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** Just like her dad, [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderPrincessAzula Princess Azula]] also scoffs at the idea of love and trust. Furthermore, she scoffs at the idea of Long Feng being a WorthyOpponent towards her.
-->'''Long Feng''': You've beaten me at my own game.\\
'''Azula''': Don't flatter yourself. You were never even a player.
-->'''Long Feng''': You've beaten me at my own game.\\
'''Azula''': Don't flatter yourself. You were never even a player.
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** When Goku attempts to allow Captain Ginyu to leave if he will only apologize and promise to never hurt anyone again, Ginyu mocks him and says a soft-hearted person will never defeat him.
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* ''Manga/YuGiOhGX'': While she was a villain, Reggie [=MacKenzie=] claimed that love and other human bonds are nothing but shackles.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Anakin Skywalker, as his [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain eventual transformation into Darth Vader]] progresses, becomes increasingly alienated from the Jedi, especially after they pull a KangarooCourt on his padawan Ahsoka Tano and would have executed her if he didn't intervene, scoffing their values as hypocritical. For example, when Anaxes is targeted to be bombed by [[GeneralRipper Admiral Trench]] to deny the Republic a victory, Trench initially refuses to cooperate in order to disarm the said bomb in the fear that Dooku will kill him. When Anakin threatens him, he scoffs and discusses how compassion and mercy are the virtues of a Jedi, at which Trench gets his prosthetic limbs cut off with Anakin deriding them as weaknesses, and later kills him after [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness all is said and done]].
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** Characters/{{Dream|SMPDream}} grows to see having attachments (e.g. pets, prized weapons, friendships) as a weakness and starts cutting them off so that he could not be controlled through them, as they have arguably been by other members of the server (e.g. the Pet Wars started over Sapnap being a ChronicPetKiller, which pissed off the owners of the pets, among other things). [[spoiler:In an attempt to reunite the server [[ControlFreak under his control]], he then begins to collect everyone else's attachments (i.e. stealing treasured items and kidnapping beloved pets) as blackmail in a secret vault, where he and Tommy and Tubbo confront each other over [[NumberOneDime Tommy's discs, Cat and Mellohi]] (a months-long animosity and cause of conflict between the two sides). Unfortunately for Dream, [[FatalFlaw this doesn't work out]] and even backfires on him when half the server [[BigDamnHeroes teams up to confront him]] during the Season 2 finale, discovering his attempt at blackmailing the entire SMP. Moreover, by cutting his friends out of his life, the only ally Dream had left was Punz, a mercenary who was OnlyInItForTheMoney, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard betrayed]] him as soon as Tommy paid him more than Dream did. This eventually leads to the loss of two of his canon lives, as Tommy gets his revenge on him for putting him through a massive TraumaCongaLine, and his imprisonment in [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]].]]
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline (starting from Season 3) rolls around, a [[JadeColoredGlasses now-jaded]] [[Characters/DreamSMPQuackity Quackity]] seems to have adopted this attitude in a classic case of BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, thinking of attachment and trust as weakness in an attempt to NeverBeHurtAgain after enduring a long TraumaCongaLine. It is painfully clear that he's a {{Hypocrite}} about it and still has a HiddenHeartOfGold ([[{{Foil}} unlike]] Dream, who lacks both the trauma-induced viewpoint part and the heart of gold), and it doesn't work out for him in the end.
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline (starting from Season 3) rolls around, a [[JadeColoredGlasses now-jaded]] [[Characters/DreamSMPQuackity Quackity]] seems to have adopted this attitude in a classic case of BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, thinking of attachment and trust as weakness in an attempt to NeverBeHurtAgain after enduring a long TraumaCongaLine. It is painfully clear that he's a {{Hypocrite}} about it and still has a HiddenHeartOfGold ([[{{Foil}} unlike]] Dream, who lacks both the trauma-induced viewpoint part and the heart of gold), and it doesn't work out for him in the end.
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** By Season 2, Characters/{{Dream|SMPDream}} grows to see having attachments (e.g. pets, prized weapons, friendships) as a weakness and starts cutting them off so that he could not be controlled through them, as they have arguably been by other members of the server (e.g. the Pet Wars started over Sapnap being a ChronicPetKiller, which pissed off the owners of the pets, among other things). [[spoiler:In an attempt to reunite the server [[ControlFreak under his control]], he then begins to collect everyone else's attachments (i.e. stealing treasured items and kidnapping beloved pets) as blackmail in a secret vault, where he and Tommy and Tubbo confront each other over [[NumberOneDime Tommy's discs, Cat and Mellohi]] (a months-long animosity and cause of conflict between the two sides). Unfortunately for Dream, [[FatalFlaw this doesn't work out]] and even backfires on him when half the server [[BigDamnHeroes teams up to confront him]] during the Season 2 finale, discovering his attempt at blackmailing the entire SMP. Moreover, by cutting his friends out of his life, the only ally Dream had left was Punz, a mercenary who was OnlyInItForTheMoney, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard betrayed]] him as soon as Tommy paid him more than Dream did. This eventually leads to the loss of two of his canon lives, as Tommy gets his revenge on him for putting him through a massive TraumaCongaLine, and his imprisonment in [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]].]]
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline(starting from Season 3) in Seasons 3 and 4 rolls around, a [[JadeColoredGlasses now-jaded]] [[Characters/DreamSMPQuackity Quackity]] seems to have adopted this attitude in a classic case of BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, thinking of attachment and trust as weakness in an attempt to NeverBeHurtAgain after enduring a long TraumaCongaLine. It is painfully clear that he's a {{Hypocrite}} about it and still has a HiddenHeartOfGold ([[{{Foil}} unlike]] Dream, who lacks both the trauma-induced viewpoint part and the heart of gold), and it doesn't work out for him in the end.
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline
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** [[Characters/{{Dream|SMPDream}} grows to see having attachments (e.g. pets, prized weapons, friendships) as a weakness and starts cutting them off so that he could not be controlled through them, as they have arguably been by other members of the server (e.g. the Pet Wars started over Sapnap being a ChronicPetKiller, which pissed off the owners of the pets, among other things). [[spoiler:In an attempt to reunite the server [[ControlFreak under his control]], he then begins to collect everyone else's attachments (i.e. stealing treasured items and kidnapping beloved pets) as blackmail in a secret vault, where he and Tommy and Tubbo confront each other over [[NumberOneDime Tommy's discs, Cat and Mellohi]] (a months-long animosity and cause of conflict between the two sides). Unfortunately for Dream, [[FatalFlaw this doesn't work out]] and even backfires on him when half the server [[BigDamnHeroes teams up to confront him]] during the Season 2 finale, discovering his attempt at blackmailing the entire SMP. Moreover, by cutting his friends out of his life, the only ally Dream had left was Punz, a mercenary who was OnlyInItForTheMoney, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard betrayed]] him as soon as Tommy paid him more than Dream did. This eventually leads to the loss of two of his canon lives, as Tommy gets his revenge on him for putting him through a massive TraumaCongaLine, and his imprisonment in [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]].]]
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline rolls around, a [[JadeColoredGlasses now-jaded]] [[Characters/DreamSMPQuackity Quackity]] seems to have adopted this attitude in a classic case of BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, thinking of attachment and trust as weakness in an attempt to NeverBeHurtAgain after enduring a long TraumaCongaLine. It is painfully clear that he's a {{Hypocrite}} about it and still has a HiddenHeartOfGold ([[{{Foil}} unlike]] Dream, who lacks both the trauma-induced viewpoint part and the heart of gold), and it doesn't work out for him in the end.
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline rolls around, a [[JadeColoredGlasses now-jaded]] [[Characters/DreamSMPQuackity Quackity]] seems to have adopted this attitude in a classic case of BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, thinking of attachment and trust as weakness in an attempt to NeverBeHurtAgain after enduring a long TraumaCongaLine. It is painfully clear that he's a {{Hypocrite}} about it and still has a HiddenHeartOfGold ([[{{Foil}} unlike]] Dream, who lacks both the trauma-induced viewpoint part and the heart of gold), and it doesn't work out for him in the end.
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** [[Characters/{{Dream|SMPDream}} Characters/{{Dream|SMPDream}} grows to see having attachments (e.g. pets, prized weapons, friendships) as a weakness and starts cutting them off so that he could not be controlled through them, as they have arguably been by other members of the server (e.g. the Pet Wars started over Sapnap being a ChronicPetKiller, which pissed off the owners of the pets, among other things). [[spoiler:In an attempt to reunite the server [[ControlFreak under his control]], he then begins to collect everyone else's attachments (i.e. stealing treasured items and kidnapping beloved pets) as blackmail in a secret vault, where he and Tommy and Tubbo confront each other over [[NumberOneDime Tommy's discs, Cat and Mellohi]] (a months-long animosity and cause of conflict between the two sides). Unfortunately for Dream, [[FatalFlaw this doesn't work out]] and even backfires on him when half the server [[BigDamnHeroes teams up to confront him]] during the Season 2 finale, discovering his attempt at blackmailing the entire SMP. Moreover, by cutting his friends out of his life, the only ally Dream had left was Punz, a mercenary who was OnlyInItForTheMoney, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard betrayed]] him as soon as Tommy paid him more than Dream did. This eventually leads to the loss of two of his canon lives, as Tommy gets his revenge on him for putting him through a massive TraumaCongaLine, and his imprisonment in [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]].]]
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline (starting from Season 3) rolls around, a [[JadeColoredGlasses now-jaded]] [[Characters/DreamSMPQuackity Quackity]] seems to have adopted this attitude in a classic case of BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, thinking of attachment and trust as weakness in an attempt to NeverBeHurtAgain after enduring a long TraumaCongaLine. It is painfully clear that he's a {{Hypocrite}} about it and still has a HiddenHeartOfGold ([[{{Foil}} unlike]] Dream, who lacks both the trauma-induced viewpoint part and the heart of gold), and it doesn't work out for him in the end.
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline (starting from Season 3) rolls around, a [[JadeColoredGlasses now-jaded]] [[Characters/DreamSMPQuackity Quackity]] seems to have adopted this attitude in a classic case of BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, thinking of attachment and trust as weakness in an attempt to NeverBeHurtAgain after enduring a long TraumaCongaLine. It is painfully clear that he's a {{Hypocrite}} about it and still has a HiddenHeartOfGold ([[{{Foil}} unlike]] Dream, who lacks both the trauma-induced viewpoint part and the heart of gold), and it doesn't work out for him in the end.
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* [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1348321-counter-signal-memes An anonymous comic]] from Website/FourChan parodies and deconstructs this. Two characters agree that morality is weakness and that everybody should just be an asshole to each other, and ends with a conga line of people backstabbing each other while yelling "HURR HURR WE'RE FREE".
* On the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', Dream[[note]]The character, not the content creator who plays him[[/note]] grows to see having attachments (e.g. pets, prized weapons, friendships) as a weakness and starts cutting them off so that he could not be controlled through them, as they have arguably been by other members of the server (e.g. the Pet Wars started over Sapnap being a ChronicPetKiller, which pissed off the owners of the pets, among other things). [[spoiler:In an attempt to reunite the server [[ControlFreak under his control]], he then begins to collect everyone else's attachments (i.e. stealing treasured items and kidnapping beloved pets) as blackmail in a secret vault, where he and Tommy and Tubbo confront each other over [[NumberOneDime Tommy's discs, Cat and Mellohi]] (a months-long animosity and cause of conflict between the two sides). Unfortunately for Dream, [[FatalFlaw this doesn't work out]] and even backfires on him when half the server [[BigDamnHeroes teams up to confront him]] during the Season 2 finale, discovering his attempt at blackmailing the entire SMP. Moreover, by cutting his friends out of his life, the only ally Dream had left was Punz, a mercenary who was OnlyInItForTheMoney, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard betrayed]] him as soon as Tommy paid him more than Dream did. This eventually leads to the loss of two of his canon lives, as Tommy gets his revenge on him for putting him through a massive TraumaCongaLine, and his imprisonment in [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]].]]
* On the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', Dream[[note]]The character, not the content creator who plays him[[/note]] grows to see having attachments (e.g. pets, prized weapons, friendships) as a weakness and starts cutting them off so that he could not be controlled through them, as they have arguably been by other members of the server (e.g. the Pet Wars started over Sapnap being a ChronicPetKiller, which pissed off the owners of the pets, among other things). [[spoiler:In an attempt to reunite the server [[ControlFreak under his control]], he then begins to collect everyone else's attachments (i.e. stealing treasured items and kidnapping beloved pets) as blackmail in a secret vault, where he and Tommy and Tubbo confront each other over [[NumberOneDime Tommy's discs, Cat and Mellohi]] (a months-long animosity and cause of conflict between the two sides). Unfortunately for Dream, [[FatalFlaw this doesn't work out]] and even backfires on him when half the server [[BigDamnHeroes teams up to confront him]] during the Season 2 finale, discovering his attempt at blackmailing the entire SMP. Moreover, by cutting his friends out of his life, the only ally Dream had left was Punz, a mercenary who was OnlyInItForTheMoney, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard betrayed]] him as soon as Tommy paid him more than Dream did. This eventually leads to the loss of two of his canon lives, as Tommy gets his revenge on him for putting him through a massive TraumaCongaLine, and his imprisonment in [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]].]]
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* [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1348321-counter-signal-memes An anonymous comic]] from Website/FourChan parodies and deconstructs this. Two characters agree that morality is weakness and that everybody should just be an asshole to each other, and ends with a conga line of people backstabbing each other while yelling yelling, "HURR HURR WE'RE FREE".
*On ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' [[note]](all names refer to the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', Dream[[note]]The character, characters, not the content creator creators who plays him[[/note]] play them)[[/note]]:
** [[Characters/{{Dream|SMPDream}} grows to see having attachments (e.g. pets, prized weapons, friendships) as a weakness and starts cutting them off so that he could not be controlled through them, as they have arguably been by other members of the server (e.g. the Pet Wars started over Sapnap being a ChronicPetKiller, which pissed off the owners of the pets, among other things). [[spoiler:In an attempt to reunite the server [[ControlFreak under his control]], he then begins to collect everyone else's attachments (i.e. stealing treasured items and kidnapping beloved pets) as blackmail in a secret vault, where he and Tommy and Tubbo confront each other over [[NumberOneDime Tommy's discs, Cat and Mellohi]] (a months-long animosity and cause of conflict between the two sides). Unfortunately for Dream, [[FatalFlaw this doesn't work out]] and even backfires on him when half the server [[BigDamnHeroes teams up to confront him]] during the Season 2 finale, discovering his attempt at blackmailing the entire SMP. Moreover, by cutting his friends out of his life, the only ally Dream had left was Punz, a mercenary who was OnlyInItForTheMoney, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard betrayed]] him as soon as Tommy paid him more than Dream did. This eventually leads to the loss of two of his canon lives, as Tommy gets his revenge on him for putting him through a massive TraumaCongaLine, and his imprisonment in [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]].]]]]
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline rolls around, a [[JadeColoredGlasses now-jaded]] [[Characters/DreamSMPQuackity Quackity]] seems to have adopted this attitude in a classic case of BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, thinking of attachment and trust as weakness in an attempt to NeverBeHurtAgain after enduring a long TraumaCongaLine. It is painfully clear that he's a {{Hypocrite}} about it and still has a HiddenHeartOfGold ([[{{Foil}} unlike]] Dream, who lacks both the trauma-induced viewpoint part and the heart of gold), and it doesn't work out for him in the end.
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** [[Characters/{{Dream|SMPDream}} grows to see having attachments (e.g. pets, prized weapons, friendships) as a weakness and starts cutting them off so that he could not be controlled through them, as they have arguably been by other members of the server (e.g. the Pet Wars started over Sapnap being a ChronicPetKiller, which pissed off the owners of the pets, among other things). [[spoiler:In an attempt to reunite the server [[ControlFreak under his control]], he then begins to collect everyone else's attachments (i.e. stealing treasured items and kidnapping beloved pets) as blackmail in a secret vault, where he and Tommy and Tubbo confront each other over [[NumberOneDime Tommy's discs, Cat and Mellohi]] (a months-long animosity and cause of conflict between the two sides). Unfortunately for Dream, [[FatalFlaw this doesn't work out]] and even backfires on him when half the server [[BigDamnHeroes teams up to confront him]] during the Season 2 finale, discovering his attempt at blackmailing the entire SMP. Moreover, by cutting his friends out of his life, the only ally Dream had left was Punz, a mercenary who was OnlyInItForTheMoney, and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard betrayed]] him as soon as Tommy paid him more than Dream did. This eventually leads to the loss of two of his canon lives, as Tommy gets his revenge on him for putting him through a massive TraumaCongaLine, and his imprisonment in [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]].
** By the time the "Las Nevadas" plotline rolls around, a [[JadeColoredGlasses now-jaded]] [[Characters/DreamSMPQuackity Quackity]] seems to have adopted this attitude in a classic case of BecameTheirOwnAntithesis, thinking of attachment and trust as weakness in an attempt to NeverBeHurtAgain after enduring a long TraumaCongaLine. It is painfully clear that he's a {{Hypocrite}} about it and still has a HiddenHeartOfGold ([[{{Foil}} unlike]] Dream, who lacks both the trauma-induced viewpoint part and the heart of gold), and it doesn't work out for him in the end.
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* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is on record saying that humanitarianism is a form of stupidity, as he wanted to eliminate all the "inferior" races of the world and populate it with pure-blooded Aryans. Then, there's his approach to geopolitics. He saw everyone else as land-grabbing empires who would turn on each other if they smelled weakness; for example, he expected the US to gobble up British possessions in the Americas if the homeland fell, and the British to do the same to French colonies in Africa. [[TheAlliance This, of course, didn't happen.]]
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* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is on record saying that humanitarianism is a form of stupidity, as he wanted to eliminate all the "inferior" races of the world and populate it with pure-blooded Aryans. Then, there's his approach to geopolitics. He saw everyone else as land-grabbing empires who would turn on each other if they smelled weakness; for example, he expected the US to gobble up British possessions in the Americas if the homeland fell, and the British to do the same to French colonies in Africa. [[TheAlliance This, of course, didn't happen.]]happen]].
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* Explored extensively in ''{{Series/Supernatural}}''. Because it's such a CrapsackWorld, the boys are literally damned if you do, damned if you don't; in one example, the brothers waste valuable time returning a young boy who was the victim of a monster to his surviving family, much to Castiel's consternation since he believes it's a sign of weakness. Unfortunately, the boy was infected by his experience and ends up eating his surviving family, so Castiel was right ... but it's hard to say the boys should have killed the child "just in case."
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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "A Jones for a Smith", Stan expresses the view that people should solve their own problems and asking for help of ''any'' kind is a sign of weakness; when Hayley starts choking on a piece of turkey sausage, Stan goes so far as to ''forcibly hold Francine back from helping her'', leading to Hayley nearly dying.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "A Jones for a Smith", [[Characters/AmericanDadStanSmith Stan Smith]] expresses the view that people should solve their own problems and asking for help of ''any'' kind is a sign of weakness; when Hayley starts choking on a piece of turkey sausage, Stan goes so far as to ''forcibly hold Francine back from helping her'', leading to Hayley nearly dying.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Ozai refers to Aang's unwillingness to kill him as a weakness and tries to exploit it to kill Aang. [[spoiler:Of course, Aang uses his newly-acquired Chi-bending to [[BroughtDownToNormal render Ozai unable to firebend]], which, to a raging egotist gooned on the power of firebending, is a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Ozai [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderFireLordOzai Fire Lord Ozai]] refers to Aang's unwillingness to kill him as a weakness and tries to exploit it to kill Aang. [[spoiler:Of course, Aang uses his newly-acquired Chi-bending to [[BroughtDownToNormal render Ozai unable to firebend]], which, to a raging egotist gooned on the power of firebending, is a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
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** In the episode "The Return of Harmony", Discord manages to [[BreakTheCutie emotionally break]] the mane six (right before hypnotizing all but Twilight) by explaining how the virtues represented by the elements of harmony are weaknesses. Specifically, honesty causes others to know things you don't want them to know, laughter hurts the feelings of the one being laughed at, kindness opens yourself up to being abused by others, generosity prevents you from getting the things that you want, loyalty means nothing when you can't be in two places at once and have to choose between two loyalties, and in general harmony is pointless as its own elements lead it to collapse on itself.
** Mixed with BlueAndOrangeMorality, the Changeling [[EmotionEater Queen Chrysalis]] only sees love as a food source and laughs at the idea of actually loving someone.
** Tirek, the BigBad of the season 4 finale, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 "Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1"]], during his [[BreakThemByTalking Breaking Speech]] to Discord, Tirek dismisses his brother's befriending ponies so many years ago as a sign of a weak mind. More generally, he considers friendship just another form of imprisonment.
** Cozy Glow shows a complete disregard for the values of friendship, her mind solely focused on the "power" side of it.
** Mixed with BlueAndOrangeMorality, the Changeling [[EmotionEater Queen Chrysalis]] only sees love as a food source and laughs at the idea of actually loving someone.
** Tirek, the BigBad of the season 4 finale, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 "Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1"]], during his [[BreakThemByTalking Breaking Speech]] to Discord, Tirek dismisses his brother's befriending ponies so many years ago as a sign of a weak mind. More generally, he considers friendship just another form of imprisonment.
** Cozy Glow shows a complete disregard for the values of friendship, her mind solely focused on the "power" side of it.
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** In the episode "The Return of Harmony", Discord [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDiscord Discord]] manages to [[BreakTheCutie emotionally break]] the mane six (right before hypnotizing all but Twilight) by explaining how the virtues represented by the elements of harmony are weaknesses. Specifically, honesty causes others to know things you don't want them to know, laughter hurts the feelings of the one being laughed at, kindness opens yourself up to being abused by others, generosity prevents you from getting the things that you want, loyalty means nothing when you can't be in two places at once and have to choose between two loyalties, and in general harmony is pointless as its own elements lead it to collapse on itself.
** Mixed with BlueAndOrangeMorality, the Changeling[[EmotionEater [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicQueenChrysalis Queen Chrysalis]] only sees love as a food source and laughs at the idea of actually loving someone.
**Tirek, [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicLordTirek Lord Tirek]], the BigBad of the season 4 finale, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 "Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1"]], during his [[BreakThemByTalking Breaking Speech]] to Discord, Tirek dismisses his brother's befriending ponies so many years ago as a sign of a weak mind. More generally, he considers friendship just another form of imprisonment.
** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicCozyGlow CozyGlow Glow]] shows a complete disregard for the values of friendship, her mind solely focused on the "power" side of it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': In the episode "Requiem," Shredder outright tells Splinter that he views Splinter's compassion as a weakness Shredder himself lacks.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': In the episode "Requiem," Shredder [[Characters/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012TheShredder The Shredder]] outright tells Splinter that he views Splinter's compassion as a weakness Shredder himself lacks.
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* In ''Film/JonahHex'', Turnbull uses Lilah as a shield. Jonah cannot bring himself to risk shooting her and surrenders. Turnbull mocks him, saying his inability to sacrifice anyone to achieve victory is his weakness.
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* In ''Film/JonahHex'', ''Film/JonahHex2010'': When Turnbull uses Lilah as a shield. shield, Jonah cannot bring himself to risk shooting her and surrenders. Turnbull mocks him, saying his inability to sacrifice anyone to achieve victory is his weakness.
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* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'': The whole first season revolves around a hard-core WretchedHive causing mayhem because of this trope. Boba Fett, after killing Bib Fortuna and taking over the remains of Jabba the Hutt's cartel, spends the season seeking to become the planet's main WastelandWarlord (or "Damijo") by approaching other criminal elements of Tatooine and offering them alliances with mutual benefits and no funny business, and every single one of them [[UnderestimatingBadassery tries to kill him]] because they just are [[EvilCannotUnderstandGood unable to compute]] that someone offering an alliance by ''not'' putting a blaster to your face and making AnOfferYouCantRefuse does ''not'' means "weakling you can kill and rob".
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* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'': The whole first season revolves around a hard-core WretchedHive causing mayhem because of this trope. Boba Fett, after killing Bib Fortuna and taking over the remains of Jabba the Hutt's cartel, spends the season seeking to become the planet's main WastelandWarlord (or "Damijo") by approaching other criminal elements of Tatooine and offering them alliances with mutual benefits and no funny business, and every single one of them [[UnderestimatingBadassery tries to kill him]] because they just are [[EvilCannotUnderstandGood [[EvilCannotComprehendGood unable to compute]] that someone offering an alliance by ''not'' ''without'' putting a blaster to your face and making AnOfferYouCantRefuse does ''not'' means equal "weakling you can kill and rob".
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* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'': The whole first season revolves around a hard-core WretchedHive causing mayhem because of this trope. Boba Fett, after killing Bib Fortuna and taking over the remains of Jabba the Hutt's cartel, spends the season seeking to become the planet's main WastelandWarlord (or "Damijo") by approaching other criminal elements of Tatooine and offering them alliances with mutual benefits and no funny business, and every single one of them [[UnderestimatingBadassery tries to kill him]] because they just are unable to compute that someone offering an alliance by ''not'' putting a blaster to your face and making AnOfferYouCantRefuse does ''not'' means "weakling you can kill and rob".
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* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'': The whole first season revolves around a hard-core WretchedHive causing mayhem because of this trope. Boba Fett, after killing Bib Fortuna and taking over the remains of Jabba the Hutt's cartel, spends the season seeking to become the planet's main WastelandWarlord (or "Damijo") by approaching other criminal elements of Tatooine and offering them alliances with mutual benefits and no funny business, and every single one of them [[UnderestimatingBadassery tries to kill him]] because they just are [[EvilCannotUnderstandGood unable to compute compute]] that someone offering an alliance by ''not'' putting a blaster to your face and making AnOfferYouCantRefuse does ''not'' means "weakling you can kill and rob".
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* The [[XenomorphXerox Brood]] in ''ComicBook/XMen''. They hate and detest empathy and friendship, the known "[[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Mutant Brood]]" are born with empathy, mutant Brood are quickly eliminated by normal Brood, they see love, empathy, and friendship as a virus or a deadly disease that must be eradicated, as these mutant Brood are seen as a threat to Brood society. The only empathic Brood allowed to live would be [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk No-Name]] of the Warbound and Broo.
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* The [[XenomorphXerox Brood]] in ''ComicBook/XMen''. They hate and detest empathy and friendship, the The known "[[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Mutant Brood]]" are born with empathy, empathy; mutant Brood are quickly eliminated by normal Brood, they Brood who see love, empathy, and friendship as a virus or a deadly disease that must be eradicated, as these mutant Brood are seen as a threat to Brood society. The only empathic Brood allowed to live would be [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk No-Name]] of the Warbound and Broo.
* During the FinalBattle of ''Film/MysteryMen'' Casanova Frankenstein holds Mr. Furious' girlfriend hostage and says that it's easy to get the best of people when they care about each other. He then demonstrates he doesn't by activating his staircase's lethal security system while several of his mooks are in its path.
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** [[spoiler:Penelope]] was revealed to be just as bad, if not worse, than Neyla in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime''. [[spoiler:She believes that the Cooper Gang's HonorBeforeReason is holding Bentley back, and intends to kill them if it means using his skills to make weapons to sell for billions of dollars, and TakeOverTheWorld. She ended up in Europe's most secure Supermax prison for terrorism charges]].
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** [[spoiler:Penelope]] was revealed to be just as bad, if not worse, than Neyla in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime''. [[spoiler:She believes that the Cooper Gang's HonorBeforeReason is holding Bentley back, and intends to kill them if it means using his skills to make weapons to sell for billions of dollars, and TakeOverTheWorld. She ended up in Europe's most secure Supermax prison for terrorism charges]].charges.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': The episode "Bubblevicious" does this for laughs (Bubbles is out to prove that she can be "hardcore") with a ShoutOut to the Karate Kid example listed above:
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* In the Soviet Union, a point was made to replace "conscience" with "consciousness" in schools. As opposed to the above-mentioned Hitler, who thought that humanitarian feelings were idiotic, Soviet Communists held them to be evil. After all, such feelings might lead to one hesitating to shoot a class enemy, [[TheStoolPigeon or informing on one's parents.]]
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* In [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn the Soviet Union, Union]], a point was made to replace "conscience" with "consciousness" in schools. As opposed to the above-mentioned Hitler, who thought that humanitarian feelings were idiotic, Soviet Communists held them to be evil. After all, such feelings might lead to one hesitating to shoot a class enemy, [[TheStoolPigeon or informing on one's parents.]]
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* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', shortly after Madoka's best friend Sayaka becomes a magical girl, Madoka talk about it with Homura. Madoka mentions Sayaka's primary virtues- she's kind, she's brave and she's selfless- only for Homura to bluntly state that those qualities make Sayaka ill-suited to being a magical girl. [[spoiler:Homura turns out to be right, as Sayaka ends up falling into despair and becoming a witch]].
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* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', shortly after Madoka's best friend Sayaka becomes a magical girl, Madoka talk talks about it with Homura. Madoka mentions Sayaka's primary virtues- she's kind, she's brave and she's selfless- only for Homura to bluntly state that those qualities make Sayaka ill-suited to being a magical girl. [[spoiler:Homura turns out to be right, as Sayaka ends up falling into despair and becoming a witch]].
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See also StrawNihilist, who believes that good is pointless rather than a weakness (though it's not uncommon for many villains to believe both). Supertrope to LoveIsAWeakness. Contrast EvilVirtues, where evil displays virtues/morals in order to [[PragmaticVillainy be effective]]. Compare and Contrast GoodIsNotSoft and BewareTheNiceOnes, in which a virtuous character actively demonstrates the (potentially fatal) error in this thinking.
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See also StrawNihilist, who believes that good is pointless rather than a weakness (though it's not uncommon for many villains to believe both). Supertrope to LoveIsAWeakness. Contrast EvilVirtues, where evil displays virtues/morals in order to [[PragmaticVillainy be effective]]. Compare and Contrast GoodIsNotSoft and BewareTheNiceOnes, in which a virtuous character actively demonstrates the (potentially fatal) error in this thinking.
thinking. Expect bad guys who believe in this trope to [[TargetedToHurtTheHero attack whoever the hero loves as psychological warfare]].
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* ''Animation/AgentAli'': Aaron Edison thinks that emotions and enthusiasm (as well as health) interfere in labor force, leading him to make a MindControlDevice to do away with these "obstructions of progress". When Dr. Tong outcries his invention as inhumane and threatens to fire him, Aaron takes control of his mind to make him resign as CEO and transfer the position to Aaron.
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* In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFeatsOfFriendship'', Swift Foot (and the Thracians as a whole) considers friendship to be a "vile lie" and a "weakness", which she hopes to expose by ruining the Feats of Friendship.
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* In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFeatsOfFriendship'', Swift Foot (and the Thracians as a whole) considers friendship to be a "vile lie" and a "weakness", which she hopes to expose by ruining the Feats of Friendship.
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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Retail}}'' Stuart, Josh, and Brice all are of the mindset that blind loyalty to upper management is more important, and things like empathy, loyalty to fellow employees, and common sense are weaknesses, causing them to constantly butt heads with Marla. Josh ends up fired by Marla after she finds out he lied about getting a better offer from Delman's to get a raise, then gloated about it after he gave his two weeks' notice; later, Brice is forced to eat humble pie after finding all the flaws in this mindset (and finding out just how much ''worse'' retail can be after a stint as Mina's assistant manager) and [[spoiler: Marla and most of the staff quit abruptly once they find out Grumbel's is going into bankruptcy, leaving Stuart with only a skeleton crew to run the liquidation sales]].
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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Retail}}'' ''ComicStrip/{{Retail}}'', Stuart, Josh, and Brice all are of the mindset that blind loyalty to upper management is more important, and things like empathy, loyalty to fellow employees, and common sense are weaknesses, causing them to constantly butt heads with Marla. Josh ends up fired by Marla after she finds out he lied about getting a better offer from Delman's to get a raise, then gloated about it after he gave his two weeks' notice; later, Brice is forced to eat humble pie after finding all the flaws in this mindset (and finding out just how much ''worse'' retail can be after a stint as Mina's assistant manager) and [[spoiler: Marla [[spoiler:Marla and most of the staff quit abruptly once they find out Grumbel's is going into bankruptcy, leaving Stuart with only a skeleton crew to run the liquidation sales]].
* ''Fanfic/TheKakashiWay'': Danzo quite firmly believes that any kind of compassion or emotional attachment to others is a weakness -- one he ruthlessly aimed to exploit against anyone he perceived to be a threat against his plans to become the next Hokage. As Hiruzen, Inoichi, Jiraiya and others dig into Danzo's personal records, they discover that his machinations resulted in many more casualties than they'd realized -- for instance, he had a hand in [[spoiler:the Kannabi bridge incident, targeting Team Seven because Minato "shared Hiruzen's weakness"]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', the BigBad Commander Lyle T. Rourke shows complete confusion and frustration when his crew felt remorse for condemning Atlantis to death and mocks them for it.
-->'''Rourke:''' Aw, you can't be serious.\\
'''Audrey:''' This is wrong and you know it!\\
'''Rourke:''' We're this close to our biggest payday ever and you pick ''now of all times'' [[HeelRealization to grow a conscience?!]]
* [[FallenHero Nidhiki]] tells his [[WeUsedToBeFriends old comrade]] [[TheParagon Lhikan]] this in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}: Legends of Metru Nui'' after he throws down his weapons in surrender upon seeing Nidhiki hold Vakama over the lava forge, [[KickTheDog right before dropping him anyways]] as a last "screw you" for his and Lhikan's troubled past together. Luckily, Lhikan is still able to save Vakama with a well-timed kick of his shield that gets him to safety. He likely gets it from his BadBoss The Shadowed One, who views virtues like friendship and honor as shackles that hold one back and are only good for manipulating ''others'' to his side (like promising to help someone find his OnlyFriend in exchange for services...while secretly keeping said friend imprisoned deep within his own fortress).
-->'''Nidhiki:''' Compassion... was always your weakness, brother. ''(drops Vakama)''
-->'''Rourke:''' Aw, you can't be serious.\\
'''Audrey:''' This is wrong and you know it!\\
'''Rourke:''' We're this close to our biggest payday ever and you pick ''now of all times'' [[HeelRealization to grow a conscience?!]]
* [[FallenHero Nidhiki]] tells his [[WeUsedToBeFriends old comrade]] [[TheParagon Lhikan]] this in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}: Legends of Metru Nui'' after he throws down his weapons in surrender upon seeing Nidhiki hold Vakama over the lava forge, [[KickTheDog right before dropping him anyways]] as a last "screw you" for his and Lhikan's troubled past together. Luckily, Lhikan is still able to save Vakama with a well-timed kick of his shield that gets him to safety. He likely gets it from his BadBoss The Shadowed One, who views virtues like friendship and honor as shackles that hold one back and are only good for manipulating ''others'' to his side (like promising to help someone find his OnlyFriend in exchange for services...while secretly keeping said friend imprisoned deep within his own fortress).
-->'''Nidhiki:''' Compassion... was always your weakness, brother. ''(drops Vakama)''
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* [[FallenHero Nidhiki]] tells his [[WeUsedToBeFriends old comrade]] [[TheParagon Lhikan]] this in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}: Legends of Metru Nui'' after he throws down his weapons in surrender upon seeing Nidhiki hold Vakama over the lava forge, [[KickTheDog right before dropping him anyways]] as a last "screw you" for his and Lhikan's troubled past together. Luckily, Lhikan is still able to save Vakama with a well-timed kick of his shield that gets him to safety. He likely gets it from his BadBoss The Shadowed One, who views virtues like friendship and honor as shackles that hold one back and are only good for manipulating ''others'' to his side (like promising to help someone find his OnlyFriend in exchange for services...while secretly keeping said friend imprisoned deep within his own fortress).
-->'''Nidhiki:''' Compassion... was always your weakness, brother. ''[drops Vakama]''
* In ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', the BigBad Commander Lyle T. Rourke shows complete confusion and frustration when his crew felt remorse for condemning Atlantis to death and mocks them for it.
-->'''Rourke:''' Aw, you can't be serious.\\
'''Audrey:''' This is wrong and you know it!\\
'''Rourke:''' We're this close to our biggest payday ever and you pick ''now of all times'' [[HeelRealization to grow a conscience?!]]
-->'''Nidhiki:''' Compassion... was always your weakness, brother. ''[drops Vakama]''
* In ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', the BigBad Commander Lyle T. Rourke shows complete confusion and frustration when his crew felt remorse for condemning Atlantis to death and mocks them for it.
-->'''Rourke:''' Aw, you can't be serious.\\
'''Audrey:''' This is wrong and you know it!\\
'''Rourke:''' We're this close to our biggest payday ever and you pick ''now of all times'' [[HeelRealization to grow a conscience?!]]
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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish remarks that Eddard Stark's honorable nature is his greatest weakness even though he treats it as his armor. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite Ned when Cersei Lannister and Littlefinger exploit that GoodCannotComprehendEvil and capture him, leading to his public execution by the new king Joffrey.]]
** This is a common belief that is passed down through the current Lannister family after current patriarch Tywin Lannister's father ended up dealing with a rebellion from two other powerful vassals due to them ''also'' seeing him as weak. Even the otherwise good-intentioned Tyrion considers honor to be a way to death.
* Voldemort of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' considers love, friendship, and anything related to compassion a weakness. And then does his darndest to prove his point by [[ManipulativeBastard using these traits in other people as a weapon against them]]. Justified by his loveless upbringing and the fact that he is extremely powerful in areas of BlackMagic that require you to genuinely ''[[ThePowerOfHate want]]'' to hurt people, so being anything other than a remorseless sociopath would severely crimp his style.
* Carcer, the BigBad of ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' is basically convinced that morals and laws are just arbitrary lines in the sand that lesser people draw to pretend that they're safe, and hence, he can do whatever the hell he likes - he's a man who, if he wanted to know the time, would stab you to death and take your watch rather than simply ask you. [[LawfulGood Vimes doesn't take kindly to that way of thinking]].
* The protagonist of ''Literature/TheSecretPlace'' by Tana French believes that friendship is a weakness. His point of view is partly influenced by the fact he grew up with people who wouldn't have supported his ambition to have a career in the police force. Not a villainous example, but he does get some character development with regard to this attitude, too.
** Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish remarks that Eddard Stark's honorable nature is his greatest weakness even though he treats it as his armor. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite Ned when Cersei Lannister and Littlefinger exploit that GoodCannotComprehendEvil and capture him, leading to his public execution by the new king Joffrey.]]
** This is a common belief that is passed down through the current Lannister family after current patriarch Tywin Lannister's father ended up dealing with a rebellion from two other powerful vassals due to them ''also'' seeing him as weak. Even the otherwise good-intentioned Tyrion considers honor to be a way to death.
* Voldemort of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' considers love, friendship, and anything related to compassion a weakness. And then does his darndest to prove his point by [[ManipulativeBastard using these traits in other people as a weapon against them]]. Justified by his loveless upbringing and the fact that he is extremely powerful in areas of BlackMagic that require you to genuinely ''[[ThePowerOfHate want]]'' to hurt people, so being anything other than a remorseless sociopath would severely crimp his style.
* Carcer, the BigBad of ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' is basically convinced that morals and laws are just arbitrary lines in the sand that lesser people draw to pretend that they're safe, and hence, he can do whatever the hell he likes - he's a man who, if he wanted to know the time, would stab you to death and take your watch rather than simply ask you. [[LawfulGood Vimes doesn't take kindly to that way of thinking]].
* The protagonist of ''Literature/TheSecretPlace'' by Tana French believes that friendship is a weakness. His point of view is partly influenced by the fact he grew up with people who wouldn't have supported his ambition to have a career in the police force. Not a villainous example, but he does get some character development with regard to this attitude, too.
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** Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish remarks that Eddard Stark's honorable nature is his greatest weakness even though he treats it as his armor. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite Ned when Cersei Lannister and Littlefinger exploit that GoodCannotComprehendEvil and capture him, leading to his public execution by the new king Joffrey.]]
** This is a common belief that is passed down through the current Lannister family after current patriarch Tywin Lannister's father ended up dealing with a rebellion from two other powerful vassals due to them ''also'' seeing him as weak. Even the otherwise good-intentioned Tyrion considers honor to be a way to death.
* Voldemort of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' considers love, friendship, and anything related to compassion a weakness. And then does his darndest to prove his point by [[ManipulativeBastard using these traits in other people as a weapon against them]]. Justified by his loveless upbringing and the fact that he is extremely powerful in areas of BlackMagic that require you to genuinely ''[[ThePowerOfHate want]]'' to hurt people, so being anything other than a remorseless sociopath would severely crimp his style.
* Carcer, the BigBad of ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' is basically convinced that morals and laws are just arbitrary lines in the sand that lesser people draw to pretend that they're safe, and hence, he can do whatever the hell he likes - he's a man who, if he wanted to know the time, would stab you to death and take your watch rather than simply ask you. [[LawfulGood Vimes doesn't take kindly to that way of thinking]].
* The protagonist of ''Literature/TheSecretPlace'' by Tana French believes that friendship is a weakness. His point of view is partly influenced by the fact he grew up with people who wouldn't have supported his ambition to have a career in the police force. Not a villainous example, but he does get some character development with regard to this attitude, too.
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* Exploited the BigBad in the [[Literature/XWingSeries Rogue Squadron]] series. She releases a [[ThePlague bioweapon]] on Coruscant that causes CruelAndUnusualDeath to aliens, but that can also be easily cured with large quantities of [[{{Panacea}} bacta medicine]]. Her plan is to let the Republic bankrupt itself trying to cure the millions of citizens dying horrific deaths in front of them since, unlike TheEmpire, they're too compassionate to simply write them off as a loss.
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* Voldemort of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' considers love, friendship, and anything related to compassion a weakness. And then does his darndest to prove his point by [[ManipulativeBastard using these traits in other people as a
* Exploited by the BigBad in the ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Rogue Squadron]]'' series. She releases a [[ThePlague bioweapon]] on Coruscant that causes CruelAndUnusualDeath to aliens, but that can also be easily cured with large quantities of [[{{Panacea}} bacta medicine]]. Her plan is to let the Republic bankrupt itself trying to cure the millions of citizens dying horrific deaths in front of them since, unlike TheEmpire, they're too compassionate to simply write them off as a loss.
* The protagonist of ''Literature/TheSecretPlace'' by Tana French believes that friendship is a weakness. His point of view is partly influenced by the fact he grew up with people who wouldn't have supported his ambition to have a career in the police force. Not a villainous example, but he does get some character development with regard to this attitude, too.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish remarks that Eddard Stark's honorable nature is his greatest weakness even though he treats it as his armor. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite Ned when Cersei Lannister and Littlefinger exploit that GoodCannotComprehendEvil and capture him, leading to his public execution by the new king Joffrey.]]
** This is a common belief that is passed down through the current Lannister family after current patriarch Tywin Lannister's father ended up dealing with a rebellion from two other powerful vassals due to them ''also'' seeing him as weak. Even the otherwise good-intentioned Tyrion considers honor to be a way to death.
* The protagonist of ''Literature/TheSecretPlace'' by Tana French believes that friendship is a weakness. His point of view is partly influenced by the fact he grew up with people who wouldn't have supported his ambition to have a career in the police force. Not a villainous example, but he does get some character development with regard to this attitude, too.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish remarks that Eddard Stark's honorable nature is his greatest weakness even though he treats it as his armor. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite Ned when Cersei Lannister and Littlefinger exploit that GoodCannotComprehendEvil and capture him, leading to his public execution by the new king Joffrey.]]
** This is a common belief that is passed down through the current Lannister family after current patriarch Tywin Lannister's father ended up dealing with a rebellion from two other powerful vassals due to them ''also'' seeing him as weak. Even the otherwise good-intentioned Tyrion considers honor to be a way to death.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]", Davros removes emotions like [[LackOfEmpathy empathy]] from [[AbsoluteXenophobe the Daleks]], seeing them as something his UltimateLifeForm shouldn't have. [[GoneHorriblyRight It gets him killed]] ([[JokerImmunity for a time, anyway]]), although he later states that the Daleks allow his continued existence because of a flaw he was unable to cure them of -- respect for their father. He outright says to the Doctor in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice The Magician's Apprentice]]" that "compassion is wrong".
** The Cyber-Planner in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare in Silver]]" scoffs at the Doctor for having emotions and for his willingness to make sacrifices to protect the children in his care.
** The Harold Saxon incarnation of The Master, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls The Doctor Falls]]", insists on describing a passive Cyberman as [[ItIsDehumanizing an "it"]]. When his future self, Missy, corrects him with "she", he appears disgusted by the thought that [[FutureMeScaresMe at some point in the future, he's going to feel empathy for other beings]]. And [[spoiler:[[DeaderThanDead disintegrates her]] for it.]]
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', while Leonard Snart/Captain Cold acquires a "[[FreezeRay cold generator]]" that allows him to hurt the Flash, he considers his real weakness to be his focus on saving people instead of beating the bad guy. Snart uses this to his advantage by derailing a train and forcing the Flash to save everyone, then attacking from behind while the Flash catches his breath.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]", Davros removes emotions like [[LackOfEmpathy empathy]] from [[AbsoluteXenophobe the Daleks]], seeing them as something his UltimateLifeForm shouldn't have. [[GoneHorriblyRight It gets him killed]] ([[JokerImmunity for a time, anyway]]), although he later states that the Daleks allow his continued existence because of a flaw he was unable to cure them of -- respect for their father. He outright says to the Doctor in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice The Magician's Apprentice]]" that "compassion is wrong".
** The Cyber-Planner in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare in Silver]]" scoffs at the Doctor for having emotions and for his willingness to make sacrifices to protect the children in his care.
** The Harold Saxon incarnation of The Master, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls The Doctor Falls]]", insists on describing a passive Cyberman as [[ItIsDehumanizing an "it"]]. When his future self, Missy, corrects him with "she", he appears disgusted by the thought that [[FutureMeScaresMe at some point in the future, he's going to feel empathy for other beings]]. And [[spoiler:[[DeaderThanDead disintegrates her]] for it.]]
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', while Leonard Snart/Captain Cold acquires a "[[FreezeRay cold generator]]" that allows him to hurt the Flash, he considers his real weakness to be his focus on saving people instead of beating the bad guy. Snart uses this to his advantage by derailing a train and forcing the Flash to save everyone, then attacking from behind while the Flash catches his breath.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Lionel Luthor believes in this wholeheartedly, and he has been teaching this to his son Lex his whole life. Lex initially tries not to follow and to be genuinely good at first, but later on, everyone's constant rejection of his attempts at goodness leads him to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil gradually embrace]] his selfishness and exploitation of others.
** The events of the Season 8 finale, where [[spoiler:his splitting Davis and Doomsday from one another leads to Jimmy's death at Davis' hands]], leads Clark to adopt this belief. He states to Chloe afterwards that caring too much about other people limits his ability to save them.
--->'''Clark:''' I've always tried to forget I was an alien or a creature. I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It... It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.\\
'''Chloe:''' So, because of some psychopath, you're gonna cut the rest of us out of your life? Clark... human emotion is what made you the hero that you are today.\\
'''Clark:''' They're what's stopping me from being the hero I could be. It's what the world needs now.
** Lionel Luthor believes in this wholeheartedly, and he has been teaching this to his son Lex his whole life. Lex initially tries not to follow and to be genuinely good at first, but later on, everyone's constant rejection of his attempts at goodness leads him to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil gradually embrace]] his selfishness and exploitation of others.
** The events of the Season 8 finale, where [[spoiler:his splitting Davis and Doomsday from one another leads to Jimmy's death at Davis' hands]], leads Clark to adopt this belief. He states to Chloe afterwards that caring too much about other people limits his ability to save them.
--->'''Clark:''' I've always tried to forget I was an alien or a creature. I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It... It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.\\
'''Chloe:''' So, because of some psychopath, you're gonna cut the rest of us out of your life? Clark... human emotion is what made you the hero that you are today.\\
'''Clark:''' They're what's stopping me from being the hero I could be. It's what the world needs now.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]", Davros removes emotions like [[LackOfEmpathy empathy]] from [[AbsoluteXenophobe the Daleks]], seeing them as something his UltimateLifeForm shouldn't have. [[GoneHorriblyRight It gets him killed]] ([[JokerImmunity for a time, anyway]]), although he later states that the Daleks allow his continued existence because of a flaw he was unable to cure them of -- respect for their father. He outright says to the Doctor in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice The Magician's Apprentice]]" that "compassion is wrong".
** The Cyber-Planner in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare in Silver]]" scoffs at the Doctor for having emotions and for his willingness to make sacrifices to protect the children in his care.
** The Harold Saxon incarnation of The Master, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls The Doctor Falls]]", insists on describing a passive Cyberman as [[ItIsDehumanizing an "it"]]. When his future self, Missy, corrects him with "she", he appears disgusted by the thought that [[FutureMeScaresMe at some point in the future, he's going to feel empathy for other beings]]. And [[spoiler:[[DeaderThanDead disintegrates her]] for it.]]
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', while Leonard Snart/Captain Cold acquires a "[[FreezeRay cold generator]]" that allows him to hurt the Flash, he considers his real weakness to be his focus on saving people instead of beating the bad guy. Snart uses this to his advantage by derailing a train and forcing the Flash to save everyone, then attacking from behind while the Flash catches his breath.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Lionel Luthor believes in this wholeheartedly, and he has been teaching this to his son Lex his whole life. Lex initially tries not to follow and to be genuinely good at first, but later on, everyone's constant rejection of his attempts at goodness leads him to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil gradually embrace]] his selfishness and exploitation of others.
** The events of the Season 8 finale, where [[spoiler:his splitting Davis and Doomsday from one another leads to Jimmy's death at Davis' hands]], leads Clark to adopt this belief. He states to Chloe afterwards that caring too much about other people limits his ability to save them.
--->'''Clark:''' I've always tried to forget I was an alien or a creature. I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It... It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.\\
'''Chloe:''' So, because of some psychopath, you're gonna cut the rest of us out of your life? Clark... human emotion is what made you the hero that you are today.\\
'''Clark:''' They're what's stopping me from being the hero I could be. It's what the world needs now.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]", Davros removes emotions like [[LackOfEmpathy empathy]] from [[AbsoluteXenophobe the Daleks]], seeing them as something his UltimateLifeForm shouldn't have. [[GoneHorriblyRight It gets him killed]] ([[JokerImmunity for a time, anyway]]), although he later states that the Daleks allow his continued existence because of a flaw he was unable to cure them of -- respect for their father. He outright says to the Doctor in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice The Magician's Apprentice]]" that "compassion is wrong".
** The Cyber-Planner in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare in Silver]]" scoffs at the Doctor for having emotions and for his willingness to make sacrifices to protect the children in his care.
** The Harold Saxon incarnation of The Master, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls The Doctor Falls]]", insists on describing a passive Cyberman as [[ItIsDehumanizing an "it"]]. When his future self, Missy, corrects him with "she", he appears disgusted by the thought that [[FutureMeScaresMe at some point in the future, he's going to feel empathy for other beings]]. And [[spoiler:[[DeaderThanDead disintegrates her]] for it.]]
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', while Leonard Snart/Captain Cold acquires a "[[FreezeRay cold generator]]" that allows him to hurt the Flash, he considers his real weakness to be his focus on saving people instead of beating the bad guy. Snart uses this to his advantage by derailing a train and forcing the Flash to save everyone, then attacking from behind while the Flash catches his breath.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** Lionel Luthor believes in this wholeheartedly, and he has been teaching this to his son Lex his whole life. Lex initially tries not to follow and to be genuinely good at first, but later on, everyone's constant rejection of his attempts at goodness leads him to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil gradually embrace]] his selfishness and exploitation of others.
** The events of the Season 8 finale, where [[spoiler:his splitting Davis and Doomsday from one another leads to Jimmy's death at Davis' hands]], leads Clark to adopt this belief. He states to Chloe afterwards that caring too much about other people limits his ability to save them.
--->'''Clark:''' I've always tried to forget I was an alien or a creature. I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It... It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.\\
'''Chloe:''' So, because of some psychopath, you're gonna cut the rest of us out of your life? Clark... human emotion is what made you the hero that you are today.\\
'''Clark:''' They're what's stopping me from being the hero I could be. It's what the world needs now.
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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 6'', one scenario baddie says that Lan's FatalFlaw is that he's [[NiceGuy too nice]]. Lan responds with "Being nice is a good thing!"
* In ''Videogame/DynastyWarriors 7: Empires''. You can make [[TheGoodKing Liu Bei]]-- whose canonical obsession with ruling with [[AC:Benevolence]] runs through his other officers as their [[PlanetOfHats hat]]-- Evil, so to speak. If you make his Fame "Evil", he will eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_vjYuYlgo get a cutscene]] where he regrets being so virtuous.
* [[ThoseWackyNazis Strasse]] in ''Videogame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' dismisses compassion as a "pointless instinct, not fit for the master race."
* In ''Videogame/DynastyWarriors 7: Empires''. You can make [[TheGoodKing Liu Bei]]-- whose canonical obsession with ruling with [[AC:Benevolence]] runs through his other officers as their [[PlanetOfHats hat]]-- Evil, so to speak. If you make his Fame "Evil", he will eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_vjYuYlgo get a cutscene]] where he regrets being so virtuous.
* [[ThoseWackyNazis Strasse]] in ''Videogame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' dismisses compassion as a "pointless instinct, not fit for the master race."
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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 6'', one scenario baddie says that Lan's FatalFlaw is that he's [[NiceGuy too nice]]. Lan responds with "Being nice is a good thing!"
* In ''Videogame/DynastyWarriors 7: Empires''. You can make [[TheGoodKing Liu Bei]]-- whose canonical obsession with ruling with [[AC:Benevolence]] runs throughAdam Smasher from ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' believes this as part of his other officers as their [[PlanetOfHats hat]]-- Evil, so larger MightMakesRight [[{{Transhuman}} transhumanist]] philosophy, bordering on BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad. Virtuous choices cause him to speak. If see you make his Fame "Evil", he will eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_vjYuYlgo get as a cutscene]] where he regrets pathetic weakling at best, a morally-offensive wretch at worst (he finds the idea of mercy in particular ''disgusting'' on a fundamental level). Conversely, being so virtuous.
* [[ThoseWackyNazis Strasse]] in ''Videogame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' dismisses compassion asa "pointless instinct, not fit for ruthless AntiHero is pretty much the master race."only way to make him [[WorthyOpponent acknowledge V in any sort of positive manner]].
* In ''Videogame/DynastyWarriors 7: Empires''. You can make [[TheGoodKing Liu Bei]]-- whose canonical obsession with ruling with [[AC:Benevolence]] runs through
* [[ThoseWackyNazis Strasse]] in ''Videogame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' dismisses compassion as
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' game ''VideoGame/JudgmentRites'', Dr. Breddell pretty much sums up Nietzsche's "Slave Morality" as a reason to ignore [[KirkSummation Kirk's pleas]].
--> '''Breddell:''' Morality! It is an invention designed to make lesser people feel superior. The universe is full of moral people, and for the most part they are deadwood. People who are preoccupied with morality never make history.
--> '''Breddell:''' Morality! It is an invention designed to make lesser people feel superior. The universe is full of moral people, and for the most part they are deadwood. People who are preoccupied with morality never make history.
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' game ''VideoGame/JudgmentRites'', Dr. Breddell pretty much sums up Nietzsche's "Slave Morality" as a reason to ignore [[KirkSummation Kirk's pleas]].
--> '''Breddell:''' Morality! It is an invention designed to''Videogame/DynastyWarriors 7: Empires''. You can make lesser people feel superior. The universe is full of moral people, [[TheGoodKing Liu Bei]]-- whose canonical obsession with ruling with [[AC:Benevolence]] runs through his other officers as their [[PlanetOfHats hat]]-- Evil, so to speak. If you make his Fame "Evil", he will eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_vjYuYlgo get a cutscene]] where he regrets being so virtuous.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' has a rare heroic example with Takumi; he finds asking for help to be humiliating, and in his boss intro quotes, outright declares that "Mercy is for themost part they are deadwood. People who are preoccupied with morality never make history.weak."
--> '''Breddell:''' Morality! It is an invention designed to
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' has a rare heroic example with Takumi; he finds asking for help to be humiliating, and in his boss intro quotes, outright declares that "Mercy is for the
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---> '''Javik:''' Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer.
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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 6'', one scenario baddie says that Lan's FatalFlaw is that he's [[NiceGuy too nice]]. Lan responds with "Being nice is a good thing!"
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' has a rare heroic example with Takumi; he finds asking for help to be humiliating, and in his boss intro quotes, outright declares that "Mercy is for the weak."
* Adam Smasher from ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' believes this as part of his larger MightMakesRight [[{{Transhuman}} transhumanist]] philosophy, bordering on BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad. Virtuous choices cause him to see you as a pathetic weakling at best, a morally-offensive wretch at worst (he finds the idea of mercy in particular ''disgusting'' on a fundamental level). Conversely, being a ruthless AntiHero is pretty much the only way to make him [[WorthyOpponent acknowledge V in any sort of positive manner]].
* Adam Smasher from ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' believes this as part of his larger MightMakesRight [[{{Transhuman}} transhumanist]] philosophy, bordering on BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad. Virtuous choices cause him to see you as a pathetic weakling at best, a morally-offensive wretch at worst (he finds the idea of mercy in particular ''disgusting'' on a fundamental level). Conversely, being a ruthless AntiHero is pretty much the only way to make him [[WorthyOpponent acknowledge V in any sort of positive manner]].
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' has a rare heroic example with Takumi; he finds asking for help to be humiliating, and in his boss intro quotes, outright declares that "Mercy is for In the weak."
* Adam Smasher from ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' believes this as part of his larger MightMakesRight [[{{Transhuman}} transhumanist]] philosophy, bordering on BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad. Virtuous choices cause him to see you as a pathetic weakling at best, a morally-offensive wretch at worst (he finds the idea of mercy in particular ''disgusting'' on a fundamental level). Conversely, being a ruthless AntiHero is''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' game ''VideoGame/JudgmentRites'', Dr. Breddell pretty much the only way sums up Nietzsche's "Slave Morality" as a reason to ignore [[KirkSummation Kirk's pleas]].
-->'''Breddell:''' Morality! It is an invention designed to makehim [[WorthyOpponent acknowledge V lesser people feel superior. The universe is full of moral people, and for the most part they are deadwood. People who are preoccupied with morality never make history.
* [[ThoseWackyNazis Strasse]] inany sort of positive manner]].''Videogame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' dismisses compassion as a "pointless instinct, not fit for the master race."
* Adam Smasher from ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' believes this as part of his larger MightMakesRight [[{{Transhuman}} transhumanist]] philosophy, bordering on BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad. Virtuous choices cause him to see you as a pathetic weakling at best, a morally-offensive wretch at worst (he finds the idea of mercy in particular ''disgusting'' on a fundamental level). Conversely, being a ruthless AntiHero is
-->'''Breddell:''' Morality! It is an invention designed to make
* [[ThoseWackyNazis Strasse]] in
* In ''WebVideo/DanganronpaDespairTime'', this turns out to be the primary reason why [[JerkJock Arei]] is such a bully. She grew up with two older sisters who bullied her relentlessly, to the point of hospitalizing her, just because they thought it was funny. She eventually got back at them, framing them for various incidents, and managed to get them sent to reform school. The entire situation left her with the impression that being kind will only get you taken advantage of, and that the only way to get ahead in life is to trample on others before they trample you. This also turns out to be deconstructed; Arei doesn't ''want'' to believe any of this, and wants to be kind and [[IJustWantToHaveFriends to have friends]], but she doesn't know if such people can really exist, especially not with how she's acted in the past.
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* Sonata in ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' mentions feeling pity for others (in other words, compassion) as a weakness. There's a catch though: She doesn't see it as a weakness of character but as one in a pragmatic sense. [[spoiler:Continuing with her blackmailer schemes became difficult when she started to realize how much damage she was causing to others]].
* In ''WebVideo/DanganronpaDespairTime'', this turns out to be the primary reason why [[JerkJock Arei]] is such a bully. She grew up with two older sisters who bullied her relentlessly, to the point of hospitalizing her, just because they thought it was funny. She eventually got back at them, framing them for various incidents, and managed to get them sent to reform school. The entire situation left her with the impression that being kind will only get you taken advantage of, and that the only way to get ahead in life is to trample on others before they trample you. This also turns out to be deconstructed; Arei doesn't ''want'' to believe any of this, and wants to be kind and [[IJustWantToHaveFriends to have friends]], but she doesn't know if such people can really exist, especially not with how she's acted in the past.
* In ''WebVideo/DanganronpaDespairTime'', this turns out to be the primary reason why [[JerkJock Arei]] is such a bully. She grew up with two older sisters who bullied her relentlessly, to the point of hospitalizing her, just because they thought it was funny. She eventually got back at them, framing them for various incidents, and managed to get them sent to reform school. The entire situation left her with the impression that being kind will only get you taken advantage of, and that the only way to get ahead in life is to trample on others before they trample you. This also turns out to be deconstructed; Arei doesn't ''want'' to believe any of this, and wants to be kind and [[IJustWantToHaveFriends to have friends]], but she doesn't know if such people can really exist, especially not with how she's acted in the past.
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* Sonata in ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' mentions feeling pity for others (in other words, compassion) as a weakness. There's a catch though: She doesn't see it as a weakness of character but as one in a pragmatic sense. [[spoiler:Continuing with her blackmailer schemes became difficult when she started to realize how much damage she was causing to others]].
* In ''WebVideo/DanganronpaDespairTime'', this turns out to be the primary reason why [[JerkJock Arei]] is such a bully. She grew up with two older sisters who bullied her relentlessly, to the point of hospitalizing her, just because they thought it was funny. She eventually got back at them, framing them for various incidents, and managed to get them sent to reform school. The entire situation left her with the impression that being kind will only get you taken advantage of, and that the only way to get ahead in life is to trample on others before they trample you. This also turns out to be deconstructed; Arei doesn't ''want'' to believe any of this, and wants to be kind and [[IJustWantToHaveFriends to have friends]], but she doesn't know if such people can really exist, especially not with how she's acted in the past.others.]]
* In ''WebVideo/DanganronpaDespairTime'', this turns out to be the primary reason why [[JerkJock Arei]] is such a bully. She grew up with two older sisters who bullied her relentlessly, to the point of hospitalizing her, just because they thought it was funny. She eventually got back at them, framing them for various incidents, and managed to get them sent to reform school. The entire situation left her with the impression that being kind will only get you taken advantage of, and that the only way to get ahead in life is to trample on others before they trample you. This also turns out to be deconstructed; Arei doesn't ''want'' to believe any of this, and wants to be kind and [[IJustWantToHaveFriends to have friends]], but she doesn't know if such people can really exist, especially not with how she's acted in the past.
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'''Bubbles:''' ''Mercy is for the weak!!!'' [WHAM]
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'''Bubbles:''' ''Mercy is for the weak!!!'' [WHAM]''(WHAM)''
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** [[spoiler:Pre-timeskip]] has Bellamy mock Luffy for believing in his dreams, and declares the present is all that matters. [[CurbstompBattle he gets one good punch in the face for it.]]
** The Time-Skip shows [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Hody Jones]] laughing at [[PrincessClassic Princess]] [[GentleGiant Shirahoshi]] for not hating him [[spoiler:while knowing that Hody was the her mother's real killer the whole time, because that would go against her mother's wishes]]. Speaking of which, Hody and his crew would see any of their fellow merfolk and fishmen attempting peace with the humans as [[CategoryTraitor traitors]].
** Vinsmoke Judge -a.k.a [[spoiler:Sanji's father]]- is a firm believer of this. He considers [[spoiler:Sanji]] feeding common folk — "rats", as he calls them — to be disgusting, as "royalty should never serve commoners" in his mind. He's also not big on mercy, believing that those with power have a right to brutalize the weak. The worst, and possibly most self-destructive part? [[KickTheDog He considers being a chef a worthless profession]], [[EvilIsPetty certainly not one fit for "royalty."]] All his children, [[spoiler:bar Sanji,]] share this mindset. It would seem none of them have heard the old adage "armies march on their stomachs."
** The Time-Skip shows [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Hody Jones]] laughing at [[PrincessClassic Princess]] [[GentleGiant Shirahoshi]] for not hating him [[spoiler:while knowing that Hody was the her mother's real killer the whole time, because that would go against her mother's wishes]]. Speaking of which, Hody and his crew would see any of their fellow merfolk and fishmen attempting peace with the humans as [[CategoryTraitor traitors]].
** Vinsmoke Judge -a.k.a [[spoiler:Sanji's father]]- is a firm believer of this. He considers [[spoiler:Sanji]] feeding common folk — "rats", as he calls them — to be disgusting, as "royalty should never serve commoners" in his mind. He's also not big on mercy, believing that those with power have a right to brutalize the weak. The worst, and possibly most self-destructive part? [[KickTheDog He considers being a chef a worthless profession]], [[EvilIsPetty certainly not one fit for "royalty."]] All his children, [[spoiler:bar Sanji,]] share this mindset. It would seem none of them have heard the old adage "armies march on their stomachs."
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** [[spoiler:Pre-timeskip]] has [[spoiler:Pre-timeskip]], Bellamy mock mocks Luffy for believing in his dreams, and declares the present is all that matters. [[CurbstompBattle he He gets one good punch in the face for it.]] [[spoiler:Post-timeskip, he got over it and even thanks Luffy for giving him a reality check.]]
**The Time-Skip Post-Timeskip shows [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Hody Jones]] laughing at [[PrincessClassic Princess]] [[GentleGiant Shirahoshi]] for not hating him [[spoiler:while knowing that Hody was the her mother's real killer the whole time, because that would go against her mother's wishes]]. Speaking of which, Hody and his crew would see any of their fellow merfolk and fishmen attempting peace with the humans as [[CategoryTraitor traitors]].
** Vinsmoke Judge -a.k.a [[spoiler:Sanji's father]]- is a firm believer of this. He considers [[spoiler:Sanji]] feeding common folk — "rats", as he calls them — to be disgusting, as "royalty should never serve commoners" in his mind. He's also not big on mercy, believing that those with power have a right to brutalize the weak. The worst, and possibly most self-destructive part? [[KickTheDog He considers being a chef a worthless profession]], [[EvilIsPetty certainly not one fit for "royalty."]] All hischildren, children [[spoiler:bar Sanji,]] Sanji]] share this mindset.mindset [[spoiler:because he engineered them in-utero no have no "weaknesses"]]. It would seem none of them have heard the old adage "armies march on their stomachs."" [[spoiler:''Ironically'', when his supposed allies the Big Mom pirates decide to kill him and his children, he devolves into a blubbering mess begging for someone to save him.]]
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** Vinsmoke Judge -a.k.a [[spoiler:Sanji's father]]- is a firm believer of this. He considers [[spoiler:Sanji]] feeding common folk — "rats", as he calls them — to be disgusting, as "royalty should never serve commoners" in his mind. He's also not big on mercy, believing that those with power have a right to brutalize the weak. The worst, and possibly most self-destructive part? [[KickTheDog He considers being a chef a worthless profession]], [[EvilIsPetty certainly not one fit for "royalty."]] All his
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** The Harold Saxon incarnation of The Master, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls The Doctor Falls]]", insists on describing a passive Cyberman as [[ItIsDehumanizing an "it"]]. When his future self, Missy, corrects him with "she", he appears disgusted by the thought that [[FutureMeScaresMe at some point in the future, he's going to feel empathy for other beings]].
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** The Harold Saxon incarnation of The Master, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls The Doctor Falls]]", insists on describing a passive Cyberman as [[ItIsDehumanizing an "it"]]. When his future self, Missy, corrects him with "she", he appears disgusted by the thought that [[FutureMeScaresMe at some point in the future, he's going to feel empathy for other beings]]. And [[spoiler:[[DeaderThanDead disintegrates her]] for it.]]
