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* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', [[Characters/CodeGeassSuzakuKururugi Suzaku Kururugi]] almost constantly, because he has an enormous GuiltComplex. [[spoiler: [[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Lelouch Lamperouge also later on, as he does more and more morally dubious things for his cause]].

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Suzaku almost constantly, because he has an enormous GuiltComplex. [[spoiler:Lelouch also later on, as he does more and more morally dubious things for his cause]].

This trope refers to that state of mind in a hero, an AntiHero, or possibly a villain, in which they reflect on how they are not worthy of the [[FamedInStory adulation]] or acclaim or status they have received. This isn't necessarily others denouncing them, or giving them inverted praise, as in Mark Antony over Caesar's body. This is where they either think or overtly say something like, "I am not worthy" or "I've done terrible things [to get here]." They may not regret the actions themselves, but typically they regret having to take the action. [[DirtyBusiness The idea is that they have either forced, through circumstances or personal weakness to do terrible things]]. If they do regret their misdeeds and consider them unnecessary, then they might be TheAtoner.

*** Shalash in particular is so consumed by guilt that she's in a permanent state of RageAgainstTheMirror. When Talenel finally returns, she fully expects him to hate her, and even wants it.

** In the episode "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" Princess Luna reveals that she had created a dream entity called [[NightmareWeaver the Tantabus]] to [[ThePenance punish herself night after night]] "to make sure I never forgave myself for how much Equestria suffered because of me."
** After [[HeelFaceTurn turning good]], Starlight Glimmer developed a very self-deprecating personality quirk with her past, also making her reject or dismiss the praise she does get. This gets explored in the sixth season finale "To Where and Back Again", where just being in her old village causes Starlight to shove everyone away and [[TroubledFetalPosition lie down while covering her face]], despite the fact the townspeople seem to be willing to forgive her and move on. She gets over it eventually.

* [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Yuma Amano]], after [[SparedByTheAdaptation being spared]] and [[AdaptationalHeroism performing a]] HeelFaceTurn in ''Fanfic/MarriageOfHeavenAndHell,'' still feels guilty for the actions she had previously done to Makoto and considers herself unworthy of being forgiven.

* Takara Tsukuda of ''FanFic/DespairsLastResort'' takes no pride in solving the murders that take place in the resort. Considering that someone is executed every time she does so, it's not hard to see why.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''FanFic/ABridgeOnceBroken'', a ''Film/TheAvengers2012 / WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' {{crossover}} gives Loki a bit of DracoInLeatherPants treatment, complete with ''copious'' amounts of this trope.
* [[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD Yuma Amano]], after [[SparedByTheAdaptation being spared]] and [[AdaptationalHeroism performing a]] HeelFaceTurn in ''Fanfic/MarriageOfHeavenAndHell,'' still feels guilty for the actions she had previously done to Makoto and considers herself unworthy of being forgiven.
* [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Leviathan]] in ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'' comes clean to the city via the newspaper, making it clear that she has blood[[note]]technically coolant[[/note]] on her hands due to her time serving Copy X. When asked why she's doing this when it would be easier to keep it to herself, she states that she has no desire to lie to the populace and tell them that the alien robot in their midst was harmless. For better or for worse she wants them all to have a complete picture of who she is, a notion that Buried Lede agrees with.

-->'''The Father:''' I know what they think. It doesn't matter. [[spoiler:My wife's death was no suicide]].
-->'''Dysart''': No, Mr. Robbins, I won't be leaving. Thirty years ago I used my God-given talents to make a bomb...a very powerful bomb...for money. I didn't believe in the cause. Didn't even understand it. I just wanted the money. Fifty people died. Now, I'm right where I belong.

--> '''[[spoiler:Evan]]:''' [[spoiler: I am a shark, Cassie. A shark who dreamed he was a man]].

* In the Androids arc of ''VideoGame/{{Dragon Ball FighterZ}}'', [[spoiler:while nobody really blames the good side of Android 21 for the situation, she feels responsible for everything her SuperpoweredEvilSide has done, even though Evil 21 is now an EnemyWithout. Good 21 feels it especially hard because she killed Android 16, who was modeled after her son]].

* In ''Literature/TheAliceNetwork'', Eve refuses military honors [[spoiler: (war metals, among them the Order of the British Empire)]], because she feels that, having [[spoiler: betrayed Lili]], she is not worthy of them. [[spoiler: When Charlie reveals to her that she did not in fact betray Lili, she accepts the metals — in fact, she wears them to Charlie’s baby’s christening.]]

* In ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', the title character's closing lines, "I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak of one that lov'd not wisely but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme. . . ." Othello Act 5, scene 2

* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In an episode titled "[[Recap/StargateAtlantisS04E11BeAllMySinsRemembered Be All My Sins Remembered]]", the humans team up with their mortal enemies, the Wraith, to attack their mutual enemy, the Asurans, also known as the Pegasus Replicators. In order to do so, they create their own humanoid Replicator, whose purpose is to act as a Trojan horse, of sorts, and infect them with a computer virus that causes the complete destruction of her own kind. No one on the Atlantis Expedition is particularly ''pleased'' with this outcome: they had a make a DealWithTheDevil, and they completely eradicated a species by essentially using a TykeBomb. The fall of the Asurans and their complete ''genocide'' is met with depressed relief, rather than adulation.

** In the episode "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" Princess Luna reveals that she had created a dream entity called [[YourWorstNightmare the Tantabus]] [[ThePenance to punish herself night after night]] "to make sure I never forgave myself for how much Equestria suffered because of me."

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* ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0671.html "Also, She Needs Her Clothes Back Now"]]: