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** Giles in a later episode when he gets turn into a demon. He humorously tries to put on a favored shirt of his but it's get torn by horns growing in his body much to his dismay.
* In ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'', Mr. Dreisdale's (Jed's Banker who wishes to keep the titular Hillbillies happy) first introduction to Jed Clampet (the patriarch) is when he grabs a ruffian who was holding up the workers at the Clampet estate and asks if he knew of Jed Clampet. Jed's response is along the lines of "I am Jed Clampet and I'd appreciate it if you let go of my Sunday shirt." In a very (uncharacteristically) angry tone.

* [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]] was extremely protective of his "$5000 shirts".

-->"That's me favorite shirt. ''{{beat}}'' [[LimitedWardrobe That's me ]]''[[LimitedWardrobe only ]]''[[LimitedWardrobe shirt]]!"

-->"That's me favorite shirt. ''[[beat]]'' [[LimitedWardrobe That's me ]]''[[LimitedWardrobe only ]]''[[LimitedWardrobe shirt]]!"

* Used without the BerserkButton in a Star Wars [[Literature/NewJediOrder NJO]] novel. [[ProudWarriorRace Barabel]] Jedi Tesar Sebatyne gets shot during a boarding action. Leia asks how bad it is. The response? "Bad... my best robe. This really ''burns'' me." Then he laughs and goes to kick all kinds of rear, [[BadAss since that's how Barabels are]].

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** Also in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', a normal agent does this when Morpheus cuts his tie.

*** [[FridgeLogic Won't they get them back next time they "infect" a person?]]
*** Maybe they're just really pissed off by the insolence of mere humans, rather than the loss of clothing.
*** It shows weakness. They don't like that.

* ''Film/AceVentura: When Nature Calls'': "All right...that's it! This 'White Devil' thing has gone far enough. Nobody! Messes! With The 'DO!" He then proceeds to get his butt kicked.

* On ''{{Friends}}'', Chandler does this to Joey by pulling on the back of his jersey during their thanksgiving football game.

* In TheBeverlyHillbillies, Mr. Dreisdale's (Jed's Banker who wishes to keep the titular Hillbillies happy) first introduction to Jed Clampet (the patriarch) is when he grabs a ruffian who was holding up the workers at the Clampet estate and asks if he knew of Jed Clampet. Jed's response is along the lines of "I am Jed Clampet and I'd appreciate it if you let go of my Sunday shirt." In a very (uncharacteristically) angry tone.

* ''AceVentura: When Nature Calls'': "All right...that's it! This 'White Devil' thing has gone far enough. Nobody! Messes! With The 'DO!"
** He then proceeds to get his butt kicked.

* A moment from the ''TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' that got a lot of play in YouTubePoop videos was Luigi throwing Mario's "favorite record" into the fire. Mario is not pleased.

* In an episode of ''TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Billy sprays Grim with coffee and he says "Not again! And it was me good robe too!"

* ''CelebrityDeathmatch'': ChristopherWalken, who has been behaving in an AffablyEvil way up to this point in his match, [[UnstoppableRage turns homicidal]] after Gary Oldman messes up his hair.

* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' Bun-Bun has this reaction when Aylee accidentally erases his ''{{Baywatch}}'' tapes. He goes even more homicidal than usual. "I'm going to hunt you all down if it takes ''forever''! I'm going to be the ''freaking Terminator'' on your collective butts! I will ''never'' stop! ''Never!'' ''NEVER!''"

* Related, though not quite fitting as it's not a human destroying it: one ''{{Seinfeld}}'' episode features Jerry lamenting the slow death of "Golden Boy", his best shirt, slowly fading to the point of being unwearable due to overwashing.

In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama'', while fighting two of the Diablo robots, Kim gets shot at by one of their lasers, and while she's not hurt, the hem of her prom dress is burnt pretty bad. Needless to say, Kim was not happy.

In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossibleSoTheDrama'', while fighting two of the Diablo robots, Kim gets shot at by one of their lasers, and while she's not hurt, the hem of her prom dress is burnt pretty bad. Needless to say, Kim was not happy.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'' in "Impeach Fuzz":

* Used as a MajorInjuryUnderreaction in ''[[Discworld.TheTruth The Truth]]'', by Otto Chriek. When he's stabbing in the chest by [[spoiler: William's father]] in the climax, his response is irritation that he can't keep his nice shirts clean.

* When ComicBook/{{Superboy}} had to capture the former Intergang boss Steelhand (to have it televised by the WGBS chanel), a bus hits him against a building and causes an explosion. He is unscathed, save for... "Okay, one thing is trying to kill me... but that was my ONLY jacket!" He even brought it again during Tana Moon's interview. Luckily, WGBS agreed to provide him of a supply of jackets as part of his contract.

* In the first episode of ''{{Rugrats}}'', Stu shouts "My favorite shirt!". A bit later, he gets a new one and gets ruined again, this time saying "My ''other'' favorite shirt!".
* Rocko from ''RockosModernLife'' had both a lucky shirt (which got lost on Laundry Day) and a closet ''full'' of shirts of the same design.
* In ''BeavisAndButthead'', when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Beavis in a runaway rolling tire]] causes Todd to spill a drop of his beer on his good jeans, he proceeds to kick the crap out of Beavis off-screen. Butt-head, true friend that he is, revels in it.

* In [[GenderBender Ranma]] and [[TheRival Ryouga's]] first duel in ''RanmaOneHalf'', Ryouga rips a tear across Ranma's shirt. The latter complains about it being his favorite shirt, and the former calls him "[[BerserkButton a girl]]" for whining about it in the middle of a man-to-man fight. That was about the last thing Ryouga should have called [[GenderBender him]]. Later on, that same rip gives Ryouga quite an [[{{Fanservice}} eyeful]] when Ranma inevitably transforms.

* ''ThePowerPuffGirls'' in "Impeach Fuzz":

-->"That's me favorite shirt. That's me ''only'' shirt!"

* Used without the BerserkButton in a Star Wars [[NewJediOrder NJO]] novel. [[ProudWarriorRace Barabel]] Jedi Tesar Sebatyne gets shot during a boarding action. Leia asks how bad it is. The response? "Bad... my best robe. This really ''burns'' me." Then he laughs and goes to kick all kinds of rear, [[BadAss since that's how Barabels are]].

* In ''SamuraiJack'', Jack encounters the very time portal he is destined to take back to the past... and finds it guarded by an incredibly formidable warrior. As their battle drags on, well... "That was my favorite suit you just ruined!"
* In ''ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''... well... Randal, in harsh captivity, tears his shirt and writes a note to Dante on it in his blood, which ends with "Also, I ruined the shirt I borrowed from you."

* ''{{Grenadier}}'' - The manga opens with a bunch of mooks damaging Rushuna's hat. She goes ballistic, shoots them, and gets repaid for it by the dazed goons.

-->'''Mimi''': That's it! That is a designer blouse!