| 1 | [[SelfDemonstratingArticle NOTE: This index was rejected in the Trope Launch Pad due to being unnecessary for an index of tropes.]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Rejection is when we rebuff, refuse, or even just say a plain "no" to something being given or offered to us. Here are tropes which involve a character rejecting something (or someone). |
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| 5 | !!Tropes: |
| 6 | [[index]] |
| 7 | [floatboxright: |
| 8 | Subindex: |
| 9 | + ScrewThisIndexIHaveTropes |
| 10 | ] |
| 11 | * AdventureRebuff: Hit the road, I don't need help saving the world! |
| 12 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Get out of here! Your kind isn't welcome in our presence! (A character is widely distrusted, mistreated, and antagonized by everyone.) |
| 13 | * BigNever: Never! NEVER!! ''NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! |
| 14 | * CavalryRefusal: Supposed rescuers aren't interested in rescuing. |
| 15 | * DecliningPromotion |
| 16 | * DefiantCaptive: Just because I'm your prisoner doesn't mean I'll submit to you. |
| 17 | * DontYouDarePityMe: I don't want your sympathy! So beat it! |
| 18 | * ElectiveBrokenLanguage: Me can language normal speak. Not want to but. |
| 19 | * ElectiveMute: I can speak. I just choose to stay mute because I never have anything to tell anyone. |
| 20 | * ElectiveUnintelligible: I can speak clearly, but muhwuhbluh. |
| 21 | * EmancipatedChild: When a child divorces their parents. |
| 22 | * FuneralBanishment |
| 23 | * HandshakeRefusal: Get that hand out of my face! I ain't shaking nothing with you! |
| 24 | * HighFiveLeftHanging: Yeah, keep that hand hanging as long as you want! Because I sure as hell won't be returning that gesture! |
| 25 | * IgnoredEpiphany: I'm beginning to wonder if I should redeem myself... Yeah, right! I'm totally going to continue being the bad guy! |
| 26 | * IHaveNoSon: Son?! WHAT SON?! That guy ain't related to me! |
| 27 | * ImNotHungry: I don't want anything to eat! |
| 28 | * IncompatibleOrientation: I'm sorry, but we can't be a couple because I don't swing that way. |
| 29 | * IRejectYourReality: I refuse to accept the facts! The truth is whatever it is in my little fantasy world, no matter how often I'm told otherwise or shown objective proof my beliefs are wrong! |
| 30 | * ItsNotAboutTheRequest: I refuse to carry out an order or request not because I oppose it, but because of something about the way I was asked or ordered or who asked or ordered me. |
| 31 | * IWorkAlone: So I don't need your help! Let me take care of this myself! |
| 32 | * KarmicShunning: Go away! After what ''you'' did, do you think anyone wants you in your lives!? |
| 33 | * KeepingTheHandicap: I don't care if it's feasible to remove my disability. I choose to live the rest of my life with it. It's part of who I am. |
| 34 | * KeepTheReward: A true hero is blasé about collecting a fee. |
| 35 | * KidsPlayMatchBreaker: Who is this person dating my mom/dad?! He/she is NOT stepmother/father worthy to me! |
| 36 | * LeaveMeAlone: I want to be alone! So get away from me! |
| 37 | * LovesSecrecy: Why should I tell others anything I do? It's best to keep them in the dark! |
| 38 | * MurderByInaction: I could save you, but I'd much rather just let you die. |
| 39 | * NoFameNoWealthNoService: No money or social clout? Can't come into this establishment! |
| 40 | * NotGoodWithRejection: How dare you turn me down! Refusing my affections is a serious affront! (Not taking it well when someone rejects you.) |
| 41 | ** IfICantHaveYou: ...no one can! Nobody gets away with rejecting me! (A character with unreciprocated love kills said person to prevent someone else from having them.) |
| 42 | * TheIrredeemableException: It doesn't matter if all of the other villains in the world all turn to good, I won't! |
| 43 | * NotHowImDyingDeclaration |
| 44 | * NotOnTheList: Sorry! You can't come in to this club because you're not on the guest list! |
| 45 | * OffTheTable: A character rejects another character's offer, but as he changes his mind, the other character won't extend the offer. |
| 46 | * PrefersGoingBarefoot: Shoes were invented by the Sith to keep our delicate toes in anguish and misery, I prefer to go barefoot. (A character with an expressed dislike of footwear, and who because of it often goes barefoot.) |
| 47 | * ProdigalFamily: Estranged family members show up after a long time to complicate a character's life, who wants nothing to do with them. |
| 48 | * PullingYourChildAway: Stay away from that person, Little Billy! He's dangerous! (Someone is marked as an outcast when a parent pulls their child away from them.) |
| 49 | * ReasonableRequestRejected: A request is acknowledged as valid and reasonable, right before it's rejected. |
| 50 | * RebuffTheAmateur: Professionals or authority figures refuse help in their area of expertise from the amateur protagonists. |
| 51 | * RedemptionRejection: I am beyond redemption! So back up off me! It's too late |
| 52 | * ReformedButRejected |
| 53 | ** HeelFaceDoorSlam |
| 54 | * RefusalOfTheCall |
| 55 | * RefusalOfTheSecondCall |
| 56 | * RefusedByTheCall |
| 57 | * RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: I hate that person! So therefore I refuse to save him/her~! |
| 58 | * RefusingParadise |
| 59 | * RejectedApology: It's too late for apologies! The damage you've done is far too much for me to ever forgive you! |
| 60 | * RejectedByTheEmpathicWeapon: You're not worthy; I refuse to let you wield me! |
| 61 | * RejectedMarriageProposal: Sorry. But I can't accept your proposal. I just don't feel comfortable with marriage. |
| 62 | * RejectionAffection: Sorry. You're a nice guy/girl, but I just can't reciprocate my feeling to you. |
| 63 | * RejectionProjection: I don't need your protection! I'm capable of taking care of myself! Wait, why is everyone rejecting me? |
| 64 | * RejectingTheConsolationPrize: If I'm not the winner, I don't want the stupid runner-up prize! |
| 65 | * RejectingTheInheritance |
| 66 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: I don't care about the money! If it means breaking the rules, I'd rather stay broke! |
| 67 | * ScrewYourUltimatum |
| 68 | * SelectiveObliviousness |
| 69 | ** TheoryTunnelvision |
| 70 | ** TwistingTheWords |
| 71 | * ShutUpHannibal: I don't care what excuse you've pulled from your ass to justify why you're not in the wrong or why I shouldn't bother holding you accountable for your crimes. You're still evil and it's still my obligation to kick your ass! |
| 72 | * ShutUpKirk |
| 73 | * SimpleSolutionWontWork |
| 74 | * SlowLifeFantasy: Who cares about these greater conflicts?! I'm more concern for something else regardless how unremarkale they seem! |
| 75 | * StampOfRejection |
| 76 | * StoodUp: Someone agrees to go on a date, only to learn too late that the other person decided to ditch them by not bothering to show up where they agreed to meet. |
| 77 | * TakeAThirdOption: Forget the two choices I'm offered to! I'd rather come up with my own choice! |
| 78 | * TastesLikeDisdain: Bleh, this food you gave me is disgusting! |
| 79 | * TrappedAtTheDinnerTable: I'd rather sit at the kitchen table for hours than eat this! |
| 80 | * TurnedOffByTheJerkass: I'd rather die than go out with you, asshole! |
| 81 | * UninvitedToTheParty |
| 82 | * UnnecessarilyCruelRejection: I'd rather die than go out with you! |
| 83 | * UnwantedAssistance: I don't need your help, especially since your efforts in assisting me are only making things worse! |
| 84 | * YoureNotMyFather: Whether you're the one who conceived me or the one who raised me, I refuse to accept that you're my dad. |
| 85 | [[/index]] |
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