History Main / OffendedByAnEnemysIndifference

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In the story "The Sound of One Hand Clapping," [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] goes to Metropolis to antagonize Superman by planting bombs in several locations across the city. Superman confronts the Joker by laughing at his jokes and eventually telling him that he's getting bored with the Joker's act. When an enraged Joker says he's going to set off the bombs, Superman says that he tracked the controller's radio signal and throws the bombs at the feet of the Joker. After Superman defuses the bombs' detonators with his [[EyeBeams heat vision]], he zaps the Joker, who gives himself up, having failed to intimidate Superman. Superman then goes to the Batcave, where ComicBook/{{Batman}} tells Superman that [[SecretTest he failed the test he set]] by zapping the Joker with a non-lethal amount of heat vision. Superman smashes the Batmobile, [[WhatTheHellHero and becomes angry at Batman, with Superman telling him that he's not as smart as he thinks he is]], and calls him out for being so nonchalant over the fact that they got lucky Joker didn't decide to set off the bombs before Superman found them or even gone on a shooting spree. Superman warns Batman not to allow the Joker to return to Metropolis, or the Joker wouldn't return to Gotham.
* In ''ComicBook/SupermanPhillipKennedyJohnson'', Manchester Black offers to let Lex Luthor, Superman's ArchEnemy, know what the Big Blue Boy Scout thinks of him. Lex angrily asks what Superman possibly thinks of him. The answer? Nothing. The idea that Superman, whom Lex spends nearly every waking moment trying to ruin, thinks nothing of him unless he has to enrages Lex. [[spoiler:Black spends his last moments laughing in Lex's face before the latter activates Project Blackout.]]

* ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'': At one point in the story, Shampoo, who is normally obsessed with Ranma, loses her feelings for him due to a magic brooch; rather than being elated that his UnwantedHarem has one less member, Ranma feels insulted that a girl is no longer interested in him and tries to get her to fall in love with him again, despite all of the pain and misery she's caused him.

* ''Fanfic/WhenInDoubtObliviate'': Zacharias Smith sees himself as Harry's rival, but Harry thinks the whole custom of Hogwarts' rivalry is stupid and deflects all Zacharias attempts to pick a fight with him. Zacharias gets mad that Harry is not taking him seriously as a rival, and his complaints about this sounds like a jilted lover.

* ''Literature/AMonsterCalls'': Harry the school bully frequently torments the protagonist Conor, until he figures out that Conor wants to be bullied as it's the only thing that makes him feel normal during a time when his mother is dying from terminal cancer. Harry then decides it's not worth bullying Conor anymore and tells him, "Now you're invisible to me, too." Conor is angered by this and beats him up in front of his classmates.

* ''[[Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton TMDDF: After Many Dates: Danny and Kim]]'': At one point when Dash tries to bully Danny, who feels indifferent towards him, Dash demands he show fear. Danny [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech responds]] by stating [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore he's not afraid of a guy]] [[FutureLoser who's content to peak in high school]].

* ''Literature/ClassroomOfTheElite'' ends up having a ''scared'' by an enemy's indifference in the form of [[spoiler: Kakeru Ryuen]]. When they finally get enough of Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's attention that he feels like they need to be subdued, they are less bothered by the fact that Kiyotaka is hurting them, and more freaked out by the fact that Kiyotaka is doing so without changing his usual deadpan expression, implying that Kiyotaka is exerting very little effort in taking them down and ''proving'' that he sees them as little more than a slight annoyance rather than an actual threat.

* ''{{Theatre/Twisted}}'': The Princess of the Magic Kingdom rebuffed her suitor Prince Achmed and sicced her tiger on him. This is a serious diplomatic problem. Prince Achmed returns to the Magic Kingdom to conquer it. Due to a SustainedMisunderstanding, his soldiers are convinced he had sex with the tiger and admire him for it. When Prince Achmed and the Princess meet again, she has trouble remembering who he is -- until she recalls the circumstances in which he left. Unfortunately, the wording she uses is... less than helpful.

'''Glomgold:''' ''[angry]'' I'm clearly standing in front!

{{Supertrope}} to ArentYouGoingToRavishMe.

-->'''Glomgold:''' Not so fast, [=McDuck=]!
-->'''Scrooge:''' I knew this day would come. Magica's grand revenge.
--> '''Glomgold:''' ''(angry)'' I'm clearly standing in front!

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In the story "The Sound of One Hand Clapping," [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] goes to Metropolis to antagonize Superman by planting bombs in several locations across the city. Superman confronts the Joker by laughing at his jokes and eventually telling him that he's getting bored with the Joker's act. When an enraged Joker says he's going to set off the bombs, Superman says that he tracked the controller's radio signal and throws the bombs at the feet of the Joker. After Superman diffuses the bombs' detonators with his [[EyeBeams heat vision]], he zaps the Joker, who gives himself up, having failed to intimidate Superman. Superman then goes to the Batcave, where ComicBook/{{Batman}} tells Superman that [[SecretTest he failed the test he set]] by zapping the Joker with a non-lethal amount of heat vision. Superman smashes the Batmobile, [[WhatTheHellHero and becomes angry at Batman, with Superman telling him that he's not as smart as he thinks he is]], and calls him out for being so nonchalant over the fact that they got lucky Joker didn't decide to set off the bombs before Superman found them or even gone on a shooting spree. Superman warns Batman not to allow the Joker to return to Metropolis, or the Joker wouldn't return to Gotham.

* A variation in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse'': When Cheetor [[ItMakesSenseInContext tries asking Optimus Prime and Megatron trivia questions about each other]], Megatron is offended when Optimus doesn't know who his most famous gladiatorial opponent was.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E22GlomTales GlomTales]]", Flintheart Glomgold spends the episode trying to assemble a villain "family" to counter Scrooge's family. When he is forced to recruit Magica de Spell, the arc villain of Season 1 (albeit depowered), Flintheart is overlooked as Magica is the one Louie and Scrooge believe to be the ringleader of the operation, which pisses off Glomgold.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Zigzagged. Mr. Burns' inability to remember Homer's name despite their many, many interactions over the course of the series is offered up as a possible motive when Homer becomes one of the suspects in the case of who shot Mr. Burns. [[spoiler:It was actually infant Maggie Simpson, completely by accident. ItMakesSenseInContext.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'': In "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E22GlomTales GlomTales]]", Flintheart Glomgold spends the episode trying to assemble a villain "family" to counter Scrooge's family. When he is forced to recruit Magica de Spell, the arc villain of Season 1 (albeit depowered), Flintheart is overlooked as Magica is the one Louie and Scrooge believe to be the ringleader of the operation, which pisses off Glomgold.

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-->'''Achmed:''' It is I, Prince Achmed!
-->'''Princess:''' Who?
-->'''Achmed:''' Prince Achmed! I visited you last week! ... I swore vengeance? I brought my army to ravage your people!
-->'''Princess:''' Ohhhh, ''that's'' right! Didn't my tiger eat your ass?
-->'''Achmed's soldiers''': ''TIGERFUCKER! TIGERFUCKER! TIGERFUCKER!''

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* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': In [[ProudWarriorRace Krogan culture]], the biggest insult one can give towards an enemy is to say that they're not worth killing. This is because krogans place high value not only on the strength of themselves but also the strength of their enemies. As such, an enemy that feels completely indifferent towards you, to the point of saying that you're not worth fighting or killing, is a massive insult to their pride and is basically their cultural equivalent of saying that someone is weak and/or worthless.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In the story "The Sound of One Hand Clapping," [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] goes to Metropolis to antagonize Superman by planting bombs in several locations across the city. Superman confronts the Joker by laughing at his jokes, and eventually telling him that he's getting bored with the Joker's act. When an enraged Joker says he's going to set off the bombs, Superman says that he tracked the controller's radio signal and throws the bombs at the feet of the Joker. After Superman diffuses the bombs' detonators with his [[EyeBeams heat vision]], he zaps the Joker, who gives himself up, having failed to intimidate Superman. Superman then goes to the Batcave, where ComicBook/{{Batman}} tells Superman that [[SecretTest he failed the test he set]] by zapping the Joker with a non-lethal amount of heat vision. Superman smashes the Batmobile, [[WhatTheHellHero and becomes angry at Batman, with Superman telling him that he's not as smart as he think he is]], and calls him out for being so nonchalant over the fact that they got lucky Joker didn't decide to set off the bombs before Superman found them or even gone on a shooting spree. Superman warns Batman not to allow the Joker to return to Metropolis, or the Joker wouldn't return to Gotham.

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* ''[[Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton TMDDF: After Many Dates: Danny and Kim]]'': At one point when Dash tries to bully Danny, who feels indifferent towards him, Dash demands he show fear. Danny [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech responds]] by stating [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore he's not afraid of a guy]] [[FutureLoser who's content to peak in highschool]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'': PlayedForDrama. The Spot begins the film as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who is powerful but bumbling but holds a bit of a beef with Miles Morales because his powers are result of collateral damage from [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse the previous film]]. He gets more than a little upset when Miles and the other Spider-People treat him as a "VillainOfTheWeek" (their lingo for utterly ineffectual criminal, [[ButForMeItWasTuesday not even worth remembering]]. Miles even [[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask prioritizes getting a snack and texting his parents]] during their very first fight), which leads to him going to another universe, [[FromNobodyToNightmare enhancing his powers]] to "HumanoidAbomination" levels and going back to Miles' universe [[TargetedToHurtTheHero with the express purpose of killing Miles' dad as revenge]].

* In TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen each of the Houses of the rebel angels was struck by God with a new, derogatory name and a curse was laid on them tailored to strike at what they care about. The rebels of the House of the Dawn, the most prestigious of the Houses of Angels, was only given the new name "Namaru" or "Devils" but not given a curse. This lack of a curse was, in fact, the worst curse God could give; the new Devils pride would have had them wear any actual curse as a badge of honour but as it was they were being treated as if they weren't worth cursing. The Devils ''are'' smart enough to realise this but that doesn't stop it hurting their precious pride.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': In [[ProudWarriorRace Krogan culture]], the biggest insult one can give towards an enemy is to say that they're not worth killing. This is because krogan's place high value not only on the strength of themselves, but also the strength of their enemies. As such, an enemy that feels completely indifferent towards you, to the point of saying that you're not worth fighting or killing, is a massive insult to their pride and is basically their cultural equivalent of saying that someone is weak and/or worthless.

* ''WebAnimation/MangaSoprano'': [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qqLTXC8mhY Casino]] is Kanade's [[BigBrotherBully toxic older brother]] who she has all but cut ties with. During a marriage meeting between Kanade and Alto's families, Casino and his wife show up, having been invited by his mother. During the meeting, Casino looks down on Alto for his lower income, and declares that he isn't coming to Kanade and Alto's wedding. During the day of the wedding, Casino calls Kanade and says that he isn't coming, expecting her to be of offended. Kanade responds by saying she didn't invite him. Casino becomes enraged at Kanade, accusing her of insulting him, and shows up in order to make her look bad for not inviting her brother. [[spoiler:Luckily, Alto's daughter had a recording of him explicitly stating that he didn't want to come]].

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Upon several meetings now Roy has become enraged by Xykon's continued attitude of [[ButForMeItWasTuesday casual indifference if not ignorance]] about Xykon's evil deeds towards Roy and the people in his life.

* ''WebVideo/ITextPro'' [[https://youtu.be/7d0qkDOdReE?feature=shared Chloe]] is a an ex-friend variation; she's lazy parasite who likes playing the friendship card to mooch off of people. When Addison refuses to pay for Chloe during a group vacation, Chloe says she's done being friends with Addison, expecting her to be feel devastated. Instead, Addison is relieved, making Chloe angrier.

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* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': In [[ProudWarriorRace Krogan culture]], the biggest insult one can give towards an enemy is so to say that they're not worth killing. This is because krogan's place high value not only on the strength of themselves, but also the strength of their enemies. As such, an enemy that feels completely indifferent towards you, to the point of saying that you're not worth fighting or killing, is a massive insult to their pride and is basically their cultural equivalent of saying that someone is weak and/or worthless.

* In TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen each of the Houses of the rebel angels is struck by God with a new, derogatory name and a curse laid on them tailored to strike at what they care about. The House of the Dawn, the most prestigious of the Houses of angels, was only given the new name "Namaru" or "devils" but not given a curse. This lack of a curse was, in fact, the worst curse God could give; the new Devils pride would have had them worn any actual curse as a badge of honour but as it was they were being treated as if they weren't worth cursing. The Devils ''are'' smart enough to realise this but that doesn't stop it hurting their precious pride.

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* ImmaturityTropes
* EgoTropes
* PridefulTropes
* CharacterReactionIndex
* ApathyIndex

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* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' - in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E26ErrandOfMercy Errand of Mercy]]", the Klingon commander Kor is very upset that the Organians he's occupying don't even offer token resistance. Kirk and Spock try to fight the Klingons, much to the delight of Kor as he sees Kirk as a WorthyOpponent. [[spoiler:The Organians are EnergyBeings and abhor violence. They put an end to all the fighting]].

* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': In the SeasonFinale of Season 3, Soldier Boy reveals that his AbusiveDad was always verbally abusive towards him by expressing his [[DisappointedInYou disappointment]]. He also mentions that his father never once laid a hand on him as it would require him to ''care'' about him enough to do so, which plays a big role in Soldier Boy being horrifically abusive towards his former team by physically beating any of them if they step out of line or "rise above their station".