<rival's name>! I'm disappointed! I came when I heard you beat the Elite Four! But, when I got here, you had already lost! <rival's name>! Do you understand why you lost? You have forgotten to treat your Pokémon with trust and love! Without them, you will never become a champ again!
— Professor Oak, Pokémon Red and Blue
"When I was younger, my bank manager would write from time to time saying he was 'saddened' to note that I hadn't done anything about my overdraft. This was no big deal. And nor would it have mattered if he'd said he was 'angry', 'livid' or 'incandescent with rage'.
He could have been whatever he liked, but it still wouldn't have altered the fact that I had three thousand pounds of his bank's money and no intention of doing anything about it.
But then one day he wrote to say he was 'disappointed' and that changed everything.
That meant he'd had high hopes for me and that I had let him down. Suddenly it was all my fault."
He could have been whatever he liked, but it still wouldn't have altered the fact that I had three thousand pounds of his bank's money and no intention of doing anything about it.
But then one day he wrote to say he was 'disappointed' and that changed everything.
That meant he'd had high hopes for me and that I had let him down. Suddenly it was all my fault."
— Jeremy Clarkson
Mufasa: Simba, I am very disappointed in you!
Simba: I know.
Mufasa: You could have been killed! You deliberately disobeyed me! And what's worse, you put Nala in danger!
Simba: I know.
Mufasa: You could have been killed! You deliberately disobeyed me! And what's worse, you put Nala in danger!
Marge: Bart! Did you kill that poor bird?
Bart: I didn't mean to, Mom. The gun pulled to the left-
Marge: You disobeyed me, snuck over here and murdered a helpless animal?
Bart: I know. I really screwed up. I deserve to be punished.
Marge: What's the point, Bart? I punish and I punish and I punish, but it never sinks in. So you know what? Do what you want. You wanna play with little hoodlums? Fine. Have fun killing things.
Bart: I didn't mean to, Mom. The gun pulled to the left-
Marge: You disobeyed me, snuck over here and murdered a helpless animal?
Bart: I know. I really screwed up. I deserve to be punished.
Marge: What's the point, Bart? I punish and I punish and I punish, but it never sinks in. So you know what? Do what you want. You wanna play with little hoodlums? Fine. Have fun killing things.
—The Simpsons, "Bart The Mother"
Gustav: [speaking Korean] Father...you disappoint me.
— Die Another Day, before he kills his father General Moon
"I'm not mad, I'm disappointed."
— Everyone's Mother/Father, at some point
"Son, I am disappoint."
John Marston: What's your mother going to say?
Jack Marston: I'm sorry, Pa. Please don't be angry.
John: I ain't angry. I'm disappointed. Don't you ever run off on your own like that again.
Jack: Alright, alright. I told you I was sorry.
— Red Dead Redemption, after John saves Jack from a bear
I'm not mad at you, I'm just...no, you know what? I AM mad!
— Nick Valentine if he hates the Player Character, Fallout 4
If you are watching this, you are ordered to immediately follow emergency procedures. I am suspending all orders. I am suspending what remains of the Prometheus Initiative's directives in this location. I'm shutting it all down. Clearly we have had a major communication failure. The Prometheus Initiative directives were explicit for a reason. If I've told you people once, I've told you a thousand times: leave these matters to your elders and betters. For my part, I am not angry, just... disappointed.
—Orochi Director AKA Samael, The Secret World
The humans ran out of button pushes. I'm very disappointed in you.
— DODE if the humans ran out of button pushes and let the aliens win. Push the Button from The Jackbox Party Pack 6
Bertie: Tuca? Hey, I need that sugar bowl back. It was Speckle's and it's precious and... oh God, Tuca, I really fudged things up. He's GENTLY DISAPPOINTED IN ME!
Tuca: Oh no, that's the worst kind of disappontment, because you can't get defensive, so you really internalize the guilt.
Bertie: I KNOW!
Tuca: Oh no, that's the worst kind of disappontment, because you can't get defensive, so you really internalize the guilt.
Bertie: I KNOW!
—Tuca & Bertie, "The Sugar Bowl"
Noob Saibot: You disappoint me...
Sub-Zero: The feeling is mutual, brother.
Noob Saibot: Mother would be so proud.
Sub-Zero: The feeling is mutual, brother.
Noob Saibot: Mother would be so proud.
I'm not just angry, I’m disappointed. There’s not enough punishment for that.
—Raven Baxter, Raven's Home, "School House Trap"
Twilight Sparkle: What made you think that casting a spell on your friends to do your bidding was even remotely a good idea?
Starlight Glimmer: Well, when you put it that way, it sounds really bad.
Starlight Glimmer: Well, when you put it that way, it sounds really bad.
Twilight Sparkle: That's because IT IS really bad!
Starlight Glimmer: Uh, but- I just-
Twilight Sparkle: Starlight, I'm not mad at you, but I am disappointed. You've been doing so well. I just don't understand how a friendship lesson turned into all of this!
—My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Every Little Thing She Does"
"I'm just like super disappointed in you. Like, I can't even process these feelings right now. Gosh, it's so hard for me to say this, but like, you're fired."
— Malphas to Amity, The Owl House, "Through the Looking Glass Ruins"
Her mother sighed for... she wasn't sure how many times it'd been tonight. "Anyway, I know I don't need to tell you again how much went into the recital, but... you really disappointed us tonight, Mari."
And there it was. She'd known this was coming. Of course she did. It had been obvious and inevitable from the moment they'd left the venue, or maybe even before then. Yet even so, Mari suddenly felt like the wind had been punched out of her lungs with the words. No, not punched. It was that same bitterly cold sensation from the recital, her mind briefly conjuring images of someone taking an icicle and ramming it into her stomach.
"She's not really mad, she's disappointed... which is actually much worse. I wouldn't wish that on anyone."
— Casey, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023), "Devil on Her Shoulder"
"(sigh) I know. Mrs. Sayers phoned me after you left the store. Which is why I went and got some myself. I am very disappointed in you, young lady. You're going to learn to get over your pride the HARD WAY."
— Marna to Eclair, Perpetual Change if you deliberately skimped on picking up the diapers earlier.
"I'd expect this from Swanky, and Flip, and Scruffy and Tommy and Melba and the Norwegian kid and Gabby and even that guy who lives in that hole in the other side of the town named Stinky Joe, but I'd never, never expect YOU to betray me!"
—Gumpers when Dinko shook his snow globe, Pet Alien, "The Land that Size Forgot"
"I dreamed of you as an adult for so long. Here you are…and I’m so disappointed."
—The Sole Survivor to Shaun should he cut ties with them, Fallout 4
