History HumiliationConga / Literature

In Volume 9,[[spoiler: Agrona appears in the victoriad with legacy to capture Arthur Leywin after Arthur cripples Nico in a SingleStrokeBattle and kills Cadell in front of all Alacrya but Arthur who has find a way to RePower himself and CameBackStrong thanks to Sylvie's HeroicSacrifice and Arthur becoming part Asura and gaining insight regarding aether after his defeat embarrasses Agrona and the legacy by using his aether abilities to escape to Agrona's astonishment and anger]]. In Volume 10,[[spoiler: Arthur retakes Darv from the Alacryan forces after his escape from the victoriad and returning Dicathen. Agrona sends after him a squad of the Wraiths who are a BadAssArmy to either capture him or kill him but they fail and Arthur uses the tempus warp to appear in Vechor and burn an entire military base then returning to Vildorail intimdating the Alacryan forces with BlasphemousBoast insulting Agrona and if that was not enough Arthur's feats triggers a full scale rebellion lead by Seris Vritra one of his Scythes who realizes in the long run Agrona will use Alacrya and Dicathen as canon fodder against the Asura clans lead by Kezess Indrath. Kezess Indrath summons Arthur who reclaims most of Dicathen in a matter to Epheotus to negotiate with Arthur regarding his role the upcoming war. They make an agreement that Arthur will give Kezess insight regarding Aether knowledge in return Kezess will help Arthur defeat Agrona Vritra and minimize the damage to the people pf Dicathen and Alacrya but maximize it to the Vritra Clan. When they begin the exchange of their agreement Kezess attempts to force a onesided MagicallyBindContract but Arthur turns the table to force Kezess keep his word. Kezess tells Arthur to return but they are not finished yet to which Arthur responds with a smile they are not]].

* ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'' Happens in volume 9 and 10 in the story to the BigBad Agrona Vritra and Kezess Indrath at the hand of Arthur Leywin the main character of the story. In Volume 9,[[spoiler: Agrona appears in the victoriad with legacy to capture Arthur Leywin after Arthur cripples Nico in a SingleStrokeBattle and kills Cadell in front of all Alacrya but Arthur who has find a way to RePower himself and CameBackStrong thanks to Sylvie's HeroicSacrifice and Arthur becoming part Asura and gaining insight regarding aether after his defeat embarrasses Agrona and the legacy by using his aether abilities to escape to Agrona's astonishment and anger]]. In Volume 10,[[spoiler: Arthur retakes Darv from the Alacryan forces after his escape from the victoriad and returning Dicathen. Agrona sends after him a squad of the Wraiths who are a BadAssArmy to either capture him or kill him but they fail and Arthur uses the tempus warp to appear in Vechor and burn an entire military base then returning to Vildorail intimdating the Alacryan forces with BlasphemousBoast insulting Agrona and if that was not enough Arthur's feats triggers a full scale rebellion lead by Seris Vritra one of his Scythes]].

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Commissar Tomas Beije spends the last few chapters of ''[[Literature/CiaphasCain The Traitor's Hand]]'' going through one of these. He grabs the chance to have '''Hero Of The Imperium!''' Ciaphas Cain arrested for desertion to find that Cain is busy trying to head off the daemon summoning that's the whole reason the Guard is on the planet in the first place. During the resulting battle, he (and his hand-picked squad, brought along to make the arrest) watch Cain go mano-a-mano with a Chaos Marine and a Daemonhost, winning both fights. In between those two encounters, he gets molested by the [[AnythingThatMoves Slaaneshi cultist]] he's [[TooKinkyToTorture trying to interrogate]]. The board of inquiry not only completely clears Cain of any wrongdoing, but promptly files ''their own'' charges against Beiji for incompetence. Cain then coerces Beiji into an abject apology to Colonel Kasteen (who he'd insulted a few chapters ago) and assures him that he (Cain) will [[CruelMercy testify on Beiji's behalf]]. Finally, one member of that hand-picked squad starts a branch of the Imperial Faith that reveres Cain as the Prophet of the Emperor. [[note]]Beiji is highly fundamentalist, so having to worship the man Beiji hates would just be icing on the cake. Granted, we never find out if Beiji went back to Tallarn and encountered this sect.[[/note]]

* Peter David's ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' novel ''Q-in-Law" serves up a [[Awesome/{{Literature}} deeply satisfying]] Humiliation Conga to Q when he makes the mistake of [[MoralEventHorizon humiliating]] Lwaxana Troi [[WhatAnIdiot after giving her the power of the Q]].

** In ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'', Prince Rabadash begins his when he tries to leap down onto his opponent in battle and gets his armor caught on a hook in the wall. Next, his army is soundly defeated by the Narnians and Archenlanders, who laugh at his predicament. Then he is taken captive, [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a donkey]] by Aslan, laughed at some more, and then forced to transform back into a human in front of all his subjects.

* The entire second and third acts of ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'' are a particularly dark example, for its VillainProtagonist Alex, who suffers through one ColdBloodedTorture after another in a long and brutal TraumaCongaLine, in a ''supposed'' attempt by [[FascistButInefficient the Government]] to cure his criminal impulse; of course, forcing him to [[IllGirl violently dry heave]], scream kind words at people while they mercilessly beat him, and [[IKissYourFoot lick their boots]] doesn't exactly help him. [[TheDogBitesBack Leaving him at the mercy of his incensed former victims]] just made him crazier than ever, and it wasn't as if they left him with any ability to defend himself. Of course, the Government received some public backlash when this supposed "treatment" ended in [[DrivenToSuicide a jump from his bedroom window]]. Given Alex's actions in the first half you won't feel bad for him at all.

* Peter David's ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' novel ''Q-in-Law" serves up a [[Awesome/{{Literature}} deeply satisfying]] Humiliation Conga to Q when he makes the mistake of [[MoralEventHorizon humiliating]] Lwaxana Troi [[TooDumbToLive after giving her the power of the Q]].

** Made all the more humiliating because [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Q gave her the Q-powers to be able to do it]].

* Peter David's ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' novel ''Q-in-Law" serves up a [[Awesome/{{Literature}} deeply satisfying]] Humiliation Conga to Q when he makes the mistake of [[MoralEventHorizon humiliating]] Lwaxana Troi.

* In ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'', the titular [[GuileHero Guile Heroine]] terrifies [[DeanBitterman Agatha Trunchbull]] using her telekinetic powers, making her give up the house and the money she stole from Miss Honey. Even more so in TheMovie, when after this scene, she has a VillainousBreakdown in the classroom and tries to lash out at the students, worse than ever before, only for it to consistently backfire on her thanks to Matilda's powers. Finally, the ''entire school'' seems to gang up on her for the way she treated them -- [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and all she can do is run away]].

** In ''The Bestseller'', Daniel Gross takes the credit for a novel written by his wife and arrogantly convinces himself he'll be famous. The novel is a flop, Daniel has already moved out of the apartment and quit his job and when he goes to see his editor/lover, Pam, she berates him as a loser and bad in bed and we last see him sitting outside her apartment.

** In ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'', Prince Rabadash begins his when he tries to leap down onto his opponent in battle and gets his armor caught on a hook in the wall. Then his army is soundly defeated by the Narnians and Archenlanders, who laugh at his predicament, then he is taken captive, [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a donkey]] by Aslan, laughed at some more, and then forced to transform back into a human in front of all his subjects.
** In ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', the talking beasts attempt to care for Uncle Andrew by drenching him with gallons of water, burying him in mud, throwing a bee nest and thistles in his face, and enclosing him in a cage made of vines.

%%* In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
%%** Prince Rabadash's punishment in ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy''.
%%** Uncle Andrew's experiences with Jadis (and later with the Talking Beasts) in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew''.

** In ''Goblet of Fire'', just after Harry's name has come out of the Goblet, he has to make a humiliating walk past the entire school: not to applause, but to a buzzing of angry chatter.

%%* That's what [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Saruman and Wormtongue]] got - until Saruman decided he should cause some more mess.

* ''Beautifully'' averted in Creator/JohnGrisham’s ''The Appeal''. Correctly anticipating a Conga not just by the locals but by many others (who showed up only after), Carl Trudeau makes it his personal mission to overturn a verdict against a New York City-based chemical company in which he is the main shareholder. Over the following year, the Mississippi county whose water supply was directly affected by the company’s dumping finds itself in an uphill battle to protect the appellate justice viewed as likely to uphold the verdict (and thus grant the Conga). Her replacement, recruited expressly to rule on this case, takes office in the New Year, a few months before the actual decision. Thanks to his ruling, which breaks a deadlock, not only can the case not be re-tried or re-filed, but the remaining cases against the company have to be dropped. The final chapter sees Trudeau entertaining company on his new yacht and the company stock – now out of the town’s reach – skyrocketing.

* ''Literature/TheStand'' by Stephen King is one long HumiliationConga for its BigBad, SmugSnake Randall Flagg. He has a VillainousBreakdown if so much as a spy infiltrates his territory, rapidly causing his henchmen to doubt his (supposedly) awesome power, most of which he never actually uses. His technician, the Trashcan Man, has a psychotic breakdown and blows up Flagg's nuclear weapons facility, his wife goads him into killing her (and by default, his unborn child) and his people start deserting him. Later he is mocked by one of his prisoners, loses his cool yet again and his Dragon, Lloyd Henreid, nearly turns on him. Later, after capturing the spies, he intends to mutilate them in front of his meagre band of henchmen who are now congregated in his Las Vegas Fortress of solitude. At this point, The Trashcan Man returns from the desert with an Atom Bomb and the terrified Flagg is reduced to pathetically whining at Lloyd Henreid to get rid of it. Just when it seems things can't get any worse for this absolute failure of a villain, the Hand of God (yes you heard me) appears out of nowhere and detonates the bomb. Flagg's "empire" is destroyed but he teleports away in the nick of time. He arrives on an island in the Caribbean where he begins gathering followers but ultimately dies an ignominious death in ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series when he's eaten by a giant spider.

** Also, Aaron is ready to buy out his partner at a meeting of thier advertising firm only for his partner to reveal he landed a trio of major clients and he's buying ''Aaron'' out as the rest of the firm makes it clear they dislike his overspending. As the kicker, Aaron's own son, Chris, gives his dad a blistering TheReasonYouSuck speech and is ready to stay at the firm to ensure their name is always on the door.

** On that, Pam is fired for a variety of infractions by her boss and is last seen locked in her office, getting drunk and peeing into an empty bottle just as security breaks the door down to drag her out.

* ''Literature/CaptivePrince'': The [[BigBad Regent]] enters the Council scene at Ios as a VillainWithGoodPublicity, [[NearVillainTriumph minutes away]] from framing Prince Laurent for treason and claiming the crown. Three surprise testimonies later, the extent of his villainy is revealed, the Council turns against him, his own soldiers throw away their insignias, his desperate final threat is proven false, and he gets the summary decapitation he'd planned for Laurent.