History Main / EnemiesEqualsGreatness

* One of BenitoMussolini's most known quotes was "molti nemici, molto onore" which means "many enemies, much honor".

* In competitive gaming, there are a variety of saying that say something to the effect of, "[[{{GIFT}} The more racial slurs an enemy player screams at you the more you know you are good player.]]" After all, they wouldn't be nearly as bothered if you weren't doing well.

* A lot of [[HipHop rap songs]], especially from the GlamRap and SwagRap subgenres, are all over this trope. There are too many to list, but common songs include "Hate Me Now" by Music/{{Nas}}, "Motivation" by T.I., and "Hi Hater" by Maino.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Dr. Orpheus actually says he's jealous of Dr. Venture because he has archenemies, saying that having one is "[[FoeYay romantic]]."

* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Gotham is a WretchedHive. So if Harvey Dent ''doesn't'' have enemies (and a lot of them), then he's no doubt corrupt, as Rachel playfully reminds him after Dent botches Sal Maroni's attempt to assassinate him in the middle of a court room while the former is trying to prosecute him.
-->'''Rachel:''' C'mon, Harvey, you're Gotham's DA. You're not getting shot at you're not doing your job right."

Compare MiseryBuildsCharacter if opposition or mistreatment from others is what makes a character stronger. Compare GoodNeedsEvil if having enemies is a necessity. Obviously on the idealistic end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. If so, it can be served as AnAesop if [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop played right]]. Can be the belief of a BloodKnight as far as fighting is concerned. Can be TruthInTelevision [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity for many politicians]]. See also TallPoppySyndrome.

Compare MiseryBuildsCharacter if opposition or mistreatment from others is what makes a character stronger. Compare GoodNeedsEvil if having enemies is a necessity. Obviously on the idealistic end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. If so, it can be served as AnAesop if [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop played right]]. Can be the belief of a BloodKnight as far as fighting is concerned. Can be TruthInTelevision [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity for many politics]], [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment but let's leave it at that]]. See also TallPoppySyndrome.

* ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'': Lady Tremaine and her two daughters treated Cinderella like utter crap, but this stems from the fact that Cinderella was the center of attention of Lady Tremaine's late husband.

* ''Series{{Elementary}}'': In one episode Detective Marcus Bell's life has been threatened and Sherlock goes through his case files for possible suspects. After going through his case files and finding too many people put away to easily pin down who might want him dead, Sherlock compliments Detective Bell in these terms.

* Some people who get put on "Blocklists" (a compilation of blogs that range from [[{{Troll}} deliberately inflamatory]] to unironically racist) take it as a point of pride that they got "[[SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome the snowflakes]]" angry.

* In ''Literature/WatershipDown'', the rabbits' ancestral hero is called "Prince with a Thousand Enemies". Since rabbits are prey animals, their mythology is based around this concept; rabbits are awesome because basically every predator around them wants them dead.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Gotham is a WretchedHive. So if Harvey Dent ''doesn't'' have enemies (and a lot of them), then he's no doubt corrupt, as Rachel playfully reminds him after Sal Maroni botches Dent's attempt to prosecute him.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Gotham is a WretchedHive. If the city's District Attorney ''doesn't'' have enemies (and a lot of them) then he's no doubt corrupt.
--> "C'mon, Harvey, you're Gotham's DA. You're not getting shot at you're not doing your job right."

For being nothing more than who I am.\\

* Legendary basketball player Isiah Thomas had experienced being hated along with the rest of the Pistons in the early 90's and states that it isn't such a bad thing. Here's this quote:

* In competitive gaming, there are a variety of saying that say something to the effect of, "[[{{GIFT}} The more racial slurs an enemy player screams at you the more you know you are good player.]]" After they all they wouldn't be nearly as bothered if you weren't doing your job.

* In competitive gaming, there are a variety of saying that say something to the effect of, "[[{{GIFT}} The more racial slurs an enemy player screams at you the more you know you are good player.]]"

-->'''Robin:''' Why doesn't anyone want to kill me?!

Compare MiseryBuildsCharacter if opposition or mistreatment from others is what makes a character stronger. Compare GoodNeedsEvil if having enemies is a necessity. Obviously on the idealistic end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. If so, it can be served as AnAesop if [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop played right]]. Can be the belief of a BloodKnight as far as fighting is concerned. Can be TruthInTelevision [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity for many politics]], [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment but let's leave it at that]]. See also TallPoppySyndrome.

* Invoked by ComicBook/LexLuthor in the GrandFinale of ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.

* A game mechanic in ''VideoGame/Fallout3''. Having Good karma gets Mr. Tenpenny to send the mercs of Tallon Company after you, whereas with Bad karma, it's civilian militias trying to hunt you down. Either way, you get enemies just for being you, but NoPointsForNeutrality.