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{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Jessica'''}}: {{spoiler|"Tenth grade biology}}. Brachial artery... pumps 30 liters of blood a minute. There's only five in the human body. I'm sorry."}}
* ''Jane Austen's Mafia'' Sophia tells a woman named Pepper her way of saying sorry by telling her "it's nothing personal, it's business." before farting on a candle, {{spoiler|which causes an explosion}}.
* Marv in ''[[Sin City]]'' [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|doesn't normally attack women]], but he does knock Wendy out cold, just before she could kill Kevin for what happened. Marv tells that he's sorry that [[Shoot the Dog| he had to knock her unconscious]], but it was to spare her the horror he had intended to do with [[Asshole Victim|Kevin]], giving the fact he's a [[Torture Technician]]. {{spoiler| Marv tortures and kills Kevin, a known serial killer, by dismembering him, allowing a wolf to devour part of his remains before [[Off
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** In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Interesting Times]]'', Rincewind is puzzling out the apologetic note before he gets hit over the head.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'':
** In [[J. K. Rowling]]'s ''[[
** Dobby is very much this in ''Chamber of Secrets'' with the various things he does to try to protect Harry.
** In ''The Deathly Hallows,'' Voldemort says "I regret it" when murdering {{spoiler|Snape}}.
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* Many people who are members of religions that respect animal rights (such as Hindu), but who are forced to eat meat due to economic or health conditions, thank and/or apologize to the animal before eating it.
** Some more tribal-style minority religions that symbolically respected animals had separate rituals for this, in the lines of [[Thank Your Prey|"Thanks for letting us eat you, no hard feelings. We're sending you back now (just kind of, um, thinner), come again."]]
*** [[Choi Min-sik]], star of Korean film ''Oldboy'', is a Buddhist and said a prayer for every live octopus he had to eat during one particularly gross scene.
* There was a recent{{when}} case where a U.S. Serviceman was mugged at gunpoint by three other men... however, upon opening his wallet and finding his military I.D, they returned to the man, apologized, gave him back his stuff (except his keys...) and thanked him for his service.
** A similar urban legend exists about a group of teens who stole a car for a joyride, opened the glove box and realized it belonged to [[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Mr. Rogers]], and returned the car with an apologetic note.
* Attila Ambrus, a failed Hungarian hockey player, robbed post offices and banks at gunpoint. He would usually thank the teller, even though slightly drunk.
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