Line #101 Main/InsultFriendlyFire


1	->'''Mr. Satou:''' So you would prefer to live with two cripples instead of with your own family?\
2	'''Lilly:''' If you insist on calling them cripples, then that means you consider me one as well. Is that what you're saying?
3	-->-- ''Fanfic/LillyEpilogueFamilyMatters''
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5	Alice explicitly insults Bob... without realizing that the insult applies equally well to Charlie, whom she most certainly did ''not'' mean to insult. Why did she do it? Maybe [[MomentOfWeakness she didn't think in the heat of the moment]], Charlie sneaked in, or Charlie has been hiding the trait that Alice unknowingly insulted. Charlie bears the full brunt of Alice's insult plus the sting of having a friend do so (whether knowingly or not).
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7	Alice may attempt a VerbalBackspace by saying "PresentCompanyExcluded" or "No offence [intended], Charlie." This is also why you don't use YourMom jokes on your siblings.
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9	See also InsultBackfire, InsultMisfire, ContemptCrossfire, and YouKnowImBlackRight. Also compare MoreInsultingThanIntended, ObliviousGuiltSlinging and InsultToRocks. Not to be confused with FriendlyFireproof.
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11	If that insult actually hurts, it's WeaponsGradeVocabulary. If Charlie is surprisingly unaffected, it's a MilhollandRelationshipMoment.
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13	Compare ObliviousMockery, which is more humorous. See also SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX, when the friendship is used as an excuse.
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16	!!Examples:
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21	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' when Eren shouts at Rod Reiss' Titan form, calling him a "tiny old man" before gasping in horror when remembering that Levi [[OlderThanTheyLook (who's 5'2" and over 30)]] was right behind him.
22	* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': After they get stranded on the other Earth, Ange starts making harsh remarks about how Libertus is a joke, and in doing so she unknowingly ends up insulting Tusk's parents, who lost their lives during that mission she just called "pathetic". This marks a major turning point on her, as she genuinely feels bad for saying this and apologizes to him later.
23	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': When Kashiwagi and Maki meet up at a restaurant over winter break to discuss the latter's trip to India, they end up talking about how stupid some people are for believing that crystals can have special powers. Unbeknownst to both of them, Tsubame is sitting the next table over and actually had been scammed into buying one of those crystals earlier that day.
24	** In 263, Maki and Kaguya argue, Maki calls Kaguya for flirting with a commoner, Kaguya strikes back bragging about [[spoiler:their perfect sex life]]. Then Ishigami, Iino and Fujiwara show up, having heard everything. Ishigami calls Maki for referring to Shirogane as such, but they all complain for TooMuchInformation. At this point of the story, everyone present but Kaguya [[spoiler:is unhappy due to their failed love life]], so Kaguya's bragging was very cruel for them.
25	* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sakura insults the main character for being an orphan, claiming that his BrattyHalfPint nature is due to him not having parents to discipline him, not realizing, or more likely forgetting, that Sasuke, her crush and the person she's talking to, is also an orphan after [[spoiler:his older brother massacred his entire clan]]. He immediately chews her out over it, telling her she has no idea what she's talking about.
26	* In the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/Persona3'', when Junpei brings up the revenge website that Strega operates, Yukari dismisses them as rumors, saying that he should focus on his studies instead, since "only losers spend all their time staring at a computer screen." Fuuka ends up getting depressed that Yukari thinks of her as a loser, prompting Yukari to hastily say that Fuuka's an exception as an intelligent honor student.
27	* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': Asuna's mother Kyouko refers to the SAO survivors as "kids who spent two years killing each other" in front of Asuna, who immediately points out that she is one of them.
28	* ''Manga/VampireKnight'' has the protagonist telling another character that she understands now about how vampires can be seen as subhuman beasts to be exterminated like vermin, only to find out about half a minute later that he's a vampire himself. She later feels incredibly guilty about this, despite the fact that the other character gave no indication he'd even heard her (he was distracted enough at the time that he might not have), let alone cared or disagreed.
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31	[[folder:Comic Books]]
32	* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' has one [[http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v12ch1-page-20 here]]
33	-->'''Phil:''' I gotta get back to the conference!\
34	'''Jullie:''' What for? Only the loser talks are scheduled this late.\
35	'''Phil:''' [-Mine's at ten-fiften.-]
36	* One two-part ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story starts with Spidey dropping by to help the ComicBook/FantasticFour fight a mob of ugly-looking demons. The Thing clues him in that ComicBook/DoctorStrange knows about the demons, and that they're called the Mindless Ones.
37	-->'''Spider-Man:''' Mindless Ones? We're fighting hockey fans?\
38	'''Thing:''' HEY! I ''like'' hockey!
39	* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'':
40	** Whirl, being the massive {{Jerkass}} he is, repeatedly does this [[InvokedTrope deliberately]], using insults that he knows full well will offend friend and enemy alike, such as disparaging monoformers while sitting next to Rung, who’s a monoformer in all but name.
41	** Brainstorm manages to do this to ''himself'' a few times, casually using slurs directed at cold constructed bots despite ''[[BoomerangBigot being one]]''.
42	** Similarly, after joining the crew Megatron keeps insulting them by saying things like "You Autobots", apparently forgetting that he himself is now an Autobot.
43	* In ''ComicBook/TheTreasuryOfCroesus'', the vault containing Croesus' greatest treasure is opened, and it's revealed to be a single coin -- the first coin Croesus, the inventor of money, literally made. When Prof. Pigayam innocently comments on how egotistical Croesus must have been for putting so much reverence on a single nondescript coin, Scrooge [=McDuck=], who not only holds his own NumberOneDime to a similar standard but ''also'' gave up his claim on the rest of Croesus' treasures, yells at him to shut up.
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46	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
47	* In a ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comic during a baseball game, with Lucy in right field:
48	-->'''Lucy:''' Come on, he's no hitter! He hits like my grandmother!\
49	''[a purse hits Lucy in the head from behind her]''\
50	'''Lucy:''' Sorry, grandma... It was just an expression...
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53	[[folder:Fan Works]]
54	* In the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BrokenBow'', [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Apollo]] almost calls his nephew [[OriginalCharacter Armani]] a son of a bitch, forgetting that Armani's mother is his sister Artemis. Fortunately, she interrupts him before he can complete the insult.
55	* ''Fanfic/ItsADangerousBusinessGoingOutYourDoor'': While complaining to Applejack about how she can't keep up, Rainbow Dash adds that Rarity can't even teleport. Problem is, Twilight's attempts to teach her ''how'' [[PhlebotinumOverdose caused her accident]], and Rarity was already [[ItsAllMyFault blaming herself for it]]. So overhearing Dash claiming her inability to teleport makes her TheLoad doesn't help one bit, and Applejack wastes no time in chewing Rainbow out for it.
56	* In ''Fanfic/LillyEpilogueFamilyMatters'', [[VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo Lilly Satou]] loses her temper with her [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain father]] over him repeatedly referring to her boyfriend Hisao (who has arrhythmia) and her best friend Hanako (who has scars on almost half of her body) as "cripples", saying that he should consider her one too, as she is blind. He responds by accusing her of putting words in his mouth.
57	* {{Discussed\|Trope}} in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11395728/19/The-Many-Faces-of-Har-er-Adira-Potter The Many Faces of Har--er, Adira Potter]]'': Shortly after Adira (formerly Harry) comes out as UsefulNotes/{{transgender}}, Malfoy attacks her with transphobic insults. Snape, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness normally amused by abuse directed at James's child]], gives him detention for this, pointing out that the insults would be equally hurtful to any closeted transgender students Malfoy doesn't know about in Slytherin.
58	* ''Fanfic/PhoenixsTearReignition'': Tiger shows NoSympathy for C.P.'s DarkAndTroubledPast, calling him a DirtyCoward who hid while Naga's forces stole away his friends. After listening to him rant about this for a bit, Holly abruptly reminds him that she and Suezo were ''also'' forced to hide while Naga razed their DoomedHometown. Tiger feebly insists that it's 'different', to little avail.
59	%%* There was a ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' fanfic written several years ago in which, in one chapter of the tournament, Hwoarang was matched up against Nina Williams. He doesn't like her, so before the match he announces to an audience how much he thinks "my opponent" sucks, including insults that imply she's a whore, that she's weak, etc... the thing is, there's been a last-minute change-up in opponents (Hwoarang didn't get the memo), and Hwoarang has just ended up insulting nice girl Xiaoyu instead of Nina. Xiaoyu is driven to tears by the speech. (This matters because in the fanfic he and Xiaoyu are friends.)
60	* In a ''Fanfic/ThisTimeRound'' story in which Spike from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets his counterpart from ''Webcomic/TheHeroOfThreeFaces'' ShowWithinAShow ''St Pudentiana the Faerie Bane'', Nails, he says "Stolen any babies lately?" and Nails comes back with "''Eaten'' any babies lately?" Spike starts to come up with a comeback to that but then stops, realising that any insult to Nails that isn't specifically about being a faerie also applies to ''him''.
61	* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', Kirito is not impressed with Rosalia's claim that her guild is feared by players on the lower floors, and responds [[DeadpanSnarker in his typical way]], either forgetting or just not caring that Silica is right there:
62	-->'''Rosalia:''' Laugh all you like. We're still one of the most feared orange guilds on the lower floors.\
63	'''Kirito:''' [[SarcasmMode Ooh, impressive.]] You can intimidate players that think ''slimes'' are terrifying.\
64	'''Silica:''' Have you seen their eyes? They have no souls!
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67	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
68	* In ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'', a hilarious scene happens between Dracula and his friends in the sauna. As Count Dracula indirectly insults both Frankenstein and The Invisible Man (much to his confusion) when he was actually talking about Johnny. A human, who is disguised as Frankenstein's cousin and also has red curly hair.
69	-->'''Wayne:''' When's that Johnny kid gonna be done party planning? He's a great hang.\
70	'''Frankenstein:''' Yeah, he's an animal. And it was so nice seeing Mavis laughing and hitting it off with him.\
71	'''Dracula:''' ''[visibly annoyed]'' Who's hitting what off? Please. Mavis could never be with someone of '''his kind'''.\
72	''' Frankenstein:''' ''[offended]'' l'm sorry? "His kind"? You're saying our kind's not good enough for you, "Your Lordship"?\
73	'''Dracula:''' No, no, no! Frank, l didn't...I meant that she wouldn't be into someone with such red, curly hair.\
74	'''The Invisible Man:''' ''[also offended]'' What's wrong with red, curly hair?\
75	'''Dracula:''' ''[confused]'' Why are you getting upset?\
76	'''The Invisible Man:''' ''[angrily]'' I HAVE RED CURLY HAIR!\
77	'''Dracula:''' ''[even more confused]'' WELL HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT?!
78	* In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', Shrek overhears Fiona asking Donkey, "Who could love a hideous beast?" Shrek assumes she's talking about him and is hurt, when in fact she was talking about [[spoiler:herself]], leading him to act angry toward her. Thankfully, it's cleared up pretty quickly when he sees the hideous beast she was talking about.
79	-->'''Shrek:''' Well... that explains a lot.
80	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', a Code Black emergency is declared, prompting Lenny to remark that "black is the worst color there is." He immediately apologizes to Carl, who is black.
81	* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Gwen insults Kingpin's tasteless decision to hold a dinner in Spider-Man's honor, complete with his wife in attendance and waiters dressed as Spider-Man, when [[spoiler:he's the one who killed him]].
82	-->'''Gwen Stacy:''' What a pig.\
83	'''Spider-Ham:''' ''[offended]'' I'm right here.
84	* In [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an earlier version]] of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei was going to run for class president against Tyler and the debate would have involved Mei making fun of Tyler's braces which Miriam also has resulting in this.
85	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', after Judy has concluded the press conference:
86	-->'''Judy:''' Oh, that went so fast. I didn't get a chance to mention you or say anything about how we...\
87	'''Nick:''' ''[bitterly apprehensive]'' Oh, I think you said plenty.\
88	'''Judy:''' What do you mean?\
89	'''Nick:''' ''[quoting Judy's remarks]'' "Clearly there's a biological component? That these predators may be reverting back to their primitive savage ways?" Are you serious?\
90	'''Judy:''' I just stated the facts of the case! I mean, it's not like a bunny can go savage.\
91	'''Nick:''' Oh, but a fox can, right?\
92	'''Judy:''' Nick, stop it! You're not like one of them!\
93	'''Nick:''' Oh, so there's a ''them'' now?\
94	'''Judy:''' You know what I mean, you're not that kind of predator!\
95	'''Nick:''' ''[defensively]'' The kind that needs to be muzzled? The kind that makes you believe that you need to carry around fox repellent? Yeah, don't think I didn't notice that little item the first time we met.
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99	* In ''Film/{{Amistad}}'', Hammond scoffs at former president John Quincy Adams, saying "Is there anything more pathetic than an ex-president?" He is unaware that his own boss, President Van Buren (who is about to lose re-election), is [[RightBehindMe right behind him]].
100	* In ''Film/TheJewelOfTheNile'', [[BigBad Omar]] has the hero and his love interest in a deathtrap. After explaining said deathtrap, the hero asks what kind of sick mind would think of something like this. [[spoiler:He copied it from a novel the love interest wrote.]]
101	* in ''Film/{{Patton}}'', a German officer notes that Bradley has a modest demeanor, unusual for a General, which gets him a glare from the German General in the room.
102	* A meta-example appears in ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory''. When Ben Scotti (portrayed by Creator/WillForte) starts heavily insulting Al, Ben's younger sibling Tony (portrayed by the ''real'' Music/WeirdAlYankovic) keeps wincing in pain.
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106	* In ''Literature/PrincessAcademy'', the quarrying village on Mount Eskel has a saying that when something is thought useless it's "skinnier than a lowlander's arm". Whenever Miri, who's unusually small for her age and assumes that's why she isn't allowed to work in the quarry, hears this, she wants to dig a hole and crawl into it.
107	* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': In "Winterfair Gifts", Armsman Roic tells his new friend Taura about an encounter with a swarm of gene-modified bugs, and winds up with a comment about exterminating the grotesque genetically engineered monsters -- having temporarily forgotten that Taura is herself a grotesque genetically engineered monster.
108	* In Book 8 of ''Literature/WingsOfFire'', Winter objects to the team freeing [[SealedBadassInACan Darkstalker]] not only because they don't know if he's really a good dragon or an evil one pulling a FalseInnocenceTrick, but because of his weird and scary powers. Cue Moon and Turtle pointing out that they also have some of those same powers.
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112	* In ''Series/TheApprentice'', Lord Sugar comments "You know what women are like" (in reference to a group of bickering female candidates). His aide Karren Brady is less than impressed.
113	* In ''Series/{{Barry}}'', Barry's drama class, unaware that Barry is a hitman, calls Theatre/{{Macbeth}} a complete monster for committing murder on his wife's orders. Even worse, his attempt to defend Macbeth ends with him blurting out that he's also killed people, but everyone thinks he's talking about his tours in Afghanistan; Cousineau promises that they'll be more sensitive about his military service, then adds "But if you kill ''outside'' of war, you’re a fucking psycho. Then you’re irredeemable."
114	* In the ''Series/{{Charmed\|1998}}'' episode "The Wedding from Hell", when Allison and the Charmed ones confront [[LouisCypher Jade D'mon]] at her attempted wedding to Elliot, Allison's boyfriend, Jade greets Allison with "Why, you little witch!", to which Piper says "Hey!".
115	* On ''Series/CriminalMinds'', Elle manages to accidentally insult the team's antisocial Boy Genius, Reid, while profiling an [=UnSub=] in the very second episode of the series:
116	-->'''Elle:''' I say student. You need self-confidence to lecture in front of a classroom full of 30 college kids. Arsonists are socially incompetent. This guy doesn't go on dates, doesn't go to parties, doesn't feel comfortable in front of groups....\
117	''[Reid gives Elle a strange look]''\
118	'''Elle:''' And of course he's a total psychopath.\
119	'''Reid:''' Of course.
120	* [[InvertedTrope Flipped sideways]] by ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'': While Drew hangs out in his backyard with friends, his [[CrankyNeighbor neighbor]] Greg Clemens walks up with a live horse. Drew is not pleased:
121	-->'''Drew:''' Hey, Clemens. What has four legs, attracts flies, and shouldn't be in my yard?\
122	'''Greg:''' ''[pointing to Drew's friends]'' Oswald and Lewis.
123	:: Drew can't respond properly at this point, because every insult he thinks of [[StrawLoser applies to his two best friends.]] [[InsultBackfire Backfire]] and Friendly Fire all in one. Poor guy.
124	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
125	** Ross and Rachel are having a fight in front of everyone. In an effort to attack Ross, Rachel refers to [[TheLoinsSleepTonight a previously raised issue]] by saying, "And just so you know, it's ''not'' that common, it ''doesn't'' happen to every guy and it ''is'' a big deal!", at which point Chandler jumps forward and says, "I ''knew'' it!"
126	** Another example from the same fight:
127	--->'''Rachel:''' And those little spelling tips will come in handy when you're home on Saturday nights playing scrabble with Monica!\
128	'''Monica:''' Hey!\
129	'''Rachel:''' Sorry!
130	** In another episode, Joey attempts to criticize the life choices of his pregnant, unmarried sister while not offending the also pregnant, also unmarried Rachel. Eventually, after going back and forth between the two, he gets frustrated and shouts "One pregnant lady at a time!"
131	** [[RuleOfThree And again]] when Ross is looking for a new place to live and it is suggested he gets a roommate. In a room full of people who live with someone else he refers to having a roommate as "Pathet..." DeathGlare "[[VerbalBackspace That's pathet which is Sanskrit for really cool way to live]]."
132	* In ''Series/GeneralHospital'', Maxie does everything to put down Winnifred, calling her a geek with no fashion sense and pretty much belittling her in front of Spinelli. Seeing as how Winnie's basically a female version of Spinelli, you can imagine how he takes it.
133	* ''Series/TheImperfects'': Later in the series, Juan and Tilda have gotten frustrated enough with the plot's tendency toward MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate that they start insulting scientists at the drop of a hat. Abbi, who shares the circumstances that cause them to dislike scientists, but is also training to become one, has a few issues with that attitude. The two others NoTrueScotsman her out of the "scientist" category rather than go the PresentCompanyExcluded route.
134	* The ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' episode "The Guest" has Splinter find out that his blind friend Andre has been evicted from his apartment. Andre refers to his landlord as a rat, unaware that his friend Splinter is a mutated rat.
135	* Alison manages to insult ''herself'' in the second episode of ''Series/OrphanBlack,'' when, after being ambushed by Sarah, who wants answers, she tells Sarah to "hide your ugly mug on the way out of here." She may have been referring to Sarah's haircut, but since they're genetically identical clones...
136	* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]] regularly has to remind his parents and [[PlatonicLifePartners Chloe]] that he is also Kryptonian when a new villain springs up and they start talking about how all Kryptonians are bent on death and destruction.
137	* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "I, Mudd", [=McCoy=] complains about a new crewmember and manages to insult Spock in the process.
138	-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' There's something wrong about a man who never smiles, whose conversation never varies from the routine of the job, and who won't talk about his background.\
139	'''Spock:''' I see.\
140	'''[=McCoy=]:''' ... I mean that it's odd for a non-Vulcan.
141	* In the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S6E1RedemptionPart1 Redemption Part 1]]" O'Neill starts to say the reason he doesn't want [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Jonas Quinn]] on the team is that Jonas an alien. Then he realises halfway through the sentence that he is talking to Teal'c who is a team member and somewhat more alien than Jonas.
142	* On ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' whenever Dick Gautier was on the panel with his wife Barbara Stuart, and the question is directed to the husbands:
143	-->'''Bert Convy''': Men...and you too, Dick...
144	* ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'': In "Saving Psychic Raven," Raven finds other teens with PsychicPowers and starts hanging out with them, neglecting Chelsea and Eddie in the process. When they find out and confront one another, Eddie bluntly calls the psychic kids "freaks" to Raven's face; Raven is quick to remind him that she's psychic herself.
145	-->'''Raven''': Is that what you call me when I'm not around?
146	* In ''Series/WillAndGrace'', they both step into this one at the doctor's office when they try to have a baby:
147	-->'''Grace:''' How about Sheila if it's a girl?\
148	'''Will:''' We've been over this, Sheila is the name of a ''whore.''\
149	'''Grace:''' ''[to nurse after Will left]'' He's right, Sheila is a bit whorish.\
150	'''Nurse:''' We haven't been introduced. Hi, ''I'm Sheila.''\
151	'''Grace:''' Oh god, I'm so sorry.\
152	'''Nurse:''' Don't be, [[InsultBackfire I am a whore.]]
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155	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
156	* A segment between Wrestling/KurtAngle and then-teammate Wrestling/ChrisJericho had Angle complaining about Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}}, deriding his long, blonde hair, propensity for dressing like a rock star, and being Canadian. Cue a non-verbal ImStandingRightHere from Jericho, and Angle backtracks with "Oh, but I like ''you''!"
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159	[[folder:Video Games]]
160	* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', after Bartrand betrays his brother, Varric:
161	-->'''Varric:''' I swear I will find that son of a bitch -- sorry, mother -- and I will KILL HIM.
162	* In ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', it's possible for your Nordic allies to proclaim "Skyrim belongs to the Nords!" or other insults at their enemies despite the fact that their enemies may also be Nords, and the person they're serving is a non-Nord (or better yet, a non-human). Bonus points if your enemies are the Stormcloaks, who also use that line as a catchphrase and may shout it back at you, even if you ''are'' a Nord, yourself.
163	* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'':
164	** Shepard, giving a pep-talk to a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy krogan]], while his/her quarian teammate is present:
165	--->'''Shepard:''' I said a [[DareToBeBadass badass]], not some scout whining like a quarian with a tummy-ache.\
166	'''Tali:''' ImStandingRightHere!
167	** Joker manages to do this ''to himself'' when talking about quarians; only after he disparages people who live aboard ships their entire lives does he realize he's practically welded to his pilot's seat. (It's real leather!)
168	--->'''Joker:''' Ah, I just burned myself. Great.
169	* ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom'', in a CallBack to the episode ''Frankendoodle'', this is Patrick's response to the final boss; a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant]] [[RobotMe robot Spongebob]].
170	-->'''Patrick''': Look at THAT guy! That big square head, and those short-shorts, it's the most hideous thing I've ever seen!
171	-->'''Spongebob''': Wait! That hideous thing looks like me!
172	* In ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'', during the visit to Roswell, an American woman tries to charm a Nazi officer and praise the Nazi ideals, until she makes a remark about the "impure Austrians". The Nazi officer angrily points out that [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler the Fuhrer]] is Austrian, and so is the officer's own grandmother. The woman desperately tries to apologize and backtrack, but he tells her that she will be reported to his superiors, monitored, and severely punished if she steps out of line again. It was a microcosm of the game's CentralTheme about the dangers of cozying up to totalitarian/racist regimes.
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176	* ''WebAnimation/{{Shishihara}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2C9PwcWhNU Ms. Jogasaki]] tries to insult Sota by claiming that he was creeping her out, just because he was using a lip balm at school. At the same time, she doesn't realize that the insult was also directed to the principal as he was also using a lip balm.
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179	[[folder:Webcomics]]
180	* ''Webcomic/{{Bobwhite}}''. Ivy is talking with her teacher Frank, and she's worried about not having enough credits to graduate:
181	-->'''Ivy:''' I'll have to stay here over the summer... How am I gonna do that? I can't take three more months of this shit! What if I still can't pass? What if I end up coming back here year after year for the rest of my life? Um... no offense, Frank.\
182	'''Frank:''' No no, I get it.
183	* In ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'':
184	** Ki's father, opposing Nick and Ki getting married, says that he does not approve of a mixed marriage. He is a Japanese man married to a Chinese woman; when Nick points it out, he [[ShutUpKirk gets beaten up]], and when Ki points it out with her mother in earshot, he quickly loses the argument, and gets ExiledToTheCouch even after he apologizes.
185	** Comes up in a flashback arc when Ki calls Sam out over his insulting Fooker.
186	--->'''Sam:''' Okay, okay, the guy's a total dork, but I'll leave him alone. He's still a geek, though.\
187	'''Ki:''' Well, so am ''I'', so don't forget that.
188	* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' had the last quip William hurled at Kat applicable to his [[SecretRelationship secret sweetheart]]. Which resulted in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=452 Janet's sharp elbow finding his ribs]].
189	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
190	** While Elan and Nale are fighting, Elan insults Nale's penis. Then Nale points out that since they are identical twins, Elan just insulted ''himself''. Later in the same fights, he calls Nale a bastard, getting the same reaction.
191	** Played with in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1215.html 1215]], where Xykon voices his deep dislike of the cleric class, with his clerical companion Redcloak right there next to him. The strip's name is "Present Company Included:" this being [[{{Jerkass}} Xykon]], he's perfectly aware and could not care less.
192	** In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1288.html 1288]], Haley makes a negative and insulting guess on the qualities of a Blue Poet, initially forgetting that said insult might apply to one of her new allies just as well:
193	-->'''Haley:''' The more banal the name for a monster, the more likely it is to be some [[EldritchAbomination eldritch abomination]] with the objectively wrong number of body parts. ''(Aside, to [[ExtraEyes Sunny the Beholder]])'' Uh, no offense.\
194	'''Sunny:''' Nah, those guys have seven ears, creeps me right out.
195	* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[ChestMonster Mimic]]'s reaction on seeing a [[BlobMonster gelatinous cube]]:
196	-->'''Mimic:''' ''Holy Cannoli!'' A hideous, disgusting, slimy, nasty, dripping, foul, stinking, oozing, loathsome... ''[realizes that he has a gelatinous cube in his own party]''...er...\
197	'''[[MooksAteMyEquipment Rusty]]:''' Awkwaaaaaard.
198	* ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'': Red has a burning hatred of Keidran, which is unfortunate for him when he's paired up with one. [[spoiler:It gets worse when it's revealed that the woman he's in love with is also a Keidran, so every time he insults the Keidran he hates, he's also insulting the woman he loves.]]
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202	* In one episode of ''Series/{{Noob}}'', Sparadrap acts completely silly in a situation that is supposed to be taken seriously, in front of a crowd of other players. Arthéon eventually makes him stop and excuses his behavior by saying "it's genetic". Sparadrap has a younger brother that is much more talented than him and was shown to be part of the crowd earlier in the episode.
203	* In 2018, LetsPlay/PewDiePie began making videos that had many similarities to videos by his friend WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}, leading to him slowly parodying him more and more, before eventually releasing a satire video claiming ''Jack'' was the plagiarist. Some fans took this literally, sending Jack rude comments, which he happily read and corrected grammar for. One [=PewDiePie=] fan technically made a comment insulting both Jack and [=PewDiePie=]:
204	-->'''Comment:''' ''[sic]'' Your shit even pew die pie makes better and original content than you!!\
205	'''Jacksfilms:''' Wait, "even [=PewDiePie=]", yeah, that's an insult against [=PewDiePie=]!
206	* In 2017, the channel bobvids uploaded [[https://youtu.be/ELEAsGoP-5I a video]] criticising ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'' that opened on a clip of Jeremy Scott, the narrator for ''[=CinemaSins=]'', in his car ranting about how modern entertainment is turning the population stupid. In [[https://youtu.be/sGOXHdf-_dM a follow-up video]] released several years later, Bob notes that he was amused by just how many ardent ''[=CinemaSins=]'' defenders assumed that he was the man in the car and left comments mocking the very person they were trying to defend, especially since he assumed that fans of the channel would have been able to recognise Jeremy's voice.
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210	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': In "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E5TheWinningEdge The Winning Edge]]", Terry is on his way to investigate the possibility that Bane is behind the appearance of a new street drug. Terry stops his statement about the old man being harmless short, realizing that not only is he insulting Bruce, but that Bruce is proof that an "old geezer" could certainly be a threat:
211	-->'''Bruce:''' Remember, he was a formidable opponent. Be careful.\
212	'''Terry:''' Come on, he must be a zillion years old! What trouble could an old geezer... ''[[[{{Beat}} pause]]]'' Never mind.
213	* In the ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' episode "[[Recap/BikerMiceFromMarsS1E2TheReekingReignOfTheHeadCheese The Reeking Reign of the Head Cheese, Part 2]]", Lawrence Limburger at one point refers to the Biker Mice as "repulsive rodents". He quickly adds "Present company excepted" when he realizes that his statement has unintentionally offended his hired minion Tunnel Rat.
214	* In the ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls2019'' episode "[=#SoulSisters=]", Supergirl remarks that she hates magic, to which Zatanna indignantly replies by reminding her fellow heroine that she has magic powers.
215	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', when Leela reveals that her parents are visiting;
216	-->'''Amy:''' But they're mutants. They have to stay in the sewers because they're hideous, ugly, gross monsters... err, present company excluded.
217	* In a ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' episode in which Egyptian deities appear as {{Physical God}}s (no, seriously), Anubis aids the heroes by flying them to where the fighting is until Flint refers to him as "dogface" (military jargon for an infantry soldier). He tries to explain this when it seems that Anubis might be offended (Anubis has the head of an actual dog), but they are unceremoniously dumped on the ground. (Whether he ''did'' take offense isn't clear.)
218	* In ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'', Daisy asks a table of villains to move and [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]] calls her a witch ([[WitchWithACapitalB with a capital B]])... when everyone else at the table is a ''literal'' witch, like [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] and [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]]. None of them comment on Hades' choice of words.
219	* The ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "Under the Big Flop" has Jungle Boy unintentionally upset his snake friend by calling Vivian Vixen a cold-hearted snake.
220	* A weird case happens in the early ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' story "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E4And5InBlackestNight In Blackest Night]]" when Hawkgirl, Superman, Martian Manhunter and the Flash are traveling through space to see why Green Lantern would surrender so readily to the Manhunters. Hawkgirl says, "You humans are crazy", and then realizes she's talking to Superman, a Kryptonian. Though Superman takes it as a compliment to be [[ImmigrantPatriotism lumped in with humanity]].
221	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
222	** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Griffon the Brush Off]]", after ThePrankster [[{{Jerkass}} Gilda]] gets pranked herself, she belts out a fierce TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at the presumed perpetrator, Pinkie Pie. [[spoiler:It was really her own best friend, Rainbow Dash, who ends up sticking up for Pinkie.]]
223	** There's also a few instances where a character calls someone else "stubborn as a mule", only to realize that an actual mule is standing nearby and quickly add "no offense". The mule is actually very forgiving of this, which actually puts the full weight of the insult into question -- how stubborn could they be if they're that forgiving about being insulted to their faces? Maybe mules take pride in being stubborn.
224	* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': In "[[Recap/SofiaTheFirstS2E01TwoPrincessesAndABaby Two Princesses and a Baby]]", when Cedric chases Rex for his spellbook, he calls him a "hare-brained hound". Clover overhears him and tells him to watch who he's calling "''hare''-brained".
225	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has Patrick's reaction to [=DoodleBob=] in the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]]":
226	-->'''Patrick:''' Look at him! He's hideous! That square body, those bulging eyes, those buck teeth, and that ''stupid tie!''\
227	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ''[clears throat, glares]''\
228	'''Patrick:''' Oh, but it looks good on you, [=SpongeBob=]!
229	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS3E2KnightTime Knight Time]]", Superman and Robin find out that [[spoiler:Bruce Wayne is being mind-controlled by alien nanites]].
230	-->'''Robin:''' So he's actually being controlled by aliens?! Eeeewwwwwww!\
231	'''[[HumanAliens Superman]]:''' [[YouKnowImBlackRight I'm deeply hurt.]]\
232	'''Robin:''' Sorry.
233	* In [[ObligatoryJoke almost every incarnation]] of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the word "Rat" will be used as an insult at some point, with the speaker quickly apologizing to Splinter after he or she does so.
234	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Wally/Kid Flash makes several disparaging remarks about aliens. Cut to Superboy (Kryptonian) and Miss Martian (obviously a Martian) standing there.
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