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** 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 in ''[[One Piece]]'' fall to this quite a bit. Of course, it's granted since they ARE pirates, and most of the time the people don't even know it was them in the first place, and if they do it's usually because of their wanted posters.
** 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.
** 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.
** 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.
** 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 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.
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** 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: New Vegas]]'' partially averts this (the major factions are willing to go as far as pardoning all your crimes against them just for the ''opportunity'' to offer you a job), this is played to the hilt for minor factions and independent NPCs until you do their quests, with the exception of the Powder Gangers (a gang of ex-cons turned raiders), who will alternatively send a messenger offering a ceasefire between you and their gang if you kill enough of them.
** In ''[[Fallout 4]]'', Preston Garvey tends to give you endless “radiant quests” after you join the Minutemen, ''even though you are the General''.
* 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.