History Main / ObliviousGuiltSlinging

* In Episode 6 of the ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' anime, Haru spends 300 points to level up, leaving him with only eight points left; if he loses even once, he'll lose Brain Burst forever. Because of that, he keeps it secret from Kuroyukihime when he meets with her, and when they discuss their future plans, he acts as though he hasn't leveled up yet. Kuroyukihime warns him not to level up without enough points in reserve and tells him that he won't be stupid enough to make that mistake, unaware that he already did.

* In the main storyline of ''[[VideoGame/NoMansSky No Man's Sky]]'', the Last Traveller/player character has been trying to meet a fellow Traveller named Artemis, whose is in another universe and is desperate to meet another Traveller. Hoever, it turns out that she's [[DeadAllAlong dead already]], and her consciousness is somehow trapped in between universes. The player has the option to let her die for good, or save her consciosness into a simulated universe. If you save her, you can either tell her the truth, or [[IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy lie and say that you are still looking for her, and that you will meet up eventually]]. if you do that, then she will contact you ocassionally, talking about the things you'll do together when you finally meet, and how happy she is to not be alone anymore.

* ''Literature/WatershipDown''. After being offered shelter in Cowslip's warren, Hazel's rabbits are asked to tell a story, so they offer to tell of their adventures. Their hosts respond with a clearly uncomfortable silence, so they decide to tell a traditional folktale instead. After TheReveal about the true nature of the warren, Fiver explains why: No-one wants to hear of brave deeds [[TownWithADarkSecret when they're ashamed of their own]], or an honest tale from someone they're deceiving.

* Happens in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' between WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic. He goes on about how nice she is and how much he trusts her while she's trying to kill him to gain his power. Her being TheSociopath, she just finds this more awkward than painful.

-->-- Johnny to Mark, who is having an affair with Lisa, ''Film/TheRoom''

** In the ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' ''Ringed City'' DLC: When the player brings the [[spoiler:blood of the Dark Soul]] to the Painter, she'll thank you and ponder when her uncle Gael will come home, as she wants to make her painting as a kindly home for him. Thing is, [[spoiler:you ''killed'' Gael in order to get that blood.]] YouBastard.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': While Bob and Helen are drying their stuff after Bob accidentally sets the sprinklers off, Helen expresses her gratitude to Bob for sticking with his job and supporting their family despite how frustrating it is and how much he misses being a superhero. She does not know that Bob actually blew cover by accidentally outing himself as a super [[NoodleIncident again]] and lost his job. As a result, Bob decides not to tell her and instead decides to accept the mysterious job offer he received from Mirage, lying that he was promoted and is going to an out-of-town conference for a few days.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Sōichirō does this to Light a ''lot''. He's always ready to step in and defend his son when L accuses Light of being Kira, and talks about how proud he is of the mature and honest man Light has grown into. Initially, Light just ignores his father's behavior, but in [[spoiler: the chapters leading up to Sōichirō's death]] he seems increasingly affected by it.
* ''Manga/Overlord2012'': Ainz is nothing but an ordinary human transported into a world (that works a lot like the MMO he spent all his free time on) as a ridiculously powerful lich. His subordinates (created by his guildmates) all believe him to be the pinnacle of the EvilGenius, EvilOverlord and SorcerousOverlord all in one and praise his every move as another step in an ingenious plan they would never have thought of in a million years. Ainz is very thankful his SkullForAHead doesn't show emotion at times like these, because their absolute sincerity hurts him the same way a father wouldn't want to disappoint his children.
* In Episode 6 of the ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' anime, Haru spends 300 points to level up, leaving him with only eight points left; if he loses even once, he'll lose Brain Burst forever. Because of that, he keeps it secret from Kuroyukihime when he meets with her, and when they discuss their future plans, he acts as though he hasn't leveled up yet. Kuroyukihime warns him not to level up without enough points in reserve and tells him that he won't be stupid enough to make that mistake, unaware that he already did.
* In ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji'', in a flashback some time after Biko graduates from Rio's tutelage, Biko notices that Rio hasn't made any magical tools for a year, and concludes something is wrong with her. Biko reminds Rio of something Rio once said- that you can keep going through hard times if you have someone close to you- and then asks if she can be that person for Rio now that [[spoiler:Rio's mother is dead]]. Rio then says that she's "a fool" for not realizing that she had Biko, [[spoiler:but back then, she'd already betrayed the MLS and joined Enchu, so she believes it's too late for her to go back]].

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* ''Fanfic/BlackbirdArrow'': Quentin unknowingly did this every time he drunkenly insulted Laurel in Sara's presence, as she knew Laurel didn't leave him by choice, having been traded to the League of Assassins by Dinah in exchange for Sara's freedom. That is probably why she didn't leave Dinah to move in with him until after Laurel is rescued from the League.
* Izuku does this in ''FanFic/ConversationsWithACryptid'' when All For One asks him about his family. When Izuku talks about his DisappearedDad Hisashi, he says that he has no real relationship with his father except bitterness because his abandonment was so hard on Inko. [[spoiler:Izuku doesn't know that All for One ''is'' Hisashi and was so distant because of his criminal enterprises.]]
* ''Fanfic/DarknessBurning'': This occurs during Anna and Elsa's first time talking to each other on their own accord in possibly ''years''. The conversation ends when Anna accidentally says "I guess there's a lot about me you don't know" to her reclusive sister, causing Elsa to shut down again and go back into her room.
* ''FanFic/DekuIThinkHesSomePro'': When Izuku admits to Sir Nighteye that he's honestly a little jealous of how Mirio's Quirk has mutated to grant him SuperStrength while he remains Quirkless, Nighteye can't help but wince. After all, he's aware that it's ''not'' a random mutation, but that [[ForWantOfANail All Might passed his Quirk on to Mirio]]... something he did on Nighteye's recommendation.
* ''Fanfic/DirtyLittleSecrets'' revolves around the FandomSpecificPlot of [[CompellingVoice Hitoshi Shinso]] replacing [[StickySituation Mineta Minoru]] in Class 1-A. However, rather than Mineta getting expelled for his perverted antics, he disappears after a party... which Shinso has [[WhatDidIDoLastNight fragmented memories]] of, leading to him fearing that he may have used his MindControl Quirk irresponsibly. As a result, all the praise he receives from his parents, former and current classmates for making it into the Hero Course also doubles as this, particularly as he grapples with the fear that [[spoiler:Mineta might have ''died'' due to his actions]].
* After Monoma is seriously injured in his match against Izuku in ''FanFic/TheEmancipators'', Toshinori takes his protégé aside to comfort and reassure him, believing him to be shaken by the sight. What he doesn't realize is that Izuku deliberately manipulated Monoma into [[BriarPatching doing exactly what he wanted]] -- and in fact, the reason his opponent's [[PowerCopying Copy Quirk]] worked on him is ''because'' he wanted him to steal One For All and hurt himself trying to use it. His sincere efforts only intensify Izuku's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified self-realization]], leading to him getting physically ill.
* ''Fanfic/FashionUpgrade'':
** After Bustier bails on her class rather than help them through a crisis, Adrien swallows his frustration and offers her comfort rather than a callout, reminding her "Aren't you the one who's always telling us it's okay to ask for help when we're stressed out?" Ironically, this causes her to dissolve completely into tears; the incident has forced her to realize how much she pressured Marinette to handle ''her'' problems all by herself, to the point that ''Bustier'' couldn't handle things without Marinette there to shunt matters off onto.
** Adrien tells Nino about the Lila situation [[IHaveThisFriend through the filter of having a 'model friend' dealing with it]]. While offering advice, Nino explains how staying silent about the lying would be the ''worst'' thing his friend could do, as he's just enabling matters to get worse and leaving the liar's victims to suffer. Adrien can't help but squirm uneasily.
* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5227982/chapters/12055802 I Knew You Were Trouble]]'', Oliver recalls how he cheated on Laurel almost immediately after they started dating. He was so guilt ridden by it he became genuinely ill...and Laurel came to nurse him back to health. Naturally, this only further convinced him that he didn't deserve her.
* ''FanFic/LadyBugOut'': After a new Cat Hero debuts, most of Adrien's classmates rave about how much more impressive and professional they are compared to Chat Noir, and how much happier Ladybug seems to be now that she has a partner who takes their job seriously. None of them realize that Adrien ''was'' Chat Noir, and that their comments are driving salt into the wound.
* {{Downplayed}} in ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': When discussing the identity of the man who sabotaged the gates of King's Landing during Daenerys' attack, Tyrion offhandedly wonders if he might have run into Jaime (who was last known to be near the walls on the day of the incident). As the Wolf is behind both the sabotage and Jaime's abduction, he gets noticeably annoyed and changes the subject, although Tyrion puts it down to nerves from not killing anything recently.
* In ''Fanfic/SomethingInTheNight'', Chat Noir makes a false report to conceal his encounter with Ladybug and defends it to a suspicious Chief Roux. He then talks with his SecretKeeper Thomas and tells him the same story. Thomas replies, "I didn’t think you’d lie about something like this," and later praises him for how well he's stuck to his agreement over the years, causing Adrien considerable guilt about deceiving his closest friend on the force.
* Volume II, Chapter 9 of ''FanFic/SpectacularSeven'' sees Artemis doting on his niece, the LonelyRichKid Moondancer. Because Artemis is giving her unbridled attention and affection with no strings attached, Moondancer feels awful BeneathTheMask, especially when he confides in her that a magical artifact was stolen. Unknown to Artemis, Moondancer helped orchestrate the theft at the behest of [[TheManBehindTheMan her benefactor]] [[spoiler:Tempest Shadow, who had Moondancer exploit Lamia to steal from her own family]]. Moondancer feels so guilty that she briefly considers telling Artemis the truth and asking for his help, but [[IgnoredEpiphany lets the moment pass, choosing instead to brush it off]].
* In ''Fanfic/{{Suikakasen}}'', Kasen pretends to give Yoshika hermit training so that she can gather information needed to get past [[SomeKindOfForcefield the gate Rajoumon]], and intends on killing her once she can get past the gate's barrier. As such, Kasen prepares to covertly off Yoshika while the latter was lying in her lap during a trip to a mountaintop. Moments before she can do the deed however, Yoshika requests permission to continue lying in Kasen's lap and begins to cry, saying that every day they spent together was wonderful, but that [[MortalityPhobia she can't stop thinking about the day she dies whenever she is alone]]. As Yoshika's reasoning for wanting to become a hermit is that she wants to become immortal, Kasen [[HeelRealization realizes that she toyed with Yoshika's emotions]] and confesses the truth about who she is and that she used her.
* ''FanFic/ATacticiansTestimony'': In "Footsteps of Fate," Lyn recalls that many people are [[FantasticRacism prejudiced against Sacaeans]] due to their ways of life, and tells Katri she's glad she isn't like that and is so kind. Unbeknownst to Lyn, Katri ''is'' [[NobleBigot prejudiced against Sacaeans]], and remarks in [[LemonyNarrator her narration]] that she's never felt so guilty in her life.
* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''FanFic/TruthAndConsequences'': Ladybug ''thinks'' Adrien is doing this when he gives a toast in her honor, proclaiming how trustworthy and honest she is, after she [[FaceHeelTurn secretly made a deal with Hawk Moth]], betraying Chat in the process. In reality, Adrien ''is'' Chat Noir, and [[PassiveAggressiveKombat very aware of the affect his words have]] on his [[EvilFormerFriend ex-partner]].
* In ''Fanfic/UnexpectedSurprise'', Nino says a couple of times how he would love to get his hands on Chat Noir for leaving Marinette alone and pregnant... right in front of Adrien, who already beats himself up for it far harder than Nino could ever hope to.
* ''Fanfic/ViridianTheGreenGuide'': When Katsuki attempts to apologize to Izuku for all the years he spent bullying him, Izuku brushes him off, insisting that things weren't really that bad. This only serves to drive home to Katsuki just how much damage he did, as Izuku internalized and accepted all the abuse.
* In ''Fanfic/WolfInTheStreetsSardineInTheSheets'', Fenrich was hired to assassinate Valvatorez and kidnap one of the kids under his care. He ends up working at the rehabilitation center as a volunteer, and Valvatorez's sincere faith in his supposed nobility and earnest praise quickly worms its way under his skin.
* Chapter 7 of ''Fanfic/XCOMFromTheAshesOfTemples'' has [[TheMedic Valdez]] happily thanking Bradford for letting him back on the field, which allowed him to save the life of the VIP who would have died otherwise. The same VIP he saved had just been sacrificed by Bradford for the sake of information just hours earlier.
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* ''Series/TheAffair'': As Alison begins an affair with Noah, the amount of compliments she gets for being such a great wife to Cole steadily increase.
* ''Series/{{All Creatures Great And Small|1978}}''. Tristan, having [[BrilliantButLazy failed his finals]] once again, hid it from his brother and dropped smoking, alcohol and laziness in order to get him in a mellow mood. Siegfried was so impressed that, after proposing a toast to Tristan, he offered him a partnership in the practice -- once he'd got his degree, of course. The audience cringes on Tristan's behalf for a good five minutes (Peter Davison does horrified/guilty/hurt puppy very well); after the explosion Tristan bounces back into his usual form, completely unruffled. The same cannot be said for the audience, who now want to strangle him.
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'':
** In "Betrayal", Tommy Merlyn complains to Oliver Queen about Laurel Lance keeping secret her meetings with the Arrow, when Oliver is the Arrow himself and keeping that secret from Tommy.
** In "Birds of Prey", Thea Queen tells her brother that he's the only person who has never hidden anything from her. Not only is Oliver hiding that he's the Arrow, he's just discovered that Thea is the lovechild of an extramarital affair their mother had with Malcolm Merlyn.
** In "Three Ghosts", Thea asks Oliver to help remove an arrow from the leg of her boyfriend Roy Harper. Oliver (in his Arrow disguise) was the one who put in there, to stop Roy running off and doing something stupid.
** In "Corto Maltese", Ray Palmer complains to Felicity Smoak about "some whacko" blowing up QC's Applied Sciences building last year. Felicity not only took part in the raid with Team Arrow but thought up the idea in the first place.
--->'''Felicity:''' I'm suuuurrre they had their reasons...
** In "Lost in the Flood", a family of H.I.V.E. drones [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans justify their actions]] by saying to Oliver how many people have promised to save this city, but have not delivered.
** In "Promises Kept", Diggle explains to the team about his combat shakes and [[spoiler: the drug he's been using to combat them]], and makes a particular point of telling Dinah (who knew about the shakes but not [[spoiler: the drug]], and hadn't told the others because he told her he was better) that there'll be no more secrets between them. Dinah, who just let the Vigilante escape because [[spoiler: he turned out to be her ex-partner]], repeats, "No more secrets".
* In ''Series/AustinAndAlly'', this happens to Austin every time he lies to Ally.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': In "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows The Coming of Shadows]]", G'Kar gives Londo a friendly greeting after learning that the Centauri Emperor's visit was intended as a gesture of reconciliation. Londo is horrified by [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the realization]] that the attack he has already set in motion is destroying what would have otherwise been an opportunity for peace.
* ''Series/{{Barry}}'': The title character, a war veteran and aspiring actor who is secretly working as an assassin, admits that he feels guilty about the people he's killed, but makes it sound like he's just talking about his war experiences. His supportive class members assure him that killing in war is entirely justified, and only killing ''outside'' of battle is unforgivable. Barry is visibly crestfallen.
* In ''Series/BreakingBad'', after going through Gale's notes on Walt's technique, Hank comments that if he [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood had used his knowledge for good]] he could've been of great help to humanity. This hurts Walt for three reasons as A. Walt was the real mastermind with wasted potential he was talking about, B. [[spoiler:Gale had real talent of his own but Walt had him killed to save his own skin]], and C. Walt was too {{pride}}ful to let others take credit for his work, which leads to him dropping a massive hint to Hank that the real Heisenberg was still out there.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E8LoversWalk Lover's Walk]]", Willow and Xander develop a sudden attraction to each other. At the same time, Oz gives Willow a present to celebrate her new identity as a witch. Willow, who already felt bad, is driven nearly frantic by this, and sets out to find a way to stop things with Xander before they go any further. Further compounded by Xander noticing that his girlfriend Cordelia is putting up pictures of the two of them in her locker as opposed to just pictures of herself like before to show that she is treating the relationship more seriously and increasing his guilt.
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E13DeadThings Dead Things]]", Buffy is neglecting her duties to have a SecretRelationship with vampire Spike involving BDSM and lots of torrid sex. Naturally the Scoobies tell her how hard she must be working, "being all tied up" and "pounding the big evil".
** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E18KilledByDeath Killed by Death]]", Joyce (who's not yet in on the {{Masquerade}}) walks in on the Scoobies discussing the MonsterOfTheWeek. Everyone quickly shuts up, causing Joyce to quip that she's interrupted a secret meeting. Cue unconvincing laughs.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'':
** A good example of this as Casey is supposed to kill Chuck once he's no longer useful, but especially in one of the more recent episodes, Chuck acts in a friendly way which makes Casey have reservations about doing this.
** Another good example occurs [[spoiler:when Sarah is told to bring in Chuck in the episode "Chuck Versus the First Kill", and Chuck notes how she's the only one he believes he can trust. Sarah ends up not going through with the assignment, instead escaping with Chuck to find his father]].
* This happens a lot on ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', seeing as the entire premise is a cop (blood spatter analyst, to be exact) who's also a SerialKillerKiller. The main "slingers" are Dexter's sister Deb and his girlfriend Rita, but sometimes his coworkers also make a few remarks that by all means hit home. Dexter's internal monologue often comments on how oblivious they are to the fact that the entirely likable guy in their midst is really a killer.
* Played for laughs in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E6Extremis Extremis]]". Bill, the Doctor's companion and an out lesbian, has brought a girl she fancies, named Penny, to her step-mother's flat. Penny is a bit nervous about the whole thing, and Bill tells her that whatever their relationship is at this point, they have no need to feel guilty about this. Cue the Pope walking into the room, irate and muttering in Italian. Of course, unbeknownst to Bill or Penny, his irate muttering is because the TARDIS dropped them off at Bill's place instead of the Vatican.
* In the ''Series/EnemyAtTheDoor'' episode "Jealousy", a man whose business is being investigated by the authorities as an alleged cover for black market activity attempts to reassure his distraught sister by telling her there's no truth in it and the anonymous author of the allegation must be insane or just plain malicious. What the audience knows by this point, but he doesn't, is that his sister made the anonymous tip-off in an attempt to get his wife in trouble.
* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "[[Recap/FireflyE09Ariel Ariel]]", after escaping the authorities, Simon talks enthusiastically about how he and River would be dead if not for Jayne, not knowing that [[spoiler:he had betrayed them, and the only reason he helped them escape is that the Feds were going to arrest him too, instead of giving him the reward money]].
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': After Carlton [[VerySpecialEpisode accidentally takes some speed]] from Will's locker, Will feels responsible. When Phil decides to give Will his graduation present early and tells him he is proud of him, Will says he can't accept it and confesses.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** In one episode, during the period that Chandler and Monica's relationship was secret, Ross confessed to Chandler that he'd been dating Janice. [[MilhollandRelationshipMoment Chandler didn't care]], leading to this:
--->'''Chandler:''' Why would I be mad?\\
'''Ross:''' Because, you know, there are rules about this stuff. You don't fool around with your friends' ex-girlfriends, or possible girlfriends, or girls they're related to.\\
''[pause]''\\
'''Chandler:''' I ''am'' mad. But you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna forgive you! Because that's what friends do! They forgive their friends when they do everything you just said, all on the list there. But I want you to ''remember'' that I forgave you. And that I let you live here rent-free! And... that I gave you... twenty... SEVEN dollars!
** A more straight example is when Chandler kisses Joey's girlfriend Kathy while Joey is out; when Kathy subsequently dumps Joey, Joey gives Chandler his blessing to go after Kathy because Chandler was a good enough friend to ask him first. This guilts Chandler into revealing why Kathy broke up with Joey, and Joey -- who hates being lied to -- is angry at him through the next episode.
* In ''Series/{{Galavant}}'', there's an entire song in which Galavant declares his love for Madelena. He's completely unaware that she no longer loves him, and so she responds that [[ExactWords she loves him "as much as someone like her can love anyone"]].
* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': In season 1, Michael confides in how hard he's taking all the things that are going wrong in his very first Good Place community, not understanding what could be causing it all and blaming himself. Eleanor knows exactly what's wrong: she doesn't belong there. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted with TheReveal that ThisIsntHeaven and Michael knows full well that Eleanor is a bad person]].
* ''Series/HannahMontana'':
** There are quite a few episodes where Miley does something mean to someone who tirelessly forgives her by saying how nice she is and how it was really his/her fault right before Miley does something ''worse''.
** In one episode, Miley, Lily, and Oliver make full use of the Hannah Montana image to raise a lot of money for a fundraiser, mostly to beat their enemies Amber and Ashley, but come around when they realize how much [[GranolaGirl Sarah]] actually worked for her money.
** In the series finale, Miley seriously considers accepting a movie role, which would require her to go back on her promise to go to college with Lily. When she tries to talk to Lily about it, Lily starts gushing about how happy she is that Miley is going to college with her instead of going on a world tour or accepting some movie offer.
* The ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' episode "iPromise Not to Tell" has Carly get a B on the history report she worked so hard on (because she printed it on three-hole paper which the teacher hates), so Sam hacks into the school computer and changes the grade to an A so she's happy. But Carly refuses to accept a falsated grade, and becomes more guilt-ridden when she was forced to ankle-swear with Sam to not tell anyone about it, leading her to experience a HumiliationConga over the course of the episode. The guilt eventually bites her too much that she couldn't take it anymore and had to tell the truth.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', JD tries to impress his new girlfriend by paying a hobo to fake a heart attack, so he can "save his life". Kylie is impressed, but mostly by how "genuine" he is.
-->'''Kylie:''' James [her ex] lied to me all the time. It's good to be thwith someone I can trust.\\
'''J.D.:''' Cool. ''[internal monologue]'' Oh, no.
* In "Indiscretions", a sixth season episode of ''Series/{{Highlander}}'', Joe Dawson is being blackmailed and has to deliver Adam Pierson (AKA Methos) to an immortal. They're driving to an ambush when Methos starts telling him he feels there's a bond between them and "Who'd have ever thought I'd end up with a watcher as my best friend?"... by the time they arrive, night has fallen and Methos ''is still going on''. [[spoiler:Joe then yells at him to shut up and guiltily admits it's a trap. Methos' answer? "Now that wasn't so hard, was it?". Turns out Methos is GenreSavvy and knew everything from the get-go.]]
--> '''Joe:''' [[spoiler:Why did you drag this out?]]\\
'''Methos:''' [[spoiler:''[grins]'' [[ItAmusedMe I'm easily amused.]]]]
* ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'': Claire gets this from Trisha, the First Lady. After spending a better part of season two [[spoiler:helping Frank destroy the President's political career and putting his marriage on the rocks, Trisha calls Claire and tells her that "she's a good person." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36kRfH6PGXs Claire breaks down crying at the end of the call]]]].
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. In "Tender is the Nate", Hank Heywood barges into Ava Sharpe's office and starts complaining about the Legend's expenses, not knowing that he's [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupted her making out]] with Sara Lance.
-->'''Hank:''' If I didn't know any better I'd say you were in bed with the Legends! ''[Reveal Shot of Sara hiding under the table running a hand up Ava's leg]'' Either that or this Captain Lance is simply screwing you! ''[Ava gives a guilty start]''
* In ''Series/LifeWithBoys'' Tess's father is a master of it, whenever Tess is about to fess up her father starts gushing about how good an example Tess is and she chickens out. She does finally give in each episode and they reach an understanding.
* ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'':
** Juliana's mother tells her that she was afraid that her other daughter Trudy is dead because she had the same foreboding feeling that she had when her first husband died during the war, but is sure that Trudy's alright because the feeling went away the next morning. Juliana knows all too well that her sister is most likely dead by this point because of their involvement in the resistance.
** After Obergruppenfuhrer John Smith is told that his only son has a degenerative muscle disease and that he should euthanize him, he's conflicted between his love for his son and what he feels is his 'duty' to give him a painless death. While he's looking at family pictures of his now deceased brother (who had the same affliction), Smith's wife Helen says that she thinks it's a good thing to kill the infirm, ignorant of her child's condition.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** In the first episode of ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', Bucky tries to befriend his neighbor Yori and the bartender girl Leah; the former opens up to him about the pain of losing his son and not knowing how or why it happened. It brings Bucky immense guilt considering he was the one who killed Yori's son (as the brainwashed Winter Soldier, because the son had accidentally witnessed Bucky assassinating his targets during a mission).
* ''Series/{{Merlin 2008}}'':
** One episode had King Uther tell Gaius "You're the only one I can trust in the fight against magic." Gaius then shares an uncomfortable glance with his protege, Merlin.
** This happened twice to Merlin in the episode "The Sins of the Father". Arthur told Merlin that those who practice magic are evil and dangerous and he was grateful to Merlin, who "helped" him realize it. Later, Uther told Merlin he was a great ally in the fight against magic.
** One episode in the first season had Morgana [[spoiler:become involved in a plot to assassinate Uther. In one of his many KnightTemplar moments regarding magic, he had Gwen's father arrested and later killed without trial after escaping, for associating (unknowingly) with a sorcerer. His seeming belief that this was the right thing to do, and having Morgana chained in a dungeon for disagreeing, left her enraged enough to want him dead. She pretends to apologise and asks him to visit her father's grave together, where the assassins are waiting. While discussing her father, he heavily praises him, especially for being willing to speak against Uther when he is blinded by his temper. He then tells Morgana he needs her to do the same, and admits that she was right and he regrets having Gwen's father killed and Morgana locked up. All the while, the assassin is approaching ready to kill Uther. Thanks to Uther's sincere apology, not knowing she was planning to have him killed, Morgana realises Uther is not as evil as she had believed in her anger, and warns him, saving his life]].
* ''Series/TheMusketeers'': In the episode "Death of a Hero", King Louis embraces his EvilChancellor half-brother Feron at their father's graveside, and tells him "You're the only one who never betrayed me." Feron, who has just drawn a dagger to ''literally stab Louis in the back'', sheathes it again.
* In one episode of ''Series/NecessaryRoughness'', Ray J tells his mother about his car breaking down. Dani initially scolds him for not having it serviced earlier, but then thanks him for being honest with her. Of course, his car was actually stolen after he snuck into a club with TK the night before.
* Frequently occurs on ''Series/NoahsArc'', usually with Wade (or Noah's boyfriend at the time) slinging the guilt at Noah (for Noah cheating, wanting to break up, etc.)
* "The Death of Art" episode of ''Series/OtherSpace'' is thick with this when Zalien asks Karen about Art's final mission. Undercut by comedy when Zalien takes the news quite well [[spoiler:..because he has several backup units on hand]].
* In an episode of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', Leslie helps capture a rogue possum, nicknamed "Fairway Frank" since he runs loose on a golf course, after he bit the mayor's dog, so that he can be put down. However, Leslie has reason to believe they captured the wrong possum, but is conflicted because of how pleased the mayor's office is with her now. Scenes like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-1FCDKIhIg this]] result.
* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIMarooned Marooned]]", Rimmer has a camphor-wood chest containing all his Napoleonic War models, and Lister has his guitar. When they're desperate for fuel for the fire, Rimmer says his belongings are too valuable, so Lister agrees to burn his guitar, providing he can play one song first. Rimmer gives him some privacy for this, and Lister immediately starts sawing a guitar shape out of the back of the chest. Then Rimmer returns, and is deeply impressed by what Lister has done.
-->'''Rimmer:''' There's no point in being modest. I know what that guitar meant to you. The same as that trunk means to me. If that trunk got so much as scratched, I'd be devastated. It's not the outward value - for me, that trunk is a link to the past. A link to the father I never managed to square things with...\\
'''Lister:''' Is it?\\
'''Rimmer:''' It's the only thing he ever gave me, apart from ... apart from his disappointment. But you've shown me, by burning your guitar, what true value is. Decency. Self-sacrifice. Those are the things that make up real wealth. And from where I'm standing, I'm a pretty rich man.\\
'''Lister:''' Oh, God...\\
'''Rimmer:''' Burn the soldiers.\\
'''Lister:''' No! Not the soldiers as well!\\
'''Rimmer:''' You burnt your guitar. I wish to make a sacrifice too. Burn the Armee du Nord. Cast them into the flames, let them lay down their lives for the sake of friendship... What's that smell?\\
'''Lister:''' What smell? I can't smell any smell.\\
'''Rimmer:''' Camphor...\\
'''Lister:''' Oh, God.\\
'''Rimmer:''' Your guitar was made of camphor wood? It was probably worth a fortune! Burn the soldiers! Burn them right now!
* ''Series/{{Rome}}''. Lucius Vorenus is estranged from his wife Niobe after eight years campaigning in Gaul, but decides it's time he TookALevelInKindness and swears on the life of his daughter's child that he will change his brusque ways. At that point Niobe nearly blurts out that [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder she's been unfaithful to him]], but Vorenus hushes her and says the past doesn't matter. His daughter's child is actually Niobe's, and this secret is instead exposed at the worst possible time.
* Happened to Tara right off the bat in the second season of ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'': she reluctantly agreed to be Jax's girlfriend, on the condition that there be no more secrets between them. Then [[spoiler:Gemma gets raped]] and confides in Tara, stressing that she can't tell Jax about it, ''ever''. Of course, Jax can't stop talking about how cool it is that he and Tara can tell each other everything.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E19TheFirstDuty The First Duty]]", Wesley Crusher is involved in an incident at Starfleet Academy in which a teammate was killed. He and his teammates manage to initially cover up the truth (that the accident was caused by them attempting a [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique banned flying maneuver]]). During the investigation, Wesley's mother consistently insists that Wesley is being totally honest and forthcoming, and the dead teammate's father thanks Wesley for being such a good friend. The guilt they unintentionally pile on Wesley is a big factor in him eventually confessing.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E04NorTheBattleToTheStrong Nor The Battle to the Strong]]", there's a scene where Jake is supposed to be helping Bashir retrieve a portable generator, but is spooked by a bombardment and ends up running in the opposite direction, leaving Bashir to fend for himself. He eventually makes it back to the hospital and finds that Bashir has survived -- and the moment he sees Jake, Bashir begins apologizing frantically for bringing Jake into a war zone, which only makes Jake feel that much worse about having left Bashir behind. Jake even comments on it in his InternalMonologue
-->'''Jake:''' I couldn't stand hearing him apologise to me like that. Not after what I'd done to him.
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'':
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E06TheImpossibleBox The Impossible Box]]", Hugh has hopes that Picard will take up the cause of the xBs on the diplomatic stage, but Picard has a guilty expression given his past failures and uncertain future.
** During the pursuit in "Nepenthe", Rios tells Jurati that he thinks the Romulans put a TrackingDevice on Raffi, not knowing that Jurati is allowing herself to be tracked. It gets worse when Jurati hints that she's the one with the tracker and Rios laughs it off.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. In "Free To Be You And Me", Dean discovers FallenAngel Castiel is a virgin, so hauls him to the nearest DenOfIniquity to rectify the problem. A blonde prostitute saunters up to them and introduces herself as Chastity. On hearing this, [[INeedAFreakingDrink Cas promptly downs half a glass of beer]].
* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'': The twins are graduating middle school, but Zack failed his reading class and therefore won't be graduating with his class. Zack is guilt-tripped when Carey throws a party for them and bakes a cake, plus their father shows up and gives Zack his guitar as a gift. Zack confesses after all the pressure and is sent to summer school.
* ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'':
** In the episode "Blood Memory", we learn that one woman in each generation of the Nal family inherits the precognitive powers, and everyone assumes it's going to be Nia's sister Maeve, who has been training for it her entire life. Because of this Nia doesn't feel comfortable revealing that ''she's'' the one who inherited the powers, until she's found a way to transfer them. When their mother dies, Maeve laments that if only she'd gained the powers, she'd have been able to use her understanding to save her. What Nia hears is that if only she'd accepted the powers, she'd have known how to interpret the vision she had.
** In the season four finale, Lena discovers that not only is Kara Supergirl but Lena is literally the last person in their inner circle of friends to know this. In the season 5 premiere, Kara is thrown to find Lena has sold [=CatCo=] to a media baroness. Lena clearly is having a good time talking about how sorry she is as she knows how much Kara loves honesty and is far too good a person to ''ever'' keep any secrets from Lena and Lena never meant to hurt her by keeping her in the dark on something so important. This does push Kara to finally reveal her secret to Lena who acts as if she forgives Kara but is clearly still angered.
* ''Series/TedLasso'': For almost the entirety of the first season, team owner Rebecca is hoping Ted will fail as a coach, and even actively sabotaging him, in order to spite her terrible ex-husband, as the football club was the one thing he truly cared about. Through all of this, the oblivious [[NiceGuy Ted]] is nothing but kind and supportive to her, even openly defending her from her ex-husband's emotional abuse numerous times. Most of these displays of kindness make her visibly uncomfortable, until she finally comes clean to him. Ted, himself going through a painful, albeit amicable, divorce, understands and empathizes with her and doesn't hold a grudge.
* On ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'', while talking about the teenager they picked up for "joy-riding" in "Night Shift", Goody rambles briefly about the trouble broken families lead to before remembering that Fowler is a divorced father.
* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': In "MILF Island," after Liz anonymously insults Jack in a gossip column, he tasks her with finding out who the leak is, emphasizing that she's the only one he can trust, and confiding how badly the comments had hurt his feelings. [[spoiler:Turns out to be an ExploitedTrope, as he knew it was her all along, and was toying with her for revenge.]]
* ''Series/{{Tyrant}}'': When Bassam is plotting a coup against Jamal, the latter often mentions to his brother how happy he is that Bassam is the one person he can trust fully.
* In the ''Series/WhiteCollar'' episode "As You Were," Neal breaks into Peter's house and his personal safe, looking for a shipping manifest as part of a plan to fence stolen art and skip town. While he's there, Peter calls him and...asks how Neal is doing after his recent breakup, offers to listen anytime Neal needs to talk, and tells Neal that he deserves some happiness and Peter wants to help him. Neal is sufficiently guilt-stricken at this that he puts the manifest back and pretends he never found it.
* ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'':
** In "Harper Knows", Alex starts to ponder whether or not to tell Harper about wizardry when the latter lashes at the former for keeping secrets from her. While the trope appeared averted in that Harper was guilting Alex on purpose, it was played straight in the end when, after winning the costume contest, Harper forgives Alex and thanks her for telling the truth. This final straw broke Alex and she finally told Harper about magic.
** This also happens to Justin in the crossover with ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'' and ''Series/HannahMontana'' where he pretends to be a doctor to impress London. While on their date, London starts talking about many men who lied to her in the past. Justin starts to feel guilty and tries to tell London that he isn't a doctor, but doesn't go through with it when London again shows how much she loves him.
* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In [[Recap/YoungSheldonS5E01OneBadNightAndChaosOfSelfishDesires "One Bad Night and Chaos of Selfish Desires"]], various characters do this to George (who considered cheating on Mary) over the course of the episode, notably Sheldon, Mary, Missy, and Pastor Jeff.
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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', Arthur's dad scores him a backstage pass to a concert, because he's catering for the band. He tells Arthur he can invite his friends, but Arthur's ImagineSpot about the band taking him luging suffers a FantasyTwist when he imagines a dozen kids showing up, so he says he doesn't think they'd want to go. The next day Buster tells him that he's going to see if his reporter mom can get them backstage, and Binky offers him a spare ticket closer to the stage. He invites everyone.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "Bato of the Water Tribe", Aang learns of the location of Sokka and Katara's father, and keeps it secret. This plagues him through most of the episode as he is praised for being honest and true. Their reaction...they did not take it well.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In the episode "The Rise of the Blue Beetle!", Batman and Jaime Reyes, the third ComicBook/BlueBeetle, accidentally travel to a planet outside of the Milky Way Galaxy and meet the Gibbles, who believe Jaime is their old hero who has returned to protect them from Kanjar-Ro. Batman's idea is for Jaime to go along with the ruse to give the Gibble people hope, but Jaime starts panicking and begs Batman to come up with another idea, only for a Gibble child to come up to Jaime and give him a drawing to thank him for "returning", which gets Jaime to go along with the plan (albeit reluctantly).
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E3LuckOTheDucks Luck O' The Ducks]]", Webby tells [[{{Leprechaun}} Far Daric]] he's a very fine friend soon after he and the other leprechauns built a trap for Scrooge.
* ''WesternANimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Angry that his parents (seemingly) forgot his birthday because of Chip Skylark's concert, Timmy wishes for the worst possible (non-lethal) thing to happen to him. When this turns out to be being BoundAndGagged by Vicky, Timmy feels terrible.
-->'''Timmy:''' I'm really sorry about all this, Chip.\\
'''Chip:''' Oh, that's all right, little pal. It's not like you ''wished'' for this to happen.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E15BrianGoesBackToCollege Brian Goes Back to College]]", Brian feels guilty over having earned a high grade on a test by cheating, and is about to confess to his professor, only to change his mind when the professor tells Brian his performance on the test has lifted him out of his suicidal depression.
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E7RoadToTheNorthPole Road to the North Pole]]", Brian gets into deep trouble with Quagmire when he mistakes his cancer-ridden niece for a little bald boy while he and Stewie are waiting to meet Santa at the mall. A little later, when Stewie demands that Brian take him to the North Pole so he can kill Santa, Brian refuses to until he gets some startling news related to his blunder.
--->'''Brian:''' Look, Stewie, I know you're disappointed that you didn't get to see Santa, but I-I'm not driving you to the North Pole!
--->'''Lois:''' ''(hanging up)'' Everyone, Quagmire's niece is in the ICU. Now, I think we should go down there to support him.
--->'''Brian:''' ''(startled)'' W-What?
--->'''Lois:''' Yeah, apparently, something happened at the mall and she took a turn for the worse. They don't know how much time she has left. Quagmire just called, h-he's really upset. I-It doesn't sound like he wants us there for some reason, b-but we should go anyway.
--->'''Brian:''' ''(beat)'' All right, let's go to the North Pole.
* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'': In "Lockdown", Rex remarks to Noah, his sole friend from the outside world, that he's the only part of his life not controlled by Providence. Noah, who is actually being paid by Providence to be Rex's friend and keep tabs on him, naturally feels a bit guilty.
* ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'':
** In one episode, one person has to be fired when the club [[spoiler: (seemingly)]] goes over its budget, and that person has to be the most irresponsible employee. Goofy naturally fits that role, but since he's a good friend nonetheless, especially when he tells his friends he loves them and enjoys working at the club, Mickey and the others (except Donald) can't find it in their hearts to fire him.
** In the short "Mickey's Mistake", Mickey finds an envelope full of money and uses it to buy Minnie a new bow. When he does, Minnie tells him that she lost an envelope full of money that she intended to donate to an orphanage, then expresses hope that someone as noble and kind-hearted as Mickey would find it and turn it in. Mick soon looks like he's going to throw up.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In one episode, Dale begins spending a lot of time with another exterminator who everyone else can tell is attracted to him. Nancy tries to put her foot down and stop Dale from seeing her, and Dale fires back that he never raised a fuss about Nancy going off for long periods with John Redcorn - not realizing that until recently, Nancy had been having a years-long affair with Redcorn.
* In [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E4MrStenchy one episode of]] ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', Stitch deliberately lets one of the experiments, "Mr. Stenchy", be captured when he begins taking up Lilo's attention. Afterwards, Lilo laments on how losing Mr. Stenchy means that she'll be unable to bring him to a tea party held by the snobbish girls to be accepted as their friend. Nani points out that [[WithFriendsLikeThese these girls probably wouldn't make good friends anyway]]; Stitch, on the other hand, ''is'' someone Lilo can depend on. Every affirmation made of how Stitch would ''never'' do anything to hurt Lilo sends the creature sinking further and further into his chair. He tries to atone for it by dressing up as Mr. Stenchy for the girls' tea party, though [[HilarityEnsues it doesn't exactly work out.]] At bedtime, he becomes even guiltier when Lilo says how loyal of a friend he is to her and believes that Stitch tried very hard to protect Mr. Stenchy.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Gown And Out", Lola pretends to be sick to get out of having to compete in a pageant she knows she will lose. Lori, who is chaperoning her during the pageant, begins to dote on Lola and buys her expensive gifts, believing that she is disappointed about not being able to compete in the pageant, making Lola feel more and more guilty until she admits the truth.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "One Bad Apple", the Cutie Mark Crusaders booby-trap their float so bully Babs Seed can steal it from them and get humiliated. After the float leaves, Applejack comes to congratulate them for "giving" her the float, since she had been having bully problems in Manehattan and needed to feel happy in Ponyville. The CMC, realizing that Babs was being a bully so she wouldn't be bullied, and that they're becoming bullies themselves, rush off to save her.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' when Eda is talking about how reckless whoever damaged Willow's memories had been while Amity looks guilty, but then points straight at her and negates the "oblivious" part.
--> '''Eda:''' Oh right, it was you.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E12TeamHomer Team Homer]]", while the rest of Homer's bowling team are pressuring him to get rid of Mr. Burns, Burns buys them all bowling shirts and tells them they're the only friends he's ever had. Subverted when Homer quickly recovers and tries to punt Mr. Burns off the team anyway, only for the others to interrupt him out of guilt.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E20LastTapDanceInSpringfield Last Tap Dance in Springfield]]", Lisa tries to tell her parents that she wants to quit only for them to continuously praise her dancing.
--->'''Homer:''' Now, honey, what were you trying to say before we kept interrupting with our loving proudness?\\
'''Marge:''' Yes, our tiny tapper, what was it you were going to say after "I wanted to be a dancer, but..."?
** Played straight again in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E9StealThisEpisode Steal This Episode]]". Homer starts [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil pirating movies]] and hosting a movie night, but Marge starts feeling guilty and mails a check to a Hollywood producer paying for the ticket she didn't buy and [[HonorBeforeReason confessing what Homer did]]. This leads to the FBI arresting Homer, and as he's being taken away, he starts ranting about how he's going to hunt down whoever did this to him, and tells Marge what a good wife she is. Homer manages to escape, and the family hides out in a Swedish consulate. However, the FBI finds them again and Homer turns himself in once Marge confesses.
--->'''Marge:''' Lisa, tell your brother that stealing is wrong, no matter what!\\
'''Lisa:''' I don't know. It wasn't like Dad was stealing for himself. He created a wonderful experience for the whole town. I just can't imagine anyone turning him in.\\
'''Marge:''' ''(takes Maggie's pacifier and rapidly sucks on it)''
** That happened to Marge before in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E4BurnsBabyBurns Burns, Baby Burns]]", in which she makes Homer go outside and bring Larry back to Mr. Burns despite it being broad daylight with cops everywhere. Once the inevitable happens, Kent Brockman derides that the decision as "idiocy", causing Marge to groan in embarrassment.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E12HomerTheFather Homer the Father]]", Bart tries to get on Homer's good side in an effort to steal nuclear secrets from the power plant and give them to Chinese spies in exchange for a dirt bike. The next morning, Homer surprises Bart with the same kind of bike as thanks for being a good son, which makes Bart realize he committed treason for nothing and try to steal the secrets back.
--->'''Bart:''' Why in the world would you get me this?\\
'''Homer:''' Because you've been such a great kid lately and I wanted to show you I appreciate it.\\
'''Bart:''' ''[nervous]'' Oh. That's... great. Huh, I wouldn't trade it for all the tea in... ''China?''
* Subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode Recap/SouthParkS8E2UpTheDownSteroid, here Jimmy delivers a long and heartfelt speech deriding steroid users as pussies... with three athletes famous for using steroids are standing behind him and grinning vacuously into the distance even as the camera focuses on them, clearly not feeling guilty in the slightest.
* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', "Final Curtain": [[spoiler:Harry ''pretends'' to do this to keep Gwen from breaking up with him, but he's not actually oblivious at all]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** "Fools in April": Squidward (trying to apologize to [=SpongeBob=] for his nasty prank) asks Patrick where [=SpongeBob=] is and Patrick's response winds up making Squidward even more guilty.
-->'''Squidward''': Patrick?! What're you doing here?\\
'''Patrick''': Digging.\\
'''Squidward''': Why are you wearing that hat?\\
'''Patrick''': Oh, I dunno. (''takes it off'')\\
'''Squidward''': Where's [=SpongeBob=]?\\
'''Patrick''': He's in the house. He's impressed. [[note]] He actually means "''depressed''".[[/note]]\\
'''Squidward''': With what?\\
'''Patrick''': I dunno, but it must've been pretty good to make him cry like that.\\
(''Squidward shivers with even more guilt, then sprints over to [=SpongeBob=]'s house'')
** "Dying For Pie": As [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward are watching the sunset.
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': You know, if I were to die right now in some sort of fiery explosion due to the carelessness of a friend, well...that'd just be okay.
--> '''Squidward:''' ''(tears up)''
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "Envoys", after Lieutenant Commander Billups praises Ensign Rutherford's work and tells him that he's an invaluable member of the Engineering department, Rutherford feels that much more guilty for requesting a transfer.
-->'''Billups''': Rutherford, great work on the EPS grid. I wish I had more engineers like you. My life would be a lot simpler.\\
'''Rutherford''': Uh, thanks. Uh, can we talk for a second?\\
'''Billups''': Just for a second? Don't tease me. Come on, man, you're my number-one-with-a-bullet-systems guy. I got time for you in spades.\\
'''Rutherford''': Um... ''(chuckles nervously)''
* Happened in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', in the episode "Betrayal". The same night Terra is given the word to deactivate the Titans' security and let Slade's army of robots in for an all out onslaught against the Titans, the Titans comment on what a great friend Terra is and how valuable she is to the team, and how good friends like her don't come along every day. She obviously feels guilty, even insisting they don't have to be grateful since she's just doing her job (as a Titan). She betrays them anyways.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''
** In the episode "Satisfaction", Paula Crock thanks Wally for providing emotional support as she comes to terms with [[spoiler:Artemis' [[FakingTheDead "death"]]]]. Wally's guilt over [[spoiler:maintaining the ruse in front of Artemis' grieving mother]] is written all over his face. In the same episode, the rest of the Team goes on and on about how [[spoiler:[[MistakenlyAttackedMole Kaldur is going to]] ''[[MistakenlyAttackedMole pay]]'' [[MistakenlyAttackedMole for Artemis's "death"]]]]. They're rather confused when Nightwing mysteriously vanishes, unable to cope with the guilt.
** Following on from this, in "Before the Dawn", Miss Martian ''does'' [[spoiler: [[MistakenlyAttackedMole take the above revenge]]]], learning the truth in the process. She realises she's actually [[spoiler: {{Mind Rape}}d an undercover teammate]] and is filled with guilt, while her teammates praise her for [[spoiler: taking down the traitor who killed Artemis]].
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* ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall''. Tristan, having [[BrilliantButLazy failed his finals]] once again, hid it from his brother and dropped smoking, alcohol and laziness in order to get him in a mellow mood. Siegfried was so impressed that, after proposing a toast to Tristan, he offered him a partnership in the practice -- once he'd got his degree, of course. The audience cringes on Tristan's behalf for a good five minutes (Peter Davison does horrified/guilty/hurt puppy very well); after the explosion Tristan bounces back into his usual form, completely unruffled. The same cannot be said for the audience, who now want to strangle him.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Chihiro does this to Mondo: [[spoiler: Chihiro had been [[WholesomeCrossdresser pretending to be a girl]] to avoid the ridicule he had received for being sensitive and emotional rather than being "manly". He tells Mondo that he inspired him to face his weakness and overcome it by growing stronger so he could be confident enough to be himself rather than using his crossdressing to hide from it. Unfortunately, he's unaware that Mondo has a major InferioritySuperiorityComplex that stems from having caused his brother's death, and unlike Chihiro he didn't have the resolve to overcome that insecurity. Chihiro's inadverntantly speech hammers Mondo's TraumaButton so hard that Mondo has a FreakOut and kills Chihiro with a blow to the head.]]

* ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'': Thor is reluctant to work with Amora ComicBook/TheEnchantress, given their history. When "Agent Loki" asks if that also applies to them, Thor dismisses the comparison, as [[TheNthDoctor this new Loki]] isn't the one who wronged him. He's not ''wrong'', technically, but still thinks he's talking to a grown-up Kid Loki instead of a ''third'' personality. Loki awkwardly changes the subject.

* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In S5 E1, various characters do this to George (who considered cheating on Mary) over the course of the episode, notably Sheldon, Mary, Missy, and Pastor Jeff.

** After Bustier bails on her class rather than help them through a crisis, Adrien swallows his frustration and offers her comfort rather than a callout, reminding her "Aren't you the one who's always telling us it's okay to ask for help when we're stressed out?" Ironically, this causes her to dissolve completely into tears; the incident has forced her to realize how much she pressured Marinette to handle ''her'' problems all by herself, to the point that Bustier was couldn't handle things without Marinette there to shunt matters off onto.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "Envoys", after Lieutenant Commander Billups praises Ensign Rutherford's work and tells him that he's an invaluable member of the Engineering department, Rutherford feels that much more guilty for requesting a transfer.
-->'''Billups''': Rutherford, great work on the EPS grid. I wish I had more engineers like you. My life would be a lot simpler.\\
'''Rutherford''': Uh, thanks. Uh, can we talk for a second?\\
'''Billups''': Just for a second? Don't tease me. Come on, man, you're my number-one-with-a-bullet-systems guy. I got time for you in spades.\\
'''Rutherford''': Um... ''(chuckles nervously)''
* Happened in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', in the episode "Betrayal". The same night Terra is given the word to deactivate the Titans' security and let Slade's army of robots in for an all out onslaught against the Titans, the Titans comment on what a great friend Terra is and how valuable she is to the team, and how good friends like her don't come along every day. She obviously feels guilty, even insisting they don't have to be grateful since she's just doing her job (as a Titan). She betrays them anyways.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''
** In the episode "Satisfaction", Paula Crock thanks Wally for providing emotional support as she comes to terms with [[spoiler:Artemis' [[FakingTheDead "death"]]]]. Wally's guilt over [[spoiler:maintaining the ruse in front of Artemis' grieving mother]] is written all over his face. In the same episode, the rest of the Team goes on and on about how [[spoiler:[[MistakenlyAttackedMole Kaldur is going to]] ''[[MistakenlyAttackedMole pay]]'' [[MistakenlyAttackedMole for Artemis's "death"]]]]. They're rather confused when Nightwing mysteriously vanishes, unable to cope with the guilt.
** Following on from this, in "Before the Dawn", Miss Martian ''does'' [[spoiler: [[MistakenlyAttackedMole take the above revenge]]]], learning the truth in the process. She realises she's actually [[spoiler: {{Mind Rape}}d an undercover teammate]] and is filled with guilt, while her teammates praise her for [[spoiler: taking down the traitor who killed Artemis]].

** In one episode, one person has to be fired when the club goes over its budget, and that person has to be the most irresponsible employee. Goofy naturally fits that role, but when he tells his friends he loves them and enjoys working at the club, Mickey and the others (except Donald) can't find it in their hearts to fire him.