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* In ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'', Gus doesn't like Hank's compliments because as a {{Jerkass}} resident of the A24, he isn't used to them.

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* In ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'', Gus doesn't like Hank's compliments because as a {{Jerkass}} resident of the A24, he isn't used hates people being nice to them.him.
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* In ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'', Gus doesn't like Hank's compliments because as a {{Jerkass}} resident of the A24, he isn't used to them.

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* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Frasier and Niles read a new manuscript by a reclusive novelist. They lavish compliments on him, including how brilliant it was to mirror Dante's nine levels of Hell in the nine rooms of a bordello. The author hadn't intended this, realizes he ripped off the entire structure from Dante, and throws the manuscript into the fireplace.

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Frasier and Niles read a new manuscript by a reclusive novelist. They lavish compliments on him, including how brilliant it was to mirror Dante's nine levels of Hell in the nine rooms of a bordello. The author hadn't intended this, realizes he ripped off the entire structure from Dante, and throws the manuscript into the fireplace.fireplace.
** When Frasier arranges a Halloween party in which everyone comes dressed as their hero, Niles dresses as their father. Martin is initally delighted by this, but when Frasier starts his parlour game in which you answer questions as the person you're dressed as, and an inebriated Niles-as-Martin says his greatest disappointment is having sons who have fancy degrees but can't throw a baseball, Martin is deeply offended that this is how Niles sees him.
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* ''Series/{{Temps de chien|2023}}'': Danielle tells Antoine that she can't believe there are people who thinks he's capable of hurting a dog on purpose. However, she then adds that she can see him hurting a human more so than an animal, causing Antoine to thank her in an uneasy way.

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* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. When Garnet meets the Off-Colors she gives them sincere compliments, wanting to hear Rhodonite's story, finding the Rutiles amazing, and flat-out calling Fluorite beautiful. Problem is, they've had the idea that they're worthless mistakes drilled into them for so long that they assume she's making fun of them.

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PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. When when Garnet first meets the Off-Colors she Off-Colors. She gives them sincere compliments, wanting to hear Rhodonite's story, finding the Rutiles amazing, and flat-out calling Fluorite beautiful. Problem is, they've had the idea that they're worthless mistakes drilled into them for so long that they assume she's making fun of them.them.
** Downplayed in a different season five episode, where after Amethyst explains that she's noticed how much responsibility Steven has taken on over the past two years, she declares that she refuses to be yet another adult in his life that uses him as a LivingEmotionalCrutch to trauma dump on. Steven, awestruck, says that this level of awareness probably makes her the most mature of all the Crystal Gems. She accepts the compliment, but not before groaning in faux horror at the realization that this may actually be the case.
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* In the 2016 ''Franchise/StarTrek'' film ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', the character Hikaru Sulu is depicted as gay (becoming the franchise's first confirmedly gay character) because castmember and screenwriter Creator/SimonPegg hoped to salute Sulu's original actor Creator/GeorgeTakei, who is himself gay and a prominent LGBT rights activist. However, Takei specifically asked the filmmakers ''not'' to do this, saying that he and Gene Roddenbery had decided that Sulu was heterosexual back while filming the original show and that it would have been better to create an entirely new LGBT character instead of simply adding an LGBT orientation onto an existing character. When they went ahead and did it anyway, Takei was reportedly quite disappointed.

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* In the 2016 ''Franchise/StarTrek'' film ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', the character Hikaru Sulu is depicted as gay (becoming the franchise's first confirmedly gay character) because castmember and screenwriter Creator/SimonPegg hoped to salute Sulu's original actor Creator/GeorgeTakei, who is himself gay and a prominent LGBT rights activist. However, Takei specifically asked the filmmakers ''not'' to do this, saying that he and Gene Roddenbery had decided that Sulu was heterosexual back while filming the original show and that it would have been better to create an entirely new LGBT character instead of simply adding an LGBT orientation onto an existing character. When they went ahead and did it anyway, Takei was reportedly quite disappointed.



* Most members of the military aren't too fond of being thanked for their service. Usually it puts the member in an awkward position where no matter what they say in response, it will either come off as arrogant (if they are too appreciative of the gratitude) or rude (if they aren't appreciative enough of the gratitude). In fact, being the kind of member who ''enjoys'' being thanked for your service will earn you scorn from other members.

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* Most members of the military aren't too fond of being thanked for their service. Usually it It usually puts the member in an awkward position where no matter what they say in response, it will either come off as arrogant (if they are too appreciative of the gratitude) or rude (if they aren't appreciative enough of the gratitude). In fact, being the kind of member who ''enjoys'' being thanked for your service will earn you scorn from other members.

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'''MJ''': You look pretty too.

Peter Parker: Thank you.

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'''MJ''': You look pretty too.

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'''Peter''':
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