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Amy: You're a coward!
Sheldon: Well, the evidence does support that.

Insults are almost as old as language. And as such, tropes like Insult Backfire are fairly common.

Another trope involving insults and accusations is the Insult Accuracy Acceptance, where a party who has been insulted, or their friends, acknowledge the accuracy of the accusation or insult, often nonchalantly.

Sometimes a token effort at Speaking Up for Another or Helping Another Save Face might be made, only for evidence of the insult's accuracy (be it a photograph or an active display by the accused or insulted person) shows up and the other party will have to quietly acknowledge that it's a fair point. In England, this will often be accompanied by someone calmly stating that it's a "fair cop", though it shouldn't be confused with the trope of Fair Cop.

This is usually Played for Laughs, but it can be used for drama after a "The Reason You Suck" Speech.

Often a Butt-Monkey or Plucky Comic Relief will be the one offhandedly accepting the terms of an insult or accusation.

Some may accept the insult by trying to paint Negatives as a Positive or a source of Inappropriate Pride.

Related to At Least I Admit It, where the character both acknowledges the insult and tells the other person that they're being a Hypocrite. May overlap with Not Even Bothering with an Excuse since the character might've only accepted the insult because they don't have a way to argue otherwise.

May also be related to I'll Take That as a Compliment.

If the insult is acknowledged after the fact, it may serve as a Brick Joke or Continuity Nod. May overlap with Touché. Can overlap with Actually Pretty Funny, when the insult is used as a joke at the target's expense and the target is amused due to the joke being spot on.

In some cases, it might involve an Insult of Endearment for the purposes of Romantic Ribbing.

Compare I Can Live With That, where they simply shrug off the insult because it doesn't bother them. Compare Jerkass Has a Point and "You Mean Me?" Confirmation. Compare and contrast I Resemble That Remark!, for when somebody denies an accusation/insult in a way that proves it accurate. Compare and contrast I Take Offense to That Last One, where objecting to one part of an insult implies that the other portions may be accurate. Contrast Verbal Deflection.


Examples:

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    Anime & Manga 
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End:
    • When Fern lists all the things she does for Frieren, waking her, feeding her, dressing her and doing her hair, Frieren states she can do all of these things for herself. Fern acknowledges this, but adds, "You wouldn't be up before noon."
      Frieren: Fair.
    • When Kraft meets Übel, he says that she has the flat eyes of a killer. She doesn't deny it, and even tries to goad him into a fight, but Kraft doesn't fall for the bait, and simply walks off.
    • After the exam for First-Class Mage is over, Frieren bumps into Wirbel on the street, and he chides her for not aiding a little old lady who'd spilled her goods on the street. Frieren tells him that Fern had not taken kindly to his behavior during the exam, and told Frieren that she felt Wirbel was the sort who would "kick a puppy out of the way". Wirbel chuckles and says it's probably true.
    • During the test in the labyrinth, Lawine refers to Richter as a middle-aged mage who only looks out for himself. Richter says that "middle-aged" is accurate, but that hearing it out loud stings a bit.
  • At the climax of the sports festival arc in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Otomo, returning to Shuchin Academy for the first time since middle school, shows up to berate her former friend Ishigami for supposedly causing her boyfriend to break up with her. Ishigami, having regained a great deal of his confidence since then, simply replies, "Shut up, stupid." As Otomo leaves, her friends comment that there are some things you shouldn't say even if they're true, which Otomo is forced to agree with since she wouldn't have had to switch to another school if she was smart enough to pass the entrance exams.
  • Slayers:
    • In the fourth season, Slayers REVOLUTION, someone tries to arrest Lina Inverse on the charge of the crime of being Lina Inverse. Her traveling companions and ostensible friends admit that it's a pretty serious crime. Unsurprisingly, Lina has the appellation of "The enemy of all who live."
    • In Slayers TRY, after Zelgadis busts into an old temple looking for information that might allow him to become human again, the townsfolk call him a "heartless mystical swordsman". Zel looks shocked for a second, then grins and says, "I like that."

    Comic Books 

    Fan Works 
  • Duran and Kiyohime's Omake Theater, a My-HiME fanfic set after the events of the series, has Shizuru and Natsuki living together.
    • During one chapter, while getting ready for a party, Natsuki suggests to Shizuru that she's a "flirt". To Natsuki's surprise, Shizuru acknowledges the remark. When asked why she does it, Shizuru said it was how she coped with her prior Gayngst.
      Shizuru: Being able to provoke reactions and control other people made me feel a little bit better about myself. Not only did it prove I was strong, but it also meant that, specifically when I flirted, I could provoke the kind of things I felt in other people, and if other people felt what I did, well, it meant there was the chance I could still be 'normal.'
    • In another chapter, Natsuki manages to subvert Shizuru's attempt at Romantic Ribbing, to which Shizuru replies "Ikezu" note , to which Natsuki kisses Shizuru's nose and says, "Yeah, but I'm your meanie."
  • The Equalizer: After the battle, Pyrrha asks Weiss which chess piece they chose and she replies that the knight, Pyrrha then tells Ruby to quickly grab the only remaining castle piece, which starts another battle with Blake and Yang so they don't have to pick the other knight piece and thus be on the same team as Weiss and Jaune. She can do nothing but silently agree with them as her lunatic companion announces more and bigger explosions for their future together.
  • Infinity Train: Seeker of Crocus: During a very tense phone call, in which Chloe is just seconds away from having her head chopped off as her form of suicide, Goh says that despite her growth, she still falls back into bad habits calling her annoying. Annoying has become Chloe's Trauma Button and she's ready to hang up/claw at her own throat in an attempt to end it all...before she composes herself to recognize that he's right; she is annoying.
  • Inter Nos: A My-HiME fanfic set in a Roman Empire-styled setting, Natsuki, from the allied nation of Otomeia, has been assigned as a bodyguard to Gen. Shizuru Fujino of Hime. Nao is Shizuru's primipilus note , and has become Vitriolic Best Buds with Natsuki. During a conversation about how Otomeia was an allied nation because it would be far too difficult to conquer, and discussing theories on why the current foe, the Mentulean Empire, seemed to speak primarily Himean when so far from Hime, Natsuki offers up several sound theories. Nao remarks that Natsuki is an "educated little savage" note  to which Natsuki, who is Sarcasm-Blind, replies in perfect Greek, "As a matter of fact, yes."
  • Reaching New Ground: Garnet resorts to giving Peridot a painful spanking after the former Homeworld Gem is rude to her and the others too many times. But during Peridot's protests, she shouts that the Crystal Gems treated her like a monster because she was just following orders and repeating what Homeworld taught her, and that even after she stopped being a threat to them and just wanted to get off of Earth, they destroyed her devices, took her captive, and took advantage of her small size to punish her repeatedly. When Peridot bursts into tears finishing the end of her sentence, Garnet feels awful for treating her so harshly and realizes that she genuinely is (the equivalent of) a child who they punished simply for adhering to the value system she grew up learning.
    Garnet: You're right, we've been bullies. Certainly you are not faultless but we aren't either. We've been taking advantage of the fact that you're defenseless and small and we've been pushing you around and hurting you. In the process of trying to keep this planet safe, I forgot what Rose Quartz taught me and all of us. ...Forgiveness.
  • The Spectacular Spider-Man: Lost in Gotham: When Spidey and Spoiler need to tell Oracle that they managed to lose an important piece of technology, Spoiler tells him that she'll do the talking, telling Spider-Man that he can't lie to save his life. Spider-Man admits to himself that this is true, but is upset that she pointed it out.
  • Pony POV Series: In the Dark World arc, Fluttercruel angrily accuses Team Twilight of being selfish and only caring about the ponies they are close to, while not showing any of that mercy to anypony else. She points out that they worked hard to cure their friends of their Discording, but Rarity simply killed Fluttercruel when she realized she wasn't a Discorded Fluttershy and was a separate entity from her. They acknowledge that such a thing was wrong to do because the Discorded Mane Six and Fluttercruel had all done horrible things, but they saw the former as their brainwashed friends who were still good deep inside, and the latter as an irredeemable monster who only deserved death. However, they still resolve to stop Fluttercruel from committing any more atrocities, because she is still an incredibly dangerous, ultra-violent, Ax-Crazy psychopath.

    Films — Animation 
  • The Grinch (2018): When the Grinch and Max play music early in the film, Grinch gets mad at Max for playing a drum solo and calls him a bad dog. Shortly after, he apologizes.
    Grinch: Alright, alright, I'm sorry. You're a good dog.
    Grinch: But a bad drummer.
    Max: [shrugs, admitting it's true].
  • Hotel Transylvania: When Jonny is returned to Mavis's side, he tells her the things he said about not liking monsters or her were only said because he was afraid that if he didn't, her father, Count Dracula, would drain every drop of blood from his body. Dracula tries to protest.
    Dracula: What?! I would never... (Beat) Yeah, I was totally going to do that.
  • Lilo & Stitch (2002): The movie begins with Mad Scientist (he prefers Evil Genius) Dr. Jumba Jookiba on trial for illegal genetic experimentation.
    Grand Councilwoman: How do you plead?
    Jumba: Not guilty! My experiments are only theoretical, and completely within legal boundaries.
    Grand Councilwoman: We believe you actually... created something.
    Jumba: Created something? Why, that would be irresponsible and unethical. I would never, ever... [Experiment 626 is revealed] ...make more than one.
  • The Little Mermaid (1989): Zigzagged in song form. Ursula tells Ariel that "they weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch." However, she also claims that she has "mended all her ways", which is most definitely Blatant Lies.
  • Rio: During Nigel's Villain Song "Pretty Bird", the other birds call him "obscene". He says, "Yes, that word's true."
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: This forms the culmination of SpongeBob's Character Development. When Mr. Krabs tries to explain why he didn't give SpongeBob the position of Krusty Krab 2 manager, the crowd throws various insults at him. At the climax of the film, SpongeBob recalls those insults and owns up to them, pointing out that yes, he's all those things and more, and yet he still saved the day in spite of all that.
    SpongeBob: But that's okay, because I did what they said a kid couldn't do! I made it to Shell City, and I beat the cyclops, and I rode the Hasselhoff, and I brought the crown back! So yeah, I am a kid, and a goofball, and a wingnut, and a Knucklehead McSpazztron, but most importantly, I'm... I'm... I'm... I'M A GOOFY GOOBER! [cue The Power of Rock]

    Films — Live-Action 
  • 8 Mile: This is how B-Rabbit wins the final rap battle. He takes every insult that's been thrown at him over the course of the film — everything that Papa Doc could possibly use against him in his own rap — and owns up to it, leaving Papa Doc with no ammunition.
  • I, Robot (2004): At one point, Spooner gets into an argument with Dr. Calvin in which he calls her "the dumbest smart person I have ever met in my life" for refusing to accept the possibility of a robot committing crimes. Calvin counters that Spooner is "the dumbest dumb person" she's ever met for insisting that it's possible in spite of it being Three Laws-Compliant. Later, after finding Lawrence Robertson dead and realising who the true Big Bad is, the first thing Spooner says is "You were right. I am the dumbest dumb person on the face of the earth".
  • Iron Man 2: In a post-climax scene, Tony Stark is being debriefed by Nick Fury and informed that S.H.I.E.L.D. only wants him as a consultant for the Avengers Initiative henceforth because he is so hard to work with. Tony disputes most of the various descriptions of his personality in the report he reads, but then he gets to the last one:
    Tony: "Mr. Stark displays textbook... narcissism." (Beat as he and Fury stare at each other) Agreed.
  • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: After finding themselves transported into the video-game version of the titular game, Martha and Bethany have a conversation where they air their grievances with each other, and come to understand each other better, with both acknowledging that the other had fair points about them.
    Martha/Ruby Roundhouse: Look, I just think you live in, like, the "hot popular girl" bubble, you know, where everybody either treats you like a princess or like an object. Maybe it makes you a little self-absorbed or something?
    Bethany/Professor Shelly Oberon: That's fair. But do you think that maybe the reason why you are so judgy is because you are like afraid that people are not gonna like you, so you've decided not to like them first? I'm just saying, you're a babe, go with it.
  • In Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024), Rockwell greets Sonic and his friends and calls them "aliens" derisively. Sonic attempts to correct him, only to realize he's right.
    Sonic: Aliens! Excuse me? It's not like we're from different plane—oh, wait. We are. I guess we are aliens. Please continue.
  • In Space Jam: A New Legacy, Daffy Duck comments that at least the Toons are safe when Al-G Rhythm threatens to hold a group of civilians captive forever if LeBron's team loses. Al-G promptly adds that the Toons will be deleted in that case, leaving Bugs and Granny glaring at the duck.
    Bugs: Just couldn't keep your big beak shut.
    Granny: Blabbermouth!
    Daffy: I deserved that.
  • In Unforgiven, Little Bill tries to call out Will Munny for his crimes. Instead, Munny chillingly turns it into a Badass Boast, making it clear that the sheriff has crossed a line in murdering Ned, and pushed Munny back into his monstrous old persona.
    Little Bill Daggett: You'd be William Munny out of Missouri. Killer of women and children.
    Will Munny: That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.

    Literature 
  • Brotherband: In The Caldera, the Herons end up working with Stig's Disappeared Dad, Olaf, who ran away from Hallisholm after stealing from his own shipmates, leaving his wife and young son to bear the village's resentment. At the end of the book, Stig chews out his father, calling him out for his selfishness. Although Olaf would like to say something, he admits to himself that he can't come up with anything to contradict that.
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: In "Dog Days", Susan Heffley calls her son Greg lazy for not wanting to put any effort into making the money he owes Mr. Jefferson. Greg admits that he is lazy but tries to claim it isn't his fault since he's been lazy since preschool refusing to put toys away alongside his classmates.
  • Veronica Mars: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line: Hayley's friends express their hatred for her boyfriend Chad and his Control Freak nature and refusal to help look for her and note he considers them trashy influences before conceding there is some truth to that with Mirthless Laughter as they recall how they were too busy doing drugs and flirting to notice when Hayley vanished.

    Live-Action TV 
  • 3rd Rock from the Sun: The aliens have a round of this to prove they're above the petty human concept of being insulted:
    Dick: What is it with this planet's preoccupation with sensitivity? You should be able to have an open dialogue with anyone, like we do. We can say anything to each other and not take offense. For example, Tommy wouldn't object if I mentioned that he was a greasy little disappointment.
    Tommy: What's to argue? I mean, Sally couldn't dispute that she's a sadistic bimbo.
    Sally: You got me! And Dick, you're a rubber-faced bag of wind.
    Dick: Well said. And Harry, you're an idiot.
    Harry: Thank you sir, may I have another.
  • The Big Bang Theory: In "The Spoiler Alert Segmentation," when Amy discovers that Sheldon didn't want her living with him, and he blamed Penny for preventing it so that he wouldn't have to explain himself:
    Amy: You're a coward!
    Sheldon: Well, the evidence does support that.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In Earshot, Oz deals with a Caustic Critic in his usual stoical way.
    Oz: (reading Freddy's review) "Dingoes Ate My Baby play their instruments as if they have plump polish sausages taped to their fingers."
    Freddy: Sorry, man.
  • Cheers: When Frasier and Lilith's son was born, all the guys chickened out of going to the bris. Carla gave them a hard time for it.
    Norm: Carla, you don't understand.
    Carla: Understand what? That you're a bunch of pathetic wusses who can't even go to a religious ceremony if it happens to involve a little bit of pain, that's not even your own.
    Norm: I guess you do understand.
  • Friends: In "The One With the Girl Who Hits Joey", when Monica is trying to figure out what caused Chandler's latest relationship freakout, he says he was talking to the guys...
    Monica: Who? "Two divorces" and Joey??
    Ross: Hey!
    Joey: She's right, y'know.
    Ross: Yeah, but still, cheap shot.
  • Life in Pieces: When Matt refers to Heather as "the slut" of the family, her husband Tim attempts to defend her, only for Heather to point out that she had sex with him on the first date.
  • M*A*S*H: "Hot Lips and Empty Arms". Maj. Houlihan, fed up with the informality and lack of Army discipline at the 4077, barges into Col. Blake's office to demand a transfer, to the heckling of Capts. Pierce and MacIntyre. Col. Blake tries to get them to lay off Margaret by giving them an order, to which Margaret scoffs.
    Maj. Houlihan: Why don't you stop masquerading as a commanding officer? You're nothing but a spineless, mealymouthed, fly-fishing impostor!
    Trapper: He's not an impostor.
    Hawkeye: Right. He's a *genuine* spineless, mealymouthed fly-fisher. [Col. Blake grins at the remark to indicate it's true.]
  • Night Court:
    • In one episode Funny Foreigner Yakov Korelenko's wife is held by Immigration at the airport. Dan quips that it's common to quarantine livestock. Harry is about to chide Dan for the remark when Dan flashes a picture of Yakov's wife which has, in several episodes prior been suggested as a photo of Brezhnev.
      Harry: (sigh) Sustained.
    • In the first episode of Season 3, Bull hasn't arrived to work. Mac suggests that maybe Bull "got lucky." Dan says it's possible since the circus is in town. Harry starts to chide Dan, when Bull shows up, drunk, and with several actual circus performers in tow, including a pair of midgets, an actual clown, a pair of trapeze stars, and the bearded lady.
      Bull: Meet the gang!
  • In the premiere of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder, the soon-to-be-Rangers manage to stumble across a hidden underground lab; and Jerk Jock Conner makes a comment to Stereotypical Nerd Ethan:
    Conner: Woah. This must be like the mothership for you, dude.
    Ethan: Normally, I'd be insulted. But when you're right, you're right!
  • In the Scrubs episode "My Words of Wisdom", JD wants the Janitor to teach him how to sign to a deaf patient, because he thinks the good news would sound better coming from a doctor. The Janitor realises JD actually wants the validation of being the one to give the news, and incredulously asks if he's really that emotionally needy. JD's response is "Have we not met?"
  • Star Trek: The Original Series:
    • "A Taste of Armageddon": Kirk and co. find themselves on a planet that wages war on computers and herds the casualties off to disintegration chambers. Kirk refuses to acknowledge the Enterprise as a casualty of war, and if the crew doesn't report to the disintegration chambers, real war will begin.
      Annan 7: What kind of monster are you?
      Kirk: I'm a barbarian. You said it yourself.
      Annan 7: I had hoped I'd spoken only figuratively.
      Kirk: Oh, no. You were quite accurate. I plan to prove it to you.
    • In "The Galileo Seven", Kirk calls Spock a "stubborn man" for not wanting to admit he'd had a Not So Stoic moment. Spock agrees.
  • Ted Lasso:
    • At one point in Season 1, Nate writes a roast that points out the Richmond players' weaknesses in an insulting (yet still constructive) manner. The players, after getting over their initial shock, concede that everything Nate has said is correct.
    • At the start of Season 3, Nate (having taken a level in jerkass and quit Richmond to manage West Ham) insults Ted during a press conference, prompting a media firestorm. Ted defuses the situation at his next press conference by not only accepting Nate's insults but claiming that Nate didn't insult him enough and indulging in a lengthy bout of Self-Deprecation.

    Podcasts 
  • In Acquisitions Incorporated, an enemy calls out Omin's Chronic Backstabbing Disorder and tries to get the party to turn on him. The party admits that he's right (humorously, the only one to protest that Omin's never screwed her is his love interest) and have nothing good to say about Omin but stick with him anyway.
    Jim: The fact of the matter is, I think everybody at this show has been screwed by Omin, and you're the only one making it weird!

    Puppet Shows 
  • Fraggle Rock: In "I Want To Be You", Red, saddened at the fact that everyone seems to be more interested in Mokey's latest poem than in Red's new technique for sliding into the Great Hall's pond, decides to dress, act, talk, and be completely like Mokey, trying to paint pictures and even going to the Gorgs' garden to do Mokey's job of gathering radishes. Red and Gobo visit the Trash Heap to try to find out what's wrong with Red and, on the way back, get caught in Junior Gorg's trap. Red, seeing what's happened, hides behind a bush (pretending to be a talking bush) and yells at Junior, distracting him long enough for Gobo and Mokey to free themselves. Back at the Rock, Gobo accuses Red of putting him and Mokey in a dangerous situation. Red, feeling bad for her friends and feeling foolish for having tried to be someone she's not, accepts the accusation.
    Mokey: Red, if it hadn't been for you... why, we would have been finished Fraggles by now!
    Gobo: Yeah, and if it hadn't been for you, we wouldn't have been in that trap in the first place.
    Mokey: Gobo!
    Red: He's right, Mokey. I was trying to gather radishes like you. I was trying to do everything like you. Let's face it, I make a crummy you.
    [Beat]
    Gobo: Yeah. But you make a great bush.
  • In the The Muppets Mayhem episode "Eight Days a Week", when the band are fighting, after Teeth complains that the others called Penny intrusive and his hat repulsive, claiming "neither are true", Floyd says "Well, they called me a diva and a cheapskate! Half true!" and Janice follows this up with "They called me capricious and flighty! Both true!"

    Radio 
  • In the third episode of Cabin Pressure, when Douglas tries to shame Carolyn into putting them up at a five-star hotel by saying "a proper airline" would do it. Carolyn neatly both accepts the insult and turns it back on him with the reply "Agreed. And if you were proper pilots, you'd be flying with a proper airline."

    Video Games 
  • Gothic: One of the insults that you can use with Kharim to provoke a fight with him is suggesting that his parent had sex with sheep. He in response doesn't deny the possibility of this.
  • Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: In "Homestar Ruiner", Strong Bad can insult Bubs on how much of a mess his concession stand is claiming that Strong Sad would do better at keeping it clean with one arm behind his back and a black hostage bag over his head. Bubs tells Strong Bad that what he says is ignorant, mean, and mostly true.

    Web Animation 
  • Helluva Boss:
    • In the episode "Loo Loo Land," while at the eponymous theme park, Moxxie yells at a guy in a Creepy Mascot Suit to not talk to him because "I know you're a pervert under there!" before storming away. The mascot slumps forward and utters a resigned-sounding "Yeah..." in response.
    • In the episode "Oops," when Fizzarolli calls Blitz both a "psycho" and a "piece of shit," Blitz readily admits "Yeah, that tracks."
  • JaidenAnimations: When a man tells Jaiden that he doesn't like women, she is offended. He then calls her a nerd, and she admits he had a point there.
  • Space King: In episode 2, Chestnut gets sick of Hatemonger pushing him around. He tries to stand up for himself by calling Hatemonger "a bully." Hatemonger instantly responds with a deadpan "Yes."
    "Oh. Well, I'm sick of it!"

    Webcomics 
  • From this Awaken strip:
    Piras: You really understood what the weird, tiny one said!!
    Lilly: Oh my God!
    V: Did he call Zo...?
    Roldao: Haha! The weird, tiny one!
    Zo: Huh, fair, I am tiny and weird.

    Web Video 
  • Dragon Ball Z Abridged: When Cell calls out Trunks on using a form that makes it impossible to hit his foe, he mocks him by taking the form himself and doing a mocking impersonation of him. Trunks says the impersonation is terrible while 16 adds that it isn't inaccurate much to Trunks's annoyance.

    Western Animation 
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender: At one point, Azula complains that her mother thought she was a "monster", before adding, "She was right, of course, but it still hurt."
  • Batman: The Animated Series: "Trial" has Janet Van Dorn, a District Attorney who dislikes Batman, forced by the inmates of Arkham Asylum to defend Batman in a Kangaroo Court. She actually manages to demonstrate that Batman didn't create the super-criminals of Gotham, stating that each of them would have ended up the exact same with or without Batman. Joker, after hearing the jury of criminals reluctantly acquit Batman, turns to Van Dorn.
    Joker: Well done, counselor. You've proven that Batman didn't create us. That we, in fact, messed up our own rotten lives. And as we are so rotten, vile and depraved... we're going to waste you anyway.
  • Hazbin Hotel: In episode two, Alastor disses Vox by saying "he’d be powerless without the other Vees". While Vox angrily denies it, the expressions on Velvette and Valentino’s faces tell us that they’re well aware of that fact.
  • The Legend of Korra: As Varrick threatens to destroy his laboratory with a bomb, Bataar Jr. calls him insane. Varrick just says, "You knew that when ya hired me!"
  • Looney Tunes: Implied. "Hollywood Daffy" has a caricature of Bette Davis entering the scene talking to herself about something someone has said to her, "So, you say I'm mean to you. You say I'm mad, cruel, domineering. Well, you're right. I'm all this — and heaven too". It serves as a Shout-Out to one of Davis's most famous roles in All This, and Heaven Too.
  • Martha Speaks:
    • In "Bully for You", the neighbourhood dogs are being bullied by a dog named Jaws. Martha notes that he called her chubby and said her face was lopsided and she smelled bad. She says those things are true but he was still rude.
    • In one episode, someone insults Martha by telling her she has fleas. She admits that she does have fleas.
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: In "The Return of Harmony -- Part 1," while the Mane Six are separated from each other in the maze, Discord tries to manipulate Fluttershy by saying that her friends must think she's weak and helpless. She simply says that they're probably doing their best to find her, and that she is weak and helpless, but they still care about her.
  • The Penguins of Madagascar: In "Out of the Groove", Darla, the lead baboon in the zoo, confronts King Julien over letting skunks loose in their habitat.
    Darla: Did you drop that fuzzy bag of stank into our habitat?
    King Julien: That is a wild accusation!
    Darla: Y'all saying you didn't do it?
    King Julien: Oh, no, I did it. I just think the accusation is wild!
  • The Real Ghostbusters: In one episode, Egon reveals that to stop the Ghost world from overwriting their own reality, they have to seal the door from the inside, meaning they'll be trapped. He didn't tell them because he was afraid if he warned them there was a Heroic Sacrifice involved, none of the others would have come with.
    Peter: That's a terrible thing to say, Egon! You're right, of course, but it's still a terrible thing to say!
  • The Simpsons: In "Homer's Enemy", Frank ends his lengthy rant at Homer by telling him that if he lived in any other country, he would have starved to death years ago. Bart responds by saying "He's got you there, Dad".
  • Steven Universe: During her Villainous Breakdown, Jasper states that Earth ruins Gems, pointing out Peridot as an example. Peridot, showing her character growth, barely reacts to Jasper's insults.
    Jasper: Just look at this one! You've stripped her of everything! Her limb enhancers, her status, her dignity!
    Peridot: (shrugs) I still have one of those things.
  • Tiny Toon Adventures: In "Hare Raising Night", Buster is sent by Bugs Bunny to rescue a number of animals who are being held captive by Dr. Gene Splicer for his animal mutation experiments. He manages to convince Babs, Plucky, and Hamton to join him by lying to them about going to the Emmy Awards (which Plucky continues to believe for the rest of the episode). Babs begins to suspect that Buster lied to her when she sees pictures of Splicer's experiments on the walls of his laboratory. This exchange then occurs:
    Babs: How could you do this to us, Buster? Didn't you trust us? Do you think we'd be so self-centered that we wouldn't risk our lives to save a bunch of furry animals?
    Buster: Well...
    Babs: You were right, but that's no excuse.

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