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| 6 | ->''"Be nice to those you meet on the way up. They're the same folks you'll meet on the way down."'' |
| 7 | -->-- '''Walter Winchell''', [[http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/10/16/be-nice-on-way-up/ or maybe Wilson Mizner]] |
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| 9 | So you're never going to see those assholes again? Sweet. |
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| 11 | Time to let them know what you really think of them! Tell the ex-girlfriend off, insult the constant jerk, rob the old neighbor, leave a ''[[PoopingWhereYouShouldnt surprise]]'' on the boss's desk, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking jack their last ice cream sandwich]], whatever fits! They deserve it, and you're never going to have to live through the repercussions anyway. |
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| 13 | Wait, what's that? You have a class with that ex? The jerk is your mentor's kid? You aren't moving or transferring after all? You left your wallet in their freezer when you were stealing the ice cream sandwich, and leaving a "[[PoopingWhereYouShouldnt surprise]]" on the boss's desk? |
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| 15 | [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh, hell...]] |
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| 17 | This is when a character cuts ties with someone else in a hostile way, expecting never to have to see the people they're offending ever again, only to be forced to continue their acquaintance. Or even worse, ''seek their help''. So now, they have to be on their best behavior, put up with all the same crap, and/or face the music for what they did, deserved or not. More dramatic works typically have an interval of several years to give the grudges plenty of time to fester; more comedic ones prefer to pull it within a couple of minutes, ideally the same scene. |
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| 19 | May overlap with OffTheTable, when the other party refuses to allow the bridge to be rebuilt. Similar to AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp. Compare and contrast ProdigalFamily, when estranged --frequently due to cutting ties with them-- family members show up after a long time to complicate the character's life. |
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| 21 | Compare NotSoFinalConfession, WeMeetAgain, WeWillMeetAgain, WhereItAllBegan, MyGodWhatHaveIDone, TheExitIsThatWay, WhosLaughingNow, FairWeatherFoe, FairWeatherEx, and TakeThisJobAndShoveIt. A character who suffers from KarmicShunning may do this, either out of [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorse]] or [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk convenience]]. |
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| 23 | !!Examples: |
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| 27 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 28 | * There's a very dark example in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' with [[spoiler:Bertholt Hoover. As a [[TheMole Titan Shifter]] infiltrator to the Survey Corps, he's responsible for Wall Maria falling, a good chunk of the people within dying, and personally tries to kill his teammates. When he's about to be EatenAlive by Armin in Mindless Titan form, he cries out and begs for his former comrades to save him, only to notice that [[TheDogBitesBack they're not moving]]]]. |
| 29 | * In ''Manga/SPYxFAMILY'', George Glooman believes that the Desmond family is driving his own into bankruptcy and that he'll have to leave Eden Academy once his family's wealth runs out. He angrily tells off Damian Desmond, and gets the rest of his sympathetic classmates to follow his whims, since he has to leave them soon. Then George realises that his family ''isn't'' going bankrupt and he's still going to Eden after all. His classmates aren't amused. |
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| 32 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 33 | * ''Fanfic/AndrogyninjasADropOfPoison'': After Sasuke humiliates Sakura in front of their whole class by declaring she'll never be anything more than glorified CannonFodder, Ino realizes that they broke off their friendship for [[AllForNothing no good reason at all]]. However, she's reluctant to make the first move; in fact, when Shikamaru suggests that she [[StatingTheSimpleSolution let Sakura know how she feels]], Ino loudly denies wanting to reconcile with her, sabotaging their strained relationship further. This culminates in the two both hitting their [[RageBreakingPoint Rage-Breaking Points]] during their preliminary match in the Chuunin Exams; afterwards, Ino attempts to defend her behavior only for Sakura to point out how she DidntThinkThisThrough. |
| 34 | -->'''Ino:''' I was trying to get you to ''look at me''.\ |
| 35 | '''Sakura:''' I'm looking at you. Now what? |
| 36 | * ''Fanfic/BuildYourselfUpDontLetThemBreakYouDown'': Izuku's old teacher Aoki realizes that he and the entire staff of Aldera Middle School have placed themselves in this position. After spending years [[FantasticAbleism demeaning Izuku for being Quirkless and enabling his bullies to run roughshod over him]], they're now completely dependent upon him choosing to TurnTheOtherCheek. Otherwise, [[SwordOfDamocles one word from him could trigger a massive investigation that could ruin the whole school]]. |
| 37 | * ''Fanfic/CyberpunkAnotherDaybreak'': One interlude reveals that Katsuo's father has been pressuring him to mend his relationship with David so that they can hook up with Hiden. David responded by blocking his former friend's phone number. |
| 38 | * ''Fanfic/ADragonInShiningArmour'': Craniamon finds himself in this position when he has to return to his hometown Caer Ygg, which he left on bad terms after [[CallingTheOldManOut an argument with his father]]. |
| 39 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Everqueen}}'', with the established attitude of the Eldar toward humans, it is to be expected Isha's efforts to seek refuge with the Emperor are met with much skepticism. |
| 40 | * ''Fanfic/TheFaithChronicles'': Faith faces this when she returns to Sunnydale in order to help deal with Glory. |
| 41 | * In ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'', Naru Narusegawa, Kaolla Su, and Sarah [=McDougal=] all find themselves in this position. {{Defied|Trope}} with Mutsumi Otohime and Granny Hinata "Hina" Urashima, as both decide that attempting reconciliation is effectively pointless, instead trying to accept how their own actions are responsible for destroying what they once had. |
| 42 | ** When Naru's mother and stepsister tried reaching out to her, she hit the latter with a vicious BreakingSpeech, [[PsychologicalProjection projecting all of her own flaws]] onto Mei while accusing her of being a [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] AttentionWhore who couldn't ''stand'' not having the world revolve around her every whim. After [[spoiler:Granny Hina cuts her off]], she goes back to her mother, expecting Saori to {{Easily Forgive|n}} her outburst and welcome her back. Saori turns her away, revealing that she ''knows'' Naru had [[spoiler:gone to her father first, as well as Keitaro, but got rejected by both]]. Saori [[LampshadeHanging notes]] that she'd [[IWarnedYou warned her this would happen]] if she kept lashing out. |
| 43 | ** Kaolla Su was absolutely sure that ''somebody'' would [[spoiler:get her out of jail]], whether it was her family, Granny Hina, Keitaro, or the other Hinata girls. Over time, she slowly realizes how serious her situation is, losing hope. Eventually, she wants to at least [[spoiler:apologize to Keitaro. Being denied even that, she accepts her fate and states that she hates Granny Hina for being a liar]]. |
| 44 | ** Sarah [=McDougal=] disowned her own father, Seta, expecting Naru and the other girls to come get her out of [[BoardingSchool St. Clavius Academy]]. When she learns they aren't coming, she starts acting out more, getting into trouble with the [[SternTeacher headmistress]] and trying to attract his attention. [[spoiler:Haruka comes instead, informing her that she's to remain at the academy until high school, as St. Clavius only extends until middle school. Sarah is forced to realize that she'd broken the bond she once shared with her father simply because [[SpoiledBrat she couldn't stand not getting her way]].]] |
| 45 | ** Mutsumi Otohime finally realizes that her quest to get Keitaro and Naru back together [[AllForNothing was pointless from the start]], and that she'd burned all her bridges in the process. She accepts her [[spoiler:expulsion from Toudai]] with as much grace as she can muster, and doesn't ask those she hurt for forgiveness, figuring that they wouldn't listen to her or wish to see her again after all she'd done. |
| 46 | ** In the final chapter, Granny Hina [[HeelRealization finally recognizes she was wrong]], and that her actions destroyed her relationship with her family. She [[spoiler:hires lawyers for Naru and Mutsumi, informing both girls that this was the last time she's helping either of them out, before sadly leaving Japan and her destroyed relationships behind her]]. |
| 47 | * In ''[[Fanfic/QueensOfMewniSpinoffs Future of Mewni]]'', the school of Elfendor did nothing about Luminosa being assaulted, due to the culprit being [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections being the son of a high-ranking member]]. After she leaves, the number of assaults on campus rises, the culprits emboldened by the lack of punishment. Luminosa then [[StartMyOwn founds Mewniford]], and people stop sending their children to Elfendor. The school sends her a letter begging for help, which she ignores. |
| 48 | * In the sequel of ''Fanfic/HeroClassCivilWarfare'', part of the aftermath of the inter-class civil war is the now changed class dynamics and friendships after the Villain Team had thoroughly curb-stomped the Hero Team. Izuku struggles to keep his previous reputation as the class sweetheart and paragon after he terrified and defeated his friends and classmates as the Kingpin. Bakugou, meanwhile, thoroughly burnt his bridges with the rest of the Hero Team when his BadBoss nature and ControlFreak tendencies caused them to get curb-stomped by the Villain Team, which negatively affects his relationship with his class and reputation among his year. |
| 49 | * ''Fanfic/MastermindRiseOfAnarchy'': After several of their classmates attack Tokoyami, driving him out of the Hero Course, Shouji, Satou, and Kouda all transfer out of U.A. Later, the remaining students try reaching out and repairing their relationships, with mixed results; while Satou is willing to talk, Shoji refuses them outright. |
| 50 | * ''Fanfic/MeanRabbit'': During the League's assault on the USJ, three of Midoriya's classmates are perfectly willing to leave him to the 'tender mercies' of the villains after finding him injured. [[OnlySaneMan Only Sero opposes them]], and they're all forced to work together when they're attacked. |
| 51 | * A common plot in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' post-Chameleon [[AccusationFic salt fics]] is Marinette's classmates breaking off their friendships with her due to [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]]. Upon realizing their mistake (usually due to Lila [[LiarRevealed being exposed]] as a ManipulativeBitch, losing all the things that Marinette used to do for them as their "Everyday Ladybug", or learning that Marinette ''is'' Ladybug), [[FairWeatherFoe they attempt to get back into her good graces]], only to be rebuffed. |
| 52 | ** This is notably {{Averted|Trope}} in ''[[Fanfic/BridgesBurned Bridges Burned (Mama Always Told Me That I Should Play Nice. But She Never Met You)]]''. As Marinette reveals the [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover incredible amount]] of celebrities she knows, having them [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections use their connections]] to hook up others with incredible once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, Alya, Nino, and her other ''former'' friends refuse to even ''consider'' trying to make amends with her. They console themselves with the belief that ''Lila's'' [[CelebrityLie supposed connections]] are even bigger and better than hers, blissfully unaware that she was lying about everything. |
| 53 | ** Seen with a twist in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30374208 He Can Only Blame Himself]]'': After dating for a few years, Adrien cheats on Marinette with Lila after the latter convinces him that Marinette has [[CareerVersusMan put her career first]]. Gabriel then twists the knife by firing Marinette, when it was his [[BadBoss overworking her]] that triggered Adrien's infidelity in the first place. When news of the breakup goes viral, Gabriel angrily orders his son to "fix things" by reconciling with his ex-girlfriend. Rather than making his appeal to her ''directly'', however, Adrien calls his cousin Felix -- Marinette has started working for his aunt Amilie, and Adrien decides that's a safer angle to tackle. This only serves to underscore how little he respects his ex, and Felix forces him to confront how he's let his relationships with ''their'' side of the family degrade as well, right up until he decided he needed something from them. |
| 54 | ** ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies'': |
| 55 | *** Gabriel attempts to do this with Audrey after he's exposed as Hawkmoth and arrested, upon realizing that she's positioned herself to take control of Agreste Fashion. He tries appealing to her by citing their long-term friendship, only for Audrey to remind him of how he manipulated and akumatized her into Style Queen. |
| 56 | *** The above [[PlotParallel runs parallel]] to Adrien attempting to convince Marinette to help him "fix everything" by making another appeal based on their friendship. Adrien had previously let said "friendship" rot by [[BetrayalByInaction refusing to help deal with Lila]], insisting that Marinette was [[BecauseYouCanCope strong enough to handle the bullying alone]] even when she told him how much she was suffering. [[LikeFatherLikeSon Much like his father]], Adrien treats their "friendship" as a convenient card he can play to get what ''he'' wants out of their relationship [[AllTakeAndNoGive without doing anything in return]], only to be turned down. |
| 57 | *** Alya, Nino, and most of Marinette's former classmates also fall into this category. After repeatedly ditching and ignoring Marinette, having [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taken their "Everyday Ladybug" completely for granted]], they learn that she actually ''is'' Ladybug when she and her TrueCompanions bring down Hawkmoth. Naturally, they're eager to buddy back up with their former friend, only for her to call them out on being [[FairWeatherFriend Fair-Weather Friends]] and make clear that they're not going back to their former AllTakeAndNoGive dynamic. Only a couple of them [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone recognize where they went wrong]] and make efforts to atone; the rest remain {{Entitled Bastard}}s whose efforts to "get her back" [[NotHelpingYourCase only serve to isolate them further]]. |
| 58 | ** ''Fanfic/LadyBugOut'': Alya's relationships with Ladybug and Marinette fall apart when she uses the Ladyblog to spread TabloidMelodrama about the superheroine, with Marinette "helping" her alter ego [[StartMyOwn set up her own blog]] to counter Alya's BlatantLies. Alya [[NeverMyFault refuses to admit]] how she is responsible for said relationships falling apart, even after it becomes clear that Marinette was [[CassandraTruth telling the truth]] when she warned her about Lila. Instead, she insists that it's on Marinette to cross the brunt bridge by apologizing to ''her'', only to find that Marinette isn't interested in placating her. |
| 59 | ** ''[[Fanfic/ALadysScout A Lady's Scout (and the Salt Within Her Soul)]]'': As rumors spread that Marinette might be secretly working with Ladybug, helping her select candidates to become temporary heroes, many of her classmates start cozying back up to her in hopes that she'll hook them back up with "their" Miraculouses. This backfires, as the ones who get the most annoyingly ''overt'' in their efforts to curry favor are the next ones to receive symbolic "parting gifts" signaling that they'll never be chosen as heroes again. |
| 60 | ** ''Fanfic/LeaveForMendeleiev'': While Marinette is more than happy to get away from her long-time bully Chloé, [[MisplacedKindergartenTeacher Mme Bustier]] repeatedly attempts to ''force'' her former student back across that bridge, trying to [[GotVolunteered 'volunteer' her]] to tutor Chloé and otherwise make them spend more time together. All because Chloé wants more access to her favorite victim, and Bustier [[SelectiveObliviousness refuses to see]] the reality of the situation, insisting that she never noticed any problems ''before''. |
| 61 | ** ''Fanfic/MarinettesWeekOff'': In the sequel, Alya declares that Marinette's [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass supposed bullying]] of Lila is utterly ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable]]'' and that she NEVER wants to be friends with her again... right before they see Marinette walking down the red carpet at a movie premiere. Alya immediately switches tracks and starts calling Marinette her "bestie" again, making no effort to hide how she's only interested in leeching off of her newfound success. |
| 62 | ** The ''[[Fanfic/MiraculousLadybugSaltShots Miraculous Ladybug Salt-Shot]] A Price to Pay'' has Adrien attempting this after betraying Marinette. While he initially assumed that [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy reality being rewritten]] in the course of granting his father's Wish would ensure that nobody knew what they'd done, said Wish is granted in such a way so that everybody knows Gabriel Agreste [[BalancingDeathsBooks killed Tom Dupain-Cheng]] in a car accident, then [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribed his way]] to a "victory" in court, leaving him ConvictedByPublicOpinion instead. What's more, Marinette ''also'' [[RippleEffectProofMemory remembers the original reality]], so she's fully aware of the scope of his betrayal beyond just [[PunishedForSympathy defending his father's flagrant disregard for the law]]. PlayedWith in that that Adrien is so [[EntitledBastard grossly entitled]] that he takes Marinette's support completely for granted, acting as though ''she's'' the one in the wrong for not accepting his BackhandedApology and helping him "fix everything". |
| 63 | ** In ''[[Fanfic/RaiseYourselvesUp Raise Yourselves Up (We're Done)]]'', Miss Bustier bars Marinette and Chloé from joining their class trip, spurring them to [[StartMyOwn start the World Travellers' Club]] so they can make their own arrangements. After discovering just how much she [[DidntThinkThisThrough overlooked]] when it came to their plans to visit New York, Bustier and Adrien attempt to convince the pair to let the class tag along on ''their'' trip. Both girls spell out for them and the rest of the class that even if they ''were'' willing to bring them along after how they mistreated them, that doesn't change how they failed to [[NeverFilledOutOfficialPaperwork do any of the paperwork necessary]] for ''any'' kind of trip outside Paris, and it's far too late to get that all sorted out ''now''. |
| 64 | ** ''Fanfic/{{The Wolves in the Woods|MiraculousLadybug}}'': |
| 65 | *** After it's revealed during Ms. Bustier's trial that Marinette was [[CassandraTruth telling the truth]] about [[LiarRevealed Lila]], Alya becomes hellbent on reclaiming her as her bestie...despite the fact that she spearheaded the efforts that forced Marinette to transfer to another school in the first place. Alya absolutely [[NeverMyFault refuses to acknowledge]] that she played any part in torching their friendship, even after it's revealed that [[spoiler:she'd known the whole time that Lila was lying and intentionally exploited the situation to try and [[TallPoppySyndrome destroy Marinette's self-confidence]] and force her to remain entirely dependent upon Alya's "support"]]. |
| 66 | *** Adrien's efforts to "repair" his ruined relationship with Marinette are similarly stymied by his continued insistence upon BlamingTheVictim, to the point that he's ''outraged'' when Luka berates him for never apologizing for his BetrayalByInaction and declares that "Well, if she hadn't tried to expose Lila like that, then this wouldn't have happened!" |
| 67 | * In ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/190564/on-the-care-and-construction-of-bridges On The Care and Construction of Bridges]]'', Rarity and Applejack refuse to confess their feelings towards each other out of fear of burning bridges that they will need to cross later, while Rainbow Dash reflects on her own burnt bridge with her friend Gilda. In the end, however, Rainbow Dash asks herself the question of what ponies do after a bridge burns down, [[spoiler:and resolves to try and patch things up with her]]. |
| 68 | * ''Fanfic/ShipsAhoy'': In ''Red Ships'', three decades after they broke up, Oprah decides to consult O'Donahue for help in the Equal Evan case. She's extremely nervous about doing so, uncertain how well he'll react. |
| 69 | * ''Fanfic/SVWishes'': This is Shen Qinqiu's main concern in ''I Wish You Were My Husband'', as he has to painstakingly repair the relationships that were destroyed by his predecessor. |
| 70 | * In ''Fanfic/AThousandAnswers'', Dio ends up becoming a vampire earlier than canon due to [[PointOfDivergence having the Stone Mask fall on him during his and Jonathan's fight]], and since he hadn't yet desired that kind of power, he ''hates'' being a vampire. Unfortunately, the only two people equipped to help him are Erina Pendleton (whom he gave his infamous ForcefulKiss to earlier) and Jonathan Joestar (who started fighting him specifically to avenge Erina's honor). He's not happy with this arrangement but sucks it up as best he can. |
| 71 | * ''Fanfic/ToughLove'' opens with Bella threatening to move out if her father doesn't bow to her whims and let her do whatever she pleases. Charlie then [[TranquilFury calmly spells out for her]] just what that would entail, in ''exhaustive'' detail, revealing that he's aware of a lot more than she'd given him credit for. As well as the fact that the Cullens aren't as obscenely rich as she'd believed and won't be able to let her mooch freely off of ''them''. Bella then attempts to take back her words, only to discover that Charlie is still kicking her out -- a threat she still refuses to take seriously until he winds up packing her bags ''for her''. |
| 72 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''/''VideoGame/BioShock'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Vision}}'', our AntiHero, Siren, due to a mix of TraumaCongaLine, FishOutOfWater, and just not being all that nice to begin with, says some rather hurtful things to another character who was just being nice to her. As she walks away, she has a small MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment but doesn't go back to apologize. Guess who she ends up at the mercy of later? |
| 73 | * ''Fanfic/WhatYouKneadNaruto'': Sakura broke off her friendship with Ino after realizing they were both interested in pursuing Sasuke romantically. However, after Sasuke recklessly endangers her life during the bell test, Sakura gets over her crush on him and decides to reach back out to her estranged friend, hoping to repair their relationship. |
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| 76 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 77 | * ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'' (in the director's cut only): Mozart, who has already mentioned that he would prefer to spend his time composing and that he is only giving music lessons to pay the bills, lets himself be hired by a wealthy Viennese burgher to give piano lessons to his daughter. The attempt ends in a fiasco because the man refuses to leave the room while Mozart tries to teach his daughter (who is visibly embarrassed by her parents), insists on keeping his pack of dogs with him--who interrupt all music by yelping and howling--and generally behaves as obnoxious as possible, causing Mozart to rudely storm off with a sarcastic comment. Later, as Mozart's financial problems have worsened, he (obviously drunk and staggering) turns up at the burgher again and asks whether he can give music lessons to his daughter. As the daughter is married and away, Mozart further humiliates himself by asking whether he can borrow money and receives a curt refusal. |
| 78 | * ''Film/{{Flatliners}}'' was all about this, when the characters fry their brain cells in a medical experiment, only to be faced with their own consciences. To overcome their dilemmas, they all have to make amends somehow. |
| 79 | * A good chunk of the third act of ''Film/IronMan2'' is spent with Tony trying to repent for his assholish behavior from when he was dying in the first two acts. |
| 80 | * ''Film/HomeAlone1'': Kate is horrified when she realizes that she accidentally left her son Kevin home while the rest of the family went on vacation, especially because their last interaction was her sending him to the attic without dinner as the others heaped insults at him, [[EtTuBrute all to avoid being in the same boat as him]]. So when she finally gets home near the end, Kevin isn't exactly willing to welcome her back right away, only doing so when she gives him a heartfelt apology. |
| 81 | * The entire premise of ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove''. Believing he is about to move, Max issues several SoLongSuckers statements and actions towards everyone at his school that he doesn't like, then finds out that he isn't moving after all. This comes with the additional realization that even if he ''was'' moving, everyone he pissed off was just going to take their frustrations out on his two friends instead. |
| 82 | * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'': In the Extended Edition, Saruman asks Théoden for mercy, invoking his long alliance with Rohan and ignoring the fact that his attack on Helm's Deep in the prior film nearly wiped out the entire kingdom. |
| 83 | * ''Film/MenInBlackII'': After Sarleena's attack on MIB headquarters forces J and an amnesiac K to evacuate, turns out that the only one with a deneuralizer to help bring back K's memories is Jeebes, the nebbish alien pawnshop owner who K had shot in the [[Film/MenInBlack first movie]], so K and J end up having to go to him to get his help. Jeebes, understandably is less-than-inclined to help the two...at least until J shoves a blaster in his face and makes it clear that [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse the bridge is officially rebuilt]] and Jeebes ''will'' help them with a smile on his face. |
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| 86 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 87 | * In the first ''Galaxy Games'' book, the whole world thought they were about to be wiped out by an incoming asteroid. So all the adults went crazy doing whatever - the teachers didn't teach, many of the main character's friends' parents quit their jobs, and so on. After the asteroid was revealed to just be an alien spaceship they all had to try and get their jobs back and return all the stuff they bought on an impulse. This was easy for some, but others, it was noted, had quit their jobs by telling their bosses what they REALLY thought... |
| 88 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Cornelius Fudge spends the entirety of the fifth book going on a slandering campaign against Harry and Dumbledore, refusing to heed their warnings of Voldemort's return even when things continue to happen just as Dumbledore predicted and putting the whole magical community in danger. Once Voldemort shows up at the Ministry and Fudge sees him with his own eyes, he's forced to recant his previous statements, and the whole community immediately becomes enraged and demands for his resignation. The start of the sixth book reveals that Fudge made a last-ditch effort to stay in office by begging Dumbledore to help him get Harry's support, which naturally Dumbledore refused knowing that Harry would find the idea ludicrous after all the things Fudge did to antagonize them. |
| 89 | * From ''Literature/LifesLittleInstructionBook'': |
| 90 | -->'''291.''' Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river. |
| 91 | * During the second book of ''Literature/TheMagicians'' trilogy, ''The Magician King'', Quentin Coldwater's return to [[WizardingSchool Brakebills]] goes awry when he gets into an argument with Dean Fogg over top-secret information. Quentin, who isn't exactly known for [[{{Manchild}} maturity]] or [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism humility]], haughtily proclaims himself superior to everyone at Brakebills, clearly believing that he'll be back in [[MagicLand Fillory]] soon, living it up as a BenevolentMageRuler and will never have to deal with Fogg ever again... only for the book to end with Quentin getting deposed and exiled to the real world. The next book, ''The Magician's Land,'' features Quentin crawling back to Brakebills and admitting that he '''really''' needs a job. To his intense relief, [[BenevolentBoss Fogg accepts him into the faculty]] - perhaps recognizing that Quentin's humiliated himself enough. |
| 92 | * In the ''Literature/MrAndMrsDarcyMysteries'', Elizabeth and Darcy are forced to ask Lady Catherine for help. |
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| 95 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 96 | * In ''Series/TheAdventuresOfBriscoCountyJr'' Brisco and Bowler recruit Pete Hutter for a mission while he's in prison, promising a full Presidential pardon for all his outstanding crimes. He accepts and proceeds to piss off his cellmate. Then Brisco tells him that they have to talk to the warden and he should be out in a couple of hours. |
| 97 | * The first episode of the second season of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', "The One Where Michael Leaves", is focused on Michael's attempts to leave his family for good, but repeatedly getting pulled back to them again because of the circumstances, mostly the results of said family's actions, forces him to. |
| 98 | * ''Series/BreakingBad'': In the pilot episode, after learning he has terminal cancer, Walter lashes out at his abusive boss Bogdan and dramatically quits his part-time job at the car wash. This ends up causing a bit of trouble in season four when Walt's wife Skyler decides to purchase the car wash (in order to use it as a front to launder her husband's ill-gotten cash), and Bogdan refuses to sell to her, despite her generous monetary offer, solely on the grounds of how insultingly Walt quit his business. |
| 99 | * ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' had an episode where Diane told off the gang, vowed never to return, and left...[[FailedDramaticExit but forgot her purse]]. |
| 100 | * ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' is basically this trope as the concept for a TV show. Plots are as follows: Larry David horribly offends a minor character, then realizes he needs their help. Larry tries to make amends, typically [[EpicFail fails on an epic scale]]. |
| 101 | * In one episode of ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', Buddy gets offered a job as head writer to Dan Howard, but first needs to break his contract with Alan Brady, so he provokes Mel to the point that he has Rob write a memo to Alan terminating his position. Unfortunately for Buddy, the job with Dan Howard falls through (mostly due to Dan looking to Alan for a reference on Buddy, who then [[{{Irony}} reads him]] the [[HoistByHisOwnPetard termination memo]]), requiring Rob to help Buddy get his job with Alan back. |
| 102 | * In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial ''Inferno'', the Doctor thinks he's got his TARDIS operational, and he's about to leave. So he says (about the Brigadier, in front of him): "I've had about all I can stand of this pompous self-opinionated idiot here!" But when he dematerializes, he only gets as far as the rubbish tip and walks back, covered in dust. |
| 103 | -->'''The Doctor:''' Erm, Brigadier, my dear fellow, I wonder whether I could borrow a couple of your stalwart chaps to give me a hand in bringing the TARDIS back? It's landed in rather an inaccessible position.\ |
| 104 | '''Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart:''' "Pompous, self-opinionated idiot" I believe you said, Doctor?\ |
| 105 | '''The Doctor:''' Yes, well we...we don't want to bear a grudge for a few hasty words, do we? |
| 106 | ** Still, he gets off really easy for this trope - just a moment of embarrassment and slight [[HumblePie crow-eating]]. |
| 107 | * In ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', Will and Carlton trick Geoffrey into thinking he's won the lottery, causing him to cheerfully dance around and call everyone out before the truth is revealed. In a variation, while everyone forgives him (the boys take most of the blame) he's too embarrassed to return and is the one that needs to be coaxed back. |
| 108 | * ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' begins with Lorelai going to her estranged parents for a loan to pay for Rory's private school tuition. The conditions of the loan are the main justification for Richard and Emily's involvement throughout the series. |
| 109 | * A ''Series/LateNight with Creator/ConanOBrien'' sketch had La Bamba (the ButtMonkey trombonist of the house band ''The Max Weinberg 7'') get a check for a large sum of money. To which La Bamba responds "Ha! I quit!" and try to tell off the performers. Right after leaving (and the audience cheering him off), Conan gets a phone call from La Bamba crying claiming that he spent all his money on ''gum'' and asking to come back. Conan lets him come back with no ill will [[HilariousOuttakes (and then shows the outtakes from his phone call)]]. |
| 110 | * ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': When a rich man proposed to Kelly, Al quickly phoned his boss to do the bridge-burning, oblivious to Kelly rejecting the rich man in favor of a not-so-wealthy suitor. |
| 111 | * ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The plot of Season Three's "[[Recap/NCISS03E05 Switch]]" was kicked off when a Navy Petty Officer was caught sleeping with an officer's wife at Pearl Harbor; at first he wasn't worried because the husband didn't know who he was and he was due to transfer off the base the next day... [[OhCrap only to learn that the husband was slated to be his new C.O. at Norfolk.]] |
| 112 | * ''Series/TheOddCouple1970'': In "[[Recap/TheOddCouple1970S1E15TheHideaway The Hideaway]]", after Felix convinces Oscar that Ernie wants to be a cello player and that he has talent, Oscar tells Slim Daniels, the sports coordinator he contacted, that the deal is off, insulting him in the process. Then Felix finds out Ernie has no musical talent and was scouted for his ancestry (he's Inuit). Luckily, Slim Daniels wants Ernie regardless and guesses that he doesn't actually play the cello. |
| 113 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Discussed by Creator/NormMacdonald when he hosted SNL after he was fired from the show. He reminds the audience what happened and talks about how he thought it was weird that NBC would bring him in to host: |
| 114 | -->'''Norm:''' How did I go from being not funny enough to be even allowed in the building, to being so funny that I’m now hosting the show? How did I suddenly get so goddamn funny?! It was inexplicable to me, because, let’s face it, a year and a half is not enough time for a dude to learn how to be funny! Then it occurred to me, ''I'' haven’t gotten funnier, the show has gotten ''really'' bad! |
| 115 | * ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': George Costanza is a pro at this: |
| 116 | ** In "[[Recap/SeinfeldS2E7TheRevenge The Revenge]]", [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt George dramatically quits his job]], [[DidntThinkThisThrough only to realize he really needs it as he's not really qualified to do anything else]]. [[RefugeInAudacity He simply goes back to work the next day as if nothing happened]], but that doesn't quite work. |
| 117 | ** In "[[Recap/SeinfeldS4E12TheAirport The Airport]]", George gets into an argument with a violent convict being escorted by federal marshals over the last ''TIME'' magazine on the rack and enjoys the moment to the fullest, taunting him about getting the magazine and wishes him ''"a nice life... sentence, that is!"'' Towards the end of the episode, George boards a plane looking for Jerry and Elaine, opens the lavatory door, and guess who he sees - ''without'' his shackles on. Nobody sees as the convict yanks George into the restroom and beats the ever-loving crap out of him. |
| 118 | * A mild case in ''Series/TheThickOfIt''; Hugh has decided that resigning would be better for his long-term political career, and on his way to make the announcement, he says a few unpleasant things about his department and the staff. Predictably, his resignation is no longer necessary and he comes back, but nobody really bears any grudge because (a) while he was honest, he didn't say anything too hurtful or spiteful, and (b) most of them hate each other anyway and they all know it, and consequently everyone has a lot of experience with swallowing their dislike and working together to brace themselves for the next stage in the eternal HumiliationConga which makes up their lives. |
| 119 | * ''Series/Warehouse13'': The only way to free someone of Maelzel's metronome is to "make a pure start from whence one comes." In Jinks' case, this means reconciling with his mother, whom he refused to forgive for pleading for leniency for his sister's killer. |
| 120 | * In the final episode of ''Series/{{Wings}}'', Brian and Casey make plans to run off to a tropical island, and Casey takes this opportunity to tell off every person on the island, including her boss and random people in the park. Unfortunately, Brian has an attack of family loyalty and decides to stay and run Sandpiper Air for Joe (who's also leaving), leaving a horrified Casey stuck on the island (and working Helen's lunch counter). |
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| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 124 | * Music/TaylorSwift's "Back to December" from her third album ''Music/SpeakNow'' is TheGrovel in song form, with the narrator approaching her ex and hoping they can get back together, but fully admitting she has no right to ask, given how badly she treated him. |
| 125 | -->''You gave me roses, and I left them there to die.''\ |
| 126 | ''But this is me swallowing my pride, standing in front of you,''\ |
| 127 | ''saying I'm sorry for that night,''\ |
| 128 | ''and I go back to December all the time.''\ |
| 129 | ''It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,''\ |
| 130 | ''wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.'' |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Puppet Show]] |
| 134 | * {{Downplayed}} case in the Lola Fanala episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', where Gonzo boasts that he's been given a Bollywood contract and will be leaving "the little people", leaving many other co-stars (particularly his chickens) jealous or betrayed. However, when Gonzo later breaks down from the weight of his decision, Kermit is supportive and lets Gonzo leave on amicable terms, but all the same, still needs to find a replacement act, and by the time he's booked one, Gonzo has realised his Bollywood contract is null and void (apparently, they intended a contract for Gonzo the Mediocre instead of Gonzo the Great). |
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| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 138 | * In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', Genn Greymane, the ruler of the Gilneas, left the Alliance after he [[AllTakeAndNoGive grew tired of helping provide for its commonwealth for seemingly nothing in return]]. He then built a wall around Gilneas, separating it from the rest of the world, and refused to get involved in the Third War or the war against the Lich King, neither giving the Alliance aid nor allowing refugees to shelter within the walls. However, after Gilneas fell due to attacks by the Forsaken, as well as a worgen curse sweeping through the populace, a humbled Greymane attempted to rejoin the Alliance. However, King Varian Wrynn, the leader of the Alliance, was incredibly bitter at Greymane for his actions, and earning his respect and approval was not an easy task for the Gilnean king. |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 142 | * {{Played for laughs}} in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' when [[{{Tsundere}} Parley]] with [[LuminescentBlush full sunset blush]] slams the door... then re-emerges to take the flower Smitty tried to give her in the first place. |
| 143 | -->'''Parley''': ...and ...give ...me ...that! ''*[[UnsoundEffect SLAM again]]*'' |
| 144 | * Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. Karkat thinks he's going to have to apologize to Vriska in order to get her to join the Red Team. When he finds out that Vriska's been kicked off the Blue Team, he instantly rescinds his apology and apologizes to himself for even making it in the first place. |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 148 | * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': In "[[Recap/AmericanDadS6E9RapturesDelight Rapture's Delight]]", [[Characters/AmericanDadStanSmith Stan Smith]] blames Francine for them not getting chosen to ascend into Heaven when the rapture occurs, and he abandons her when a man approaches him claiming to be Jesus Christ and that he can get him into Heaven. When the so-called messiah turns out to be a bum who wants oral sex from him, an embarrassed Stan tries to save face, but not only does Francine reject him and move out, but she also reveals that she's entered a relationship with the ''real'' Jesus. |
| 149 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': |
| 150 | ** In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS1E25CroakAndPunishment Croak & Punishment]]", Anne Boonchuy and Sprig try to search for a missing Blue Moon Shell, with [[GoodCopBadCop Anne as the "good cop", and Sprig as the bad cop"]]. However, Sprig takes his role a bit too seriously, yelling at various suspects and [[InterrogationByVandalism destroying their property]]. When his behavior ends up provoking Gunther, a Southern Tusk Frog, into HulkingOut, he and Anne try to find someplace to hide, but nobody is willing to protect them on account of how Sprig treated them. |
| 151 | --->'''Stumpy:''' You think I'm gonna let you in here after you called me a thief?\ |
| 152 | '''Sprig:''' ...Maybe? |
| 153 | ** In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E36TrueColors True Colors]]", Sasha Waybright betrays Anne (again) and helps Grime overthrow King Andrias, causing a furious Anne to decide she's done with Sasha's manipulative behaviour and break off their friendship for good. Moments later, Sasha and Grime uncover Andrias' true nature as a MultiversalConqueror, and with Anne and the others already working to restore him to the throne, they have no choice but to go back and try and explain why this is a bad idea. Having just burnt all her bridges, however, nobody listens to Sasha; she and Grime are defeated and Andrias is successfully restored to his throne. [[FromBadToWorse Things go downhill very quickly from there]], and Anne (realising Sasha was right about Andrias and has reformed for real this time) eventually does patch things up with her. |
| 154 | * ''Franchise/{{Avatar|TheLastAirbender}}'': |
| 155 | ** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In the second season finale, [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko Prince Zuko]] is on the verge of joining Team Avatar when he suddenly defects to Azula's camp, betraying them. To make matters worse, he does this after he and Katara have an honest-to-god conversation, and the latter was willing to believe in him despite everything he did to Aang. Naturally, it takes a while for Zuko to rebuild the bridge with Katara after he chooses to support Aang for good in the third season; while the rest of Team Avatar welcome him the same episode he extends an olive branch, it is not until four episodes later that Katara is ready to do the same. |
| 156 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', fourth season BigBad [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraKuvira Kuvira]] decides to conquer the city-state founded by her mentor, Suyin Beifong, and sacrifice her fiance and NumberTwo, Su's son Bataar Jr., by shooting a fantasy nuke at his location, since he's been captured by her enemies and she can kill them all off at once. They survive, and a shattered Bataar does what little he can to help stop her. Come the sequel comic ''[[ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraRuinsOfTheEmpire Ruins of the Empire]]'', Kuvira is trying to pull a HeelFaceTurn and needs Bataar's engineering expertise to stop some of her former subordinates. She also ended up having to beg for help from Bataar's mother and needed his grandmother to use her LivingLieDetector abilities to vouch for her. |
| 157 | * ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': |
| 158 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E08TheTelescope The Telescope]]" [[Characters/BojackHorsemanBojackHorseman BoJack]] visits his former friend Herb Kazzaz when the latter is suffering from cancer, and whom [=BoJack=] left hanging when Herb was fired from ''Horsin' Around'' on account of a controversy over him being homosexual. [=BoJack=] wants to squash his beef before Herb is six feet under. At first, things seem to go well (apart from Herb chronically making jokes about how [=BoJack=] threw him under the bus), but when [=BoJack=] feels the need to apologize, Herb gives him one hell of a ReasonYouSuckSpeech about how [=BoJack=] abandoning him when he needed a friend most was plain [[ThisIsUnforgivable inexcusable]] and the horse then leaves his former friend with the bridge between them burnt forever. |
| 159 | *** This happens again in the season 3 episode "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E11ThatsTooMuchMan That's Too Much, Man!]]" when [=BoJack=] and Sarah-Lynn going on a drunk bender and making amends with the people they've wronged, only to actually worsen things. |
| 160 | *** Per WordOfGod, a character utilizing the show's once-per-season PrecisionFStrike is meant to represent that character's bridge with [=BoJack=] being burned for good. Although Todd uses it in season 3, he and [=BoJack=] do eventully reconcile and regain their friendship, albeit never coming as close as they once were. |
| 161 | * In ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys'', this is the result of the SnapBack of Dave and Jerry's quit(s). Dave being, well, a JerkAss, actually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCMomyKTlVc forces this to happen to both of them]], while Jerry tries to avoid it on the off chance they aren't as successful as they hope. |
| 162 | * ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': In the GrandFinale "WesternAnimation/PhantomPlanet", when Vlad blows off Jack's LastSecondChance to turn his life around so that he can successfully extort control over the Earth in exchange for saving it against an asteroid, said asteroid is revealed to be made out of ghost-proof material. Realizing he cannot stop it, he begs Jack for help, insisting that Jack would not turn his back on an "old friend". Jack morosely agrees with him, but then states that he will turn his back on ''Vlad''. After which, he abandons Vlad in space. Vlad then faces the reality that he cannot return to Earth because he revealed his true self and since he cannot keep his end of the bargain to save the Earth, he will be hunted for all his life. |
| 163 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 164 | ** Happens in the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E16AprilInQuahog April in Quahog]]", when [[Characters/FamilyGuyPeterGriffin Peter Griffin]] blurts out that he doesn't care for his children the moment before the world is supposed to end... only for said warning to be revealed as an April Fool's prank from the Quahog news team. Peter spends the rest of the episode trying to make it up to the kids. |
| 165 | ** Subverted in the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E1LotteryFever Lottery Fever]]" when Peter tells Lois about how he quit his job after becoming a millionaire. The way he talks about it, especially the part where he told his boss what she could do with his job, suggests he did or said something nasty but the flashback shows he was polite and professional (although at the very end, he quickly mentions there was "a giant poo on [her] desk"). Played straight later with how he treats his friends. [[spoiler:They forgive him in the end.]] |
| 166 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' and the Holograms had too much of Eric's abuse while working on a movie they quit. Then they learn one of the foster girls at Starlight Foundation needed expensive surgery to avoid becoming blind so they had no choice but to come back. Eric got Jerrica to agree to become his assistant as a condition to let Jem and the Holograms back. |
| 167 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship'', [[Characters/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSunsetShimmer Sunset Shimmer]] returns to Equestria and has to seek the counsel of Princess Celestia. This was after [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil Sunset turned into a cruel and manipulative]] AlphaBitch under Celestia's watch. However, Sunset's undergone enough CharacterDevelopment after her HeelFaceTurn to genuinely apologize to Celestia, and the apology is accepted. |
| 168 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': At the end of Season 1, to save Eda, Lilith Clawthorne has to turn to Luz and King for help. Luz at first isn't interested, since Lilith is the one who captured Eda in the first place and used her as a hostage, but is willing to work with Lilith once Lilith explains why she cursed Eda and returns Owlbert. Even during their truce, Luz admits she doesn't like the lady's style. |
| 169 | * [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerCatra Catra]] from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' spends most of the series [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betraying]] everyone who was ever close to her in her quest for power. However, halfway through Season 5, [[spoiler:after being captured by Horde Prime, Catra decides to invoke RedemptionEqualsDeath by [[HeroicSacrifice heroically sacrificing]] herself to save Glimmer, fully expecting to be executed or mind-wiped by Horde Prime for her trouble. When the Best Friend Squad decide to rescue Catra anyway, she berates Adora for going through so much effort for her, as she ''didn't'' want to be saved. Adora [[GoodIsNotDumb quickly surmises]] that the ''real reason'' Catra didn't want to be saved was that she didn't want to face all the people she hurt, and Catra would only be hurting her further just by not being around anymore. Adora then [[ToughLove tells Catra point-blank]] that she needs to suck it up and deal with her emotions like an adult, not keep hiding out in her room; Catra soon realizes she's right.]] |
| 170 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 171 | ** In a {{Flashback}} episode, [[Characters/TheSimpsonsHomerSimpson Homer Simpson]], upon quitting his nuclear plant job, plays Burns' head like a bongo in front of all the other employees and then throws Burns at a barrel of toxic waste. (Although [[PayEvilUntoEvil one has to wonder if "acting like a jerk" can even apply to anything being done to Burns]].) [[LiteralMetaphor He LITERALLY burns a bridge he drives over on his way out.]] He eventually has to take the job back after [[spoiler:impregnating Marge with Maggie]]. Of course, since this is [[EvilIsPetty Burns]] we're talking about here, he makes Homer [[LiteralMetaphor literally come "crawling back", via through a narrow tunnel]], to get his old job back, so that Burns would also literally be looking down on Homer once emerged. To further humiliate him, Burns has Smithers put a big mandatory plaque in Homer's office saying "Don't forget, you're here forever". [[spoiler:Luckily, Homer is able to cover the plaque with pictures of Maggie and change the message to "[[SignsOfDisrepair Do it for her]]".]] |
| 172 | ** A story in [[ComicBook/TheSimpsons the comics]] had Krusty the Clown leaving town to star in a movie, giving the crowd at the airport a few choice words about Springfield. The movie flops, and when he returns the crowd is more of a mob. |
| 173 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': |
| 174 | ** {{Subverted}} when [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]] finally pisses off his "friends" so badly that they end up ignoring him-- making him think that he must be dead and stuck in Purgatory; and so he goes about trying to make amends for all the evil things he did, in order to get to Heaven. |
| 175 | ** Played straight in the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS18E2GlutenFreeEbola Gluten Free Ebola]]". The previous episode had the boys smugly ditching all their friends and classmates off-screen when they started their crowdfunding company. When their business failed, they returned to school to find no one wanted anything to do with them anymore and they had to spend the episode trying to appease them. This also signified that the show would now have continuity between the episodes. |
| 176 | ** Another example is in the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS19E7NaughtyNinjas Naughty Ninjas]]". With the news of police brutality going around, the townspeople of South Park start shunning everyone in the police force, harassing them, and refusing to do business with them. Then the gentrified part of the town gets covered with homeless people due to the episode's B-plot. The townspeople realize that the only way they can get the homeless people out is to get the police to remove them. Needless to say, the policemen weren't really willing to help them out. |
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| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 180 | * In UsefulNotes/JosefStalin's times, the study of genetics was all but destroyed in the UsefulNotes/SovietUnion, with the science itself branded a "bourgeois pseudoscience", to be replaced by a weird mishmash called "Michurin biology", now commonly known as Lysenkoism, after its most prominent leader. With Stalin supporting the new ideologically correct "science", Lysenko's camp was pulling no blows against its opponents. Of course, once Stalin died (according to some sources, even a bit earlier), the Lysenkoists started losing their positions. About a decade later, proper genetics regained its positions, and all the ideologically correct guys who, so recently, have been branding the geneticists as traitors, getting them arrested and often dead in TheGulag, were forced to elaborate on how Michurin biology does not contradict genetics, how genetics isn't ideologically incorrect, how a compromise between the two is possible... |
| 181 | * {{Website/Reddit}} has at least [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/10cx3h3/my_family_wants_to_reconnect_after_6_years/ two]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/165o5rh/my_stepdad_turned_my_family_against_me_new_update/ stories]] by people who were framed by a relative for adultery and banished from the family, despite proclaiming innocence. Then the relative confessed to the deed while drunk, and now the family wants them back... |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
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