Line #14 PlayingWith/BullyingADragon


1	'''Basic Trope''': [[TooDumbToLive Idiots]] pick on somebody they know could seriously hurt them if they so chose.
2	* '''Straight''': [[AlphaBitch Lisa]] and her GirlPosse pick on Marcy, a CuteWitch who could [[KillItWithFire blast the lot of them with a well-placed fireball]] if she ever snapped, [[FantasticRacism because she is a witch]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Marcy can blow up entire cities with a thought. Lisa and her gang tease her relentlessly with lines like "Hiroshima girl" and "Tsar Bimbo".
5	** Lisa kept on trying to provoke Marcy but always ended up in making herself look weak and pathetic. Marcy can take her off with almost no effort but she was so unimpressed by them that she doesn't bother finding reasons to do so.
6	** When Lisa is expected to keep the all mighty Marcy alone, since she can destroy the whole universe in one attack, she instead makes fun of her without holding back. The end result was the death of the universe.
7	** DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu
8	** DoNotTauntCthulhu
9	* '''Downplayed''':
10	** Lisa has heard rumors that Marcy is a witch, but she scoffs at them and continues bullying her.
11	** Lisa doesn't bully her in person but does so online.
12	* '''Justified''':
13	** HumansAreTheRealMonsters, [[HumansAreBastards Bastards]], [[HumansAreMorons And Morons]], YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb, etc.
14	** If Marcy retaliates, she'll get in more trouble than Lisa will; Lisa knows this, and expects others to intervene before she and her friends get seriously hurt by the horrible rampaging loser.
15	** Lisa hates Marcy because Marcy's powers gave [[FreudianExcuse Lisa misfortune in the past.]]
16	** Marcy has a RestrainingBolt placed on her, and Lisa takes this as an opportunity to tease her without being scalded.
17	** Lisa is jealous of Marcy and her power, and [[HonorBeforeReason barely even]] ''[[HonorBeforeReason cares]]'' [[HonorBeforeReason if Marcy kills her as long as it takes]] [[WitchWithACapitalB that stuck-up witch]] down a peg in the process.
18	** Lisa is secretly a DeathSeeker who is trying to goad Marcy into killing her.
19	** Lisa has too much {{Pride}}, she thinks bullying someone with ridiculous powers and standing on the edge of being annihilated would make her look like a badass in the eyes of her peers, when in fact that is not the case.
20	** Marcy has that creepy aura around her.
21	** Lisa has numbers on her side to make her feel safe, under the assumption that they could just ZergRush Marcy if necessary.
22	** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Lisa]] thinks Marcy is threatening one of her friends and doesn't care whether she could get hurt if it means she can protect them.
23	** Lisa heard that Marcy is a very weak mage, and fails to realize that "weak mage" means can blow up a city instead of a planet.
24	** Lisa thinks that Marcy, for all of her powers, [[GlassCannon is only human]] and so if she strikes hard and fast enough she'll be able to remove her as a threat.
25	* '''Inverted''':
26	** [[WickedWitch Marcy uses her powers to terrorize everyone and keep them afraid of her.]]
27	** Marcy is a super-powered bully, and Lisa the only one who dares stand up to her.
28	** Lisa and her GirlPosse suck up to Marcy because [[PragmaticVillainy her powers could come in handy in the future.]]
29	** Lisa picks on someone she knows is too vulnerable and powerless to fight back.
30	** [[CondescendingCompassion Lisa sucks up to a person way less powerful than she is.]]
31	* '''Subverted''':
32	** Lisa, after having the power discrepancy pointed out, decides not to tease or antagonize Marcy anymore.
33	** Lisa and her crew pick on Marcy despite her witchery being common knowledge, but later we find out Marcy is joining their sorority and hazing is par for the course for everyone. Marcy knows she is not getting any special treatment.
34	** Lisa has heard the rumors, but believes that Marcy is either delusional or faking it. When confronted with a display of actual power from Marcy, Lisa backs down rather meekly.
35	** At first it seems Marcy can easily kill the bully, but later it reveals that Lisa [[BoomerangBigot is just as powerful a witch]] as Marcy, if not more, so she has no reason to be afraid.
36	** Lisa kept on trying to provoke Mary but always ended up in making herself look weak and pathetic. Marcy can take her off with almost no effort but she was so unimpressed by them that she doesn't bother finding reasons to do so.
37	** DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu
38	** They're good enough friends that everyone knows the teasing isn't serious.
39	** Marcy is [[PowerIncontinence unable to summon her powers without causing widespread destruction]]. Because of this [[PowerfulAndHelpless her powers are the very reason she can't fight back against Lisa]].
40	** Marcy can use her powers as Destructo-Woman to vaporize Lisa and the surrounding 500 miles of countryside in one fell swoop… [[HenshinHero if she transforms]]. If Lisa is ([[BoomHeadshot literally]]) quicker on the draw, Marcy is screwed.
41	* '''Double Subverted''':
42	** ...At least, not to her face. But playing pranks on her are fair game.
43	** Lisa and her crew use this opportunity to really hurt Marcy because she's a witch, under the guise of common hazing.
44	** Lisa secretly plays pranks on Marcy and blames it on someone else.
45	** Until Lisa has her powers taken away as punishment, yet still continues to torment Marcy.
46	** [[WithFriendsLikeThese For a given definition of “friends.”]]
47	** Lisa then proceeds to bully a similar witch with far less scruples, who doesn't care who they hurt to get back at Lisa.
48	** That is why she has begun to walk around transformed as Destructo-Woman 15-8/7 (with the eight hours she needs to sleep barricaded in her fortress-like home surrounded by minions who can hold off any potential attackers long enough for her to wake up and deal with them). Lisa's a high school bully without the resources of a Chairperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, so any plans to bully Marcy that are not "strike from anonymity" are going to lead to a bloodbath.
49	* '''Parodied''':
50	** Marcy is an actual full-sized dragon. Lisa insists on throwing rocks at her anyway.
51	** Every time Marcy and Lisa are in the same room, everyone else runs for cover.
52	* '''Zig Zagged''':
53	** Lisa refuses to openly harass Marcy, but she and her GirlPosse secretly play nasty practical jokes on Marcy. Marcy figures this out and confronts them; Lisa immediately backs off, shocking her friends by apologizing. Then they start picking on [[ShrinkingViolet Iris]], Marcy's much-less powerful friend. and when Marcy finds out, she is through the roof with rage.
54	** Lisa and crew pick on Marcy despite knowing she's a powerful witch, but they're just hazing Marcy like their sorority normally does to their new entrants. Then they drug her, take embarrassing pictures of her, blackmail her, then release the pics to the Internet anyways to "put that prissy witch in her place". Marcy snaps only for Lisa and crew to reveal they had superpowers all along and can shrug off anything Marcy could throw at them. But all this was a [[RevengeByProxy scheme to get back at Marcy's boyfriend for dumping Lisa]], even though they know he is a BullyHunter with PsychicPowers they are not immune to.
55	* '''Averted''':
56	** Only people who have a chance of surviving Marcy's retribution pick on her.
57	** The story dispenses with bullies altogether.
58	** The story takes place in a mundane setting, let’s just say high school. In short, Lisa picks on a completely normal person.
59	** A stranger attacks Marcy, because [[MuggingTheMonster he didn't know she's a witch.]] People who know are either friendly or at least leave her alone.
60	* '''Enforced''':
61	** "We need some way to make people [[RuleOfEmpathy feel sorry for]] Marcy, even though she's got those great powers... Let's bring in these bullies to pick on her!"
62	** [[StrawCharacter Strawman Bullies]].
63	** "We need people to believe that having super powers are not all that it’s cracked up to be."
64	** "You know what would add more depth to our story? An [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything allegory]] for [[FantasticRacism discrimination!]]"
65	* '''Lampshaded''':
66	** "Lisa, you know she could barbecue us any time she wants, right?"
67	** "Why are bullies such suicidal idiots?"
68	* '''Invoked''': Lance, Lisa's crush, double dog dares Lisa to pick on Marcy.
69	* '''Exploited''': Lisa picks on Marcy, knowing that she will end up getting hurt, and will subsequently [[WoundedGazelleGambit sue her for a large sum of money.]]
70	* '''Defied''':
71	** "Are you insane? We're not picking on anyone we can't beat up if they decide to fight back. We're bullies, not idiots."
72	** The first time Lisa starts mocking Marcy, she gaves a [[CurbStompBattle splendid beatdown]] to the bully and tells her that, if she dares to speak with her in that tone again, she will kill her.
73	* '''Discussed''': "There go Lisa and her gang again, picking on Marcy. Are you sure they know she's a witch?"
74	* '''Conversed''': "The bullies on this show are dumb as hell; they've already seen Marcy wipe out the gymnasium."
75	* '''Deconstructed''':
76	** Lisa is full of self-loathing, but cannot bring herself to commit suicide, so she's provoking Marcy in an attempt to get Marcy to kill her.
77	** She really ''[[TooDumbToLive is]]'' [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough that stupid]] ''and'' bitchy and there are other situations where she shows off her complete lack of survival instinct [[EvilIsPetty to indulge her pettiness]] ([[LookBothWays like walking into traffic]] to yell at someone she thought snubbed her).
78	** Marcy just kills Lisa off when she goes too far. Then the local [[BurnTheWitch witch hunters]] show up out for Marcy's blood, viewing her as nothing more than another murderer they need to bring to justice.
79	** Marcy gets fed up of Lisa's bullying and gives her a vicious beatdown, but [[DisproportionateRetribution she goes too far in her beatings]], and as soon as she realizes how viciously Lisa is beaten, Marcy [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone couldn't believe the damage she had done.]]
80	* '''Reconstructed''':
81	** Marcy breaks and tries to kill Lisa, but manages to control herself and redirects the fireball into a nearby tree. Afterwards, Lisa and Marcy [[DefeatMeansFriendship reconcile and become friends.]] Marcy soon discovers that she can't produce another fireball that big without duplicating the situation, resulting in Lisa becoming her sidekick in order to intentionally tease her into full power when the need arises.
82	** As enraged as she is, Marcy ends up holding back at the last second. Instead of outright hospitalizing her, she instead uses her magic to bind Lisa and shove her into a nearby locker. Only Lisa's closest friends and immediate family bother to call Marcy out on this and try to tattle on her, only for the latter and everyone else to spell it out to them that no; as bad as her distress and possible injuries were, ''Lisa'' was still the one in the wrong for knowingly trying to harass and bully someone who could have easily done much worse with little effort, and gets no sympathy.
83	** Marcy is well aware that while she could kill Lisa any time she wanted to, that doesn't make it right. So she decides to look for a more reasonable solution to the problem (for instance, mentoring Lisa to become smarter). Until she finds one, however, she'll have to put up with Lisa's teasing.
84	** Marcy easily slaughters the witch hunters and moves on with her life.
85	** Marcy apologizes for what she did and helps Lisa recover. After this is said and done, Lisa [[UngratefulBastard continues to pick on her anyway.]]
86	** Lisa is actually [[AngerBornOfWorry scared shitless of Marcy,]] and picks on her specifically to [[DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs break her spirit and project the illusion of strength]] in the hopes she'll be too browbeaten to oppose her. Without this bluff she's nothing to Marcy and she knows it. Of course, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood she's unable to realise]] that her [[SelfFulfillingProphecy desperate aggression may be what gets Marcy to snap.]]
87	* '''Played For Laughs:''' A recurring extra ends up getting AmusingInjuries when trying to beat up Marcy for being a witch. This turns into a RunningGag.
88	* '''Played For Drama:''' Marcy is this close [[BreakTheCutie to snapping]] and misusing her powers, and Lisa and her flunkies just keep dancing on her last nerve.
89	* '''Played For Horror:''' When Marcy finally snaps it's a massacre of proportions so epic that Creator/StephenKing would lament that ''Carrie'' became so famous. Then Lisa, the FinalGirl, insults Marcy one more time. EarthShatteringKaboom.
90	* '''Implied''': Marcy on many occasions is implied to be a devious {{chessmaster}} underneath her innocent façade. It's why she is likely candidate for Lisa's life being slowly but surely dismantled piece by piece.
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