Ungrateful Bastards in Fan Works.
Crossovers
- The Blue Pheasant Flies On has Lyon, whose single-minded obsession with becoming the strongest blinds him to everything Ur offers him. Getting a chance to start over, surrounded by a new surrogate family while being trained by an S-class fighter? None of that is good enough for him, and he defects to the Thunder God Tribe.
- A Champion in Earth-Bet: When the Avatar frees Shape-Stealer from a Grey Boy loop, Shape-Stealer "repays" them by attempting to blast them with a fireball.
- A Change of Pace: After Taylor saves Grue from Shadow Stalker, he knocks her out cold and leaves her in an alley overnight.
- A Dovahkiin Spreads His Wings: Jon pulled some strings to help Lord Manderly land a trading charter with the Imperial Trading Company. Later, when Jon is spotted shopping in White Harbor, Lord Manderly orders his guards to grab him off the streets. Manderly realizes this, and starts fretting that he might lose the contract.
- In Dragons, Butterflies, And Who Knows What Else?, Dagur figures out that everyone was lying and has Bruno kidnapped after Bruno saves him from being crushed by a falling statue.
- In Eternal Fantasy
, Draco Malfoy received constant scorn for expressing interest in Gaia and it's magic rather than wanting to stay locked behind wards and stick with Earth magic. Years later, he's still met with constant scorn despite his journeys to find more enchanted items being literally the only thing keeping the wards around Hogwarts from being eroded by Gaian magic and letting it's inhabitants continue to use Earth magic*. - In Chapter 7 of Volume 1 of A Girl and Her Bike, Akai makes it clear she openly loathes Sienna Khan because of this trope. Despite Akai's mother having saved Ghira's life, left everything behind to live with a Faunus husband and raise her daughter, and having been openly supportive of the Faunus even through the worst of it, Sienna still attacked her and treated her like an enemy simply because she was human.
- Played With in Infinity Train: Knight of the Orange Lily. Gladion sees Lillie as this after she calls him out on abandoning her, fuming over how he helped her regain her memories of the Nihilego incident. Problem is, he kept that information from her for years, having decided that she was too weak and helpless and couldn't possibly deal with those memories... despite how they were ultimately key to her conquering her phobia. In other words, she's angry over how they could have potentially avoided a lot of suffering had he simply revealed what he'd known instead of haring off on a quest to 'get stronger'.
- Jaune and Courage the Cowardly Dog: Back when Jaune was still part of the Arc family, his parents couldn't bother themselves to care about the well-being of their children, leaving Jaune to single-handedly keep the family afloat, from handling the finances, to doing their chores, to looking after his younger siblings, to working 2 part-time jobs, plus going to school. When Jaune was expelled from Beacon, a school he never wanted to attend but was pressured into doing so anyway, because of his forged transcripts and lack of training (because he was too busy doing the above jobs), his parents disowned him, despite all of the work Jaune did to help the family.
- Joffrey from Game of Thrones Is Replaced with Octavian from Rome: Once Octavian has secured the Great Council's approval to rule as king, he presents an offer to Stannis: if he swears fealty to him at the coronation, Octavian would allow Stannis to return home with all his titles intact and possibly even be allowed to keep his position as Master of Ships. Basically, Octavian is telling him that everything can go back to normal and nobody has to suffer. Even Ned Stark says that it's an incredibly good deal, especially considering Stannis had just tried to wrest the Iron Throne away from Octavian by declaring him a bastard born of incest. How does Stannis react to this offer? He says he'd rather be executed than acknowledge Octavian as king. Ungrateful indeed.
- A Man of Iron:
- Even after Ned supported Stannis' claim to the throne by labeling him as the rightful heir, as well as informing him of the true parentage of the royal children, Stannis made no effort to save him from the Lannisters. As a result, after Iron Man saves him, Ned argues that the North shouldn't support Stannis anymore.
- During the Siege of Storm's End, Stannis protected the young Renly and ensured that he was fed, despite his own men suggesting that they let Renly starve in order to stretch their dwindling supplies out further. But as soon as Robert died and Joffery was revealed to be a bastard, Renly promptly declared himself the king, despite how Stannis, the man who'd saved his life, was the true heir.
- Joffery dismisses all of the gifts that the Small Council offers him, either treating them as useless or throwing fits because they aren't exactly what he wanted (such as getting angry that a sword made out of Carbonadium, a rare and expensive element, wasn't forged from Valyrian Steel).
- In Origin Story, the Ungrateful Bastard is the entire United States government. Alex prevents an oil tanker from breaking up, and thus stops it from dousing the Florida coast in crude oil, and their response is to call SHIELD and the Avengers down on her head. Again.
- Servants of Remnant: Jacques Schnee does not show Karna any gratitude for rescuing his family from the White Fang and has him arrested.
- A Shadow of the Titans: Machete attacks Jade even though Jade had just broken her out of prison, because Jade was trying to stop her from killing the security guards.
- The Spectacular Spider-Man: Lost in Gotham: Zig-zagged with Damian. When Spider-Man saves him from falling off a building (which is also how he first makes his presence in Gotham known), Robin V's first response after they land is to pull his katanas on Spidey and try to interrogate him. A few chapters later, however, Robin sincerely thanks Spider-Man for saving him... then pulls his katana out again and tells Spider-Man to never tell anyone that he thanked him.
- What we're meant to think of Ace Ray from My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic as, for talking bad about Starfleet, despite bringing up issues reviewers and riffers had been bringing up since the beginning (ie. killing creatures with no thinking if they are good/evil etc.). This was actually done to make fun of the riffers who made fun of the fic in the first place.
- Celestia, like Starfleet, blames Twilight Sparkle for her own death because she disobeyed orders, even though she did it to save her.
- Sudden Contact: The Citadel to the asari and batarians, for various reasons: The asari were voted out of their Council seat despite the Citadel having helped in liberating Thessia. The batarians were offended for receiving the lack of gratitude for their role in the Great War, leading to their withdraw from the Citadel. The volus are mad at the Hierarchy for the lack of effort in eradicating the remaining zerg in their colonies after helping them in the Great War, and are seriously considering seceding from the Hierarchy.
- In Vision, our Anti-Hero is this, partially through a Trauma Conga Line, and partially through not being all that nice a pony to begin with.
- Confessions: This tends to be a bad habit of Sasha's. For instance, when Anne and Marcy defy Olivia's orders and buy a bunch of snacks for her, Sasha's first reaction is to complain about what kind of snacks they brought.
- Blackened Skies has a complicated example in the wake of the first trial. In order to protect Oowada Mondo from being an obvious suspect, Kaede deliberately withholds information and lies to the others, attempting to solve the case without revealing that Mondo attacked her that night. However, this is not the only thing she attempts to hide - she also attempts to keep a critical piece of evidence in her back pocket so they can blindside the real culprit with it. Her well-intentioned machinations considerably complicate the trial, nearly resulting in another innocent student being mistakenly convicted - something that would have led to everyone but the real culprit being punished. When it's all said and done, the person she was trying to protect is left severely conflicted about her character, questioning her fitness to lead... but also decides to keep a promise they made to her regardless of their personal feelings on the matter.
- Dangan Ronpa: Assassinating Friendship:
- Komaeda was involved in another Mutual Killing game before, and only survived due to Amami Rantarou nobly sacrificing themselves. Is he grateful for what they did for him, though...? Not in the slightest; instead, he's frustrated by how their Hope "wasn't strong enough" to keep them alive, regarding them as a complete disappointment.
- His Story Repeats Itself with poor K1-B0, who becomes his closest friend and ally in this game... but when his companion kills another in self-defense, Komaeda immediately abandons them.
- Where Talent Goes to Die: Matsukaze used to be the closest thing Sae Edogawa had to a friend. When she asked her to look over a story she wrote, Edogawa honestly critiqued the piece, stating there was no chance of it getting published. Upset by this, Matsukaze promptly cut ties with her.
- The plot of There Goes My Hero is that in the face of Amity Park's hatred of his alter ego, Danny decides to go on indefinite vacation from being Phantom. Even then, most citizens are unable to connect the dots that the absence of Phantom and the seeming rise in Ghost attacks come from Danny usually stopping them, and continue to blame Phantom for causing these attacks. They get a bit better by the end.
- A Brighter Dark: What Ryoma calls the lords who secede from Hoshido. He fought and nearly died to protect them and their lands while they sat by and did nothing, only for them to turn on him for making decisions they did not like.
- In Boys und Sensha-dō!, Akio doesn't like his girlfriend Miho's older sister Maho, believing that she isn't there for Miho enough, because he doesn't know that the entire reason Maho is working to be Nishizumi heiress is so that Miho will be free to live her life her own way. After Shiho disowns Miho, the question of how Miho will pay her apartment's rent comes up. After hearing that Maho has decided to help out by paying the rent with her own money, Akio's reaction is to express disbelief and maintain that she should have been there for Miho more, even after Miho defends her sister.
- In Leaving Town, Mitchell, having been in a lacrosse game in which he was responsible for two opposing players getting injured, accepts a ride home from a policeman. Unfortunately, he's a bit too sullen about the turn of events (mainly what repercussions it might have for him, rather than guilt over what he did to the players he hurt), to be grateful, and starts to walk off without thanking the officer. The officer then calls Mitchell out on it, resulting in him thanking the officer."Hey, kid. I know you're upset but I'm serious when I say you should be bloody grateful that you got off as lightly as you did. You could have killed that boy out there. And when someone gives you a drive, you say thank you."
- Up in Smoke: The Creeping Messiah Complex gives us John, who doesn't show any gratitude for how Hanna helps him. At least until his final Heel–Face Turn, but even then...
- In My Immortal, "Dumblydore" saves the lives of "good" characters at least twice. They respond by constantly insulting and deriding him for not being "goffik" enough. Also, whenever anything big goes wrong, Ebony and friends go to Dumbledore and expect him to fix it for them.
- The Victors Project: A good chunk of the populaces of Districts 1, 2, and 10 remain loyal to the Capitol during the Dark Days Rebellion. However, the Capitol subjects them to the reapings (and later on to heavier taxes and tyrannical overlords) along with the people who actually rebelled. During the Mockingjay Rebellion, many of their descendants are all too aware of this and readjust their loyalties.
- Queen of All Oni: Valmont betrays Jade, even though he was a gutter bound common thief when she found him, and he gets a dose of Laser-Guided Karma, stripped naked and dumped in a crowded plaza, where he gets arrested.
- Drago betrayed the Matriarch (Jade's future self) and tried to write her out of the timeline, even though she — against the advice of her advisors — gave him a chance to redeem himself, rather than simply seal him away again. Both Karasu and the Matriarch herself point this out when fighting and punishing him (respectfully).
- In Ambience: A Fleet Symphony, Suzukaze rescues Murasame from Kisaragi, only for Murasame to angrily rebuke her for doing so. Granted, Suzukaze took her retribution a bit far, but would it have killed Murasame to say "thank you" before she launched into her reprimand?
- Shen vs. Kai: Shen doesn't much appreciate being rescued. The Furious Five take the time to tend to his wounds and immediately after, he insults Viper and Monkey while they are out of reach, attempts to take Mantis hostage, and later on, orders his henchmen to apprehend the surviving warriors.
- In one The Legend of Zelda fic, Link finishes up saving a village only for the mayor to throw him out because of the amount of damage Link caused. Link himself knew he was going to cause damage and was willing to fix it up, but the mayor's reaction sends him into a minor Heroic BSoD (he gets better).
- Goes all over the place in For His Own Sake:
- Most of the Hinata Girls are incredibly ungrateful about all that Keitaro did for them in his three years running the Inn, yet are furious and call HIM ungrateful when he leaves, as they expected him to keep catering to them and putting up with the worst offenders' flagrant abuse in an All Take and No Give arrangement.
- Naru and Mokoto call Shinobu ungrateful and a Fair-Weather Friend after she points out their flaws, saying she doesn't appreciate all the help they gave her before. Said "help" was more like bullying her into silence, and Naru threatens to subject her to a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown for daring to criticize them.
- Naru attacks Chizuka's husband over a misunderstanding. Chizuka has her arrested for assault. Naru doggedly insists that Chizuka is an ungrateful bitch and her husband deserved to get punched out for... teasing his wife about trying a fighting game out at the arcade.
- Played straight again concerning Naru's attitude towards her family when they try bailing her out of jail. Though they try being reasonable, she keeps lashing out, blaming them for all her problems, and gives her sister Mei a Breaking Speech that leaves her in tears.
- BURN THE WITCH: Lila rewards all of Marinette's efforts to save her from the angry akumatized mob trying to lynch her by complaining, sniping at her, and attempting to sacrifice her as a distraction.
- Marinette's classmates in Burning Bridges, Building Confidence. Thanks to Lila's Malicious Slander, all of them save for Chloé have forgotten everything she did for them as their "Everyday Ladybug" and have turned upon her en masse, with Alya being the most aggressive of the lot. Adrien is no better, for despite being fully aware of Lila's true nature, he's self-righteously staying out of it, telling Marinette that it's all her own fault for standing up to Lila in the first place.
- Chloé's Lament:
- While Andre is clearly doing his best to care for his daughter in their new reality, Chloé is furious that she's no longer able to live the pampered, privileged lifestyle that she's used to. Never mind the small detail that it was her own Wish that turned her into a 'lowly baker''s daughter, clearly her father must be doing something wrong!
- Chloé also refuses to acknowledge that Marinette ever did anything nice for her in either world, since that doesn't jive too well with her insistence that Marinette is secretly just as selfish and cruel as SHE is.
- CONSEQUENCES: In SUN'S WRATH, Ladybug convinces Adrien not to strangle Lila to death after he learns that Lila was responsible for pushing his boyfriend into the path of a car and landing him in the hospital. Cue Lila sneering "Am I supposed to be grateful, Ladybug?" This proves to be the final straw for the heroine, however, who lays Lila flat with one punch.
- Marinette's classmates in Couturiere. After months and years of her helping them with their problems, getting them free stuff from her bakery and generally being their Everyday Ladybug, they begin to take her for granted and the moment Lila comes they turn on her, even though they know Marinette better than Lila. This accumulates to the point that she eventually cracks and lets herself be akumatized.
- Feralnette AU: During the White Knight incident, Marinette tackles the akuma in order to buy Rose time to escape. A few days later, while looking for a club Lila can join, Rose learns that Felix is in a ballet troupe. Despite Marinette, Kagami and Felix all making clear that they don't want Lila anywhere near said troupe, Rose blithely dismisses their concerns, and the moment Marinette leaves with Kagami, gets on her phone. Upon seeing what she's doing, Felix accuess her of being All Take and No Give, having taken Marinette's protection — and her friendship — completely for granted:Felix: You're texting Lila.
Rose: Well I-! I don't want to let her down!
Felix: So it's okay to let down Marinette? Even when she asked you to restrain herself? (he moves closer, looming over her) You know what, Rose? I wish Marinette had never saved you from that akuma. I wish she treated you the way you treat her, and next time, (he smiles) I'll make sure she doesn't come to anyone's aid, especially ungrateful little girls like you. - The Karma of Lies:
- Alya and the majority of Marinette's classmates prove to be this, taking the various favors and kindnesses she's done for them completely for granted and expecting her to continue catering to them... especially after they learn she's not just their 'Everyday Ladybug', but actually Ladybug. Out of the whole class, only Juleka, Chloé and Rose realize how they wronged and mistreated her; the rest get upset over her standing up to them and cutting off the gravy train.
- Played With via Adrien; when public opinion starts turning against Chat Noir, he believes everyone in Paris is ungrateful for how hard he'd worked to protect them. However, Plagg points out that he really hasn't done himself any favors; not only did he constantly joke around and spend more time flirting than fighting during most akuma attacks, he outright skipped the Final Battle with Hawkmoth due to his Skewed Priorities. Then he crashed a live interview with Ladybug and the heroes who'd actually shown up to the fight and tried to argue that Hawkmoth shouldn't be prosecuted for any of his crimes, accidentally implying that he didn't care about any civilian casualties since Ladybug's Miraculous Cure could bring back the dead.
- Note that Adrien is responsible for encouraging Alya and the rest of the class to take Marinette completely for granted. When they donate the clothes she made for them to Lila's Fake Charity drive, he reassures Marinette that she can always make more, and champions the notion that she will Easily Forgive everything they've done and magically fix everything. This is combined with him feeling entitled to her love simply because she's Ladybug and he wants her to hook up with him, which is clearly all that matters, right?
- Tossed back at Marinette in Karmic Backlash (a Recursive Fanfiction to Karma of Lies): Regardless of how gross her personal decisions (letting Lila go with a slap on the wrist and fifty million Euros and allow Adrien to be turned into a pariah, even — in this particular story — sitting on proof that Adrien did not willingly handed the Cat Miraculous to Mayura to give him what she thinks he deserved for annoying her) are, she still saved the whole city of Paris repeatedly and led the charge to get Hawk Moth arrested. But once these facts are revealed to the world, it's not just the people near her who loathe her (quite justifiably), but also causes rioting on the streets (world wide) and Pompous Political Pundits saying that she has single-handedly demolished Paris' future as a heart of fashion.
- Leave for Mendeleiev: After Adrien's punishment for stealing his father's book sticks, he's kept out of school until Chloé throws a huge fit on his behalf, convincing Gabriel to let him return. She then throws a huge party in an effort to cheer up her sulky Childhood Friend, extending invitations to practically everyone in school. Adrien repays her for this by walking out when Kim announces he's going to throw a pool party, taking all her efforts completely for granted.
- Scarlet Lady: Chloé is very much this.
- She never thanks Sabrina for all the work she does, always taking it for granted.
- Her father is also someone else she takes for granted. For example, in "Gorizilla", he buys her several boxes of "Adrien" (the perfume), but when he asks her if she wants to watch the movie he directed, she slams the door on his face without a care.
- Ironically, she accuses everyone else in Paris of being this after the public fully recognizes that Scarlet Lady was nothing more than a Fake Ultimate Hero
- Truth and Consequences: After their falling out, Ladybug dismisses all of the times Chat Noir sacrificed himself to protect her as stupid and senseless sacrifices that could have been avoided if he'd just been more professional and taken their battles more seriously.
- Two Letters: Over the two years Marinette spent as Ladybug, the citizens of Paris began taking her presence and protection completely for granted. This reached the point where they were critiquing and criticizing even the smallest slip-up on her end, seemingly ignoring her long track record of successes to nitpick every tiny flaw, even as they relied upon her always swooping in to save the day. Certain civilians were even letting themselves be repeatedly akumatized, assuming that she'd ensure there were no long-term consequences.
- In Villain Of Your Own Story, Alya dismisses all of Marinette's warnings about how Reality Warping Is Not a Toy, believing that she should be grateful that she's willing to make the Wish. This even influences Alya to impulsively make part of the Wish for Marinette to "have her worries lifted and be happy", as she intends to rub that favor in her friend's face.
- Weight Off Your Shoulder: While Chloé does thank Ms. Bustier for always taking her side whenever she was bullying her classmates, she also makes clear that both the teacher and her father are no longer useful to her after they can't keep her Karma Houdini Warranty going. Having Chloé thank her also helps trigger Ms. Bustier's Heel Realization, as she realizes that all she did was enable the Spoiled Brat to pick on the rest of her students for all those years.
- Build Yourself Up (Don't Let Them Break You Down): Katsuki shows no gratitude whatsoever for how Izuku saved him from the Sludge Villain, throwing his former friend's concern back in his face and attempting to harass him in return.
- Deku? I think he's some pro...: Even after Izuku saves him from Shigaraki and gives him vital information about the Noumu, All Might continues to pressure him to drop out of U.A., insisting that it's impossible for him to become a hero without a Quirk.
- Mastermind: Rise of Anarchy: After getting arrested for his violent vigilantism, Katsuki is eventually released into the custody of his parents while awaiting trial. In a moment of Insane Troll Logic, Katsuki becomes furious over the notion that this means he's considered less dangerous than 'useless, Quirkless Deku', and runs away with the intent of proving he's stronger by becoming the #1 Villain.
- Mean Rabbit: Izuku leaps in to save Aizawa from the League of Villains, suffering some nasty scars in the process. Aizawa soon makes clear that he has no intention of dialing back his sadistic treatment of him, declaring that since he's Quirkless, he needs to get used to the world shitting on him at every opportunity.
- One for All and Eight for the Ninth: Back when he and Katsuki were still friends, Izuku learned Japanese Sign Language so that they'd still be able to communicate with each other even if Katsuki's explosions wound up rendering one or both of them deaf. When Katsuki learns about this, he immediately attacks Izuku, accusing him of implying that he was weak.
- In Shadows: The Horror Movie Heroes, Katsuki repays Izuku for saving him from the Sludge Villain by tracking him down and delivering a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown with the help of his lackies.
- Midoriya believes Ochako to be one in the Sleeper Hit AU. Despite being Quirkless, he still managed to protect her from the Zero-Pointer during U.A.'s Entrance Exam. Yet their only real interaction at U.A. is her calling him "Deku" right after Aizawa expels him on their very first day, casually outing him as Quirkless. While Ochako had no idea what Deku meant at the time, he mistakenly assumes that she did, and was just as cruelly deliberate as Bakugou.
- Why Are We Here Again?: Momo had several False Friends who encouraged her to use her Quirk to make Counterfeit Cash, clothes and other things for them. She complied with their requests, afraid of losing them if she didn't... but once they got caught, they immediately ratted her out in order to save themselves.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- The Immortal Game: After the Mane Six strip Terra of her power, they vote to spare her life and imprison her. She mocks them for it and calls them weak.
- The Power of the Equinox: When Twilight Sparkle inadvertently frees the Entity from its crystal prison, it doesn't feel any kind of gratitude towards the seriously injured mare. It intends to kill her right there, but changes its mind when it senses her growing hatred toward her imprisoner Queen Chrysalis and enters her body, transforming her into Dimmed Star.
- Vinyl and Octavia Machete Their Way Through the Jungle has the main villain, Baron von Darkhoof, locked up in a cage by a tribe of natives to the jungle, with the implication being that he'll be killed. After Octavia goes out of her way to save him, not only does he not thank her, he calls the guards on her and then flies off.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Catarina Claes MUST DIE!:
- After Estella's name is cleared, she promptly starts trying to insinuate that Catarina was the one who'd spread the rumors that she'd attacked her in the first place as part of a Wounded Gazelle Gambit. Mary warns her against it, pointing out that Catarina hadn't even realized she'd been attacked until Mary and Geordo spelled it out for her.
- Henrietta sees Keith and Maria this way when they don't back up her accusations against Catarina, as she refuses to accept that the things she's claiming the other girl did never actually happened in the first place.
- Sakura in Asunder. Long story short, Naruto successfully brings Sasuke back to Konoha — but in order to do so, he placed a seal on him that put Sasuke into a coma. The seal forces Sasuke to face the reality of what he was becoming, and he can't awaken until he does so. Sakura complains bitterly about this, blaming Naruto for everything despite having it pointed out to her that Sasuke was the one who chose to defect in the first place, and is stuck in an Epiphanic Prison... as well as how she didn't do anything to help bring him back herself.
- A Leaf of the Tree: Hayama Shirakumo takes issue with how he only got Takeo and Sugishi to help him with border duty, instead of having the full squad under his command. He's particularly harsh upon Takeo, seeing him as untested; when Takeo proves himself, Shirakumo's face turns red with rage over being proven wrong.
- In Team 8, Naruto's team of himself, Shino, Hinata and Kurenai fights a team of missing-nin that kidnapped Konohamaru and Hinata's younger sister Hanabi. After being released, Hanabi shows little gratitude toward her rescuers, particularly her older sister Hinata, and expresses disdain toward her for getting knocked out first. Naruto and Konohamaru get mad at her bitchy attitude and Naruto threatens to hurt Hanabi if she doesn't shut up. She complies.
- Your Heart a Haven of Thorns: While inside the Forest of Death, Sakura encounters the giant tiger Kikyō and sacrifices her left arm in order to enter a contract with her, saving her teammates from the pursuing Sound-nin. While Naruto praises her bravery, Sasuke can't believe that she protected them, complaining until she calls him out for still treating her like she's weak after everything she did.
- In Shinji's Nightmare, after Shinji saves Ritsuko from a recurring nightmare where she's forced to murder everyone she cares about in a Portal-like set up, her first reaction is to angrily berate him for invading her privacy (she apologizes to him for it, though).
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- they'll name a city after us: Despite owing his very existence to Percy, Zeus actively tries to hinder Poseidon's search for his lost daughter, while Hera quickly dismisses her as "just a demigod". Poseidon is enraged by their behavior.
- The Body Reflects the Heart, the Shadow Reflects the Soul: When the police arrive on scene right after Skull takes down several monsters, they immediately aim their guns at him.
- Pokémon Reset Bloodlines: The Azalea townspeople are quick to gang up on a little girl and her father just because she accidentally stepped on a Slowpoke's tail. Never mind that she only did so to save a baby carriage from getting squashed by traffic, and even the baby's mother joins in the beating without a second thought.
- In Speak Up, the abandoned Charmander that Red takes in repeatedly ignores all of his orders, acting like an utter brat.
- Those Who Hurt You The Most: When Dion screws up during one of their shows, Raz uses his powers to catch him. Dion furiously snaps at him for how this caused one of the audience members to accuse them of faking their act.
- Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness Act VI: In chapter 42, Mizore saves Arial from being killed by an enraged Kokoa, who has unleashed her overcharge. Arial scornfully remarks that all Mizore really did was push her away and that she could have taken Kokoa down on her own; when Mizore points out that Kokoa was on fire and that Arial, as a snow girl, would most likely have been incinerated by simply being near her, Arial openly dismisses it and hits her over the head with a shard of ice.
- Raise has the entire kingdom of Atlas. While initially enamored with Jaune and his ability to bring people Back from the Dead, they eventually take his presence, hard work and generosity for granted, expecting him to work himself beyond exhaustion even as they insult and belittle him, calling him a "wasteful investment" not worth the money he's being paid. Eventually, Jaune calls all of Atlas out on this, right before renouncing his citizenship.
- Bart Simpson: Attorney at Law: Mr. Burns, now in his 130s and more irascible than ever, refuses to donate blood to Bart after he is severely wounded by Jeremy, and the donation would be the only thing that can save him, despite Bart saving his life years ago. He only agrees after Lisa castigates Burns for his selfishness, but even afterward, he still tries to make life for the Simpson's miserable after Bart beats him in a trial, and then tries to kill him when he fails to intimidate him.
- A Game of Vengeance and Justice:
- Jasper grants several followers of R'hllor asylum in King's Landing. They repay him by defacing septs, violently attacking septas and septons in the streets, and acting like crazy anarchists until he boots them out.
- Jasper also views Tyrion this way after learning about the whole Lannister twincest thing. Following the Purple Wedding, Jasper did his best to ensure Tyrion got a fair trial, then arranged for Sandor Clegane to serve as his uncle's champion in trial by combat. In exchange, Tyrion kept him Locked Out of the Loop in an effort to protect Jamie from being exposed as a child of incest. Jasper thusly sees him as being partially responsible for causing the War of the Four Kings due to how he kept his silence.
- Sonic Comics Rewrite: One Change can mean a new chance: After Colin uses his armor's energy supply to save Junior from deactivating, Robotnik actually does try to thank him... before launching him into space without a spacesuit.
- A Dash of Logic: Both Squidward and Mr. Krabs shamelessly exploit SpongeBob's generosity during "Squidward, You're Fired". Squidward leeches off of his hospitality for months, acting as The Thing That Would Not Leave, while Mr. Krabs forces his sole remaining employee to work himself to the bone, blaming him for the Krusty Krab's declining profits.
- Kara of Rokyn: As narrating the history of the Superman/Lex Luthor's feud, Lex's niece Nasthalthia reveals Supergirl brought Lex back to life, which resulted in her uncle hating her too. Dr. Cyber muses Wonder Woman might do the same thing for her... but the Amazon better not hope to be shown gratitude.Nasthalthia: He met Supergirl for the first time when he got killed, believe it or not. Lex was being chased by her after a job, and tried to hit her with a death-ray that had Kryptonite in it. Only thing was, he was trying to drive at the same time, went off the road, and hit himself with his own ray. And he died.
Starfire: Died?
Nasthalthia: Clinically dead, yes. But Supergirl, out of the goodness of her widdle heart, went off and came back with some kind of radiation cocoon that brought Lex back to life. As soon as he woke up, he showed her his gratitude by grabbing a tommy gun from one of the cops and opening up on her. She shrugged off the bullets like they were jelly beans. I honestly think he hated her for bringing him back. When he was dead, he didn't have to worry about beating his head against a wall called Superman anymore. Now that he was alive again, he had to go ahead and try and kill Supes again and again, and he'd have to do something about Blondie, too. Plus the fact that it was Supes's cousin that'd brought him back to life. That really, really rankled him.
Dr. Cyber: Wonder Woman might do the same for me, if I died. But I hope she wouldn't count on my gratitude.
- In The End of Ends, Beast Boy does not care that Terra is no longer a statue, he only cares about the fact that she doesn't want to be with him. Also, he never displays gratitude toward the Doom Patrol or the other Titans for taking in him, he only wangsts about their getting cross with him from time to time.
- In Nor Iron Bars a Cage, Sailor John thanks the inmate who helped him escape from prison by knocking him out with a shovel and dooming him to a slow and painful death by burying him alive.
- In A Little Walk, Joram the Jerkass barkeep has a sick Frodo imprisoned by some corrupt guardsmen, leading to the hobbit's illness getting worse. Despite this, Frodo manages to convince Aragorn not to punish Joram too severely, so the King merely sentences him to work in the laundries, and orders him to make a public apology to the hobbit once the punishment is complete. Instead of feeling any remorse or regret for his actions, or gratitude that he got off pretty lightly, Joram blames Frodo for what happened, and tries to kill him by poisoning him.
- A Child Shall Lead Them:
- In order to free the Autobots, Ptreodactus defeats Wreck-Gar in single combat, getting injured in the process. The Autobots repay him by immediately demanding that he turn the Matrix over to Ultra Magnus, as they refuse to accept the young Dinobot as their leader. Ptreodactus promptly calls them out on not just their utter ingratitude, but their treatment of all the Dinobots.
- When Petrodactus shows mercy to the Decepticons, allowing them to leave Cybertron safely after they reject his offer of a truce, Cyclonus is utterly disgusted, enraged at the notion that the young leader might expect them to return his compassionate gesture at some point.
- For You, I Will: After Embry imprints upon Melanie, the pack welcomes her with open arms. Sadly, Melanie is far more interested in seeing just how much she can exploit her newfound partner, as he's Incapable of Disobeying every cruel command she issues...
- Tough Love centers around Charlie calling out Bella for how she's taken her father's love and support completely for granted. When she threatens to move out if she doesn't keep getting her way, he calls her bluff, spelling out in exhaustive detail all of the things she's now going to have to handle by herself. When she recants and claims she doesn't want to move out anymore, he calmly informs her that it's too late: she's no longer welcome inside his house.
