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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' two-parter episode, "A Canterlot Wedding" (Season 2 finale). Twilight Sparkle accuses Princess Cadence of being evil after seeing how much of a {{Jerkass}} she was being towards her friends. Cadence breaks down in tears and runs away, causing her friends to be upset with her, Shining Armor (her brother) to change his mind about her being [[BestWoman Best Mare]], and Princess Celestia to be disappointed in her. [[spoiler:Turns out that it was really the Queen of the Changelings, impersonating Cadence and the real one was trapped in an abandoned mine below the castle. Because of Twilight's friends shunning her, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Canterlot became overrun with an army of Changelings and nearly destroyed, and Queen Chrysalis gleefully points this out.]]]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': In the beginning of "Can't Touch This" the Penguins hear a boys cry and go to investigate it. They learn that Randy the sheep (who lives in zoos petting zoo) had bitten a boy who was petting him. The penguins decide to punish Randy for what he did, but he reveals to them that ''he is the wronged one'' - the boy bullied him and when he teared out a piece of his wool, Randy attacked him in self-defense.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': In the beginning of "Can't Touch This" the Penguins hear a boys cry and go to investigate it. They learn that Randy the sheep (who lives in zoos petting zoo) had bitten a boy who was petting him. The penguins decide to punish Randy for what he did, but he reveals to them that ''he is the wronged one'' - the boy bullied him and when he teared out a piece of his wool, Randy attacked him in self-defense.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' two-parter episode, "A Canterlot Wedding" (Season 2 finale). Twilight Sparkle accuses Princess Cadence of being evil after seeing how much of a {{Jerkass}} she was being towards her friends. Cadence breaks down in tears and runs away, causing her friends to be upset with her, Shining Armor (her brother) to change his mind about her being [[BestWoman Best Mare]], and Princess Celestia to be disappointed in her. [[spoiler:Turns out that it was really the Queen of the Changelings, impersonating Cadence and the real one was trapped in an abandoned mine below the castle. Because of Twilight's friends shunning her, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Canterlot became overrun with an army of Changelings and nearly destroyed, and Queen Chrysalis gleefully points this out.]]]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': At In the beginning of "Can't Touch This" the Penguins think hear a boys cry and go to investigate it. They learn that Randy the sheep (who lives in zoos petting zoo) had bitten a boy who was petting him. It turns out however that this "[[BlatantLies poor child]]" was bullying The penguins decide to punish Randy who for what he did, but he reveals to them that ''he is the wronged one'' - the boy bullied him and when he teared out a piece of his wool, Randy attacked him in self defense.self-defense.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': At the beginning of "Can't Touch This" the Penguins think that Randy the sheep had bitten a boy who was petting him. It turns out however that this ''poor child'' "[[BlatantLies poor child]]" was bullying Randy who attacked him in self defense.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
** In "Girl Trouble", [[{{Tsundere}} Helga]] spends the entire episode tormenting Arnold as usual. When he finally snaps and throws paint at her, Mr. Simmons, [[AdultsAreUseless who paid no attention to any of Helga's antics]], gives a forlorn speech about how disappointed he is seeing Arnold harassing another student and [[SelectiveEnforcement punishes him]]. Grandpa earlier related to Arnold's treatment with his own childhood bully, who he states always managed to turn the tables and make ''him'' look like the bully. As it turns out, she was Grandma.
** In "Student Teacher," [[TheAce Olga]] starts working as a teaching assistant at P.S. 118, much to Helga's frustration. She eventually snaps that she "can't stand" Olga and wishes she wasn't around, leading Olga to have a breakdown. However, after Helga first learned about Olga teaching in her class, she had a serious and mature conversation with her sister about establishing certain boundaries, such as not sharing embarrassing stories about her. Olga agrees...then proceeds to break every single one, leading to Helga getting teased and tormented. Since Helga very clearly and calmly states what she wants, her being treated as the bad guy in the episode doesn't make sense, especially because the boundaries essentially amount to respecting her privacy and not giving her special treatment, which are perfectly reasonable things to ask.
** In "Girl Trouble", [[{{Tsundere}} Helga]] spends the entire episode tormenting Arnold as usual. When he finally snaps and throws paint at her, Mr. Simmons, [[AdultsAreUseless who paid no attention to any of Helga's antics]], gives a forlorn speech about how disappointed he is seeing Arnold harassing another student and [[SelectiveEnforcement punishes him]]. Grandpa earlier related to Arnold's treatment with his own childhood bully, who he states always managed to turn the tables and make ''him'' look like the bully. As it turns out, she was Grandma.
** In "Student Teacher," [[TheAce Olga]] starts working as a teaching assistant at P.S. 118, much to Helga's frustration. She eventually snaps that she "can't stand" Olga and wishes she wasn't around, leading Olga to have a breakdown. However, after Helga first learned about Olga teaching in her class, she had a serious and mature conversation with her sister about establishing certain boundaries, such as not sharing embarrassing stories about her. Olga agrees...then proceeds to break every single one, leading to Helga getting teased and tormented. Since Helga very clearly and calmly states what she wants, her being treated as the bad guy in the episode doesn't make sense, especially because the boundaries essentially amount to respecting her privacy and not giving her special treatment, which are perfectly reasonable things to ask.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
**''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In "Girl Trouble", [[{{Tsundere}} Helga]] spends the entire episode tormenting Arnold as usual. When he finally snaps and throws paint at her, Mr. Simmons, [[AdultsAreUseless who paid no attention to any of Helga's antics]], gives a forlorn speech about how disappointed he is seeing Arnold harassing another student and [[SelectiveEnforcement punishes him]]. Grandpa earlier related to Arnold's treatment with his own childhood bully, who he states always managed to turn the tables and make ''him'' look like the bully. As it turns out, she was Grandma.
** In "Student Teacher," [[TheAce Olga]] starts working as a teaching assistant at P.S. 118, much to Helga's frustration. She eventually snaps that she "can't stand" Olga and wishes she wasn't around, leading Olga to have a breakdown. However, after Helga first learned about Olga teaching in her class, she had a serious and mature conversation with her sister about establishing certain boundaries, such as not sharing embarrassing stories about her. Olga agrees...then proceeds to break every single one, leading to Helga getting teased and tormented. Since Helga very clearly and calmly states what she wants, her being treated as the bad guy in the episode doesn't make sense, especially because the boundaries essentially amount to respecting her privacy and not giving her special treatment, which are perfectly reasonable things to ask.Grandma.
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** In "Student Teacher," [[TheAce Olga]] starts working as a teaching assistant at P.S. 118, much to Helga's frustration. She eventually snaps that she "can't stand" Olga and wishes she wasn't around, leading Olga to have a breakdown. However, after Helga first learned about Olga teaching in her class, she had a serious and mature conversation with her sister about establishing certain boundaries, such as not sharing embarrassing stories about her. Olga agrees...then proceeds to break every single one, leading to Helga getting teased and tormented. Since Helga very clearly and calmly states what she wants, her being treated as the bad guy in the episode doesn't make sense, especially because the boundaries essentially amount to respecting her privacy and not giving her special treatment, which are perfectly reasonable things to ask.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Girl Trouble", [[{{Tsundere}} Helga]] spends the entire episode tormenting Arnold as usual. When he finally snaps and throws paint at her, Mr. Simmons, [[AdultsAreUseless who paid no attention to any of Helga's antics]], gives a forlorn speech about how disappointed he is seeing Arnold harassing another student and [[SelectiveEnforcement punishes him]]. Grandpa earlier related to Arnold's treatment with his own childhood bully, who he states always managed to turn the tables and make ''him'' look like the bully. As it turns out, she was Grandma.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
** Inthe ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Girl Trouble", [[{{Tsundere}} Helga]] spends the entire episode tormenting Arnold as usual. When he finally snaps and throws paint at her, Mr. Simmons, [[AdultsAreUseless who paid no attention to any of Helga's antics]], gives a forlorn speech about how disappointed he is seeing Arnold harassing another student and [[SelectiveEnforcement punishes him]]. Grandpa earlier related to Arnold's treatment with his own childhood bully, who he states always managed to turn the tables and make ''him'' look like the bully. As it turns out, she was Grandma.Grandma.
** In "Student Teacher," [[TheAce Olga]] starts working as a teaching assistant at P.S. 118, much to Helga's frustration. She eventually snaps that she "can't stand" Olga and wishes she wasn't around, leading Olga to have a breakdown. However, after Helga first learned about Olga teaching in her class, she had a serious and mature conversation with her sister about establishing certain boundaries, such as not sharing embarrassing stories about her. Olga agrees...then proceeds to break every single one, leading to Helga getting teased and tormented. Since Helga very clearly and calmly states what she wants, her being treated as the bad guy in the episode doesn't make sense, especially because the boundaries essentially amount to respecting her privacy and not giving her special treatment, which are perfectly reasonable things to ask.
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** In "Student Teacher," [[TheAce Olga]] starts working as a teaching assistant at P.S. 118, much to Helga's frustration. She eventually snaps that she "can't stand" Olga and wishes she wasn't around, leading Olga to have a breakdown. However, after Helga first learned about Olga teaching in her class, she had a serious and mature conversation with her sister about establishing certain boundaries, such as not sharing embarrassing stories about her. Olga agrees...then proceeds to break every single one, leading to Helga getting teased and tormented. Since Helga very clearly and calmly states what she wants, her being treated as the bad guy in the episode doesn't make sense, especially because the boundaries essentially amount to respecting her privacy and not giving her special treatment, which are perfectly reasonable things to ask.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]", [[ButtMonkey Meg]] ''finally'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out Peter, Lois and Chris for their poor treatment of her]]. However, at the end of the episode, ''she'' ends up feeling guilty and apologizes to ''them'' for chewing them out because [[InsaneTrollLogic they all need a human punching bag to take all their frustrations on and wouldn't be able to function without it]].
--->'''Meg:''' ''(to Brian)'' Do you think it's possible that this family can't survive without some sort of lightning rod to absorb all of the dysfunction?
** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E16HerpeTheLoveSore Herpes, the Love Sore]]" combines this with KarmaHoudini when a trio of bullies take Peter, Joe, and Quagmire's booth at their bar. When they try to fight back, it results in them being bruised and bloodied. Then when the bullies reveal they're American soldiers, everyone in the bar actually ''cheers'' for them while shunning Peter, Joe, and Quagmire.
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]", [[ButtMonkey Meg]] ''finally'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out Peter, Lois and Chris for their poor treatment of her]]. However, at the end of the episode, ''she'' ends up feeling guilty and apologizes to ''them'' for chewing them out because [[InsaneTrollLogic they all need a human punching bag to take all their frustrations on and wouldn't be able to function without it]].
--->'''Meg:''' ''(to Brian)'' Do you think it's possible that this family can't survive without some sort of lightning rod to absorb all of the dysfunction?
** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E16HerpeTheLoveSore Herpes, the Love Sore]]" combines this with KarmaHoudini when a trio of bullies take Peter, Joe, and Quagmire's booth at their bar. When they try to fight back, it results in them being bruised and bloodied. Then when the bullies reveal they're American soldiers, everyone in the bar actually ''cheers'' for them while shunning Peter, Joe, and Quagmire.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]", [[ButtMonkey Meg]] ''finally'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out Peter, Lois and Chris for their poor treatment of her]]. However, at the end of the episode, ''she'' ends up feeling guilty and apologizes to ''them'' for chewing them out because [[InsaneTrollLogic they all need a human punching bag to take all their frustrations on and wouldn't be able to function without it]].
--->'''Meg:''' ''(to Brian)'' Do you think it's possible that this family can't survive without some sort of lightning rod to absorb all of the dysfunction?
**''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E16HerpeTheLoveSore Herpes, the Love Sore]]" combines this with KarmaHoudini when a trio of bullies take Peter, Joe, and Quagmire's booth at their bar. When they try to fight back, it results in them being bruised and bloodied. Then when the bullies reveal they're American soldiers, everyone in the bar actually ''cheers'' for them while shunning Peter, Joe, and Quagmire.
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]", [[ButtMonkey Meg]] ''finally'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out Peter, Lois and Chris for their poor treatment of her]]. However, at the end of the episode, ''she'' ends up feeling guilty and apologizes to ''them'' for chewing them out because [[InsaneTrollLogic they all need a human punching bag to take all their frustrations on and wouldn't be able to function without it]].
--->'''Meg:''' ''(to Brian)'' Do you think it's possible that this family can't survive without some sort of lightning rod to absorb all of the dysfunction?
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E2AllsFairInOvenWar All's Fair in Oven War]]", Marge is constantly tormented by the other competitors, with them burning her entries for no reason. When she decides to [[TheDogBitesBack give them a taste of their own medicine]] [[LaserGuidedKarma by doing the same to them]], Lisa [[BrokenPedestal becomes disappointed in her]] and convinces her to confess the truth, [[DoubleStandard while ignoring that they started the whole thing to begin with]].
** Another episode features Gill staying with the family after losing his job on Christmas. He stays for months and defiles the house to the point where Marge can't take it anymore and decides to stand up to him. By that time, Gill had gotten a new job, so Marge [[ALessonLearnedTooWell takes the family to his new workplace to tell him off]]. Unfortunately, when she does, he loses the respect of his workers and his boss fires him. Marge feels so guilty that she and the family buy a vacation house from Gill.
** Another episode features Gill staying with the family after losing his job on Christmas. He stays for months and defiles the house to the point where Marge can't take it anymore and decides to stand up to him. By that time, Gill had gotten a new job, so Marge [[ALessonLearnedTooWell takes the family to his new workplace to tell him off]]. Unfortunately, when she does, he loses the respect of his workers and his boss fires him. Marge feels so guilty that she and the family buy a vacation house from Gill.
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E2AllsFairInOvenWar All's Fair in Oven War]]", Marge is constantly tormented by the other competitors, with them burning her entries for no reason. When she decides to [[TheDogBitesBack give them a taste of their own medicine]] [[LaserGuidedKarma by doing the same to them]], Lisa [[BrokenPedestal becomes disappointed in her]] and convinces her to confess the truth, [[DoubleStandard while ignoring that they started the whole thing to begin with]].
** AnotherOne episode features Gill staying with the family after losing his job on Christmas. He stays for months and defiles the house to the point where Marge can't take it anymore and decides to stand up to him. By that time, Gill had gotten a new job, so Marge [[ALessonLearnedTooWell takes the family to his new workplace to tell him off]]. Unfortunately, when she does, he loses the respect of his workers and his boss fires him. Marge feels so guilty that she and the family buy a vacation house from Gill.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' in the short "Crazy Over Daisy". Chip and Dale torment him and destroy his bicycle while he's on his way to Daisy's. When he tries to give them their just desserts by [[ItMakesSenseInContext using them as a motor for a new bicycle]], Daisy thinks that he’s being mean to them.
** A surprising number of DonaldDuck media expects us to root for his adversaries, even when he's done nothing to deserve their torment.
** A surprising number of DonaldDuck media expects us to root for his adversaries, even when he's done nothing to deserve their torment.
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** In the short "Crazy OverDaisy". Daisy", Chip and Dale torment him Donald and destroy his bicycle while he's on his way to Daisy's. When he tries to give them their just desserts by [[ItMakesSenseInContext using them as a motor for a new bicycle]], Daisy thinks that he’s he's being mean to them.
** A surprising number ofDonaldDuck WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck media expects us to root for his adversaries, even when he's done nothing to deserve their torment.
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** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS7E5KeepBikiniBottomBeautifulAPalForGary A Pal for Gary]]", Gary saves [=SpongeBob=] from Puffy Fluffy, only to get scolded again.
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** The ending of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'' has an inversion of this. At the beginning of the movie, the Eds' latest scam caused massive damage and severely hurt the children, resulting in them being hunted down. After the encounter with Eddy's brother, everyone got over it, except Johnny who didn't arrive until afterwards. Therefore, when he attacked the Eds, the children beat him up.
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** The ending of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'' has an inversion of this. At the beginning of the movie, the Eds' latest scam caused massive damage and severely hurt the children, resulting in them being hunted down. After the encounter with Eddy's brother, everyone got over it, [[LateToTheRealization except Johnny who didn't arrive until afterwards.afterwards]]. Therefore, when he attacked the Eds, the children beat him up.
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** This tends to happen to Ned Flanders in the rare moment he loses patience with Homer. In the episode "Homer Loves Flanders," after his buildup of frustration over the course of the episode finally causes him to snap at Homer in church and the congregation turns against him as a result, Homer ''himself'' [[PetTheDog defends him]], citing Ned's unflagging patience with him through constant abuse as proof of his goodness.
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** This tends to happen to Ned Flanders in the rare moment that [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin he loses patience with Homer.Homer]]. In the episode "Homer Loves Flanders," after his buildup of frustration over the course of the episode finally causes him to snap at Homer in church and the congregation turns against him as a result, Homer ''himself'' [[PetTheDog defends him]], citing Ned's unflagging patience with him through constant abuse as proof of his goodness.
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** This tends to happen to Ned Flanders in the rare moment he loses patience with Homer. In the episode "Homer Loves Flanders," after his buildup of frustration over the course of the episode finally causes him to snap at Homer in church and the congregation turns against him as a result, Homer ''himself'' [[PetTheDog defends him]], citing Ned's unflagging patience with him through constant abuse as proof of his goodness.
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Times where somebody is MadeOutToBeAJerkass for reacting to an ''actual'' {{Jerkass}} in WesternAnimation.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BarneyBear'': Barney's hungry cousin, from the short of the same name, for ''no given reason'', gets Barney jailed in the end, via by putting the signs saying not to feed the bears he took down back up, summoning the police, and telling them that Barney tried to feed him, ''even though the guy spent the whole short stealing Barney's food, and Barney offered him his last sandwich in defeat''.
* In effect in the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Splitting Images". Tired of resident JerkJock Dash picking on him, Danny decides to use his powers to get some payback. Unfortunately, he catches the attention of BullyHunter Sidney Poindexter who thinks that Dash was an innocent kid (somehow missing when Dash picked on Danny), so he takes over Danny's body and sends him to his realm where Danny gets picked on by Poindexter's bullies. While the message in the episode is ComesGreatResponsibility, it's laced with this trope as well.
* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' in the short "Crazy Over Daisy". Chip and Dale torment him and destroy his bicycle while he's on his way to Daisy's. When he tries to give them their just desserts by [[ItMakesSenseInContext using them as a motor for a new bicycle]], Daisy thinks that he’s being mean to them.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
** In the episode "Boys Will Be Eds", Rolf's goat, Victor was attacking Jimmy to get his sandwich, with Rolf trying to pull him off Jimmy. When Sarah came onto the scene, [[HelpMistakenForAttack she thought]] ''[[HelpMistakenForAttack Rolf]]'' [[HelpMistakenForAttack was attacking Jimmy]] and pulled him away from Jimmy before he could pry Victor off before beating him to a pulp.
** The ending of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'' has an inversion of this. At the beginning of the movie, the Eds' latest scam caused massive damage and severely hurt the children, resulting in them being hunted down. After the encounter with Eddy's brother, everyone got over it, except Johnny who didn't arrive until afterwards. Therefore, when he attacked the Eds, the children beat him up.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]", [[ButtMonkey Meg]] ''finally'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out Peter, Lois and Chris for their poor treatment of her]]. However, at the end of the episode, ''she'' ends up feeling guilty and apologizes to ''them'' for chewing them out because [[InsaneTrollLogic they all need a human punching bag to take all their frustrations on and wouldn't be able to function without it]].
--->'''Meg:''' ''(to Brian)'' Do you think it's possible that this family can't survive without some sort of lightning rod to absorb all of the dysfunction?
** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E16HerpeTheLoveSore Herpes, the Love Sore]]" combines this with KarmaHoudini when a trio of bullies take Peter, Joe, and Quagmire's booth at their bar. When they try to fight back, it results in them being bruised and bloodied. Then when the bullies reveal they're American soldiers, everyone in the bar actually ''cheers'' for them while shunning Peter, Joe, and Quagmire.
--->'''Peter''': [[RootingForTheEmpire I can't believe I have to root for Afghanistan now.]]
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' features Billy being tormented by Sperg. In a rare heartwarming moment (for her), Mandy stands up to Sperg on Billy's behalf, [[UngratefulBastard only for Billy to get on her for picking on him]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Girl Trouble", [[{{Tsundere}} Helga]] spends the entire episode tormenting Arnold as usual. When he finally snaps and throws paint at her, Mr. Simmons, [[AdultsAreUseless who paid no attention to any of Helga's antics]], gives a forlorn speech about how disappointed he is seeing Arnold harassing another student and [[SelectiveEnforcement punishes him]]. Grandpa earlier related to Arnold's treatment with his own childhood bully, who he states always managed to turn the tables and make ''him'' look like the bully. As it turns out, she was Grandma.
* A ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon entitled "Feline Frame-Up" features a dog that was defending a kitten from a mean cat, only for their master to get the wrong idea and think the dog was being mean to the cat, resulting in him getting thrown out of the house. Fortunately, the dog managed to force the cat to confess the truth in the end.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' two-parter episode, "A Canterlot Wedding" (Season 2 finale). Twilight Sparkle accuses Princess Cadence of being evil after seeing how much of a {{Jerkass}} she was being towards her friends. Cadence breaks down in tears and runs away, causing her friends to be upset with her, Shining Armor (her brother) to change his mind about her being [[BestWoman Best Mare]], and Princess Celestia to be disappointed in her. [[spoiler:Turns out that it was really the Queen of the Changelings, impersonating Cadence and the real one was trapped in an abandoned mine below the castle. Because of Twilight's friends shunning her, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Canterlot became overrun with an army of Changelings and nearly destroyed, and Queen Chrysalis gleefully points this out.]]]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
** In "Sweet 'n' Sour", the title characters try to stop a group called [[CuteIsEvil the Fluffy Bunch]] from committing crimes. Unfortunately, the Fluffy Bunch's [[CutenessProximity cuteness]] makes the townspeople believe the girls were ''harassing'' the Fluffy Bunch and [[HeroWithBadPublicity they ostracize the girls as a result]].
** In "Schoolhouse Rocked", the Gangreen Gang are put into Miss Keane's kindergarten class and take advantage of it to bully the children. The girls try to stop them, but their attempts are mistaken for bullying by Miss Keane. When she gives them a time-out during recess, the Gang are free to beat up the kindergarteners in a one-sided game of [[DodgeballIsHell dodgeball.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E2AllsFairInOvenWar All's Fair in Oven War]]", Marge is constantly tormented by the other competitors, with them burning her entries for no reason. When she decides to [[TheDogBitesBack give them a taste of their own medicine]] [[LaserGuidedKarma by doing the same to them]], Lisa [[BrokenPedestal becomes disappointed in her]] and convinces her to confess the truth, [[DoubleStandard while ignoring that they started the whole thing to begin with]].
** Another episode features Gill staying with the family after losing his job on Christmas. He stays for months and defiles the house to the point where Marge can't take it anymore and decides to stand up to him. By that time, Gill had gotten a new job, so Marge [[ALessonLearnedTooWell takes the family to his new workplace to tell him off]]. Unfortunately, when she does, he loses the respect of his workers and his boss fires him. Marge feels so guilty that she and the family buy a vacation house from Gill.
** In a segment parodying ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', Homer (playing the role of the Count) sets up [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts an elaborate revenge scheme]] for the man (Moe) who stole his love (Marge) and had him sent to prison, which ends with Moe being killed. Unfortunately, Marge gets upset with him for killing her husband. Granted she also lampshades the fact he spent all this time formulating a murder scheme over actually reuniting with his family.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS17E10TheHobbit The Hobbit]]", Wendy calls out [[InnocentlyInsensitive Butters]] for insulting Lisa Berger, only for ''her'' to get scolded by Mr. Mackey who accuses her of bullying. The same thing keeps happening when she tries to preach her anti-body image message to the school.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS22E01DeadKids Dead Kids]]", when Sharon furiously chews out Randy for not taking the school shootings seriously, [[ShamedByAMob the townsfolk get on her case for it]] and take Randy's side, and then storm off.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E3TheBullyJustOneBite The Bully]]", Flats the Flounder menaces [=SpongeBob=], threatening to "kick your butt". When he actually does, however, [=SpongeBob=]'s soft body just absorbs the blows, and Flats keeps punching away until he falls from exhaustion. [=SpongeBob=] then gives his fellow students a speech against violence, raising his fist for emphasis. That's when Mrs. Puff comes in, sees Flats on the floor and [=SpongeBob=] with his fist up, and accuses him of beating up Flats, then tells him [[HereWeGoAgain "I'm going to kick your butt!"]]
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS7E2GrowthSpoutStuckInTheWringer Stuck in the Wringer]]", [=SpongeBob=] has an accident that gets him [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stuck in the wringer]], and thanks to Patrick's [[TooDumbToLive stupidity]], he can't get out. [=SpongeBob=] feels he'll never be able to do anything now, but Patrick gives him a RousingSpeech that he can go on. Unfortunately, Patrick's speech [[InstantlyProvenWrong is proven unfounded]] as the wringer causes [=SpongeBob=] a ton of bad luck no matter how much Patrick tries to inspire him. Finally, in the middle of an amusement park, [=SpongeBob=] [[RageBreakingPoint snaps at Patrick]], [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech telling him his life is over and that it's all his fault]]. Patrick runs off crying [[ShamedByAMob while everyone watching calls [=SpongeBob=] a jerk and says he got what he deserved]].
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS7E5KeepBikiniBottomBeautifulAPalForGary A Pal for Gary]]", Gary saves [=SpongeBob=] from Puffy Fluffy, only to get scolded again.
** In the episode entitled "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E8SafeDepositKrabsPlanktonsPet Plankton's Pet]]", Plankton disguises himself as a baby to steal a Krabby Patty. However, Mr. Krabs sees through his disguise (and it's a pretty good disguise) and attacks him. Everyone is horrified that Mr. Krabs is seemingly attacking a baby until he reveals it's Plankton. However, when Mr. Krabs kicks him out, a bunch of women that were watching start attacking him and calling him a monster.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' episode "Here, Kitty, Kitty", Molly found an adorable kitten. [[DramaticIrony Unbeknownst to her, however]], the kitten was [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon secretly]] [[CatsAreMean vicious and mean]], and was attempting to eat Molly's fish with Taz being the only one who was aware of the kitten's true colors. Unfortunately, Molly kept assuming that Taz was picking on the kitten and [[CassandraTruth wouldn't listen to Taz's explanations]]. Eventually, Taz managed to get rid of the kitten and save the fish, but when Molly came up on the scene, she thought ''Taz'' was messing with her fish and ''still'' wouldn't listen to Taz's explanations, accusing him of doing something to her kitten. [[DownerEnding The episode ends]] [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished with Taz being given a bath]], [[HatesBaths which he hates]].
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Times where somebody is MadeOutToBeAJerkass for reacting to an ''actual'' {{Jerkass}} in WesternAnimation.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BarneyBear'': Barney's hungry cousin, from the short of the same name, for ''no given reason'', gets Barney jailed in the end, via by putting the signs saying not to feed the bears he took down back up, summoning the police, and telling them that Barney tried to feed him, ''even though the guy spent the whole short stealing Barney's food, and Barney offered him his last sandwich in defeat''.
* In effect in the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Splitting Images". Tired of resident JerkJock Dash picking on him, Danny decides to use his powers to get some payback. Unfortunately, he catches the attention of BullyHunter Sidney Poindexter who thinks that Dash was an innocent kid (somehow missing when Dash picked on Danny), so he takes over Danny's body and sends him to his realm where Danny gets picked on by Poindexter's bullies. While the message in the episode is ComesGreatResponsibility, it's laced with this trope as well.
* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' in the short "Crazy Over Daisy". Chip and Dale torment him and destroy his bicycle while he's on his way to Daisy's. When he tries to give them their just desserts by [[ItMakesSenseInContext using them as a motor for a new bicycle]], Daisy thinks that he’s being mean to them.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
** In the episode "Boys Will Be Eds", Rolf's goat, Victor was attacking Jimmy to get his sandwich, with Rolf trying to pull him off Jimmy. When Sarah came onto the scene, [[HelpMistakenForAttack she thought]] ''[[HelpMistakenForAttack Rolf]]'' [[HelpMistakenForAttack was attacking Jimmy]] and pulled him away from Jimmy before he could pry Victor off before beating him to a pulp.
** The ending of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'' has an inversion of this. At the beginning of the movie, the Eds' latest scam caused massive damage and severely hurt the children, resulting in them being hunted down. After the encounter with Eddy's brother, everyone got over it, except Johnny who didn't arrive until afterwards. Therefore, when he attacked the Eds, the children beat him up.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E2SeahorseSeashellParty Seahorse Seashell Party]]", [[ButtMonkey Meg]] ''finally'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out Peter, Lois and Chris for their poor treatment of her]]. However, at the end of the episode, ''she'' ends up feeling guilty and apologizes to ''them'' for chewing them out because [[InsaneTrollLogic they all need a human punching bag to take all their frustrations on and wouldn't be able to function without it]].
--->'''Meg:''' ''(to Brian)'' Do you think it's possible that this family can't survive without some sort of lightning rod to absorb all of the dysfunction?
** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E16HerpeTheLoveSore Herpes, the Love Sore]]" combines this with KarmaHoudini when a trio of bullies take Peter, Joe, and Quagmire's booth at their bar. When they try to fight back, it results in them being bruised and bloodied. Then when the bullies reveal they're American soldiers, everyone in the bar actually ''cheers'' for them while shunning Peter, Joe, and Quagmire.
--->'''Peter''': [[RootingForTheEmpire I can't believe I have to root for Afghanistan now.]]
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' features Billy being tormented by Sperg. In a rare heartwarming moment (for her), Mandy stands up to Sperg on Billy's behalf, [[UngratefulBastard only for Billy to get on her for picking on him]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Girl Trouble", [[{{Tsundere}} Helga]] spends the entire episode tormenting Arnold as usual. When he finally snaps and throws paint at her, Mr. Simmons, [[AdultsAreUseless who paid no attention to any of Helga's antics]], gives a forlorn speech about how disappointed he is seeing Arnold harassing another student and [[SelectiveEnforcement punishes him]]. Grandpa earlier related to Arnold's treatment with his own childhood bully, who he states always managed to turn the tables and make ''him'' look like the bully. As it turns out, she was Grandma.
* A ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon entitled "Feline Frame-Up" features a dog that was defending a kitten from a mean cat, only for their master to get the wrong idea and think the dog was being mean to the cat, resulting in him getting thrown out of the house. Fortunately, the dog managed to force the cat to confess the truth in the end.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' two-parter episode, "A Canterlot Wedding" (Season 2 finale). Twilight Sparkle accuses Princess Cadence of being evil after seeing how much of a {{Jerkass}} she was being towards her friends. Cadence breaks down in tears and runs away, causing her friends to be upset with her, Shining Armor (her brother) to change his mind about her being [[BestWoman Best Mare]], and Princess Celestia to be disappointed in her. [[spoiler:Turns out that it was really the Queen of the Changelings, impersonating Cadence and the real one was trapped in an abandoned mine below the castle. Because of Twilight's friends shunning her, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Canterlot became overrun with an army of Changelings and nearly destroyed, and Queen Chrysalis gleefully points this out.]]]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
** In "Sweet 'n' Sour", the title characters try to stop a group called [[CuteIsEvil the Fluffy Bunch]] from committing crimes. Unfortunately, the Fluffy Bunch's [[CutenessProximity cuteness]] makes the townspeople believe the girls were ''harassing'' the Fluffy Bunch and [[HeroWithBadPublicity they ostracize the girls as a result]].
** In "Schoolhouse Rocked", the Gangreen Gang are put into Miss Keane's kindergarten class and take advantage of it to bully the children. The girls try to stop them, but their attempts are mistaken for bullying by Miss Keane. When she gives them a time-out during recess, the Gang are free to beat up the kindergarteners in a one-sided game of [[DodgeballIsHell dodgeball.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E2AllsFairInOvenWar All's Fair in Oven War]]", Marge is constantly tormented by the other competitors, with them burning her entries for no reason. When she decides to [[TheDogBitesBack give them a taste of their own medicine]] [[LaserGuidedKarma by doing the same to them]], Lisa [[BrokenPedestal becomes disappointed in her]] and convinces her to confess the truth, [[DoubleStandard while ignoring that they started the whole thing to begin with]].
** Another episode features Gill staying with the family after losing his job on Christmas. He stays for months and defiles the house to the point where Marge can't take it anymore and decides to stand up to him. By that time, Gill had gotten a new job, so Marge [[ALessonLearnedTooWell takes the family to his new workplace to tell him off]]. Unfortunately, when she does, he loses the respect of his workers and his boss fires him. Marge feels so guilty that she and the family buy a vacation house from Gill.
** In a segment parodying ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', Homer (playing the role of the Count) sets up [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts an elaborate revenge scheme]] for the man (Moe) who stole his love (Marge) and had him sent to prison, which ends with Moe being killed. Unfortunately, Marge gets upset with him for killing her husband. Granted she also lampshades the fact he spent all this time formulating a murder scheme over actually reuniting with his family.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS17E10TheHobbit The Hobbit]]", Wendy calls out [[InnocentlyInsensitive Butters]] for insulting Lisa Berger, only for ''her'' to get scolded by Mr. Mackey who accuses her of bullying. The same thing keeps happening when she tries to preach her anti-body image message to the school.
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS22E01DeadKids Dead Kids]]", when Sharon furiously chews out Randy for not taking the school shootings seriously, [[ShamedByAMob the townsfolk get on her case for it]] and take Randy's side, and then storm off.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E3TheBullyJustOneBite The Bully]]", Flats the Flounder menaces [=SpongeBob=], threatening to "kick your butt". When he actually does, however, [=SpongeBob=]'s soft body just absorbs the blows, and Flats keeps punching away until he falls from exhaustion. [=SpongeBob=] then gives his fellow students a speech against violence, raising his fist for emphasis. That's when Mrs. Puff comes in, sees Flats on the floor and [=SpongeBob=] with his fist up, and accuses him of beating up Flats, then tells him [[HereWeGoAgain "I'm going to kick your butt!"]]
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS7E2GrowthSpoutStuckInTheWringer Stuck in the Wringer]]", [=SpongeBob=] has an accident that gets him [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stuck in the wringer]], and thanks to Patrick's [[TooDumbToLive stupidity]], he can't get out. [=SpongeBob=] feels he'll never be able to do anything now, but Patrick gives him a RousingSpeech that he can go on. Unfortunately, Patrick's speech [[InstantlyProvenWrong is proven unfounded]] as the wringer causes [=SpongeBob=] a ton of bad luck no matter how much Patrick tries to inspire him. Finally, in the middle of an amusement park, [=SpongeBob=] [[RageBreakingPoint snaps at Patrick]], [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech telling him his life is over and that it's all his fault]]. Patrick runs off crying [[ShamedByAMob while everyone watching calls [=SpongeBob=] a jerk and says he got what he deserved]].
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS7E5KeepBikiniBottomBeautifulAPalForGary A Pal for Gary]]", Gary saves [=SpongeBob=] from Puffy Fluffy, only to get scolded again.
** In the episode entitled "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E8SafeDepositKrabsPlanktonsPet Plankton's Pet]]", Plankton disguises himself as a baby to steal a Krabby Patty. However, Mr. Krabs sees through his disguise (and it's a pretty good disguise) and attacks him. Everyone is horrified that Mr. Krabs is seemingly attacking a baby until he reveals it's Plankton. However, when Mr. Krabs kicks him out, a bunch of women that were watching start attacking him and calling him a monster.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' episode "Here, Kitty, Kitty", Molly found an adorable kitten. [[DramaticIrony Unbeknownst to her, however]], the kitten was [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon secretly]] [[CatsAreMean vicious and mean]], and was attempting to eat Molly's fish with Taz being the only one who was aware of the kitten's true colors. Unfortunately, Molly kept assuming that Taz was picking on the kitten and [[CassandraTruth wouldn't listen to Taz's explanations]]. Eventually, Taz managed to get rid of the kitten and save the fish, but when Molly came up on the scene, she thought ''Taz'' was messing with her fish and ''still'' wouldn't listen to Taz's explanations, accusing him of doing something to her kitten. [[DownerEnding The episode ends]] [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished with Taz being given a bath]], [[HatesBaths which he hates]].
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