Jerkass Ball: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma One Half]]'', Ranma's dad Genma was always a bit of a careless Jerkass, but definitely took a level with the introduction of the Nekoken (a super-secret technique that can only be taught by torturing children), turning him from [[Bumbling Dad]] to insane, nightmare, dad. Its also a case of [[Never Live It Down]], since he rarely does anything else that approaches that level of horrific stupidity.

* ''[[Cry for Justice]]'' hands the ball to several heroes, making them increasingly violent and sadistic in their efforts to track down criminals. The worst of them is Ray Palmer, who [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|tortures information out of Killer Moth]] by shrinking to a microscopic size, entering his brain and enlarging slightly to simulate a stroke--the same method Jean Loring used to kill Sue Dibny.

* ''[[Septimus Heap]]'': The usually nice titular character was rather mean to his sister Jenna at the beginning of Darke, for ostensibly no reason other than to disregard her warnings about a building danger in the Palace.

* This happens on ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' a lot.

** In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E3/E03 The Ticket Master|"The Ticket Master"]] Twilight receives a ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala [[Everyone Chasing You|everypony starts to chase her for it]] [[True Companions|including her friends,]] yes, even [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|Fluttershy.]]

** In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1 E9/E09 Bridle Gossip|"Bridle Gossip"]] when [[Token Minority|Zecora a zebra]] comes to town and is the victim of [[Fantastic Racism]] by everypony including the Mane 6 minus [[Only Sane Man|Twilight and Applebloom.]] Applebloom later follows Zecora home to see if the racism is [[Justified Trope|justified]] and the mane 6 try to get her back. [[Hilarity Ensues]]

** in [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 /E15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000|"The Super Speedy Cider Squezzy 6000"]] [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Ponyville's insensitivity and impatience almost costs the Apple Family their livelihood.]]

*** The Apple family ponies were being pretty inconsiderate to their customers also, what with making them stand in line all day only to sell out early and leave the ponies in the back empty handed. Would it have killed them to raise the price? Or set up a pre-order system? Or at least limit the amount of cider per customer per day so Pinkie Pie couldn't walk off with a whole load while the others go thirsty?

** In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 /E19 Putting Your Hoof Down|"Putting Your Hoof Down"]] Angel [[Domestic Abuse|domestically abuses]] Fluttershy forcing her to go to the market so he can eat. Once there [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts|everypony hates her guts.]] For example a cherry costs her 10 bits but when another pony buys another cherry it costs only 2 bits. Tomatoes are now 2 bits rather than the one they were yesterday.

*** Fluttershy eventually goes mad with her assertive training and starts bullying anyone who so much as vaguely inconveniences her. [[My God, What Have I Done?|She snaps out of it]] when she manages to make her friends cry as a result.

** Let us not forget [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E3/E03 Lesson Zero|"Lesson Zero"]], where the usually fair natured Twilight Sparkle has an outright [[Sanity Slippage]] from being tardy in writing a friendship message, and resorts to making a problem in order to have material.

*** Other [[Fan Nickname|Mane 6]] bounce with the ball laugh at her problem and she is overreacting.