History Main / RefuseToRescueTheDisliked

* ''Fanfic/TheWarIsFarFromOverNow''

In some cases, this doesn't last long. The hero will eventually end up saving the villain, jerk, or annoyance, albeit with some reluctance. Sometimes, it could be their [[ConscienceMakesYouGoBack conscience that causes them to return to help the unlikable person.]] Sometimes, they'll get [[WhatTheHellHero called out by their friends]], either being told that [[NotSoDifferentRemark they're no better than the enemy]], that [[RousseauWasRight the villain/jerk isn't such a bad guy]], or that they're no [[ATrueHero real hero]]. Villains who eventually save the life of those they don't like can be due to [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic reasons]] or [[PetTheDog to show that he isn't that bad after all.]]

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** When Vegeta stupidly lets Cell become perfect [[BloodKnight just to get a better fight out of him]], and gets his ass kicked, Krillin states outright that it's his own damn fault and that Vegeta deserves to be killed for being such an idiot… but ultimately gives in and helps him because Trunks asks him.

* This happens in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' when both Hol Horse and Polnareff are attacked by J. Geil's mother, Enya. When Hol Horse begs Polnareff for help, the latter reminds him of how he shot his friend Avdol and outright refuses, leaving him at Enya's mercy as he tries to avoid getting wounded and ensnared by Enya's Stand, Justice.
* In the manga adaptation of ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', Motoyasu requests Naofumi's aid against the Three Heroes Church after learning he's been set up. Naofumi is understandably annoyed considering how Motoyasu tried to kill him earlier, but his annoyance turns into outright rage when [[{{Hypocrite}} Motoyasu tries to justify the team-up by saying, "You don't want to die with a crime you didn't commit tarnishing your name, do you!?", when he stupidly believed every false accusation against Naofumi and did nothing but unfairly persecute him and stubbornly refuse to listen to his side of the story]]. This, as well as Ren and Itsuki's apparent deaths, convinces Naofumi that Motoyasu isn't even worth saving on account of his LethallyStupid behavior and is fully prepared to leave him to die.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'', Aqua wants to save the Axis Church from being killed off by Hans, who was poisoning the water supply, which is their source of income, seeing as Alcanretia is a resort town. Since they worship her, and their prayers give her strength, this makes sense. However, Kazuma and Megumin don't share the same sentiment. Ever since arriving in Alcanretia, pretty much all members of the Axis Church, as in the whole town, have only harassed them (plus [[TooKinkyToTorture Darkness]]) in order to coerce them into joining their religion, with increasingly ludicrous haggling and acting as if the Iris Church are nothing but deviants. Understandably, Kazuma and Megumin don't see any problem with letting the crazy cultists die of poison and their town business being ruined, despite Aqua's protests. Kazuma even questions why she would still want to save them, especially after they called her a blasphemer/impostor, and tried to [[BurnTheWitch lynch her]]. They eventually decide to help save the Axis Church, knowing Aqua would likely get herself killed trying to save her precious followers.

--> '''Nightwing:''' The Joker is killing Lex!\\

* One of the gags by Creator/SergioAragones for ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' featured a life-guard at a beach leaving a man to drown after realizing that he's a high school teacher that flunked him.

* In ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingdomOfMonsters'', Sgt. Woods refuses to help the cast of the ''Jersey Shore'' Expy, letting them be trapped in their van and roasted alive by Godzilla's thermo nuclear breath.
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'': Subverted. In the "Day of Dollamker" arc, Cat Grant is kidnapped by the eponymous villain, and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, who has been the target of Cat's vicious and smear campaign for one whole year (which Cat is utterly unapologetic about), is sorely tempted to ignore her pleas for help. When she finally bursts into Dollmaker's lair, the villain wonders why Supergirl is rescuing someone whom she cannot stand.

* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act III'': When they discover Kuyou is coming to Yokai Academy with the intent to get revenge on Tsukune for his previous defeat, Headmaster Mikogami, alongside Hokuto and Ruby, decide to use it to their advantage; when the other students see Tsukune and co. defeat Kuyou with their own eyes, they'll finally realize that the gang are ''not'' {{Fake Ultimate Hero}}es and stop mistreating them. Nonetheless, the mistreatment from the other students continues to grate on them, especially when it culminates in the girls being blackmailed and nearly raped by [[StalkerWithACrush Kano]]; by the time of chapter 31, Felucia is completely sick of the harassment, openly telling the others that as far as she's concerned, they have no reason whatsoever to protect "these assholes" from Kuyou and they should just ''let'' him kill them all. Mizore shoots that down, saying they're not the "horrible ones" and they won't stoop to their level.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/ATasteOfTheGoodLife'' puts Scootaloo in this position with [[spoiler:her mother, Ebby]]. The latter has caused Scootaloo nothing but problems, most recently getting her removed from her current home by Foal Services. So when Scootaloo has the choice between saving the other pony's life or letting her fall down a cliff, Scootaloo realizes this is the chance to get her out of her life forever. The pony is rescued anyway, and Scootaloo is haunted by what she nearly let happen.

* In ''[[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Transformers: Age Of Extinction]]'', Optimus Prime claims he refuses to keep defending the humans like he did for the first three movies. He's started to become fed up with them, claiming he won't forgive them for KSI, Cemetery Wind, siding with Lockdown at killing his friends, and building Galvatron. Ratchet and Leadfoot's deaths were what caused him to lead the Autobots to fight for themselves and not anyone else. Cade Yeager then pleads humans don't deserve to go extinct and that they make mistakes. By the end of the film, Optimus seems to have regained enough faith that he wants any future threats to leave Earth alone.

-->'''Spock:''' Captain, what are you doing?
-->'''Kirk:''' Showing them compassion may be the only way to earn peace with the Romulans. It's logic, Spock. I thought you'd like that.
-->'''Spock:''' [[RevengeBeforeReason No, not really.]] Not this time.
* In ''Film/Aquaman2018'', after battling both [[RuthlessModernPirates Jesse and David Kane]] who were keeping a bunch of Russian sailors captive, Arthur decides to walk away and leave the two alone. When Jesse [[UngratefulBastard shoots at him]], however, Arthur did not hesitate to leave the two behind to drown while David is [[EntitledBastard demanding he help his father out]] -- in which Arthur flat-out tells them that they don't deserve mercy after they murdered countless innocent people. However, this does eventually backfire when [[CreateYourOwnVillain David becomes Black Manta in return.]]
-->'''David:''' Wait! Help me; he's trapped! You can't leave him like this! Please!
-->'''Arthur:''' You killed innocent people! You ask the sea for mercy.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'', there's an NPC named Gus who attacks you during a mission. Later in the mission, he's seen being chased by a Petramand (a giant crab spider hybrid creature) and is asking for help. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential You can refuse to help him]]. [[spoiler:This is ultimately the better choice, as it was all a ploy by Gus (again) and he screws you over if you rescue him]].
* Downplayed but used as a warning in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' by the protagonist, Connor Kenway, a Native American living during the UsefulNotes/AmericanRevolution; after discovering that George Washington, whom Connor knew personally and highly respected, was not only condoning acts of genocide against Native American tribes (including Connor's own), but had actually taken part in them personally in the past, making him indirectly connected to the atrocity that killed Connor's mother and ruined his childhood, Connor is understandably pissed. Having been on the Colonist's side during the Revolution up to this point, Connor proceeds to help one last time, then bitterly tells Washington that this is the ''last'' battle he will win for him. From then on, Connor remains unaffiliated with either side during the rest of the war, outside of hunting the Templars.
* A strange example occurs in ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Secret Rings]]'', with Sonic being openly hostile towards King Shahryar, on the grounds that he is portrayed by Dr. Eggman. Despite this, after Erazor Djinn kidnaps him and Shahra informing him that the king is the creator and thus, the most vital character of the Arabian Nights storybook, Sonic manages to save Shahryar from falling to his death after Erazor's attempt to kill him. While "disliked" is a strong word since Shahryar and Shahra are on formal terms, the king does show some resentment towards Sonic for his hostility towards him (in Shahryar's defense, Sonic treated him with nothing but distrust even before being introduced to one another.)

* The ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' storyline "The Body Politic" opens with the Toughs deciding that they will ''not'' take a contract to rescue chronic antagonist General Xinchub (who has previously bullied, blackmailed, attempted to kill, insulted and harassed the Toughs in innumerable ways). Not even when their trusted associate Petey offers them 20 times their normal rates to do so. However, when Xinchub is assassinated, they are all too happy to steal his corpse, [[spoiler: and attempt to wrangle extra out of their clients when he turns out to be not-so-dead after all.]]

-->'''Vlad:''' You wouldn't turn your back on an old friend, would you?
-->'''Jack:''' An old friend? No. You? Yes.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
** In "Paste Makes Waste", Blossom and Bubbles refuse to help Buttercup fight Elmer, one of their classmates who had suddenly transformed into a chemical waste and paste monster, telling her that [[PayEvilUntoEvil she and the other kids deserved it for bullying him.]] They soon intervene after Elmer [[MisplacedRetribution attacks Ms Keane]].
** In "Getting Twiggy With It", after class hamster Twiggy goes through a similar transformation after being mistreated by Mitch, not only do the Girls refuse to save Mitch from Twiggy, they actually ''catch Mitch'' as he's fleeing and deliver him to Twiggy.
* The ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode "A Room with a Moose" at one point has Dib question whether his classmates, who have belittled him and ignored all his warnings about Zim's true colors, deserve to be rescued from the titular nut-eating moose.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' episode "I.R. on Sun", I.R. Baboon is manipulated by NASA into going on a SuicideMission to the Sun. Weasel, angry at Baboon for dismissing his concerns and remembering the cruel pranks Baboon played on him, briefly contemplates leaving Baboon to his fate. Before Weasel can get too far, his conscience [[ConscienceMakesYouGoBack gets the better of him]], and he drives back to NASA to rescue Baboon.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'' episode "The Beef Who Would Be King", Doyle hears that Beef being chosen to become king of the planet Cholesterol means that the inhabitants will eat Beef. He's glad that this will happen to Beef because he's bullied him constantly, joking that they should send barbecue sauce to Cholesterol. Aimee calls Doyle out on this, bringing up that Doyle could've been the one to be eaten by the people of Cholesterol.

* Discussed in the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "Silencer". Chat Noir notices how much of a scumbag [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Bob Roth]] is and wonders if they should let the titular akuma force him to confess to plagiarizing Kitty Section, but Ladybug points out that not only would the confession be useless, but Silencer's methods make it revenge, not justice. That said, after he's de-akumatized, they willingly choose to get an EngineeredPublicConfession out of Roth.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', Superman will nearly always SaveTheVillain. But when the Joker is going down in the Lexwing in "World's Finest," Superman and Batman save Lex Luthor and Harley Quinn, respectively, and leave him to die, and Batman even snarks about it after the crash. [[JokerImmunity He survives anyway.]]
* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' called "The Last Laugh". As Joker is hanging onto a cable over a incinerator, we get this scene:
-->'''Joker''': BATMAN! YOU WOULDN'T LET ME FRY! WOULD YOU?!
-->'''Batman''': (Leaning on the railing with a ''I'm thinking about it'' smile on his face)
-->'''Joker''': (Outraged) BATMAN!
-->'''Batman''': (Pulls him up)
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': In "Final Cut", the assassin Mutro Botha asks for Batman's help because fellow assassin Curaré is coming for him. Given he has killed many people, Batman refuses to help, but Botha forces him to by revealing he's planted a bomb in Gotham City with a DeadMansSwitch.
* In the third episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', Sabertooth attacks the courtroom at Beast's bail hearing and is immediately shot by the guards. Cyclops orders Wolverine to help stop the guards from killing Sabertooth, but Wolverine flat-out refuses. [[spoiler: Wolverine was, of course, correct. The only reason Sabertooth was there was to make a scene in the hopes of getting invited back to the Xavier Mansion and try to hurt them because they didn't yet know him and thus didn't know how evil he was.]]
* {{Discussed}} in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back," after [[TokenEvilTeammate Bender]] has his personality removed.
-->'''Fry:''' Poor Bender. Without his brain he's become all quiet and helpful. [[WeWantOurJerkBack We've got to go to the Central Bureaucracy and get that disk back!]]\\
'''Planet Express crew:''' ''(shouts of agreement)'' \\
'''Amy:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why?]]\\
''(Long pause)''\\
'''Leela:''' Well, those arguments aside, we're still going.

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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
** Subverted during [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM7 the second movie with Cooler]]. Despite voicing a willingness to save only Gohan and leave behind the rest of the group that has been captured (Gohan being the only person Piccolo has a true bond with at that point), Piccolo does wind up saving everyone, aside from Goku and Vegeta, who save themselves. That said, it's worth noting that Piccolo found Gohan in a group with everyone else at the same time, so it's not like he actually got a chance to leave anyone behind...
** Much like the original show, when Vegeta pulls his DeliberateInjuryGambit so he can get enough of a power boost to defeat Freeza, [[TheMedic Dende]] initially refuses to heal Vegeta. The main difference is the tone: in the original show Dende was terrified of Vegeta and felt he couldn't heal Vegeta because Vegeta was an evil person, in the abridged version Dende trolls Vegeta for a while and makes Vegeta beg to be healed, [[PayEvilUntoEvil then leaves Vegeta to die anyway as payback for the Namekians Vegeta slaughtered]]. Piccolo has to remind him that Frieza is currently transforming into his fourth form, and Vegeta is their only hope to avoid being brutally murdered before Dende heals Vegeta, and Dende has some sass for Vegeta even then.
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* In ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', when Elan is kidnapped by bandits, Roy refuses to join the rescue because, to him, it's not worth risking his life for TheLoad. He eventually changes his mind and goes back and rescues Elan, as well as the rest of the party, who botched their own attempted rescue. This turns out to be a good thing, because had Roy abandoned Elan, the callous act would have cost him his LawfulGood alignment and his place in {{Heaven}}.
* The ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' storyline "The Body Politic" opens with the Toughs deciding that they will ''not'' take a contract to rescue chronic antagonist General Xinchub (who has previously bullied, blackmailed, attempted to kill, insulted and harassed the Toughs in innumerable ways). Not even when their trusted associate Petey offers them 20 times their normal rates to do so.
** However, when Xinchub is assassinated, they are all too happy to steal his corpse, [[spoiler: and attempt to wrangle extra out of their clients when he turns out to be not-so-dead after all.]]

* On ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Frasier's horrible girlfriend Julia has utterly ruined an evening Frasier planned for his family, and during a fight over a game of Pictionary she starts choking on a peanut. Niles, Daphne and Martin (who are, respectively, a doctor, a healthcare worker and a former cop) sit around and pretend not to notice.

** Much like the original show, when Vegeta pulls his DeliberateInjuryGambit so he can get enough of a power boost to defeat Freeza, [[TheMedic Dende]] initially refuses to heal Vegeta. The main difference is the tone: in the original show Dende was terrified of Vegeta and felt he couldn't heal Vegeta because Vegeta was an evil person, in the abridged version Dende trolls Vegeta for a while and makes Vegeta beg to be healed, [[KickTheSonOfABitch then leaves Vegeta to die anyway as payback for the Namekians Vegeta slaughtered]]. Piccolo has to remind him that Frieza is currently transforming into his fourth form, and Vegeta is their only hope to avoid being brutally murdered before Dende heals Vegeta, and Dende has some sass for Vegeta even then.

** During the Frieza Saga, when Vegeta pulls off a DeliberateInjuryGambit in an effort to exploit the Saiyans' [[CameBackStrong power to come back stronger from death]], [[TheMedic Dende]] refuses to [[HealingHands heal him]], since Vegeta is just as awful as Frieza and killed numerous Namekians himself, and is fully prepared to just walk away and [[MurderByInaction let Vegeta bleed out]]. Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan convince him to do so, pointing out that they ''need'' Vegeta to stand any chance against Frieza.

** Much like the original show, when Vegeta pulls his DeliberateInjuryGambit so he can get enough of a power boost to defeat Freeza, Dende initially refuses to heal Vegeta. The main difference is the tone: in the original show Dende was terrified of Vegeta and felt he couldn't morally do it because Vegeta was an evil person, in the abridged version Dende trolls Vegeta for a while and makes Vegeta beg to be healed, [[KickTheSonOfABitch then leaves Vegeta to die anyway]]. Piccolo has to remind him that Frieza is currently transforming into his fourth form, and without Vegeta they're probably all going to be brutally murdered before Dende heals Vegeta, and Dende has some sass for Vegeta even then.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' episode "I.R. on Sun", I.R. Baboon is manipulated by NASA into going on a Suicide Mission on the Sun. Weasel, angry at Baboon for dismiessing his concerns and remembering the cruel pranks Baboon played on him, briefly contemplates leaving Baboon to his fate. Before Weasel can get too far, his conscience [[ConscienceMakesYouGoBack gets the better of him]], and he drives back to NASA to rescue Baboon.

* ''Film/YogiBearAndTheMagicalFlightOfTheSpruceGoose'': Dread Baron and Mumbly have to convince the good guys they're no longer evil or the heroes won't rescue them.

** In "The Enemy Below", at the climax of a doomsday plot by [[CainAndAbel his treacherous brother Orm]], [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Arthur]] [[spoiler:had the opportunity to [[SaveTheVillain save him as he was slipping over an icy ledge]]. [[DefiedTrope Aquaman's response]]?]]

*** Though to be fair, Orm was such a bastard that he [[spoiler:tried to kill both [[CainAndAbel his own brother]] and ''his own [[WouldHurtAChild infant]] [[EvilUncle nephew]]'' (Arthur's baby son), all as part of a bloody coup attempt before destroying the surface world. That's pretty hard to forgive.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

* Subverted in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' during [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM7 the second movie with Cooler]]. Despite voicing a willingness to save only Gohan and leave behind the rest of the group that has been captured (Gohan being the only person Piccolo has a true bond with at that point), Piccolo does wind up saving everyone, aside from Goku and Vegeta, who save themselves. That said, it's worth noting that Piccolo found Gohan in a group with everyone else at the same time, so it's not like he actually got a chance to leave anyone behind...
** Another example is played straight and mostly the same as how it is in the original show: When Vegeta pulls his DeliberateInjuryGambit so he can get enough of a power boost to defeat Frieza, Dende just trolls him for a little while and then leaves him to die. Piccolo has to remind him that Frieza is currently transforming into his fourth form, and without Vegeta they're probably all going to be brutally murdered.

* Subverted in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' during [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM7 the second movie with Cooler]]. Despite voicing a willingness to save only Gohan and leave behind the rest of the group that has been captured (Gohan being the only person Piccolo has a true bond with at that point), Piccolo does wind up saving everyone, aside from Goku and Vegeta, who save themselves. That said, it's worth noting that Piccolo found Gohan in a group with everyone else at the same time, so it's not like he actually got a chance to leave anyone behind...
** Another example is played straight and mostly the same as how it is in the original show: When Vegeta pulls his DeliberateInjuryGambit so he can get enough of a power boost to defeat Frieza, Dende just trolls him for a little while and then leaves him to die. Piccolo has to remind him that Frieza is currently transforming into his fourth form, and without Vegeta they're probably all going to be brutally murdered.

* In the third episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', Sabertooth attacks the courtroom at Beast's bail hearing and is immediately shot by the guards. Cyclops orders Wolverine to help stop the guards from killing Sabertooth, but Wolverine flat-out refuses. [[spoiler: Wolverine was, of course, correct. The only reason Sabertooth was there was to make a scene in the hopes of getting invited back to the Xavier Mansion and try to hurt them because they didn't yet know him and thus didn't know how evil he was.]]

When this trope is applied specifically to a hostage situation, it's YouCanKeepHer. May lead to MurderByInaction. If they refuse to save someone because it's not their problem, it's BystanderSyndrome. If they react to the disliked's predicament with glee, especially if the disliked is beyond rescuing, that's AndThereWasMuchRejoicing. Contrast SaveTheJerk (a hero saves a jerkass), SaveTheVillain (a hero saves a villain), VillainousRescue (a villain saves a hero), ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike and UnwantedRescue, and compare MistreatmentInducedBetrayal and CallousnessTowardsEmergency.

The character that the hero refuses to rescue can be a villain, a {{Jerkass}}, or someone that the hero personally dislikes. If it's the villain, the hero's reason for not saving them is because the villain has gone BeyondRedemption and would rather allow them to fall to their KarmicDeath than to show them mercy which will lead them to commit more crimes. If it's the jerkass, the hero's reason for not saving them is because they treated him poorly and [[AssholeVictim they deserve to be in the predicament they're in]]. If it's someone the hero personally dislikes, it could someone the hero sees as annoying or inferior to him. A hero who does this can be an AntiHero, GoodIsNotNice, or GoodIsNotSoft (to truly wicked villains).

* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' ''The Last Laugh''. As Joker is hanging onto a cable over a incinerator, we get this scene:

When this trope is applied specifically to a hostage situation, it's YouCanKeepHer. May lead to MurderByInaction. If they refuse to save someone because it's not their problem, it's BystanderSyndrome. If they react to the disliked's predicament with glee, especially if the disliked is beyond rescuing, that's AndThereWasMuchRejoicing. Contrast SaveTheJerk (a hero saves a jerkass), SaveTheVillain (a hero saves a villain), VillainousRescue (a villain saves a hero), ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike and UnwantedRescue, and compare MistreatmentInducedBetrayal.

* In ''Series/JackRyan'', Islamist terrorist leader Abdul al-Radwan is betrayed by [[BigBad Mousa al-Suleiman]], beaten within an inch of his life, and thrown into the same cell as a group of abducted relief workers. Later, when the terrorist compound is raided and the captives are freed, a Marine asks the former abductees if al-Radwan is one of them. They answer in the negative, [[MurderByInaction allowing the Marine to shoot al-Radwan dead]].
* [[BitchInSheepsClothing Kate]] does this by proxy on ''Series/RobinHood'' in which Robin is trying to prevent Thornton, the [[DomesticAbuse sadistic husband]] of Isabella, Kate's [[TheRival romantic rival]], from raping and killing his wife. Kate has NoSympathy and tries to stop Robin from intervening, telling him: "she doesn't deserve our help!"
* The series finale of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' revolves around Ares using the Titans to destroy Mt. Olympus. Iolaus wonders if they should bother helping out considering the gods have been responsible for the majority of their problems. Hercules pragmatically points out that the destruction of Mt. Olympus by crashing to the ground would be enough to kill all life on the planet.

-->'''Joker''': (Depressed) BATMAN!