and even murders a Roma woman with no remorse; [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk he only regrets doing so because now he has to do penance at the Archdeacon's insistence]] by watching over her child Quasimodo, whom he was going to murder as well before deacon's interference. Later in the film, he makes an analogy to Phoebus that Roma are like ants that [[{{FinalSolution}} need to be squashed]], even though the ants he uses in his analogy are completely harmless. He claims he wants to kill the Roma because he believes they've been practicing witchcraft and that they will corrupt the other citizens of Paris with their ways, but these accusations are incredibly hollow at best. And he states that it is currently Paris’ [[{{DarkestHour}} darkest hour]] simply because of the gypsies’ mere presence in the city. This all shows that ultimately Frollo is nothing more than a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain bigoted]] [[IrrationalHatred lunatic]] who will stop at nothing to get his way and murder those who do not fit his narrow-minded vision of order.
146* Lord Farquaad from ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' despises fairy-tale creatures, such as ogres, and considers it "rude enough being alive when no one wants you."
147* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', [[KnightTemplarParent Sheila]] was eager and willing to declare war on the entire nation of Canada just because of the [[ShowWithinAShow Terrence & Phillip movie]]. She and her like-minded friends even had a song about it, "Blame Canada," which, from their point of view, is a TheVillainSucksSong.
148* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Bowser hates Mario simply because he's a human accompanying Princess Peach. He knows nothing else about the plumber aside from having a mustache, but he feels threatened because Peach is also human and thus would most likely fall in love with a fellow human than the King of the Koopas.
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152* Lex Luthor in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' has this in common with the comics version, though his reasoning here is that he feels that power can't go hand in hand with benevolence thanks to years of abuse by his father, and thus views Superman as an affront to his worldview, i.e. he appends the philosophical [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil Problem of Evil]] to Superman as the closest stand-in for {{God}}.
153-->'''Lex:''' I don't hate the sinner... I hate the sin. And yours, my friend, is existing.
154* Amanda Bynes' character in ''Film/EasyA'' sobs that no matter how nice she is to "the whores and the homosexuals", "they just keep DOING it!"
155* In ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', President Simmons of the [[MegaCorp Apex Corporation]] ends up [[spoiler:creating MechaGodzilla because he feels this way about the Titans. MechaGodzilla is intended to kill Godzilla so that humanity can be on the top of the food chain again. Of course, it doesn't work out for him because when you use the brain of an alien space-dragon that was Godzilla's arch-enemy to run the thing, it pulls TurnedAgainstTheirMasters at the first opportunity and kills him.]]
156* ''Film/HailSatan'': Christians shown in the film clearly can't stand that the Satanists even exist or take legal action against them, due to association with the archenemy per Christian doctrine (even when it's symbolic for them) and the wider HollywoodSatanism trope.
157* ''Film/HotelRwanda'' depicts the genocide in that country as a consequence of this logic.
158* ''I Shot Creator/AndyWarhol'' is about Valerie Solanas, who apparently came to believe this about all men and consequently published the infamous S.C.U.M. (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto.
159* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', Nazi Colonel Hans Landa expresses his views on the Jews, comparing it to how others feel about rats. "You don't like them. You don't really know why you don't like them. All you know is you find them repulsive." ...And then it becomes painfully clear that [[SubvertedTrope he is not feeling the slightest bit of oppression from the Jews]] and that he just repeats what is acceptable by the Nazis' standards. He even claims to not see the comparison to rats as an insult and acknowledges how the world a rat lives in is unfairly hostile to them compared to other very similar rodents like squirrels. It's definitely true for Nazis and their sympathizers, but Landa is [[StrawHypocrite not even a real one]]. He is an opportunist who goes with the flow and makes the most out of his situation.
160* ''Film/TheKillingFields'' depicts the Khmer Rouge's application of these principles to those of Vietnamese descent and "intellectuals", a category that included urban professionals and [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses people who wore glasses]].
161* In ''Film/KinDzaDza'', the people of Hanud really wanted to "trankluck" their twin planet. Why? Because it was always there, floating overhead. The other race ended up "tranklucking" Hanud first as a pre-emptive strike. [[GracefulLoser The surviving Hanudians find it fair.]]
162* Part of what distinguishes ''Film/TheMatrix's'' BigBad Agent Smith from his fellow Machines is his belief that human beings are, by their very existence, a destructive virus that must be eradicated. He later [[OmnicidalManiac extends this view to all of existence]], his former masters included.
163* Most of Grandma's lines in ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'' contain a reference (in Greek) to the "ugly Turks" or "dirty Turks", although she does seem to think that anyone she doesn't recognize as obviously Greek is Turkish... [[note]]Considering her age she could either remember the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) or have been told about it later. Toula does try to remind her that "the war is over", though we never learn ''which'' war. Considering her age it is also senility speaking here.[[/note]]
164* In ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'', Col. Strickland feels morally offended by the existence of the [[FishPeople Amphibian Man]], calling him "an affront". For good measure, the movie also mixes some [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain mundane bigotry]] into his character as well.
165* ''Film/TronLegacy'': Clu was frustrated with the Isos existing, but could not do anything about it while Flynn was in charge. Once he executed his coup, he is not only all too willing to exterminate ''every'' Iso, and Program that does not fit his self-created template of "perfection," but he's itching to take his crusade to the User world because he feels oppressed by human existence as well. And then we see that there's more to it than that. Clu wasn't a person, he was a program and it was his innate desire and purpose in existence to fulfill the mandate of his User. Flynn ordered him to "create the perfect system", not realizing what that would mean [[LiteralGenie if taken to a literal-minded extreme]] [[AIIsACrapshoot by a computer program basically incapable of nuance]]. To Clu, he was merely doing what he was built to do by his Creator himself and he felt confused and betrayed when he was condemned for his efforts. As a result, he became consumed with self-loathing and hateful of Flynn as only a betrayed child could, and so he rebelled. Flynn himself realized this in the end, and he apologized to Clu and took responsibility for his mistakes.
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169* ''Literature/Area51'': One of [[PuppeteerParasite the Swarm]] says to Lisa Duncan after she asks why their singular purpose is harming, ultimately destroying other species that it's to make the whole universe "clean", as all other intelligent lifeforms pose an existential threat in their view.
170* ''Literature/BlackFleetCrisis'': The Yevetha find the very existence of aliens living in their home Koornach Cluster, even on other planets posing no threat to them, as an intolerable blight. Because of this (along with wanting every planet in the Cluster to colonize themselves) they commit genocide by exterminating them all (except for one survivor).
171* In ''Literature/ChanceAndChoicesAdventures'', there's Judge Daniel Hall who is unreasonably outraged by the fact that [[MalignedMixedMarriage a caucasian woman and a half Native American]] are HappilyMarried. He annuls the marriage and when they stay together any way he basically decides to dedicate his life to destroying them.
172* ''Literature/CodexAlera'': A more or less {{Justified|Trope}} example as the yeti-esque Icemen use a form of water magic for both {{Telepathy}} and [[AnIcePerson manipulation of ice and snow]]. Any Aleran with [[PlayingWithFire Firecrafting]] would be using a minor form of it constantly to keep warm in the northern weather. Unfortunately, these forms of fire and watercrafting don't mix; when brought into close proximity, a HatePlague is the result. Because of this, the Alerans and the Icemen have been fighting as long as anyone can remember just because each thinks the only way the other would stop fighting is if they were dead. [[spoiler:This state of affairs lasts until the Alerans get desperate enough to send a legit request for peace, and send along Isana, who can't firecraft and is sharp enough to realize what happens when her Firecrafter friend starts acting too aggressive for the situation. Both sides are left baffled and feeling rather silly when the dots are connected, and by the time of the epilogue, there's an Iceman attending [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning Tavi's coronation]].]]
173* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': Lindon finds himself on the receiving end of this a ''lot''. First off, as an [[UnSorcerer Unsouled]], in his home he is considered completely worthless and could be murdered by anyone at any time with no fear of reprisal. In the first book, some teenagers blame him for ruining their (illegal) hunt because he happened to be nearby, he is blamed for winning two different impossible fights that he was forced into, and near the end, someone is mad that Lindon survived a trial while someone else didn't--Lindon wasn't even ''nearby'', but he still gets blamed. This tapers off once he leaves Sacred Valley since outside he is merely seen as weak rather than an abomination, but stronger people repeatedly call him an honorless coward for ''not dying'' [[CrimeOfSelfDefense when they decide to attack him for whatever random reason]].
174* In ''Literature/TheCreationAlchemistEnjoysFreedom'', Thor, the main character, was born in the duke house of a country that worships combat prowess like a god, and was thus expected to be given a combat-oriented profession by the gods. He was given [Alchemist] a clearly non-combat profession but absolutely critical for logistics. His father, Duke Bragas Regus considers this an embarrassment. Normally, being disowned and banished from the house is sufficient "punishment." Thor renounced his family name and inheritance at the first opportunity, after enduring no less than three years of scorn (since he became an adult at 13 and learned his profession at 10). '''This was not enough for Duke Bragas.''' The duke blocked all his attempts to learn and improve his [alchemy], put pressure on his government workplace to prevent the boy from earning any accomplishments, and then has him kidnapped and shipped off to what he thinks is certain death, while berating Thor that he ''should have committed suicide'' the moment he learned he wasn't going to be a mighty warrior. Then goes off to brag about "removing the shame of his family."
175* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'' has a couple of cases:
176** In ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', most of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night feel like this in their low-grade, resentful way. Their leader recruited for this trait. Notably, this is played for ''laughs''.
177--->'''Brother Plasterer:''' I reckon my brother-in-law's been oppressing me with this new flashy carriage of his. I mean, ''I'' haven't got a carriage. That's oppression, that is.
178** The Auditors of Reality apply this trope to every single lifeform (and in fact, inert matter would probably ''still'' irritate them), but have a particular hatred for the too-chaotic humanity.
179--->'''Death:''' [[AC:Down in the deepest kingdoms of the sea, where there is no light, there lives a type of creature with no brain and no eyes and no mouth. It does nothing but live and put forth petals of perfect crimson where none are there to see. It is nothing but a tiny ''yes'' in the night. And yet... And yet... It has enemies who bear it a vicious, unbending malice, who wish not only for its tiny life to be over but also that it had never existed. Are you with me so far?]]\
180'''Susan:''' Well, yes, but--\
181'''Death:''' [[AC:Good. Now, ''imagine what they think of humanity.'']]
182* ''Literature/DungeonCrawlerCarl'': The Syndicate regularly "reclaims" planets, killing 99% of the population, allowing the rest to wander into the World Dungeon, and then publicizing the horrific deaths of the remainder as they advance through the levels. Then there is the political party known as the Bloom, who are running the current Crawl. They think ''this is too nice'' and wish they could just quietly exterminate everyone else so that they can live in their own system.
183--> '''Carl:''' Why are you so angry all the time, Loita?\
184'''Loita:''' You. Your cat. Your people. Your ugly culture. This is a cancer upon the Bloom, and we should not be doing this.\
185'''Carl:''' Doing what?\
186'''Loita:''' We should not be celebrating your culture. Spreading your filth so the fry may see.\
187'''Carl:''' Celebrating? You call this celebrating our culture? You're exterminating us and profiting upon our ashes.\
188'''Loita:''' If it were up to me, we'd simply exterminate you and nothing else. You're filthy. You're dry. You're a rot upon the Bloom.
189* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'': This is the true root of Izaya Orihara's hatred of Shizuo Heiwajima. All the surface reasons he gives for his loathing (TooDumbToFool, SpannerInTheWorks) wouldn't be issues if Izaya stopped trying to work Shizuo in his plans somehow, if only just to kill him. Shizuo himself has expressed that he'd be perfectly content if Izaya just stayed out of his life completely -- instead, Izaya often makes him a piece of his plans, frequently screws with him for kicks, and even outright provokes him at times. When it really comes down to it, Izaya can't stand the fact that someone like Shizuo exists, because he doesn't fit Izaya's purview of humanity. [[spoiler:Ultimately, this is what allows him to overcome his fear of death at the end of the series. By dying at Shizuo's hands, he'll finally prove to the world that his ArchEnemy isn't human, but a monster.]]
190* In ''Literature/ForWeAreMany'', this is the main reason [[spoiler:the creator of the Australian replicant tech is working with VEHEMENT. He doesn't care about their philosophy. All he wants is to destroy the Bobs. Why? Because FAITH stole his tech and made their own replicants. He hates the Bobs for what they represent and he's perfectly willing to end humankind if it means the Bobs are destroyed]].
191* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', R.P. Tyler appears to be one of these but lacks the passion to do anything but send letter after StronglyWordedLetter to the local newspaper complaining about everyone and everything that annoys him by its presence -- including the fact that the paper doesn't publish all of them because if they did they wouldn't have any room in the Letters to the Editor section for anyone ''else's'' letters.
192* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the FantasticRacism against "Mudbloods" has a lot of this, especially in ''Deathly Hallows''. Prejudice in the books is more or less irrational and directed towards general hatred rather than anything real.
193** During a flashback in the fifth book, teenage Lily Evans asks James Potter what Severus Snape did to him to deserve the barrage of bullying hexes he has just cast upon him. James replies "it's more the fact that [Snape] ''exists''". The real reasons are that James detests Snape for embracing dark magic and Lord Voldemort and his followers' ideology, coupled with the fact [[spoiler:he's jealous that Lily maintains a friendship with Snape in spite of this.]]
194* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy'':
195** The Silastic Armorfiend of Striterax from ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'':
196--->''The best way to pick a fight with a Silastic Armorfiend was just to be born. They didn't like it, they got resentful. And when an Armorfiend got resentful, someone got hurt.''
197** And, of course, the inhabitants of the planet Krikkit, around whom the events of ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'' revolve. They are a charming, sports-loving, easy-going -- if a little whimsical -- race who just happen to desire the annihilation of the rest of the universe [[spoiler: because their whole history has been manipulated by the super-computer Hactar (who was created by the aforementioned Silastic Armorfiends) to bring them to this way of thinking]]. Having evolved shielded from knowledge of the possibility of anything existing outside their own planet, they are appalled when a spaceship crash-lands on their world, at once blowing apart their idea of existence. They debate -- charmingly, whimsically -- the implications of a universe outside their planet and come to one conclusion:
198--->''It'll have to go.''
199* ''Literature/LestDarknessFall'' presents an example of this attitude in sixth-century Ostrogothic Italy, where the Orthodox feel offended that other religions are allowed to worship without oppression.
200-->"You don't like the Goths?"\
201"No! Not with the persecution we have to put up with!"\
202"Persecution?"\
203"Religious persecution. We won't stand for it forever."\
204"I thought the Goths let everybody worship as they pleased."\
205"That's just it! We Orthodox are forced to stand around and watch Arians and Monophysites and Nestorians and Jews going about their business unmolested, as if they owned the country. If that isn't persecution, I'd like to know what is!"
206* ''Literature/TheLostFleet'': This is why the corporate rulers of the Syndicate Worlds want to destroy TheAlliance. Since they oppress their people, they can't afford to have a powerful democratic polity just sitting out there as a constant reminder to the oppressed masses that another way is possible. [[spoiler: Ironically, the alien race on the other side of their territory that's been playing both ends against the middle to keep the ForeverWar going is motivated by pretty much the exact same line of reasoning. It's not clear whether or not the Alliance, whose leaders are fairly elected and at least grasp the concept of negotiating in good faith, would have handled FirstContact any better than the Syndics.]]
207* In Creator/PoulAnderson's ''Literature/AMidsummerTempest'', a Puritan bringing a young woman through France explains how oppressive it is, in that people who want to purify the Church are prevented.
208* ''Literature/NightWorld'': In ''Literature/Huntress1997'', a group of vampires who learned [[{{Dhampir}} Jez Redfern]] was a [[HalfBreedDiscrimination human-lamia hybrid]] attempted to kill her just for existing, when she was ''[[WouldHurtAChild four]]''. Although Jez is a threat to her plans, [[spoiler:her ancestor Lily Redfern]] also wants Jez dead for being a "mongrel".
209* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/NotFinal": The [[{{UsefulNotes/Jupiter}} Jovians]] believe that they are the only intelligent form of life. Once they realize that they have been communicating with non-Jovian life (that is, humans), they are offended and announce that they are the natural masters of the universe and [[FinalSolution the vermin will be eliminated]].
210* In ''Literature/TheReluctantFundamentalist'', Changez professes a distaste in American affairs in Pakistan and says that he was pleased by the September 11th attacks, despite openly admitting that he was never personally harmed by Americans, that he himself went to the United States to study and work, and that he's not even a particularly model Muslim (i.e. having sex outside of marriage).
211* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Creator/DianeDuane's ''{{Literature/Rihannsu}}'' (Romulans) novels use this as their basis for their isolationism and imperialism. After Vulcan's First Contact with another species turned out to be a band of marauding pirates that took half the planet's leaders hostage and massacred the rest, a major splinter group left the planet (after the Vulcans brutally slaughtered the pirates), heading to the least hospitable part of the galaxy they could find. Once they set up shop, they blew up any ship that came near their planet, because the alien was something to be feared.
212* In ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' by Creator/CTPhipps, this is the level of hatred that Supers receive from some segments of the public. The public hates Supers less for the danger they represent and more for the fact that they make them feel inferior simply by existing. Gary notably gets particularly defensive about this due to the fact his sister and daughters are Supers. Gary, amusingly, is not due to being a wizard (i.e. tools and learned magic) rather than possessing inborn powers.
213* In Creator/HarryTurtledove's AlternateHistory ''Literature/Timeline191'', the Freedom Party (a Confederate {{expy}} of the Nazis) advocates a CSA "free" of any black population.
214* ''Literature/TheTurnerDiaries'': In this Neo-Nazi novel, the Aryan race is finally "liberated" as the MainCharacters let atomic, biological, and chemical bombs rain over the entire planet, exterminating over 90% of mankind. [[AuthorTract This is portrayed as a happy ending]].
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218* The ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS2E10LessonsLearned Lessons Learned]]" has a mujahideen leader saying this is the reason he wages war against the Western world to Jason Gideon (it's said that he lost his wife and son to a drone strike and implied that he had [[MotiveDecay devolved]] into his current mindset). When Gideon asks if this would mean killing everybody on the planet (who doesn't follow him), the man just gives Gideon a smile and says that to him [[OmnicidalManiac there's no such thing as a "non-combatant"]] (bear in mind, the plot BAU helped defuse was that of nerve-gassing a mall in the middle of DC and he also gloated about thinking of bombing a school next time).
219* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
220** This is how the Daleks feel about ''[[OmnicidalManiac all other forms of life]]''. Even Daleks who are ever-so-slightly tainted genetically by another lifeform are fair game, even to themselves; they'll usually self-exterminate as soon as they find out and pure Daleks are available.
221** Similarly, the Cybermen believe that the mere existence of sentient beings who have not been converted into Cybermen is an existential threat to them. In their eyes, there is no possibility of them being able to live in peace with other peoples; everyone else must be [[TheAssimilator "upgraded"]] or [[DeadlyEuphemism "deleted"]].
222* Spoofed in ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. Al and [[FunWithAcronyms NO MA'AM]][[note]]National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood[[/note]] often speak this way about their wives or women in general (although, strangely, they are perfectly fine with having women around as sex objects); in turn, Al's StrawFeminist neighbor Marcy sometimes says the same about men. In the end of a given episode, both sides are typically undermined by HypocriticalHumor.
223* ''Series/ThePower2023'': A large number of men are clearly disturbed by the general ''idea'' of so many women developing electrical powers rather than anything in particular they have seen or experienced. Highly patriarchal countries like Saudi Arabia and Carpathia view it as a particular threat, with the latter making any use of it [[DisproportionateRetribution punishable by death]].
224* The conversation between Jarod (hero) and Mr. Raines (villain) in the first season finale of ''Series/ThePretender'':
225-->'''Jarod:''' You stole me from my parents. You [[spoiler:had the FBI kill my brother]], and now you're trying to kill my family. What have I ever done to you?\
226'''Mr. Raines:''' You exist.
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230* ''Literature/TheBible'': In the Literature/BookOfEsther, Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, who was King Xerxes' adviser, was constantly irritated by Mordecai not bowing down to him or giving him any respect. When Haman found out that Mordecai was a Jew, he realized that getting rid of Mordecai wasn't enough to satisfy him: he had to be rid of ''all the Jews'' in case there were any like Mordecai that would not give him the proper respect he deserved. He speaks to King Xerxes to give him permission to have that group of people be exterminated by his hand by the king's decree, not stating exactly who they were but saying that they live by their own laws and that their own laws were against those of the Medo-Persian Empire. King Xerxes gives Haman his signet ring to sign orders for their destruction on the given day that Haman had selected by the lot. This sets up the situation where Mordecai gets his cousin Esther, who was appointed as the king's new queen, to speak unto the king and to expose Haman as the man responsible for the plot to kill the Jews.
231* One of the teachings of {{UsefulNotes/Buddhism}} is that hatred is harmful to the one who hates, especially if the target of the hate isn't hurt by the hatred, which is essentially this trope. The tale of the Buddha, the Angry Man, and the Gift illustrates this: Buddha was teaching in a village, and got insulted by an angry man, though Buddha ignored him. That made the angry man all the angrier, until the Buddha told a parable: if you buy someone a gift, but the recipient of the gift doesn't receive it, then the gift belongs to you because you bought it. Anger is the same way; if the recipient of the anger doesn't receive it, it falls back on the angry person.
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235* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The classic/cliche Paladin, played as LawfulStupid or KnightTemplar, often falls into this trope. Any Evil or Chaotic beings (whether they are [=NPCs=] or [=PCs=]) just ''can't'' be allowed to continue existing because the Paladin character has ''personal'' alignment restrictions. More enlightened/cooperative ''players'' will not have their Paladin characters take this track and usually focus more on setting a LawfulGood ''example''.
236* While there are plenty of xenophobic groups in ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'', the most standout example is the [[TheEmpire Coalition States]]. Their leader, Emperor Karl Prosek, turned his people's fear of the unknown into an irrational hatred of all those who are different (mages, [[FantasticRacism non-humans]], and to a lesser extent, psychics and mutants). Even the most mild-mannered citizen of the Coalition believes that wizards and D-Bees threaten his or her life merely by existing, and hates and fears them without reservation. Note that this mindset has been instilled not because of any genuine threat these groups pose (most would rather live and let live), but because fear and hatred of an outside force lets ThePowersThatBe in the Coalition High Command amass more and more power.
237* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': This is how most of the Imperium feels about aliens, {{mutants}} and [[TheHeretic heretics]]. Granted in their case it's somewhat justified, considering nearly all the aliens are [[ScaryDogmaticAliens just as genocidal as they are]] (and the ones who aren't are either being manipulated by a caste of mysterious alien sages [[HiddenAgendaVillain for who knows what purpose]], or are ever ''more'' genocidal than they are) and mutants and heretics are all vessels, willingly or not, for the power of the Dark Gods.
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241* In ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', the Jets feel very threatened by the presence of Puerto Ricans in their neighborhood, and claim their American culture is "drowning." Ironically, the Sharks harbor similar attitudes about Americans. ("I think I'll go back to San Juan.")
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245* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': The BarbarianTribe that broke off from the benevolent [[TheMorlocks Outcasts]] consider humans sinful for not coming to their aid after the [[UnwillingRoboticisation Mechanika Virus]] pandemic had subsided and leaving them to undergo [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul degeneration]] into madness to the point that any human that encounters them will be [[FedToTheBeast sent to get slaughtered]] by [[AnimalisticAbomination Bloodlusters]].
246* In ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', the mutated Purple Tentacle rules a BadFuture where he and his most loyal followers blame all humans for Dr. Fred's creation of their "ungainly forms" and so wish to exterminate them all. (Of course, the Tentacles could easily escape their miserable existence by killing themselves, but why should ''they'' be the ones who have to die?)
247* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has an oddly tragic version in Kelder Vanard, SerialKiller of elven children. He thinks they're too "beautiful and perfect" to be allowed to live... but at the same time, he realizes that killing them is a horrible thing. He's just too crazy to stop himself despite this knowledge, and Thedas is just too low-tech to understand that he has a mental disorder (which appears to be schizophrenia, as he hears voices that he calls 'demons' telling him to kill children) or to know how to treat it- indeed, as shown by Hawke's party when they meet Kelder and he explains himself, they'd have a hard time telling the difference between the demons that are products of mental illness and the ''actual'' demons that occasionally possess people and make them go crazy.
248* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', the creation story of most religions of Tamriel states that Mundus was created when one of the et'Ada (Aldmeri for 'Original spirits'), [[IHaveManyNames known by many names (some of them quite rude) but primarily Lorkhan]], somehow (sources vary; some say he tricked or manipulated them, others that he convinced them) managed to get a bunch of the others (known as the Aedra, which is Aldmeri for 'our ancestors') to create the plane of Mundus- an act that also bound them to the world and caused them to lose a lot of their power and freedom to act. While some faiths say this was a good thing (the Nords, for example, thought that pre-creation was a "prison of unchanging stasis" and so welcome the mortal world for its meaningful change), others disagree, most prominently the ancient Aldmeri religion, which teaches that the creation of the world was a cruel trick that robbed [[OurAncestorsWereSuperheroes their ancestors of divinity]] and preaches that they are oppressed by the existence of Mundus and the races of Man in particular, since humans are considered to be Lorkhan's minions created to sabotage any attempts to return to a pre-creation state. The [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]] take this even further, as they want Talos worship banned because the mere idea that a human managed to ascend to godhood offends them, and if you believe Michael Kirkbride, they might want to actually ''[[OmnicidalManiac enforce]]'' the old Aldmeri belief that undoing creation is a good thing.
249* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', Dean Domino betrayed his best friend Frederick Sinclair, [[NoOSHACompliance sabotaged the villa]] that Sinclair dedicated his life to building, and tried to rob him for everything he had. His reason for doing all that? Because Sinclair was ''happier'' than Dean, and [[EvilIsPetty Dean took it as a personal insult]].
250* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Most people see the geth as AIIsACrapshoot because they think that the geth are classic Robot Overlords. [[spoiler:The quarian leaders proceeded to have a civil war to eradicate the geth, the geth took revenge for the individual quarians who they cared about, and then said leaders founded a new scavenger society rather than rebuild on a new planet. We see in ''Videogame/MassEffect3'' that this ties to the plot, as one of the leaders is indeed a paranoid GeneralRipper who can actually bring about the fall of his race through ignorance and ruthlessness.]]
251* This seems to be a recurring issue in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series. Especially in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', as one character, [[BitchInSheepsClothing Sister]] [[SinisterMinister Petrice]], actively tries to incite violence against the group of Qunari that are stranded in Kirkwall, who have a different philosophical / religious viewpoint from The Chantry. Even though the Qunari are staunchly expansionist and as a whole aim to unite all of Thedas under the Qun, and even though the Arishok himself states that there will probably come a time he's forced to "enlighten" the people of Kirkwall, he and his men weren't actually doing anything but minding their own business until provoked by three events which are vastly disrespectful to their culture. In particular. Petrice sees the mere existence of a non-Chantry belief system as an offence worthy of death.
252%%* This is the motive of the BigBad of ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena''. Who oppresses him? HUMANITY!
253* [[BigBad Clockwerk]] from ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' felt this way towards the entire Cooper family, devoting his entire existence to killing them and [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul replacing most of his body with machinery]] just so he could keep living to torment them across centuries. His hatred of their mere existence is so powerful that [[ThePowerOfHate it's literally become his power-source]].
254* In ''VideoGame/StarControl II'', this is the motivation behind the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah's extermination campaigns. Much like the Daleks, they consider all non-Ur-Quan life to be abhorrent. They also think they're doing the universe a favor, since they believe in reincarnation and without any other species to be born into, every soul will eventually become an Ur-Quan. Their FreudianExcuse is that they were psychically enslaved by an evil race of lazy [[HypnoticCreature hypnotic toads]] for generations. After freeing themselves and lobotomizing their former slavemasters, the Ur-Quan are deadset on [[NeverBeHurtAgain making sure no one can ever enslave them again.]] The Kohr-Ah believe this can only be possible if no other species exist.
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258* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmXpJuEnNnw This video]] by WebAnimation/DarkMatter2525, titled "Hate Speech", in which after a Christian tells an atheist how he is going to forever burn in Hell while he will bask in the glory of Heaven, and the atheist rebukes him by saying that he thinks that's ridiculous, the Christian [[{{Hypocrite}} accuses him of "hate speech" and "oppressing Christians"]]. Jesus himself then shows up (on the cross, no less) to tell him off over this.
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262* Early in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', highblood Eridan hated lowbloods and often tried to commission Vriska for doomsday devices so he could kill them all... for no better reason than because, well, they existed. However, it's heavily implied that he never seriously intended to go through with it and that it was all just to keep up appearances and retain the interest of his [[MoralityPet moirail]].
263* ''Webcomic/VeganArtbook'', being a militant vegan AuthorTract, plays this absolutely straight with anyone who's not a vegan...and then [[PsychologicalProjection projects]] it ''onto'' everyone who's not a vegan.
264* In ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' this ultimately turns out to be the motive of Mr Green and the vast anti-nonhuman-intelligence conspiracy he leads:
265-->'''Mr Green''': Look at it down there. It's so beautiful. For the life of me I can't underestand why your ilk wanted to ruin it.\
266'''Tip''': ''You've'' got the secret army and brainwashing and sapocide! How'd ''we'' ruin it?\
267'''Mr Green''': By being weird.
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271* Discussed by the "Bitch Eating Crackers" meme, which reads "When you hate someone, anything they do is offensive. As in, 'Look at that bitch just eating crackers like she owns the place.'"
272* ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'':
273** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-ten-doctors-versus-the-ten-commandments/77815/ This person]] feels threatened by somebody watching ''Series/DoctorWho'' on her smartphone, with headphones on.
274** [[https://notalwaysright.com/disabled-but-not-disarmed/80061/ This person]] likewise complains to a coffee shop about one of their customers, claiming that she's "offending" and "abusing" the other customers simply because she requires a walking stick.
275** [[https://notalwaysright.com/someones-having-a-beef-part-2/59857/ This]] [[StrawVegetarian Straw Vegan]] on ''Website/NotAlwaysWorking'' seems to have this attitude toward animal products. She throws out coworkers' lunches, tells another coworker to never wear their leather jacket again, and then attempts to throw out her boss's leather purse. That last one got her fired on her ''first day'' working at that job.
276** And on ''Not Always Friendly'', [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-meat-of-the-matter-2/31709/ this]] girl starts digging around in a stranger's grocery bags, finds meat, and demands the cops arrest the grocery shopper for murder -- "Meat is murder!"
277* Rational Wiki captures this phenomenon fairly well on the [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Persecution_complex persecution complex]] page.
278* ''WebSite/SFDebris'' has a "Stupid Neelix Moment" for just about every ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode. Just the mere ''appearance'' of the character warrants this award.
279-->[[PlayedForLaughs "Neelix walked into a room and handed the Doctor a pad. This offended me."]]
280* Every devout Khersian thinks this way about Mack in ''Literature/TalesOfMU''. Considering she's half-demon and Khersis exists to purge the world of demons, and demons feed on humans, there is some justification. But since she's the protagonist, we are sympathetic to her situation. It doesn't help that the characters who most dehumanize demons in the setting are either {{Jerkass}}es like Gloria and Ariadne or the bastard Mercy.
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284* Jon Cartwright, formerly of ''WebVideo/GameXplain'', really has it out for Kiddy Kong for some reason. It's mostly presented in a ridiculous way, but then he starts getting into it and you start worrying just how serious he is...
285* ''WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess'' portrays UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler as "mad at the Jews for existing"
286* The mind hunters of ''WebVideo/TalesFromMyDDCampaign'' can apparently feel the presence of every other living mind in any of the three worlds, and it causes them perpetual torment. Thus, their ultimate goal is to "kill, wipe, or dominate every other mind."
287* Discussed by WebVideo/ZinniaJones in the episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlL-edhMILw Re: "Can't Even Go to the Park"]] regarding the blog post [[http://www.acceptingabundance.com/cant-even-go-to-the-park/ "Can't Even Go to the Park"]] which gained international infamy for suggesting that the concepts of "freedom" and "Not outlawing the existence of gay people" are mutually exclusive.
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291* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': In "Edge of the Darkness", Goose crashes on Ozark, a planet where the locals - excepting Anne, his saviour - have notolerance against off-worlders. Even after he saves a local child from drowning, the xeriff still wants to kill him, and [[BigDamnHeroes only the arrival of Goose's friends saves his life]]. Although the other locals cheer up when Doc "heals" Goose from the collateral effects of a black hole, hinting that Anne wasn't the only one to disagree with the xeriff, but the others feared him and his posse.
292* In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' we meet Adwaita. He is first seen as the EvilOverlord who rules Ledgerdomain, the dimension where {{Mana}}, which is both LifeEnergy and the fuel for magic, comes from. He felt that ''all life'' was stealing from him by having that energy. Mind you, he was from a race of peaceful philosophers who really didn't even lie. All that changed when he came into possession [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity of the Alpha Rune, the source of magic.]] Needless to say, he went completely mad with power.
293** Also, that's how the Forever Knights see all the aliens as well the half-aliens like Gwen, Ben and Kevin. One of their squires is sternly admonished for being friendly to Gwen. Oh, and [[spoiler: they killed Pierce, too.]]
294* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': Lord Boxman has had an IrrationalHatred for the Lakewood Plaza Turbo--a plaza for heroes and friends to hang out--since the time Gar started building it across the street from Boxmore, apparently just because of the fact that he hates friendship. Even though his friend Mr. Logic tries to point out that having it there would [[PragmaticVillainy actually benefit Boxmore as a company]] (since having more heroes around would lead to more villains wanting to buy robots), Boxman doesn't care and insists on trying to destroy it, which ruins his friendship with Logic and almost runs his business into the ground.
295* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The motivation behind [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] plans. [[spoiler: As Philip Wittebane, he was born and raised in a time when witches (or, likely more often, humans mistaken for witches) were killed in the Human Realm, so he thought that all the inhabitants of the Boiling Isles were monsters that had to be exterminated. His hatred for them is so strong that he killed Caleb, his only human companion, because the latter fraternized with a local woman, and he considers Luz to have been tainted for the same reason, only sparing her at first because she was part of a StableTimeLoop, and later only sparing her because she points out that witch hunts aren't a thing in the modern United States and he'll come off as a lunatic without actual proof.]]
296* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
297** [[Characters/TheSimpsonsMargeSimpson Marge Simpson]] has this in two episodes.
298*** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]" infamously has Marge behaving this way when she discovers the existence of a burlesque house in Springfield, screeching "Get outta my town!" at the owner and strong-arming the rest of the townsfolk into trying to tear it down. What makes it worse is the fact that there was a legitimate reason for her to be upset, namely the fact that Bart was working there as a {{Bouncer}}[[note]]LongStoryShort, he accidentally damaged part of the house and Homer sent him to WorkOffTheDebt without knowing what it was[[/note]], but all she seems to care about is how the house is supposedly damaging the town's morals and values just by being there.
299*** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E3TheGreatWifeHope The Great Wife Hope]]" has Marge going on the warpath to get Mixed Martial Arts shut down in Springfield, flat-out saying that if she hates something, ''nobody'' should be allowed to see it. The fact that the tournament's organizer Chett Englebrick is [[HateSink a complete asshole]] (for one thing, he's a domestic abuser) makes Marge look RightForTheWrongReasons ''at best'' when she denounced it as "morally unwholesome".
300* {{Parodied|Trope}} in the episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' that has "poor" people feel threatened by the arrival of rich people in their town (note: in this case the town is almost all white and all the rich newcomers are black, so here "richness" is used as an acceptable target, for fear of [[InvertedTrope their property taxes increasing from the nice houses being built]]. This is silly, as all the rich people are very nice and do not consciously hurt anyone; at their very worst they are InnocentlyInsensitive, wondering why in the world the native townsfolk would watch movies on VHS instead of DVD. But the "poor" people just will not stop complaining about them, even arguing that the rich people are going to make their children go to school with rich children and try to turn ''them'' into "richers".
301** And played straight at the end, as Mr. Garrison -- who'd led the charge and came up with the ideas -- points out that now the townsfolk can get rich by selling off the freshly-built property.
302--->'''Randy:''' Yeah, you'll become what you hate.\
303'''Mr. Garrison:''' ...Yeah, but at least I got rid of all those damn [[CurseCutShort ni]]--''[[[InterruptedByTheEnd end credits roll]]]''
304* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': [[Characters/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012TheShredder The Shredder's]] hatred of Hamato Yoshi/Splinter runs so deep that he considers Splinter still being alive another day a stain on his honor.
305* [[Characters/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003TheShredder The Utrom Shredder]] from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' is perhaps even worse. He was already at wits end by ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'', but seeing the multiverse and all the other incarnations of the Turtles out there results in him going full-on OmnicidalManiac.
306* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', this initially seems to be the opinion and motivation of Graydon Creed ([[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope though it's more likely]] that his anti-mutant extremism comes from being [[MuggleBornOfMages an unpowered human born to two mutant]] AbusiveParents]]). Keeping in mind that he says the following as if it were fact ''in the middle of torture'':
307-->'''Jubilee:''' Why do you hate us?! What did we ever do to you?!\
308'''Creed:''' ''(with a SlasherSmile)'' You were born!
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