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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Since the mainstream culture among mages tends to default to AsskickingLeadsToAuthority, Kimberly Magic Academy encourages students to settle their disputes with {{Wizard Duel}}s adjudicated by upperclassmen. The wrong way to settle things is to skip all those formalities and just beat the stuffing out of each other in a lecture hall, as shown in volume 1 ([[Recap/ReignOfTheSevenSpellbladesS1E04Colosseum episode 4 of the anime]]) when Oliver, Nanao, and Guy end up in detention for attacking a group of their classmates who were bullying Katie.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' - ''Literature/DarthPlagueis:'' The titular Sith Lord mortally wounds his master, Darth Tenebrous, while the two of them are using the Force to protect themselves from a cave-in. Tenebrous initially praises Plagueis for seizing the opportunity to take a KlingonPromotion in accordance with the Sith ways, only to become angry and rebuke him when he realizes that Plagueis let the cave-in crush their starship. They're in the middle of nowhere on a backwater planet, and by sacrificing the ship for a chance to kill his master, Plagueis has jeopardized the continued existence of the Sith. Plagueis takes the criticism poorly and [[NeckSnap snaps Tenebrous's neck]].

* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'':
** When [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Umbridge becomes Headmistress]], [[{{Troll}} Peeves the Poltergeist]] begins to wreak havoc, to which the other Hogwarts teachers are remarkably insouciant. At one point, [[IronLady Professor McGonagall]] passes by while he's [[FallingChandelierOfDoom trying to unscrew a chandelier]], and Harry swears that he hears her telling him, "It unscrews the other way."
** When Umbridge is finally run out of the school, [=McGonagall=] notes she would have joined everyone but Peeves borrowed her walking stick to hit Umbridge over the head with. The tone implies less that Peeves took it and more he politely asked her for it, telling her exactly what he needed it for.
** Harry tries to use the Cruciatus curse on Bellatrix and fails. She admonishes him, saying that for it to work, you really have to ''want to'' cause pain. [[spoiler:It helps him [[ChekhovsSkill get it right]] against Amycus Carrow in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows book 7.]]]]

* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Kimberly Magic Academy encourages students to settle their disputes with {{Wizard Duel}}s adjudicated by upperclassmen. The wrong way to settle things is to skip all those formalities and just beat the stuffing out of each other in a lecture hall. Oliver, Nanao, and Guy end up in detention for attacking a group of their classmates who were bullying Katie.

-->'''Jake''': And she made you pay in cash.
-->'''College Student''': That's right.
-->'''Jake''' (''smirking''): Good girl.

-->'''Teacher:''' Did you do this?
-->'''Duckman:''' What of it!?
-->'''Teacher:''' ''(Takes the knife)'' "School board" is a collective noun. ''(Changes the "suck" to "sucks")'' Conjugation, young man, conjugation.

--->'''Bart:''' We call Skinner "Skinrash", "Mr. Weiner" is Mr. Winer, and Groundskeeper Willie is "Groundscreeper Stupid".
--->'''Willie:''' Oh, that's not clever! There's so many aspects of me you can mock! I'm poor, I'm dirty, and I think movies are real.

* In most ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' series, this is the Decepticon (and later Predacon) attitude towards [[TheStarscream treachery in the ranks.]] The general idea is that if the former leader was too incompetent to keep his people in line then he ''deserved'' to be overthrown. Therefore, if you try to take over but are bad at it, you're in for a serious ass-kicking. In ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', Megatron explicitly says this to Tarantulas, commenting that he could forgive being betrayed and overthrown if Tarantulas wasn't a complete idiot about it.
-->'''Megatron:''' Treachery requires NO mistakes!

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike Wazowski corrects Randall's pronunciation of 'cretin', saying "If you're gonna threaten me, do it properly."

* Along with a strong alibi, Kagami and Chloé in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22255240/chapters/53142919 The Murder of Lila Rossi]]'' use this as their reason to Detective Wolfe for why they didn't kill the titular character.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': When Zoro asks why the Straw Hats weren't more insistent about Vivi joining them, they all give him insulting names. Usopp is angry wth Luffy, but he is because Luffy didn't insult him property, instead calling him "Santoryu", his sword style. In the 4Kids dub, Luffy instead calls Zolo by his own name ("Zolo-brain!") and [[BaitAndSwitch Usopp yells Luffy's name in an accusitory tone]] before reprimanding him for simply calling him his own name.

* ''John Deere Green'' by Music/JoeDiffie tells the story of a teenage boy who declares his love for a girl named Charlene by spray-painting it on a water tower. The townspeople take issue not with the fact that he vandalized a water tower, but that he used green instead of red paint. Averted due to the fact that Charlene loved it anyways.

*** In another episode, Bobby tries to lie to cover up that Joseph made out in the janitor's closet, but Hank is not impressed:

* {{Franchise/Hellaverse}}: A recurring theme in ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' is that the SevenDeadlySins encourage the denizens of Hell to partake in their respective sins, but in ''proper'' ways, bordering on EvenEvilHasStandards: