I would say that Bullying A Dragon can be applied to non-supers, but only if there is a sizable difference in known menace (huge guy versus small guy, kung fu legend versus couch potato)

Did the boss know Bob was a former superhero? If he didn't then unless we want to point out the size differential, it's not BAD.

Can we add The Kid from I Wanna Be The Guy? He's a One Hit Point Wonder trying to kill a guy who can withstand a shit ton of damage, all because he wants the title.

Can we do something about the natterfest that is the Naruto entry? Is it a case of Bullying A Dragon?

Deleted this:

• Superman, to an extend. Back in the 70's he or rather Clark Kent was bullied all the time by Steve Lombard even though Superman always got back at him. The one time Superman didn't do something in return Lombard became paranoid waiting for something to happen and was relieved when it finally happened at the end of the issue. That of course didn't stop him from bullying Clark again in the next issues.

Lombard didn't know that it was Superman doing those things. He didn't even know it was Clark. He just thought it was strange things happening for some bizarre twist of fate.

Re: Elfen Lied example: Thank you! Someone finally puts in an example that actually resembles a Bullying A Dragon, that isn't stupid kids picking on a girl they didn't know had super powers and writing it like they did.

I'd've thought the Vulcans would be a pretty obvious example of this. Human Starfleet officers seem to find nothing more amusing than teasing their Vulcan colleagues. This is despite the fact that Vulcans are all super-strong, super-long lived, psychopathic telepaths that turn into ticking rape time-bombs every seven years... with only a thin layer of, (granted, very impressive), self control keeping them stable.

Doing anything to try and mess with that self control seems like a very Too Stupid To Live thing to do.

As per Fast Eddie, here, "[t]he very instant a Real Life folder becomes any kind of problem, it goes right in the trash". The Real Life folder was kind of obnoxiously natteriffic.

I removed a few examples, but I felt I should explain why here:
Iron Giant: They weren't trying to bully the giant robot. They were trying to kill it.
Red Dead Redemption: This is more a case of Mugging the Monster. Yeah, John has bandoliers of ammo and a rifle on his back, but in that setting, that doesn't say much about him.
A Bug's Life: I don't know if the "united they could beat us easily" qualifies the ants as dragons, but even without that, Hopper was exploiting them. Getting a rise out of them was the exact opposite of what he wanted.

So, what's the difference between the tropes Bullying A Dragon and Do Not Taunt Cthulhu? I ask this because the example of Admiral Motti trash-talking Darth Vader in Star Wars was put in the Do Not Taunt Cthulhu section. Wouldn't that example be more along the lines of Bullying A Dragon?