Flippant Forgiveness: Difference between revisions

== Films -- Animation ==

* Rare non-funny example from ''[[The Last Unicorn (animation)|The Last Unicorn]]'':

'''Molly:''' It would be the last unicorn that came to Molly Grue. It's all right, I forgive you. }}

* ''[[Shrek]]'': "All right, Donkey. I forgive you... for stabbing me in the back!"

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* Taken to a global scale in ''[[Amadeus]]''. Salieri attempts to establish himself as [[The Messiah]], claiming the events of the movie as his sacrifice:

* From ''[[Casablanca]]'':

'''Rick:''' I forgive you. }}

* In ''[[Cool as Ice]]'', Kathy's fiancee watches her dance with Vanilla Ice at a party, and afterward takes her aside and forgives her for it. This is meant to be seen by the audience as evidence that he's a pompous asshole and she'd be better off dumping him for Ice.

* In ''[[Mean Girls]]'', when Ms. Norbury makes all the girls in school confront the fact that they've been mean to someone else, one girl apologizes to another girl for calling her a gap-toothed bitch, because "it's not your fault you're so gap-toothed."

* ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'' gives us the following exchange, as Daphne, who's really Jerry, tries to tell Osgood she-- ''he'' can't marry him:

'''Osgood:''' I forgive you. }}

* From ''[[You've Got Mail]]'':

'''Kathleen:''' You ''forgive'' me? }}

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* From ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'':

'''Dee:''' Wow, thank you! That's my dad, everybody. }}

* From ''[[Sherlock]]'':

'''Sherlock:''' Because you're an idiot. ''*John opens mouth to retaliate*'' No no no, don't be like that, [[Insufferable Genius|practically everybody is]]. }}

 

== Radio ==

* From ''[[The Goon Show]]'':

'''Major Bloodnok:''' In that case, I forgive you. }}

 

== Theater ==

* From the [[Queen]] musical ''[[We Will Rock You]]'':

'''Scaramouche:''' I mean it's not your fault you're a spineless, gutless, whinging litle crybaby! }}

* A darker version is used in Ibsen's ''[[A Doll's House|A Dolls House]]''. Nora Helmer has borrowed money to send her seriously ill husband Torvald on a trip that saves his life. Unfortunately, the man who lent her the money (who is Torvald's employee) blackmails her that he'll tell her husband unless she gets him a promotion. After some complications, Torvald finds out what she did and [[Ungrateful Bastard|snaps at her]] because the blackmail and her actions reflect badly on [[It's All About Me|him]] (especially since she had committed forgery at some point). Then he finds out that the other man changed his mind about blackmailing him. He generously "forgives" her and gives her a good deal of the "you didn't know better" part of the trope. Nora coldly thanks him, but then she proceeds to give him [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] and leaves the house. The exit scene is described as the most dramatic doorslam in the history of theatre.

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Portal 2]]'' has this in spades, mostly on the part of [[GLaDOS/Self Demonstrating|G La DOS]], who's spent an undefined but ''very long'' time reliving the last few minutes of her defeat at Chell's hands [[And I Must Scream|on endless repeat]] and is (perhaps understandably) very bitter.