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* In ''[[Fanfic/PyotrRomanovBarnesImprobableLifestyle The home-trip.]]'', Flash does this every day with Peter. Since both his parents are Avengers and Peter himself could kill him in several different ways, it is not until Flash finds out that not only was Peter not lying about his internship but that his parents are a SHIELD agent, a former HYDRA assassin and Peter is on a first-name basis with the Avengers does he truly fear for his life.

* ''Fanfic/AllsFairInLoveAndWarAndTurnaboutsFairPlay'': Lila threatens Hawkmoth, a long-establish supervillain, into making her an Akuma to get revenge on Adrien, even claiming that she'll make him regret it if he doesn't. Hawkmoth responds by giving her the UselessSuperpowers of empathy, which is not only useless since everyone knows she's a ConsummateLiar, but since she's TheSociopath, she gets tortured feeling other people's emotions.
* ''Webcomic/FeralnetteAU'': Both [[BigBad Hawkmoth]] and [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] are intimidated by how Marinette has changed, as she's StoppedCaring about her civilian life in favor of focusing on her other responsibilities. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment in the series is grabbing one of his akumatizing butterflies and crushing it in her palm while daring him to BringIt, declaring that "Every leash has two ends!" and intimidating him enough to recall it. Despite this, Hawkmoth remains intent on akumatizing her, and Lila continues her campaign of slandering her good name, even while fretting about the possibility of this much scrappier Marinette coming after her.

* ''[[Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug What Goes Around Comes Around]]'' opens with Marinette's SecretIdentity being revealed to the world when Shadow Moth [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive launches an attack on the Dupain-Cheng Bakery]]. Come the sequel, ''Truth & Journalism'', she's well-known as a superheroine who saved all of Paris... which doesn't stop a group of would-be bullies at Francoise Dupont from trying to take her on when she interrupts their assault on Sabrina. Their leader arrogantly sneers that without her yo-yo and 'fancy suit', she's just a stuttering, weak-willed, and clumsy girl... right before she effortlessly pins him to the ground.

* In ''Fanfic/NeonMetathesisEvangelion'', Ritsuko grabs Rei's arm and refuses to let go, trying to physically coerce her. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for her, Rei's soul has already been reunited, so Rei I's anger is now part of Rei]]. She gets double-whammed by AT Fields for her trouble.

** A [[PlayedStraight straight]] example occurs in Chapter 6 of the original has a bar patron grabbing Sanakan's buttocks. Keep in mind that [[KidHero Sana]][[ActionGirl kan]] has a big-ass [[DropTheHammer hammer]] hanging on her back, which says a lot about the kid's [[SuperStrength strength]]. That patron has his head slammed into a wall for his troubles, which gets him killed.

* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', Grand King Ghidorah causes pre-HeelFaceTurn Starlight Glimmer to antagonize Godzilla Junior into a confrontation. Despite him being in the form of alicorn sized unicorn with barely any magic knowledge, he still has SuperStrength, SuperToughness, two decades of combat experience, and most of his powers even if they are toned down. And she does so by kidnapping, terrifying, and imprisoning his pupil. The result? Starlight frantically rushing through an abandoned Our Town with a royally pissed off Godzilla literally plowing through buildings to get at her, so scared it breaks Ghidorah's mind control.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' / ''Franchise/MassEffect'' FusionFic, ''Fanfic/MassEffectTheEquestrianEquation'', this is basically why you do ''not'' want to pick a fight with the ancient Equines, or their modern-day Equestrian descendants. Basically, their instincts are to offer a LastSecondChance to a potential threat and then ''utterly annihilate them'' if they refuse to back down.

* The ''Fanfic/Quiververse'' gives a fine example with Primrose Thorn, Brick Wall and their associates, former schoolyard bullies to protagonist Quiver Quill. In ''Many Happy Reunions'', they attempt to harass him as an adult, only to discover that Quiver Quill, by this point, has gained powerful friends in the forms of the Mane Six (among other characters). Despite those characters being national heroes with several victories under their belt, they still choose to go on the attack. [[spoiler: The story ends with all of them badly beaten and bruised, one of Brick Wall's knees shattered by Twilight Sparkle after he attempted to attack Spike, and Primrose's magic disabled for the foreseeable future.]]

* In ''Worm''/''DC Universe'' crossover ''Fanfic/EchoesOfYesterday'', Hookwolf engages Supergirl, despite knowing she had run into Lung -the most dangerous parahuman in the city- and survived. Now, he might have believed her super-strength wouldn't protect her from his razor metallic body-shell, but as soon as his blades shattered upon impact with her body, revealing she's not only stronger than him but also invulnerable to his attacks, he should have backed off. He did not, and he was crushed.
* Through means of Dauntless, the [=PRT=] in ''Fanfic/GregVederVSTheWorld'' mock and belittle Prodigy and his heroic actions while commending their own importance and impact on the events of the past few days. I repeat, they openly ridiculed the hero [[spoiler:who soloed the Dragon of Kyushu and single-handedly stopped the Brockton Bay Bombings, effectively putting an end to the Azn Bad Boys and]] who effectively accomplished in a matter of hours something the Parahuman Response Team hadn't managed to perform in their last ten years of operation. If Greg hadn't just undergone a load of CharacterDevelopment, he likely would have unloaded on them then and there.

* In ''Fanfic/AllsFairInLoveAndWarAndTurnaboutsFairPlay'', Lila threatens Hawkmoth, a long-establish supervillain, into making her an Akuma to get revenge on Adrien, even claiming that she'll make him regret it if he doesn't. Hawkmoth responds by giving her the UselessSuperpowers of empathy, which is not only useless since everyone knows she's a ConsummateLiar, but since she's TheSociopath, she gets tortured feeling other people's emotions.

* In the ''Fanfic/FeralnetteAUBigFatBreak'', both [[BigBad Hawkmoth]] and [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] are intimidated by how Marinette has changed, as she's StoppedCaring about her civilian life in favor of focusing on her other responsibilities. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment in the series is grabbing one of his akumatizing butterflies and crushing it in her palm while daring him to BringIt, declaring that "Every leash has two ends!" and intimidating him enough to recall it. Despite this, Hawkmoth remains intent on akumatizing her, and Lila continues her campaign of slandering her good name, even while fretting about the possibility of this much scrappier Marinette coming after her.

* In ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorld'' series, during the events of ''The Golden Mean'': [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8862456/25/The-Golden-Mean In chapter 25]], President Snow sends peacekeepers to arrest Haymitch and a few other Rebel mentors, only for some of the other mentors to grow alarmed at their weapons, vague explanations, hostile manner, and how they've cut off all the phones to the outside, leading to a fight breaking out with all sorts of improvised weapons and hand-to-hand combat.

* ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'': President Snow really enjoys tormenting the victors for any real or perceived slight throughout the story (reaping their children and siblings, starving their districts, and using them as {{Sex Slave}}s). By the time the second Rebellion breaks out, he has about 2/3rds of the most deadly people in the Nation (more if you count the ones who didn't live long enough to see that) baying for his blood.

* ''Fanfic/SuicidalOverconfidence'': Bitsy tries to get under the Kingpin's skin by repeatedly insulting him, his weight, and his family. Her fate is already sealed by the time he asks her [[ImpliedDeathThreat whether she would rather have an open or closed casket funeral]], and she ultimately decides on the latter. He gives her a SlasherSmile and then wastes no time beating her into a bloody pulp with little to no effort.

* ''Fanfic/SuicidalOverconfidence'': Bitsy tries to get under the Kingpin's skin by repeatedly insulting him, his weight, and his family. Her fate is already sealed when he asks her whether she would rather have an open or closed casket funeral, and she ultimately decides on the latter. He wastes no time beating her into a bloody pulp with little to no effort.

%%Needs more context of why they should have known how dangerous Jade is.* In ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'':
%%** [[EvilSorcerer Lung]] captures and tortures Jade to try to break her to his will. It doesn't end well for him. [[spoiler: [[KilledOffForReal At all]].]]
%%** Later on in the story, [[spoiler: the spirits of the Oni Elders view Jade as a mongrel upstart whom they can steal chi from to restore themselves to life. She renders them all DeaderThanDead in response.]]
* In ''FanFic/AgesOfShadow'', when Alonso Gragas finally cuts his ties with [[FallenHero Jade]], he gives her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on why he never would have loyally served her, let alone become her new lover like she'd hoped, specifically insulting [[EldritchAbomination how disgusting she looks]]. Naturally, this pisses her off to the point that she tries to kill him.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10904767/1/Skies-of-Vermillion Skies of Vermillion]]'' (inspired by AncientRome), Soundwave purchases Tracks as a slave. Throughout the story, Tracks snaps at him, makes accusations, and even ''hits'' him on one occasion. Granted, Tracks has a DarkAndTroubledPast, but the fact remains, Soundwave is his ''owner'', and could easily have him a) beaten, b) executed, c) executed by ''being beaten'', or d) beaten and ''then'' executed if he wanted to.

* In the MirrorUniverse fan AU ''Fanfic/{{Underfell}}'', it's the monsters who attack the humans rather than the other way round. Unfortunately for them, the same rules still apply as in canon and monsters are critically weak compared to humans. Again, just like in canon, it's a CurbStompBattle which ends with the monsters being banished underground and no humans killed.

* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': Kaku tries to invoke this for why the Straw Hats shouldn't challenge the [=CP9=]. Cross points out that as pirates, they fight the World Government as a matter of principle, furthermore Kaku and Kalifa are both outnumbered and outgunned.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** Spandam's habit of this comes back to bite him when Franky and Robin are given free access to him with no one around who's capable of stopping them.

* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', Grand King Ghidorah causes pre HeelFaceTurn Starlight Glimmer to antagonize Godzilla Junior into a confrontation. Despite him being in the form of alicorn sized unicorn with barely any magic knowledge, he still has SuperStrength, SuperToughness, two decades of combat experience, and most of his powers even if they are toned down. And she does so by kidnapping, terrifying, and imprisoning his pupil. The result? Starlight frantically rushing through an abandoned Our Town with a royally pissed off Godzilla literally plowing through buildings to get at her, so scared it breaks Ghidorah's mind control.

** Cobra Commander, being based on his more competent Creator/MarvelComics counterpart, was smart enough to avoid getting into a fight with [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} the Decepticons]]. Serpentor, however, wasn't as bright, and launched an attack that pissed off Megatron (not immediately. At first he was amused, and quite willing to forgive them for scratching the paintjob of his base. [[BerserkButton Then he learned they had accidentally destroyed some energy cubes...]]) enough to launch a counterattack so ferocious (including ''glassing'' Cobra Island. ''[[NoKillLikeOverkill Then]]'' [[NoKillLikeOverkill they bombed the island until the volcano erupted and sank it]]) that only a handful of members of the organization survived -- Cobra Commander himself, who was smart enough to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee]] when he realized what Serpentor had done ([[KarmaHoudini and now lives like a king somewhere in upstate New York]]); a half-dozen {{Mooks}} loyal enough that the Commander took them with him; Destro and TheBaroness, who left the group some point prior; and Storm Shadow, who'd had a HeelFaceTurn and likewise left the group. There's also rumors that Zartan survived as well, but there's no confirmation of that.
** A few others survived, including Overkill. Who reunited some of the survivors to create a new COBRA and launched an attack on West Point. This is ''after'' the Earth Defense Command, born of the GI Joes, the Oktober Guard and other special forces from all around the world and equipped with weapons based on Cybertronian technology, had all but wiped out the Decepticon. Cobra Commander [[{{Lampshaded}} pointed out the stupidity of this attack]]:
--->"I mean seriously, fifty people, some tanks and some [=BATs=]? Did his hard drive crash or something?"

* ''Fanfic/ImNobody'': A group of very drunk Humans, Turians, Batarians and Vorcha attack part of the [[BadassCrew Normandy crew]] plus [[OldMaster Namor Drack]] while in a bar for "hurting their friends". The crew tries to warn them (even pointing out that their friends are lucky they didn't get ''killed'') but they don't listen so... the result was [[CurbStompBattle quite predictable]].
* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': Many non-looping villains are prone to threating their looping foes, even though they are ''highly'' outclassed. Often times, the loopers don't really bother to crush them.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' / ''Franchise/MassEffect'' FusionFic, ''Fanfic/MassEffectTheEquestrianEquation'', this is basically why you do ''not'' want to pick a fight with the ancient Equines, or their modern-day Equestian descendants. Basically, their instincts are to offer a LastSecondChance to a potential threat, and then ''utterly annihilate them'' if they refuse to back down.

--> '''Prof. Penthesilea''':"…''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' as you'll soon find out, warns us of the danger of underestimation, of messing with the wrong person and not treating everyone with the respect they fully deserve. While this may be tempting for some, it will be an insult to the one you abuse, and may [[ComicallyMissingThePoint end in your untimely death]]."

** Cardin Winchester does this throughout the story. First he tries to pick on Velvet, an upperclassman who could kick his ass any day of the week and only doesn't because of her own self-restraint. Then he and the rest of CRDL try to take on Katsuki and get their asses kicked while Katsuki walks away with a couple of bruises. After that he tries to pick on Izuku, only for him to send CRDL fleeing with One For All: Full Cowl and beating Cardin into the floor without taking more than a glancing hit.
** Junior hires Pyrrha, an internationally famous fighting champion, as a waitresses and proceeds to try and grope her. The scene immediately cuts to the aftermath of the fight, which ended with Junior getting shot in the spine and his club in flames while the police question them about what happened.
* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku Midoriya is secretly Kryptonian, but he accidentally put Bakugou in the hospital when they were four-years-old after a fight between them resulted Bakugou getting tossed through a concrete wall. As a result, everyone knows about Izuku's SuperStrength and stays far away from him to avoid getting hurt. Bakugou continues to antagonize Izuku and calls him "Deku" out of frustration because of Izuku's refusal to apply to U.A. out of fear of a repeat incident. The bully then proceeds to blow up Izuku's Hero Analysis notebook, prompting the young alien to grab his aggressor by the collar and effortlessly throw him into a wall (but not enough to cause actual harm) before walking off in a huff. Their classmates lampshade it.

** The confrontation between Olga and Kyril twists this trope via perspective. Olga, [[EvilOverlord the Dark Queen]], has a [[TheDreaded dreaded]] reputation InUniverse as an adept LadyOfBlackMagic, and she knows it. Therefore, when the doors of her throne room open, revealing a lone man who have come to challenge her, Olga believes that she is the "dragon" and the man is the suicidal "bully". The kicker is that said lone man is actually ''the Good Hunter'', whom the [[DramaticIrony audience, not Olga, knows]] to [[WorldsStrongestMan outclass pretty much everyone]] in terms of might. It is until the Hunter shows Olga what he is capable of that she is forced to acknowledge that she is severely outmatched, and that Kyril is the "dragon" not be messed with.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Aria T'Loak is guilty of this when she steals a starship from the Trans-Galactic Republic, who, by the way, ''sent the Reapers running'' with their much-more-advanced technology. Lampshaded later by an N7--she calls the crime lord's actions "a monumentally stupid set of decisions." Said N7 is aware she is ''also'' risking this trope by insulting Aria, but in an aversion nothing happens.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' crossover ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'' (by the same author as ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni''), Kitten, after having been [[CurbStompBattle stopped nearly effortlessly by Jade]] in he Tournament of Villainesses (Jade used heat vision to blast away Kitten's energy whip and then picked her up with the Rooster Talisman), proceeds to ''insult'' [[TooDumbToLive her]]! The evil teen insulted Jade's outfit and appearance (the appearance part in ''multiple ways''), her power set, and was starting to say that Jade was so ugly that that was why she wasn't in her original dimension, they had kicked her out (she didn't finish, but it's clear what she was saying), before Jade's {{Berserk Button}}s were fully pressed and she unleashed a Dragon Talisman blast that nearly ''killed'' Kitten, giving Jade a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment (as, unlike the others Jade had met, the evil blonde was ''not'' MadeOfIron). And this was AFTER Jade had offered Kitten a chance to surrender!

* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': Many people try to strike or hurt Asuka -who in this story is ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''- despite of knowing she is invulnerable and her powers can destroy them in a split-second. In an omake Touji tries to blackmail Asuka after discovering her SecretIdentity. He realized it was a stupid idea when he saw her grinning and cracking her knuckles.

-->" Now, I felt conflicted on how I should handle the her. I did hit her kind of hard, twice, but I healed her the first time. If she really did subscribe to the Survival of the Fittest, she should've known better, right?"

* ''Fanfic/UniverseFalls'': In the chapter "Strong in the Real Way", the [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Manotaurs]] make the mistake of trying to chase [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Sugilite]] off their territory. She just winds up to throw a boulder at them, and the Manotaurs immediately realize they're in over their heads and [[AttackAttackRetreatRetreat run back into the Man-Cave]].

** Averted by Naomi, who wants to stay on Light's good-side in case Light [[EasyAmnesia ever remembers he's a serial killing mass-murderer]], but L plays this completely straight with his continual harassment of Light.

* ''Fanfic/FuneralForAFlash'': After Barry Allen was sentenced to prison and left to go the the 30th Century, the Rogues were in tears. Who was going to fight them and put them behind bars now? Captain Boomerang and Mirror Master decided to go and pester Franchise/{{Batman}}, despite Weather Wizard warning them to ''not'' antagonize him. Unfortunately, they did not listen and Batman ended beating them down several times.

* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'' reveals Pre-Crisis Lex Luthor didn't realize who he was antagonizing with until ComicBook/{{Superboy}} tossed a meteor back into orbit.

* Creator/AAPessimal's family saga ''Strandpiel'' mainly deals with what happens after Professor Ponder Stibbons marries a career Assassin and they become proud parents of three lively daughters. The youngest girl Ruth takes largely after her father and is meek, shy and retiring. This, from a point of view of the school bully, makes her a natural target. Ruth puts up with it twice during a class lesson, and calmly warns the bully twice. On the third attack, the bully finds her hand pinned to the table with the schoolroom compass Ruth has just stabbed her with. It takes a lot of pulling to free the bully's hand. As the Headmistress says later, contemplating who the girl's mother is

* In ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorld'' series, during the evens of ''The Golden Mean'': [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8862456/25/The-Golden-Mean In chapter 25]], President Snow sends peacekeepers to arrest Haymitch and a few other Rebel mentors, only for some of the other mentors to grow alarmed at their weapons, vague explanations, hostile manner, and how they've cut off all the phones to the outside, leading to a fight breaking out with all sorts of improvised weapons and hand to hand combat .

* ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'': President Snow really enjoys tormenting the victors for any real or perceived slight throughout the story (reaping their children and siblings, starving their districts, and using them as SexSlave's). By the time the second Rebellion breaks out, he has about 2/3rds of the most deadly people in the Nation (more if you count the ones who didn't live long enough to see that) baying for his blood.

* In ''[[Fanfic/PyotrRomanovBarnesImprobableLifestyle The home-trip.]]'', Flash does this every day with Peter. Since both his parents are Avengers and Peter himself could kill him in several different ways, it is not until Flash finds out that not only was Peter not lying about his internship, but that his parents are a SHIELD agent, a former HYDRA assassin and Peter is on a first name basis with the Avengers does he truly fear for his life.

* In ''Fanfic/AllsFairInLoveAndWarAndTurnaboutsFairPlay'', Lila threatens Hawkmoth, a long-establish supervillain, into making her an Akuma to get revenge on Adrien, even claiming that she'll make him regret it if he doesn't. Hawkmoth responds by giving her the UselessSuperpowers of empathy, which is not only useless since everyone knows she's a ConsumateLiar, but since she's TheSociopath, she gets tortured feeling other people's emotions.
* In the ''Fanfic/FeralnetteAUBigFatBreak'', both [[BigBad Hawkmoth]] and [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] are intimidated by how Marinette has changed, as she's StoppedCaring about her civilian life in favor of focusing on her other responsibilities. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment in the series is grabbing one of his akumatizing butterflies and crushing it in her palm while daring him to BringIt, declaring that "Every leash has two ends!" and intimidating him enough to recall it. Despite this, Hawkmoth remains intent upon akumatizing her, and Lila continues her campaign of slandering her good name, even while fretting about the possibility of this much scrappier Marinette coming after her.
* ''Fanfic/SpellboundLilafly'': The Fae consider Tikki and Plagg their gods, and also hold their wielders to a high reverence. But because they are TheFairFolk, their attitude to gods is to always watch them for weaknesses and try to sneak an advantage. [[spoiler:When Marinette is outed as Ladybug and kidnapped, Plagg willingly gives Adrien enough magic to beat up a Court chief and get her back.]]

* ''[[Fanfic/WhatGoesAroundComesAroundMiraculousLadybug What Goes Around Comes Around]]'' opens with Marinette's SecretIdentity being revealed to the world when Shadow Moth [[TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive launches an attack on the Dupain-Cheng Bakery]]. Come the sequel, ''Truth & Journalism'', she's well known as a superheroine who saved all of Paris... which doesn't stop a group of would-be-bullies at Francoise Dupont from trying to take her on when she interrupts their assault on Sabrina. Their leader arrogantly sneers that without her yo-yo and 'fancy suit', she's just a stuttering, weak-willed and clumsy girl... right before she effortlessly pins him to the ground.

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': In chapter 6 Gendo berates Rei for not obeying him and threatens her with "consequences" should she fail in following and executing his orders and only his orders to the letter. Keeping in mind he knows she is a PhysicalGod capable to ''liquefy'' him with a mere thought and protected with an impenetrable barrier, he should think twice before threatening her, especially since she has begun ignoring his orders.
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': An humorous example. In chapter 5 Touji mocked Asuka’s gaming skills, despite of knowing she was more than capable to destroy them all. A split-second later she had killed his in-game character.

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* In ''Fanfic/{{Stardust|Arad}}'', [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown Dr. Vahlen's]] cold, provocative attitude when testing the cooperative [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle's]] abilities is really not the smartest one to take when she herself notes that X-Com couldn't hope to build ''anything'' that would stand up to Twilight's telekinetic blasts. Several characters note how stupid this is for the supposedly-bright scientist, and once Vahlen finally looks past her FreudianExcuse for her hostility, she also realizes how foolish her behavior was.

** Peter Wisdom [[spoiler: a.k.a. Regulus Black]] as Director of [=MI13=] pushing the Ministry, steadily gaining leverage over them and moving to supplant them, would be this if it wasn't for the fact that the Ministry is terrified of Wisdom, [[GoodIsNotNice and]] [[TheDreaded with good reason.]]

* In ''Worm''/''DC Universe'' crossover ''Fanfic/EchoesOfYesterday'' Hookwolf engages Supergirl, despite knowing she had run into Lung -the most dangerous parahuman in the city- and survived. Now, he might have believed her super-strength wouldn't protect her from his razor metallic body-shell, but as soon as his blades shattered upon impact with her body, revealing she's not only stronger than him but also invulnerable to his attacks, he should have backed off. He did not, and he was crushed.

* In ''Fanfic/HowToDrillYourWayThroughYourProblems'', [[spoiler:Lagann and [[Literature/{{Worm}} Bakuda]] do this LITERALLY when facing down [[GatheringSteam Lung]]. In the true spirit of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]], it works like a charm.]]
* ''FanFic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'':

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' crossover ''FanFic/AShadowOfTheTitans'' (by the same author as ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni''), Kitten, after having been [[CurbStompBattle stopped nearly effortlessly by Jade]] in he Tournament of Villainesses (Jade used heat vision to blast away Kitten's energy whip and then picked her up with the Rooster Talisman), proceeds to ''insult'' [[TooDumbToLive her]]! The evil teen insulted Jade's outfit and appearance (the appearance part in ''multiple ways''), her power set, and was starting to say that Jade was so ugly that that was why she wasn't in her original dimension, they had kicked her out (she didn't finish, but it's clear what she was saying), before Jade's {{Berserk Button}}s were fully pressed and she unleashed a Dragon Talisman blast that nearly ''killed'' Kitten, giving Jade a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment (as, unlike the others Jade had met, the evil blonde was ''not'' MadeOfIron). And this was AFTER Jade had offered Kitten a chance to surrender!
%%Needs more context about why he should have known this was dangerous. The hot dog guy Jade met was really rude to her over 5 cents. This gets his cart blown up.

* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': Many non-looping villains are prone to threating their looping foes, even though they are ''highly'' outclassed. Often times, the loopers don't really bother to crush them.
** [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa Nightmare]] is a special case, as without the loops, he would be the dragon. However, due to how long it took for him to start looping and still believing in his power level, he has made a habit out of bullying dragons, which generally doesn't end well, to the point where he, [[spoiler:while ''Awake'', was killed by two stronger Loopers (Marx and Susie) simply because he didn't realize that taunting them was a bad idea.]]
* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29551275/chapters/72622683 The "Old Friends" vs The New Friend]] has [[Anime/MyHeroAcademia Katsuki Bakugou and his cronies]] trying to bully Izuku Midoriya yet again as he plays with his new friend. The catch is, Izuku's new friend is the AdorableAbomination HalfHumanHybrid PintsizedPowerhouse Webcomic/{{Erma}}, who has MindOverMatter, {{Intangibility}}, PrehensileHair, among other powers, and considers horror moves ''funny''. Bakugou should probably consider himself lucky he just got curbstomped and chucked into a pond.
* ''Fanfic/ImNobody'': A group of very drunk Humans, Turians, Batarians and Vorcha attack part of the [[BadassCrew Normandy crew]] plus [[OldMaster Namor Drack]] while in a bar for "hurting their friends". The crew tries to warn them (even pointing out that their friends are lucky they didn't get ''killed'') but they don't listen so... the result was [[CurbStompBattle quite predictable]].

* ''[[Fanfic/DanganronpaTheImmersiveLearningProgram Danganronpa: Academy of Discontent]]''

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1934584/1/Nelson-s-Wake-Up-Call Nelson's Wake Up Call]]'', Nelson sees [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry]] sleeping on a low wall in the school's courtyard and gets the bright idea to push him off. As soon as he touches him, Terry flips himself over, throws Nelson to the ground, and gets ready to beat the hell out of him, being currently in Batman mode. Nelson wonders to himself why he thought it was a good idea when he knows for a fact Terry could easily kick his ass. The only thing that saves him is Max talking Terry down and getting him to realize he hasn't been ambushed by one of his rogues gallery.

* ''Fanfic/FuneralForAFlash'': After Barry Allen was sentenced to prison and left to go the the 30th Century, the Rogues were in tears. Who was going to fight them and put them behind bars now? Captain Boomerang and Mirror Master decided to go and pester Franchise/{{Batman}}, despite Weather Wizard warning them to ''not'' antagonize him. Unfortunately, they did not listen and Batman ended beating them down several times.
-->That was the biggest bummer Mark Mardon had seen in all his days, outside of those trips to the joint. Who was going to take up where Flash left off?\\
Boomerang and Mirror Master had tried their luck with Batman. He'd warned them against it. Did they listen? Hell, no! They got their butts handed to them, Boomy more than once. Served 'em right.
* In ''Fanfic/AdventuresOfASuperFamily'', the first super-villains fought by [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Superwoman]] are just some idiots who think their expensive toys can beat someone who can lift mountains.
* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', the local crime syndicate has just gotten wind of the existence of a kid with ComicBook/{{Superboy}} powers operating in their territory. And instead of declaring "pack up and move out of town" time, the unnamed Boss gets his parents kidnapped to get him off their backs. One beatdown later, the crimelord decides to get off ''his'' back.

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* {{Discussed}} in ''FanFic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'': Quirrel's first rule for being a successful dark lord is "I will not go around provoking strong, vicious enemies." He notes that history would be very different if Hitler had followed that rule.

* Debra from ''FanFic/ItsNotTheRaptorDNA'' is rude and openly insults Elise, an ''Indominus Rex.'' To be fair, she does raise some good points.

* In ''FanFic/AllsFairInLoveAndWarAndTurnaboutsFairPlay'', Lila threatens Hawkmoth, a long-establish supervillain, into making her an Akuma to get revenge on Adrien, even claiming that she'll make him regret it if he doesn't. Hawkmoth responds by giving her the UselessSuperpowers of empathy, which is not only useless since everyone knows she's a ConsumateLiar, but since she's TheSociopath, she gets tortured feeling other people's emotions.

* ''Fanfic/SpellboundLilafly'': The Fae consider Tikki and Plagg their gods, and also hold their wielders to a high reverence. But because they are TheFairFolk, their attitude to gods is to always watch them for weaknesses and try to sneak an advantage. [[spoiler:When Marinette is outed as Ladybug and kidnapped, Plagg willingly gives Adrien enough magic to beat up a Court chief and get her back]].
-->'''Plagg''': [[spoiler:Remember this sight, Adrien. This is what the power of a real god looks like, so teach those faerie chiefs and queens a lesson in humility for me by showing them that they cannot just take everything they please. Least of all Creation’s Chosen]].

* ''FanFic/TheEmancipators'': Izuku wasn't ''always'' a dragon. His Quirklessness made him an easy target for Katsuki, even as his resentment of his former friend smoldered and grew into something dark. After receiving One For All, however, the main thing protecting Katsuki is that Izuku wants his long-time bully to ''SUFFER'' before he brings him down for good.

%%Needs more context about why he should have known this was dangerous* In ''FanFic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'', Lord Silverblood tries to threaten Nova Shine into standing down and letting him continue to go about his treacherous business. [[CurbStompBattle Nova doesn't take him up on the offer]].

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'''Ninja Clerk''' (grabs a pen and a form): What is the nature of this complaint?\\

'''Clerk''' (fills in information): Where were you, and what were you doing at the time this threat was made, and at what time did it occur?\\
'''Sakura:''' I was outside the Academy. I had just gotten out of class for the day, and noticed him hanging around on that swing in the tree near the entrance. I...I tried to hit him.\\
'''Clerk''' (''coldly crumples form''): Let me get this straight. You, an Academy student, decided to attack a full-fledged shinobi who is only a Genin because he had a run of seriously bad luck, and isn't currently on his way to the Chunin exams because we don't want to give Iwa a chance to legally get their revenge on him for what he did to two of their Genin, and you want us to punish him because he decided to go easy on you and let you off with a warning?

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* In ''Fanfic/TheLastSon'', [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Graydon Creed and his Friends of Humanity]] constantly antagonize {{Superman}}, the ComicBook/JusticeLeague, and the ComicBook/XMen, thinking they can defeat the heroes, when in truth, their chances of success are less than zero, and they really should be thanking their lucky stars that Superman and his allies are not the vicious monsters they want everyone to believe.

* ''Fanfic/SpellboundLilafly'': The Fae consider Tikki and Plagg their gods, and also hold their wielders to a high reverence. But because they are TheFairFolk, heir attitude to gods is to always watch them for weaknesses and try to sneak an advantage. [[spoiler:When Marinette is outed as Ladybug and kidnapped, Plagg willingly gives Adrien enough magic to beat up a Court chief and get her back]].