History Main / UngratefulBastard

** Lana Skye also comes off like this when she actually tries to confess to murder and ''fire you from your position as her attorney'', but she has a decent reason because [[spoiler:she thought the continued defense would implicate her sister Ema]].
** Wocky Kitaki from ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''. After Apollo proves him innocent he throws a fit, screaming his head off and threatening Apollo because [[spoiler:his girlfriend Alita turned out to be the real murderer and framed him for the crime]].

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* General UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton, who held the rank of colonel during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, was saved by private Joe Angelo, who received the Distinguished Service Cross medal for his heroic actions. Unfortunately, when a group of W.W.I. veterans went to Washington, D.C. as the "Bonus Army" to petition the government for early payment of their promised bonus certificates, which could not be redeemed until 1945, Patton, when approached by Joe Angelo, the private who saved his life, snubbed him away, saying: "I don't know this man. Take him away and under no circumstances permit him to return."
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* Swim Swim from ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' get's knocked out by Cranberry and is saved by Tama. The moment she wakes up, she [[spoiler:picks up her halberd and slashes Tama's throat. All because she saw her human identity]].

* In a season 5 episode of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', after killing most of the Daughters of Aku, Jack ends up saving the sole survivor, pre-HeelFaceTurn Ashi. When they get swallowed by a ginormous monster and Jack saves her from whatever lurks inside, Ashi (who is bound by chains at the time) is far from grateful, even trying to kill him when he's busy saving their skins.
-->'''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Puffball]]''': ''(to Jack)'' What were you expecting, a hug and a kiss?
** Fortunately, this ends up getting subverted in later episodes, for Ashi undergoes a Heel Face Turn and is very grateful to Jack for helping her learn the truth about Aku.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{LooneyTunes}}'': Played with in ''Daffy Duck Hunt'' with Barnyard Dog. His entire plan relied on catching Daffy by making him take pity on him by claiming that Porky would abuse him if he didn't get him and promising that he would release him afterwards. Acting on impulse he did take pity on Daffy and took him out of the freezer but then he showed that he had no intention of honoring his promised and letting him go ultimately playing it straight.

* Towards the end of ''Film/{{Pirates of the Caribbean On Strangder Tides}}'', Angelica is horrified at Jack for sacrificing her father despite the fact that he saved her life by doing so.

* In ''Film/{{Looney Tunes}}'':

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' episode 'Carl Wheezer, Boy Genius" Carl, of all people, is is this Jimmy even though saved his and his girlfriend, Elke's lives, but Carl wanted Elke to believe the lies he told her in his letters, so he kept doing this until Elke admitted she was lying to him the whole time.

* ''Series/TheJeffersons'': Unlike what the episode title may imply, "Sorry, Wrong Meeting" is not a funny little story about accidentally walking into the wrong meeting, although the plot is most certainly about walking into the wrong meeting. To determine how to handle a series of burglaries in the Manhattan high-rise where the Willises and Jeffersons live, Tom plans a meeting; in the elevator, he runs into a man (who has just moved into the building) and his son, who are planning their own meeting. Tom -- unknowing that the gentleman is the master of the local chapter of TheKlan, and unknowing that the meeting is about running the Jeffersons out -- offers to come. George, Tom and Mr. Bentley (also a white man) arrive and discover that they have the wrong meeting. A loud argument eventually ensues, with George's natural talent of wit (along with Tom's reasoning and Mr. Bentley also using sarcastic wit) thwarting the leader's racist reasoning at every turn. Eventually, the Klan leader suddenly passes out, and George -- the only one who knows CPR -- manages to revive him and save his life. However, when the man's son tells him that George had saved him, the leader promptly tells his son that "You should've let me die" as the paramedics take him away (The audience gasps in disbelief at this point). His attitude makes the other members realize what they're doing is wrong and, when his assistant tries to resume the meeting, the others all leave the club en masse, with the son -- who had once admired his father and was starting to become the very racist image of him -- apologizes and takes a look at his own values.

* The weeping willow in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder''. When you turn her back into her human form, she carelessly tosses aside her harp (the sole comfort she had the whole time she was a tree), calls her fiancé, and struts off with him withouta word of thanks to you. As WebVideo/PawDugan put it in his LetsPlay, "YOU'RE WELCOME, YOU UNGRATEFUL '''''BIIIIIIIITCH!!'''''"

** The Jedi in general count too. Oh hey look, here's this nice woman who let her son come and join us. If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't have the Chosen One in our order...What's that? She's still a slave? Oh never mind. We'll just let her suffer in slavery and then get tortured to death by savages. This also applies on a broader scale, what with the typical treatment of families who give up their ''children'' to the Order.

** At the beginning of the series, Naruto is frequently resented by the Konoha villagers. If the Kyuubi hadn't been sealed inside him, it would have destroyed Konoha, but he is a pariah because of it. Over time, this gets better as they see how much Naruto has accomplished and start regarding him as a hero.

** Also, the treatment of Naruto by the villagers. If the Kyuubi hadn't been sealed inside him, it would have destroyed Konoha, but he is a pariah because of it. Over time, this gets better as they see how much Naruto has accomplished and start regarding him as a hero.

Contrast GrudgingThankYou. Probably not related to the Film/{{inglourious|Basterds}} kind. See also EntitledBastard.

** When Magneto busts Mystique and several other mutants from the [[TailorMadePrison rolling prison trucks,]] she jumps in front of him, and gets his with a [[PowerNullifier "cure"]] filled dart. She turns into [[BroughtDowntoNormal a regular human,]] and Magneto takes off with the other mutants, and leaves her to her fate.

** Meanwhile, Harry never shows any gratitude to Snape for saving his life in the first book, or for attempting to save him and his friends from Sirius Black (at the time believed to be a mass murderer), or for saving their life ''again'' in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]''. Snape's a dick to Harry, but you'd think saving his life would merit at least a "thank you" from a kid whose defining characteristic is love. [[spoiler:Harry finally gives Snape his due after he learns the truth by petitioning that Snape be awarded an Order of Merlin (posthumously) and naming one of his sons after him (Albus Severus Potter).]] Then again Harry's animosity has much to do with Snape treating him like crap for no good reason. In the case of Sirius Black, Harry knew that Sirius was innocent by that time and didn't think that Snape's motivation was altruistic but merely revenge against his old enemy.
** Snape himself for that matters never showed gratitude to Harry's father James for saving him from a deadly prank. Worse, [[spoiler: he was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy with the intention of seeing James and his son dead and stealing his wife he was in love with]].