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== Anime & Manga ==
* In one episode of ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'' a knock on the head rewrites [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Ranma]]'s personality and [[Gender Bender|s/he]] decides she wants to give up martial arts and take up [[Yamato Nadeshiko|flower arranging]] instead. She literally says this almost word for word to her father. Of course by the [[Reset Button|end everything is back to normal]]
* Subverted in ''[[DragonballDragon Ball|Dragon Ball Z]]''. Gohan doesn't like to fight, so he isn't able to release his full power against Cell at first. His rage-propelled powers don't even work when the villain beats the crap out of him, but they manifest finally when Cell attacks his loved ones. When Gohan achieves his new power level, he becomes a sadistic bastard who enjoys hurting his foe.
* Shinji Ikari from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' is probably anime's greatest example. In the first episode, he outright refuses to fight, mostly due to his own personal fears and uncertainties, combined with the fact his father left him years earlier and only called him because he had a use for him. Although he does come around by the end of episode 1, he constantly regrets this decision, and often times gives up on piloting, at one point only returning {{spoiler|after realizing his not fighting could result in the destruction of all life on earth!...and Kaji guilting him into piloting.}}
== Film -- Animated ==
* Subverted in ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (Filmanimation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]''. When the movie starts, Hiccup is upset that his father ''won't'' let him be a part of the [[Proud Warrior Race|Viking]] way of life, as Hiccup seems to screw things up every time he gets on the battlefield. Hiccup changes his mind when he realizes he can't bring himself to kill dragons- but unfortunately his father ''also'' had a change of heart when Gobber convinced him to enroll Hiccup in dragon-slaying classes. Hiccup is unable to convince his father that he's had a genuine change of heart on the subject.
* Lenny, the vegetarian, pacifist shark from ''[[Shark Tale]]''. It is [[Played for Laughs]], with crossdressing parallels.
== Live Action TV ==
* Worf's son Alexander from ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'' is adamant on not embracing the Klingon culture, having grown up in the peaceful, functional Federation one. This causes Worf much consternation, because he knows that Alexander will be eaten alive by Klingon politics the minute he inevitably tries to initiate reform. {{spoiler|A time-traveling future Alexander indicates that this is exactly what happens.}}
* ''[[Twenty Four|24]]'': A terrorist's son finds he doesn't want to be a part of his family's mission.
* In ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' one of the reasons Lorne was so happy to leave his home dimension and never return was because his species views all conflicts as black and white issues to be resolved using violence, while he could actually see the other point of view. His mother was not pleased.
{{quote| '''Lorne's mother:''' [[Joss Whedon|Numfar]], do the dance of shame!}}
* In a more mundane sense, ''[[Frasier]]'' had this relationship with his father. When he was a boy, Frasier always avoided fighting his bullies while Martin always urged him to do otherwise. Martin said it was because Frasier needed to stand up for himself, and Frasier complained that Martin wouldn't be happy until he came home with a bloody nose.
== Video Games ==
* Enrique in ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'' spends much of his screen time complaining to his mother the Empress about how vicious and cruel the Armada is. As a result, it comes as little surprise when {{spoiler|he helps Vyse and friends escape the Grand Fortress in his [[Super Prototype]] ship}}.
* The Unsworth family in ''[[Knights in The Nightmare]]'' has supplied the kingdom with knights for generations; although it's traditional, Nina (one of the Unsworth kids) never wanted to be a knight and was forced to join the army against her will. Her superior officer mentions having seen her cry about it.
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Drow TalesDrowtales]]'' example: Ariel [https://web.archive.org/web/20101114114222/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=341 learns about this trope the hard way.] She's hardly an angel herself, but the thought of being proud to have murdered someone [[Even Evil Has Standards|just because they are an enemy of her clan]].... It ultimately comes down to a [[Sadistic Choice]] between said enemy and one of her few allies, and after {{spoiler|she kills the enemy}} she's pretty clearly traumatized by the aftermath.
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