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Not to be confused with DisproportionateRetribution, which is about committing major evildoings or retaliations over minor slights or petty motives. Evil Is Petty only applies to petty as in minor actions, so murder or anything similarly heinous does not count in any context.

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Not to be confused with DisproportionateRetribution, which is about committing major evildoings or retaliations over minor slights or petty motives. Evil Is Petty only applies to the actions being petty as in minor actions, evils, so murder or anything similarly heinous does not count in any context.

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Now about minor evildoings. Murder and the like is too heinous in any context to count.


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* [[HairTriggerTemper Working themself into a murderous rage at the slightest provocation, irritation, or inconvenience]].
* [[DisproportionateRetribution Exacting terrible revenge on anyone who does anything to slight them, no matter how minor]].
* [[OffingTheAnnoyance Murdering people who irritate them]].



* [[RejectedApology Rejecting a person's sincere apology for even the smallest of mistakes, and punishing them (brutally) for it]].

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* [[RejectedApology Rejecting a person's sincere apology for even the smallest of mistakes, and punishing them (brutally) for it]].mistakes]].



* [[BadBoss Killing or hurting employees, henchmen or servants for no reason]].



* [[FilchingFoodForFun Taking someone else's food.]] [[EnemyEatsYourLunch Bonus points for eating it in front of them.]] Extra bonus points if the person they stole from is poor, and EXTRA bonus points if the person in question is a kid, such as taking candy from a baby.

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* [[FilchingFoodForFun Taking someone else's food.]] food]]. [[EnemyEatsYourLunch Bonus points for eating it in front of them.]] them]]. Extra bonus points if the person they stole from is poor, and EXTRA bonus points if the person in question is a kid, such as taking candy from a baby.



* [[PsychopathicManchild Being extremely immature and throwing massive tantrums when things don't seem to go the way they plan.]]
* [[SpitefulSuicide Killing themselves right in front of someone just to spite or screw them over.]]

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* [[PsychopathicManchild Being extremely immature and throwing massive tantrums when things don't seem to go the way they plan.]]
* [[SpitefulSuicide Killing themselves right in front of someone just to spite or screw them over.]]
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Not to be confused with DisproportionateRetribution, which is about committing major evildoings or retaliations over minor slights or petty motives. Evil Is Petty only applies to petty as in minor actions, so murder or anything similarly heinous does not count in any context.
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** Going hand-in-hand with her egomania, Cinder Fall is driven to uplift herself while bringing everyone else down. If someone she perceives as beneath her gets the better of her, she ''will'' pay them back in the worst way possible, even if doing so is either pointless or detrimental to the long-term plan. She agrees to a deal with Raven to kill Qrow in exchange for her services because it will also allow her to get back at Ruby for maiming her, blowing off Watts' argument that doing so could jeopardize Salem's plans, and when Jaune [[spoiler:damages her eyepatch, she flies into an UnstoppableRage, rants at him for his audacity in thinking he could fight her, and impales Weiss with a flaming javelin reminiscent of Pyrrha's just to spite and hurt him]].

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** Going hand-in-hand with her egomania, [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall Fall]] is driven to uplift herself while bringing everyone else down. If someone she perceives as beneath her gets the better of her, she ''will'' pay them back in the worst way possible, even if doing so is either pointless or detrimental to the long-term plan. She agrees to a deal with Raven to kill Qrow in exchange for her services because it will also allow her to get back at Ruby for maiming her, blowing off Watts' argument that doing so could jeopardize Salem's plans, and when Jaune [[spoiler:damages her eyepatch, she flies into an UnstoppableRage, rants at him for his audacity in thinking he could fight her, and impales Weiss with a flaming javelin reminiscent of Pyrrha's just to spite and hurt him]].

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* [[BadBoss Killing or hurting henchmen for no reason]].

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* [[BadBoss Killing or hurting employees, henchmen or servants for no reason]].reason]].
* [[NiceToTheWaiter Acting superior or downright nasty towards the employees of a business they're patronizing]].



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' gives us Steele: he routinely antagonizes Balto whenever he has the chance and takes extra measures that nobody else but him wins the praise and glory of retrieving the medicine to keep his ego pacified.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' gives us Steele: he routinely antagonizes Balto whenever he has the chance and takes extra measures to ensure that nobody else but him wins the praise and glory of retrieving the medicine to keep his ego pacified.
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!This trope is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17091397050.65533800 under discussion]] in the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': Part of the villain's plan involves framing an innocent person to lull the heroes into a false sense of security. The victim is a pizza guy because he was "surly" and the pizza was cold.

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* Both of the main antagonists of ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' movies have this as part of their motivations:
** ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': The main bad guy [[Characters/TheIncrediblesSyndrome Buddy Pine, aka Syndrome]] began his path to villainy because Mr. Incredible rejected him as a sidekick. Note that the latter only rejected him out of concern for the former's safety, as well as a growing frustration with Buddy's interference in his work. Unfortunately, Buddy never saw it that way.
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''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': Part of the villain's plan involves framing an innocent person to lull the heroes into a false sense of security. The victim is a pizza guy because he was "surly" and the pizza was cold. [[spoiler:It extends to her motives as well; Evelyn's reason for keeping supers illegal is because she blames them for her parents' deaths.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/GrooveSquad'': Both Star and her dad are shown to be this, more so in Star's case —
** Even if Star is arguably just as evil as her dad, it's mostly when it comes to high school-related matters, such as trying take Chrissy's place as their school's head cheerleader and trying to get Fernando to choose her over Chrissy. Star even ends up going to her dad to get him to do something about helping her become her school's head cheerleader.
** After Dr. Nightingale discovers that Chrissy, Ping and Mac are the Groove Squad, he sets a trap by kidnapping Adrien and his dog and forces Adrien to call Chrissy and her friends to get them to come to a fruit-canning warehouse. Dr. Nightingale does not only to prevent the Groove Squad from stopping his plans, but he also does it to help his daughter become the new head cheerleader at Bay City High School.
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'''ComicBook/TheFlash (in [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]'s body):''' No! 'Cause I'm ''evil''.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E8TheGreatBrainRobbery The Great Brain Robbery]]"

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'''ComicBook/TheFlash '''The Flash (in [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]'s Luthor's body):''' No! 'Cause I'm ''evil''.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E8TheGreatBrainRobbery The Great Brain Robbery]]"
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Titan starts a destructive rampage across Metro City destroying many buildings and endangering the inhabitants, simply because he got rejected by Roxanne Ritchi.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': [[JackhammeredConversation Although being interrupted by his cloning machine and not seeming to notice]], Gallaxhar claims to have destroyed his entire home planet simply because he had disagreements with his parents and wife.
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* [[EntitledBastard Expecting exclusive treatment, including from the very people they treat like dirt, for little to no reason beyond their sense of superiority]].

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* [[EntitledBastard Expecting exclusive special treatment, including from the very people they treat like dirt, for little to no reason beyond their sense of superiority]].
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[[caption-width-right:332:"[[StupidEvil A good person would brush his teeth... but not me,]][[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad 'cuz I'm EVIL!]]"]]

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[[caption-width-right:332:"[[StupidEvil A good person would brush his teeth... but not me,]][[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad me]], [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad 'cuz I'm EVIL!]]"]]
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* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'': In addition to all the murder, arson, cannibalism, rape, and rampant drug use, the denizens of Hell are just ''assholes''. Constantly and unnecessarily. Katie Killjoy refuses to shake Charlie's hand because she doesn't touch "the gays," Sir Pentious spends half his time demeaning his own loyal minions, and everyone mocks Charlie's idea for redeeming demons.

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* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'': ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': In addition to all the murder, arson, cannibalism, rape, and rampant drug use, the denizens of Hell are just ''assholes''. Constantly and unnecessarily. Katie Killjoy refuses to shake Charlie's hand because she doesn't touch "the gays," Sir Pentious spends half his time demeaning his own loyal minions, and everyone mocks Charlie's idea for redeeming demons.

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