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{{quote|'''Volus:''' Shepherd! Shepherd! A moment of your time!
'''Shepard:''' Can it wait? I'm trying to ensure the survival of '''every sentient being.'''
'''Volus:''' I heard about that. And I think it's really cool. Anyway. I was thinking you could go and get me some artifacts.|''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''}}
So, you're a hero who's a fair way through your quest. You've slain [[Kill It
"Go clean out my stables."
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"Go beat up this guy that's been hassling me."
"Don't you know who I am? '''Dude, Where's
An [[Ideal Hero]] (or [[Superman
Can lead to a form of [[Beware the Nice Ones]], especially if the tasks are make-work to avoid handing out the [[Standard Hero Reward]]. Particularly nasty ones are [[Impossible Task]].
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Also, [[No Hero Discount|don't expect merchants to give you a discount]] or something because you're a known hero and benefactor. Hell, some will even try to charge you more because you're famous.
Please restrict [[Real Life]] examples to people who have been [[Vindicated
Compare [[No Fame, No Wealth, No Service]]
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==Advertising==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=obkrv4W_IRc This commercial from 1995] for Pop Tarts shows a toaster complaining that he never gets any respect for making breakfast for [[Kids Are Cruel| a rather unappreciative teenager.]]
== Anime and Manga ==
* Boss from the ''Mazinger trilogy'' (''[[
** And in the ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' tai ''[[Getter Robo]]'' movie, after {{spoiler|destroying the monstruous Gilgilgan}}, Tetsuya and the Getter team shook -their robots- hands, congratulating themselves for their victory [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bpla65eQCE\]... and then Boss Borot's head -that was the only body part had been left of it!- stumbled between them and remembered them angrily he also took part in the battle. Tetsuya and the Getter team laughed, and the former admited their plan had worked thanks to him. Boss smiled, stating it was about time someone acknowledged his talent.
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' uses this trope for drama, as well as being probably the only series in existence to ''give a name to the reason'' this happens to certain characters: [[Manipulative Bastard|Schneizel el Britannia]].
** The first victim is [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Li Xingke]], who has been in the service of the Empress for years. Then comes Schneizel to propose the marriage with his brother. Li even points out what a horrible mistake it is to let ''the guy that conquered half a continent'' run around in ''a country they're currently in at least diplomatic tensions'', and knowing Britannia's expansive ideology... (not to mention letting some Knights of Rounds accompany him, too). Well, moving on, Li is sent in their strongest armor after {{spoiler|Zero kidnaps the Empress}}. After a battle in which he risks his life, what do the Eunuchs do? They forget all his contributions and still want him executed! No wonder he ends up {{spoiler|siding with Zero to defend the Empress from them}}, and from here, they get their just desserts. Ultimately, it is revealed that the eunuchs WANTED the marriage to go through so they would gain Britannian royalty, and that they were [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|willing to kill off and replace the empress, who they saw as nothing more than a figurehead]]. When Zero [[Engineered Public Confession|publicly reveals the plan to the masses]], well, let's just say they don't take it too well, and now it's the eunuchs who are being left to dry by Schneizel, who sees [[
** Then, the icing on the cake, Schneizel {{spoiler|asking a discussion with the Black Knights, after knowing Lelouch would be too emotionally damaged by the supposed death of his sister}}, '''with a bomb strapped to his mech, threatening to blow it up if anything happens to him'''. So in ''just 5 minutes of on-screen time'' (couldn't have been more than 30 minutes in their time), {{spoiler|the Black Knights}} suddenly forget how much {{spoiler|Lelouch}} helped them and ''take Schneizel's word for it'', although he has little proof on the matter except his word on it and some tapes that could have been fake. This is made worse by the fact that Schneizel is just using his [[Magnificent Bastard|charisma]] and has not, nor will he ever have, power of Geass, or even sufficient actual knowledge of it, leaving him to [[Half Truth|take any plausible liberty]] in order to [[Let's You and Him Fight|sow the seeds of discord between the core knights and their leader]].
** Before any of this though, we have Suzaku, who spends most of the series trying to work within Britannia to change the system. Problem is, he's a low-ranking Honorary Britannian, which has him sent for cannon fodder missions for much of season one.
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' has Minako/Sailor Venus. She's the Sailor Senshi active for the most time, stops bank robbers in her free time and single-handedly freed London from Dark Kingdom monsters (where the other Sailor Senshi were nearly killed many times, once being saved by Venus who had just returned from London). Comes second season and we find out that Sailor Venus has apparently been overshadowed by Sailor Moon and forgotten. At least in the manga she's still famous...
* In ''[[Pokémon (
* Amuro Ray, the original [[Gundam]] pilot and hero of the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|One Year War]], gets this in later series. What's his reward for winning the OYW and taking out lord knows how many enemy pilots (both [[Mooks]] and [[Ace Pilot|Aces]])? [[The Federation]] confines him on Earth (on a nice mansion, but still), watches him all hours of the day, and won't let him go anywhere. Most of this is because he's a [[Psychic Powers|Newtype]] and the Federation leadership doesn't trust them as far as they can throw them...
** It still happens in the novelization of ''[[Chars Counterattack]]'', where the Federation denies Amuro's request to bring the [[Zeta Gundam]] out of storage because they don't trust such a powerful weapon in a Newtype's hands. Bear in mind, now he's not only an active Federation soldier, but the second-in-command of the special ops force that stands the best chance of defeating Char, who wants to [[Colony Drop]] the planet into a new ice
* In ''[[
** Asuna is a particularly annoying example, downplaying his accomplishments constantly while giving her classmates credit for lesser achievements. (Even acting at multiple points as if she were a stronger combatant, despite her power coming from him in the first place)
** It seems he's finally gotten the respect he deserves (from the nations of [[Magical Land|Magicus Mundus]], at least) after he {{spoiler|stopped Fate from erasing everyone}}. And although a lot of his students still call him Negi-bozu, it seems to have become a friendly nickname rather than a deliberate show of disrespect.
* ''[[One Piece]]''
** The Straw Hat Pirates
** Subverted when {{spoiler|they get to Fishman Island and the Fishman Princes are looking for them, but not to arrest them, to deliver a message from their mutual friend Jinbe and invite them back to the Royal Castle.}}
** Of course, even when the Marines take most of the crew seriously, poor Chopper is looked upon by them as a pet, his bounty never rising about a measly 10 Berries, even though he could likely be considered the ''most dangerous'' member.
* Joey Wheeler from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' has had several amazing victories over cheaters, put up a tremendous fight against the duelists he lost against, and helped save the world several times. Yet, everyone treats him like a joke or has no idea who he is.▼
** In the Punk Hazard Arc, Chopper gives the credit to his group's escape to Usopp when it was the G-5 medics with him were literally carrying him and a freakishly large incapacitated child while running like hell away from deadly gas in a collapsing building.
* In the first season of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', this is somewhat a [[Running Gag]] for the main character Kotetetsu T. Kaburagi, aka Wild Tiger. Despite being a veteran Hero whose [[The Cape|only wish is to save people]], he tends to get little to no respect from the citizens of Steinberg or his fellow Heroes for being a [[Destructive Savior]] and is very low on the Hero food chain. Whenever he does do something impressive, most people tend to credit his partner, [[Always Someone Better|Barnaby Brooks Jr]]. [[Hanging a Lampshade|Lampshaded]] at one point when Barnaby is receiving all of the praise for killing {{spoiler|Jake Martinez}}, despite the fact that it was Kotetsu who {{spoiler|figured out that Jake had the second ability of mind reading and [[Batman Gambit|tricked both Barnaby and Jake with a flash bomb, which caught Jake off-guard and gave Barnaby the opening to defeat him]] and then it was Kotetsu who caught Jake during his attempted escape which led to Jake's accidental death}}:▼
** During the Wano County Arc, after Luffy delivers a ''devastaing'' blow to Kaido, the villain's life starts flashing before his eyes as he remembers all the powerful individuals he has fought in his career - Gol D. Roger, Whitebeard, Rocks, Odin, Shanks, and Luffy himself... But ''not'' Big Mom, even though she is his partner (more or less) for this arc. For some reason, it seemed she was beneath notice to him.
{{quote| '''Barnaby''': Don't tell me you actually want some praise, too!}}▼
** Something similar happens at the end of the Whole Cake Island Arc, where Big News Morgan (acting as the [[Narrator]]) gives a list of the pirates considered the Worst Generation (who are considered "the World Government's Most Wanted", more or less): Luffy, Trafalger Law, Eustice Kid, Blackbeard, Bonney, Capone Bege, Hawkins, Apoo, Killer, Urouge, and X Drake, but for some reason, he forgets about Zoro. Whether this was a mistake on Morgan's part or that of the writers is hard to say.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]''
▲** Joey Wheeler
*** He does get ''a little'' respect, just not much that he knows about, with Pegasus himself in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' saying in a flashback scene that he considered Joey the third-best duelist he had encountered. Pegasus invented the game, so a guy can't help but trust his opinion here.
** Kuriboh. Seriously. From Kaiba onwards, it's hard to find a rival, antagonist, or villain who is willing to describe the little guy with an adjective better than "worthless", despite the fact that, time and time again, it and its many variations have protected its owners from monsters with godlike powers, saving them and the world as a whole from certain doom each time. The worst part about this is, some of these folks use monsters that are, if you compare the numbers, even weaker than a Kuriboh, showing incredible hypocrisy in their words.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'' has two examples:
*** This is Mimi's motivation for falling in with the Goha Corporation. Being a lot [[Older Than She Looks]], people tend to think she is a child (she's actually 37 years old, and even has a 10-year-old son) and treated her as such, so joining the [[Mega Corp]] that pretty much rules the city was her way of becoming important enough for everyone to notice. Unfortunately, most of her assignments involve taking advantage of her yourthful looks to act as [[The Mole]] towards the protagonist and his friends.
*** Tyler is the drummer for Roa and Romin’s band, and while Tombs (the Bassist) also feels neglect from the fans and the press, [[Nobody Loves the Bassist|Tyler is far more upset about it]], yearning nothing less that being the star. Plus, in the arc where the band first appears, he’s upset that he doesn’t get to duel. “That’s unfair!” he rants. (Unfortunately, it was a two-out-of-three contest so someone had to sit it out, and it seems he got the short straw.) This not only causes him to quit the team and start working for [[Evil Genius| Nail]], he [[Elvis Impersonator| wears an Elvis costume]] in order to upstage Roa.
▲* In the first season of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', this is somewhat a [[Running Gag]] for the main character Kotetetsu T. Kaburagi, aka Wild Tiger. Despite being a veteran Hero whose [[The Cape (trope)|only wish is to save people]], he tends to get little to no respect from the citizens of Steinberg or his fellow Heroes for being a [[Destructive Savior]] and is very low on the Hero food chain. Whenever he does do something impressive, most people tend to credit his partner, [[Always Someone Better|Barnaby Brooks Jr]]. [[Hanging a Lampshade|Lampshaded]] at one point when Barnaby is receiving all of the praise for killing {{spoiler|Jake Martinez}}, despite the fact that it was Kotetsu who {{spoiler|figured out that Jake had the second ability of mind reading and [[Batman Gambit|tricked both Barnaby and Jake with a flash bomb, which caught Jake off-guard and gave Barnaby the opening to defeat him]] and then it was Kotetsu who caught Jake during his attempted escape which led to Jake's accidental death}}:
== Comic Books ==
* This often crosses with [[Hero
* Used as [[Character Development]] in ''[[Astro City]]''. Confessor's [[Kid Sidekick]] Altar Boy holds his father in contempt because he worked as a doctor despite being stiffed by his patients and died with no respect, and wants to be a superhero because they are respected. After watching Confessor through a period where superheroes do not get any respect, he realizes his warped priorities and that his father had acted nobly.
* One of the (many) complaints against the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' series: superheroes had been saving the World for over a decade. Then when ONE questionable incident happens, the public turns against ALL of them and the government is happy to hunt them down.
* The Amazing [[Spider-Man]], from the very beginning, as he was conceived as the first hero with everyday problems. This is so frequent that some (including other superheroes) joke that it's one of his superpowers. Luckily he does have a number of fans (how often they show up depends on the writer however), and most of the other heroes, at least nowadays, do show him considerable respect.
** Enough respect to make him an honorary member of [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|the Richards family]] and put him on two teams of [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]!
* The [[The DCU]] reboot of ''[[
* Dear lord, [[The Jailer| the Master Jailer]]. Carl Draper starts out as a security expert and engineer, who spends years as a second-rate villain obsessed with capturing Superman simply to prove he could. Finally he tries to go straight, and designs and builds [[The Alcatraz| the Mount Olympus Correctional Facility]], a prison that proves able to hold such villains as Metallo, Terra-Man, Atomic Skull and the Parasite. During the opening, as he's being interviewed by Lana Lang, Superman shows up, praises Draper for his work, and then adds a few adjustments, covering the building with a plastic bubble, placing it on an anti-gravity platform, and moved it 20,000 feet into the sky, making the place more secure than ever. Then, get this, Superman himself suggests calling it "Draper Island", until Lana butts in and suggests "Superman Island". The second name sticks. Who can blame Draper for [[Heel Face Door Slam| going nuts, going back to his villainous alter-ego]], and vowing to imprison both Superman ''and'' Lana in the place?
== Fairy Tales ==
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20171112142905/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/jacobs/english/fishring.html The Fish and the Ring]'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130326131857/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/russian/russianwondertales/vasiliiunlucky.html Vasilii the Unlucky]'', [[The Brothers Grimm (
* In ''[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/065.htm Jesper Who Herded the Hares]'' the king invented more tasks for Jesper to avoid fulfilling his promise to marry him to his daughter, stopping only when Jesper has some dirt on him.
* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130527143315/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/dapplegrim.html Dapplegrim]'', the king orders the hero to perform many tasks because his fellow servants [[Malicious Slander|falsely claimed he said he could do them]], and then in an attempt to keep him from marrying the princess; in the end, he gives in.
* In [[The Brothers Grimm (
* In ''[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/038.htm The Grateful Beasts]'', the king orders Ferko to perform three tasks at the incitement of his brothers; his own daughter the princess argues with him until he imprisons her in a tower. However, the last task is to summon all the wolves in the kingdom, [[Beware the Nice Ones|the wolves then proceed to kill all the court]], and Ferko frees the princess, marries her, and becomes king.
* In [
== Fan Works ==
* [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8130614/1/Yu-Gi-Oh-The-Thousand-Year-Door-Redux Yu-Gi-Oh! The Thousand Year Door Redux] is an incredibly rare case where {{spoiler| this is an [[Invoked Trope]]. At the end of the fic, the protagonists are indeed regarded as heroes and saviors to the citizens of Arcadia, but they ask that the news of their heroics be kept on its shores, in effect, forfeiting any fame or glory, even going so far as to give the Shadow Spawn Cortez's horde. They realize [[You Wouldn't Believe Me If I Told You|no-one back home would likely believe them]], and might think they were crazy.}}
== Film ==
* In ''[[The Hebrew Hammer]]'', the title character has saved Hanukkah, and has dinner with his stereotypical [[Jewish Mother]], who's been berating him the whole film for not being a doctor. {{spoiler|She actually ''is'' proud, just playing it up.}}
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* In ''[[
* Reminiscent of one of the [[Real Life]] mentions below, Rachel/Ellis in ''[[Zwartboek|The Black Book]]'' is deemed a traitor and collaborator after [[World War II]] despite being a Jewish member of the [[La Résistance|Dutch Resistance]], mostly because in her work as [[The Mole]], she worked for the Nazis and became chummy with a [[Anti
== Literature ==
* Janine/Giannine from ''[[
* Benjamin Weaver from ''[[A Conspiracy of Paper]]'' also suffers from this as well. He helps his clients retrieve what has been stolen from them and all he gets in return is racist remarks and scorn just because he's a Jew.
* ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''. In a subversion, the narrator eventually realizes that for all his faults, Gatsby is still better than the [[
* This happens so many times in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' Expanded Universe that it's not even funny. Luke and Leia in particular get accused many times of trying to take over the government they helped create. No matter how many times they (or their families... or Jedi in particular...) save the world, whoever's in charge blames everything on them or the Jedi. Leia has actually been accused of ''trying to seize power just like Darth Vader''. This is the same woman that originally didn't want to have children out of fear that they'd become Sith.
* The White Council of ''[[
* Played straight and then later subverted: [[Sherlock Holmes]] was treated like this by the official police in the early part of his career. Gradually, however, his track record won them over and they began according him respect. In one story ("The Adventure of the Six Napoleons"), Inspector Lestrade even tells him that they are extremely proud of him at Scotland Yard, and every officer in the building would be glad to shake his hand if he came to visit.
* In ''The Clone Empire'' by Steven L. Kent, the main character had previously rescued an entire planet from a race of hostile aliens who had occupied it and were on the verge of rendering it uninhabitable, thus killing everyone. The locals are not very grateful. "Yeah, good job saving us all from certain death, then committing your engineers to rebuilding our cities, restoring power, and giving us food and water. Now would you kindly get the hell off our planet, you sick, violent brute? Oh, and we're taking your engineers too. Toodles!"
* In the [[Star Trek: Voyager Relaunch]], Chakotay gives a truly epic one to Counsellor Cambridge, accusing Starfleet Command of almost criminal negligence in its treatment of the ''Voyager'' crew. Despite everything they did and their loyal service throughout their time in the alpha quadrant, Starfleet still doesn't trust them (or so Chakotay suggests) simply because they didn't participate in the Dominion War. Instead, they're given ridiculously easy missions like escort duty, and viewed with suspicion by the admiralty. Chakotay bitterly insists that they've never been appreciated and that he's tired of people who are only alive because he bled for them judging and harassing him.
* The title character of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' is turned on by Hogwarts students and the wizarding world in general at the drop of a hat, despite Harry having saved both several times.
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** This often reaches the point of [[Bullying a Dragon]].
* In ''[[Rome]]'': when Titus Pullo leaves the XIIIth legion, and come back to participate in Caesar's triumph, he is rejected because he does not work anymore with them, and they start calling him "citizen" in order to show him that he is not part of the military elite anymore. For a man who participated in the war of the Gauls and saved Caesar's ambitions a couple of time, that is, to say the least, a little rude. Averted later when [[Magnificent Bastard|Mark Antony]], who became the de facto ruler of Rome, treats Pullo with respect when he meets him.
* ''[[
** Gus points this out in the season four finale after [[Da Chief]] calls one of Shawn's theories "nonsensical." As he says, "You know, I think our track record speaks for itself."
* It's what motivates Jimmy Ford in ''[[
* This comes up a lot in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', where the eponymous character is a powerful warlock who has saved Camelot more than once and saved Arthur more times than we can count, but since magic is banned on pain of death, he has to keep it a secret. He's Arthur's manservant, and the two share a very [[Vitriolic Best Buds|vitriolic]] [[With Friends Like These...|friendship]], so he gets plenty of humiliating tasks on a regular basis. Though it's usually [[Played for Laughs]], it can be surprisingly poignant at times.
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'''Gaius:''' One day, he will.
'''Merlin:''' When? Everything I do is for him, and he just thinks I'm an idiot. }}
* On ''[[The X
* ''[[
* The original ''[[
* No matter how many times [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* [[Eureka]]'s Sheriff Carter has to solve dozens of life-threatening, town-threatening, and/or ''world''-threatening scenarios before people start taking him seriously.
* [[Spider-Man]]'s lack of respect even extends to the lighthearted shorts on ''[[The Electric Company]]''. On one of them, he's just trying to take the day off at the Mets game when lameass villain The Wall crashes the game and attacks a player, and ''then'' attacks the umpire who tries to kick him out. Spidey manages to intervene and web the villain, only for the same umpire to order him to leave and take the Wall with him, which Spidey meekly does. ("Lucky I didn't slap him with a $50 fine, I can be pretty stupid when I want to be!") Of course, in Spidey's defense, who ''wouldn't'' be intimidated by an angry [[Morgan Freeman]]?
== Mythology ==
* Hercules was originally sentenced to ten labors, but the king ruled out two of them and sentenced him to two more.
* The Trojan princess Hesione was [[Chained to
* This is actually a fairly common trope in Greek myth. A king would try to kill a hero, either out of personal vendetta, fear of a prophecy, or as a favor to another king. But the king would learn of this need after receiving the hero into his household, and the code of hospitality (''xenia'') of the time forbade him from killing a guest. So the king would set the hero on some impossible task (usually "kill this monster"), which the hero would feel obligated to complete because of the responsibilities of a guest under the same code, hoping the hero would die in the attempt. He usually didn't.
== Theater ==
* In ''[[
* After having convinced all guests at a high society ball (including a linguistics expert) that she is a foreign princess, former flower seller [[My Fair Lady|Eliza Doolittle]] is very disappointed when all the credit is given to Professor Higgins.
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* [[Space Quest|Roger Wilco]] is the trope itself personified:After saving the universe not one, but several times, thwarting alien invasions and evil corporations, he often gets some minimal praise at the end of each episode, only to find himself again as a humble space janitor, still treated as crap, in the next one.
* People should learn that messing or inconveniencing Kazuma Kiryu, protagonist of the ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza]]'' series, is a ''bad'' idea, but they still do it anyway. It actually takes a measure of suspension of disbelief to swallow the fact that so many gangsters are willing to pick a fight with him considering his reputation. In fact, the only gangster so far to actually admit how badass Kazuma is is Nagahama in ''Yakuza: Dead Souls'', who freely admits that he may be a gangster and he may be tough... but he's [[Badass|no Kazuma Kiryu]].
* Nowhere is it more obvious then in ''[[
** It doesn't matter if you're level 2 or level 20, the Brotherhood of Steel and the Outcasts will still treat you like a n00b who shouldn't even be allowed to handle a gun, even if you took out squad after squad of Super Mutants with a shotgun while wearing leather armor while they're struggling along with [[Powered Armor|power armor]] and [[Gatling Good|miniguns]]. For the Brotherhood of Steel, at least, this is perfectly in character.
*** ''Finally'', with the ''Broken Steel'' DLC, after the final story quest, you {{spoiler|1=become an honored member of the BoS after the activation of Project Purity and, a few hours later, they celebrate you as a hero after blowing up the Adams Air Force base, where the remaining forces of the Enclave were stationed.}}
** There is an aversion: A certain quest line involves you writing a survival guide for life in the wasteland. You can do the research as seriously as you want, and the end result varies from the book being a joke to being a bible containing all you need to live in a post-nuclear wasteland. Later you can meet someone who's read the book and recognizes you, his reaction will be appropriate to the effort you put in the book, from saluting you as a survival guru to calling you a joke.
** While ''[[Fallout
* Very much present in ''[[Black and White]]'', where, despite being a god, you must perform fairly menial tasks like finding someone's sheep or throwing rocks.
* In Blazing Angels 1 and two, over time, your service record indicates hundreds of aircraft destroyed, thousands of vehicles blown up, and dozens of ships sent to Davy Jones Locker, and stopping entire enemy offensives single-handedly, and in the endgame, your final objective, destroying an elite German jet squadron, has them taunting you. You've destroyed a twentieth of the Axis air force, a Panzer army, and a quarter of the Japanese Navy, and they STILL INSULT YOU? Granted, in the sequel, the game makes up the excuse that you are in a top secret elite squadron who has experimental equipment, and you get all of the nation's top awards, but that doesn't cover up the fact that you destroyed enough enemy units to make up the campaign record of an air force.
* In ''[[
** It was so ridiculous that the sequel Vice City almost completely averted it. Only the Haitians are still a problem by the end of the game. Not a huge problem either, a minor annoyance with weak guns at best.
* ''[[
* In the Pine Valley level of ''[[World in Conflict]]'', Captain Bannon begs for your help in repairing one of his damaged vehicles. When you do so, he berates you for taking too long, no matter how fast you do it, thanks to his [[Jerkass]] personality.
* In ''[[Mass Effect
** No matter how many favors you do for the Council, and no matter how often you are proven right, they still refuse to believe anything you say. Even in [[Mass Effect 2
** Honestly, by the middle of the second game, it's ridiculous that there's any conflict at all outside of the collectors - Shepard has shown him/herself to be the most hard boiled, unstoppable killing force in the galaxy for whom death is not a problem.
** When you bring Liara for a nice chat at the end of the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' DLC, Shepard can admit to her that everyone keeps jumping at the chance to get his/her help and it pretty much wears him/her down.
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** ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' finally averts this, what with {{spoiler|the Reapers knocking down the galaxy's front door}} and Shepard basically being given the most right to an "I told you so" ever. Almost every sidequest is simply overheard whilst Shepard roams around, and the few people that actually tell Shepard to do something (such as Aria T'Loak) are revered badasses, old friends, or both. People will also frequently point out who Shepard is and how s/he deserves some respect.
** Also, during the mission where {{spoiler|the citadel is under attack by Cerberus, when you are trying to protect the council from assassins, Udina tries to convince the others that YOU are the assassin, since he is the actual traitor. If you saved the Salarian councilor earlier, the Asari councilor will side with you, saying that you have been right every time up til now.}}
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV
** The former can create moments of hilarity due to the limited dialogue options in the game. For instance, if you sneak up on a pair of bandits, you might hear them singing your praises (literally, in some cases) as they banter with each other. But that won't stop them from trying to kill you the moment they lay eyes on you.
** Played with in ''Knights of the Nine'', the expanded content mission, where you require the approval of a prophet before going on a crusade for the gods. Boast of doing good deeds and he'll just mock you and refuse to help you; you have to either be humble, or confess to (i.e. boast about) evil you've done to gain his help.
** [[Double Subversion|Doubly subverted]] in the ''Shivering Isles'' expansion pack. After {{spoiler|taking the mantle of the Madgod}}, most of the realm's populace, including the haughty guards, will express their respect/reverence to you, and you cannot be arrested for crime (though you still have to pay the fine or be booted out of the city until you do). Unfortunately, you are still forbidden from entering the Saint/Seducer sanctuaries, Zealots will remain hostile toward you, and do not expect anyone in Cyrodiil to believe you.
** After closing the Oblivion Gate outside a city and completing a minor side quest for the countess (which she delegates to you because "you seem like the trustworthy type"), you approach her to buy a house in a city, only to be told, "I don't trust you enough to talk about that."
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
*** You do get respect for completing the main quest (to the point that you can walk around in your underwear and many NPCs will ''still'' just gush about the mighty player character deigning to speak to them), and the mechanisms of the game means that members of a faction you are the head of tend to treat you better. Not because your rank as such, mind (''that'' is limited to switching one word to your current rank), but because to get to a higher rank you have to increase your reputation in that faction... which, in turn, makes members of that faction react more positively to you. In other words, they do not give you the respect you deserve, but they do, at least, tend to react to you as a friend rather than as scum.
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
*** Another is that sometimes people (mostly guards) will mention a quest you did or group you joined (e.g.: "I've seen you in the company of the companions"). Initially, they will treat you like a newbie (e.g. "Now I remember - you're that new member of the Companions. So you what - fetch the mead?"). There are additional lines for when you gain more status in each faction, but these do not override the earlier ones - you can and will both be greeted as their leader and as some random new member within the same day, from the same NPC.
* Mostly averted in ''[[Quest for Glory]]'' but played straight in the fourth game. In it, the character is magically teleported halfway across the planet to a small, isolated village that's highly distrustful of strangers and has no way of knowing all the amazing stuff you've done (like, oh, saving the entire world from total destruction twice over). Only three characters in the entire game respect your abilities, two of whom are returning [[Big Bad
** The people in the fourth game do greatly warm up to you once you do some notable good deeds. It gets downright heartwarming with comments like "I never believed true heroes existed until now."
** The aversion comes in every other sequel, where your character is specifically asked to help out in a foreign land in need, and thus rumors that the hero who saved a city/the world has come to town spread like wildfire, and quite a few characters will talk excitedly about the possibility of meeting this hero.
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*** It's completely true that he doesn't want the fame and honor he's supposed to have, but given his deeds in Spira, everyone should probably at least know his name and acknowledge that he is a walking legend. It's true that people will get old (Unless you are [http://www.dula.tv/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sean-connery-max-level-400x310.jpg Sean Connery]), but c'mon, you can't forget the face of a national hero in ten years, even if he has lost his other eye and has gotten few gray hairs from stress.
*** Granted, most people presumed him to be dead. After all, nobody had seen him for the past decade {{spoiler|(he was playing babysitter for Tidus in Dream! Zanarkand)}} and guardians {{spoiler|and summoners}} very rarely came back after finishing the journey.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Final Fantasy X
* After a dozen ''Zelda'' games, you would think that people in Hyrule would have the common sense to understand that this guy with a green hood and the Master Sword represents [[One
** The skepticism directed at Link in some of the games is better understood if it's considered in context of the religious significance surrounding the Hero myth in Hyrule. Initially, people would likely be skeptical to the claim that a Hero was among them, given the reverence devoted to the legacy.
** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* Played a little ''too'' straight in the Wii game ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles|My Life As a King]]''. Once you've set your minions (ahem, "adventurers") their tasks, the only thing you can do all day is ''run around the city, talking to the citizens'' or building buildings to allow even MORE citizens in. Talking to them allows you to stay up later in the day (extends the game clock), so that your minions can actually complete their tasks. To add insult to injury, once your city gets to a certain point, some of your citizens will begin offering fetch quests. Doing these quests involves issuing a "bequest" - tasking your minions to find something in the town - which ''costs you money''. Only reward is a morale gain - which lets you stay up late at night.
* In ''[[
* The main character of ''Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim'' is a 3,000-year-old immortal hero and the head of government for Terra (Earth) and its colonies. He spends the entire first level of the game trying to escape his own home after being confined there by his best friend (his own security minister) for unexplained reasons. At a later point in the game he's arrested on suspicion of murder and thrown straight into a filthy cell, with no opportunity to try and explain what happened - even though he was found unconscious after being attacked at the crime scene.
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. This is especially prevalent in the second expansion of the game, where by level 80 your character has probably slain multiple dragons, [[Eldritch Abomination
** Admittedly if you do enough notable things NPCs will start to sing your praises, and once you've helped somebody their dialogue will generally be friendly to you, but that won't stop everybody else demanding you fetch them [[Twenty Bear Asses]].
** Not as bad in the new Cataclysm zones from the third expansion. Characters will generally recognise you as a great hero and faction leaders frequently show up and make it clear that they know who you are and what you're capable of. They still want you to collect bear asses, but they have more flattering ways of justifying it. The rewritten early quests also tend to try to make you feel less anonymous.
** Historical records seem to play the Trope straight, as the players rarely get much credit for major battles. It is stated that C'thun (the [[Final Boss]] of Vanilla) was slain by "a group of adventurers", but since then, the players never get first-billing. For example, in ''Cataclysm'', Thrall and "his allies in the Wrymcrest Accord" (that group includes the players) slew Deathwing, while in ''Wrath'', Tirion and "his champions" are given credit for the defeat of the LLich King, and so on. The players are always second-stringers for someone else in the annals of history.
* Sort of subverted in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'', when you initially step in front of Alliance Arms Inn in Port Llast, a group of watchmen will confront you and try to kill you because of {{spoiler|you're the butcher of Ember, but you're framed for this}}. You can intimidate them that {{spoiler|you've slaughtered orcs invading Old Owl Well}}. If you succeed intimidate check, they'll back off, but if you fail, they will attack you anyway, and get slaughtered.
** Regardless, random City Watch ''will'' still be all "I'm busy. Find another people to chat up." Wonderful thing to say to a ''Knight and member of Nine'', you bastard. Well, at least they are nameless.
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* Rand's mother in ''[[Breath of Fire II]]'' has no problem with setting you with the duty of cleaning up her fields. Of course, the obstacles are really monsters, but come on...
** Justified - to her you're not heroes, you're her son and his friends.
* In any of the first three ''[[
** This seems to have been passed onto Apollo Justice as well since almost everyone seems to put him down for being a loud rookie with two "horns"/spikes on his hair.
** Note, this seems true for any defense attorney. Considering that Edgeworth (who has been praised by many people in game) got roughly the same treatment when he played for the Defense (he even wondered if there was a target on his side of the court).
* Subverted in ''[[
* ''[[Ace Combat]] X: Skies of Deception'' plays it mostly straight. Though your own side worships the ground you fly over, the enemy still seems to see you as a punk kid, just a very lucky punk kid. "Aaah, there he is. There's Nemesis. Stay away from him, he's allll mine." *shot down in 10 seconds* Although you become renowned throughout the entire enemy military, as either The Southern Cross or Nemesis, Gryphus 1 just gets no actual respect from them, not even after shooting down the Invincible Superweapon. Partially justified in that Leasath is portrayed as being full of hardline fanatical military hardasses, someone so 'fresh' accomplishing so much is very upsetting to them, so their reaction is surprise and jealousy instead of fear. (See also: Some ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Perfect Dark]] 64''. Despite being the trusted Golden Girl of the paramilitary outfit, the lackeys and scientists still treat you like garbage in the ''training'' areas. Of course, once you get to the level where they are hostages, they are happy to see you, and at least once you've beaten that level they'll stop insulting you whenever they see you. Apart from that guy in the basement, anyway.
* ''[[
* ''[[City of Heroes]]''. Incredibly. "Oh, what's that? You just saved the entire city from a devastating plague? Wow, you're a hero! Now go deliver my mail. And defeat a few cultists. Just think, in five more levels we'll let you wear a ''cape''!"
** Though the citizenry do start to sing your praises as they pass by.
* ''[[Fable
** Thunder, another hero in Bowerstone shows even more contempt towards you although some of that is due to kicking his little sister's ass during hero training beforehand.
** His sister, Whisper, is literally the worst case of this in the game. Okay, sure, when you first arrive at the Hero's Guild, a bit of arrogance on her part is understandable (though ironically, that's when she's at her nicest). But she will then spend the rest of the game essentially mocking you and telling you just how much better than you she is, regardless of how many times you beat her in a fight, completely outmatch her in a quest where you directly compete against her, or otherwise demonstrate that she is literally nowhere near in your league.
** Given that it's always other heroes who disrespect you, it's likely due to them being in a [[Only in It For
* Justified and then averted in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines|Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines]]''. At the start of the game, you play a fledgling vampire who's just been introduced to undead society and is sitting firmly on the bottom rung. A fair number of your quests involve trying to curry favor with various political leaders and sects, and some of the older vampires actually [[Mind Control|have freaky powers]] that force you to obey them. The aversion comes later in the
** [[Lampshaded]] (sort of): At one point the player has the option to tell some uncooperative [[NPC
* In ''[[
** It's not much, but after saving the world in 600 A.D., if you go back to 1000 A.D. and order some food in the Castle you can order a 'Crono Special,' which was "named after a famous hero of the past." And, to be fair, [[Food Porn|it looks delicious]].
** In the [[Updated Rerelease]] for [[Nintendo DS]], you do get some statues built in your honor. Too bad the village that does this is in [[Another Dimension]]...
* ''[[Terranigma]]'' has got to be one of the most extreme examples of this trope. Thanks for reviving the world, defeating all the villains and monsters who were threatening it, and sealing away the very spirit of darkness, Ark! Now go ahead and die, we're done with you.
* ''[[My World, My Way]]'' features the [[
** [[Lampshaded]] particularly well in Oasis Town, where the heroine directly asks what quest this town is going to give her, and the response is to 1. Collect 5 cough grass to make cold medicine, 2. gather 5 mountain grapes in a forest you have to plant, 3. kill 10 venombugs eating the mayor's garden, 4. Go pick 10 birthday flowers, 5. Light bonfires to attract firepigs, which are a nuisance, so kill 10 of them after you bring them here, and 6. collect 10 Magic Fellworts. This is just the stuff the mayor spat out at you before the princess interrupted him screaming that she's not his maid.
* [[Gaia Online|zOMG!]] actually averts this. Once your level reaches a certain point, the NPCs who give you the repeatable quests say "I should stop wasting your time here, you probably have better things to do. I'll handle the rest myself." Of course, then you can [[Willfully Weak|suppress your level]] and they'll get right back to bossing you around.
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' twists this around in a plot heavy way. You can increase your respect (which, in game play terms amounts to how many fellow gang members you can take to assist you in a mission) by working out, dressing nice, doing missions and driving out the gangs from the city. However, {{spoiler|after a -[[Wham! Episode|certain]]- mission, you are suddenly dumped without warning into the countryside and the gangs retake the entire damn city, including your home street}}.
* ''[[Freedom Fighters (
* Inverted in ''[[Brutal Legend]]'', where - as you are a ''roadie'' - you're ''supposed'' to stay the hell out of the spotlight. Not that it stops your buddies from appreciating what you do.
* Lampshaded in ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak II]]'' when Daxter asks Torn why they get all the crummy missions:
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* In the ''[[Overlord]]'' games, especially the 2nd one, most people don't show you the respect an [[Evil Overlord]] deserves. In the first game you can try to earn their respect or slaughter them. In the second game you don't even pretend to be nice; you can either brainwash them or again slaughter them.
* In the Eye of the North expansion to ''[[Guild Wars]]'', 'faction' mechanics toyed with in previous installments reach the point where some items are only possible to acquire through earning a reputation-based title with that faction, with characters lacking that title being rudely informed that the items in question aren't available to just anyone. Nevermind that for three of these factions, it is perfectly possible to have single-handedly rescued the organisation from their greatest enemies or to have destroyed the entity that serves as their greatest nemesis without having achieved sufficient reputation to "earn" these services.
* In all of the ''[[Monkey Island]]'' sequels, no one is inclined to believe Guybrush's claims that he is the Mighty Pirate who defeated LeChuck (four times!). Most of the time, he can't even convince people he's over twenty-one.
** In ''[[Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge]]'', this is particulary ironic as he tells everyone about his exploits enough that people who know him are sick of hearing about them. He's also penned a trilogy of books about his killing of LeChuck.
* ''[[Drawn to Life]]''. Holy cow the villagers are selfish for so much stuff. In the beginning of the game, the town is in ruins and covered in shadows, and everything that ever existed is disappearing due to damage to the book of creation. After the hero brings back the sun, food, weather, time, and other necessities, the hero is told to get things like beach toys to make the beach more lively.
* Both played straight and averted in the ''[[
** ''Tales of the Sword Coast'' has an aversion - While ordinarily you'll be forced to fight the werewolf chiefteness, if you did enough sidequests (saving kidnapped babies, befriending a local person of the opposite gender), the mother and your friend show up and convince her to let you go in peace.
** Averted in the expansion pack ''Throne of Bhaal'', where practically everyone ''is'' aware of your massive power level and previous achievements and reacts accordingly. {{spoiler|Even Elminster openly admits he has no wish to pick a fight with you, because there's a very good chance he'd lose.}}
*** Your reputation in ToB is so widespread that fearful sovereigns feel the only way to subdue you as a possible threat is to send an entire army out to kill you. It doesn't work.
** Late-game quote:
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** Memorably subverted when talking with an insane NPC very late in the game. He asks you to go and [[Fetch Quest|fetch an eyestalk]]. You have the option to subcontract to less accomplished adventurers, as such tasks are now beneath you (and act like a [[Large Ham]] when giving them the quest in the process). [[Hilarity Ensues]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|ensues]].
** Hilariously lampshaded in the original Baldur's Gate: At one point, you will get the option to say this:
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* In ''[[Diablo]] II: Lord Of Destruction'', the expansion pack for ''[[Diablo]] II'', this is how you are treated by the Barbarians (and especially by {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn|the corrupt]] [[Well
* In ''[[
** Averted as much as it is played straight.
* Reimu Hakurei of ''[[
* During the ending sequence in ''[[
** This is actually averted, most of the time. As you help people, they acknowledge that you and your friends have helped them in the past, such as a king who you drag out of his depression of losing his wife. Also, {{spoiler|Prince Charmles' behavior bites him in the ass after banning you from the ending, as no matter which ending you get, Medea runs off and marries the main character. It's worse in the ending for completing the New Game + dungeon, where not only does he lose his bride, but also the throne to the person who he just banned from his wedding.}} I guess the lesson is, 'treat people with respect when they help you'.
* ''[[Pokémon]]'' is generally guilty of this trope. Somehow, the fact that the player eventually becomes the League Champion, [[Ideal Hero|the hero]] who liberated the region from a criminal syndicate and saved the world, and the Trainer of multiple [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Olympus Mons]] does not impress many of the game's NPCs, who treat you pretty much the same as any other ten-year-old Trainer. It's particularly insulting in ''Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald'', where many of the members of a Pokémon Trainer fan club compare you unfavorably to Gym Leaders/Elite Four members you canonically thrashed possibly hours of gameplay time before ever finding the club building.
** In the [[Video Game Remake
** None of these justify the fact that ''your own mother'' has absolutely nothing to say, ever, about the fact that you've beaten the best Trainers in the entire region.
** None of the in-game trainers even bat an eye when you send out Pokémon thought to be long extinct or urban legend, legendary Pokémon that are the only one of their kind in existence, or even Pokémon that are ''believed to be God''. They have no qualms about attacking these wonders either.
* In the Gamecube ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[Little Big Adventure]] II'', you have a museum dedicated to you and your heroic deeds from the original game... which you are forced to ''pay for entering'', because the ticket vendor is an idiot who doesn't recognize you (he ''does'' note that you "look like the guy in the picture" ''after'' you don the Ancestral
* It's [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''[[
* The Exile in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (
** Jedi in general seem to get this in ''Kotor II''. While a Jedi Knight certainly isn't invincible, and they've been getting thrashed by the Sith for years, only an idiot wouldn't respect their power (we are talking about a group of people who can lift heavy object with their minds, heal wounds instantly, possess lightning quick reflexes and swords that can cut through almost anything), yet most people you encounter in the game will think of Jedi as absolute pushovers. You even counter a pair of women on Dantooine who look like nothing more than simple farmers, who seem to seriously consider taking on a Jedi to collect on the bounty. [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah, that'll go well for you.]]
* In ''[[Ultima VI]]'' you are the Avatar, most likely Britannia's most legendary hero ever, and some people who recognize you do sing your praises. And your first order of business is to reclaim the shrines and purify them, for which you'll need the eight runes. The runes which you spent the fourth game tracking down everywhere, and which should now be locked up as national treasures. Except people apparently pass them around everywhere, and has lost or hidden or dropped some of them. The most [[
** In ''[[Ultima Underworld]]'' you are suspected of kidnapping a baron's daughter. Though you claim you are the Avatar the baron doesn't recognize or believe you with the only explanation being that several years had passed since you were last in Britannia. Again, you are ''the Avatar'', the man who not only saved the world ''six times'' by this point but is also the ''Messiah of the only organized religion in the world''. You'd think that ''everyone'' in the entire planet would know what the Avatar ''looks like.''
*** [[The Spoony Experiment
* In ''[[
** Well, to be fair, {{spoiler|at the end of the first game you do get a massive farewell from the whole town as you prepare to leave, which is even covered by the local TV station. And while the Bonnes are an obvious threat, nobody really knows what danger lurks in the Main Gate, or that the massive "eye" in the sky was a [[Kill Sat]] set to obliterate all carbon-based life...}}
* ''[[Dark Reign]]'' 2, in the JDA mission you have spent the last 10 missions fighting the Sprawlers, and evacuating civilians. Then you are ordered to stay behind to destroy the artifacts, which will destroy Earth itself, while the JDA go on to become the [[The Empire|Imperium]].
* In the Ravenhearst [[Story Arc]] of ''[[Mystery Case Files]]'', you play the Master Detective, a sleuth who has extensive experience in dealing with the paranormal and supernatural in order to solve mysteries and crimes. In ''13th Skull'', you travel to Louisiana to investigate a disappearance, and run into a slew of characters who have chunks of information you need to solve the case. In spite of your badge and authority, almost ''none'' of them will tell you much of anything until you've performed a [[Fetch Quest]] for them. (The lone exception requires you to beat him at checkers before he'll help you, but after that he's perfectly friendly and useful.)
* In ''[[
* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[The Spellcasting Series]]'', as hero Ernie Eaglebeak saves the world on a yearly basis and gets nothing but a trophy for his troubles. With his name [[Kick the Dog|misspelled on it.]]
* While the first ''[[The Godfather (
== Webcomics ==
* The page quote from ''[[
* Used for humor [https://web.archive.org/web/20150501082248/http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2009-02-06 in] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150501091617/http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2009-01-30 Cheer]'', when a military enthusiast finds herself in her RPG-obsessed friend's dream.
* ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'': [http://www.rhjunior.com/totq/ WHAT'VE I GOTTA TO DO TO GET SOME RESPECT AROUND HERE!]
* ''[[Impure Blood]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20130609034017/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue4PAGES/ib080.html It's their duty to arrest him for his blood after he fought their battle for them.]
* [[Dominic Deegan]] has done a number of quite impressive things
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'''Szark:''' That happened '''once'''. }}
** Somewhat justified in that not much of what he's done that was awesome was in the public eye. A lot of it, even those immediately involved didn't know the extent of his contribution. And the war in Hell, the only effect we ''know'' he had was saving the lives of his loved ones and [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|helping Karnak keep going long enough]] to blow Hell up (because if Karnak died, so did Szark). Although maybe Karnak blowing up Hell was good {{spoiler|apart from ''killing Siegfried''.}}
* Gil from ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has just destroyed a whole army just by himself! Will you stop treating him as a kid?!
== Web Originals ==
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* Comes up in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* The sequel to ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'' completely ignores everything that Mrs. Brisby did in the first movie (ie the one that people actually like) in favor of giving a massive amount of praise to Mr. Brisby. Sure, Mrs. Brisby is arguably too modest to bring this up herself and would probably decline a statue built in her honor but the fact that nobody else in the sequel even so much as points out that Mrs. Brisby saved everyone and is AT LEAST as deserving of praise as Mr. Brisby makes the movie seem far more sexist than it should have. Oh, and the opening of the movie only refers to her as a widow.
* Optimus Prime in his incarnation on ''[[
* Beast Boy from ''[[Teen Titans (
** Played for laughs at the start of season 5. Cyborg rescues Elasti-Girl, only for her to refer to him as "whoever you are". Cyborg is quick to show annoyance, noting that he's saved the world several times already.
* A villainous example from ''[[Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures
* The title character of ''[[
* Tony Toponi complains briefly at the end of ''[[An American Tail]]'' for not being thanked for his efforts to reunite Fievel with his family, but he recieves a kiss from Bridget and all is well again.
* In the animated version of ''[[The Legend of Zelda (
* Played absolutley straight in an episode of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. The girls had a full week of baddie stompin', city savin', and other matters that involved super heroines. However, the citizens get more and more demanding, each task more menial than the next, until the girls took no more and went on strike. Said tasks included carrying groceries, opening jars of pickles, and ''cleaning cat litter.'' Ironically, a monster attacked at that moment of the strike. The girls had to coach the town in defending themselves...and was responsible for pre-party cleanup afterwards.
* This and [[Ungrateful Bastard]] comes up frequently in [[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]].
* [[Jabberjaw]] constantly complains about not getting respect.
* Raimundo of ''[[
** This tendency has been played with throughout the series as well. At first, it's deconstructed {{spoiler|when it goes far enough that it drives Raimundo into making a [[Face Heel Turn]]}}. Then it gets reconstructed later {{spoiler|when Raimundo uses that attitude to convincingly ''pretend'' to pull the same thing again as part of a [[Batman Gambit]] for the good guys}}. And finally, {{spoiler|it gets fully subverted at the series finale, when Raimundo's accomplishments get recognition, culminating in him being appointed leader of the Xiaolin Dragons, over the more traditional [[The Hero|hero]] Omi.}}
* Aang gets this a lot in ''[[
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* Nikola Tesla. Mostly due to actions of Edison he had his reputation ruined, and never got the Nobel he deserved even though his research was the basis of much of 20th century electricity driven technology. Until a popularity surge many decades after his death, he was barely mentioned in history books.
* Benedict Arnold was one of the best US generals but was constantly passed over for promotion and generally treated like shit by his superiors, so him becoming a turncloak is quite understandable.
** Ironically, after his defection Arnold was rewarded by the British with a commission of brigadier general, a reduction from his Continental Army position of major general. He was treated with contempt by his superior, Sir Henry Clinton, and mistrusted by his subordinates because they considered him a
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