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A character who doesn't know how to show their appreciation for something. Perhaps they have [[No Social Skills]], or maybe their lives were [[Broken Bird|so]] [[Break the Cutie|messed]] [[The Woobie|up]] that they simply don't know how thank someone because they never before experienced kindness or helpfulness from other people. Characters like this may give [[Disproportionate Reward
Related to [[Cannot Spit It Out]].
See also: [[Poisonous Friend]] and [[Rhetorical Request Blunder]] for other failed attempts at pleasing someone. See also [[Entitled Bastard]] for someone who rudely decides not to thank anyone. When it's a person suffering lack of gratitude, it's [[All of the Other Reindeer]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Gretel, one of a pair of truly [[Creepy Twins]] from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', does this to Rock when she tries to express her gratitude for being the first person who was nice to her and [[He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him|shedding tears for her]] because of the [[Harmful to Minors|horrible things that she and her brother had been put through]] and [[Psycho for Hire|how they chose to handle it]], something that had been completely alien to her until then... by dropping her panties and sexually proposing to him. Rock is shocked and horrified and immediately leaves the room to go upstairs, where he proceeds to [[Precision F-Strike|curse]] the men who caused her and her brother Hansel to become like this. Also a example of [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]] [[Tear Jerker|played for drama]].
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* Asti from then hentai OVA ''F-Force'' "comforts" Ash shortly before they set off on their last battle.
* [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] doesn't know how to apologize or thank anyone. However, at one point, Kyon tells her that her the one time he saw her in a ponytail it was "so cute it was criminal," and from then on whenever she ''really'' screws up, she puts her hair in a ponytail in the next scene, since its the only way she can apologize.
** She doesn't know how to accept gratitude either. After the concert in "Live A Live", she is thanked quite nicely by the band she helped out, and, though she handles it well in person, later feels disturbed and antsy for no reason she can think of. Kyon believes it's because she is rarely thanked for anything she does.
* It seems like [[Psycho for Hire|Bando]] from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' can only show his gratitude by offering to kill a person of the recipient's choice, should they ever need it. As a matter of principle, he refuses to be indebted to anyone, but does not know how to handle such things because he a [[Career Killer]] to the bone.
* [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] has a variation of this in [[Emotionless Girl|Rei]], who in the second movie reveals that she had never thanked anyone. {{spoiler|At least, until she thanks Shinji.}}
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== Film ==
* [[Watchmen (comics)|Rorschach]] seems to have this trouble for the longest time.
* From ''[[The King's Speech]]'': (paraphrased)
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'''Lionel''': {Hopefully} A knighthood? }}
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== Literature ==
* [[The Millennium Trilogy|Lisbeth Salander]] has this problem. Understandable, as she has massive trust issues and [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|doesn't know how to be friends]].
* Dudley Dursley in ''[[Harry Potter and
* The Dothraki in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' literally have no word for "thank you."
== Live
* [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Mr. Spock.]]
* [[Sherlock]] is so flustered when {{spoiler|John, strapped to a bomb, grabs [[Ax Crazy|Moriarty]] and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|tells Sherlock to run]], basically proving himself [[Ho Yay|willing to die for Sherlock]]}} that he can only stammer "That, uh, thing that you did--that you were prepared to do--that was...um...good." While carelessly waving a handgun around.
* In ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', Sheldon, when he {{spoiler|receives [[Leonard Nimoy]]'s napkin from Penny as a Christmas present.}}
== Video Games ==
* Jack from ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' has a lot of trouble coming up with a simple thanks for Shepard after her Loyalty Mission, because basically, Shepard is the first person in her life who did something good for her that she didn't have to extort by force. She does get better at it later, though.
** Technically Shepard's the second person to do a good turn for Jack, but the first one died while doing it.
* Likewise, the golem Shale from ''[[Dragon Age]]''. Shale has effectively been a slave for as long as memory serves (apart from those twenty years [[Taken for Granite]]). The warden can be the first person to selflessly help the golem with anything, which makes Shale attempt to say thanks in the late game (as well as attempting to address the warden with 'you').
** Don't forget about [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Sten]], who, after you return his sword to him admits that he doesn't how how to thank you, then immediately says that he wants to stay with your group.
* In [[Final Fantasy Tactics
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'''Kyrra:''' Ah... I was never good with gratitude meself. }}
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' with Starky, [[The Greys|an alien.]] When attempting to express his gratitude, he uses the phrase "You're welcome." The person he is speaking to complements his attempted courtesy, and gives him the correct phrase to use instead. A text box then pops up and says "Starky learned 'Thank You,'" as though it was an actual in-game ability.
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== Western Animation ==
* Squidward from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' can't say
* [[Beetlejuice (animation)|Beetlejuice]] has a hard time with any sort of social nicety, including but by no means limited to saying thank you.
* In ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', Batman states one of the very few things he is not good at, is saying thank you. But immediately afterwards thanks Zatanna for her help in saving [[Wonder Woman]].
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[[Category:Does Not Know How to Say Thanks]]
[[Category:A Failure to Communicate]]
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