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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup.
Bored Of The Rings

Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!
- A badly-singed Bilbo Baggins, ''The Hobbit"

See that guy over there? The one that can make Your Head Asplode with his Psychic Powers? What a weirdo. Let's throw rocks at him!

This is the suicidal tendency of characters to bully, persecute, or in some other way provoke people or things they really shouldn't be messing with. That weird loner who sits in a corner reading? Fine. That sweet girl who can heal people? If you're that much of an asshole, go for it. The blind kid that somehow knows what you're about to do and is powerless to stop you? Yeah, jackass, whatever floats your boat. But the kid who can warp the fabric of reality who just wants to be left alone? Bad idea.

A subtrope of All of the Other Reindeer, where the character is surrounded by tormentors even though they are known to have some incredible power conducive to being a Person of Mass Destruction, and most of the time because of this. This frequently crops up in Kids Are Cruel (in which case it would be "Kids Are Cruel And Also Freaking Idiots"). It's usually a way of getting us to sympathize with the main character, but, really, bullies should be smart enough not to mock the "freak" Blessed With Suck and Super Strength. Even when logically—or at least using the basest level of human decency and smallest inkling of self preservation—these bullies should find a weaker target or cut the poor kid some slack. So, in a sense, Strawman Bullies. Then, Youth Is Wasted On The Dumb.

The Fettered especially have it bad, because they choose not to fight back, and often protect their tormentors from the Forces of Evil.

If the victim snaps, they will turn the tables. Also, don't lie. It's kinda highly satisfying when the Big Damn Villains kill them off.

Compare Mugging The Monster, which is at least usually done by accident. If the would-be bullies are not aware of their victim's capability to arbitrarily destroy them, put the example in there.

Please note: the trope need not include actual bullying (though it is a popular method). As long as the provoker or provokers intentionally and excessively antagonize someone much more powerful than they are, knowing full well beforehand just what they are screwing with, then it's Bullying A Dragon.

Also see Fantastic Racism. A popular backstory for a Start Of Darkness. This trope doesn't usually have anything to do with The Dragon.

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