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See also [[Future Me Scares Me]], so for this from the point of view from the past self, go there. Compare [[Old Shame]], a more mundane version of this trope, and [[Amnesiac Dissonance]], where something similar happens as a result of previously-hidden memories being recovered. Contrast [[Other Me Annoys Me]].
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== Anime ==
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* A future version of Doctor Smith uses this trope as a justification for attempting to kill his past self in the movie version of ''[[Lost in Space]]''.
{{quote|'''Future Doctor Smith:''' I never liked myself much anyway.}}
* In ''[[Time Cop]]'', Senator
== Literature ==
* In the ''Mistborn'' novel ''[[The Alloy of Law]]'', Miles burning gold sees two possible "pasts" of himself, and both hate each other.
** This is a common effect of burning gold, actually, since it shows you either your past or a possible past (it's rather unclear- gold is probably the least understood of the core allomantic metals, since burning it is often a disturbing experience). Vin, the heroine of the original ''[[Mistborn]]'' trilogy, is also extremely uncomfortable with seeing her pre-[[Character Development]] [[Broken Bird]] self while burning gold, and never does it again.
* Upon seeing his decisions from an observer's point of view, [[A Christmas Carol|Ebenezer Scrooge]] eventually has little but large amounts of disdain for the choices his past self made, occasionally berating him despite knowing he can't hear.
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