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->''"PAST ME IS ALWAYS SO TERRIBLE, EVEN WHEN I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED BEING HIM."''
-->-- '''Karkat Vantas''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

The inverse of FutureMeScaresMe, where a character sees the past and either meets or somehow witnesses the actions of their past self, and just can't stand them. Maybe they were once a villain, and now that they've [[HeelFaceTurn reformed]] dislike how evil they once were, or, inversely, they're ''[[FaceHeelTurn more]]'' evil and show disdain for how "weak" their past self is. Maybe they were extremely selfish as a child, and regret their indifference to the needs and feelings of others. Maybe they're just more experienced, and are annoyed with how inexperienced and impulsive they were in the past. In any case, they're constantly ticked off by their past.

See also FutureMeScaresMe, so for this from the point of view from the past self, go there. Compare OldShame, a more mundane version of this trope, and AmnesiacDissonance, where something similar happens as a result of previously-hidden memories being recovered. Contrast OtherMeAnnoysMe. See also IWasQuiteAFashionVictim and FormerTeenRebel.

This is very much TruthInTelevision, as most of us would certainly be quite embarrassed by our own past personality quirks and antics. Fortunately, we can't go back in time and meet our younger selves... yet.

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!!Example subpages:
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* IHatePastMe/FanWorks
* IHatePastMe/LiveActionTV
* IHatePastMe/VideoGames
* IHatePastMe/WesternAnimation
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!!Other examples:
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* [[https://youtu.be/WwviD567_VA?si=djimscXTuVsYlRnq This commercial from NerdWallet]] involves a bunch of old people who hate their young selves because they were not smart with their money and ended up in a BadFuture as a result.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': In Chapter 48, Karane takes a drug that removes her {{Tsundere}} personality traits. While the other girls are enthralled by her new friendly attitude, they soon agree that her old self was still likable. Karane, however, refuses to reverse the process until Rentarou explains that he's willing to accept her change if this is what she wants, but not if it's because she hates who she used to be.
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi, previously a princess and heir to the throne, used to espouse positive things like friendship and trust. Then she was outed as a Norma and treated as lower than trash by the Mana-using people that respected her before and then exiled. Then she came back anyway to save her sister Sylvia, only for her to betray Ange, whip her in public, and said public continued to jeer on her and want her executed for existing as a Norma. Once she got out of there, Ange exclaimed that she was a complete fool for espousing such positive things for rotten people like the Mana community, and if anything, she feels like punching herself in the face when she remembered that past.
* Volume 8 of ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'' contains a reprint of the manga's first chapter with commentary from Ichikawa and Yamada as they were at the end of that volume (i.e. right after [[spoiler: becoming [[OfficialCouple a couple]]]]). Ichikawa spends the first few pages feeling thankful that Yamada can't read his past self's internal monologue as he cringes at his [[{{Chuunibyou}} murderous fantasies]] from back then.
* In ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' (specifically the manga), Vegeta at one point saves a Namekian boy from Moro, stating that he won’t allow any Namekian to be killed when he can stop it. Vegeta confirms this is out of guilt and shame for massacring dozens of Namekians when he was younger and evil during the Namek Saga.
* In a ''Manga/FairyTail'' OVA, when Natsu meets his child self via time travel, he angrily beats him up for being so weak and losing a fight to Gray. He also calls his child self stupid for not recognizing him and thinking he's a monster.
* During Part 3 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Noriaki Kakyoin comments on how the person he was before the Crusaders entered his life was a "pathetic lurker". His hatred for his past self is what motivated him to join the group, thinking of becoming a better person.
* ''Manga/IWantYourMotherToBeWithMe'': In Chapter 15, Haruka and Ryo pass a wedding store at the mall, and Ryo is shamefully reminded of his past actions from the first chapter (asking out Yuzuki with CondescendingCompassion and generally being a self-centered jerkass).
* Kaguya from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is deeply ashamed by her past as an IceQueen, referring to herself as having been "a terrible woman with a twisted, disfigured heart." [[spoiler:It also puts her square in InsecureLoveInterest territory, as it makes her feel unworthy of being loved by a NiceGuy like Shirogane.]]
* Yanagi of ''Manga/LastGame'' is really ashamed of what a spoiled, entitled brat he was ten years before.
* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': [[TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf When Maria Akeboshi sees her reflection as Mari Nagare]], not only does Maria see Mari as dead, but as a coward. This is a tragic example of how far gone she is to the point of having a negative opinion on her past self, the same person whom her son loves.
-->'''Maria''': ...Begone, coward.
* ''Anime/MiraiOfTheFuture'' has an amusing moment where [[spoiler:Future-Kun]] tries to tell Kun that not wearing his favorite pants isn't the end of the world and he should instead appreciate being able to make happy memories with his family. When Kun disagrees, he is so flabbergasted that the two end up in a childish argument befitting Kun, but not [[spoiler:Future-Kun]].
* Manga/{{Naruto}}, after the TimeSkip in ''Shipuuden'', does an omake with his past self. He is shocked by the fact that he was a very annoying, obnoxious loudmouth before the TimeSkip.
** [[spoiler: Similarly, in ''Anime/{{Boruto}}'', when Sasuke goes back in time to Part 1, he’s quite ashamed of his younger self who betrayed the village and is noticeably tight-lipped over it when Boruto questions why he left the village and his friends. Future Sasuke also [[CharacterDevelopment strives]] to [[PapaWolf protect]] young Naruto and especially young Sakura due to how much he hurt them both when he was young.]]
* In ''Anime/{{Noein}}'', Karasu condemns his past self for being an utter coward. [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong Considering what he's trying to do]], not an entirely unreasonable attitude. And then [[spoiler:the titular Noein turns out to be yet another future Yuu, who hates ''both'' Yuu and Karasu]].
* Haru of ''Manga/{{Ojojojo}}'' has always been disgusted with how she used to act before she met Kawayanagi and Akane. It just takes her a while to say it out loud.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** RebelLeader Kohza gets annoyed at Kappa, the little boy who adamantly wants to join the rebellion -- but is refused. Kohza soon after reveals to his subordinates that the kid reminded him of himself when was younger and full of spirit, which unsettled him.
** Jinbei is somewhat ashamed of his past as a brutal Human-hating Pirate, and he especially regretted all the trouble he caused for [[WideEyedIdealist Queen Otohime]]. When Nami forgives him for letting Arlong loose on the East Blue despite all the pain it caused, Jinbei burst into tears.
** Downplayed, but Sanji is quite callous when regarding his younger and weaker self; he states to his ArchNemesisDad Judge that as far as he’s concerned, [[ThatManIsDead “Vinsmoke Sanji” died at sea]].
* Two of the Nakano sisters in ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'' deal with this, albeit in different ways:
** [[{{Tsundere}} Nino]] was initially the most hostile towards Fuutarou for no other reason than "he's an intruder in our home", outright trying to sabotage his efforts to get them to study, with no consideration whatsoever for his situation (he needs the money from his work as a tutor to help support his family). After she falls in love with him, she's deeply ashamed of the way she treated him and resolves to be as nice to him as possible.
** As the flashbacks reveal, [[GenkiGirl Yotsuba]] used to be the most selfish and competitive out of her sisters, [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanting to stand out and be the best out of them]]. When she started failing in academics, she turned to sport clubs, but her grades suffered for it and she was expelled from their school. Her sisters pretended to have cheated in their own exams to be expelled along with her so they could stick together, and this sacrifice made Yotsuba decide to prioritize her sisters' happiness, even in detriment of her own.
* In the extended ending of ''Manga/ShamanKing'', it's revealed [[AffectionateNickname Horo Horo]] ''hates'' being called by his real name (Horokeu Usui). [[spoiler: A flashback then follows young Horokeu, an unpopular kid in his elementary school, pushing away his only friend, a girl nicknamed Damko, due to his nature as an Ainu shaman and the girl's father being generally unpopular among his tribe: trying to follow him after the event, the girl got lost in the mountains and froze to death. Devastated by the incident, Horokeu blamed himself and gave up his own name, angrily shouting that it's the name of the one who killed [[FirstLove the only girl he ever loved]].]]
* In ''Manga/ASilentVoice'', when Shouya Ishida reflects on the misery caused by his younger self's bullying, he's [[TheAtoner so ashamed of what he did]] that he has an ImagineSpot of his current self stabbing his younger self, with the younger self maintaining a feckless grin the entire time. Subverted in the [[Anime/ASilentVoice anime]], Shouya is actually more sympathetic to his troubled younger self as brilliantly shown in the scene where he’s comforting young Yuzuru while she wears the shoes he wore as a kid, his consoling words to Yuzuru while she’s covered by the umbrella are [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSWsS2DaOylL0lDBqPZFjWbU0xkBji75p9TEQ&usqp=CAU symbolically framed as him talking to his elementary school self]].
* A non-time travel variant is a major element in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul :Re''. AmnesiacHero Haise Sasaki is haunted by visions of his past self and states he knows that's exactly who it is. He confesses to being afraid of regaining his memories, because of who he might have been and the thought that his current self will "die". Notably, this EnemyWithin is actually a twisted version of his past self, rather than an accurate reflection of who he used to be. [[spoiler:Hinami putting herself in harm's way to save him due to her bond with his past self convinces him that the person he was must have been a good person. The next time he sees his past self, "Ken" looks like a scared and crying boy who begs Sasaki to save Hinami. Sasaki still clings to his current identity, but he no longer hates or fears Ken.]]
* ''Manga/TokyoRevengers'': Takemichi has the ability to MentalTimeTravel exactly twelve years into the past, but doesn't retain any memory of the changes in the timeline resulting from his actions. Due to the complete 180 his personality took over the course of his life, [[BreakTheHaughty going from a cocky, violent brat to a meek]] ReluctantWarrior, whenever he [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong travels back]] he's forced to contend with decisions his alternate self made that he doesn't even remember doing such as attempting to cheat on his [[LoveInterest girlfriend Hina]].
* In one chapter/episode of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', Shutaro Mendō travels back in time and very literally scares his younger self -- the child Mendō acts like such an obnoxious brat to his future self that he provokes the latter into attacking him with a sword. The young Mendō hides in a jar until the older Mendō returns to his own time, but that experience was what gave him his claustrophobia and fear of the dark. What's more, [[StableTimeLoop the reason he travels back in time in the first place is to prevent himself from getting that claustrophobia and fear of the dark]].
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[[folder:Comedy]]
* Creator/TheFiresignTheatre radio parody "Nick Danger" has the characters all transported by time machine to twenty years earlier where they meet their past selves. They all get into an angry brawl with each other, except for the aged butler Catherwoods who enjoy having someone their own age to be around.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'': During each of Robo's fights with [[EldritchAbomination The Shadow From Beyond Time]], he gets pulled into a pocket dimension within The Shadow where everything exists simultaneously outside of linear time. Because he fights this thing four times over a span of about 80 years, this results in four different versions of Robo being in the same place at the same time. While the 1957, 1971, and 2009 Robos all get along well, having each done this at least once before and knowing exactly what to do, they are mutually derisive of the 1926 Robo, who is the youngest and least experienced of them.
* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': Characters/KangTheConqueror is a mix of this trope and FutureMeScaresMe, with the ContinuitySnarl that is his publication history resulting in him being locked into an eternal war with past and future versions of himself. ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' is devoted just to trying to unravel the whole mess.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics'': During [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Genis-Vell]]'s omnipotent madman phase, he brought Rick Jones' teenage self to the present -- that is, Rick from ''before'' the Gamma Bomb accident that created the Hulk, when Rick was forced to grow up and start taking responsibility for his actions. Naturally, present-day Rick can't stand him.
* ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'': In order to stop a [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Tony Stark]] turned evil by Kang, the Avengers go back in time and bring in a Teen!Tony. Present!Tony doesn't care much for this development and promptly runs his arm through the boy's chest.
* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': Doctor Strange's villains occasionally attempt mind-games like showing him his life as an [[DrJerk arrogant young surgeon]]. He's never once been tempted to go back.
* ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'': [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Doom 2099]] travels back to the present day, in order to get his younger self to work on an antidote to a plague that's killing everyone in 2099. Present-day Doom goes into one of his bombastic, self-referential rants, to which Doom 2099 responds with "Stop posturing and pay attention! Gad! Was I really such a boor?"
* ''ComicBook/MediEvilFatesArrow'': Sir Dan travels back in time to just before the Battle of Gallowmere and sees himself when he was still alive. He's almost unable to recognize his past self, who was nothing more than a cowardly, overly pampered SpoiledBrat.
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': In ''ComicBook/ThorGodOfThunder2012'', Old King [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] wastes little time expressing his dislike for the two versions of his younger and beardless self Avenger Thor (the present day one) and young Thor (who is seriously lacking the CharacterDevelopment after being banished to Earth) calling them both idiots and whelps and generally looking down upon them. Subverted though as King Thor is actually invigorated by his younger selves and is motivated to kick ass again after spending thousands of years as a DeathSeeker tormented by Gorr. The reason he treats his younger selves so harshly on the surface is likely out of sadness given he has lost almost all his friends and family. On the flip side, the younger Thors are both equally [[FutureMeScaresMe appalled]] at the prospect that in the future they will turn out exactly like their father Odin.
* ''ComicBook/SavageDragon'': [[spoiler:Savage Dragon himself]] hates and fears his past self Emperor Kurr. Not really surprising since Emperor Kurr is a genocidal warmonger [[spoiler:who pretty much wipes out humanity and killed the kids he sired as Dragon with no remorse]].
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': A common theme is how [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter Parker]] is truly ashamed of his younger teenage self for his selfishness and especially the BystanderSyndrome which taught him responsibility. This is frequently seen in [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski Straczynski’s run]], where Spidey flashbacks to his school days and the mistakes he made, and the narration boxes detail how much Peter laments his attempts to go with the popular crowd instead of trying to help his friend Charlie Weiderman.
** Averted when present-day Spider-Man meets his old wheelchair-bound future self in a ''ComicBook/SpiderManDeadpool'' #26, as they got on very well.
** During the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' tie-in, Peter finds himself forced to work with his time-displaced past self, the Superior Spider-Man, the two of them coming to blows a few times over leadership of the Spider-Army. For a time, Peter is able to exploit Otto's arrogance to convince him that he (Peter) is the past self, [=SpOck=] being unable to conceive that he would return Peter's body to him, but the truth eventually comes out and the doc [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum doesn't take it very well]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** In the ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis universe]]'', Characters/PowerGirl didn't get along with Supergirl for a long while because Kara's behavior left much to be desired when she first met her younger counterpart in ''ComicBook/GirlPower''. Even though Supergirl apologized after getting her head together, Power Girl turned her down and stated she couldn't trust her.
** In a ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 New 52 issue]]'', Characters/PowerGirl gets mad with the eponymous heroine because Supergirl called her "old". Supergirl apologizes, explaining she didn't meant anything by it, but she is prone to say stupid things when she gets upset. Power Girl admits that she used to be like that, too.
* ''ComicBook/{{Thanos}}'': In Donny Cates’s run, this happens between Thanos and his future self when they’re forced to [[TeethClenchedTeamwork work together]]. Future Thanos sees Present Thanos as an obnoxious, hotheaded PsychopathicManChild who really needs to grow up and constantly reminds him of it. The hate is mutual; Present Thanos sees Future Thanos as a broken-down loser who’s let himself become a slave to Death’s affections again.
* ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'': The time-travelling arc during the Jeff Parker took this to an extreme as the current team, consisting of some of the [[HeelFaceTurn fully redeemed]] members of the old team, ended up meeting the first set of Thunderbolts while the con was still on. The Fixer ended up talking to his past self, who was the same morals-less hothead who couldn't believe that his current self had "gone soft." [[spoiler:However, the Fixer wasn't known for his infinite patience then ''or'' now, so he ''immolates himself''. The temporal ramifications are immediately dealt with, and the Fixer has to enter a StableTimeLoop where he poses as his past self in order to keep the timeline from unwinding.]]
* ''ComicBook/Venom2021:''
** All over the place thanks to time travel. Each of the future Kings in Black Eddie meets at the Garden of Time despises the one before them. [[spoiler:Then it turns out they're all future versions of Eddie, and Meridius despises all of them.]]
** In issue #25, due to time travel Doctor Doom meets himself from the Stan and Jack days; a Doom without even the mild CharacterDevelopment Vic's gotten over the years. Modern Doom is irritated by the ''child'' in front of him who has done so much less than he.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** In ''ComicBook/JeanGrey2017'', time-displaced teen [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] meets her adult self's ghost. Her future, deceased self seems to regard her as an immature, whiny brat who can't deal with the fact her life wasn't a painless fairy tale.
--->'''Teen Jean:''' Stop acting like it's so embarrassing you used to be me.
** Similarly, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] isn't too impressed with his younger naive self and admonishes young Scott for being with him and not with his friends. This overlaps with just plain old self-hatred as he's reminded of what a good kid he used to be and is depressed over [[FallenHero how his life turned out]].
** ComicBook/OldManLogan gets a chance to meet his [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan younger self]] in ''Dead Man Logan'', and reveals in his thought bubbles that he’s been dreading an encounter like this. Old Logan notably disparages his young self for making him sound like a “jackass” and he also spites the IWorkAlone mentality of his past self, saying he should go back to the [[TrueCompanions X-Men]] as soon as possible and treasure them. Though Old Logan also tells his younger self to never lose his {{Determinator}} attitude like he did.
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': When Calvin travels to the (very near) future to get his completed homework from his future self, three different versions of him end up fighting over which of them should have done the homework. Averted with Hobbes in the same story, as his egotism is of a sort that gets along with itself. "You're right, as always, Hobbes."
* ''ComicStrip/TwistedToyfareTheatre'':
** In one strip, Future Hulk (Maestro) couldn't believe how stupid his younger counterpart is.
** In another strip, Doctor Doom travels back in time to try and get his younger, pre-scarred self to help him prevent the Fantastic Four from ever forming. He can't stand how insolent young Doom is to his elders and ultimately strangles him, [[DidntThinkThisThrough wiping himself]] [[RetGone from history]] as a result.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* Another non-time travel variant happens in the first ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' movie. When Lightning [=McQueen=] first arrives at Radiator Springs, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Doc Hudson]] utterly despises him at first because the younger runner's cocky, boastful attitude brings Doc [[spoiler:lots of awful reminders of his time as a racer himself.]] Even after Lightning gets some CharacterDevelopment and learns to be a better car, Doc still can't stand him and gets rid of him by [[spoiler:telling the media and the authorities [=McQueen's=] location so they can take him back]]. Realizing he made a mistake, Doc [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes and his friends show up at the decisive Piston Coup race]] to help Lightning]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Héctor loudly and repeatedly proclaims disdain for musicians, but it quickly becomes apparent that he was once a musician himself. Then it comes to light that he was the musician from Miguel's family who left home and never returned, sparking the generations-long music ban. Héctor regrets what happened so much he's actively turned the hatred onto himself and his former passion. It's later shown in the epilogue that not only has he reconnected with his family, but he has also reconnected with his passion for music when he is (unbeknownst to the living) seen playing guitar while Miguel is performing "Proud Corazon".
* ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'' sees [[spoiler:one of the Red Robin paths with Jason (after Tim makes Jason have a HeelRealization and Jason decides to spare Two-Face) reflect on his earlier comment about "Evil can't be cured; only killed," and states "Whoever said that is a jackass."]]
* An odd example in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''--there's an InteractiveNarrator version of Kuzco who represents his attitude at the beginning of the story, [[UnreliableNarrator claiming that his misfortune]] [[NeverMyFault is everybody else's fault]]. By the midpoint of the story, however, [[BreakingTheFourthWall the "real" Kuzco]] has undergone enough CharacterDevelopment [[WhatTheHellHero to tell him off]].
* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', Elsa winces upon seeing an apparition of her past self singing "Let It Go."
* Mixing with FutureMeScaresMe in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'', [[spoiler:Rex Dangervest is revealed to be an embittered Emmet from the future, seeking to ruin his past self's life to turn him into Rex. When Emmet reacts in horror to his plan, Rex can only huff "I am so disappointed in myself" before strapping Emmet to a slingshot and forcibly throwing him under the dryer to set him on the path to becoming Rex]].
* ''Westernanimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls:'' When Sunset Shimmer refers to her past self (and in particular, the "raging she-demon"), it is always with disgust. Her ImageSong, "My Past Is Not Today" is about how she's not that person anymore and shows her taking her three "Fall Formal Princess" pictures off the school's wall and throwing them in the trash.
* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': While meeting with his lost lives in the Cave of Lost Souls, Puss is initially overjoyed by their stroking of his ego. However, when they mock him over the CharacterDevelopment he's had through the movie (actually caring about his friends more than his legendary status as a hero), he declares that they're all jerks and that he's got mixed feelings about that.
* A non-TimeTravel variant: In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', as Buzz Lightyear encounters a fresh-out-of-the-box Buzz Lightyear who's acting much like Buzz from [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 the first film]], Buzz moans, "Tell me I wasn't this deluded..."
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', Old Biff doesn't particularly like Young Biff, thinking of him as an ignorant macho idiot ([[GenerationXerox like his grandson]]), but is willing to give him the secret to infinite wealth since it will make himself rich in the future. Unfortunately, the end result is a Biff much more diabolical than either of them. Young Biff didn't care much for Old Biff either, thinking he was some crazy old coot even when Old Biff showed him his plan to make him/them rich was legit. So... I Hate Future Me?
* In ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'', Prime Barry Allen finds the alternate Barry Allen who grew up with his mother still alive a bit too idiotic/cringey for his taste.
* A non-TimeTravel example in the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. Quaid learns that he was originally Hauser, one of BigBad Cohaagen's agents who volunteered to have his memory erased and replaced with Quaid's personality, and doesn't particularly agree when Hauser's pre-made recordings start taunting and screwing with him. When Cohaagen tries to reprogram him as Hauser:
-->'''Cohaagen:''' You'll like being Hauser.\\
'''Quaid:''' The guy's a fucking asshole!
* ''Literature/TheButcherBoy'': [[spoiler: Upon seeing his decisions from an observer's point of view, Francie eventually has little but large amounts of disdain for the choices his past self made, occasionally berating him despite knowing he can't hear. He still retains his hatred for Mrs Nugent though]].
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Darth Vader for the most part loathes his past self as Anakin Skywalker. Somewhat due to the regret and sadness over how his life turned out, but mainly due to him perceiving Anakin as a pathetic weakling who [[VirtueIsWeakness lacked]] the immoral Sith beliefs. When his son Luke and others from his past refer to him as Anakin, Vader dismisses it since "Annie" is [[ThatManIsDead dead]] as far he's concerned. There's also a good chunk of the fanbase who actually [[EvilIsCool agree]] with Vader's sentiment, even though his last moment in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' was him choosing to die as Anakin.
--->'''Darth Vader:''' (in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' to Ahsoka Tano) Anakin Skywalker was weak. I destroyed him.
** On the flip side, Anakin's glimpses into the future as seen in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)]]'' and ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017'' where he can meet Vader in person have all [[FutureMeScaresMe terrified]] Anakin and caused him to go through a HeroicBSOD at seeing what he'll become.
** Luke in ''Film/TheLastJedi'' has real troubles in regards to his younger self and is annoyed at Rey treating him like the legend he is and even throws his (and his father)'s lightsaber away when Rey hands it to him. This is likely due to Luke's shame at the new Jedi Order he created being destroyed by his nephew Ben and him failing to stop it and save Ben from succumbing to TheDarkSide [[spoiler: as well as contemplating killing Ben to prevent it all happening]]. On the other hand Luke sneaks into the Millennium Falcon while Rey and Chewy are sleeping implying he does miss the old days and hates how things turn out, when R2-D2 puts on Leia’s holographic message from ''Film/ANewHope'', Luke complains "That's unfair". [[spoiler: Luke redeems himself in the climax saving what's left of the Rebellion by tapping into the Force once again]].
* ''[[Film/TheKid2000 Disney's The Kid]]'': The main character, Russ, meets himself as a child, Rusty. All he sees in his past are a bunch of bad memories.
* ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' has [[spoiler: The Astronaut, who doesn't exactly hate his past self, but since he knows his own callousness led to the loss of his brother and being stuck in the game, is fairly hard on him. However, this does eventually turn into him being very proud that the current Walter didn't make the same mistakes he did]].
* The film ''Christmas on My Mind'' opens with Lucy Lovett suffering amnesia of the past two years of her life and learning that, in that time, she broke off her engagement (her memory ends a week before her originally planned wedding), moved to Portland, and is now engaged to someone else. On top of that, she learns that she never set up the arts program she wanted to create in Portland and finds herself more focused on work than helping children, disturbed at the change in her personality, such as reading an interview where she said “Art is a business like any other”.
* In ''Film/{{Triangle}}'', a woman who's been caught in a series of time loops has gone completely over the edge and when she finds herself transported to the start of the day, she sees her past self yelling angrily at her son. Her response? [[spoiler: Ambush her past self and ''beat her to death.'' Somehow this does not erase her from existence.]]
* Bill and Ted think this is what's happening in ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'' when their future selves are rude to them ("I'll have to remember to be nicer to myself when I become him!"), only to discover that the "future selves" are actually {{Killer Robot}}s.
* In ''Film/{{Timecop}}'', Senator [=McComb=] travels from 2004 to 1994 to kill his then-business partner and meets his past self in the process. He remarks that he "remembers having bigger balls", tells his past self to "lay off the fucking candy bars" and punches him in the face.
* Boris the Animal from ''Film/MenInBlack3'' despises his younger self, seeing in him the cocky idiot who cost him his arm. The younger Boris, however, sees his older self the exact same way, as a fool who made mistakes that he himself has yet to suffer.
* In ''Film/{{Looper}}'', Old Joe has very little patience for his past self, a junkie killer who's too in love with his hedonistic lifestyle to think about the future.
* In ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'', Charli has little but contempt for Samantha, her amnesiac personality [[spoiler:who decided to have TheDragon's baby. She eventually realizes she cares more than she thought, and their personalities kind of merge]].
* Tom Stahl in ''Film/AHistoryOfViolence'', an extremely mild-mannered diner owner, is a non-time travel example. Stahl is in fact Joey Cusack, a man too violent even for the Philadelphia Mafia. He disappeared, "killed" Joey, emerged as Tom, and years later has to reconcile the two as his circumstances force Joey to re-emerge.
* In ''Film/LostInSpace'' [[spoiler:Future Smith]] manhandles his past self, utterly disgusted with his petty ambitions, and tosses him away, apparently killing him. His past self is [[FutureMeScaresMe terrified of him]] [[spoiler:since he's mutated into a giant alien spider monster courtesy of a bite he received earlier in the film]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Future Smith]]:''' I never liked me much anyway.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** Right before [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesWolverine Wolverine]] goes back in time in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesMagneto Magneto]] expresses doubts about the mission success--not because of a lack of faith in Wolverine, but how his and [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesProfessorCharlesXavier Professor X]]'s younger selves were. Given the actions his younger self takes to prevent the BadFuture, he was right to worry.
** TheStinger for ''Film/Deadpool2'' features this mixing with SelfDeprecation on Creator/RyanReynolds's part: [[spoiler:Deadpool goes back in time to kill Barakapool from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and then goes to kill Reynolds before he could star in ''Film/GreenLantern2011'']].
* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'':
** A minor example where Bruce facepalmed at seeing the out-of-control Hulk throwing a tantrum at a car. At that time, he is now conscious when he's the Hulk, and seeing his past incarnation smashing a car as if he were a child greatly disappoints him.
** Steve is quite annoyed being on the receiving end of his own [[TheParagon stubborn righteousness]] for a change.
--->'''Cap:''' You got to be ''[[PrecisionFStrike shitting]]'' me! \\
'''2012 Cap:''' [[{{Determinator}} I could do this all day!]] \\
'''Cap:''' (sighing) Yeah I know, I know.
** Nebula pities her younger and evil self while the latter tortures her as well as being disgusted over her own cruelty. Though future Nebula had no qualms about shooting her past self (don’t worry, she doesn’t fade away) to save Gamora.
* ''Film/TheAdamProject'', big time. Mostly Adam thinking the worst of his kid self, but Maya Sorian locks horns with her younger adult self too.
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* In his book ''Complete Guide to Money'', Creator/DaveRamsey said that if 1980s him were to call the radio show today, he would be chewed out for being so stupid.
* In ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'', Wei Wuxian uses Empathy to view [[spoiler: Nie Mingjue's]] memories while investigating his murder and cringes over the deceased's memory of an encounter with Wei Wuxian as an edgy teenager.
* In the Mistborn novel ''Literature/TheAlloyOfLaw'', Miles burning gold sees two possible "pasts" of himself, and both hate each other. This is a common effect of burning gold, actually, since it shows you either your past or a possible past (it's rather unclear- gold is probably the least understood of the core allomantic metals, since burning it is often a disturbing experience). Vin, the heroine of ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'', is also extremely uncomfortable with seeing her pre-CharacterDevelopment BrokenBird self while burning gold, and never does it again.
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Upon seeing his decisions from an observer's point of view, Ebenezer Scrooge eventually has little but large amounts of disdain for the choices his past self made, occasionally berating him despite knowing he can't hear.
* Literature/ArtemisFowl is shocked at how ruthless he used to be upon meeting his younger self in ''The Time Paradox'', as well as exasperated at his smug dramatics.
* In Jonathan Carroll's novel ''The Wooden Sea'', the narrator, Frannie, who is a cop, meets his past self, a troubled teenage bully. However, he eventually does come to see that he really was a good kid and manages to help patch things up with his (teenage Frannie's) father in the past.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld''. Sam Vimes has a more sympathetic reaction to the fact that his young self is a "twerp". As much as he's annoyed at the youth's naivety, he also displays a degree of sadness for his lost innocence and turns down the invitation to see his dearly departed mother again for fear of retreading the grief of her death.
* In Creator/StephenBaxter's novel ''The Time Ships'', when Moses meets his past self he initially doesn't like his trousers, his waistcoat, his attitude, or him. Damn young turk!
* In the "Q-Continuum" series of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novels, Q takes Picard on a trip through his past to show him why breaching the galactic barrier would be a bad idea. Throughout the trip, Q laments his past self's actions. Understandable, since he did grant [[spoiler: a sadistic EldritchAbomination and its equally monstrous cronies entrance to our galaxy which led to the destruction of an entire civilization that had actually earned Q's respect]].
* In ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove'' Lazarus Long goes back to when he was about four years old and visits his family in disguise. He finds his past self to be an annoying little smart-aleck and remarks that he was tempted to wring his own neck.
* In Scott Meyer's ''[[Literature/{{Magic20}} Spell or Highwater]]'', the city of {{Atlantis}} is ruled by a triumvirate of sorceresses. Two of them are actually the same person at different times. To distinguish themselves, they are called Brit the Younger and Brit the Elder (although, physically, they are identical, since all time travelers are TheAgeless). Brit the Younger is constantly annoyed by her future self's patronizing attitude and the fact that she lays claim to all the things Brit the Younger does. However, when asked, Brit the Elder admits that she treats Brit the Younger like a child because she's constantly embarrassed by her younger self's words and actions, as she's experiencing them again with [[StableTimeLoop no ability to change anything]]. In fact, both of them are looking forward to a time in several decades when Brit the Younger will go back in time to create the city of Atlantis in the first place (thus becoming Brit the Elder). In fact, most of the resentment comes from Brit the Younger, since Brit the Elder constantly keeps information secret until after it would have been useful since this is how she remembers it.
* In the third ''Literature/TakeshiKovacs'' novel the antagonists sleeve a copy of Kovacs from when he was still in the Envoy corps to hunt him down. The Kovacs with roughly a subjective century more experience finds him an annoying punk.
* The antagonism between the two Rimmers in ''Literature/RedDwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'' is presented like this. (There's hints of it in the episode, but the book states it explicitly.) The duplicate Rimmer is essentially his past self from before the accident, whereas the original Rimmer has mellowed slightly through his post-resurrection experiences.
* In the ''Literature/ImperialRadch'' trilogy, [[spoiler:Tisarwat]] gets this twice over after experiencing DeathOfPersonality from being temporarily assimilated into [[spoiler:Anaander Mianaai]]'s mental gestalt. She remembers being both a fatuous teenager and an ancient, callous dictator and feels each residual personality's disdain for the other's past.
* The ''Literature/OldKingdom'' novel ''Goldenhand'' {{Invert|edTrope}}s this: Chlorr's SoulJar is [[LiteralSplitPersonality the part of her spirit]] that didn't fall to Free Magic corruption when she was the young, living woman Clariel. When Clariel is awoken from slumber and gains access to Chlorr's {{Ghost Memor|y}}ies, she starts weeping in horror at the monster she went on to become. [[spoiler:She also helps defeat Chlorr for good.]]
* In ''Literature/AsOneStarSetsAnotherRises'', an extremely elderly Japanese man testifies to his as-yet-unrepentant self's war crimes.
* In ''Literature/DontLookBack'', [[AmnesiacHero Sam]] utterly hates what she finds out about her past self's personality prior to losing her memories and is nothing but ashamed of it. Considering that she used to be a total AlphaBitch, it's completely justified.
* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi'' and ''Literature/TheShadowOfKyoshi:'' Kyoshi, the current Avatar, thinks rather poorly of [[{{Reincarnation}} her previous incarnation]], Kuruk, who seemingly cared more about a life of hedonism than his duties to the world. She warms up to him after learning about the less public challenges that he had to face during his era.
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[[folder:Music]]
* The Music/GarfunkelAndOates song "29/31". It follows a woman at the ages of 29 and 31; her 29-year-old self is an [[TheIdealist idealistic]] NaiveEverygirl while her 31-year-old self is a [[TheCynic cynical]] DeadpanSnarker, having realized her life didn't go as well as she expected it to. Her older self (played by Music/{{Riki|Lindhome}}) is annoyed by her younger self (played by Kate), while her younger self is horrified by what she has become.
* Plenty of country music songs about regretting one's wilder days abound. Prominent examples include "Choices" by Music/GeorgeJones and "Yesterday When I Was Young" by Roy Clark. The point is that, now older and wiser, the singer is filled with regret for their past mistakes and they wished they had never done what they did.
* [[Music/RelientK Relient K's]] song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQJt2yFtS84 "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been."]]
--> ''"I'm sorry for the person I became\\
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change\\
I'm ready to be sure I never become that way again\\
'Cause who I am hates who I've been\\
Who I am hates who I've been."''
* Taken from the other perspective in the song "Future Me Hates Me" by The Beths
-->Future heartbreak, future headaches\\
Wide eyed nights late lying awake\\
With future cold shakes from stupid mistakes\\
Future me hates me for, hates me for
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* Wrestling/JohnMorrison's attitude on ''The Palace of Wisdom'' after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJDdMLBdpt8 he traveled back in time to meet Johnny Nitro]].
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[[folder:Radio]]
* ''Series/DeadRingers: Reunion'' counts on this happening with Germaine Greer of 2018 meeting Germaine Greer of The60s. Sure enough, the elder Greer mocks her younger, proudly feminist self as a hippie who needs to get laid. Conversely, '60s Greer is horrified and disgusted at her older self's sexism, and storms out of the show.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* This is how Omnitron-X feels about his previous iterations in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse''. After constantly failing to defeat heroes, Omnitron, a [[BossSubtitles Self-Aware Robotics Factory]] intently studied his previous battles, and realized that the heroes were fighting at increased capacity when people were in danger, so to be more powerful, he built himself a MoralityChip to tap into that surge of strength... Resulting in him becoming TheAtoner and using TimeTravel to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. In a nice example of [[SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration Gameplay and Story Integration]], the game tags Omnitron and Omnitron-X as [[ArchEnemy Arch-Enemies]].
** Characters in the videogame adaptation sometimes have unique game-start dialogue, and the reformed villains from the [=OblivAeon=] expansion get this with their villainous equivalents, even if they're not actually archenemies. In particular, Luminary - the EnemyMine version of Baron Blade - constantly talks shit about his past versions.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
** [[spoiler:This is how Archer feels about Shirou Emiya. He hates Shirou for being so weak, naive, and idealistic. He's willing to kill Shirou, even though this would presumably erase him from existence because his past choices and mistakes made his life completely miserable and he wants to be free of it. Saber warns Archer that since Heroic Spirits exist outside of time, killing Shirou will '''not''' erase him, but he roars that if there's the slightest chance it will work and undo all his pain he will do it, and even if it doesn't work, he will at least rid the world of Shirou Emiya the screwup. Depending on the route, Shirou addresses his flaws in various ways, but nonetheless, Archer eventually dies peacefully trusting that Shirou will not become like him.]]
** There's a hilarious scene where Shirou sees Rin's memories. He does not recognize his own child self and says the boy looks like a total moron.
* In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark'', this is a possible reaction of the protagonist to finding out [[spoiler:that they are indirectly responsible for all of the violent spirits that had been plaguing the region. In his original identity, Masamune Kujou, he became aware that the sacred statue suppressing the power of an evil cursed doll was weakening. To restore the statue's power, he removed it from the doll and placed it inside a shrine to purify it, but this purification would take a month to complete. As a result, the doll was free to spread its evil for a month, striking Masamune with a curse that rendered him an amnesiac, killing Masamune's sister, and creating vengeful spirits that killed numerous innocents. Upon recovering his memories, the protagonist has a choice of either seeing the consequences of his actions as a horrible but necessary step to re-sealing the evil doll or despising his past self for the death and suffering]].
* In the [RE]turn mode of ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}} Liberation Day'', Kayto quickly grows exasperated with how his past self stubbornly refuses to even consider the possibility that [[spoiler:his love interest Chigara is a Prototype spy and is going to kill everyone at the Liberation Day ceremony]] and writes off all evidence to the contrary as part of an enemy plot to drive a wedge between the members of the Sunrider’s crew. Kayto even ends up sympathizing with his NumberTwo Ava for having to put up with his past bullheadedness,[[note]]as she’d spent the better part of a month trying to convince him of the possibility in the main story, only for Kayto to lash out and accuse her of [[spoiler:being jealous of his relationship with Chigara]],[[/note]] and gives her a heartfelt apology during her route.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': ''Singularity'' shows that Agent Carolina feels like this with regards to her time in Project Freelancer, to the point where [[spoiler: her Labyrinth Illusion is herself from that era. When she meets Illusion!Carolina, she yells at her past self for being so obsessed with gaining her father's affection that she ignored the people who '''actually''' cared about her as well as being utterly callous to others such as [[TheDogBitesBack Mark]] [[FromNobodyToNightmare Temple]], thus having them [[StartOfDarkness haunt]] her years later, all the while her father would never give her the time of day as he couldn't let go of his wife's memory]].
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': An episode from the fifth volume features the characters discussing how they have grown [[spoiler: since the fall of Beacon]]. While they don't exactly hate how they were prior to that monumental event, they are embarrassed by how they have acted since then. Examples include Ruby going against a Nevermore on her own, Weiss being cold towards everyone, and Yang recklessly charging in situations without giving a second thought to the aftermath.
* This happens with several [=VTubers=] who watch their debut streams after being active for a long time (usually a year or so), causing them to cringe and roast their debut selves.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* A non-TimeTravel example occurs in ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'' when Kili and Greg go to part of the SpiritWorld where a person's past self resides. Kili, a kind, sensitive shaman, is confronted by her bratty teenage self and Greg, a mellow writer, is distraught when he sees his TotallyRadical headbanger self.
* In TheRant of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Dan sometimes berates his past self for his decisions like [[https://egscomics.com/comic/2002-07-18 making Grace cry.]] That said, he also [[http://egscomics.com/comics/2003-12-24 recognizes]] the futility of this.
-->'''Dan:''' Granted, not a lot is accomplished by being mad at one’s past self. The healthiest thing is to accept one’s past mistakes and move on. Of course, I’m an artist and get to see a visual record of such things, SO I WILL NEVER MOVE ON. EVER.
* A book 4 arc of ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'' pits the science fiction club against their book 1 versions, and nearly all of them have this reaction.
* Future Stein appears to feel this way about his younger counterpart in ''Webcomic/FrankieAndStein''.
* In one arc of ''Webcomic/FullFrontalNerdity'', Frank has Nelson, Lewis and Shawn retire their successful player characters and make up new ones. Their new characters meet their old characters as non-player characters. Frank insists on role-playing them all in character as ruthlessly ambitious {{Munchkin}}s, much to Nelson, Lewis, and Shawn's dismay.
* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'': Minmax obtains a sword composed of oblivion. The sword is unaffected by time when Minmax isn't holding it, so retrieving it involves Minmax's hand opening a hole through time, which briefly allows passage of sound. This leads to Minmax yelling in frustration at his future self for being unable to throw the weapon to someone else, then that same yelling blowing his stealth cover when trying to quietly draw the sword later. Minmax then humorously invokes this trope.
-->'''Minmax:''' Alright, that's it. I don't like ''future'' Minmax... and I don't like ''past'' Minmax. I only like ''right now'' Minmax.
* In ''Webcomic/TheGodOfHighSchool'', Mo-Ri thinks this of himself after [[spoiler:regaining his memories as the Monkey King]]. He reflects on the kind of LeeroyJenkins and {{Jerkass}} he was and resolves to become better for it.
* In ''Webcomic/TheGreatestGift'', Hazel Lulamoon is actively ''afraid'' of the mare she used to be before her HeelFaceTurn, having a nightmare about past Hazel and calling her a monster.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
** Karkat gets into arguments with his past and future selves so often that it's practically become a RunningGag. In one instance, he posts a cross-time memo and is immediately responded to by himself 10 minutes in the future. They proceed to spend that entire time arguing, so that mere moments after the argument ends, he sees his past self posting the memo and responds as the other side of the argument. As the ridiculously small time periods involved indicate, it's not so much that he hates the reminder of "who he used to be", he just hates who he is.
** Jade gets sick of [[spoiler:Jadesprite]]'s sobbing pretty quickly. When she refuses to do the one thing that could probably accomplish her goal [[spoiler:of going back to being dead]], present Jade loses it and starts [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan smacking sense into her, literally]]. It gets stranger: since [[spoiler:Dream Jade]] went back in time 13 years [[spoiler:after dying]], [[spoiler:Jadesprite]] is technically older than Jade, but her personality is noticeably more flawed.
** Vriska is soured on her former AttentionWhore GloryHound behavior when she witnesses Aranea, the alternate universe version of Vriska's ancestor, cause a lot of trouble with her Attention Whore Glory Hound antics. Vriska's brushes with this trope get even worse later when [[spoiler:she meets the Retcon version of herself who never died and went through the CharacterDevelopment she experienced and is thus still a borderline sociopathic jerk. Said version proceeds to insult and bully Vriska for not being a jerk anymore (she claims that Vriska has become a loser), and is so incredibly vicious and cruel that Vriska actually ''cries'']].
** Aradia is a little disturbed by how eager the ghosts of her alternate timeline selves are for violence...and by how many of them are being courted by Equius all at once.
** Nearly every character who interacts with their own past/future self (which is pretty much all of them) finds said past/future self to be hopelessly stupid/unbelievably arrogant. Dave is the one notable exception; he seems to find his past and future selves to be pretty chill dudes... luckily for him, since as the Hero of Time for his session, he runs into himself a ''lot''.
* In ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'', Cio used to be a powerful and tyrannical ebon devil named Yabalchoath, who was feared by everyone for being TheCaligula. Eventually, the angels and [[TheDogBitesBack her own abused slaves]] rose up and killed her, causing her to reincarnate into a harmless blue devil. Now OlderAndWiser, Cio ''despises'' Yabalchoath and feels tremendous guilt for her behavior, speaking of her past life with nothing but scorn. It's noted that she could potentially regain her ebon devil powers, but she refuses to do so expressly because she's scared of being Yabalchoath again.
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' when the Sorrow shows the amnesiac Liquid his past in order to show him how, violent, cruel and indifferent to humanity he was. Liquid, of course, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint completely misses the point]] and starts gushing over how much of a badass he was instead.
* ''Webcomic/MagicalTwelfthGraders'': [[spoiler:The Yeorum from the future is well aware that pretty much everything bad that ever happened to Gyeowul, and most of the bad stuff happening now, is Yeorum's fault. She finds her disgusting.]]
* In ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'', the Commander fulfills a StableTimeLoop by going back about a minute to beat up his past self and steal his coffee. As he leaves, he tells his past self not to be such a "candy-ass" so that this won't happen again.
* From ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'', Dave to Dave Prime:
-->'''Dave:''' I'm your future, and I hate you. I'm [[spoiler:going to electrocute you now]].
* In the [[https://nedroid.com/?481 "Memories of Youth"]] strip (January 13th, 2011) of ''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}'', Reginald is about to commit {{Seppuku}} when Beartato stops him. Reginald explains, "...I just remembered all the embarrassing things I did as a teenager". Beartato tells him to move on from the past, but a thought balloon pops up in Reginald's mind wherein he remembers himself as a teenager at his crush's locker, about to give her a MixtapeOfLove. Present Reginald then [[spoiler:attempts to drink poison]].
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', when GrumpyOldWoman Serini Toormuck [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1285.html triggers]] a programmed illusion of upbeat young halfling Serini Toormuck, she calls her a "daffy brat" and then starts ''yelling'' at her about how it's ''her'' stupid ideas that left present-day Serini in her current situation.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'':
** Taken to extremes (like so many things in the comic) in a strip in which two future versions of a guy decide to go back and kill his teen self.
** In [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/time-travel "Time Travel",]] a guy travels back to give his teenage self advice, but is too disgusted by what he's doing, namely posting opinions on women on a ''Franchise/MagicTheGathering'' forum.
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': [[http://shortpacked.com/comic/the-poor-fool Modern Age Batman meets Golden Age Batman]] -- and yes, Golden Age Batman ''[[CharacterizationMarchesOn really was]]'' that much of a [[SuperDickery dick]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Fuchsia is terrified after she has a flashback to her pre-HeelFaceTurn days.
* The first time Bun-bun escaped Timeless Space in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', he developed amnesia and couldn't remember how he got out. So his second time there he figured his best course of action was to follow his past self out. Unfortunately he was such a pain in the ass that he ended up whacking himself in the head, causing the amnesia. That wasn't even two different versions of him, as both had the same kind of personality already -- [[PoorCommunicationKills a misunderstanding]] led them to be at odds about something, and, both being the same, neither would back down one bit.
* In ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'', this is Sonic's reaction to meeting his [[{{Jerkass}} past self]]. It leads to this conversation when they come across a statue of Johnny Lightfoot that was built after his death:
-->'''Past Johnny:''' Look -- there's a ''plaque'' on the statue.\\
'''Past Sonic:''' Heh, probably says "JOHNNY LIGHTFOOT -- PROFESSIONAL SIDEKICK".\\
'''Present Sonic:''' YOU CREEP! Johnny was more of a hero than you'll EVER be!
* ''Webcomic/TemplarArizona'': In the bonus comic [[http://templaraz.com/bonus_comics/confirmation.php "Confirmation"]], the loud, boisterous adult Reagan meets and torments her insecure, reserved [[spoiler:and racist[[note]]'moulignan' is the Italian equivalent of 'nigger', in case if you're wondering[[/note]]]] younger self.
* The main character of ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'', [[AmnesiacHero Trace]] has been suffering from amnesia since the start of the comic, which is good since he was kind of [[KnightTemplar a jerk.]] It leads to this conversation:
-->'''Eric:''' Templar laws have, in recent years, made it a crime for slave traders such as myself to free our slaves voluntarily.\\
'''Trace:''' What? Why? What kind of evil person would make a law like th... it was me, wasn't it?\\
'''Eric:''' ...Yes.
* Rose from ''Webcomic/{{Wonderlab}}'', after discovering the full extent of the suffering caused by the Wings' actions, loathes the kind of person they were in the past (i.e, a spoiled rich kid who was perfectly content with the status quo)
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* [[http://moosekleenex.tumblr.com/post/123040190664 Here's]] one artist who expresses this sentiment rather succinctly.
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* ''Anime America'' began a series in which they look back at videos made years before. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDrP18zgnGM For the first episode,]] Robyn looks back at Top 10 Characters That Need to Go Back to the Drawing Board". She criticizes her past self for having no chill, questions why she put ''Anime/SoulEater'''s Excalibur on the list (present-day Robyn admits that she now accepts that character; ditto for Manga/BoboboboBobobo who appeared as a runner-up) and pokes fun at her past self's pronunciation of "manga".
* This is one of the older Joes' reaction in the ''[[Creator/DropOut CollegeHumor]]'' video "Film/{{Looper}} Has Sex with Himself" when the younger Joe refuses to [[ScrewYourself give the older ones a blowjob]].
* ''WebVideo/CrashCourse'': John Green's general reaction to John-Green-from-the-Past, who plays the role of student.
-->'''Present John:''' Can we just pause for a moment to consider the astonishing fact that most T-shirts see more of the world than most of us do?\\
'''Past John:''' Mr. Green! Mr. Green! But T-shirts can't see the world because they don't have eyes.\\
'''Present John:''' Look, Me-from-the-Past, it's difficult for me to isolate what I hate most about you, because there is so much to hate, but very near the top is your habit of ignoring everything that is interesting or beautiful about our species in favor of pedantic sniveling in which no-one loses or gains anything of value.
* On the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', this is PlayedForDrama, where Ghostbur ''hates'' being reminded of the things "Alivebur" did, and will shut down anyone who tries to talk to him about it. Despite [[GhostAmnesia not remembering]] what he did in life, he's aware that his past self was a horrible person, and is quick to reassure anyone who mentions it that they're not the same. He's even told Phil, his father, that one of the happy memories he remembers from his life was [[spoiler:[[SuicideByCop when Phil]] ''[[OffingTheOffspring ran him through with a sword]]'']].
* ''WebVideo/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorksAbridged'': [[spoiler:Archer hates Shirou]], same as in canon, but it's PlayedForLaughs more.
-->'''Shirou:''' [[HeroicSelfDeprecation Nobody gets to say my dream is stupid except me]]!\\
'''[[spoiler:Archer]]:''' [[ExactWords Hey, Shirou! Your dream is stupid]]!
* ''WebVideo/GloveAndBoots'': In their "10 Reasons Why Time Travel is No Good" the first reason they give is that you can meet yourself. Mario demonstrates by time travelling and meeting his past self [[FutureMeScaresMe and future self]].
--> '''Past Mario:''' I'm wearing this two-prong! I'm wearing this two-prong!\\
'''Present Mario:''' Oh man! I thought I used to be cool but I was ''stupid!''\\
'''Past Mario:''' THIS IS THE ''BEST!''
* ''WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow'' has this in the [[MilestoneCelebration 100th episode]] where [[spoiler:the third season host say this to the second season host]].
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic does this once in a while. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ePe_Xh3n4 Case in point]], the ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E26 review]].
* ''WebVideo/{{React}}'' has special episodes where the reactors have to see themselves in past episodes as Kids\Teens or their audition tapes. Cringing ensues, caused mostly by looks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0WLbIicdXE#t=54s ("Thank God for puberty!")]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqXZWeo9lI#t=73s awkward behavior.]]
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