History Main / KarmicShunning

* In ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'', this is zig-zagged. In elementary school, Shizuku Hoshikawa took it upon herself to help her classmate Ruri Ichinose, a girl who often missed class and fell behind, but her abrasive personality ended up causing her to make backhanded remarks, such as telling Ruri to not worry about being "slow," and eventually escalated to verbal abuse. After Shizuku pushed Ruri from behind while the latter was carrying curry, Ruri's best friend Seri slapped Shizuku and called her out on her bullying, resulting in the formerly popular Shizuku becoming a pariah. That being said, while some of Shizuku's schoolmates ostracized her, Shizuku herself also avoided others, afraid that she would hurt them. Shizuku's family continued to care for her, but Shizuku was unsure if they would hate her if they found out what she had done (although she mentions her mother apologizing to Ruri's mother on her behalf, so perhaps Mrs. Hoshikawa did know). It later turns out that Kaori Asaka, who went to the same elementary school as Ruri and Shizuku, was aware of what Shizuku had done the entire time and loved her anyway despite not downplaying what Shizuku had done. Shizuku, with Kaori's help, apologizes to Ruri, who initially wants nothing to do with her but later becomes open to starting over as acquaintances.

* ''Fanfic/ConsequencesMiraculousLadybug'': Lila in many of the stories ends up having her [[BitchInSheepsClothing true nature exposed]] to everyone, which results in her "[[UnwittingPawn friends]]" turning their backs on her, her mother [[IHaveNoSon disowning her]], and Hawkmoth deciding that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she's no longer useful]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': [[Characters/CocoErnestoDeLaCruz Ernesto De La Cruz]] spent most of his life in the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead as a beloved celebrity and thus was able to live both lives in luxury. This is despite the fact that he did nothing to deserve it, as he killed his best friend Héctor to take credit for his songs. He was even willing to [[WouldHurtAChild murder Miguel]] when [[HeKnowsTooMuch he found out the truth]]. Thankfully, Miguel bounces back, and, with the help of his family, he's able to expose the truth about Ernesto, completely ruining his reputation. To top it off, the Land of the Living eventually finds out the truth as well, which means that Ernesto will be shunned by both realms until he is eventually forgotten completely.

* In ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'', this is zig-zagged. In elementary school, Shizuku Hoshikawa took it upon herself to help her classmate Ruri Ichinose, a girl who often missed class and fell behind, but her abrasive personality ended up causing her to make backhanded remarks, such as telling Ruri to not worry about being "slow," and eventually escalated to verbal abuse. After Shizuku pushed Ruri from behind while the latter was carrying curry, Ruri's best friend Seri slapped Shizuku and called her out on her bullying, resulting in the formerly popular Shizuku becoming a pariah. That being said, while some of Shizuku's schoolmates ostracized her, Shizuku herself also avoided others, afraid that she would hurt them. Shizuku's family continued to care for her, but Shizuku was unsure if they would hate her if they found out what she had done (although she mentions her mother apologizing to Ruri's mother on her behalf, so perhaps Mrs. Hoshikawa did know). It later turns out that Kaori Asaka, who went to the same elementary school as Ruri and Shizuku, was aware of what Shizuku had done the entire time and loved her anyway despite not downplaying what Shizuku had done. Shizuku, with Kaori's help, apologizes to Ruri, who initially wants nothing to do with her but later becomes open to starting over as acquaintances.

** Naru loses her boyfriend Keitaro because of her [[DomesticAbuse abuse]], is isolated by her own friends for her violent behavior, and disowns her own family out of {{pride}}. By the end of the story, Naru ends up having nobody in her life, as all of the people she harmed and cut ties with want ''nothing'' to do with her no matter how much she tries to [[CrossingTheBurntBridge beg for a second chance]].

* ''Fanfic/OneStepAhead'': The entire fanfic is basically Bloo suffering from this; unlike in [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends canon]], where Bloo was EasilyForgiven and [[KarmaHoudini suffered no consequences]] for his actions, Bloo ends up being permanently shunned by the residents of Foster's for his actions in "I Only Have Surprise For You." In addition, contrary to Bloo's expectations, Mac himself has also decided to cut Bloo out of his life to the point where Bloo has to go looking for Mac himself. Worse, Bloo [[NeverMyFault refuses to accept that he's responsible for his isolation]], insisting that Mac is just being a baby who should get over what happened.

* ''{{Fanfic/Syngenesophobia}}'': The Loud sisters are shunned by their friends at school after word gets out that they savagely beat their brother Lincoln almost to the point of killing him.

-->'''Londo:''' It is good to have friends, is it not Mr. Garibaldi, even if only for a little while?
-->'''Garibaldi:''' Even if only for a little while.

-->'''Terry:''' At least I've got you, Skully. Come on.
-->[''Skully shakes its head'']
-->'''Terry:''' I said ''come on''! Let's go!
-->[''Skully quietly slinks into a clay pool and starts turning into a Strong Golem, making a move at Terry in a threatening manner'']
-->'''Terry:''' You... you think I'm the bad guy here? I DON'T WANT ANY OF THIS! '''''FINE!'''''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In "Buster's New Friend," Buster starts spending all of his time with someone named Mike--to the point of ignoring his other responsibilities and friendships. The kids decide to pull this trope on him with the silent treatment, with Francine [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] that it's a "pretty harsh" punishment. Unfortunately, Buster is so enraptured with Mike that he [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint fails to notice that they're ignoring him]]. By the end of the episode, though, everything is resolved--it turns out that Mike is part of a Big Brother-Big Sister program that Buster's mother signed him up for, and Buster apologizes to Arthur (and, it's implied, everyone else) for being a bad friend.

-->'''Vlad:''' Jack, you have to help me! You wouldn't turn your back on an old friend, would you?
-->'''Jack:''' An old friend? No. You? Yes!
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "Ponyville Confidential", [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTheCutieMarkCrusaders The Cutie Mark Crusaders]] form Gabby Gums as part of their school's newspaper and begin publishing a gossip column with salacious stories about the adult ponies in town. Though at first the gossip is well-received, they eventually begin to publicly embarrass various ponies, which leads to all of Ponyville shunning the Cutie Mark Crusaders once they're exposed as Gabby Gums. In a twist, this is partial KarmicMisfire; while the Cutie Mark Crusaders were the ones to obtain and publish all the juicy rumors, it was Diamond Tiara being their boss that led to it in the first place and prevented them from stopping before they went too far because she had blackmailed them.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamilyLouderAndProuder'' episode "[[Recap/TPFLouderAndProuderS1E4FatherFigures Father Figures]]," the eponymous family rightfully shuns Oscar due to his homophobic behavior towards Maya and KG's two dads. To Oscar's credit, he did apologize for his actions at the end.

** In "The Box," Ms. Finster [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this trope by developing the titular punishment for rule-breaking: a square of chalk drawn on the playground. Any child sent to the Box is not allowed to cross its lines or talk to anyone outside of it. While the kids initially laugh off the Box, it only takes ten minutes of being inside it for T.J. to [[HeroicBSOD completely break down]] and become a whimpering wreck. Thankfully, the rest of the gang is able to snap him out of it by the episode's end.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E18BusinessAsUsual Business As Usual]]," Quark is down on this luck and goes into business with his cousin Gaila and their partner Hagath selling arms. While his finances improve, Quark is arrested. Quark is freed because Hagath has pull with the Bajoran government (he sold them arms) and Quark doesn't sell arms at the station -- he just gives demos in his hole-suites. While clear of the law, the crew of [=DS9=] shun Quark and Federation officers avoid his bar.

** Koalla Su ends up getting arrested for injuring several people with her Mecha-Tamas, in addition to owning illegal technology that includes mind-control devices and nuclear weapons. As a result the kingdom of Molmol, in order to [[{{Realpolitik}} maintain good relations with Japan]] decides to disown Su.

** Naru loses her boyfriend Keitaro, because of her [[DomesticAbuse abuse]], is isolated by her own friends for her violent behavior, and disowns her own family out of {{pride}}. By the end of the story, Naru ends up having nobody in her life, as all of the people she harmed and cut ties with want ''nothing'' to do with her no matter how much she tries to [[CrossingTheBurntBridge beg for a second chance]].

* In the last season of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', all of [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman Bojack's]] bad behavior from the previous five seasons comes back to haunt him, as he is investigated for Sarah Lynn's death, leading to the revelation that he had the opportunity to call for help when she overdosed but procrastinated while trying to figure out how to spin the incident to the cops. In the aftermath, he is abandoned by all of his friends and shunned by most of Hollywood. He bounces back from this by the end of the series to a degree, as Todd, Princess Carolyn and Mr. Peanutbutter all allow him back into their lives (albeit with extreme caution and at arm's length, save for Peanutbutter who goes as far as letting Bojack live with him) and while in prison he began to make steps towards getting his acting career running back up restoring part of his tarnished reputation, however Diane still leaves him for good so he won't continue being a bad influence on her well-being and all the other burnt bridges aren't fixed.

* In the last season of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', all of [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman Bojack's]] bad behavior from the previous five seasons comes back to haunt him, as he is investigated for Sarah Lynn's death, leading to the revelation that he had the opportunity to call for help when she overdosed but procrastinated while trying to figure out how to spin the incident to the cops. In the aftermath, he is abandoned by all of his friends and shunned by most of Hollywood.

* ''Holiday Outrage'': Human Twilight learns about how, one year ago, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWHolidays2014 Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo framed Sunset for cyberbullying out of jealousy]], [[PrankGoneTooFar only confessing when her subsequent shunning got out of hand]]. Sunset relates that, following the incident, the CMC were shunned even worse than she was; they were slapped with a two-week suspension from school, got disciplined at home, had criminal records made of them, and had their phones bugged by the police until they turn eighteen. Their reputation at school got so bad that they eventually got attacked in the girls' bathroom, prompting Sunset, Celestia, and Luna to hold an assembly urging the student body to forgive them. Celestia told Sunset that she had the right to press charges and even sue them, but she decided against it, saying that they'd suffered enough.

->''"For years I've been rushing around, [[{{Greed}} taking whatever I've fancied]], [[ItsAllAboutMe not giving a tinker's curse for those I hurt]], and here I am! [[BeCarefulWhatYouwishFor With riches and reputation, feeling no wiser than when I left home.]] Yet when I turn around and look at the course I've run, there's not a man or woman that I love left standing beside me."''
-->--'''Edward Kenway''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag''

->''"For years I've been rushing around, [[{{Greed}} taking whatever I've fancied]], [[ItsAllAboutMe not giving a tinker's curse for those I hurt]], and yet here I am! [[BeCarefulWhatYouwishFor With riches and reputation, feeling no wiser than when I left home.]] Yet when I turn around and look at the course I've run, there's not a man or woman that I love left standing beside me."''