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* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': In the season 1 finale "Day Of The Dragon", Shendu is brought back to life after he gets his 12 talismans, but refuses to give Valmont the treasure of Qin Shi Huang which he previously promised because [[ExactWords technically]], [[LiteralSplitPersonality Jackie's dark side]] [[ExactWords got him the talismans instead]]. Incensed, Valmont orders [[TheBrute Tohru]] to fight the big demon dragon. [[CurbStompBattle It goes as well as you'd expect]], with Shendu using the Rooster ([[MindOverMatter telekinesis]]) and Ox (SuperStrength) to effortlessly throw Tohru out of the skyscraper. Though thankfully, [[MadeOfIron Tohru survives with some broken bones]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'': In "Lifedeath - Part 2", Professor Xavier pulls the minds of members of the Shi'ar Empire in the midst of a coup into the Astral Realm to teach them a lesson on the weaknesses of imperialism and the inherently harmful acts of the Empire's conquests. When Deathbird proclaims the Empire was built on the conquest of their perceived lessers, Xavier casually chides her for speaking out of turn and puts her back behind a desk in his psychic classroom, her taunts silenced by an apple in her mouth.

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*** During their fight early in Season 4, during a duel, Kuvira (who had the upper hand at that point) taunts Korra into shifting into the Avatar State. Once Korra does, she wipes the floor with Kuvira until her EnemyWithin rears its head and drives her back to normal.

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*** During their fight early in Season 4, during a duel, Kuvira [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraKuvira Kuvira]] (who had the upper hand at that point) taunts Korra into shifting into the Avatar State. Once Korra does, she wipes the floor with Kuvira until her EnemyWithin rears its head and drives her back to normal.



* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'':
** In the first episode, Nelson taunts Terry for not being athletic enough (the classic "loser"). When a gang of Jokerz shows up and Terry turns out to have sufficient fighting skills to chase off the entire gang, Nelson's response is "I knew [=McGinnis=] was a freak." Fortunately for Nelson, Terry (pretty much perpetually) has bigger fish to fry. Nelson does have some brains, though, because when Terry stands up to him later in defense of helpless nerd Willie Watt, Nelson knows better than to pick that fight.
--->'''Terry''': Lay off him, Nash.\\
'''Nelson''': You think I'm afraid of you, [=McGinnis=]?\\
'''Terry''': [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder I dunno]]. ''(lifts an eyebrow)'' Are you?\\
'''Nelson''': ''(pushes Willy out of the way)'' He's not worth it. But you are, [=McGinnis=]...some day. ''(gets in his car and drives off)''
** Speaking of which, in a later episode, the former typical nerd Willie has just broken out of Juvenile Hall using his newfound [[PsychicPowers telekinetic powers]] and goes after everyone at school who made fun of him, including Nelson and his cheerleader girlfriend. Even after seeing what Willie can do, and the fact that Willie is no longer a wimp, having extensively used the gym while he was locked up, he still taunts the guy. Willie even agrees to a one-on-one fight without telekinesis, but goes back on his word once Nelson starts winning.
** Another incident from the first episode: After Terry's fight with the Jokerz, some reinforcements show up and chase Terry to an isolated spot that turns out to be the grounds of Wayne Manor. Bruce tells them to get lost, and they decide to start harassing the "helpless old man". Bruce is still a good enough fighter to take down several of the Jokerz, though he [[PostVictoryCollapse needs Terry's help to get back to the manor afterwards]].



* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'': [[MadScientist the Science Director's]] "brilliant", last resort plan to defeat [[TheJuggernaut the Anti-Monitor]]? Fly up right in front of it then ''order it to stop, insult it, and use some flashy telekinetic powers on it''. It's as [[SmallNameBigEgo unbelievably arrogant]] as it is stupid; the Anti-Monitor is completely unphased and simply [[spoiler:tries to vaporize the Director, who only survives [[DirtyCoward because she teleports away the second it attacks her]]]]. Especially bad because she tries this ''after'' watching the Anti-Monitor devour an entire Red Lantern fleet with zero effort.



* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' Harley kidnaps [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] in hopes of making Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} her nemesis, oblivious to her crew's concerns that he's completely out of her league. Fortunately/unfortunately, both Superman and Lois are so used to this happening they barely acknowledge her, with Superman instead pushing Damien Wayne into being her nemesis.



* [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]'s treatment of Superman in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. Granted, [[IdealHero Sup]][[TheCape er]][[NiceGuy man]] would probably never actually ''do'' anything -- but that doesn't change the fact that Luthor is harassing a guy who could kill him in any number of ways before he could even blink, let alone stop him. His [[KnightTemplar Justice Lord]] counterpart did just that.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
** In an odd, "friendly" case, the episode, "[[Recap/TeenTitansS3E9TheBeastWithin The Beast Within]]". Specifically, Robin's um, "questioning" of a possibly unstable Beast Boy, and with predictably disastrous results.
** In the episode "[[Recap/TeenTitansS4E6Troq Troq]]", Val Yor openly belittles Starfire to her face with a racial epithet directed toward Tamaranians, despite her species' SuperStrength, [[MadeOfIron durability]], {{Flight}}, [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace ability to withstand vacuum]], [[EnergyBall energy attacks]] with occasional EyeBeams, and advanced technology being common knowledge. And apparently multiple aliens have this attitude toward Tamaranians. To be fair, however, while us lowly humans would no doubt be threatened by such a line up, Val Yor has powers nearly equal to hers (minus space breathing and somewhat weaker energy projection), so, from his perspective, the dragon isn't all that tough (though this does make you wonder why he treats the [[PunyEarthlings puny, primitive earthlings]] with respect while the alien princess from an advanced, superpowered society gets treated worse than dirt). Val Yor is apparently motivated by the Tamaranians' trait of allowing emotions guide their lives. Of course, by the end, Starfire not only saves his life, but the team kicks him off the PLANET. Even then, he has learned nothing, concluding that humans were 'just like them'.
*** Cyborg pretty much put it best when Starfire told him what "troq" meant. If Starfire ''had'' lashed out at him she would have proved he was right in his view of her species, something she wouldn't do because she wouldn't give him that satisfaction. (And if you want to look ''very'' deep into the episode, Cyborg, being a member of a minority himself, could probably understand.)



* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'': With the powers that crop up, this tends to happen a lot. The writers of the original cartoon seemed aware of this, and supplied a harmless but visible mutant -- a timid little man with fur, Neanderthal features, and claws instead of fingernails -- as a recurring background character constantly harassed by mobs.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' was probably one of the worst offenders, with [[JerkJock one bully named Duncan]] trying to threaten ''Cannonball''. Yeah, threaten the guy who you just saw blow a hole in a brick wall by ''accident'', there's a life-lengthening move. He doesn't even have the brains to back down when the magma-creating girl threatens to burn a hole through his car. This isn't even the half of it. The X-Men team in ''Evolution'' had a mostly offense-oriented team, with about half of them having some variation on "shoot deadly stuff from hands" as a main power. Of particular note, people ''kept on'' bullying Scott, despite the fact that every time they did there was a good chance he'd accidentally blow a hole in the wall (or ''them'').
** This is actually a rare example where it actually makes some sense. Duncan and the others, as dumb as they are, realize that Scott and the others at Xavier's institute were taught only to use their powers to save lives, and that it's not okay to blow up someone for picking on you. Notice how Duncan and the others rarely pick on the Brotherhood mutants. They know that the Brotherhood members wouldn't hesitate to beat the hell out of them for any reason.
** To complement the last point, there's also another little gem to show off Duncan's incredible intelligence. After Jean dumps him because he's a jackass he tries to get Scott expelled for using his powers... by stealing his glasses and trying to beat him up with two other friends! Eye beams! Deadly! It's like they want to die. Scott then takes them all down in about a second, ''with his eyes still closed''. They still think that they can take him, only finally leaving when two more X-Men show up.
*** As with the previous Cannonball mention, Duncan eventually bit off more than he could chew when Spyke, who had previously left the Xavier Mansion, [[AntiHero decided he wasn't going to take anymore of his crap.]] What resulted was, well, a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for Duncan ''and'' his gang.
** ''The X-Men'' franchise as a whole is basically AnAesop for persecution, oppression, etc. Pick something that can make someone different: race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., you name it, that's what ''The X-Men'' is about. Of course, it also happens to be literally about people with superpowers, which can make it into a SpaceWhaleAesop in the hands of poor writers: yeah, it's wrong to be mean to people who are different than you, but the fact that they can shoot laser beams from their eyes shouldn't be your main prejudice deterrent.
** Another example is the first episode featuring Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}. Mystique frees him from his imprisonment, intending for him to kill Xavier while she steals Cerebro. Juggernaut immediately brushes off her offer of a ride to Xavier's in favor of just stomping towards the mansion. After effortlessly demolishing Wolverine and part of the mansion, Mystique proceeds to ''insult him for destroying Cerebro to his face''. This would've very easily have gotten her killed had the X-Men and Brotherhood not teamed up to stop him.
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* Master Shake from ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' does this on a regular basis. Being both [[InsufferableImbecile extremely stupid and an obnoxious jerk]], Shake generally spends his days harassing the people around him even when they're powerful enough to make him pay for it. It rarely turns out well for him, though since the show runs on NegativeContinuity, [[TheyKilledKennyAgain his many humiliations, injuries, and deaths]] rarely carry over into the next episode. DependingOnTheWriter, he ''can'' be smart enough to grovel, but only after having something horrible happen to him - and there are times where he's continue making an ass out of himself right up to the end.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' Harley kidnaps [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] in hopes of making Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} her nemesis, oblivious to her crew's concerns that he's completely out of her league. Fortunately/unfortunately, both Superman and Lois are so used to this happening they treat it completely casually, and Superman doesn't even bother to fight her.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' Harley kidnaps [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] in hopes of making Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} her nemesis, oblivious to her crew's concerns that he's completely out of her league. Fortunately/unfortunately, both Superman and Lois are so used to this happening they treat it completely casually, and barely acknowledge her, with Superman doesn't even bother to fight her.instead pushing Damien Wayne into being her nemesis.
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*** The Earth Queen tries this on Korra, treating her like a random servant and then refusing to give Korra any information on the Airbenders that were being searched for (who the Queen was secretly conscripting into a secret army). While the Avatar State itself is never used on her, harassing and manipulating a HotBlooded PhysicalGod works as well for the Queen as this trope does for anyone else in the franchise, as she quickly finds herself with no Airbenders and the Avatar and her BadassCrew as enemies. When she's this to the BigBad, who unlike the heroes, [[TooDumbToLive has no qualms about killing]]...

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*** The Earth Queen tries this on Korra, treating her like a random servant and then refusing to give Korra any information on the Airbenders [[BlowYouAway airbenders]] that were being searched for (who Korra was searching for, despite having agreed to do so. (It turns out the Queen was secretly forcibly conscripting said airbenders into a secret army). While the Avatar State itself is never used on her, harassing and manipulating a HotBlooded PhysicalGod works as well for the Queen as this trope does for anyone else in the franchise, as she quickly finds herself with no Airbenders airbenders and having made enemies of both the Avatar and her BadassCrew as enemies. When she's BadassCrew. She also does this to the BigBad, who season's BigBad and ''his'' group of friends, continuing with her bravado and tirades even after witnessing them completely ''trounce'' her SecretPolice[=/=]personal guards. She soon learns that unlike the heroes, [[TooDumbToLive he has no qualms about killing]]...

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* Humans literally do this in ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', humans were looking for excuses to slaughter dragons, elves, unicorns and other wildlife because they believe is the only way they will survive the harsh conditions that Xadia put them through, although is humans' own fault because they betrayed the unicorns that helped them thrive and exploited many species for dark magic.
** Viren wanted to kill Avizandum because he killed Sarai, although Avizandum did it to defend his people from humans and is Viren's fault for putting himself in danger, so she died saving him, and Avizandum was willing to spare Harrow and Viren, but they killed him anyways.
** Viren also wanted to kill Zym because of assuming he is a weapon of mass destruction that will only feel hatred for humans, despite he literally didn't do anything at all for being an egg at the time Viren wanted to kill him, but also because of his greed for power.
** Viren also wanted to kill Zubeia just for greed and spite.
** Soren started a fight against Pyrrah believing humans are stronger, Corvus warned Soren she would fight back but he ignored the warning, then Claudia used an enchanted bolt to bring Pyrrah down, then they wanted to maim her to use her for dark magic, fortunately Callum saved her before they do, and she broken Soren's bones, in the hospital Soren reflected is his fault Pyrrah attacked.
** Claudia was about to kill a dragon that was chasing her for being a wanted criminal, in her mind all dragons are beast that deserve to die for bullying humans, fortunately Terry begged to stop and spare it.
** The drakewood elves enslave dragons to use them as mounts and they had an imprisoned dragon to eat their enemies, they also tried to tame Zym, apparently not knowing he is the Xadian prince, they are lucky Zubeia wasn't there when doing that or else she'd eat them.



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* Humans literally do this in ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', humans were looking for excuses to slaughter dragons, elves, unicorns and other wildlife because they believe is the only way they will survive the harsh conditions that Xadia put them through, although is humans' own fault because they betrayed the unicorns that helped them thrive and exploited many species for dark magic.
** Viren wanted to kill Avizandum because he killed Sarai, although Avizandum did it to defend his people from humans and is Viren's fault for putting himself in danger so she died saving him, and Avizandum was willing to spare Harrow and Viren but they killed him anyways
** Viren also wanted to kill Zym because of assuming he is a weapon of mass destruction that will only feel hatred for humans, despite he literally didn't do anything at all for being an egg at the time Viren wanted to kill him, but also because of his greed for power
** Viren also wanted to kill Zubeia just for greed and spite
** Soren started a fight against Pyrrah believing humans are stronger, Corvus warned Soren she would fight back but he ignored the warning, then Claudia used a enchanted bolt to bring Pyrrah down, then they wanted to maim her to use her for dark magic, fortunately Callum saved her before they do, and she broken Soren's bones, in the hospital Soren reflected is his fault Pyrrah attacked
** Claudia was about to kill a dragon that was chasing her for being a wanted criminal, in her mind all dragons are beast that deserve to die for bullying humans, fortunately Terry begged to stop and spare it
** The drakewood elves enslave dragons to use them as mounts and they had an imprisoned dragon to eat their enemies, they also tried to tame Zym, apparently not knowing he is the Xadian prince, they are lucky Zubeia wasn't there when doing that or else she'd eat them
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