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** Asuka is one of the few people able to pilot an Eva, marking her as one of humanity's saviors, and quickly becomes a popular student with no shortage of admirers. She's flummoxed by the fact that Shinji is too emotionally withdrawn to connect to her, and her attempts to attract his attention (trying to goad him into sharing a room, getting a new swimsuit, kissing him) are in vain. She is also extremely put off when Rei reacts to her grandstanding offer that they should be friends with annoyed indifference (the way [[TheStoic Rei]] reacts to pretty much everyone who intrudes on her personal space), and it forms the beginning of a ([[UnknownRival very one-sided]]) rivalry with her.

** Asuka is one of the few people able to pilot an Eva, marking her as one of humanity's saviors, and quickly becomes a popular student with no shortage of admirers. She's flummoxed by the fact that Shinji is too emotionally withdrawn to connect to her, and her attempts to attract his attention (trying to goad him into sharing a room, getting a new swimsuit, kissing him) are in vain.

** Homer Simpson is rather off-put when he gains a personal enemy in Frank Grimes from the appropriately-titled episode "Homer's Enemy". Moe tries to comfort Homer by saying that there are people who don't like him, too. Homer refuses to accept this. Meanwhile, Grimes is later off-put himself [[InvertedTrope that nobody else feels the same way about Homer]] [[OnlySaneMan when he can clearly see him as being]] TooDumbToLive.

* Rarely done by the creators themselves, but if an otherwise-popular video game gets a low score from a single critic, the fans will probably get up in arms about it. Even if the "low score" was just a 9/10 compared to the 10/10s it got from everyone else.

Doing this in RealLife ''can'' be the result of narcissism or sociopathy, but it can also be caused if "Alice" has been emotionally abused, bullied, or otherwise personally or socially ostracized in the past and they're finally in a positive environment where they're well-regarded. This can make what happens to them even more tragic, especially when they see it as only trying to protect themselves from abuse or placate haters -- and as a result ends up drawing even more abuse and ostracism for falling into this trope.

** Homer Simpson is rather off-put when he gains a personal enemy in the appropriately-titled episode "Homer's Enemy". Moe tries to comfort Homer by saying that there are people who don't like him, too. Homer refuses to accept this. Meanwhile, the aforementioned enemy is later off-put himself [[InvertedTrope that nobody else feels the same way about Homer]] [[OnlySaneMan when he can clearly see him as being]] TooDumbToLive.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' has the episode "One Ornery Critter". Apart from the above formula, Arthur gets so worked up about one dog's dislike of him that he stops working at the local animal shelter since he's great with dogs otherwise. Arthur comes around when Buster tells him that the dog is very selective of who she likes: She only seems to like one of Buster's cousins out of her owner's immediate family.

* A whole episode on ''Series/MadAboutYou'' is devoted to Jaime's need for the new stuffy English couple who move in next door to like her. After many incidents - including Paul getting caught with the neighbor's wife's panties on his head, a misdelivered pizza, and Murray getting lucky with their prized show dog - the couple can't stand either one of them. Somewhat unique for this trope, they stay on as regular supporting characters.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Nobody Doesn't Like TJ" has TJ obsesses over why Gordy doesn't like him. After going through the typical insanity that is normal to this plot, Gordy talks to TJ and tells him that he actually thinks he's cool. He just doesn't like him, and [[IrrationalHatred doesn't even know]] ''why''. TJ, after a bit of grumbling, accepts that not everyone is going to like you no matter what you do... telling this epiphany to [[ArchEnemy Miss Finster]], who (thinking he's talking about her) assures TJ that she does like him, to his exasperation.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' kicks off this way. After nearly ''everyone'' Bella meets at school is friendly and welcoming to her, she is nearly driven to tears because Edward Cullen is distant with her. Instead of doing her best to ignore it, she does nothing but obsess over this. In later books, Bella has a paralyzing fear of even ''talking'' to Rosalie and Leah, because they are pretty much the only vampire and werewolf respectively who don't like her-- though this may be more a case of wanting to avoid supernaturally powerful beings who might have a grudge against her. Finally, Bella spends an inordinate amount of time being mentally catty about Lauren, the lone human who doesn't like her, when she's immediately surrounded by friends otherwise and Bella herself doesn't like Lauren in return.

** Asuka is one of the few people able to pilot an Eva, marking her as one of humanity's saviors, and quickly becomes a popular student with no shortage of admirers. She's flummoxed by the fact that Shinji is too emotionally withdrawn to connect to her, and her attempts to attract his attention (trying to goad him into sharing a room. getting a new swimsuit, kissing him) are in vain.

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* One episode of WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart centers around Mao Mao's attempts to impress Old Blue--the ''only'' citizen in Pure Heart Valley who wasn't particularly impressed by Mao Mao's victory over a huge monster. The episode culminates in Mao Mao finally getting the validation he craved, with an added twist that he now sees Old Blue regularly as a therapist to help him past his issues with praise.

-->'''Twilight Sparkle''': What the buck is wrong with you? I’ve done my job, I’ve saved your precious sister and all of Equestria while you just went and…''ran away''. Doesn’t that give me the right '''not''' to fawn over you like every other pony on this planet? To have my own ideas? To be left alone from now on? Of course not! The ''great'' Princess Celestia isn’t worshiped by her student! But instead of accepting this and going on with her delusional little lie of life where everypony is happy, she just has to try and figure out why I don’t want to kiss her plot anymore! Instead of, I don’t know, taking the time to visit with her estranged sister and [[FishOutOfTemporalWater help Luna adjust to this new time period she‘s found herself in]], she comes running to me because I don’t like her anymore! You turn away from the most important pony in your life to try and tend to your wounded '''ego''', and you ''wonder'' why you disgust me? You’re pathetic.

* The [[Music/MileyCyrus main character]] in ''Series/HannahMontana'' believes she has a HundredPercentAdorationRating across the planet, so it comes to a shock that the ([[BigManOnCampus hot]]) guy she's trying to date casually admits to hating her superstar ego. She spends the rest of the episode trying to win him over, which causes him to get fed up and transfer to another school.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Becker}}'' has Margaret realising that Mrs. Connolly, a patient she visits at home who has always been strangely cold and crotchety to her, gets along well with both Lynda and Becker (and has done so for years, in the latter case). Rather than go through the usual plot of trying and failing to make her like her by changing her behavior, Margaret straight-up asks for an explanation. [[RiddleForTheAges She doesn't really get one, with Mrs. Connolly saying that she just doesn't like one.]].

* A major part of ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheTrueAmazon'' is that Alethea is the only Amazon who isn't instantly won over by Diana, which vexes the princess greatly. Alethea outright tells her that while she respects Diana for her accomplishments, the woman is too much of an [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical]] SpoiledBrat for her to actually like. In her desperation to prove that she's absolutely worth all of Alethea's love and respect, she [[spoiler:causes an incident that gets countless Amazons permanently injured, scarred, and/or paralyzed if they managed to avoid getting slaughtered, with the death count [[ILetGwenStacyDie including Alethea, who died trying to protect her]]]]. Naturally, [[BreaktheHaughty this snaps Diana out of her old mindset pretty quickly]].

* A major part of ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheTrueAmazon'' is that Alethea is the only Amazon who isn't instantly won over by Diana, which vexes the princess greatly. Alethea outright tells her that while she respects Diana for her accomplishments, the woman is too much of [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical]] SpoiledBrat for her to actually like. In her desperation to prove that she's absolutely worth all of Alethea's love and respect, she [[spoiler:causes an incident that gets countless Amazons permanently injured, scarred, and/or paralyzed if they managed to avoid get slaughtered, with the death count [[ILetGwenStacyDie including Alethea, who died trying to protect her]]]]. Naturally, [[BreaktheHaughty this snaps Diana out of her old mindset pretty quickly]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Nobody Doesn't Like TJ" has TJ obsesses over why Gordy doesn't like him. After going through the typical insanity that is normal to this plot, Gordy talks to TJ and tells him that he actually thinks he's cool...he just doesn't like him, [[IrrationalHatred and doesn't even know]] ''[[IrrationalHatred why]]'' [[IrrationalHatred he doesn't like him,]] and TJ shouldn't go crazy about it to the point of leaving those that ''do'' like him in the mud.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E15BlackEyedPlease Black-Eyed, Please]]", a substitute teacher, Ms. Cantwell, acts like a SadistTeacher to Lisa, and ''only'' Lisa. Lisa can't imagine why any teacher would not like her, and can't figure out why Ms. Cantwell bullies her. After using Bart to get her to quit teaching, Lisa chases her out to her car, begging to know the reason why she doesn't like her. It turns out Ms. Cantwell thinks Lisa is pretty and thus a DumbBlonde party girl who was worth hating because "Bookworms like her can't stand party girls". (even if Lisa is an established nerd that is oftentimes bullied because she's not "pretty" ''enough''). Lisa is stunned by this and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint happy that a teacher actually called her pretty.]]

* A major part of ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheTrueAmazon'' is that Alethea is the only Amazon who isn't instantly won over by Diana, which vexes the princess greatly. Alethea outright tells her that while she respects Diana for her accomplishments, the woman is too much of [[ItAllAboutMe egotistical]] SpoiledBrat for her to actually like. In her desperation to prove that she's worth Alethea's love and respect she [[spoiler:causes an incident that gets countless Amazons permanently injured, scarred, and/or paralyzed if they managed to avoid get slaughtered, with the death count [[ILetGwenStacyDie including Alethea, who died trying to protect her]]]]. Naturally, [[BreaktheHaughty this snaps Diana out of her old mindset pretty quickly]].

* A major part of ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheTrueAmazon'' is that Alethea is the only Amazon who isn't instantly won over by Diana, which vexes the princess greatly.

* On ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Jenna is upset by the fact that Frank doesn't like her, and spends an episode trying to win him over. Strange, in that Jenna is a gorgeous blonde and Frank is a geeky, slovenly pervert. In another episode from another season, she was upset that Frank wouldn't brag that he slept with her - Frank had his reasons, though. Everyone is disgusted when they find out; disgusted at Frank for sleeping with Jenna.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Becker}}'' has Margaret realising that Mrs. Connolly, a patient she visits at home who has always been strangely cold and crotchety to her, gets along well with both Lynda and Becker (and has done so for years, in the latter case). Rather than go through the usual plot of trying and failing to make her like her by changing her behaviour, Margaret straight-up asks for an explanation. [[RiddleForTheAges She doesn't get one]].

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E15BlackEyedPlease Black-Eyed, Please]]", a substitute teacher, Ms. Cantwell, acts like a SadistTeacher to Lisa, and ''only'' Lisa. Lisa can't imagine why any teacher would not like her, and can't figure out why Ms. Cantwell bullies her. After using Bart to get her to quit teaching, Lisa chases her out to her car, begging to know the reason why she doesn't like her. It turns out Ms. Cantwell thinks Lisa is pretty and thus a DumbBlonde party girl who was worth hating because "Bookworms like her can't stand party girls". (even if Lisa is an established {{Nerd}} that is oftentimes bullied because she's not "pretty" ''enough''). Lisa is stunned by this and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint happy that a teacher actually called her pretty.]]

* Rarely done by the creators themselves, but if an otherwise-popular video game gets a low score from a single critic, the fans will probably get up in arms about it. Even if the "low score" was just a 9/10 compared to the 10/10s it got from everyone else. Actually, no, ''[[EightPointEight especially]]'' in that situation.