King Triton: Do you think I was too hard on her?
Sebastian: Definitely not! Why, if Ariel was my daughter, I'd show her who was boss. None of this flitting to the surface and other such nonsense.
Lou: Can you think of any reason he might have run away? Anything at all?
Homer: Well, uh...we did kind of yell at him and sent him to his room tried to force him to apologize to his sister.
Lou: Uh-huh.
Marge: Hmm...I said him he ruined Thanksgiving.
Lou: (shocked) Oh...I see.
—The Simpsons, "Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
"Maybe I was too harsh on Fry. He didn't ruin my life on purpose."
—Leela, Futurama, "The Mutants Are Revolting"
"This is all my fault. I called him a dumb dog."
—Bart Simpson, The Simpsons, "Dog of Death"
"I shouldn't have been so hard on him."
—Tramp about Scamp, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Stewie: Do you think we were too hard on Chris tonight?
Brian: What? Oh, God. No, no. I don't...I don't think so. Do you?
Stewie: Oh, no, I just always feel badly when we have to be strict.
Brian: What? Oh, God. No, no. I don't...I don't think so. Do you?
Stewie: Oh, no, I just always feel badly when we have to be strict.
—Family Guy, "North By North Quahog"
Bubbles: Aww, do you think we were too hard on her [Bunny]?
[the girls are surrounded by the criminals Bunny freed]
Criminals: Not as hard as we're gonna be on you! [cue No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]
—The Powerpuff Girls (1998): "Twisted Sister"
Grizz: I don't know, guys. Was I too hard on him [Charlie]?
Panda: Nah, man, he was being a dingle.
Ice Bear: Ice Bear thinks you did the right thing.
Grizz: Eh, I still feel bad.
—We Bare Bears: "Charlie Ball"
Twilight Sparkle: (to Flurry Heart) You're afraid of me. Because I yelled at you. Like a big scary bear.
—My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: "A Flurry of Emotions"
Dad: Where were you?! There was a 15-second period I had no idea where you were!
Timmy: Geez, Dad, relax. Would Mom get this upset?
Dad: I don't know. Let's ask her while I'm drinking a glass of water. (holds up a Mom puppet and starts drinking)
"Mom": (garbled) I think you're being too hard on Timmy.
Dad: (Spit Take) Oh, sure, take his side!
Timmy: No amount of therapy would ever make this moment okay.
—The Fairly OddParents!, "Mother Nature"
Moses: Father, you know it was really my fault. Must you be so hard on him?
Pharaoh Seti: Moses, you will never have to carry a burden like the crown I will pass to Rameses. He must not allow himself to be led astray. Not even by you, my son.
Pinocchio: His nose didn't grow.
Sebastian: What's that?
Pinocchio: When he called me a burden, his nose didn't grow. It's how he really feels. I don't want to be a burden. I don't want to hurt Papa and make him want to yell at me like that.
Sebastian: Oh, Pinocchio... Sometimes, fathers feel... despair, like everybody else. And they say things ... things they only think they mean in the moment. But with time, they learn that... that they never really meant it at all.
Cole: (after Zeke rescues him from a trap set by the Militia) Hey, uh, Zeke... I've been treating you like shit. I'm- I'm sorry, man.
Zeke: I screwed you over pretty hard back in Empire. Forget it, man.
Cole: No. You've always got my back. Thank you.
Zeke: Look, I don't call you "brother" 'cause I like the way it sounds.
Zeke: I screwed you over pretty hard back in Empire. Forget it, man.
Cole: No. You've always got my back. Thank you.
Zeke: Look, I don't call you "brother" 'cause I like the way it sounds.
