History Main / SorryIFellOnYourFist

'''Note:''' This is '''not''' when a character merely comments that [[AmericasSweethearts "I hit him in the tray with my face."]] This is when the person being attacked apologizes for being attacked.

* One of the ''[[NotOnlyButAlso Pete and Dud]]'' sketches involves Peter Cook upending a bowl of spaghetti over Dudley Moore's head. Dud: "I'm sorry, I seem to have spilt my spaghetti."

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* The [[MysteryScienceTHeater3000 MST3K]] version of {{Hamlet}} covers the death of Polonius like so:

* {{Pokemon}} has Audino. Many players go out of their way to hunt down these pokemon, as they give insane amounts of experience when [[NonLethalKO knocked out]]. At level 35 and above, some Audino will actually ''heal'' the player's pokemon while getting the tar beaten out of them by said pokemon. [[WhatTheHellPlayer Several]] [[WhatTheHellHero tropes come]] [[{{Hypocrite}} to mind]].

* Karl from Webcomic/EmergencyExit apologizes for being useless after [[spoiler: he gets his face torn up while saving Sal's life.]]

* It's almost universal in Britain (don't know about elsewhere) for someone who's been bumped into to begin to apologise profusely. We don't like confrontation...
** Maybe not profusely, but it's common practice for Americans to apologize, too; both the bumper and the bumpee.
*** Particularly if they are school-aged. Many American schools have a policy that anyone involved in a fight is punished. You can literally get expelled for being attacked, even if you don't fight back at all. This has caused many students to reflexively apologize for brushing against someone out of fear that the other person will get angry and start a fight. Obviously, the habit persists outside of a school environment.

** Canadians often fit into this, too, due to our infamous politeness (see the joke below).
* It's actually quite common for victims of assault (especially when it's unexpected) to apologize profusely while it's happening, only to wonder later (or even at the time) why they would do so. It doesn't seem to be explicable by personality traits like a "lack of confidence" or whatever.
** Possibly justified in that instance, as it could be a way of trying to mollify the assailant so they'll stop.
* Joke: How do you get a Canadian to say "I'm sorry"? Punchline: You step on his foot.
* In the U.S., at least, some schools that decide to "crack down" on fighting adopt a policy where everybody involved in a fight automatically gets punished, and the definition of "fight" covers pretty much any physical altercation, no matter how one-sided -- so kids have been given detention, suspended or even expelled literally for the crime of ''being hit by someone else'', sometimes while ''trying to run away from the assailant''.
** Once you get expelled you have to go to an alternative school; and it goes on your permanent record. Other than the hassle of finding a new school, colleges won't want to accept someone who got expelled for fighting. If you can't get into a good college it's much harder to find a job with a decent salary. You probably won't live long. Yup, someone hitting you can have a massive conundrum on the '''rest of your life'''. It's not wonder kids have been conditioned to profusely apologize at even the slightest bump.
** Or, in other schools, Inverted as people are allowed to ''beat the crap out of someone'' if they so much as bumped into them, as "self-defense" is often seen as justification for a fight. No matter how little the attack was.

* In an issue of the Marvel ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel G.I. Joe]]'' comics, Lady Jaye and Zarana get into a DesignatedGirlFight (more of a CatFight, really) while several male Joes and [=COBRAs=] watch before finally pulling them apart. Afterwards, Zarana's fellow Dreadnoks compliment her performance, one saying "I especially liked how Zarana kept hitting the soles of Lady Jaye's boots with her face!"

* In the third season of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' after fighting a heavily pregnant but still vampiric Darla, Gunn quips that he and Wesley "tried to stop her by hitting her fists and feet with our faces".

*** Particularly if they are school-aged. Many American schools have a policy that anyone involved in a fight is punished. You can literally get expelled for being attacked, even if you don't fight back at all. This has caused many students to reflexively apologize for brushing against someone out of fear that the other person will get angry and start a fight. Obviously, the habbit persists outside of a school environment.

'''Note:''' This is '''not''' when a character merely comments that [[AmericanSweethearts "I hit him in the tray with my face."]] This is when the person being attacked apologizes for being attacked.

-->-- '''Jon Stewart''', ''Series/TheDailyShow''[[labelnote:*]]He's referring to when then-Vice President Dick Cheney shot Harry Whittington in a hunting accident. After being discharged from the hospital, Whittington said, "My family and I are deeply sorry for everything Vice President Cheney and his family have had to deal with. We hope that he will continue to come to Texas and seek the relaxation that he deserves."[[/labelnote]]

-->-- '''Jon Stewart''', ''Series/TheDailyShow''

They are the ButtMonkey, TheWoobie, and/or the ChewToy, and ''they'' apologize for it. Pushed UpToEleven, involving dangerous weapons, this trope can don the name "Sorry I Fell Into Your Fire" or "Sorry I Bumped Into Your Bullet".

They are the ButtMonkey, TheWoobie, and/or the ChewToy, and ''they'' apologize for it. Pushed UpToEleven, involving dangerous weapons, this trope can don the name "Sorry I Fell Into Your Fire".

They are the ButtMonkey, TheWoobie, and/or the ChewToy, and ''they'' apologize for it.

* US Vice-President Dick Cheney accidentally [[SorryIFellIntoYourFire shot]] Harry Whittington, a wealthy campaign contributor, while they were hunting together in Texas. Whittington apologized to Cheney. Then again, the accident occurred at least partly because Whittington was standing somewhere he wasn't supposed to... [[DoubleSubversion And Cheney was shooting there without checking]]. This is the source of the page quote.

* US Vice-President Dick Cheney accidentally [[SorryIBumpedIntoYourBullets shot]] Harry Whittington, a wealthy campaign contributor, while they were hunting together in Texas. Whittington apologized to Cheney. Then again, the accident occurred at least partly because Whittington was standing somewhere he wasn't supposed to... [[DoubleSubversion And Cheney was shooting there without checking]]. This is the source of the page quote.

* US Vice-President Dick Cheney accidentally shot Harry Whittington, a wealthy campaign contributor, while they were hunting together in Texas. Whittington apologized to Cheney. Then again, the accident occurred at least partly because Whittington was standing somewhere he wasn't supposed to... [[DoubleSubversion And Cheney was shooting there without checking]]. This is the source of the page quote.

* In the U.S., at least, some schools that decide to "crack down" on fighting adopt a policy where everybody involved in a fight automatically gets punished, and the definition of "fight" covers pretty much any physical altercation, no matter how one-sided -- so kids have been given detention, suspended or even expelled literally for the crime of ''being hit by someone else''.
** You get expelled you have to go to an alternative school and have it goes on your permanent record. Other than the hassle of finding a new school, colleges won't want to accept someone who got expelled for fighting. If you can't get into a good college it's much harder to find a job with a decent salary. Yup, someone hitting you can have a massive effect on your life. It's not wonder kids have been conditioned to profusely apologize at even the slightest bump.

Compare WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou and ApologizesALot. MyFistForgivesYou is the inverse of this.

* DesperateHousewives: Gabby finds evidence suggesting her soon-to-be ex husband, Carlos, could be on the verge of getting a very well-paying job. She decides she's going to woo him back so she can take him for even more money. They sleep together. He then reveals that he planted the fake evidence with the full knowledge that she'd steal it, read it, and then try to rob him blind. Outraged that she's been proven beyond all reasonable doubt to be a lying, manipulative, whorish bitch, she pushes Carlos out of the upstairs window. He survives with no damage lasting beyond the end of the episode. The closing narration ''still'' tries to suggest that [[DesignatedVillain Carlos]] was in the wrong, and that he feels guilty for being so cruel to [[DesignatedHero Gabby]].
* DowntonAbbey: Daisy often apologizes for Mrs. Patmore's mistakes.
* When [[Series/HowIMetYourMother HIMYM's]] Barney gets into a fight with his Canadian side(ItMakesSenseInContext) he smashes a vase over Canadian!Barney's head. Canadian!Barney apologises for the thickness of his skull and offers to split the cost of replacing the vase.

->''"Wow! How powerful a man do you have to be to be able to shoot somebody in the face, and have ''that'' guy go: 'My bad!'"''

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* Billy Burmingham's ''Wired World of Sports 2'' includes Rugby League commentary in which a player is "headbutted in the elbow". The commentators sympathise with the player as he falls over in agony, blood pouring profusely from his elbow.

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* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/427653/chapters/719529 The Well Groomed Mind]]'' after Ron (being a [[TheResenter jealous prat]]) punched Harry in the jaw and knocked him out; Dumbledore expects ''[[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming Harry]]'' [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming to apologize for it.]]

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*** Particularly if they are school-aged. Many American schools have a policy that anyone involved in a fight is punished. You can literally get expelled for being attacked, even if you don't fight back at all. This has caused many students to reflexively apologize for brushing against someone out of fear that the other person will get angry and start a fight. Obviously, the habbit persists outside of a school environment.

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* In ''Fanfic/ThoseWhoStandForNothingFallForAnything'' [[Manga/DeathNote Light]] apologizes to L after L beats him up.

* Tohru Honda of ''FruitsBasket'' does this quite a bit too, not wanting to burden anyone with her troubles despite those troubles being pretty drastic. This is best seen in the beginning of the series, where while her grandfather's house is being renovated, she resorts to living in a tent, rather than bother any of her friends by staying with them.

* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/427653/chapters/719529 The Well Groomed Mind]]'' after Ron (being a [[TheResenter jealous prat]]) punched Harry in the jaw, knocking him out Dumbledore expects ''[[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming Harry]]'' [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming to apologize for it.]]

-->-- '''Jon Stewart''', ''TheDailyShow''

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* An auto-collision version occurs in ''Film/AnalyzeThis''. After Dr. Sobol rear-ends the mobsters, Jelly tells him "it's all right; it was our fault for being in front of you like that. Forget about it!" Then again, Jelly didn't REALLY think it was their fault; he was just trying to get rid of Dr. Sobol before he noticed the kidnapped mobster in the trunk.

* {{Pokemon}} has Audino. Many players go out of their way to hunt down these pokemon, as they give insane amounts of experience when [[NonLethalKO knocked out]]. At level 35 and above, some Audino will actually ''heal'' the player's pokemon while getting the tar beaten out of them by said pokemon. [[WhatTheHellPlayer Several]] [[WhatTheHellHero tropes]] [[CompleteMonster come]] [[{{Hypocrite}} to mind]].

* In an issue of the Marvel ''GIJoe'' comics, Lady Jaye and Zarana get into a DesignatedGirlFight (more of a CatFight, really) while several male Joes and [=COBRAs=] watch before finally pulling them apart. Afterwards, Zarana's fellow Dreadnoks compliment her performance, one saying "I especially liked how Zarana kept hitting the soles of Lady Jaye's boots with her face!"

* An auto-collision version occurs in ''AnalyzeThis''. After Dr. Sobol rear-ends the mobsters, Jelly tells him "it's all right; it was our fault for being in front of you like that. Forget about it!" Then again, Jelly didn't REALLY think it was their fault; he was just trying to get rid of Dr. Sobol before he noticed the kidnapped mobster in the trunk.