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13	->''"I was walking down the street the other day and this man actually called me a Chink. I was so mad! Chinks are Chinese. I'm Korean. I'm a Gook. If you're going to be racist, at least get the terminology correct."''
14	-->-- '''Creator/MargaretCho'''
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16	A Wrong Insult Offence occurs when one character attempts to insult another and hurls what they think is an appropriate insult in the other character's face. The second character considers this and then calmly replies, listing all the reasons why that particular insult does not apply to them and helpfully suggesting a more appropriate insult they could use.
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18	As a piece of characterization, this usually indicates that the insulted party does not take the insulter seriously. Alternatively, it could just indicate that the second party [[GrammarCorrectionGag is a shocking pedant]].
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20	Bonus points if the insult they suggest is worse than the original one.
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22	A SubTrope of DoWrongRight.
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24	If someone objects to the spelling or grammar of the insult, but not the insult itself, that's GrammarCorrectionGag.
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26	Compare InsultBackfire, InsultMisfire, ITakeOffenceToThatLastOne, InsistentTerminology. The inverse is YouKnowImBlackRight
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29	!!Examples:
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31	[[foldercontrol]]
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33	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
34	* In a chapter of ''Manga/IBelongToTheBaddestGirlAtSchool,'' Toramaru calls Youdou a "sadist bitch" while chewing her out for her [[LovingBully treatment]] of Unoki. Youdou [[InsultBackfire has no problem being called a bitch]], but will not let the "sadist" part stand:
35	--> '''Youdou:''' It can only be called S&M when both sides recognize it as such. I'm just bullying him one-sidedly. [[InsultToRocks That's an insult to a real sadist!]]
36	* Happens in ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' where Allura insults the evil Prince Lotor and [[CardCarryingVillain Lotor]] does feel insulted...but for the wrong reasons.
37	-->'''Allura:''' You're a monster, just like your father! \
38	'''Lotor:''' That old fool?! Why, [[EvilerThanThou I'm twice the monster he is!]]
39	[[/folder]]
40
41	[[folder:Comic Books]]
42	* A frequent exchange in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. At times he knows his enemies speak figuratively but merely wants to troll them:
43	-->'''Villain:''' [[PitifulWorms You insect!]]\
44	'''Spider-Man:''' Actually, I'm an [[TaxonomicTermConfusion arachnid.]]
45	[[/folder]]
46
47	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
48	* ''ComicStrip/Blondie1930'': [[MeanBoss Mr. Dithers]] takes offense when someone claims he runs his company "almost like a dictatorship", when he clearly runs it "''exactly'' like one".
49	[[/folder]]
50
51	[[folder:Fan Works]]
52	* A running gag in ''Fanfic/BackToUs'' has Chat Noir picking up the nickname "Whiskers" from Nino/Emerald Shell, despite his mask not ''having'' whiskers.
53	* In the ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' fanfiction ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9222840/1/Happy-Riniversary Happy Riniversary]]'', Rin's SitcomArchnemesis Luvia gets more and more angry when Rin and the narration repeatedly insult her Swedish heritage. Mostly because she's actually Finnish.
54	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26708923 Covering the Phantom Thieves]]'' has a GrumpyOldMan at Leblanc arguing with Kawakami and Keiko, saying "I can't believe I'm getting talked down to by a couple millennials." Kawakami points out that Keiko isn't even a millennial. (Dialogue elsewhere reveals she was born in 1999, making her Generation Z.) "If you're going to be ageist, at least figure out what your own shitty words mean."
55	[[/folder]]
56
57	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
58	* In ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'', an elderly neighbour has a heart attack while trying to scare the KidHero DJ off his lawn, and DJ worries that he's responsible for the old man's death. His friend Chowder reassures DJ that he's not a murderer -- after all, killing someone accidentally is called manslaughter.
59	* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''
60	-->'''Randall:''' Where is she, you little one-eyed [[{{Malaproper}} crettin]]? \
61	'''Mike:''' Okay. First of all, it's ''cree-tin''. If you're gonna threaten me, do it properly.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' is an ogre; he wouldn't grind your bones for his bread, he will do much worse than that (or at least claims he will to scare off intruders).
63	-->'''Shrek:''' ...that would be a ''giant''.
64	[[/folder]]
65
66	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
67	* ''Film/TwentyFifthHour'':
68	-->'''Monty:''' You fat Russian fuck.\
69	'''Novotny:''' Fat ''Ukrainian'' fuck!
70	* ''Film/ConAir'':
71	-->'''Vince Larkin:''' ''[to Sims while walking to the surveillance truck]'' We pick up Mr. Cindino in Carson City. From then until the plane hits Alabama, we've got two hours to get him to talk. We got you a seat right next to him, and he's known to be somewhat garrulous in the company of thieves.\
72	'''Duncan Malloy:''' Garrulous? What the fuck is garrulous\
73	'''Vince Larkin:''' That would be loquacious, verbose, effusive. How about chatty?\
74	'''Duncan Malloy:''' ''[to Devers]'' What's with Dictionary Boy?\
75	'''Vince Larkin:''' "Thesaurus Boy" I think is more appropriate.
76	* ''Film/DieHard'': Hans Gruber claims to be a terrorist, but is later revealed to be after 600 million dollars worth of bearer bonds.
77	-->'''Mrs. [=McClane=]:''' After all your posturing, all your little speeches, you're nothing but a common thief. \
78	'''Hans:''' I am an exceptional thief, Mrs. [=McClane=]. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.
79	* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'':
80	-->'''Robert:''' [[YoureInsane You're crazy!]]\
81	'''Narissa:''' No. Spiteful, vindictive, and [[OneWingedAngel very large]], but ''never'' crazy.
82	* Robert Clayton Dean (Creator/WillSmith) in ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'', when he's called a "shyster" by his mob client:
83	-->Actually, I believe the slur "shyster" is generally reserved for Jewish attorneys. I believe the proper slur for someone like myself would be "eggplant".
84	* ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'': [=McGloin=] at one point, looking to pick a fight with Amsterdam, calls him a "fidlam bens" (a thief who steals worthless crap because he doesn't have the skills or guts to go after worthwhile loot). Amsterdam just shrugs and says that, given that the entire haul from his last heist was the corpse of a dead nightwatchman he sold to the local medical school, he really can't argue with the description. However, if [=McGloin=] had called him a "chiseler" (a thief who screws his partners out of their cut of the loot) he might feel insulted enough to fight. [=McGloin=] doesn't understand the term, but, being a dedicated JerkAss, says SureLetsGoWithThat.
85	* In ''Film/TheGentlemen'', Ernie is furious at being called a 'black cunt'. His response?
86	-->Me being black has got nothing to do with me being a cunt!
87	* In ''Film/GranTorino'', this exchange occurs between Walt and Sue, a spunky teenaged member of the Hmong family who'd moved in next door, concerning an old stereotype about Asians eating dogs:
88	-->'''Sue Lor:''' There's a ton of food. \
89	'''Walt Kowalski:''' Yeah, well just keep your hands off my dog. \
90	'''Sue Lor:''' No worries, we only eat cats.
91	* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart1'', when the villainous Bellatrix says that the heroic Dobby nearly killed her by saving his friends:
92	-->'''[[ThirdPersonPerson Dobby]]:''' Dobby never meant to kill. Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure.
93	* In the film ''Film/MurderByDeath'', Milo Perrier objects to being called a Frenchie. He's a BELGIE!
94	* ''Film/{{Porkys}}'': A stupid racist high schooler taunts a Jewish high schooler by talking about "wanting to go fly a kite." The Jewish kid calmly explains that the word he's looking for is "kike."
95	* In ''Film/{{Roxanne}},'' (a [[SettingUpdate setting-updated]] adaptation of ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'') C.D. responds to a man calling him "Big Nose" with a LongList of ''26'' better insults he could have given.
96	* In ''Film/{{Scream 4}}'' when the killer calls Marnie he says of course she will die as "you're the DumbBlonde with the big tits". She responds by saying she's a straight-A student. [[SlashersPreferBlondes She still gets killed though]].
97	* From ''Film/{{SOB}}'':
98	-->'''Polly Reed:''' You're gonna let that ''shyster'' on? \
99	'''Dr. Irving Finegarten:''' I could sue you for calling me that, Polly! A shyster is a disreputable lawyer. ''I'm'' a quack!
100	* In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', J. Jonah Jameson resents being accused of slander by Peter regarding a planned anti-Spidey hit piece. He's a journalist after all, not an orator.
101	-->'''JJJ:''' Slander is ''spoken''; in print, it's libel.
102	* ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'':
103	-->'''Sgt. Howie:''' It means that you, sir, are a pagan! \
104	'''Lord Summerisle:''' A heathen, conceivably, but not - I hope - an unenlightened one.
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106
107	[[folder:Literature]]
108	* ''Literature/AlexisCarew'':
109	** Alexis once responds to an UpperClassTwit calling her a "stupid bitch" over comms by remarking to the bridge crew that "The very worst thing about being a woman in this Navy is that the insults are so very limited. You men get called all the imaginative ones."
110	--->'''Bosun:''' Aye, sir. [[BrickJoke A quite limited repertoire]], these Coalsons have.
111	** Given a CallBack in ''Privateer'' when a young lieutenant tries to pick Alexis (in civilian clothes) up in a bar, thinking her a local lady rather than the war heroine and {{privateer}} captain she really is. She starts in on him with the CO's routine of giving {{Pop Quiz}}zes to young officers. He calls her a bitch for embarrassing him in front of the whole bar, and she boredly tells him to go ask his bosun for some better insults.
112	* ''Literature/DomesOfFire'':
113	** Stragen takes the Styric Council to task for not being more proactive in the emerging crisis in Daresia. When one of the Councillors answers by calling him a bastard, he bears it no mind...because he literally is the illegitimate son of a nobleman. He then proceeds to point out he is also a swindler, murderer, and thief (since he is also the head of a thieves' guild): glibly implying that anything they could call him would not be insulting in the least.
114	** In the same book, Chancellor Oscagne takes offense at the Tamuls being referred to as "godless yellow dogs". The Tamuls have gods, thank you very much (given a couple of minutes he might be able to remember their names) and think of themselves as less yellow or beige and more "golden-skinned", because it's more flattering.
115	* ''Literature/IJedi'': Corran Horn, undercover in a SpacePirate gang, gets into a confrontation with one of his fellows named Remart after the latter insults Corran's wingman. Remart makes a snide remark about Corellians (i.e. both Corran and his cover identity Jenos Idanian) tending to speak before they think. Corran replies with a classic ''Theatre/{{Cyrano\|DeBergerac}}'' routine about how to ''properly'' insult a Corellian, culminating in him telling a [[LightBulbJoke glowpanel joke]] on himself.[[note]]Q: "How many Corellians does it take to change a glowpanel?" A: "None: if it's dark you can't see them cheating at sabacc."[[/note]]
116	* In ''[[Literature/{{McAuslan}} McAuslan in the Rough]]'' one of the pipe-sergeants is recalling a heroic predecessor; Piper Findlater, who earned a VC on the Afghan border when he stuck to his task under fire and wounded because, he said, he didn't want his regiment to be beaten by a pack of "beastly niggers". One of the listeners (quite enlightened for 1950s UK) complains that Findlater should not have said that, and the sergeant telling the story remarks "Nor he shouldn't, and you're right for once. They wass not niggers; they wass wogs".[[hottip:*:Even in racist Britain, "nigger" would be specific to dark-skinned ''Africans''; "wogs" was applicable to brown-skinned foreigners of Arabic hue or darker.]]
117	* ''Literature/NowBloomsTheTudorRose'': Regarding the belief that Magnus Vasa is so RoyallyScrewedUp he thinks he's Jesus Christ:
118	-->The rumors are completely wrong. Magnus merely believes he's the prophesized First Horseman of the Apocalypse who rides a white horse and comes conquering and to conquer. He is deeply--DEEPLY--offended when people get it mixed-up.
119	* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'': In ''Whispers Underground'', a recent murder victim's extremely drunk, extremely [[{{Eagleland}} American]] father asks PC Peter Grant whether he'd be more offended to be called a limey or a [racial epithet redacted]. Peter refuses to be provoked into dropping his line of questioning, but eventually points out that one of those words is impossible to take seriously and the other just makes the person saying it sound like a racist American:
120	-->"You don't actually know enough about me to insult me properly."
121	* In the first ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' book, a mob comes to Zedd's house intending to lynch him because he's a witch. He starts his dialogue with them by asking to clarify whether they want to kill him for sorcery, or simply demean him by calling him a girl.
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123
124	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
125	* While covering the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash on ''Series/TheColbertReport'', Stephen made mention of an incident in which the fictitious pilot names "Sum Ting Wong", "Wi Tu Lo", "Ho Lee Fuk" and "Bang Ding Ow" were broadcasted on the news.
126	-->'''Colbert:''' I don't care who confirmed these names! It is wrong! I mean, "Wi Tu Lo"? "Bang Ding Ow"? This is a ''Korean'' airline; [[BaitAndSwitch those are Chinese names!]] That's racist, OK! And if you're going to do a racist joke, at least get the ethnicity right! Like Captain "Park Ma Plen Tu-Sun" or "Ha Yu Lan Dis Tang"!
127	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': From [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric "The Curse of Fenric"]]:
128	-->'''Crane:''' Commander! Have some respect for the wheelchair! The man is an invalid!\
129	'''Judson:''' I'm not an invalid! I'm a cripple!
130	* An unfortunate (yet [[CrossesTheLineTwice utterly hilarious]]) example occurs in ''Series/FawltyTowers'' when the Major tells a story about how he took a woman to a cricket match, and she kept referring to the Indian players by the ''wrong'' racial slur.
131	* ''Series/HorribleHistories'': Shakespeare is offended when the best that his opponent in an insult contest can do is "rogue" and "saucy knave". He proceeds to knock him out with a string of proper Shakespearean insults.
132	* On ''Series/{{House}}'', one of Wilson's ex-wives tells House that she named their yappy unpleasant dog Hector because the dog reminded her of House, and "Doctor Greg House" is an anagram of "Hector does go rug."
133	-->'''House:''' First, "Hector does go rug" is a lame anagram. You want a better one for "Gregory House"? "Huge ego. Sorry."
134	* ''Series/ICarly'': From "iStill Psycho":
135	-->'''Carly:''' Nora... YOU'RE A NUTCASE!\
136	'''Nora:''' The proper term is "disturbed, lonely sociopath."
137	* ''Series/TheLWord:'' A group of hicks started harassing Jenny and her then-girlfriend, [[ButchLesbian Max]] by asking if Max was "[her] faggot". Jenny's response was a taser and this bizarrely awesome CrossesTheLineTwice example:
138	--->'''Jenny:''' We're not faggots, we're dykes, you asshole!
139	* ''{{Series/MASH}}'' had one episode where Hawkeye, BJ, and Charles were all called a crumb, a louse, and a schmo in that order by Major Houlihan. When Houlihan later calls all of them crumbs together, Hawkeye corrects her by saying BJ is a schmo and Charles is a louse, while ''he'' is the only crumb. BJ and Winchester then correct him that ''BJ'' is the louse and ''Charles'' is the schmo.
140	* In the ''Series/MikeAndMolly'' episode "Fish for Breakfast", Carl's latest girlfriend (who thought she was going to a party) calls Mike and Vince (Mike's mother-in-law's fiance) as "two gay guys eating a banana split". Mike protests that he hasn't had a bite of the banana split.
141	* ''Series/NewTricks'': At the end of the pilot, Sandra refers to the boys as 'criminals'. They react with offence. She amends the insult to 'crooks'. This they can live with.
142	* On an episode of ''Series/PicketFences'' a shock jock who was the focus of the episode has found his audience turning on him. One of them addresses him by epithets for a Jewish person, to which he replies, "I'm not even Jewish. If you want to slur me, call me a Kraut, you ignorant pig-farmer."
143	* In his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2X0TaXknVE opening monologue]] for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 2017, Creator/KumailNanjiani [[note]]Dinesh from ''Series/SiliconValley'', co-writer and co-star of ''Film/TheBigSick''[[/note]] complained about racists telling him to "go back to India"...because he's never been there; he's from Pakistan.
144	-->'''Kumail Nanjiani:''' Here's my problem with most racism: it's the inaccuracy. That's what bugs me. I'm like, "Do the research! Put in the work! You will see the benefits!" ... if someone was like, "Go back to Pakistan, which was ''part'' of India until 1947, and is now home to the world's oldest salt mine," I would be like, "That guy seems to know what he's talking about. I'll pack my bags."
145	* From ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': "I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."
146	* From ''Series/TheThickOfIt'':
147	-->'''Olly Reader:''' Malcolm, you're bullying me...\
148	'''Malcolm Tucker:''' How dare you! ''How dare you!'' Don't you ever, ''ever'' call me a bully... ''I'm so much worse than that!''
149	* The ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' episode "[[Recap/WishboneS1E07Cyranose Cyranose]]" does a CompressedAdaptation of ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'' as the book of the week (with Wishbone of course playing Cyrano). It [[https://youtu.be/ioWi5j1RxIs?t=180 opens]] with the famous "how to insult my nose" scene.
150	-->'''UpperClassTwit:''' Excuse me, Dog-face, but your nose ''is'' rather large.\
151	'''Cyrano:''' "My nose is rather large"? "Rather large", you say? Is that the best you can do? ''(laughs)'' I do not need my sword to teach you a lesson! I have... words! ''(drops sword out of his mouth)'' Let me teach you how to insult my nose, monsieur! You could have said, "Your nose is so big, you should call a doctor and have it amputated!" Or, how 'bout this: "What do you carry around in that snout, your pens or your whole writing desk?" Ooh, how 'bout this one: "Do you love the birds so much that you let them perch on your nose?" But no! The best you can come up with is, "Your nose is rather large." Well, any fool can see that my nose is rather large, but your brain is rather small.
152	[[/folder]]
153
154	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
155	* From the Creator/MarkHamill[=/=][[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
156	-->'''Luke Skywalker:''' Listen pal, we're on a mission. There's no way we're gonna be involved in some third-rate variety show!\
157	'''Kermit:''' ''[deeply wounded]'' ''Second''-rate variety show!
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
161	* This exchange between Wrestling/ChrisJericho and a hostile fan.
162	-->'''Fan:''' Go back to Toronto!
163	-->'''Jericho:''' I'm from Winnipeg, you idiot!
164	* A similar exchange happened between Wrestling/IoShirai and a hostile fan.
165	-->'''Fan:''' Go back to China!\
166	'''Io:''' I'm Japanese, bitch!
167	[[/folder]]
168
169	[[folder:Radio]]
170	* Following an incident when a football supporter threw a banana at a black player, black comedian Nathan Caton did a monologue on ''Radio/TheNowShow'' complaining about ''lazy'' racism. "I mean, if you threw a bottle of Reggae Reggae Sauce or a Nando's menu, I'd be offended, but I'd think you did some research!"
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	[[folder:Theater]]
174	* OlderThanTelevision: Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac has a very large nose, which a bit character insults by calling it "rather large". Cyrano's reaction is to tell him that it is, but "rather large" is an absolutely pathetic excuse for an insult and go on to tell him various better ways to insult him. Brian Hooker's translation of Rostand's version is awe-inspiring:
175	-->'''Cyrano:''' Oh, no, young sir, [[BigStupidDoodooHead you are too simple]]. Why, [[FloweryInsults you might have said a great many things]]: why waste your opportunity? For example, thus: Aggressive: "Ay, sir, if that nose were mine, I'd have it amputated on the spot!" Practical: "How do you drink with such a nose? You must have had a cup made especially." Descriptive: "'Tis a rock, a crag, a cape -- a cape? Say rather, a ''peninsula!''" Inquisitive: "What is that receptacle? A razor case or a portfolio?" Kindly: "Ah, do you love the little birds so much that when they come to see you, you give them this to perch on!" Cautious: "Take care! A weight like that might make you top-heavy!" Eloquent: "When it blows, the typhoon howls, and the clouds darken!" Dramatic: "When it bleeds ... the Red Sea." Simple: "When do they unveil the monument?" Military: "Beware! A secret weapon!" Enterprising: "What a sign for some perfumer!" Respectful: "Sir, I recognize in you a man of parts. A man of ... ''prominence!''" Or, Literary: "Was this the nose that launched a thousand ships?" These, my dear sir, are things you might have said, had you some tinge of letters or of wit to color your discourse. But wit? Not so, you never had an atom. And of letters, you need but three to write you down: A, S, S. ''[helpfully, to the other's dumbfoundedness:]'' [[SophisticatedAsHell Ass]]!
176	[[/folder]]
177
178	[[folder:Video Games]]
179	* ''Videogame/Fallout4''. One of the sarcastic dialog options after searching through [[spoiler:Kellog's home]] with Nick Valentine yields us this jewel:
180	-->'''Sole Survivor:''' What? The ''Clockwork Dick'' is stumped?\
181	'''Nick Valentine:''' It's ''Synth Detective'', jackass. If you're gonna be that way, you might as well get the make and model right.
182	* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird.'' Phillipe Loren is not French, he is Belgian... And pushing this ends up becoming a BIG MISTAKE.
183	-->'''Boss:''' Ah damnit, I should have made a [[spoiler:Belgian Pancake]] joke...
184	* Pisha in ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' is a rare vampire who has to consume human flesh, which makes her pretty off-putting even to a regular vampire. A Malkavian player character might [[TheNicknamer nickname]] her "Black Widow", in which case she takes no offense but explains how "Mantis" would be a better pejorative. As a FullyEmbracedFiend well into her third century of unlife, she's worked out the existential angst long ago.
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder:Webcomics]]
188	* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', when someone calls Doc a nurse as an insult, his response is to defend the nursing profession.
189	* ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' combines this with ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne during Ivy's confrontation with the Arbogasts in Defiance:
190	-->'''Bobby:''' It's one less of you high school jellybeans I have to worry about, slinking around here, trying to raid our stores.\
191	'''Ivy:''' ''Hey!'' I'm in '''''college!'''''
192	* ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'': Ruby learns her sister Amber has moved out of porn to regular acting.
193	--> '''Ruby:''' DirectToVideo?\
194	'''Amber (with little icicles sprouting from her speech bubble):''' Made-for-TV.
195	[[/folder]]
196
197	[[folder:Web Original]]
198	* In ''LetsPlay/AnalogControl'''s movie riff of ''Dwegons and Leprechauns'', the hosts theorize that the eponymous dwegons got the main character's family evicted from his home in Chicago to force him to move in with them. Thayne theorized they sent a letter to his landlord containing a horrible racial slur, but MJTR countered that, since dwegons don't understand human society and prejudice well, the letter was probably the ''wrong'' racial slur.
199	* From ''Website/{{Cracked}}'':
200	-->[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20122_6-ill-advised-marketing-campaigns-that-backfired-hilariously.html#ixzz2F91J3OuU Somehow, lazy racism is more offensive than intellectually rigorous racism.]]
201	* In a ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' vlog, Rob Walker made fun of [[Creator/DougWalker Doug]] "hating everything", and Doug's response is that he's just scared of everything. Cue apology.
202	[[/folder]]
203
204	[[folder:Western Animation]]
205	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': This exchange from "Clothes Minded":
206	-->'''Shego:''' Huh, pretty impressive for a college reject.\
207	'''Drakken:''' Hey! College ''dropout'', Shego. They let me in, I let ''myself'' out.
208	* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Muscle Tussel", Daffy takes offense at his girlfriend calling him a "scrawny little nine-pound weakling", because "I'm obviously a scrawny little ''ten'' pound weakling."
209	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': In "That's My Baby'', Bugs calls Daffy 'a bummer' after he refuses to go to lunch with him and Porky. Daffy's response is "No. Porky's the bummer. I'm a jerk."
210	* On ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', when the family is dealing with memory-implanting parasitic aliens they get trapped in a flashback where they ended up battling a Nazi. "Cousin Nicky" ''attempts'' to insult the Nazi, only to be bonked on the head by said Nazi for assuming there's anything worse than "Nazi" that he could call the guy.
211	--> '''Nicky:''' Hey, we got a word for Nazis back in Brooklyn, pal.
212	--> '''Nazi:''' I'm comfortable being called a Nazi. You think there's some other word that will hurt my feelings?
213	--> '''([[{{Beat}} Bonk]])'''
214	--> '''Nazi:''' Ja. Think before you talk shit.
215	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'':
216	-->'''Villain:''' And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you interloping adolescents.\
217	'''Velma:''' [[CallBack That's "meddling kids".]]
218	* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' gives us this:
219	-->'''Mirta:''' You're mean! \
220	'''Icy:''' Mean? Try diabolical!
221	[[/folder]]
222
223	[[folder:Real Life]]
224	* When King UsefulNotes/CharlesII's [[TheMistress mistress]] Nell Gwynn (originally an actress, and an Englishwoman) was mistaken for the Duchess of Portsmouth (another of Charles' mistresses and a Frenchwoman[[note]]Well, a Breton woman, but as you'll see in a moment, that doesn't matter because Bretons are mostly Catholic too[[/note]]), a crowd started calling her a Catholic whore and attacking her carriage. Nell stuck her head out and corrected the mistaken commoners, "Good people, you are mistaken. I am the ''Protestant'' whore." [[ValuesDissonance The crowds started cheering and escorted her carriage out of the area]].
225	* When the Miami Dolphins were a successful football team in the 1980s and 90s, "Squish the fish" was a [[http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/2014/09/05/squish-the-fish-patriots-run-one-the-greatest-nfl-history/jCabuBmkVOKZ2rUV7vxJNI/story.html rallying cry of their rivals.]] Miami fans were quick to point out that dolphins are mammals.
226	* Anti-racist activist Tim Wise is known for saying that if you're going to be racist, at least be consistent: "I just don't want a moving target." For example, if you're going to say that Mexicans are lazy, don't also complain about illegal Mexican immigrants taking all the jobs.
227	* Creator/JohnScalzi has described hardline Christian celebrity Creator/KirkCameron as an ignorant bigot, saying he stands by this rather than calling him something more poetic like "pestilent toad" on the grounds that Cameron seems to be fairly clean and [[InsultToRocks is definitely not an amphibian]].
228	* During a Twitter argument on the subject of internet trolls, Creator/WilliamShatner was hit with the "[[MemeticMutation OK Boomer]]" line. Shatner was born in 1931; as he [[https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1192087298877247488 was quick to point out]], calling him a Boomer is a ''compliment''[[note]]For those unfamiliar with the terminology, a "Boomer" refers to the generation known as the "Baby Boomers" born after World War 2, from roughly 1946 to 1964. So the person in question just said that Shatner looked young enough to be (at least) 15 years younger than he is[[/note]].
229	* ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' was banned in several parts of the UK and other parts of Europe because local religious groups complained that the film was blasphemous. The Pythons were always quick to point out that the film would be blasphemous if they criticized [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]], which they didn't do: if anything, Jesus is portrayed rather respectfully.[[note]]The Pythons' original plan for the film ''had'' been to satirize Jesus, but when they read through Literature/TheFourGospels for research, they decided [[JesusWasWayCool Jesus was a pretty cool guy]].[[/note]] Instead, the film criticized organized religion overall (among other things), so technically it was ''heretical''.
230	* When UsefulNotes/PierreTrudeau was called an "asshole" by UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in 1971, rather than be insulted or fire back Trudeau flippantly commented that he's been called worse things by better people.
231	* Defied by [[UsefulNotes/{{Sikhism}} Sikhs]] in the Anglosphere. Sikhs are frequently mistaken for Muslims in English-speaking countries, frequently by people inclined to view Muslims as terrorists. In this situation, the Sikh is advised to avoid clarifying that they are a Sikh, because in the view of Sikh doctrine, this legitimizes the charge of "terrorist" against Muslims, something that Sikhs wish to avoid.
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