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* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', Joey punched Tristan in the Duelist Kingdom arc for his constant teasing (mocked in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''). In Japanese, Tristan was mostly prodding Joey not to gamble away his star chips on a hopeless duel -- the punch was more provoked by Tristan not minding his own business. In the dub, it was more a matter of mounting annoyance over the insults ([[Family-Friendly Firearms|the dub also turned the punch into a shove]])

* At the beginning of [[Apocalypse Wow|the second part]] of ''The [[End of Evangelion]]'', Gendo finally gets what was coming to him.

'''Rei:''' I will not be a puppet for you to control. ''([[Shut UP, Hannibal|cuts off his hand]])''<br />

'''Gendo:''' Rei, why?!<br />

== Comic Books ==

* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]''; {{spoiler|Ozymandias}} talks about how easy it was to push Dr. Manhattan over the edge:

** Also, the bit between Dan and Rorschach. Dan finally snaps from all the bullshit, and Rorschach actually seems to feel bad.

* Near the latter half of [[Scott Pilgrim]], {{spoiler|each of the girls that the eponymous character has dated at some point tell him off for being such an inconsiderate jerk in the past.}}

* In ''[[Gosford Park]]'', Commander Meredith was eating jam preserves and sulking when Dorothy, a maid, walks in on him, he starts saying that his life sucks when she jumps in with a heart wrenching speech about how loving, even if it's [[All Love Is Unrequited|unrequited]], makes life worthwhile and worth living. It helps to mention that Dorothy was in love with the butler Jennings, and though she often hinted to him she was interested, he was always too afraid to start anything. Not expecting anywhere near that emotional wisdom, he goes back upstairs and passionately kisses his loving wife.

* A variation; in ''[[Carrie]]'', it's [[Stern Teacher|Miss Collins]] who does this for the title character after the shower prank, giving a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to her gym class.

** A straight example would be when Carrie finally stands up to her [[Abusive Parents]], [[The Fundamentalist|raving fundamentalist]] of a [[My Beloved Smother|mother]].

 

== Literature ==

* Elinor Dashwood of ''[[Sense and Sensibility (novel)|Sense and Sensibility]]'', the first of [[Jane Austen]]'s [[Emotionless Girl]] brand of heroines, who all have this problem, although without getting such an awesome speech to summarize it; since their society doesn't typically care about women's emotions anyway, everyone is perfectly content to assume that not showing happiness, grief, or anger means you must not have any. Naturally, [[Hidden Depths|it's those who keep their emotions hidden who feel more strongly than anyone]]:

'''Elinor:''' I understand you. -- You do not suppose that I have ever felt much. -- For four months, Marianne, I have had all this hanging on my mind, without being at liberty to speak of it to a single creature; knowing that it would make you and my mother most unhappy whenever it were explained to you, yet unable to prepare you for it in the least. -- It was told me, -- it was in a manner forced on me by the very person herself, whose prior engagement ruined all my prospects; and told me, as I thought, with triumph. -- This person's suspicions, therefore, I have had to oppose, by endeavouring to appear indifferent where I have been most deeply interested; -- and it has not been only once; -- I have had her hopes and exultation to listen to again and again. -- I have known myself to be divided from Edward for ever, without hearing one circumstance that could make me less desire the connection. -- Nothing has proved him unworthy; nor has anything declared him indifferent to me. -- I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother; and have suffered the punishment of an attachment, without enjoying its advantages. -- And all this has been going on at a time, when, as you know too well, it has not been my only unhappiness. -- If you can think me capable of ever feeling -- surely you may suppose that I have suffered NOW. The composure of mind with which I have brought myself at present to consider the matter, the consolation that I have been willing to admit, have been the effect of constant and painful exertion; -- they did not spring up of themselves; -- they did not occur to relieve my spirits at first. -- No, Marianne. -- THEN, if I had not been bound to silence, perhaps nothing could have kept me entirely -- not even what I owed to my dearest friends -- from openly shewing that I was VERY unhappy. }}

* Viola in the ''[[Chaos Walking]]'' series gets a moment like this early in the first book. It's the precursor to some really great character development between her and Todd and helps highlight just how deep their bond of trust grows to be.

* In ''[[Jane Eyre]],'' Rochester deliberately provokes Jane into this: constantly gushing about his upcoming marriage to this woman who is not suited to him, and he knows it and Jane knows it, but Jane has no power to speak up because she's a governess, and in no way equal to Rochester's apparent intended. Jane takes this to awesome levels.

* In ''Where Angels Fear to Tread'' by E.M. Forster, Lilia says this nearly word for word after her ex-brother-in-law, when trying to convince her to call off her marriage to her much-younger Italian fiance (who she's already married anyway), insinuates that her fiance is bullying her into staying. (unfortunatly for Lilia, they're right to try and stop her marriage, but she doesn't know this yet.)

* There's a form of this in ''Yoda: [[Dark Rendezvous]]''. After the Padawans Master Yoda is traveling with lose their masters, he comforts them, and one gets angry at his advice, claiming that he wouldn't understand grief. Of course, he would, and he reminds them of this. In nine hundred years there have been many friends and students lost, and grief like they can't imagine.

 

* In ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' after Guy of Gisborne discovers that Marian is in fact the Night Watchman (a vigilante who steals for the poor) he manages to bring the entire situation back to his unrequited feelings for her. Marian? She's more concerned about not getting hanged for treason.

* Throughout [[Sherlock]], Molly Hooper has always had a very obvious crush on Sherlock, and always takes his abuse/taunts. In 'A Scandal of Belgravia,' Sherlock goes too far during Christmas at 221B, deducing that the reason she's dressed up is to try and seduce a man, and that she's obviously bought a present for 'someone special.' When he realizes that the man in question is him, he's stunned into silence and shame at his own cruelty. And finally, Molly calls him out on his behaviour.

** And then it leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] when Sherlock apologizes (something he has NEVER done to anyone, at least in-show), gently kisses Molly's cheek and says "Merry Christmas, Molly Hooper."

 

== Theatre ==

* [[Older Than Steam]]: [[William Shakespeare]] [[Zeroth Law of Trope Examples|brings us]] ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' and Shylock's "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech to the court. While Shylock isn't a nice guy, the thrust of the speech is still the same: "I've got feelings, too."

 

 

 

 

* [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Edd and Eddy]] both get one of these in the same scene towards one another in [[The Movie]]. Edd spends the entire course of the show suffering the torturous alienation that comes with Eddy's friendship, but when Ed and Eddy fake their deaths for a cheap laugh at Edd, Edd blows up at them for being oblivious to his feelings and leaves for the first time in the entire series... prompting Eddy to blow up and unearth his own [[Hidden Depths]] right back. It ends up a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]-- in fact probably one of the more genuine moments in the entire series.

* Mai from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. For most of the series, she appears as a cold, sarcastic girl that happens to be childhood friends with Zuko and Azula. She gets much more character development in the third season, especially in "The Beach". Later that season, she even gets an even more awesome line showcasing how she can feel:

 

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