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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': From a young age, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight's]] [[AbusiveParents parents]] impressed upon her that she should only associate with the most powerful of witches. This led her to end her friendship with her best friend Willow (who her parents looked down for being a magical late bloomer), and made her outwardly callous and mean, allowing the "suitable" friends her parents made her hang around with to bully Willow. A glimpse into her diary in "Lost in Language" shows that she regrets being mean, but thinks that as a Blight, she can't show any kind of weakness.

* In the ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'' fic ''[[Fanfic/DannyPhantomBlackmailed Blackmailed]]'', Colette insults Kwan as being "a good attack dog for whoever holds [his] leash". When Kwan tries to back out of her plan to blackmail Danny and frame Star & Team Phantom, Colette points out that [[DeconstructedTrope he's already got a poor reputation]] due to how he always goes along with Dash and the other A-Listers when they're picking on others. Therefore, he might as well go along with what ''she'' wants since [[CassandraTruth nobody will ever believe]] he was principled enough to stand against her.

* In the ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'' fic "[[Fanfic/DannyPhantomBlackmailed Blackmailed]]", Colette insults Kwan as being "a good attack dog for whoever holds [his] leash". When Kwan tries to back out of her plan to blackmail Danny and frame Star & Team Phantom, Colette points out that [[DeconstructedTrope he's already got a poor reputation]] due to how he always goes along with Dash and the other A-Listers when they're picking on others. Therefore, he might as well go along with what ''she'' wants since [[CassandraTruth nobody will ever believe]] he was principled enough to stand against her.

* In ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomBlackmailed'', Colette declares that Kwan is "a good attack dog for whoever holds [his] leash". When Kwan tries to convince her to stop harassing Danny, she points out that he's already got a poor reputation due to how he always goes along with Dash and the other A-Listers when they're picking on others. Therefore, he might as well go along with what ''she'' wants since [[CassandraTruth nobody will ever believe]] he was principled enough to stand against her.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In one episode, Peter loses his driver's license because of a DUI and has to have Meg chauffeur him and his friends around. At first, they indulge in the [[ButtMonkey usual bullying]], but upon seeing Meg offer a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a rude guy, Peter realizes that his daughter is a lot cooler than he initially thought. They hang out more and actually begin enjoying each other's company as they have a lot of fun together. At the end of the episode, Peter gets his license back, and Meg realizes that, since StatusQuoIsGod, he'll probably go back to bullying her again. Peter admits that he will, but only because of peer pressure from the rest of the family, and promises that from now on, they'll be "secret best friends," which he proves by winking at her after making another wisecrack (which is about as close to a ThrowTheDogABone moment that Meg gets on the show).

* This trope was a major part of [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Anastasia's]] CharacterDevelopment in both ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'' and ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime''. In ''Dreams Come True,'' she gets her own story segment where she falls in love with [[BigBeautifulMan Dmitri]], a kindhearted but simple baker. Since her mother Lady Tremaine is a social climber who wants her to marry rich and looks down on Dmitri, Anastasia turns to Cinderella for help; their relationship makes it clear that she only went along with the infamous "wicked stepsister" routine because she was bullied into it. In ''A Twist in Time'', Anastasia is a lonely, [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood misunderstood]] young woman who is [[IJustWantToBeLoved desperate for someone to love her]], and so does whatever her mother says because she thinks it's her only chance of finding a relationship. [[spoiler: The film's ending has her pull a full HeelFaceTurn and fight back against Lady Tremaine, which in turn [[LoveRedeems redeems]] her and gives her a happy ending.]]

* ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids:'' When Cool Cat confronts Butch the Bully's cronies for spray painting a wall, they admit they only do bad things to look cool and stop when Cool Cat explains that's not actually cool. Butch himself, on the other hand, is [[ForTheEvulz not reluctant at all]] about being a bully.

* In ''Videogame/LostJudgment'', when [[spoiler:Yui Mamiya]] is interrogated about their role in a bullying incident years ago that resulted in the victim attempting suicide, they state that they only became a bully out of peer pressure and states that others have had to do unsavory things because they were forced by others. This is thrown back at them when it's pointed out that they not only shows no remorse for their actions (only regret for the consequences) but very few people have driven children to suicide simply out of "peer pressure".

* An episode of ''Series/SesameStreet'' features Big Bird wanting to join the "Good Birds Club." The leader, a nasty pigeon, repeatedly tells him that he can't be a member because of various flaws (his feet are too big, ''he's'' too big, he's too yellow...). Abby Cadabby uses her magic to change these supposed issues, but the pigeon keeps coming up with new problems. The other birds in the club seem more willing to accept Big Bird, but keep quiet whenever the pigeon bosses them around. When they realize that the pigeon is a full-on [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] who will ''never'' let Big Bird become a member, they leave the club in disgust and join their new friend in the "Happy to Be Me" Club.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': From a young age, Amity Blight's [[AbusiveParents parents]] impressed upon her that she should only associate with the most powerful of witches. This led her to end her friendship with her best friend Willow (who her parents looked down for being a magical late bloomer), and made her outwardly callous and mean, allowing the "suitable" friends her parents made her hang around with to bully Willow. A glimpse into her diary in "Lost in Language" shows that she regrets being mean, but thinks that as a Blight, she can't show any kind of weakness.