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* In the ''Franchise/{{Cars}}''/''Franchise/TheTransformers'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheUnexpectedRookie'', the Delinquent Road Hazards are planning to rip up the main road in Radiator Springs with farm tools. Unfortunately for them, the place they chose to plan their prank is [[spoiler:the current camp site for the Dinobots]].

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* In the ''Franchise/{{Cars}}''/''Franchise/TheTransformers'' ''Franchise/{{Cars}}''/''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheUnexpectedRookie'', the Delinquent Road Hazards are planning to rip up the main road in Radiator Springs with farm tools. Unfortunately for them, the place they chose to plan their prank is [[spoiler:the current camp site for the Dinobots]].
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* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm''
** The Dursleys abuse Harry all his life, trying to stamp out the magic out of him well, doing the bare minimum to raise him. They value their reputations for being normal. Eventually, their abuse of Harry was made public to their neighbors and all of England, and their reputation was destroyed with their friends and neighbors abandoning them. They get the contempt of Harry's friends and guardians, who are keeping themselves from hurting them, and eventually, they are sent to life in prison with their life and reputation destroyed, where they will spend the rest of their lives in jail.
** Vernon and Petunia Dursley are obsessive about appearing normal while they raise their son to be a spoiled bully who believes he's entitled to anything he wants. Because of their horrible parenting, their son eventually becomes a mutant and later a vampire who does horrible crimes to get what he wants. It's fitting that for all their obsession with appearing to be normal and how they raise their son, their son willingly, because that's what they would view as a freak and a monster because of the way they raised him.

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** {{Downplayed}} with Nino: while Future!Chloé notes that he achieved his dreams of becoming a DJ, working various parties and events, he passed up many honest opportunities to advance his career while waiting for Lila to deliver on her promised connections.

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** {{Downplayed}} {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Nino: while Future!Chloé notes that he achieved his dreams of becoming a DJ, working various parties and events, he passed up many honest opportunities to advance his career while waiting for Lila to deliver on her promised connections.


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* ''[[Fanfic/TatteredRemainsOfBrokenDreams Tattered Remains of Broken Dreams (Yours, Not Mine)]]'': Lila convinces most of the class to {{Easily Condemn|ed}} Marinette, and that the best way to punish her for her [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass supposed crimes]] is shredding her school sketchbook. None of the culprits [[DidntThinkThisThrough takes a moment to consider]] that Marinette is currently working on several projects ''for them'', such as various costumes and uniforms, set designs, work for the school funderaisers and the yearly class trip. Naturally, all of that is inside the sketchbook they destroy... and now that they've demonstrated just how ungrateful they are, she has no interest in ''redoing'' any of that, canceling everything and informing them that she won't do free commissions anymore.
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* ''Fanfic/ConvergentDevil'': Arlong is killed by a staff made out of the same cross he left the dying Bell-mere tied to.
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* In ''Fanfic/YouSeeThem'', this is [[spoiler:Goro Akechi's fate - he's SparedByTheAdaptation and gains the ability to see the dead after the Engine Room battle. Of course, this comes with a catch - he gets to see ''exactly'' how displeased all of the people he killed are with him. And their final judgement as to what he's going to do is that, after Shido (and later Maruki) are defeated, he's going to help ''all of them'' with their UnfinishedBusiness, on pain of being haunted until he's done. Absolutely nobody has any sympathy for him over this.]]
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': During her adventure in the distant past (which ran on 1st-edition rules), Kay'la attempted to kill a sleeping man with his own sword and got [[BroughtDownToNormal immediately stripped of her paladin powers]]. She got them back upon returning to the present day, where that game mechanic no longer exists.
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* ''[[Fanfic/RateThis Rate This (Trust is Hard to Come By)]]'':
** After everything Lila did to turn Marinette's [[FairWeatherFriend Fair-Weather Friends]] against her, all her lies get exposed by an akuma whose powers reveal how much Ladybug ''trusts'' every single person in Paris. Lila BrokeTheRatingScale by scoring '''-51''', and her absymal rating causes her to go viral, getting all the attention she'd yearned for [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor in the worst possible way]].
** Alya, Adrien, and the rest of the class also learn that they've completely lost any trust Ladybug placed in them before thanks to Lila's ToxicFriendInfluence. While their scores aren't as hideously low as Lila's, they find themselves being regarded with suspicion and disdain, and realize that they EasilyCondemned their "everyday Ladybug" for no good reason at all.
** Miss Bustier was perfectly aware that most of her students were harassing and {{Cyberbullying}} Marinette, but refused to intervene, expecting Marinette to "lead by example" and {{Easily Forgive|n}} their awful treatment of her. Marinette secretly filmed how she was conducting her classes and gives that evidence to the school board, along with the nasty messages; this results in Bustier losing her job for her flagrant neglect.
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** Alya and Nino take a turn to receive karma in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20127637 The Babysitting Fiasco]]'' when Marinette accidentally reveals to Alya's mother that Alya and Nino have been secretly dumping their babysitting duties on her to go out on dates. Marlena is not impressed, since Marinette is clearly stressed and overworked and Alya (who has plenty of free time) reacts passive-aggressively when Marinette tells her no for once. Both Alya and Nino are grounded, forced to take a break from dating, enrolled in classes on healthy relationships, and their allowances are docked to pay Marinette for the babysitting. Lila, [[ToxicFriendInfluence who suggested the arrangement]], gets taken down too. After learning about her involvement, Marinette and Alya's mothers approach Mrs. Rossi directly and inform her of exactly what her daughter has been up to.

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** Alya and Nino take a turn to receive karma in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20127637 ''[[Fanfic/TheBabysittingFiasco The Babysitting Fiasco]]'' when Marinette accidentally reveals to Alya's mother that Alya and Nino have been secretly dumping their babysitting duties on her to go out on dates. Marlena is not impressed, since Marinette is clearly stressed and overworked and Alya (who has plenty of free time) reacts passive-aggressively when Marinette tells her no for once. Both Alya and Nino are grounded, forced to take a break from dating, enrolled in classes on healthy relationships, and their allowances are docked to pay Marinette for the babysitting. Lila, [[ToxicFriendInfluence who suggested the arrangement]], gets taken down too. After learning about her involvement, Marinette and Alya's mothers approach Mrs. Rossi directly and inform her of exactly what her daughter has been up to.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46463032/chapters/116987404 #8024]]'' Lila and Hawkmoth successfully frame Marinette as an accomplice to the latter, resulting in her being shipped off to Arkham Asylum. This ends up screwing everyone over in two major ways. First of all, without Ladybug around, Chat Noir (who at this point had been content to let the former do most of the heavy lifting) is forced to fight Akumas himself, with said fights tending to be more destructive. Secondly, by unknowingly sending Ladybug out of the country, Hawkmoth has essentially denied himself a key component to his schemes.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46463032/chapters/116987404 #8024]]'' #8024]]'', Lila and Hawkmoth successfully frame Marinette as an accomplice to the latter, resulting in her being shipped off to Arkham Asylum. This ends up screwing everyone over in two major ways. First of all, without Ladybug around, Chat Noir (who at this point had been content to let the former do most of the heavy lifting) is forced to fight Akumas himself, with said fights tending to be more destructive. Secondly, by unknowingly sending Ladybug out of the country, Hawkmoth has essentially denied himself a key component to his schemes.


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* ''Fanfic/MarinettesWeekOff'':
** Marinette's classmates [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity exploited her kindness]], expecting her to handle everything for them even after they [[WeUsedToBeFriends broke off their friendship]]. So she deliberately scheduled her vacation during the busiest week of the school year, ensuring they wouldn't be able to badger her into doing all the heavy lifting. Without her around, all of the major events that week -- like the fundraiser for their class trip, Mylène's play, and the school dance turn into umitigated disasters.
** Miss Bustier saw nothing wrong with letting bullies and liars do whatever they pleased, and shunted off the bulk of ''her'' responsibilities onto Marinette. She also doesn't lift a finger to help Alya and the rest of the class out as they're struggling with everything. Since she let things spiral so far out of control, the school district cracks down ''HARD'' in the sequel, adding student aides to ensure rules actually get enforced and forcing Miss Bustier to do her job for fear of losing it.
** Alya hoped to leech off of all of Lila's supposed "connections" with big-name celebrities, unaware she was [[CelebrityLie lying about all of that]]. When ''Marinette'' unexpectedly becomes a rising star herself, Alya [[EveryoneHasStandards disgusts her peers]] with how eager she is to [[FairWeatherFriend call Marinette her "bestie" again]], making no effort to hide that she just wants to [[AllTakeAndNoGive exploit their "friendship"]]. But she can't [[CrossingTheBurntBridge cross that burnt bridge]] no matter ''how hard'' she tries, while Lila also privately laments not being able to [[FairWeatherFoe make nice with Marinette]] after everything she did to her.
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* ''Fanfic/GazTasterOfPTSD'': Dib notes that Gaz spent years joking about him getting institutionalized, only to end up in that situation herself due to SanitySlippage caused by her [[PlaguedByNightmares repeated trauma nightmares]].
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** Alya and Nino take a turn to receive karma in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20127637 The Babysitting Fiasco]]'', when Marinette accidentally reveals to Alya's mother that Alya and Nino have been secretly dumping their babysitting duties on her to go out on dates. Marlena is not impressed, since Marinette is clearly stressed and overworked and Alya (who has plenty of free time) reacts passive-aggressively when Marinette tells her no for once. Both Alya and Nino are grounded, forced to take a break from dating, enrolled in classes on healthy relationships, and their allowances are docked to pay Marinette for the babysitting. Lila, [[ToxicFriendInfluence who suggested the arrangement]], gets taken down too. After learning about her involvement, Marinette and Alya's mothers approach Mrs. Rossi directly and inform her of exactly what her daughter has been up to.

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** Alya and Nino take a turn to receive karma in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20127637 The Babysitting Fiasco]]'', Fiasco]]'' when Marinette accidentally reveals to Alya's mother that Alya and Nino have been secretly dumping their babysitting duties on her to go out on dates. Marlena is not impressed, since Marinette is clearly stressed and overworked and Alya (who has plenty of free time) reacts passive-aggressively when Marinette tells her no for once. Both Alya and Nino are grounded, forced to take a break from dating, enrolled in classes on healthy relationships, and their allowances are docked to pay Marinette for the babysitting. Lila, [[ToxicFriendInfluence who suggested the arrangement]], gets taken down too. After learning about her involvement, Marinette and Alya's mothers approach Mrs. Rossi directly and inform her of exactly what her daughter has been up to.



** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23586655 Snapped Wrist, Broken Lies]]'', Lila tries to snatch the lucky charm Adrien made for Marinette, starting a scuffle that ends when [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Marinette accidentally breaks Lila's wrist]]. Multiple other students saw the incident and confirm Marinette was just trying to get the charm back, foiling Lila's attempts to [[BlamingTheVictim claim it was her fault]]. The incident also gets Lila's mother called, leading to Ms. Rossi comparing notes with Principal Damocles and landing Lila in a massive heap of trouble. Her last few weeks before being transferred to a correctional school are less than pleasant since everyone now knows about her lies and refuses to help her deal with her ''real'' injury because of how many times she invented fictional ones to take advantage of them. To top it all off, Lila tries to blow off steam by repeatedly getting akumatized...but her wrist is still broken, so Ladybug easily defeats her every time by snagging that wrist and grabbing Lila's akumatized object while she doubles over in pain, denying her any chance at revenge.
** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25476952 Traps and Sneaks]]'' sees Lila breaking into Marinette's room and picking open a locked box that was carefully hidden at the bottom of a storage chest. Said box contains the Miracle Box and is armed with a bear trap designed to do damage to an akuma or to Hawk Moth himself if necessary. Lila's bare forearm doesn't stand a chance. Lila ends up in the hospital and is promptly charged with breaking and entering and with theft, since she pocketed some of Marinette's jewelry before opening the box. Alya also gets into trouble for letting Lila into the bakery without permission. This is also PlayedWith for Marinette; while she doesn't face any direct consequences, since this isn't the first time someone has broken into her room for blackmail material, neither her parents nor the police are happy about her having such a dangerous booby-trap. And while no one found out what was in the box, Marinette is still uncomfortable with the idea of others knowing it exists and won't feel secure again until she constructs a better hiding place for it.

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** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23586655 Snapped Wrist, Broken Lies]]'', Lila tries to snatch the lucky charm Adrien made for Marinette, starting a scuffle that ends when [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Marinette accidentally breaks Lila's wrist]]. Multiple other students saw the incident and confirm Marinette was just trying to get the charm back, foiling Lila's attempts to [[BlamingTheVictim claim it was her fault]]. The incident also gets Lila's mother called, leading to Ms. Rossi comparing notes with Principal Damocles and landing Lila in a massive heap of trouble. Her last few weeks before being transferred to a correctional school are less than pleasant since everyone now knows about her lies and refuses to help her deal with her ''real'' injury because of how many times she invented fictional ones to take advantage of them. To top it all off, Lila tries to blow off steam by repeatedly getting akumatized...but her wrist is still broken, so [[AttackTheInjury Ladybug easily defeats her every time by snagging that wrist and grabbing Lila's akumatized object while she doubles over in pain, pain]], denying her any chance at revenge.
** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25476952 Traps and Sneaks]]'' sees Lila breaking into Marinette's room and picking open a locked box that was carefully hidden at the bottom of a storage chest. Said box contains the Miracle Box and is armed with a bear trap ''bear trap'' designed to do damage to an akuma or to Hawk Moth himself if necessary. Lila's bare forearm doesn't stand a chance. Lila ends up in the hospital and is promptly charged with breaking and entering and with theft, theft since she pocketed some of Marinette's jewelry before opening the box. Alya also gets into trouble for letting Lila into the bakery without permission. This is also PlayedWith for Marinette; while she doesn't face any direct consequences, since this isn't the first time someone has broken into her room for blackmail material, neither her parents nor the police are happy about her having such a dangerous booby-trap. And while no one found out what was in the box, Marinette is still uncomfortable with the idea of others knowing it exists and won't feel secure again until she constructs a better hiding place for it.



** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22260466/chapters/53156809 A Very Jagged Takedown]]'' is a collection of one-shots that all revolve around the same premise: Jagged Stone is responsibe for Lila's downfall.

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** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22260466/chapters/53156809 A Very Jagged Takedown]]'' is a collection of one-shots that all revolve around the same premise: Jagged Stone is responsibe responsible for Lila's downfall.



** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21515968 The World's Most Obvious Trap]]'', Hawkmoth eagerly seizes the chance to snatch up the Miracle Box when Ladybug loses her grip on it. Unknown to him, the Box he's just stolen is a fake filed with booby-trapped decoys. The minute Gabriel and Nathalie touch the fake Miraculouses, they're sucked into pocket dimensions, after which the fake Box sends up a beacon that leads Ladybug and Chat Noir right to them, ending their reign of terror for good.

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** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21515968 The World's Most Obvious Trap]]'', Hawkmoth eagerly seizes the chance to snatch up the Miracle Box when Ladybug loses her grip on it. Unknown to him, the Box he's just stolen is a fake filed filled with booby-trapped decoys. The minute Gabriel and Nathalie touch the fake Miraculouses, they're sucked into pocket dimensions, after which the fake Box sends up a beacon that leads Ladybug and Chat Noir right to them, ending their reign of terror for good.



** Miss Bustier's career was ruined when the truth about Lila came out, prompting an investigation into the school which uncovered the full impact of her MisplacedKindergartenTeacher methods. Including that the bullies she refused to discipline ended up never changing... with one particularly BarbaricBully beating one of his victims into a coma, then ending up at the bottom of the Seine.

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** Miss Bustier's career was ruined when the truth about Lila came out, prompting an investigation into the school which uncovered the full impact of her MisplacedKindergartenTeacher methods. Including that the bullies she refused to discipline ended up never changing... with one particularly BarbaricBully beating one of his victims into a coma, then ending up at the bottom of the Seine.



** Bob Roth decided to stop [[ProtectionRacket paying for her protection]], figuring he'd call her bluff - no way she ''wouldn't'' still save him, right? And indeed, she still defended him from a disgruntled employee who got akumatized... but then, during an interview afterwards, remarked in passing about how he "didn't support her". The resulting [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion public backlash]] led to the complete collapse of his record label as artists fled ''en masse'', and his reputation was ruined to the point that he and his son had to use most of their remaining fortune to craft new identities and start over.

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** Bob Roth decided to stop [[ProtectionRacket paying for her protection]], figuring he'd call her bluff - no way she ''wouldn't'' still save him, right? And indeed, she still defended him from a disgruntled employee who got akumatized... but then, during an interview afterwards, remarked in passing about how he "didn't support her". The resulting [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion public backlash]] led to the complete collapse of his record label as artists fled ''en masse'', and his reputation was ruined to the point that he and his son had to use most of their remaining fortune to craft new identities and start over.



*** As Chat Noir, he refused to take his heroic responsibilities seriously, [[SkewedPriorities caring far more]] about harassing Ladybug and trying to force her into a RelationshipUpgrade she didn't want. He was also [[GreenEyedMonster incredibly jealous]] of any ''other'' heroes she got help from, seeing them as a threat to their "special connection". When he throws a hissy fit over the existence of the Iberian Heroes and acts aggressively to Ladybug in front of them, he gets [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] and [[spoiler:stripped of the Ring]]. On top of this, Nadja runs a special exposé revealing all of Chat Noir's worst transgressions to Paris, utterly tanking his reputation.

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*** As Chat Noir, he refused to take his heroic responsibilities seriously, [[SkewedPriorities caring far more]] about harassing Ladybug and trying to force her into a RelationshipUpgrade she didn't want. He was also [[GreenEyedMonster incredibly jealous]] of any ''other'' heroes she got help from, seeing them as a threat to their "special connection". When he throws a hissy fit over the existence of the Iberian Heroes and acts aggressively to towards Ladybug in front of them, he gets [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] and [[spoiler:stripped of the Ring]]. On top of this, Nadja runs a special exposé revealing all of Chat Noir's worst transgressions to Paris, utterly tanking his reputation.
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** ''A Price to Pay'' featurs Adrien and Gabriel getting hit by this several times after he helps his father [[TheBadGuyWins make his Wish]]:

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** ''Being A Good Example Isn't So Easy, Is It?'': After repeatedly refusing to do anything about Chloé's bratty bullying, pressuring Marinette to TurnTheOtherCheek and "set a good example" for everyone while she foisted off her own responsibilities onto her, Miss Bustier winds up having to reap what she's sown when Marinette transfers to another class, as Chloé becomes the new class rep and outright refuses to do ''any'' work whatsoever. She casually makes clear to Bustier that if she ''dares'' try and exploit ''HER'' at all, she'll [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections call her daddy in]] and get her fired.

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** ''Being ''"Being A Good Example Isn't So Easy, Is It?'': It?"'': After repeatedly refusing to do anything about Chloé's bratty bullying, pressuring Marinette to TurnTheOtherCheek and "set a good example" for everyone while she foisted off her own responsibilities onto her, Miss Bustier winds up having to reap what she's sown when Marinette transfers to another class, as Chloé becomes the new class rep and outright refuses to do ''any'' work whatsoever. She casually makes clear to Bustier that if she ''dares'' try and exploit ''HER'' at all, she'll [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections call her daddy in]] and get her fired.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21696010 Never Had A Friend Like Me]]'', [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Adrien]] gets this twice over:
** He sticks by his original "high road" mindset in regards to Lila, refusing to help Marinette with how she was being maliciously slandered and bullied. Years later, Marinette has launched a successful fashion line; when Adrien's father tries to form a partnership with her, she not only refuses, but she goes on to do an interview detailing exactly how Adrien and Lila (now a couple) treated her, leading to them becoming punchlines in the entertainment business.
** Later, as Chat Noir, he physically threatens Marinette's [[VideoGame/Persona5 new boyfriend]] when he sees him interact with Marinette as Ladybug, spouting his beliefs that Ladybug was "[[EntitledToHaveYou destined]]" to be with him. Said boyfriend gets akumatized as a result and strips Chat of his ring on live television before revealing ''every'' horrible thing Adrien has done in both forms.



* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21696010 Never Had A Friend Like Me]]'', Adrien gets this twice over:
** He sticks by his original "high road" mindset in regards to Lila, refusing to help Marinette with the bullying she received. Years later, Marinette has launched a successful fashion line; when Adrien's father tries to form a partnership with her, she not only refuses, but she goes on to do an interview detailing exactly how Adrien and Lila (now a couple) treated her, leading to them becoming punchlines in the entertainment business.
** Later, as Chat Noir, he physically threatens Marinette's [[VideoGame/Persona5 new boyfriend]] when he sees him interact with Marinette as Ladybug, spouting his beliefs that Ladybug was "[[EntitledToHaveYou destined]]" to be with him. Said boyfriend gets akumatized as a result and strips Chat of his ring on live television before revealing ''every'' horrible thing Adrien has done in both forms.

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In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21696010 Never Had A Friend Like Me]]'', Adrien gets this twice over:
** He sticks by his original "high road" mindset
''Nothing Comes For Free'', Marinette reveals to her mother how Miss Bustier has been forcing her to bend over backwards catering to the whole class in regards to Lila, an AllTakeAndNoGive relationship while refusing to punish Chloé for any of her bullying. [[MamaBear Sabine]] and Tom proceed to take evidence of Bustier's mismanagement of her class to the school board, getting her fired -- along with Principal Damocles, whose own corruption is exposed during the investigation. On top of this, Mayor André is forced to step down thanks to the scandal, while Chloé gets sent to juvenile prison.
** ''My Compensation'' has Alya's parents learn how she's been [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking advantage of Marinette]] by pawning off all of ''her'' babysitting duties onto her "bestie" while pocketing the money she was being paid for looking after her sisters. They also learn that she assumed her friendship meant she could
help herself to "free goodies" from the Dupain-Cheng bakery. She promptly gets grounded, banned from anything to do with the Ladyblog or spending time with Nino until she's managed to work off the debt.
** ''Being A Good Example Isn't So Easy, Is It?'': After repeatedly refusing to do anything about Chloé's bratty bullying, pressuring
Marinette with the bullying to TurnTheOtherCheek and "set a good example" for everyone while she received. Years later, foisted off her own responsibilities onto her, Miss Bustier winds up having to reap what she's sown when Marinette has launched a successful fashion line; when Adrien's father tries transfers to form a partnership with her, she not only refuses, but she goes on another class, as Chloé becomes the new class rep and outright refuses to do an interview detailing exactly how ''any'' work whatsoever. She casually makes clear to Bustier that if she ''dares'' try and exploit ''HER'' at all, she'll [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections call her daddy in]] and get her fired.
** ''A Price to Pay'' featurs
Adrien and Lila (now a couple) treated her, leading to them becoming punchlines Gabriel getting hit by this several times after he helps his father [[TheBadGuyWins make his Wish]]:
*** Since they knew reality would be altered
in the entertainment business.
** Later, as Chat Noir, he physically threatens
process of granting the Wish, both arrogantly assumed that nobody would ever connect them to whoever wound up dying to [[BalancingDeathsBooks bring Emilie back]]; what's more, Gabriel [[EvilIsPetty spitefully Wished]] that the sacrifice would come from Marinette's [[VideoGame/Persona5 family as punishment for her heroism. The Wish responded by claiming her father's life through a car accident ''which Gabriel caused''; while he brazenly bribed the court to avoid any legal consequences, he's still widely recognized as being a murderer who only got off by abusing his wealth.
*** Emilie is so disgusted by Gabriel's utter LackOfEmpathy or remorse over causing Tom's death that she divorces him, and [[IHaveNoSon disowns Adrien]] for [[PunishedForSympathy trying to defend his father's actions]]. So while she was brought back to life by their Wish, they're no longer a family.
*** Neither Gabriel or Adrien have a Miraculous in the
new boyfriend]] when reality; while there's still a Hawkmoth and new Miraculous heroes, he sees him interact with and his son don't hold the power they did in the original world. Making matters worse for them, [[spoiler:all of the main Miraculouses are held by people they screwed over]].
*** Adrien also learns that
Marinette as Ladybug, spouting his beliefs [[RippleEffectProofMemory retained her memories of the original world]], meaning she's ''fully aware'' of how he betrayed her. Though she spells out for him that she wouldn't have wanted anything to do with him regardless, given how his dad was responsible for ''her'' dad's death, the fact that she remembers all his sins further ensures that he can't get any help from his former partner, or force her into the relationship he [[EntitledToHaveYou felt so entitled to]].
*** Adrien [[OhCrap belatedly realizes]] that after betraying the world to join his ArchnemesisDad, all they have left is each other... and Gabriel was ''already'' a massive ControlFreak who treated his son like crap ''before'' all of this went down. With Emilie now alive, but completely unattainable, and lacking most of the power he held as Hawkmoth, chances are good that he'll take out his frustrations on Adrien by doubling down on his controlling behavior.
** In ''Masked Hearts'', Adrien starts dating Kagami while continuing to lust after Ladybug. Once Hawkmoth is defeated, he promptly reveals his SecretIdentity to
Ladybug was "[[EntitledToHaveYou destined]]" to be and asks her out, [[DidntThinkThisThrough heedless of how they're in front of a crowd of witnesses]]... including Kagami. Both [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech call him out]] on his selfish, entitled behavior, with him. Said boyfriend gets akumatized as a result Kagami breaking up with him right then and strips Chat of his ring on live television before revealing ''every'' horrible thing Adrien has done in both forms.there and [[spoiler:asking Ladybug out]].



* ''[[Fanfic/MiraculousLadybugSaltShots A Price to Pay]]'': Adrien and Gabriel get hit by this several times after he helps his father [[TheBadGuyWins make his Wish]]:
** Since they knew reality would be altered in the process of granting the Wish, both arrogantly assumed that nobody would ever connect them to whoever wound up dying to [[BalancingDeathsBooks bring Emilie back]]; what's more, Gabriel [[EvilIsPetty spitefully Wished]] that the sacrifice would come from Marinette's family as punishment for her heroism. The Wish responded by claiming her father's life through a car accident ''which Gabriel caused''; while he brazenly bribed the court to avoid any legal consequences, he's still widely recognized as being a murderer who only got off by abusing his wealth.
** Emilie is so disgusted by Gabriel's utter LackOfEmpathy or remorse over causing Tom's death that she divorces him, and [[IHaveNoSon disowns Adrien]] for [[PunishedForSympathy trying to defend his father's actions]]. So while she was brought back to life by their Wish, they're no longer a family.
** Neither Gabriel or Adrien have a Miraculous in the new reality; while there's still a Hawkmoth and new Miraculous heroes, he and his son don't hold the power they did in the original world. Making matters worse for them, [[spoiler:all of the main Miraculouses are held by people they screwed over]].
** Adrien also learns that Marinette [[RippleEffectProofMemory retained her memories of the original world]], meaning she's ''fully aware'' of how he betrayed her. Though she spells out for him that she wouldn't have wanted anything to do with him regardless, given how his dad was responsible for ''her'' dad's death, the fact that she remembers all his sins further ensures that he can't get any help from his former partner, or force her into the relationship he [[EntitledToHaveYou felt so entitled to]].
** Adrien [[OhCrap belatedly realizes]] that after betraying the world to join his ArchnemesisDad, all they have left is each other... and Gabriel was ''already'' a massive ControlFreak who treated his son like crap ''before'' all of this went down. With Emilie now alive, but completely unattainable, and lacking most of the power he held as Hawkmoth, chances are good that he'll take out his frustrations on Adrien by doubling down on his controlling behavior.
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** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22121914 Papa Bear]]'' is an alternate ending for "Chat Blanc" where Tom responds to Gabriel's demand that Marinette break up with Adrien by calling Child Protective Services. In short order, Gabriel loses custody of Adrien, he's put up on charges for emotional abuse and neglect, the investigation into his wife's disappearance is reopened, and he's exposed as Hawk Moth, going down without so much as a whimper when the police find a pretext to confiscate his and Nathalie's Miraculouses.

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** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22121914 Papa Bear]]'' ''Fanfic/PapaBear'' is an alternate ending for "Chat Blanc" where Tom responds to Gabriel's demand that Marinette break up with Adrien by calling Child Protective Services. In short order, Gabriel loses custody of Adrien, he's put up on charges for emotional abuse and neglect, the investigation into his wife's disappearance is reopened, and he's exposed as Hawk Moth, going down without so much as a whimper when the police find a pretext to confiscate his and Nathalie's Miraculouses.



** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23586655 Snapped Wrist, Broken Lies]]'', Lila tries to snatch the lucky charm Adrien made for Marinette, starting a scuffle that ends when [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Marinette accidentally breaks Lila's wrist]]. Multiple other students saw the incident and confirm Marinette was just trying to get the charm back, foiling Lila's attempts to [[BlamingTheVictim claim it was her fault]]. The incident also gets Lila's mother called, leading to Ms. Rossi comparing notes with Principal Damocles and landing Lila in a massive heap of trouble. Her last few weeks before being transferred to a correctional school are less than pleasant, since everyone now knows about her lies and refuses to help her deal with her ''real'' injury because of how many times she invented fictional ones to take advantage of them. To top it all off, Lila tries to blow off steam by repeatedly getting akumatized...but her wrist is still broken, so Ladybug easily defeats her every time by snagging that wrist and grabbing Lila's akumatized object while she doubles over in pain, denying her any chance at revenge.

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** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23586655 Snapped Wrist, Broken Lies]]'', Lila tries to snatch the lucky charm Adrien made for Marinette, starting a scuffle that ends when [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Marinette accidentally breaks Lila's wrist]]. Multiple other students saw the incident and confirm Marinette was just trying to get the charm back, foiling Lila's attempts to [[BlamingTheVictim claim it was her fault]]. The incident also gets Lila's mother called, leading to Ms. Rossi comparing notes with Principal Damocles and landing Lila in a massive heap of trouble. Her last few weeks before being transferred to a correctional school are less than pleasant, pleasant since everyone now knows about her lies and refuses to help her deal with her ''real'' injury because of how many times she invented fictional ones to take advantage of them. To top it all off, Lila tries to blow off steam by repeatedly getting akumatized...but her wrist is still broken, so Ladybug easily defeats her every time by snagging that wrist and grabbing Lila's akumatized object while she doubles over in pain, denying her any chance at revenge.
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* ''Fanfic/TheSpectacularSpiderManLostInGotham'': After spending nine months risking his life and facing trauma after trauma defending New York (and [[HeroWithBadPublicity receiving little to no thanks for it]]), Spider-Man ends up in a dimension where he's loved/praised by the people, has a loving/supportive [[HappilyAdopted adoptive]] [[FamilyOfChoice family]], and he gets to be a part of a large community of superheroes (many of whom give him praise and support).
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46463032/chapters/116987404 #8024]]'' Lila and Hawkmoth successfully frame Marinette as an accomplice to the latter, resulting in her being shipped off to Arkahm Asylum. This ends up screwing everyone over in two major ways. First of all, without Ladybug around, Chat Noir (who at this point had been content to let the former do most of the heavy lifting) is forced to fight Akumas himself, with said fights tending to be more destructive. Secondly, by unknowingly sending Ladybug out of the country, Hawkmoth has essentially denied himself a key component to his schemes.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46463032/chapters/116987404 #8024]]'' Lila and Hawkmoth successfully frame Marinette as an accomplice to the latter, resulting in her being shipped off to Arkahm Arkham Asylum. This ends up screwing everyone over in two major ways. First of all, without Ladybug around, Chat Noir (who at this point had been content to let the former do most of the heavy lifting) is forced to fight Akumas himself, with said fights tending to be more destructive. Secondly, by unknowingly sending Ladybug out of the country, Hawkmoth has essentially denied himself a key component to his schemes.
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* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44607043/chapters/121613383 A Price to Pay]]'': Adrien and Gabriel get hit by this several times after he helps his father [[TheBadGuyWins make his Wish]]:

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* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44607043/chapters/121613383 ''[[Fanfic/MiraculousLadybugSaltShots A Price to Pay]]'': Adrien and Gabriel get hit by this several times after he helps his father [[TheBadGuyWins make his Wish]]:
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** Lila, Gabriel, and Nathalie all get theirs in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26241928 The Wavering Peahen]]''. Lila's repeated misuse of the broken Peacock Miraculous to lend credence to her lies sends her spiraling into a coma and reveals her identity to Marinette when she discovers the Miraculous after Lila collapses. Duusu readily gives her and Chat Noir enough information to identify Gabriel and Nathalie as Hawk Moth and Mayura, and the two of them are taken down in an ambush and carted off to prison. Lila also gets prison time once she's brought out of her coma, with her former kwami stepping up to testify against her during her trial. In addition, since the Miraculous is the only thing that can heal the lingering damage from her coma and she's proven she can't be trusted with it, she'll have medical problems for the rest of her life.

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** Lila, Gabriel, and Nathalie all get theirs in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26241928 ''[[Fanfic/TheWaveringPeahen The Wavering Peahen]]''. Lila's repeated misuse of the broken Peacock Miraculous to lend credence to her lies sends her spiraling into a coma and reveals her identity to Marinette when she discovers the Miraculous after Lila collapses. Duusu readily gives her and Chat Noir enough information to identify Gabriel and Nathalie as Hawk Moth and Mayura, and the two of them are taken down in an ambush and carted off to prison. Lila also gets prison time once she's brought out of her coma, with her former kwami stepping up to testify against her during her trial. In addition, since the Miraculous is the only thing that can heal the lingering damage from her coma and she's proven she can't be trusted with it, she'll have medical problems for the rest of her life.
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* ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13120270/1/Sarah-Kerrigan-finally-gets-what-she-deserves Sarah Kerrigan finally gets what she deserves]]'': Sarah Kerrigan has killed billions of innocent people throughout the galaxy and has a long rapsheet of atrocities under her belt. For these reasons when she finds herself trapped inside a huge crystal where she is barely able to move and her entire body is in a very uncomfortable position and is pressed by the walls of the crystal from all sides, which causes pain to Kerrigan. She also gets put on display at a museum and all the visitors laugh at her predicament. However, the worst part is that the crystal would [[FateWorseThanDeath keep her alive like that for all of eternity]]. If she was a better person, the other characters would have helped her out. Instead they are all satisfied with her fate and think it's a fitting punishment for her numerous crimes.
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* In ''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/yr-hen-ogledd-a-celtic-si-uplift-of-asoiaf-the-aftermath-of-the-si.1145636/page-5#post-99286250 Yr Hen Ogledd]]'', Aegon V smugly refuses to wage war against the True North when Rhaella and her lover Bonifer Hasty elope there in spite of his son Jaehaerys raging because it ruined his plan to marry her to Aerys. After all, Jaehaerys did reject his father's offer for an ArrangedMarriage because he wanted to follow his heart -- how does it feel to be on the other side of the equation now ?
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* ''Fanfic/WhisperedTribulation'' ends with Aizawa, Vlad King, and Snipe being arrested for essentially [[WouldHurtAChild kidnapping and torturing a minor]] for what boils down to a hunch. While Aizawa is sent to OLYMPUS to receive therapy, losing his teaching license and his hero license but avoiding criminal prosecution under the InsanityDefense, Snipe and Vlad King are just straight up arrested. Katsuki also gets expelled from UA for being an unapologetic bully.

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* ''Fanfic/SupportingAHero'': Bakugou's attempts to outright murder Izuku on live TV ends with him being expelled from UA and blacklisted from every hero school across the planet. The only school who'll take him is [[spoiler: a front for the MLA.]]
* ''Fanfic/WhisperedTribulation'' ends with Aizawa, Vlad King, and Snipe being arrested for essentially [[WouldHurtAChild kidnapping and torturing a minor]] for what boils down to a hunch. While Aizawa is sent to OLYMPUS to receive therapy, losing his teaching license and his hero license but avoiding criminal prosecution under the InsanityDefense, Snipe and Vlad King are just straight up arrested. Katsuki also gets expelled from UA and blacklisted from heroics for being an unapologetic bully.
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* In the one-shot AccusationFic ''[[https://unmaskedagain.tumblr.com/post/189298560117/ Bridges Burned]]'', [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Marinette]]'s [[FairWeatherFriend Fair-Weather Friends]] turn on her in favor of [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]], who [[CelebrityLie claims]] to have all kinds of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections high-profile connections]] that can help launch their dream careers. Turns out that Marinette actually ''does'' have connections similar to what Lila claims, such as [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] and various real-life celebrities. She makes a point of using these to help other friends she's made at their school launch their careers, while the ones who turned upon her try comforting themselves with the notion that Lila's connections are much better... only to eventually learn they fell for a ConsummateLiar whose promises were TooGoodToBeTrue.

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* In the one-shot AccusationFic ''[[https://unmaskedagain.tumblr.com/post/189298560117/ Bridges Burned]]'', ''Fanfic/BridgesBurned'', [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Marinette]]'s [[FairWeatherFriend Fair-Weather Friends]] turn on her in favor of [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]], who [[CelebrityLie claims]] to have all kinds of [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections high-profile connections]] that can help launch their dream careers. Turns out that Marinette actually ''does'' have connections similar to what Lila claims, such as [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] and various real-life celebrities. She makes a point of using these to help other friends she's made at their school launch their careers, while the ones who turned upon her try comforting themselves with the notion that Lila's connections are much better... only to eventually learn they fell for a ConsummateLiar whose promises were TooGoodToBeTrue.
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* ''Fanfic/ALostOwl'':
** For killing Hop Pop, Sasha is rendered blind in one eye by Anne.
** One downplayed case: Boscha worms her way into Amity's "Applied Defenses" class to tank her grades by curb-stomping her in a duel with over-powered potions. Professor Hermonculous sees right through her plan and has her suspended for the rest of the school day.
** Upon learning Willow's got a thing for Skara, Amity considers telling Skara as payback for Willow announcing her crush on Luz to the bard.
** For selling out her classmates to the Emperor's Coven and getting Cat (who by that point was her OnlyFriend left) injured in the process, Boscha is expelled from Hexside.
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* ''Fanfic/WhisperedTribulation'' ends with Aizawa, Vlad King, and Snipe being arrested for essentially [[WouldHurtAChild kidnapping and torturing a minor]] for what boils down to a hunch. While Aizawa is sent to OLYMPUS to receive therapy, losing his teaching license and his hero license but avoiding criminal prosecution under the InsanityDefense, Snipe and Vlad King are just straight up arrested.

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* ''Fanfic/WhisperedTribulation'' ends with Aizawa, Vlad King, and Snipe being arrested for essentially [[WouldHurtAChild kidnapping and torturing a minor]] for what boils down to a hunch. While Aizawa is sent to OLYMPUS to receive therapy, losing his teaching license and his hero license but avoiding criminal prosecution under the InsanityDefense, Snipe and Vlad King are just straight up arrested.
arrested. Katsuki also gets expelled from UA for being an unapologetic bully.

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