History TheDogBitesBack / WesternAnimation

** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS12E25KrustyKoncessionairesDreamHoppers Dream Hoppers]]", in Squidward's dream, the paintings come to life, capture SpongeBob and Patrick, and bring them to Squidward, who is king. Squidward then gleefully uses [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick as brushes to paint with.

** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS12E25KrustyKoncessionairesDreamHoppers Dream Hoppers]]", in Squidward's dream, the paintings come to life, capture SpongeBob and Patrick, and bring them to Squidward, who is king. Squidward then gleefully uses SpongeBob and Patrick as brushes to paint with.

** In "My Two Krabses", after Mr. Krabs steals his lunch, Squidward doesn't stop [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick from going into his office and playing along when they think Mr. Krabs has melted out of his shell. Later, he mocks Mr. Krabs for having to wear his old prom tux.

** Butters also gets back at Cartman and/or his relatives for their abuse of him, for example. "AWESOM-O", "The Ungroundable" and "Cash for Gold". And in the same episode, Cartman was constantly being racist and treating Token like crap. Token finally has enough and beats the crap out of him.

* ''WesternAnimation/Amphibia'': [[spoiler: After a thousand years of emotional abuse and manipulation, Andrias finally stands up to the Core (especially his father) by forfeiting and even actively defying them when they try to manipulate him to help during their greatest hour of need.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' TOS episode "Dragons of Ashida" has an island ruled by a mad YellowPeril scientist experimenting with genetically modified lizards and his YellowPeril bodyguard, a hulking brute who is the only one able to train the savage beasts. Dr. Ashida bullies, abuses and slaps Sumi several times throughout the episode, until Sumi decides he's not going to take it anymore, hoists his "master" off of his feet, and throws him to the lizards, which kill and eat him. Unlike most examples of this trope, Sumi did not take advantage of Dr. Ashida's weakness, nor did he die while exacting revenge (though FridgeLogic suggests that when the authorities arrive, they drop down on Sumi's head as they would have originally done Ashida).
* The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Twilight (Of The Gods)" has Superman in response refusing to help Darkseid when Darkseid in turn needs the League to save Apokolips from Brainiac, thinking "If you're a God against a planet destroyer, save your own self, because '''I''' won't." And knowing Darkseid might be trying to sucker the League. Batman calls Superman on that, but what does Superman say at the end? "You know Bruce...you're not always right."

* At the end of ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Tokyo Mater]]'', as a result of Kabuto losing to [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Mater]] in a drift race, is actually [[DefeatbyModesty stripped of his modifications]] and is laughed at by his own ninjas.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', Sportsmaster aka Lawrence Crock was an [[AbusiveParents abusive dad]] to his two daughters, Jade and Artemis, and gets a double dose of this in the episode "Usual Suspects." First Artemis fights him and with the help of her teammates traps him, and then Jade, with who he'd had an uneasy alliance, refuses to help him escape and leaves him to be captured.