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* In''Fanfic/{{Cain}}'', [[SuckySchool Aldera]] is forced to host a Quirkless Discrimination Awareness assembly. Rather than recognizing how badly they've been doing their jobs, Izuku's homeroom teacher haughtily declares that the assembly should teach Izuku to be ''grateful'' that [[FantasticAbleism the neglect and bullying]] he's suffered at Aldera isn't ''as bad'' as the worst-case examples said assembly demonstrated.

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* ''Website/TheOnion'' has "[[https://www.theonion.com/chauvin-defense-team-praises-officer-s-restraint-in-not-1846599521 Chauvin Defense Team Praises Officer's Restraint In Not Killing Bystanders]]"

** The Templar Order's primary function is to kidnap mage children and take them to live in mage towers as heavily guarded prisoners for the rest of their lives, where horrific abuses are ''frequently'' inflicted. But hey, at least they don't slaughter mage children in the crib ([[SociopathicSoldier usually]]), or cut out their tongues and use magic rods to render them PeoplePuppets like those [[AntiMagicalFaction Qunari]]. In the aftermath of the [[MisplacedRetribution the Annulment of the Gallows]], the Templars' complete inability to consider the idea that the mages might actually have a legitimate reason to be upset is what caused the situation to degenerate into open war.

Compare ItsAllAboutMe, EntitledToHaveYou, DoggedNiceGuy, and CondescendingCompassion. See AsbestosFreeCereal for a similar phenomenon in advertising when a neutral or insignificant aspect of a product is touted up as something worth your money.

Compare ItsAllAboutMe, EntitledToHaveYou, DoggedNiceGuy, and CondescendingCompassion. For a similar phenomenon in advertising, see AsbestosFreeCereal.

* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'': In the adaptation of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap The Minish Cap]]'', when Link shouts at Vaati for turning the Great Mayfly Fairy into an insect monster, the wizard just says that he wasn't killing her.

* Creator/GeorgeCarlin has a lengthy routine about this and the "Self Esteem Movement" in his final comedy special, ''It's Bad For Ya'', saying not allowing a child to simply fail or be bad at something will ultimately leave them unprepared for adulthood, where they'll still expect to be rewarded simply for showing up.

* Zoe Zimmer from ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'' is just ''[[CondescendingCompassion concerned]]'' about the well-being and financial status of her classmates. She is even willing to shop where one of them works, and can't fathom why he wouldn't make coffee for her for this great act of charity. The others are divided whether or not her "concern trolling" is an [[AlphaBitch act]] or [[InnocentBigot cluelessness]]. Exposure to TruthSerum reveals that she is genuinely mean. Surprisingly enough, Zoe does go through a large amount of CharacterDevelopment to make her a sincerely nicer person. The fact that it was revealed that [[spoiler: she is a lesbian contributed to it as she became a more empathetic person and much nicer.]]
* ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In the story "Everything Must Go" (DC Comics #48), Mojo Jojo conducts a yard sale of his destructive wares. The Amoeba Boys buy one of his items -- a magnet that pulls the moon toward the earth on a collision course. When he intervenes and stops the machine, sending the moon back to its rightful place, he thinks he deserves a "thank you" from the girls. They lock him up in jail for starting the whole thing with his yard sale to begin with.

* In ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', the Kingpin explains to Peter that this is why normal people [[TallPoppySyndrome resent superheroes like Peter]] in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse (or at least ComicBook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}}, though the main one could qualify to a lesser extent). Normal people, according to the Kingpin, are sheep who just want to do the bare minimum of what is expected of them and want someone like the Kingpin to give them a big cookie for it at the end of the day. Seeing heroes like Peter going above and beyond makes them realize that they don't really deserve that cookie.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' & ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': ComicBook/{{Hercules|Unbound}} seems to think he deserves to be forgiven and liked by the [[Franchise/WonderWoman Amazons]] because he spent time imprisoned for taking over their country and turning them into sex slaves. It's a major sticking point to him that the women whose rapes he condoned and conducted don't think he's a hero, since he feels they're being petty and ridiculous. Though some of them ''have'' forgiven him, Hercules is pissed they don't trust and revere him.

* One ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'' strip featured Zoe excitedly telling her mom that she just saw her brother Hammie bend over in front of her, and ''didn't'' kick him! The last panel has her complaining about how hard it is to get brownie points.

* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'': John flew into a blind rage and spanked Michael for not agreeing that he, as the child, owed his parents for feeding, clothing, and housing him. Elly's objection was not that Michael didn't owe his parents every single cent spent on him with interest rates that would make a Mafia loan shark sick, but that he lost his temper.

* ''Fanfic/SoICanSeeMyBabyWhenILeaveThisWorld'': Kurt and Ram drugged Veronica, then [[spoiler:stripped her naked and took pictures]]. When JD confronts them over this, they confess to everything they did, insisting that was ''all'' they did, really! JD sarcastically compliments them on their "restraint".

* ''Fanfic/{{The Cosmos|MiraculousLadybug}}'': One of the ways [[ThePerfectionist Sabine]] hurt her daughter was by making her feel that seeking any kind of recognition for her accomplishments was actually this -- anything and everything she achieved was just "as it should be", never worth any kind of special acknowledgement. As a result, Marinette struggles to see the value of ''anything'' she does, convinced that she's not worth anything if she's not being 'perfect'.

* ''Fanfic/{{Cain}}'': {{Exaggerated}} after [[SuckySchool Aldera]] is forced to host a Quirkless Discrimination Awareness assembly. Rather than recognizing how badly they've been doing their jobs, Izuku's homeroom teacher haughtily declares that the assembly should teach Izuku to be ''grateful'' that [[FantasticAbleism the neglect and bullying]] he's suffered at Aldera isn't ''as bad'' as the worst-case examples said assembly demonstrated.

* ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'': Taken to the extreme in the VillainSong "This Is The Thanks I Get?!" with King Magnifico feeling that he deserves a little more appreciation from his subjects for all of the great things that he does...like granting fourteen wishes (out of potentially hundreds) in one year or volunteering someone ''else'' to help out a person in need.
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* A downplayed example appears during ''Film/InTheLoop''. Toby, an aide of British cabinet minister Simon, is in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC for a meeting with a senior American government official. The night before, he goes out clubbing with an old university friend, hooks up with her, and oversleeps, resulting in him missing the first half of the meeting. After Simon "reads him some extracts from the Riot Act" in response, Toby protests on the grounds that "it's not like I threw up in there, is it?" Unfortunately for him, Simon's not impressed with this line of defence:

* In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' it is implied that Stefan expects gratitude for not killing the title character, but merely [[spoiler: cutting off her wings.]]
* In ''Film/QuizShow'', after Charles Van Doren is applauded by Congress for breaking his silence and testifying, Rep. Derounian invokes this trope:

* In ''Film/Se7en'', John Doe at one point tells Mills that the latter should be grateful that the former, a SerialKiller who [[TheScourgeOfGod arranges "poetic" deaths for other people]], has only knocked him out during his chase instead of killing him outright. How generous of him.

* In the Creator/MarkTwain satire ''Literature/KingLeopoldsSoliloquy'', Twain's fictionalized Leopold II uses this excuse to defend himself. While he doesn't dispute that he's done some harsh things in his management of the Belgian Congo, [[WhatTheRomansHaveDoneForUs he tries to bring up all the nice things he's done for the inhabitants]]. Unfortunately, those "nice things" are laughably minor--for instance, he brags about how he paid his workers the equivalent of roughly a penny a week, which is supposedly a sign of his good character because he could have just not paid them at all and taken the results of their labor for free at gunpoint.
* Invoked in ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'', when Dorian realizes that his painting is reflecting all the hedonism he's committed and thinks that not picking up this country girl he comes across will improve it. The painting promptly develops a smug grin of {{hypocri|te}}sy.
* In ''Literature/{{Relativity}}'', Ravenswood wants some respect for climbing his way out of alcoholism. [[WellDoneSonGuy His father]] accuses him of this trope, pointing out that most people manage to go through their whole lives without ever becoming alcoholics in the first place.

* Kollektivet's song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8ShAosqzI "Compliments"]], which is just two minutes of Mit Heinrich wondering why he doesn't get compliments for being a decent human being.

* Referenced in ''Literature/TheBible''. Luke 17:7-10 asks if a master would, after seeing a servant finish his work in a field, invite him to eat with him. The answer is no--the servant would be expected to prepare and serve the master's meal before he could eat himself, and would not receive thanks for doing his duty. It then concludes with the attitude a good Christian should have toward their work.

** Likewise, the verse "And all our virtues [are] like a filthy rag": Compared with the perfect standard of God, the best behavior we could offer falls woefully short. Hence why the whole standard for Biblical morality could be summed up by Jesus as (paraphrased) "Love God with everything that is in you, ''and love your neighbor no less than you love yourself''" -- if humans could manage to care about the welfare and freedoms of others that much, we wouldn't mistreat others or act selfishly, and there would be no need for salvation.

* This trope appears in ''Theatre/{{Fences}}'' between Troy and his son Cory. In a well-known monologue, Troy outright declares that he doesn't like Cory, and furthermore that he doesn't ''have'' to like him; he takes care of Cory because that is his job as a father, and in Troy's world, [[RealMenHateAffection emotion is not part of the deal]]. However, it's also clear that Troy fully expects Cory to treat him with the utmost respect (even demanding to be called "Sir") and be unquestionably grateful to him for doing the bare minimum of providing food and shelter. In other words, Troy doesn't have to like Cory, but [[{{Hypocrite}} Cory has to like him]].
* Discussed in the ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' song "No Good Deed", where Elphaba wonders aloud if she was genuinely trying to do good or if she just wanted attention for it.

** The Templar Order often borders on this, given that their primary function is to kidnap mage children and take them to live in mage towers as heavily guarded prisoners for the rest of their lives, where horrific abuses are ''frequently'' inflicted. But hey, at least they don't slaughter mage children in the crib ([[SociopathicSoldier usually]]), or cut out their tongues and use magic rods to render them PeoplePuppets like those [[AntiMagicalFaction Qunari]]. In the aftermath of the [[MisplacedRetribution the Annulment of the Gallows]], the Templars' complete inability to consider the idea that the mages might actually have a legitimate reason to be upset is what caused the situation to degenerate into open war.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has the head of the qunari in Kirkwall, the arishok, declare that the city should be 'grateful' he does not 'fix their chaotic mess' of a city by killing lots of people and converting them to the Qun. The Qun suffers from BlueAndOrangeMorality, but most people don't expect a prize for refraining from mass slaughter. [[spoiler: He eventually gets fed up with the ActivistFundamentalistAntics of Sister Patrice and goes through with it.]] ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' reveals that [[spoiler: the Qunari disavowed the Arishok's actions, saying that it was unsanctioned, and thus avoid open war]].
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': The Blades will eventually demand that the Dragonborn kill Paarthurnax, former lieutenant of Alduin and cause of many atrocities, or else they will refuse to help you any further. Paarthurnax asks for his life and cites his long history of peace and meditation. He asks the player, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "Which is better, to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"]] As [[AlwaysChaoticEvil a dragon]], [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch he struggles constantly with his inherent tyranny]], and as a result one might very well be forced to concede that yes, he does indeed deserve not to be executed simply for not hurting anyone.
** Note that Paarthurnax does not whinge about this trope himself; he freely acknowledges that the Blades' fear of him is perfectly logical, is quite understanding should you choose to kill him, and never really claims to be "good" simply because he refrains from evil, just that he doesn't deserve to die because he has the potential to ''become'' evil. Consequently, many players turn against the Blades for their insistence that he be killed for the crime of "being a dragon," especially since the arguments they use to support their case are essentially "killing dragons is what we do." For the record, if you do decide to kill Paarthurnax, he won't retaliate against you, implying he's genuinely repentant about his past.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', during Serra's B Support with Oswin, she, a cleric in the service of the heroes, assumes that he's here to praise her for healing the wounded, but he bluntly tells her that she's doing no more than is expected of her since it's her duty to heal the wounded.
* King Dedede in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure''. Sure, [[spoiler:he did have good intentions at heart breaking the [[{{Macguffin}} Star Rod]] to keep [[BigBad Nightmare]] (who had holed himself up in the Fountain of Dreams) at bay, but did he really have to treat the fountain as his own private swimming pool]]?

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', after rescuing Shepard and team from a volcanic eruption, Joker makes a comment about expecting a medal for the timely save. Renegade Shepard, who leans toward this trope on more than one occasion, responds thusly:

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', Annea, an angara hoarding water on Elaaden, will retort when confronted with this fact that she ''allowed'' the krogan, who left the Initiative in anger at their shabby treatment, to establish a colony. Ryder retorts that it shouldn't be her choice as to who gets to live there.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', during the Temperance Social Link, Eri Minami, the young woman in question, once complains that her stepson is being cold to her even though she got up from watching daytime TV to pick him up from daycare. This event proves that their distant relationship is at least partially Eri's fault since she doesn't make much of an effort to connect with him.

* JP of ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'' once wrote an [[AntiSue anti-sue]] in the [[InsaneTrollLogic belief]] that everyone would buy his book if he told them it didn't have a [[MarySue Mary Sue]] in it.

** Inverted. [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Agatha]], heir to the [[MadScientist Heterodyne]] family, does NOT expect adoration simply for not slaughtering people on a whim... but her followers are very impressed by the fact that she goes two minutes without killing someone. The reason is that the Heterodyne family was the bloodline of mad scientists even other mad scientist lines feared. They were ''literally'' built from a legacy of conquest and woe. The only people besides Agatha who averted this were her father and uncle, Bill and Barry Heterodyne, who were adventuring heroes looking to make the world a better place. Note that Agatha's followers were specifically impressed because by not killing anyone within two minutes of taking the throne of Mechanicsburg, she had ''broken the family record''. That ''included her father and her uncle''.

* Political comic ''I Drew This'' made a reference to this phenomenon; "There's a reason you never hear people say 'Boy, Bob is a wonderful human being! Today he was really mad about something, but he ''didn't'' beat anyone to death with a hammer!'"
* ''Webcomic/{{Katamari}}'' has Ace, whose desire for personal recognition makes him a completely self-absorbed {{Jerkass}}. Upon learning that his {{Snowlem}} cousin Sherman has mostly melted and needs help building up a body, Ace refuses to help until the other brings up a potential reward.

* In the ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' prequel ''[[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickOnTheOriginOfPCs On the Origin of PCs]]'', we have a [[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]] example. when he gets thrown in prison for going on a murder spree during a tavern brawl, he argues that not killing ''all'' the barmaids was a considerable act of restraint on his part that should be praised. He then suggests that if humans don't want him to murder people, they should put up a sign saying "Thank you for not killing more than five of us."

* Used to comedic effect in ''Webcomic/SlackWyrm'' where the titular dragon has more than once said people should praise him for not killing them. When confronted that he's actually not that nice (he's causally killed several people) just extremely lazy, he counters that being a dragon and thus capable of killing effortlessly on a mass scale he should be lauded for not having the motivation for doing so.

* There was a ''Webcomic/{{Zogonia}}'' strip that went something like:

* ''Website/FourChan'''s ''WebOriginal/TendiesStories'' has "[[WeirdCurrency Good Boy Points,]]" awarded for such things as making boom-boom in the potty instead of on the floor, or cleaning one's room, which can be exchanged for a reward (usually [[TrademarkFavoriteFood chicken tenders]], affectionately referred to as "tendies") once enough are collected. Of course, this is largely to illustrate that [[NoNameGiven mommy]] is a failure of a parent since she missed the critical second step of punishing bad behaviour (beyond taking away a handful of [=GBP=]).

* Love advice blogger Harris O'Malley, a.k.a. Dr. Nerdlove, has [[http://www.doctornerdlove.com/pass-grimes-test/ The Grimes Test]], speaking about a fictional [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever kaiju]] who has never creeped on, harassed or stalked a woman, ending with an ArmorPiercingQuestion of "So what do you have going for you that Grimes doesn't?" The titular doctor has several articles on the subject, generally chastising [[DoggedNiceGuy so-called "Nice Guys"]] who act friendly towards a woman in order to sleep with them, calling the tactic inherently dishonest and underhanded. O'Malley argues that being "nice" isn't enough to win someone's affection; one must have charisma, charm, and an interesting lifestyle to truly be desirable.
* In his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9_bI789Gog Oppression Obsession]] video, WebVideo/JonathanPie criticised the ideology "anti-fascism" as being this, noting it was not especially impressive to be against an ideology so obviously disgusting and immoral.

* [[https://youtu.be/zi8ShAosqzI This music video]] by Kollektivet features a bitter German man who complains that he doesn't get enough compliments for the things he does. However, the things he wants compliments for are things that anybody would expect an adult to do, such as taking out the garbage, washing the dishes, dressing himself, and arriving to work on time.

* One of Fred Clark/the Slacktivist's [[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2008/10/08/false-witnesses-2/ most widely circulated blog posts]] criticizes this attitude. He refers to it derisively as the Anti-Kitten-Burning Coalition -- people who want to consider themselves morally above-average just for opposing ObviouslyEvil things like [[KickTheDog setting kittens on fire]]. Clark talks about how the article's comments had unambiguously anti-kitten-burning sentiments but noted that they seemed to take an almost aggressively defensive stance. He also calls it the Thornton Melon morality, named for Creator/RodneyDangerfield's character in the film ''Film/BackToSchool'', who had a line of fat clothing stores with the motto "If you want to look thin, hang out with fat people". In essence, Clark boils down these stories of kitten-burning being so popular because they let people assure themselves that they're better than some arbitrary moral floor of depravity, all without having to do anything or change their behavior.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', Callum has this reaction when Rayla, a former assassin, claims that they should trust her because in the whole time she's travelled with them, she hasn't tried to assassinate them.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Time Keeps on Slipping", Fry initially attempts to woo Leela with the least amount of effort possible (to be fair to Fry, this is more because he's an idiot who doesn't always get how to react to things rather than him being a bad person).

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Even after notionally "reforming", Discord has distinct shades of this, claiming to be just as good a friend of the Mane Six as they are to each other in spite of all the trouble he's caused (and ''keeps'' causing) and then complaining when they don't immediately return the sentiment. Being {{the Trickster}}, how much of this is him actually meaning it and how much is him just messing with them [[ItAmusedMe for amusement]] isn't clear.
** Another factor is that it may be that since he is the Spirit of Disharmony, what counts as decent behavior may come as foreign or even antithetical to him (especially since his PhysicalGod status means he's spent most of his life seeing ponykind and others as merely playthings). One examination where this is PlayedWith is in the Season 4 finale; [[spoiler:the BigBad Tirek convinces Discord to perform a FaceHeelTurn by acting friendly and amicable to him while giving him the chance for Discord to do what he wants. Discord falls for it because Fluttershy is the only one who is really friends with him and tries to understand his needs while the others barely tolerate him and even then, Fluttershy reins him in. He is unsurprisingly backstabbed and this betrayal did teach him some more humility to have a better understanding of friendship.]] He has been getting better though and for the most part, seems more like a somewhat spoiled child than anyone truly amoral.
** Explored further in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E12DiscordantHarmony Discordant Harmony]]", where Discord hosts a tea party for Fluttershy and tries to make her feel at home by completely removing anything bizarre from his home and changing his behavior to being impeccably nice. This started because Discord became irritated at how the ponies he was doing business with questioned his friendship with Fluttershy (though it appeared it did get to him). However, by doing so, he begins to ''fade from existence'' with the implications that Discord '''would've ''died.''''' Furthermore, it's implied he is connected to "Chaosville", a pocket dimension that seems to serve as a FisherKing purpose and where his power is connected to. As such, while Discord can be amicable and nice, being chaotic and causing trouble is a literal part of who he is.
* Shadow Weaver in ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' seems to think she deserves gratitude whenever she isn't actively abusing her adoptive children and genuinely believes when she [[spoiler:joins the Rebellion that she's one of the good guys]] despite all that she's done.
** Horde Prime also falls into this, believing the Etherians should worship him for not destroying the planet they call home. When he finally [[spoiler:decides to decimate Etheria]], he blames his actions on the inhabitants for not being grateful.

** Explored with Randy, who has a HeelRealization over his actions in Season 23. He admits he was always able to downplay them because he figured he could never be as bad as President Garrison.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'': Though they've been trying their hardest to learn empathy from Steven, and he appreciates the effort, the Diamonds' attempts to be kinder people are still this by normal standards -- Yellow hasn't declared war or enslaved anyone, Blue doesn't order that her subjects be shattered or make anyone cry anymore, and White is attempting to be cordially polite, "even to [[FreudianSlip lower lifeforms]]" -- and they think doing all this is enough to warrant Steven living in the palace with them instead of returning to Earth.

* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', when Link shouts at Vaati for turning the Great Mayfly Fairy into an insect monster, the wizard just says that he wasn't killing her.

* Webcomic/TheNonAndventuresOfWonderella has [[http://nonadventures.com/2015/06/13/march-of-times/ an example]], sort of. We don't learn if Wonderella wants an award, only that she gets one. And a party.

* In the Creator/MarkTwain satire ''Literature/KingLeopoldsSoliloquy'', Twain's fictionalized Leopold II uses this excuse to defend himself. While he doesn't dispute that he's done some harsh things in his management of the Belgian Congo, [[WhatHaveTheRomansEverDoneForUs he tries to bring up all the nice things he's done for the inhabitants]]. Unfortunately, those "nice things" are laughably minor--for instance, he brags about how he paid his workers the equivalent of roughly a penny a week, which is supposedly a sign of his good character because he could have just not paid them at all and taken the results of their labor for free at gunpoint.

** In England, Agatha is made to wait for a while before seeing Albia as a show of power. Agatha grumbles a little, but nothing worse. The attendants assure her that the lack of a murderous rampage has been noted.

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/616971/chapters/1112940 To Feel Alive]]'' Ryuk is quite put out when Light doesn't seem too thrilled when Ryuk makes the promise that [[KillYouLast his death would be quick and painless]]:

** In "Blood Feud", Homer helps save Mr. Burns's life by persuading Bart to donate much-needed blood, solely in the expectation that ''"when you save a rich guy's life, he showers you with riches!"'' He also says to Bart, ''"I'm not asking you to give blood for free. That would be crazy!"'' When all the family receives is a thank-you note addressed to Bart, Homer sends Mr. Burns an abusive letter in return, with near-disastrous consequences.
** In "Team Homer", Moe grouses, ''"You go through life, you try be nice to people, you resist the urge to punch 'em in the face, and for what?"''
** In "In Marge We Trust", Reverend Lovejoy envisions the saints in the Springfield Church's stained glass windows asking him what he's done to help Springfield's parishioners.

* ''Fanfic/{{Cain}}'': {{Exaggerated}} after [[SuckySchool Aldera]] is forced to host a Quirkless Discrimination Awareness assembly. Rather than recognizing how badly they've been doing their jobs, Izuku's homeroom teacher haughtily declares that the assembly should teach Izuku to be ''grateful'' that the neglect and bullying he's suffered at Aldera isn't ''as bad'' as the worst-case examples said assembly demonstrated.