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| 12 | [[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/AllStarSuperman https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lex_spit2.png]]]] |
| 13 | [[caption-width-right:350:That's the good in him splattered on the glass.]] |
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| 15 | ->''"He showed her his fangs menacingly, and to his surprise she showed neither fear nor awe. Instead she spat on his face."'' |
| 16 | -->-- ''[[Literature/GotrekAndFelix Gotrek & Felix: Dragonslayer]]'' |
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| 18 | There are many ways to show how much contempt a person has for someone else. One classic way is through spitting. In general, spitting is considered a rather rude, disgusting and unsanitary habit. Spitting on another person is also a form of assault. When somebody is forced to wear that spit on their face? Well... that can be a bit insulting. This can be used by any character, whether they be the protagonist refusing to KneelBeforeZod, the DefiantCaptive's retort to IHaveYouNowMyPretty, or the villain rejecting the hero's offer of a LastSecondChance. |
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| 20 | In fiction, Spiteful Spit usually shows up in three flavors: |
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| 22 | * When one person spits on another, usually the face. |
| 23 | ** A variation on this is spitting on someone's corpse, a sign of ultimate disrespect for that person (not to mention a lack of respect - see DueToTheDead). |
| 24 | * Spitting on a person's prized possession or their food/drinks. This version is more stealth, but still shows quite a bit of contempt. |
| 25 | * Spitting at the mere ''mention'' of the other person's name -- which may be either a show of disrespect or, in some cultures, a way to ward off bad luck associated with a cursed or evil person. |
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| 27 | How someone reacts to being on the ''receiving'' end of this trope can say quite a bit about them. If they lash out instantly, they may be HotBlooded or NotSoStoic. Alternately, a ConsummateProfessional or TheStoic might instead calmly wipe the spit off (if they were spat on directly) or simply ignore it. |
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| 29 | Compare SecondFaceSmoke and ExcrementStatement, which have a similar effect of showing one's disrespect towards another person, but respectively substitute spitting with exhaling cigarette smoke and urinating or defecating on the despised person. |
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| 31 | !!Examples: |
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| 33 | |
| 34 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 35 | * In the ''Manga/Area88'' manga, Taeko spits in Kanzaki's face when she has him arrested for tax evasion. Taeko was furious at Kanzaki for trying to have her murdered and for manipulating Ryoko into a narrowly averted ScarpiaUltimatum. |
| 36 | * ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': Revy does this at the pool Chaka is drowning in after he had his arm sliced off by Ginji for being a huge jerkass. |
| 37 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': |
| 38 | ** When Ichigo is thrown into the shaft to try to regain his powers, after about 70 hours, Jinta and Ururu mock and spit on him after asking if he is thirsty. |
| 39 | ** Yachiru spits on Ikkaku's head after he makes fun of her for her NoSenseOfDirection. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': In an attempt to get Denki to quit his job as a Devil Hunter, [[{{Jerkass}} Aki]] roughs him up, give him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, throws a lit cigarette on him, and ''spits on'' said cigarette. Denki [[GroinAttack made sure he regretted that.]] |
| 41 | * ''Anime/CrossAnge'': |
| 42 | ** When Hilda reveals that she never actually thought of Chris and Rosalie as friends and was just using them, Chris angrily spits in her face. |
| 43 | ** When Jill tries to hold Momoka hostage to force Ange to go along with her plan, Ange spits in her face. |
| 44 | * In the Despair Arc prequel of ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'', [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Hajime]] is beaten up by Juzo, the head of security. Who takes the time to talk how he sees Hajime and the rest of the Reserve Course as useless, hitting it further by spitting on him. |
| 45 | * ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': |
| 46 | ** A rare heroic example when Piccolo "fights" Babidi. After Piccolo chews out Babidi telling him that Majin Buu can still be killed without Babidi's ability to seal him away, [[spoiler: [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe he chops Babidi in half]]]], and then spits on him. |
| 47 | ** Another heroic example when Mr. Satan beats up the psychopath Van Zant, who had shot an innocent puppy, then spits in his general direction. |
| 48 | * ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' also done lots of it. Mostly PlayedForLaughs. Like, spit on people, items or hearing something they don't like. Here the evidence, they have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAJPFU_KAs&t=1m&ab_channel=sterlingstewart Kagura]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAJPFU_KAs&t=1m03s&ab_channel=sterlingstewart Sakata Gintoki]] did it at [[ButtMonkey Hasegawa Taizo (Madao)]]. |
| 49 | * Subverted in the ''Manga/GoldenBoy'' anime's first episode. The president of the software compare Kentaro is working for is utterly livid when she finds out he accidentally deleted their latest project just as it was almost finished. Madame President spits at him, but Kentaro, being the giant pervert that he is, catches said spit in his mouth. She then beats the crap out of him. |
| 50 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 51 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'': Dio Brando visits [[AbusiveParents his abusive father's]] grave just to curse him for being a shitty father and husband in life and spit on the grave. |
| 52 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': When Polnareff is face-to-face with Dio, he certifies how's ready for battle by spitting on one of the curtains in Dio's mansion. |
| 53 | ** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': When Secco finds out Cioccolata has been killed, he starts furiously ranting about how weak the doctor was and spits on the camera he was using to record the {{Snuff Film}}s. |
| 54 | * ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': When he's caught and grappled by cursed spirit Naoya, Noritoshi spits his blood directly into one of Naoya's orifices. Said blood being poison to curses, it harms and distracts Naoya enough for Noritoshi to escape. |
| 55 | * In Season 2 of ''Literature/{{Konosuba}}'', Darkness receives quite a few of this from Axis cultists due to her affiliation with Eris Church. [[TooKinkyToTorture She doesn't mind it even a bit]]. |
| 56 | * ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'': Have Jafar doing this to Koubun Ka while try begging for forgiveness in front Kougyoku Ren. When he think if he apologizes with all his strength, they will forgive him for trying ruin Sinbad's Reputation. Just then, Jafar passes them by and spits at him. |
| 57 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': Buggy spits on Luffy’s straw hat to show his contempt for its former owner Shanks. [[BerserkButton Luffy doesn’t take this well]]. |
| 58 | * In ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Gamma reveals to Gokudera [[spoiler: that the Tenth Vongola Boss was gunned down in plain view of many of his subordinates]]. Gokudera then dives into a fight with Gamma he definitely won't win. When he loses Gamma tortures him for information and Gokudera responds by spitting in his face. |
| 59 | * ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': |
| 60 | ** One of Shishio's {{Mooks}} gets captured by the Kyoto ninja, and spits in defiance when questioned. The head ninja's response is to tell his assistants to break out the long nails and candle wax. |
| 61 | ** Several chapters earlier, while Aoshi's on his way to Kyoto, he sees four of Shishio's {{mooks}} having a picnic around his deceased henchmen's gravestones. He tells the mooks not to desecrate the graves, in response to which one of them contemptuously spits on one gravestone. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Aoshi does not take it well]]. |
| 62 | * In ''Manga/SakuraGari'', Masataka [[spoiler:is brutally tortured and raped by his boss's doctor, Dr. Katsuragi, because the latter has been used as Souma's personal sex toy, and Katsuragi is jealous of him. Later, Katsuragi confesses that he manipulated a young Souma into killing his stepmother, gloating about how he could have Souma to himself (and then proceeding to rape and torture him for years afterward). It's when Katsuragi makes a comment about keeping Masataka as a pet/slave that the latter realizes he's utterly batshit insane, spitting in his face in response]]. |
| 63 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Seiryuu [[LiterallyShatteredLives kills]] Byakko and spits on his severed head [[YouHaveFailedMe for losing to Kuwabara.]] |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 67 | * In the 34th issue of ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'', Travis Cody spits into Buddy's face in retaliation to getting arrested. |
| 68 | * In ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', after [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] kills himself, Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} makes sure to spit on his face before trying to evade the police. |
| 69 | * ''ComicBook/ButtonMan'': Before a four-way match in the desert, an opponent by the name of "Crow" spits at Harry's feet when he notes that the guy is late. |
| 70 | -->'''Crow:''' Sorry about that.\ |
| 71 | '''Harry:''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat You will be.]] |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'': In #30, defiant IRA agent Michael Cobb spits at Sgt. Pei, the Chinese soldier who is torturing him. |
| 73 | * [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] weaponized this once while captured, by charging a piece of gum using his mutant powers, then spitting it in the face of his captor. [[YourHeadASplode The result was messy.]] |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/GroupOf7AMostSecretTale'': When Leaupanne's German Allies inform their prisoners that they'll be contributing to their victory, one of them tells him off and spits to display his refusal. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}:'' Hoover has pranked Herr Starr with the old "Black eye glass" trick, right before he has a meeting with some of the Grail's remaining soldiers. Featherstone is too shocked that he would do that to warn Starr, and she doesn't want him to get killed either. After the meeting, Featherstone tries to apologize to Starr, but without a word, he spits in her face and walks off. |
| 76 | * In ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', when the angel Remiel visits Lucifer and asks him if he'd consider going back to Hell (Remiel and his friend Duma were tasked with watching over Hell after Lucifer quit and Remiel hates it). Lucifer laughs in his face and refuses, then goes on to taunt Remiel for his cowardice and remarks that Duma must have been the one who ultimately had the backbone to take the Key to Hell (he's right). Remiel then spits in Lucifer's face. Lucifer [[TranquilFury calmly]] wipes off the spittle, just as calmly points out that he's still powerful enough to annihilate Remiel...then lets him go content with scaring him out of his wits. |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 78 | ** In ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' (pictured), Superman visits [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] in prison, and tries one more time to convince him to change his ways and use his intellect for the betterment of humanity. Lex's rebuttal is to wordlessly walk up to Superman, and hock one on the glass. |
| 79 | ** In ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'', Harry Hokum has captured Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}, and demands to know why she has come so far from Earth. Supergirl says she will reveal her super secret mission if he comes close enough to hear her whispering... and then she spits right on his eye. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'': Soundwave would spit at the mention of Autobots during his tenure on the UK comic's letters page. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Captain America spits at the wifebeater Pym after reducing him to a pulp. |
| 82 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': In issue 176, Circe spits at Wonder Woman during their fight in response to Diana addressing that her mother Hippolyta gave her life to save the planet. |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 86 | * "Fanfic/AenrhienVailiuri": Maje Tillih spits at Morgan when she's interrogating him, [[spoiler:right before telling her she dishonors her ship by commanding it ([[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain because she's a woman]]) and she kills him for it]]. |
| 87 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3930342/17/Come-What-May Come What May]]'' after being asked if he's learned his lesson post-torture, Harry spits in Voldemort's face. |
| 88 | * In ''Fanfic/DoubleAgentVader'', a captured rebel spits at Tarkin before being executed. |
| 89 | * ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': From [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/post-6355675 "Journey's End,"]] when a guard dislikes the tactics of his enemies: |
| 90 | --> "Keeper Arachne," here the guard spat on the ground, "is what happened. Bastard hollowed out the underground below. One moment, the building was there, and the next there was only a big hole with dust rising from it." His face turned sorrowful as he added "We lost many volunteers who had been lodged there. Most of the priests too, I'm afraid." |
| 91 | * ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsAFairlyOddFriendship'': Timmy does this to Sunset during their huge fight, and later also does it to [[spoiler: Adagio]] when she's trying to force him to give in to her demands. |
| 92 | * In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1097868/chapters/2209070 Escribamens]]'' Harry spits in Draco's face when Draco demands to know who beat Harry up over the summer. |
| 93 | * In ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'', Cyril lowers his bandanna to spit to the side as a disrespectful gesture, in response to some random KnightErrant [[BullyingADragon challenging]] him to a DuelToTheDeath so the knight can have Cyril's head. |
| 94 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11922615/12/Harry-Potter-and-the-Last-Chance Harry Potter and the Last Chance]]'' Harry spits at Voldemort's feet. |
| 95 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8358170/13/The-Hero-and-the-Veela The Hero and the Veela]]'' Harry spits on Goyle's body after beheading him. |
| 96 | * Danny Hebert, in the ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/here-comes-the-new-boss-nothing-like-the-old-boss-worm-au.853195/page-163#post-74447966 Hostile Takeover]], is attacked in his home by [[ThoseWackyNazis Empire Eighty-Eight]] thugs looking for information regarding his daughter, the newest Butcher, who has been knocking over gang operations left and right. Danny begins to prepare for the "old defiant spit" before Taylor [[BigDamnHeroes blazes in and wrecks the gangsters]]. |
| 97 | * Inverted, literally, in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World''. John has just buried the mine-robbers up to their necks in mud, and he gets on hands and knees to gloat at one of them. The mine-robber, a very stern and dignified paladin-type, spits at him. However, John anticipated that, and, using his [[MakingASplash complete control over water]], reverses the spit in midair and makes it hit the guy's face. |
| 98 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6780275/4/The-Last-Casualties The Last Casualties]]'' Remus spits on Harry's abusive aunt and uncle, then states Harry's cousin isn't even worth the spit. |
| 99 | * Jessica gets spit at by a john in ''Fanfic/LostCauses'' after Roger saves her from him: |
| 100 | -->''She never could remember what exactly it was Roger said to the man. It must have been a joke, something so abnormal for the situation that her customer spat at her, hunched his black trenchcoat around his shoulders, and stalked off.'' |
| 101 | * ''Fanfic/MarcBeingInAGangRights'': When he is being questioned by the leader of the gang that kidnapped him, Nathaniel spits in his mouth while it was opened. When angrily questioned why he did that, he admits that he was hoping his anger would get him akumatized, leading Ladybug and Cat Noir where he was kidnapped. |
| 102 | * ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': |
| 103 | ** When Kyril indicates he is performing his mission by bringing Olga and Chloe to the Goddess, Celestine Lucross, Vault spits on the floor at the mere mention of her name, which indicates how much respect he has for his employer. |
| 104 | ** Done by Chloe twice in Chapter 6 of the remastered version, when Kyril, the one who defeated her queen, approaches to deliver her to Olga's cell. |
| 105 | ** During the same chapter, Boris recounts to Kyril about him killing a fellow Black Dog for hurting a dark elf prisoner. She cursed and spat at him before succumbing to her wounds, despite his efforts of assistance. |
| 106 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12633494/1/Not-Long-Enough Not Long Enough]]'' Neville spits in Sabine's face after she denies the existence of his, Harry and Luna's soul bond. |
| 107 | * In the ''Manga/SoulEater'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10677407/1/Oblivion Oblivion]]'', after Medusa has smacked her younger sister Shaula around before saying that Shaula is going to help her with one of her experiments, Shaula spits blood in her eye and vehemently refuses. |
| 108 | * ''Fanfic/OldWest'': In this ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' fanfiction, Rattlesnake Jake's rival [[Characters/OldWest Irvin Worst]] spits at the ground when Jake is mentioned. |
| 109 | * ''Fanfic/OnlyTrulyDead'': Lu Hui spits in Tong's face when he says that he wants to take care of her and their child. |
| 110 | * It's mentioned in ''Fanfic/{{Restraint}}'' that Azula did this towards Zuko in the past: |
| 111 | -->''She has the distinct recollection of Zuko coming to the asylum, days before Azula tried to escape and caused enough carnage to get her sent to the Boiling Rock. He said he was sorry, that he wanted to help her. She spat in his face.'' |
| 112 | * On the ''My Little Pony'' blog ''Blog/TheRoyalSketchbook'', when Twilight arrives to help pillaged villagers, a bandit mocks Twilight's usage of turning villains into friends and [[http://royalsketchbook.tumblr.com/post/172557825084/that-definitely-didnt-go-how-twilight-thought-it then spits in her face.]] |
| 113 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6633092/4/Susan-Bones-and-the-Prisoner-of-Azkaban Susan Bones and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' Cho punches Ginny in the mouth and she spits blood in Cho's face. |
| 114 | * ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' enters its second season with a welcome edit to the scene where the BigBad comes to gloat over a caged Asuna: |
| 115 | -->'''[=YouTube=] comment:''' Wonder if they'll fix [[DamselInDistress the problem the original series had with Asuna in this part?]]\ |
| 116 | (''Asuna hocks a loogie on Sugou's face'')\ |
| 117 | '''[=YouTube=] Comment:''' Yeah, they did. |
| 118 | * In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6359122/chapters/21169568 Talk the Talk]]'' the entire Shunpike family spit on the ground whenever the Ministry of Magic is mentioned. |
| 119 | * ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': When Sir Henry's forces (who slaughtered the rest of her people) are dragging Rivkah towards a forced baptism, she spits in the baptismal font. |
| 120 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6611208/7/Trust-Is-A-Relative-Thing Trust Is a Relative Thing]]'' Aaron Yaxley spits on the ground after mentioning the [=McLaggans=]. |
| 121 | * In ''Fanfic/WinterWar'', Ikkaku spits on the floor when explaining that Ichimaru Gin has taken control of Seireitei and is calling himself "soutaichou". |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 125 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' Steele does this to Balto when taunting him for being a wolf/dog hybrid. |
| 126 | * The beginning of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' has [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Jason Todd]] spitting blood on Joker's face after almost being beaten to death by him. |
| 127 | * In Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', Esmeralda spits on Frollo's face. She does this while tied to a stake, ready to be {{burn|TheWitch}}ed, and [[DefiantToTheEnd this is her answer to Frollo's proposal that she be released in exchange for being "his"]]. |
| 128 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Jewel does this to Mauro, the leader of the marmosets who were sent by Nigel to capture her and Blu. Blu tries to do the same, only for it to dribble down his beak. |
| 129 | -->'''Blu''': Uh...that was meant for you. |
| 130 | * In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', the Gingerbread Man spits in Lord Farquaad's face during his interrogation. |
| 131 | -->'''Farquaad''': Tell me where they're hiding!\ |
| 132 | '''Gingerbread Man''': Eat me! (spits) |
| 133 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Spark}}'' Rebels spit at the mention of Spark's tyrannical uncle. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 137 | * ''Film/FortyFive'': When the priest admits his own sexual desires to Big Al, Al says that he abhors weakness and spits at the priest's feet. |
| 138 | * ''Film/EightWomen'': Augustine thinks Gaby has stolen her shares and physically attacks her for it. The others break them up, so Augustine resorts to spitting on Gaby instead. |
| 139 | * In ''Film/AceVentura: When Nature Calls'', the Wachati tribe spit as a form of greeting. Ace gets on the receiving end many times. |
| 140 | -->"My. Aren't I the popular one?" |
| 141 | * ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''. Penny Priddy does it to Lord John Whorfin while he's interrogating her inside Yoyodyne. |
| 142 | * ''Film/AndStarringPanchoVillaAsHimself''. A grieving widow spits in Pancho Villa's face after she's told her son has been killed. Villa executes her on the spot, to the shock of the watching American moviemakers who'd been portraying Villa as JustLikeRobinHood. |
| 143 | * ''Film/AngerOfTheDead'': Ben spits in Rooker's face [[spoiler:after revealing he set Rooker's prisoner free]]. |
| 144 | * In ''Film/BatmanForever'', Edward Nygma watches a charity circus onTV. He spits at it when Bruce Wayne appears. |
| 145 | * ''Film/BloodyMama'': When the sheriff tells Kate that a girl named Suzie Turner accused the Barker boys of raping her, Kate says, "All right then, you just spit on her for me," and spits in the dust. |
| 146 | * In ''Film/{{Boot Camp|2008}}'', Jack spits contemptuously at Dr. Hail when he first arrives on the island, and is immediately knocked down by Logan. |
| 147 | * In flashback in ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfTheMachineGunWoman'', the Machine Gun Woman spits in Longara's face on the dance floor of the Tango Club. |
| 148 | * ''Film/AClockworkOrange'': Alex's probation officer, Deltoid, spits on his face after he is arrested. |
| 149 | * ''Film/ClownKill'': Charlie spits in Charlie Boy's face while she's BoundAndGagged at his mercy. |
| 150 | * Ahn deliberately spits on Brock's grave at the end of his funeral in ''Film/ColdPursuit''. |
| 151 | * In ''Film/TheConqueror'', when Temujin is captured by the Mongol leader, he announces, "I regret that I cannot salute you as I would. I am bereft of spit." |
| 152 | * ''Film/ConAir'': |
| 153 | ** Guard Falzon lays down the rules on the plane; no spitting, shouting or cursing or else they get [[PoliceBrutality the treatment]]. Inmate Popovich spits and tells him "Fuck you, pig". Falzon elbows him, has him gagged and has a mask put over his face. |
| 154 | ** Bishop spits at Johnny-23's face after Poe saved her from getting raped. |
| 155 | ** While celebrating the escape from the boneyard, the skinny black inmate and Viking can be seen spitting at the hostages. |
| 156 | * ''Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}'' (2011). After General Martius gives the protestors TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, a female protestor replies for them all by spitting on the ground. His only response is a contemptuous DeathGlare and to walk off while his riot troops advance to drive them away. |
| 157 | * In ''Film/TheDaisyChain'', Daisy spits on Cryan, who runs home to frantically wash his cheek. [[spoiler:Which still ends up badly burned.]] |
| 158 | * In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', after Batman crashes the Batpod, one of the Joker's lackeys starts to unmask him but is stunned by the electrified clasps on the cowl. Joker does a manic stomp dance on the lackey and then spits on him. |
| 159 | * In ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin'', Vasily tries to do this when he's tackled and held down. It backfires and [[EpicFail the spit hits his own forehead]]. |
| 160 | * ''Film/DemonKnight'': When the Collector attempts to tempt Jeryline into letting him into the hotel, her response is to spit in his face. |
| 161 | * In ''Film/DesertHeat'', Jessie Hogan spitefully spits a large stream of tobacco juice onto the floor of a pawn shop he just finished extorting, maintaining eye contact the entire time. |
| 162 | * ''Film/DrNo''. After Bond has Miss Taro arrested for being Dr. No's spy/henchwoman, she spits in his face. |
| 163 | * ''Film/DogSoldiers'': [[Characters/DogSoldiers Spoon]] gives a werewolf such a spit [[spoiler:when it and another werewolf overpowers him, [[DefiantToTheEnd right before they eat him]]]]. |
| 164 | * Creator/DavidLynch's ''Film/Dune1984'' |
| 165 | ** Subverted when Liet-Kynes spits on the table in front of Duke Lete Atreides. Duke Leto recognizes the gesture as being friendly (due to how precious any moisture is on a desert planet) and stops Gurney Halleck from mistaking it for this trope and stabbing him. |
| 166 | ** Played straight when Baron Vladimir Harkonnen spits on Jessica Atreides. She's BoundAndGagged so is not in a position to avoid it. |
| 167 | * In ''Film/EverAfter'' Paulette says at one point about Monsieur le Peu "''Horrible'' man. If he didn't buy a bushel of vegetables every week, I'd spit on him!" |
| 168 | * ''Film/TheEvilThatMenDo'' (1984) opens with the [[MadDoctor torture specialist]] villain giving a lecture to a group of army officers with the 'help' of a prisoner who, at one point, spits in his face. The doctor calmly wipes it off and says, "Notice, gentlemen, how the subject clings to compensatory morale, and habitual defences." Then he [[ElectricTorture calls for the electrodes]]. |
| 169 | * Barney Ross does this upon defeating Vilain at the end of ''Film/TheExpendables2''. |
| 170 | * ''Film/{{Faceless}}'': After escaping Gordon and locking him in her padded cell, Barbara spits contemptuously in his face (although the spittle is stopped by the glass in the cell door). |
| 171 | * ''Film/FatalInstinct''. In the {{flashback}} BackStory, Max Shady spat in Ned Ravine’s face when the jury found him guilty. |
| 172 | * In the movie version of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', Golde frequently mimes spitting when talking about people she doesn't approve of. |
| 173 | * ''Film/FireIsland'': In a flashback, both Howie and Noah (who are East Asian) are waiters at a brunch spot. A rude customer calls them "Creator/JackieChan" while asking for a drink refill (it's unclear which one of them he meant) and they respond by spitting into the pitcher and drinking from it, respectively. |
| 174 | * ''Film/FlaviaTheHeretic'': When Flavia is being given ATasteOfTheLash, she is told to beg her father's forgiveness. She instead spits in his direction. |
| 175 | * In ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', Amsterdam spits blood in Bill Cutting's face while pinned to a table and threatened with disfigurement. This prompts Bill to headbutt him viciously. (During the filming of the latter, Creator/DanielDayLewis broke his nose.) |
| 176 | * Done off-screen in ''Film/{{Gattaca}}''. The murderer is discovered when his DNA is found in the spit he left in the victim's eye. |
| 177 | * In ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', Maximus spat after the infamous "Are you not entertained" scene. |
| 178 | * ''Film/GrandpasPsycho'': When [[TheFundamentalist Murry]] has Kelly chained up in his house, he holds her face to look at him and says "You will repent!". In response, Kally spits in his face. |
| 179 | * ''Film/TheGreatStLouisBankRobbery'': After being shot by the police and disarmed, the cops ask Egan how many others are inside the bank. His response is to say "Go to hell!" and spit at them. |
| 180 | * In ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun'' the hobo spits on a pedophile dressed as Santa Claus in his car before blowing his brains out. |
| 181 | * ''Film/HotSpur'': When Jason is ripping her a new one for leading on the cowhands, Susan spits in his face. |
| 182 | * In ''Film/TheHunt2012'', Marcus spits Klara in the face as a sign of his utter contempt for her FalseRapeAccusation against his father. |
| 183 | * ''Film/IKnowWhereImGoing'' has the captain spit to his side, because a young kid recklessly went out into a gale to try and take Joan Webster to the island of Kiloran. |
| 184 | * ''Film/TheInvitation2022'': Deville tries to sell Evie on immortality as a fantastic step up for someone of her “background” (an implied dig at her biracial, working class heritage). She spits in his face for that. |
| 185 | * ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum''. John Wick has to [[CrossingTheDesert walk out into the desert]] to meet the Elder or die trying. His DistaffCounterpart Sofia (whom he's just [[TeethClenchedTeamwork fought side-by-side with]]) looks like she's going to give what's left in her water bottle to John, only to drink it herself, use what's left to rinse out her mouth and then spit that back into the bottle which she ''then'' hands to John. Given the [[NoodleIncident ambiguous nature]] of their past history, it's either SpitefulSpit or a [[TakeThatKiss Take That]] IndirectKiss. |
| 186 | * In ''Film/KeyLargo'', Nora spits in the face of BigBad Rocco out of contempt. |
| 187 | * ''Film/KillBillVol2'': The Bride spits blood in Budd's face after he shoots her. He responds by spitting back - except his spit is far more plentiful and laden with chewed tobacco. |
| 188 | * In ''Film/LargerThanLife'', Jack tricks trucker Tip Tucker into thinking his load has been canceled so he'll give Jack and his elephant Vera a lift. When he realizes he's been tricked, he spits at Jack and then Vera. |
| 189 | * In ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfColonelBlimp'' (1943) Kaunitz, who had been a German prisoner of war during the Boer War, has published accusations that [[TruthInTelevision the British have committed atrocities in South Africa]]; when the film's English hero, Candy, calls him out on it, Kaunitz spits in his face, and [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified Candy punches him.]] |
| 190 | * In ''Film/LittleNicky'', Valerie does this to Adrian. He responds by [[{{Squick}} swallowing it]]. |
| 191 | * ''Film/TheLongGoodFriday''. At the start of the movie, a women dressed in WidowsWeeds lifts her veil to spit at [[LondonGangster Harold Shand]]'s right-hand man. Shand assumes it's a personal matter and doesn't think to follow it up until later, when it becomes obvious that there are things going on in his criminal organisation that he hasn't been told about. The scriptwriter Barrie Keeffe drew inspiration from a [[WriteWhatYouKnow similar incident that happened to him]] when he was a reporter. |
| 192 | * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': |
| 193 | ** ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'' has Wormtongue spitting at Aragorn when the latter offers a hand to help him up. |
| 194 | ** In ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'', this happens during the Siege of Gondor. The defensive catapults hurl a bolder at the Orc Commander. He waits until the last possible second, before casually stepping to the side and contemptuously spitting on it to display the superiority of Orcs over Man. |
| 195 | * ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' has a couple of these. When Nux is gloating to Furiosa what Joe will do to her, she spits on him. He responds by spitting back. Then at the end, after Furiosa [[spoiler: [[TearOffYourFace brutally rips Immortan Joe's face off]]]], Toast spits at his corpse. |
| 196 | * In ''Film/{{Magnolia}}'' Frank Mackey symbolically spits onto the journalist at the end of their interview as he got fed up with her poking in his DarkAndTroubledPast. |
| 197 | * In ''Film/TheMatrix'', Tank forcefully spits after he electrocutes the traitorous Cypher. |
| 198 | * After Hank is first unleashed in ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene'', he crashes the car of a guy he hates. He then writes him a ticket which he sticks to the car by spitting on it. |
| 199 | * In ''Film/MermaidDown'', the mermaid tells the other psychiatric patients through a sign language interpreter that she's not a mentally ill human like they are, but [[BrokenAngel a mermaid whose tail was cut off]]. Reyna, who thinks she's a faker, spits on her and says, "Fuck you, mermaid." |
| 200 | * In ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', the jailer spits on Brian, to the envy of another prisoner. |
| 201 | --> '''Prisoner''': What wouldn't I give, to be spat at in the face! |
| 202 | * ''Film/TheMonumentsMen''. German officer Viktor Stahl tells French archivist Claire Simon to [[YouGetMeCoffee fetch him another champagne glass]] so he can share a toast with Hermann Goering. She selects a glass from the kitchen and spits in it. A member of the staff is looking on in surprise, but [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating when Claire informs her it's for Stahl she spits in the glass as well]]. |
| 203 | * ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'': |
| 204 | ** Kano mocks Shang Tsung's speech to the competitors ("Savor these moments") and then spits out the chicken that he was eating. |
| 205 | ** Liu Kang tells Shang Tsung that he pities him for having no soul. Shang Tsung answers by spitting with contempt and saying "Save your pity for the weak!". |
| 206 | * ''Film/OldPeople'': When the Old Guy is [[DuctTapeForEverything duct taped]] to the stove, Lukas tries to talk to him, only for the Old Guy to spit in his face. |
| 207 | * In the movie ''Literature/OrangesAreNotTheOnlyFruit'', having been abused by her family's church's congregation, Jeanette spits in the face of one of the members when he says "I forgive you." |
| 208 | * ''Film/Persona1966'': Alma discovers Elisabet has been writing and sending out letters detailing things that Alma told her in confidence. Alma confronts Elisabet about it, leading to them fighting and Elisabet slapping her. Alma responds by spitting at her. |
| 209 | * Two examples in the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series: |
| 210 | ** In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', Koehler does this toward Jack Sparrow when he discovers him in the jail. |
| 211 | ** In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'', Captain Barbossa spits on a Spanish soldier he's just cut down. |
| 212 | * In ''Film/{{Predator}}'', Blaine spits his chewing tobacco at Dillon's boot to show that he does not like having a CIA spook like Dillon around. |
| 213 | * In ''Film/TheProfessional'', Mathilda spits at a SWAT officer after he removes his hand from her mouth. |
| 214 | * In ''Film/TheProducers'', Bialystock and Bloom briefly wear swastika armlets in order to appease Liebkind, then put them in a rubbish bin as soon as they are out on the street and spit on them before putting the lid on. |
| 215 | * Late in ''Film/RaisingArizona'', the bounty hunter catches up with H.I. and beats the daylights out of him. As he pulls H.I. up by the collar, H.I. defiantly spits a tooth out at him. |
| 216 | * In ''Film/RelativeFear'', Adam's mother screams at the doctors and nurses for taking her son away, and spits on one of their faces. |
| 217 | * In ''Film/TheRoad'', a thief spits on the cart of belongings to the man and boy at first when he refuses to give them up. He later ends up naked to die in the cold after giving up The Man's stuff and having his clothes taken from him. |
| 218 | * In the Creator/BobHope[=/=]Music/BingCrosby film ''Film/RoadToMorocco'', a camel expresses its displeasure by spitting in Hope's eye. |
| 219 | * In ''Film/RoboCop1987'', when Robo arrests crime lord Clarence Boddicker after shooting up his drug lab, Clarence spits blood in his face (Robo had [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge roughed him up just a bit]] by throwing him through a couple of glass windows). |
| 220 | * ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet2013'': |
| 221 | ** A spit induces a swordfight between the feuding Capulets and Montagues at the beginning. |
| 222 | ** Mercutio spits at Tybalt's feet to goad him into a swordfight. |
| 223 | * In ''Film/TheSaint1997'', Emma runs to the Embassy, pursued by Russian mobsters. When the guard shuts the gate and tells the crooks to step back, their leader spits in his face, and the guard stands his ground looking ''very'' offended. |
| 224 | * ''Film/SaltOfTheEarth'': A disgusted Juan does this when he catches Ramon, a fellow Mexican, trying to break through the picket line. This is all the sheriff needs to arrest Juan on assault charges. |
| 225 | * In ''Film/{{Savages}}'' after learning that she was raped by El Lado, Ophelia spits in his face. He responds by licking it up. |
| 226 | * ''Film/Scarface1983'': Tony Montana curses and spits at Hector the Toad while he is being held hostage by him. |
| 227 | * Happens in ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' with Creator/RobertDowneyJr, when his character is in a fight. He [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge does not take it well]]. |
| 228 | * ''Film/SnuffMovie'': When Angie is tied to a chair and Jack is lambasting her for having sex with Matt, she shuts him up by spitting in his face. |
| 229 | * In ''Film/StarKid'' Manfred or Turbo as he likes to be known, knocks Spencer's comic book on the ground as he's bullying him, spits in it, and shoves it back at him. |
| 230 | * ''Film/StarredUp'': When Eric seals himself in his cell, he spits at Haynes who is looking at him therough the view slot. The gob is stopped by the perspex in the slot, however. |
| 231 | * ''Film/StarshipTroopers''. Zander (Carmen's boyfriend) does this to the Brain Bug just before it sucks out his brain. |
| 232 | * Done symbolically in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' by Khan: [quoting from Melville's ''Literature/MobyDick''] "To the last, I will grapple with thee... from Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!" |
| 233 | * In the Australian cult movie ''Film/{{Stone}}'', the Satan-worshipping biker Dr Death is crawling through a graveyard after being shot. Coming across a beautiful angel statue, he defiantly spits BloodFromTheMouth over it. |
| 234 | * ''Film/TankGirl'': The title character does it to a Water & Power trooper when she's captured. |
| 235 | * In ''Film/TheStrawberryStatement'', a cop [[PoliceBrutality hits a protester in the face with his baton]]. The protester spits blood on the cop's helmet. |
| 236 | * ''Film/TalonFalls'': Sean gives one to the pig-masked employee when he returns to get a new victim for the maze. |
| 237 | * ''Film/TerrorAtBlackFalls'': Billy, one of the saloon's patrons, spits at Juan but falls several feet short. This starts a confrontation that ends with Billy dead. |
| 238 | * In ''Film/Titanic1997'' Rose, to get away from Cal who is keeping her from going to rescue Jack, spits in Cal's face. |
| 239 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/TopSecret''. After the East German general tells Nick Rivers that his manager is dead and that no one will be coming to save him, Nick spits ''across the room'' in the general's face. |
| 240 | * ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. Cohaagen is about to have Melina's personality overwritten. He tells her "We're having you fixed. You're going to be respectful, compliant, and appreciative, the way a woman should be." She spits in his face. |
| 241 | * ''Film/TowerOfLondon'': Before his execution, Lord [=DeVere=] insults Mord by--instead of the traditional fee to the executioner to ensure a good job--handing him a groat and telling him to do his worst. Mord spits on the coin and throws it away. |
| 242 | * In ''Film/Transporter3'', the female lead spits into the BigBad's face out of contempt. He doesn't take it well though. |
| 243 | * This happens twice in ''Film/TheWaterboy''. On Bobby's first day as waterboy for the Mud Dogs, Lyle Robideaux spits in the water cooler just to tick off Bobby. Bobby then has a flashback, remembering a Cougar player doing the same thing, and how Coach Red stopped Bobby from fighting back. |
| 244 | * ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' has the old man whose job is to check the Smoker ship's fuel level by rowing through a sea of oil in the bowel of the ship. When he makes his report, Deacon spits on him. |
| 245 | * In ''Film/{{Willow}}'', [[spoiler: Airk]] spits in [[spoiler: Kael]]'s face after the latter runs him through. |
| 246 | * Invoked in ''Film/TheWomen'' when Miriam Aarons offers to spit in Crystal's eye for Mary. |
| 247 | --> '''Miriam:''' Where I spit no grass grows ''ever''. |
| 248 | [[/folder]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[folder:Jokes]] |
| 251 | * There's a joke about a tourist visiting Texas who gets cornered at a bar by the self-proclaimed local spitting champion, who proves it by hawking three loogies in quick succession not an inch from the tourist's face. The tourist responds by spitting square in the guy's face and saying he's a beginner. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 255 | * ''Literature/TheAliceNetwork'': |
| 256 | ** When Eve visits Violette, who is now running a china shop, Violette spits in her face. Eve ignores this, feeling she deserves it, even as she continues to insult and berate Violette. |
| 257 | ** When Eve is being tortured for information, her only viable weapon is her mouth. She spits in her torturer's face and later bites him on the lip. |
| 258 | * In Craig Shaw Gardner's ''Bride of the Slime Monster'' when Doctor Dread asks Delores and her companions if there's going to be any groveling for mercy, she spits on his shoes. |
| 259 | * ''Literature/DannyTheChampionOfTheWorld'': A keeper spits at Danny's father, following a DeadpanSnarker reply. |
| 260 | -->"What are we playing?" my father said. "Twenty Questions?"\ |
| 261 | The keeper spat out a big gob of spit which went sailing through the air and landed close to my father's plaster foot. It looked like a little baby oyster lying there. |
| 262 | |
| 263 | * ''Literature/DelicateCondition'': Medical student Rayna goes out of her way to spit at the feet of the Dr. J Marion statue in Central Park whenever she walks by. As a Black woman, it infuriates her when her professors call him "[[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563360/ the father of modern gynecology]]", without acknowledging he [[TestedOnHumans practiced his procedures on enslaved women]] or that he didn't bother with anesthesia. |
| 264 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', ''Literature/BattleGround'': As he dies impaled on her weapon, [[spoiler:[[SacrificialLion Hendricks]]]] spits scornfully at Ethniu. The [[DefiantToTheEnd gesture of contempt]] from a human "insect" infuriates Ethniu, contributing slightly to her VillainousBreakdown. |
| 265 | * Played with in ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' book ''Five Fall into Adventure''. While the Five are relaxing on the beach, the ragamuffin girl Jo spits damson stones at them, for her own amusement. To persuade Jo to go away, Dick challenges her to spit stones out further than him, saying that if he wins, Jo must go away; but Jo wins handsomely. Later, Dick says solemnly to Jo "otherwise, we shall treat you as one of the sour damson stones - only fit to be spat out as far away as possible". |
| 266 | * In the ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'' series by Creator/DavidWeber: [[spoiler: Gwylym Manthyr is the last of his crew to be tortured to death on a rack, and his voice has been taken by months of ColdBloodedTorture. So when Grand Inquisitor Zhaspahr Clyntahn performs his 'cow the heretic' act before the crowd, [[KickTheDog knowing Manthyr can't speak]], Manthyr finds a way. And as [[DyingMomentOfAwesome he dies, he gets to savor the look on the Grand Inquisitors face]]]]. |
| 267 | * In ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'', Bob Ewell spits on Atticus when the lawyer decides that he will defend Tom Robinson in court. |
| 268 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'': |
| 269 | ** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Karkaroff accuses Dumbledore of cheating in the Triwizard Tournament when his champion Krum is attacked by a delusional Barty Crouch. He follows his tirade by spitting at Dumbledore's feet...which pisses Hagrid off and slams him up against a tree. |
| 270 | ** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Amycus Carrow spits in Professor [=McGonagall=]'s face. This doesn't sit well with Harry. |
| 271 | * ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'': |
| 272 | ** Subverted in the [[Literature/{{Dune}} original novel]] where a Fremen spits on the prince's desk and it almost ends in violence. Then it is explained that it's actually a local form of showing respect--on Arrakis, water is that valuable. |
| 273 | ** ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune'' plays it straight, where spitting on a ''person'' implies they're not worth any water. |
| 274 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]]: |
| 275 | ** Creator/AlanDeanFoster's novel ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye''. Captain-Supervisor Grammel insults the Yuzzem by saying that they stink. One of the Yuzzem retaliates by spitting a blob of saliva and hitting him on the back of the neck. Later, when Leia takes up Luke's lightsaber to fight [[spoiler: ''Darth Vader'' - yes, she is a badass]], and he laughs at her, she spits at him. |
| 276 | ** In ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Solo Command]]'', a captured enemy scientist spits on Nawara Ven, who takes it in stride. It's rather satisfying; she's got a serious case of FantasticRacism, and he's a nonhuman who's been bearing up calmly under it for half the book. |
| 277 | --->He brought out a handkerchief of fine cloth, wiped the sputum away, and discarded it, as though the substance were poison, ruining the cloth forevermore. |
| 278 | ** Defied, though, by Jaina Solo in the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' when Kyp Durron involves her in his latest scheme. She says, venomously, that if he were dying of thirst [[ThirstyDesert on Tatooine]] she [[NotWorthKilling wouldn't]] spit on him. (Presumably because in some small way that might help him -- which she categorically refuses to do.) |
| 279 | * Used and subverted in ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall''. On one hand, Kel needs to find a gesture to show the Chamber that it won't break her with its nightmarish visions. On the other, it's later "an offering of herself" to appease any restless ghosts. |
| 280 | * In ''Literature/LesMiserables'', Fantine, fallen as low as she can get (a whore, sick with tuberculosis, and arrested for attacking a bourgeois) spits in the face of the mayor, because his strict laws about moral conduct were what drove her to her state. The mayor, being a MessianicArchetype, forgives her for it almost at once. |
| 281 | * In ''Literature/BloodyJack'' [[AlphaBitch Clarissa]] once spits full in Jacky's face in contempt. |
| 282 | * Bertha, Rochester's insane wife in ''Literature/JaneEyre'' does this to the titular character. |
| 283 | * Russ Martin's ''Literature/ThePossessionOfJessicaYoung''. The title character is about to undergo malicious brain surgery at the orders of Abbott, a leader of a Satanic organization. As he's gloating over her she spits in his face. |
| 284 | * In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', Katniss, with a mixture of blood ''and'' spit, does this to Clove while she's pinned and almost killed by her at the feast at the cornucopia. |
| 285 | * ''Literature/MobyDick'': "To the last, I will grapple with thee... from Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!" |
| 286 | * A palace guard spits on {{Literature/Flashman}}'s shadow in ''Flashman and the Great Game''. Given that he's FamedInStory, Flashman calmly tells the guard he can tell his grandchildren that he spat on the shadow of Bloody Lance and lived. Cue OhCrap from the spitee. |
| 287 | * ''Literature/TheExecutioner'': |
| 288 | ** In "Ambush on Blood River", David [=McCarter=] spits in the face of a StateSec torturer so [[TakeMeInstead he will select Carter for torture]] instead of another member of their group who is more likely to talk. |
| 289 | ** In the second Literature/PhoenixForce novel ''Guerilla Games'', a hostage spits in the face of a terrorist leader. He has her strapped to a table and starts removing every second tooth with pliers, alternating so the top and bottom rows don't match up. |
| 290 | * "Literature/TheTamariskHunter": When the word "California" falls in conversation, seeing as it has gained complete control over the Colorado River and taken the water of the towns on it away. |
| 291 | * ''Literature/KateShugak'': A dying Erland Bannister attempts to spit on Kate in ''Less Than a Treason''. He is so feeble by this stage that his phlegm does not even reach her, but lands on his bed. |
| 292 | * In ''Literature/TailchasersSong'' the cat equivalent of this is spraying another cat in the face. |
| 293 | * Thursday does this in ''[[Literature/ThursdayNext Lost in a Good Book]]'' to Brick Shitt-Hawse, having realised that Brick has just had her husband [[{{Retgone}} eradicated]]. |
| 294 | -->''I've never spat in someone's face before, but it was a good one - I got him right in the eye.'' |
| 295 | * ''Literature/TheWitches'': |
| 296 | ** When a hotel guest complains about tough meat, the chef dishes up a replacement, and says "come on boys, give her some gravy!", before passing the plate around the kitchen, to be spat on by all the cooks and kitchen boys. Later the guest reports that the defiled meat was really tasty. |
| 297 | ** Witches have blue spit, which they use to write with; but for all their cruelty to children, they never spit, as this would give them away. |
| 298 | * ''Literature/XandriCorelel'': A captured mercenary in ''Testing Pandora'' tries to spit on Captain Chui, but he misses, and the spit lands harmlessly at her feet. |
| 299 | * ''Literature/EyeOfAFly'': Ernest's Aunt Faith used to occasionally take him to church. When his antireligious father found out, he went to the church and spat at the minister. |
| 300 | * ''Literature/AmericanGods'': At [[LastDisrespects Laura's funeral]], one of her friends spits on her face in full view of Laura's husband, then flatly tells him that Laura was [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder having an affair]] with her own husband and was giving him oral sex before her deadly car accident. |
| 301 | * ''Literature/TheGoldfishBoy'': While Matthew's enemy Jake is walking by his house, he stops to cough up a lump of phlegm onto the front walk. |
| 302 | * In the ''Literature/{{Bounders}}'' novel ''Fractured Futures'', Denver and Jasper interrogate a misguided member of LaResistance who tried to launch a very minor terror attack. She tries to spit on Denver, but falls short, and a drop only lands on his shoe. After that, Denver and Jasper make sure to sit out of spitting range. |
| 303 | * In the ''Literature/PilgrennonsChildren'' novel ''The Emerald Forge'', the villain Sanderson spits on the floor while complaining about America, "land where a minority of intelligent people work in state-of-the-art facilities to advance scientific understanding, so their majority of [[{{Eagleland}} obese illiterate religious-fundamentalist rednecks]] can have weapons of mass destruction to go with their fast food meals." |
| 304 | * ''Literature/TheNowhereGirls'': After Rosina found out about Lucy's gang rape, she spat on the nose of Eric, one of the popular boys who did it. He just laughed, called her a spic dyke, and walked away. After that, Rosina decided caring was a waste of time. |
| 305 | * ''Literature/TheBoyFromAleppoWhoPaintedTheWar'': When soldiers kidnap [[spoiler:Yasmine]], Adam tries to hold onto her skirt, but one of the soldiers shoves him to the ground and spits on him. |
| 306 | * ''Literature/ForbiddenSea'': At the beginning of ''Shadow in the Sea'', Sadelyn is tied to a railing, on her way to the town where [[ClearMyName her murder trial]] will occur. When Captain Westwood, the real killer, tries to talk to her, Sadelyn spits on his cheek. |
| 307 | * In ''Literature/LilyAndDunkin'', JerkJock Vasquez spits on trans girl Lily when she wears nail polish to school. |
| 308 | * According to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' history, Harren the Black spat as a response to Aegon the Conqueror's threats. |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 312 | * ''Series/AllMyChildren'': After Michael Cambias' death, before which he had [[HatedByAll earned the hatred of everyone in Pine Valley]] for his [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape of Bianca]], Bianca's then-lover Lena personally spits on his grave. |
| 313 | * A bit of a RunningGag in ''Series/AlloAllo'', set in Nazi-occupied France. René's elderly mother-in-law would frequently show her disgust for the Germans by spitting, get carried away and start spitting on everyone around. A mere mention of Germans is enough to set her off. |
| 314 | * ''Series/AlteredCarbon'': Takeshi Kovacs drags a seriously wounded Detective Ortega into a hospital, only to be told by a [[LackOfEmpathy rather disinterested nurse]] that Ortega hasn't got the credit for proper medical care. So Kovacs spits on the desk in front of the nurse. He's actually providing DNA authentication for his employer's ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount, but this trope is implied. |
| 315 | * ''Series/AmericanGothic1995'': Lucas Buck has an open casket [[NotQuiteDead funeral]] and the town turns up to [[VillainWithGoodPublicity show their respect]]. One man with a hook for a hand however tries to slash Buck's face in revenge but is restrained, so he spits on Buck instead. A blind man who's next in line then tries to mop up the result. "You were always good to ''me''." |
| 316 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'': |
| 317 | ** In "[[Recap/AngelS04E13Salvage Salvage]]", while being severely beaten, Faith is DefiantToTheEnd and hocks a loogie of [[BloodFromTheMouth her own blood]] in The Beast's face. |
| 318 | ** The catchphrase of the head of the Italian branch of Wolfram & Hart in "[[Recap/AngelS05E20TheGirlInQuestion The Girl in Question]]": |
| 319 | --->"[[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain The gypsies are filthy people]]. *spit* We shall speak of them no more." ''([[RunningGag She does]])'' |
| 320 | ** After years of absence, Lorne returns home and has a touching reunion with his mom in "[[Recap/AngelS02E21ThroughTheLookingGlass Through the Looking Glass]]". |
| 321 | --->"I've often prayed that I might look upon your face. ''(spits in Lorne's face)'' [[BaitAndSwitchComment You have shamed our clan and betrayed our kind]]." |
| 322 | * In ''[[Series/{{Blackadder}} Blackadder II]]'', the guards spit on Blackadder and Melchett's food. Being German sticklers for efficiency, they do this in unison. |
| 323 | * ''Series/{{Bones}}'': |
| 324 | ** In one episode, the Perp Of The Week was caught because he spat on the victim after he killed him, so they were able to trace his DNA. |
| 325 | ** In another episode, Booth and Brennan were investigating a death metal band, and interrupted their practice to question them. Booth whipped out his badge and asked them to stop playing. The lead singer spit on the badge, so Booth pulled out his gun and shot their amps, freaking out the band. When one of them asked him if he would put away his gun, he calmly told them he was thinking about it while wiping off his badge on the lead's pants. |
| 326 | * ''Series/TheBoys2019'': In "[[Recap/TheBoysS03E07HereComesACandleToLightYouToBed Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed]]", Black Noir's recollection of [[spoiler:Psyback betraying Soldier Boy partly due to his excessive abuse of them]] shows [[spoiler:Crimson Countess]] hissing, "Fuck you, you motherfucker!" at Soldier Boy's unconscious body, followed promptly by a Spiteful Spit. |
| 327 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 328 | ** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E19ToughLove Tough Love]]", Willow almost manages to kill Glory. After she's used up all her magic and it looks like Glory will squash her like a bug, Willow spits in her face. It's worth mentioning that Glory is a ''god''. |
| 329 | ** When [[GrandTheftMe Buffy is in Faith's body]] in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You?]]", a member of the Watcher's Council spec ops team spits in her face, and Buffy starts to understand where Faith's me-against-the-world attitude comes from. |
| 330 | * ''Series/ClassOf09'': After her undercover op helps bust a corrupt police department, Poet's superior while there spits right in her face after he's arrested. |
| 331 | * On ''Series/CobraKai'', after Hawk delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Brucks, one of the boys who bullied him and teased him about his lip scar, the last thing he did was spit on him. |
| 332 | * This is a running gag in ''Series/CornerGas'': Residents of Dog River all reflexively turn their heads and spit on the ground (or floor) at the mention of their rival, neighboring town of Wullerton. |
| 333 | * ''Series/{{CSI}}'': |
| 334 | ** In "Leapin' Lizards", a man takes advantage of a conspiracy theory to manipulate several people, including getting a woman to give him money and an alibi for killing his wife by claiming he had cured her cancer. When she discovers the truth and he's arrested, she passes by him at the end of the episode and spits on him. |
| 335 | ** Dr. Langston gets a massive blob of phlegm on the side of his face in the episode showing his first day after trying to assure a boy who turned his junkie mother in that he did the right thing. |
| 336 | ** In a Season 1 episode, Brass's estranged daughter deliberately spits on his badge after being arrested for drug smuggling. [[spoiler: This is how the team find out Ellie isn't Jim's biological daughter.]] |
| 337 | * On ''{{Series/CSINY}}'', Hawkes gets it from a notorious racist. Danny suggests Hawkes not accompany him to question the guy, since Hawkes is black, but Hawkes won't be intimidated. The guy spits on him, then makes a remark about there not being a law against spitting on an animal. Hawkes stays calm, but Danny, who always did have a quick temper, punches the guy and gets suspended for it. |
| 338 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 339 | ** The "actually, it's an alien way of showing respect" subversion has also been used in the episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld The End of the World]]". |
| 340 | ** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood Robot of Sherwood]]", Quayle spits in the Sheriff's face when the Sheriff and his knights are looting the village. The Sheriff responds by stabbing him in the stomach. |
| 341 | * ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'': Marie spits at the mention Robert's ex-wife, Joanne. |
| 342 | * On ''Series/FlavorOfLove'' when Pumkin was eliminated, she famously spit in rival New York's face. |
| 343 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 344 | ** [[BoisterousBruiser Greatjon Umber]] makes his thoughts on the SuccessionCrisis clear: |
| 345 | --->'''Greatjon Umber:''' My lords! Here's what I say to these two kings! [spits] Renly Baratheon is nothing to me! Nor Stannis neither! |
| 346 | ** In Season 2, a captive Rodrick Cassel spits in Theon Greyjoy's face to show his contempt for Theon choosing his family over his king. Theon is forced to behead him to maintain his men's respect. |
| 347 | ** Theon gets spat on in Season 4. Theon is trying to convince his fellow Ironborn to surrender. Their commander who's got BloodFromTheMouth spits some in Theon's face to show his contempt for that idea. |
| 348 | ** In Season 4, CombatPragmatist Karl Tanner spits in Jon Snow's face to distract him during their fight. Learning from this, Jon spits blood in the face of Styr of the Thenns while he's on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, distracting him enough to grab an ImprovisedWeapon. |
| 349 | * ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' played it for laughs in an episode where Sophia was mad at Dorothy for something. |
| 350 | -->'''Sophia''': I spit at your name. I have no daughter named Dorothy. *tries to spit* I have no spit. |
| 351 | * One episode of ''Series/TheATeam'' deals with a loan shark that is terrorizing local businesses. An enforcer arrives at Hannibal's funeral and says he's going to spit in his face. As he leaned in to spit, Hannibal opened his eyes, revealed the gun he had hidden and declared, "Aye, sonny. I'm back!" |
| 352 | * ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': |
| 353 | ** Fish Mooney spits at Bob, the TortureTechnician sent to 'extract an apology' from her in "Welcome Back, Jim Gordon". |
| 354 | ** Barbara spits at the Ogre when he is holding her prisoner in his apartment in "The Anvil or the Hammer". |
| 355 | ** Essen spits at Jerome when the Maniax invade the police station in "Knock, Knock". |
| 356 | * ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'': Mack attends Gina's Halloween party in season four and asks a jealous Ricky to grab him a drink. Ricky does so, but takes a sip from his own and spits it back into Mack's before bringing it over to him. |
| 357 | * ''Series/InFromTheCold'': A particularly disgusting variation: while scolding her, Svetlana forces Anya's mouth open and spits into it. |
| 358 | * ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' Jonas spits on Vandal Savage after the latter asks him if he's foolish or brave. Considering Jonas is just as kid shows he has some brass just like his father Rip Hunter. |
| 359 | * In ''Series/LittleBritain'', Marjorie Dawes spits on Vanessa Feltz, foreshadowed by the narration "If I see a fat person, I spit on them". |
| 360 | * The ''Series/MiamiVice'' episode "Sons And Lovers": as Angelina is [[spoiler: tied up in a explosion-wired car and left to die by her brother, Ivan]], he tells her good riddance and spits in her face. |
| 361 | * ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': In "Hangman", Fox spits in the hangman's face as he puts the noose round his neck. |
| 362 | * ''Series/NightCourt'': In "The Gypsy", an irate medium named Madame Loretta shows her contempt of Judge Harry Stone this way. |
| 363 | -->'''Madame Loretta''': I spit on your justice! Ptoo!\ |
| 364 | '''Judge Harry''': You probably should have waited until you were on the subway. That'll be a fifty dollar fine.\ |
| 365 | '''Madame Loretta''': Ptoo!\ |
| 366 | '''Judge Harry''': Okay, make it a hundred dollar fine!\ |
| 367 | '''Madame Loretta''': Ptoo!\ |
| 368 | '''Judge Harry''': Mac, are you keeping a running tab?\ |
| 369 | '''Mac''': Yes sir, if she doesn't run out we'll be able to afford that new panelling. |
| 370 | * ''Series/TheNuttHouse'': Big Jake Herder spits sunflower seeds just past Norman Shrike, seeming to aim at him. When Big Jake quietly asks him about the Nutt House, Norman leans in to hear what he said, only for Jake to spit into his ear. |
| 371 | * ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' has a gag when the citizens of Pawnee spit when they hear about their rival town Eagleton. |
| 372 | * ''Pirates'', a documentary by David Cohen, depicts how pirates captured UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar in 78 BC when he was still a young Roman officer and held him for ransom. Their arrogant captive annoys them by insisting on reading them his poetry, causing the pirate captain to spit in contempt. Later Caesar returns with several legions and has them all crucified, announcing that their deaths will be [[BlatantLies relatively merciful]] because they didn't torture him. Even though he's strung up on a cross, the [[DefiantToTheEnd pirate captain spits again]]. |
| 373 | * ''Series/{{Rome}}'': |
| 374 | ** Servilia was Caesar's mistress, but after he ditched her for political reasons she [[WomanScorned conspires against him, eventually arranging his assassination]]. When Servilia turns up to pay her respects to the body, Caesar's wife spits in her face. Twice. |
| 375 | ** Eirene is ordered to take food to a bedridden Pullo, despite his having [[CrazyJealousGuy beaten to death her lover]]. She spits in his food before serving it to him. Pullo feels guilty over his act, so he eats anyway. |
| 376 | ** Vorenus isn't happy about having to bribe an overseer to enter a mine where slaves are being worked to death in the heat and dust. |
| 377 | --->'''Vorenus:''' Corrupt scum! ''(spits)''\ |
| 378 | '''Pullo:''' Your spit dries fast here, brother. Best to save it. |
| 379 | * ''Series/SexEducation'': Eric and his bully Adam are in detention together and are supposed to clean one room at school. Adam keeps annoying Eric and then they start wrestling. As Adam holds Eric down, Eric spits at Adam's face. He immediately says sorry but Adam spits back at him. However, their fight turns into kissing... |
| 380 | * ''Series/StarHunter'' has an episode where Claudette Roche spits on a time manipulating criminal. |
| 381 | * ''Series/WarriorNun'' has the extremely kind and sweet-natured Sister Camila's attack on [[spoiler:the Angel Adriel]]. She shoots him in the back with a crossbow, pulls the bolt out and does a fast reload, shoots him ''again'', this time in the head, and then finally spits on him just for good measure. |
| 382 | * ''Series/TheWire'': Michael asks Chris Partlow to kill his stepfather, Devar. Normally Chris carries out hits in a dispassionate manner, killing with a headshot. However, it's implied that Devar has sexually abused Michael, and upon hearing Devar admit to raping other inmates in prison (or at least, that's what Chris takes from it), Chris beats him to a bloody pulp, spitting on the corpse afterwards. This backfires because this provides police with DNA evidence that pins Chris to a murder. |
| 383 | * ''Series/WithoutATrace''. After a fleeing suspect shoves Agent Martin Fitzgerald down a flight of stairs, aggravating an injury he'd only just recovered from, Martin jumps back up, punches his lights out, and caps it off by spitting on him, both angry and in pain. |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 387 | * In the Music/{{Eminem}} music video for "The Real Slim Shady", he appears as a fast food restaurant worker who spits in the food of a customer. |
| 388 | * The third variation starts off Music/PaulSimon's "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard." |
| 389 | ->''Mama looked down and spit on the ground every time my name gets mentioned.'' |
| 390 | * Music/PinkFloyd's Roger Waters spit on a fan out of spite in the last concert of the "Animals" tour, which, along with his revelation about what he was becoming, caused Pink Floyd to create ''Music/TheWall''. |
| 391 | * In "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Music/{{Queen}}, "So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?" |
| 392 | * Music/TupacShakur had an infamous incident when he spat at reporters after he left a courtroom. |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 396 | * In the 1970s IWA, Ernie Ladd, unusually working as a baby {{face}}, offered a hand as a sign of good will only for his opponent, Bobby Garcia, to spit on it. |
| 397 | * Wrestling/TheIronSheik would describe Iran as "Number One!" and the USA as "Hack-ptooey!" |
| 398 | * Wrestling/BretHart spat in the face of Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at Wrestling/SummerSlam 1997. |
| 399 | * Wrestling/BretHart spat in Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's face following the Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob. |
| 400 | * During the finals of the '98 King of the Ring tournament between [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and Wrestling/KenShamrock, the Rock confronted Wrestling/TripleH, who was providing guest commentary as last year's winner. Leading to Triple H spitting water into the Rock's face. |
| 401 | * During a funeral for Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} on Nitro in 2001, Wrestling/ScottSteiner said, "This is what I think of Bill Goldberg", before opening the casket in the ring and spitting in it. |
| 402 | * During Wrestling/RandyOrton's "Legend Killer" gimmick, Wrestling/MickFoley, who was to face him, decided to quit. When Orton confronted him, Mick refused to fight him. Leading Orton to say to him "You're not a legend. You're a coward" before spitting in his face. |
| 403 | * The basis of Wrestling/{{Carlito| Colon}}'s WWE gimmick was eating apples and spitting on people who he did not think were cool. |
| 404 | * After flooring Wrestling/GailKim during a Wrestling/{{Toryumon}} Mexico match, Wrestling/{{Nidia}} [[BattleStrip pulled off her shirt]] after [[CheapHeat waving to the crowd]], then trampled and then spat on it before throwing it to an audience member. |
| 405 | * In Wrestling/{{A|llJapanWomensProWrestling}}JW, Nanae Takahashi takes a drink from a fan in the crowd and then spits it all over her former {{tag team}} partner Ayako Hamada. |
| 406 | * Wrestling/CMPunk claimed this is how diseases get started at ROH's Fifth Year Festival in the UK while watching former Generation Next stablemates Alex Shelley and Wrestling/RoderickStrong spit on each other. |
| 407 | * The Knight Dynasty received a warm welcome when they debuted in Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} but pissed off those same fans so quickly some audience members actually spat at them. |
| 408 | * Spite Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie and she will likely spit on you. After spitting on Wrestling/KimberLee in Wrestling/{{WSU}} ([[ContinuityNod for her crap in]] Wrestling/{{CZW}}) Von Eerie was then spat on by Lee's tag team partner, Annie Social. |
| 409 | * Wrestling/MercedesMartinez's response when its made painfully clear to her that Jessicka Havok's death threats were serious and there is nothing she can do about it about except submit? Well, you're on this page so you know she spat! |
| 410 | * Wrestling/LowKi, upon his return to Wrestling/RingOfHonor, assaulted then champion Wrestling/SamoaJoe and spat on the promotion's World Title belt. |
| 411 | * When Wrestling/JimmyJacobs had to put his Mr. Chainsaw Productions World Title on the line against against [[Wrestling/SethRollins Tyler Black]], Jacobs started his defense by spitting on Black. |
| 412 | * [[Wrestling/SamiZayn El Generico]] and [[Wrestling/KevinOwens Kevin Steen]] started off this way at Wrestling/RingOfHonor's ''Final Battle 2010''. |
| 413 | * At ''Money in the Bank 2011'', Wrestling/{{Christian}} spit in Randy Orton's face, enraging him into kicking Christian in the groin and getting himself disqualified, which was exactly what Christian wanted as the title could be lost that way. During their rematch at ''Summerslam 2011'', Christian decided to spit in a seemingly unconscious Orton's face before hitting him with the Conchairto, but this backfires because the spit woke Orton up and allowed him to dodge the Conchairto. |
| 414 | * At nCw Femme Fatales X, Kellie Skater spat her protein shake in the face of the International Champion Kalamity. |
| 415 | * After Wrestling/JimmyJacobs spat water all over ACH, he returned the favor on both Jacobs and his former Adrenaline Rush partner turned Decade Ta'Darius. |
| 416 | * Wrestling/JamesStorm got into the habit of spitting beer on his adversaries; on a 2014 ''[[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] Impact'' he even likened spitting beer to an American virtue. |
| 417 | * Act Yasukawa, [[WildCard a heel who never hears herself get booed]], once spat the rum she usually brings to the ring on a fan who was chanting at her name. This resulted in more fans chanting her name and lining up to be spat on. In a ''Pro Wrestling Is Art'' interview, she described having water spat on her by Miho Wakizawa to be horrible and could not understand why people enjoy it. |
| 418 | * After Monster Tarver answered Rhett Gidden's challenge in FIP by punching him and drawing BloodFromTheMouth, Giddens in turn responded by spitting that blood in his face. |
| 419 | * After retreating from the ring, away from a chair wielding Adam Page at ''Supercard of Honor X'', BJ Whitmer spat back upwards into Page's face. |
| 420 | * Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa set the tone for The Heart Of SHIMMER Championship tournament by spitting on the crumpled form of Leva Bates after advancing into the second round. |
| 421 | * Orlando Colon spat in the face of "The Precious One" Gilbert on the July 20 2019 ''WWC Superestrellas'' while Gilbert had him restrained by El Gran Armando and Pedro Portillo III and was starting to take off Orlando's shirt for more skin to cut open after busting open Orlando's forehead [[GrievousBottleyHarm with a wine bottle.]] |
| 422 | * The Rock: |
| 423 | ** One of his trademark moves is spitting in his hand before punching his opponent. |
| 424 | ** During his and Hulk Hogan's final promo before their second match, The Rock appears to want to shake Hogan's hand but he spits at his face instead. |
| 425 | [[/folder]] |
| 426 | |
| 427 | [[folder:Religion]] |
| 428 | * In ''Literature/TheBible'': In Deuteronomy 25:5-6, if a woman's husband dies and leaves her without children, and if the husband has an unmarried brother living nearby, then [[MandatoryFatherhood the brother must marry the husband's widow so that the first child he sires through her (ideally a son) will carry on the dead husband's name so that it will not be blotted out in Israel]]. If the brother decides that he's not going to marry her, verses 7 to 10 says that he must be brought before the elders, and if he declares that he still isn't going to marry her, then the widow may pull off his sandal, spit in his face, and say "So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house." And from that day on, his house will be called "the house of the unsandaled man." |
| 429 | * The ''Literature/BookOfIsaiah'' in traditional Christian interpretation prophesies that God's Suffering Servant, who is Jesus Christ, would be treated with shameful spitting, as He eventually does at His arrest, trial, and crucifixion. |
| 430 | [[/folder]] |
| 431 | |
| 432 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 433 | * Very common in ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' when Fantine has been arrested and Valjean comes to her rescue, she reminds him that he wouldn't listen to her when she worked for him, so he's directly responsible for her plight now. Cue spit. (This also is in the novel.) |
| 434 | * ''Theatre/MasterHaroldAndTheBoys'': At one point, Harold loses his temper and orders Sam to call him "Master Harold" instead of "Hally", then spits in Sam's face. |
| 435 | * In ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', Shylock notes that Anton would literally spit on him as a way of showing contempt. |
| 436 | * In ''Theatre/RichardIII'', Lady Anne spits at the title character who murdered her husband and father [[ComfortingTheWidow when he tries to seduce her]]. |
| 437 | * ''Theatre/TimonOfAthens'': "Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!" |
| 438 | [[/folder]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 441 | * In ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'', Zara is taunted by Tilkici as he's getting ready to kill her she spits in his face, grabs his knife, and then stabs him in the throat. She then cuts her legs free from the rope he tied her with. |
| 442 | * In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'' the player can have Farah [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_3Yy9FaDI0 do this repeatedly to Barkov when he's interrogating her]]. |
| 443 | * In ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'', during a cutscene in the allied campaign, captive allied commando Tanya Adams spits in the face of her Soviet interrogator who responds [[spoiler:"I was hoping you'd say that.", wiping the spit from his face with his finger and licking it]]. |
| 444 | * In ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans2'' during a cutscene, one of the KGB agents spits at the thought of the Americans and the alien they're after. |
| 445 | * ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series: |
| 446 | ** Nero does this to Agnus in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' after the latter [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled him with an oversized demonic sword.]] At that point though, it's more [[BloodFromTheMouth blood]] than saliva. |
| 447 | ** In ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'', Dante gives one to a plummeting Mundus after being saved by Vergil. The camera even tracks the spit until it lands on the demon king's face. |
| 448 | * In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', following the scene when Fenris kills Hadriana, Fenris may spit on the ground when Hawke reminds him he promised to spare her life. In another quest, Isabela spits on the ground when she plays along with being turned over to Velasco as a captive for Castillon. |
| 449 | * The Enforcer enemy from ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' does this as an attack, causing a brief InterfaceScrew and green saliva running down the screen if it connects. |
| 450 | * The Fremen version (see ''Dune'') appears in ''VideoGame/EmperorBattleForDune'', but the Fremen in question spits on a table instead of at someone. Gunseng Harkonnen spits his older brother Copec in the face after Copec beat him to [[KlingonPromotion usurping their father]]; Copec immediately responds (sarcastically) that Gunseng apparently has 'gone native' and adopted Fremen customs for his own. |
| 451 | * In the WWII-game ''VideoGame/EnemyFront'', the French resistance fighter Josephine spits on the ground as her German captors surrounds her with their guns. |
| 452 | * In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', [[MultipleEndings one of the Caesar's Legion endings]] has [[spoiler:Boone]] spit chewing tobacco into the eye of [[BigBad Legate Lanius]] in front of the entire Legion as a [[DefiantToTheEnd last show of defiance before being crucified.]] |
| 453 | * In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'', the Witch of the Woods revives Mimir's head. After confirming that the ritual worked and Mimir can speak and understand her...she spits in his face. [[spoiler:This is because the Witch, aka Freya, has not forgiven Mimir for arranging her disastrous marriage with Odin.]] |
| 454 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'': |
| 455 | ** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'' Victor Vance spits on Martinez after killing him for screwing him over this whole time (starting with getting him kicked out of the army). |
| 456 | ** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' Martin Madrazo's mistress spits on Michael after he had Franklin tear down Madrazo's balcony not knowing it really belonged to them and not the guy he was chasing for cheating with his wife. |
| 457 | * Alyx does it to Dr. Breen in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' after he mentions her late mother. |
| 458 | * The GoldenEnding of ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' has [[spoiler:Lauren spitting on Scott's grave after discovering he's the Origami Killer]]. |
| 459 | * ''VideoGame/HomefrontTheRevolution'' has Harvey spit blood (he was wounded) on the interrogator for killing Mary. He grabs a hammer and smacks him dead on the head for doing so. |
| 460 | * ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' would have Nix doing this to Bertrand [[spoiler:after he dies as the Behemoth]]. |
| 461 | * ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'': |
| 462 | ** [[spoiler:Manny spits on Joel's corpse after Abby lands the killing blow on him.]] |
| 463 | ** Yara spits in the face of Emily, a Seraphite interrogating her. She then gets her arm broken with a hammer by the others as a result. |
| 464 | * In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'', a gangbanger at the interrupted ransom exchange in the third chapter gets kneecapped by a trio of Crachá Preto soldiers and interrogated on where the ransom money went. He spits in one of their faces in response and gets promptly executed. |
| 465 | * In ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', Kano is prone to do this a lot, namely in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', when after defeating his opponent in a non-fatality move, his VictoryPose has him spitting on them; and in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', when he spits if he has the last word during pre-battle banter. |
| 466 | * ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone'': Upon being killed by [[WarmUpBoss Big Bandit]], he will laugh and spit on your corpse. |
| 467 | * ''VideoGame/Persona5'': As part of his EstablishingCharacterMoment Shadow Kamoshida does this to Ryuji after taking a fair bit of time to casually pick him up and punch him in the face repeatedly. |
| 468 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'': |
| 469 | ** In the first game, John Marston often does this to villains he defeats such as Vicente de Santa. Also people that challenge you to a duel often do this if you're close enough. Then if John kills Javier Escuella instead of capturing him, he will spit on Javier's lifeless body. But he's shown wiping his eyes as if he's crying, implying that he's genuinely regretful having to kill him. |
| 470 | ** In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', [[spoiler:if Arthur Morgan went with John in Low Honor mode, then [[BigBad Micah Bell]] manages to spit on the former's corpse after shooting him dead]]. |
| 471 | * In ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTombRaider'', Lara spits on Ana's face after she mocks Lara for trying to follow in her father's footsteps. Ana's brother Konstantin [[BigBrotherInstinct doesn't take it well]]. |
| 472 | * In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', after Gat brings a Ronin in who was snooping around Saints turf in the mission "Road Rage" the protagonist asks him what he was doing. He spits in his/her face in which Gat responds "That wasn't very nice." and proceeds to bash him into the coffee table. After further interrogation methods fail Gat pulls out a pistol and finishes him off. The protagonist proceeds to spit on him in return. |
| 473 | * In ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'' Sims can be spit on during swordfights. This gives them the debuff "Spat On" which has the flavor text "[[ShoutOut So you think you can blind me and spit in my eye?]]" |
| 474 | * ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi''; Akira spits at Shiki during one encounter on his route. Shiki is merely amused by his defiance. |
| 475 | * ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale'': |
| 476 | ** In [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo Season 2]] episode 2, Carlos spits on Carver's face who then punches him. Later in episode 5 Arvo spits on the ground when Kenny is mentioned as he's about to run away with Bonnie and Mike. |
| 477 | ** In [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonThree Season 3]], the player can have Clementine spit on David Garcia, one of the leaders of the New Frontier for taking away A.J. and kicking her out. |
| 478 | * In ''VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga'', during taunting/questioning by [[TheDragon Prince Thrakhath]], "Angel" Devereaux spits in his face. |
| 479 | * ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' has the chieftain spitting on William Stryker's face when he refuses to tell him where a rock came from. |
| 480 | * A flashback in ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'' reveals that Goro Majima spit in the face of the man beating him, and then refused to apologize, resulting in the [[EyeScream loss of his eye]]. |
| 481 | [[/folder]] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 484 | * The first episode of ''WebAnimation/WackyGameJokez4Kidz'' has Mickey the Dick spit into Bossman's face to underscore how little he respects his boss. |
| 485 | [[/folder]] |
| 486 | |
| 487 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 488 | * Occurs a few times in ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': |
| 489 | ** Mel'arnach does this to her mother Quain'tana after her guards [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4946 restrain her]] from outright attacking when Quain turns her back. |
| 490 | ** A Kyorl'solenurn soldier [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7739 spits at the feet]] of Tir'ade and Abyte, who are former members of their clan who were exiled for being tainted. Since the two of them belong to another powerful clan an outright assault is out of the question, but it gets the point across. |
| 491 | [[/folder]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 494 | * Jen of ''Blog/CakeWrecks'' writes out spitting sounds - "Ptui" etc - at the mere mention of the dreaded CCC, or [[FelonyMisdemeanor Cup-Cake Cake]]. (A cupcake cake, for those unfamiliar, is a set of cupcakes glued to a cake board with icing, while still in their wrappers, and covered with a two-inch-thick layer of icing in order to pretend that they're actually a single large cake.) |
| 495 | * Website/CollegeHumor: A parody of the Pixar logo animation has the X do this to the Lamp after he has been electrocuted for killing the I. |
| 496 | * [[spoiler: Mollymauk's]] "last words" in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' consisted of spitting blood in [[DefiantToTheEnd his killer's face]]. His murderer shows [[VillainRespect legitimate respect]] for that. |
| 497 | * ''Website/SFDebris'': This is Chuck Sonnenberg's reaction to the words "Prime Directive" after "Dear Doctor". In-universe, Archer of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' was such a disappointment to the Federation that future Starfleet captains spit at the mere mention of him. |
| 498 | -->'''Picard''': His name tastes heinous! |
| 499 | [[/folder]] |
| 500 | |
| 501 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 502 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' Julie will do this to the tacos she serves to rude customers. |
| 503 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Roger befriends an elderly woman, but suddenly realizes she's an [[RacistGrandpa enormous racist]] when she spits on the Lincoln Memorial while cursing him for ending slavery. |
| 504 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Malory spits on the corpse of the Italian Prime Minister after shooting him in her apartment. |
| 505 | * In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Nelson Nash spits on Terry's face after the other insults him during a wrestling match. Terry punches him, causing him to get in trouble and get grounded by his father. |
| 506 | * Quickstrike does this in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' when threatening Silverbolt. Note that Quickstrike ''doesn't have a mouth'' on the head that he talks with and which actually made the spitting gesture. |
| 507 | * ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In "WesternAnimation/TheWormTurns", a fly doused with Mickey's "courage builder" potion manages to escape from and beat up a spider. Then it spots a bottle of bug spray on a nearby shelf, and spits on it so hard the bottle shatters to pieces. |
| 508 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 509 | ** Spoofed during an argument with Lois when Peter gets ready to do this, but then he tells her to hold on because he needs more time to build up the mucus. |
| 510 | ** An earlier episode has Meg demonstrate her bird whistle. Big Bird from ''Series/SesameStreet'' responds to the call, but Meg explains that she wasn't calling for anyone in particular. She laughs at the occurrence, but Big Bird, incensed that he was called from across town for no reason[[labelnote:*]]and yet somehow managed to get there within ''3 seconds'' of hearing the call while apparently taking the subway[[/labelnote]], follows that with this. |
| 511 | --->'''Big Bird''': You make me puke, ''(spits)'' bitch. |
| 512 | ** A squirrel does this to Brian right after he got run over by a car in "Life of Brian". |
| 513 | * ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': In "[[Recap/FinalSpaceS3E3TheVentrexian The Ventrexian]]", Avocato, while he and half the Team Squad are held captive by [[spoiler:the Lord Commander]], spits spitefully at their captor twice. Considering the long and awful history between these two, a Spiteful Spit is the least [[spoiler:the Lord Commander]] has earned from Avocato. |
| 514 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "War World", Draaga visits the gladiators in the dungeon and mocks them all, saying none of them are true warriors, then spits in Superman's face. Superman takes it in stride, then [[BreakingTheBonds breaks his chains]] as soon as Draaga leaves. The other prisoners are surprised that he didn't angrily break the chains earlier and attack Draaga after his disrespect. |
| 515 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': When Cassandra tries to question Delilah about the purpose of her ritual, she spits in her face. |
| 516 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' "Duck Soup to Nuts", Daffy plays on hunter Porky's sympathies by asking to say goodbye to his family. As if on cue, a group of sobbing ducks shuffles in [[spoiler: - it was on cue, as they're Daffy's hired cronies]]. The little one at the end stops and gives a guilty-looking Porky a contemptuous lookover, then spits at his feet. |
| 517 | * ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': |
| 518 | ** In "The Ricks Must Be Crazy", Rick spits on Zeep after defeating him in a fistfight. |
| 519 | ** Reggie the Zeus-like God from "Childrick of Mort" spits on Rick during their brawl. |
| 520 | ** In "Thanksploitation Spectacular", Turkey Rick tries to spit on the turkified President when he tells Rick to admit defeat. He forgets that turkeys don't have salivary glands so it's more of a dry heave. |
| 521 | * In a segment of ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', a giant [[Music/{{NSYNC}} Joey Fatone]] gets into a battle with [[EldritchAbomination a music celebrity-composed monster form]] of Music/BritneySpears. When Britney gets the upper hand on Fatone, she spits on him when he's down. |
| 522 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 523 | ** When Monty Burns is presumed dead, great leaders of peace gather to spit in his grave. They actually have to stop and suck out the pond of spit so they can continue. |
| 524 | ** In "Bart the Murderer", Bart's actions are depicted in "Blood on the Blackboard: The Bart Simpson Story". In the TV movie "Skinner" (played by Richard Chamberlain) spits on "Bart" (played by Creator/NeilPatrickHarris!), who says that wasn't smart as he fires a gun. |
| 525 | ** Discussed in "Behind The Laughter", with Lisa [[OldShame admits that she was out of her element with her fame]]: |
| 526 | --->''"I had no business hosting the Oscars. At the end of the ceremony, Creator/MerylStreep spat on me."'' |
| 527 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "You Have 0 Friends", a random guy does this to Stan because [[FelonyMisdemeanor Stan ignored his friend request on Facebook.]] Stan didn't even know the guy. Stan also gets spit on by several people during his banishment ceremony in "Douche and Turd". |
| 528 | [[/folder]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 531 | * The ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes was once invited to a rich man's house who told him not to spit on the ground, since there were expensive carpets and such everywhere. Diogenes [[RefugeInAudacity spat in the man's face]] and said that he couldn't find another place. Yes, Diogenes was quite a punk. |
| 532 | * In Israel and Jewish culture, as well as Muslim and Arabic-speaking countries, and Eastern Asia, spitting at someone is considered a highly insulting gesture and one of the worst taboos to be committed. |
| 533 | * In Romania and Moldova, the former habit of gently spitting in the face of younger people was a sign of admiration to avoid accidentally cursing them; this is no longer widely practiced due to being unhygienic. |
| 534 | * In northern India, mothers would lightly spit at their children to imply a sense of lighthearted disparagement and imperfection to protect their children from the evil eye and keep them humble, because excessive admiration could have the reverse effect of attracting the evil eye. This practice is declining due to health concerns, and a small mark of kohl or kajal is occasionally placed on the forehead or cheek to ward off the evil eye. |
| 535 | * Employees in some public-facing roles, such as staff on the UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground, have access to "spit kits", which can collect the DNA if a customer spits on them, to aid prosecution for assault.[[note]]And yes, spitting can be and is classified as an assault, as saliva is a common vector for several diseases and infections, many of which can be potentially fatal.[[/note]] |
| 536 | * Roberto Alomar famously spat on an umpire while arguing balls and strikes during a game. |
| 537 | [[/folder]] |
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